LnSOS BOOT 1.1 SOS.KERNEL SOS KRNLI/O ERRORFILE 'SOS.KERNEL' NOT FOUND%INVALID KERNEL FILE: xةw,@  ȱlmi8#)!)TRAIL.COLUMNSvs' '*TRAIL.JULY"s~ /TRAIL.SEPTEMBER"-s~ -TRAIL.OCTOBER:o)s~" .TRAIL.NOVEMBERP*s~# .TRAIL.DECEMBERfDs~& FINDER.DATA s"sIII.WAP.10u,' TRAIL.COLUMNSs*OTHER.ARTICLESs,*MENU.MAKER |s!FINDER.DATA(p,%SEG.T js"Ÿ/ DISKNAME.DAT >dLԡm#i㰼m#iЕOLԡȱfg hi !dLԡ憦  Ljmkm l y`2 Lԡ8(Je稽)ʈ@L*p*OTHER.ARTICLESvs' '.BURR.PATTERSON s,'LINDERSu2s/(MAC.TO.3 's%7*DAR.REVIEW.^Xs.QUESTIONS.SEPT Us1)QUESTIONS med Kevin Lund - who literally appeared out of nowhere on the Apple /// discussion group at West Virginia University. Kevin has written an Apple ][+ emulation in software to run on a Macintosh. Here's the message he sent after some members were daydreami ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman July 1994 WOW! The Apple /// Community continues to amaze me - even after all these years of working away with our beloved SARA. The latest WOW! came from a ///er na. I AM NOW A BACKER UPPER of "all" things! I use the modified, date & time for up dates as I go along. I think I have learned a major lesson about backing up. I hope this little story will help someone else that thinks they don't need to B/U "everythde special and were one-of-a-kind. I backup my files every week or more often if I do a lot of work on them. The reason my mind didn't want to backup the Profile (all software) was that, nothing every happens to this drive - it just sits there and runsing I found out was, I had not backed up this drive in 6 months, the restore went well only, boy it's slow (maybe Bob can fix it so we can turn the monitor off!) I lost 125 files that I had formed in the last few months - files that had things I had mamy other Profile on line and see if I can load it (I know it is messed up). When I crawled under the desk (to make a long story short) I found the plug loose. No problem, I got it "backed up". I got the backup disks (28) out and started, the first th few bad commands I had given in the last hour or so and ASSUMED I had messed up. I couldn't get the drive to do much that I wanted it to do, I even FORMATTED THE D#%& THING, nothing seemed to help. I was starting to worry. I thought maybe I'll put in the middle of the night. Now anytime something goes bump in the night we should get up, go to bed and think about it the next day, I didn't. I said, OK I have everything backed up, I can just reload and get going. I checked a few things, remembered a wn I went, I lost my Profile with all my software in it. No problem, I got "GO BACK ///". There is only one small problem with this, you only get out what you "got" in. Here's the way it went. I started noticing that something was wrong with .Profile "Profile" of a Hard-Learned Lesson By Burr Patterson, Jr. David has been after me for two years to write an article for THE JOURNAL, I made this one of the things I said I would do for the new year. At just about the same time I messed up and doxs 4+INTERNET.A3 ks :*PAULS.NEWS 5s FINDER.DATA*p,ng about ... well, let's let Kevin tell us what he wants to work on next: I'm the (principal) author of Stop the Madness, the foolishly named Apple ][+ emulator that was mentioned recently. From the start, I had it targeted for a metamorphosis into an Apphe way we will have to do this is through pre-sales of the program. We are doing this because, honestly, we have not sold out all our copies of BOS. As you may remember, we raised enough funds to purchase 30 copies of BOS from Bob. By selling them all, wefor him to add a BBS capability, something I would love to have to replace Infonet. As with BOS, this project will cost our Software Development Fund $1500. Bob has agreed to take $1000.00 up front to get started as we raise funds for the rest. Tffers an easy to use interface able to handle 14,400 baud, ZModem, internal Macros, page scrolling and more. We will also ask for a number of terminal emulations (like VT 100 and 220). In previous discussions, Bob also indicated it would not be difficult ct with Bob Consorti (once again), this time to develop an entirely new version of The Communications Manager. While I can not tell you about all the features it will have right now, we hope to model it after the Shareware Mac program called ZTerm, which ol pass that along as I find out more information. WOW2! On another front, I am happy to report that we have begun the process to begin work on our next Software Development Project. As discussed before here along the Trail, we are going to contravin has been given Bob Consorti's e-mail and regular address and phone number - Bob is our best source of knowledge for anything SOS related with the /// at this point. I'm also trying to find out if this program would be Freeware, Shareware or ?? and wilnt incarnation (as a ][+ emulator) it runs on anything with system 7 and 256 color display. My girlfriends brother said, "now, an Apple ][ emulator, that might actually be useful. But an Apple /// emulator, now that'd be art for art's sake"... Kecore has the flexibility it needs, I can stick other people with the work of doing the modules themselves... I think I'd die happy if I could see the running horses demo on my mac... Kevin also says: It'd work on just about any Mac; in its curre other major deviations from the basic architecture are important, too (e.g., does the /// do all of its memory-mapped I/O in page $C0?). I've been planning to clean up the external module interface and release the specs; that way, as long as the emulator derstand, the real fundamental difference between the ][/][+ and the /// is the banked memory. So I'd be interested to know how it works; that way, I can make sure that the main body of the emulator can offer that sort of service to external modules. Any or two. Kevin Lund (kevin@cassandra.ucr.edu) As you might imagine, the response was rather excited, with many ///ers (including your's truly) offering to provide whatever information Kevin needed. He later communicated to me that: From what I unwas done to handle the banked memory (I have a ///+, but no technical manuals. Which is why I still have only a ][+ emulator...). Oh yeah, and a little code to handle the new videomodes. It could all probably be done in a week or two...ah, to have a weekI card, the language card, the keyboard, and the paddles; (next) I'll pull out the video and CPU code as well. So, what I'm trying to say is that all that's needed to make it into an Apple /// is some new I/O modules to handle the /// stuff, plus whatever le /// emulator. To this end, all of the I/O stuff is in external code resources which are loaded at run-time (in the current beta version, I just rolled the code resources into the application to avoid confusion). Currently, the modules handle the disk I would replenish the SDF so that we could then go on to the next project. Unfortunately, we have not sold a dozen copies of the program yet. While support from our WAP ///ers has been strong, our friends at ATUNC in California, for example (who contributed $500 to get things started) never purchased one copy. We are still selling BOS and hope to sell them all (again, if you do NOT have your's yet, you are missing out on a truly wonderful program). But in the meantime, we are going to sell pre-orderen its got a "clean slate" to restore to. You can also take advantage of a special feature in BOS that enhances disk caching with hardisks restored from scratch. APPLE /// RESOURCES Bob Consorti 179-B Kent St. Brookline, MA. 02148 (617)-731-0662 On the hardisk, and if you do get your original hardisk repaired, you still have the backups on the (in my case) 800K disks and can reinstall everything if need be. By the way, GoBack has a special feature that makes the most out of your hardisk wher solution would be a SuperDrive, since it can hold even more data (1.4 MB). I was NOT able to reinstall everything because I was going from a 10MB to a 5MB hard disk. BUT with GoBack, its' easy to cull out all the things you really don't need onoBack /// (or Backup ///) disk with the proper drives for your system. 4) Boot up GoBack and reinstall your system onto the backup hard disk. My system includes an 800K Unidisk, which I used for making backups. It certainly makes it easier. A bettficult, but something you should keep in mind should something similar happen to you: 1) Make up a System Utilities disk containing the proper drivers for your system. 2) Boot your system with the backup hardisk and format it. 3) Makeup a copy of your Gas late as I would have liked (it was about a month old) but it was close enough. I pulled out my old backup 5MB Profile and reinstalled everything. That brought up an excuse here, though to take you through the steps of what I had to do. Not dify bit the dust in late May - much sooner than I expected (though the 10MB Profiles do not have as good a service record as the 5s do). Luckily, I had heeded my own advice (given to you many, many times) to do a backup often. The backup I had was still not ame to be placed in nomination to run for the BOD and will not nominate myself. I feel I can best serve the club at this point by concentrating on the /// SIG, as I have for all these many years. CRASH BUT NO BURN My 10 MB Profile finall serve as a member of the WAP Board of Directors. It was close, but I maintained my record of never having won an election to serve as a Director (I did serve as Secretary once - but ran without competition). Given these events, I will no longer allow my nk to the WAP office and note its for a pre-order for the new Communications Manager. As always, thank you again for supporting the /// Community! THE ELECTION Well what can I say here but thank you to all who again supported me with your votes todirectly) if there are some features you'd like to see included. As with BOS, tho, this program promises to give our SARA added life and capabilities. If you can be a little patient and willing to invest $50.00 one more time, please send in a checon to say that, knowing him, he would add even more features to the ones we request. I'm asking our Co-Chair Paul Campbell to coordinate with Bob about what goes into the new TCM. But feel free to call or message either one of us (or communicate with Bob ng to be pretty busy this year as I'm doing a rotation in the summer, teaching a class in the fall and preparing for my oral examination but as long as you're willing to give me until say December I should be able to get everything done. Bob went s for the new TCM. Price will be $45.00 for all, with a $5.00 Postage and Handling fee if delivered by mail. The program will cost $50.00 when it is released (plus P&H). AS for a timetable, here's what Bob told me on CompuServe: My schedule is goiThree c/o Joe Consorti 1174 Hickory Ave. Tehachapi, CA. 93561 (805)-822-8580 Sun Remarketing - 1-800-821-3221 PO Box 4059 Logan, Utah 84321 The Lisa Shop - 916-668-5637 PO Box 969 Woodland, Ca. 95695 Tom Linders 1-408-741-1001 12604 Wardell Ct. Saratoga, CA. 95070 Apple User Group Connection 800-538-9696 ext. 500 Apple User Assistance 800-767-2775 7-2775 e questions. Here are a few of interest. ///er Kevin Burtch asked: I have a few ///s and a ///+, and only one of them has this "feature" upon startup of going into a RAM test mode. I've seen other people mention it in the newsgroups, but I don't tat is helping too, but your support is greatly appreciated. Note that we have a special deal on - buy BOS and the new TCM together and save! Call the WAP office for details. INTERNET QUESTIONS New ///ers abound on the Internet... and they all hav toward development of our new Communications Manager. IF you have not pre-ordered please help us by doing so now, so that we can be sure to see this project through to completion. We are continuing to sell our copies of BOS3, I am happy to say, and thapanese? I already have some articles on disk from him, as well as the magazine he sent. It would be fun to get them translated and then republished in the Journal. NEW COM MANAGER UPDATE We have sent, and Bob has now received the first paymentple our SARA has introduced me to from around the world! Koji has promised to send me his articles - and some pictures. However, the articles WILL be in Japanese (imagine that - a Japanese author writing articles in Japanese!). SO Anyone out there know Jeos and lots of pictures. We even did a session in my computer room at home! From Washington, Koji went on up to New York, visited Bob Consorti in Massachussetts and then finished things out at MacWorld. Once again, I was hit by how many nice peo..) While here, I took Koji to the WAP office and to give him a ton of Apple /// software - as well as the complete Apple //, //e, ///, GS and MAC catalogs on disk. We had a great time talking about Apple and our SARA. And of course, he took vidt - and write articles about them. He stopped at Sun Remarketing, for example and talked with Bob Cook. He visited Alltech Electronics and attended KansasFest. He also visited the Big Red Computer Club (which was going out of business even as he visited. (or other computer) magazine I've ever seen before, he has given WAP and the /// SIG, as well as On Three lots of space in his articles. His primary reason for comming to the United States was to visit all the Apple places he's been reading abou!#$%&'()*+,-./012345678cross-country trip that started in Los Angeles and ended up at the MacWorld Convention in Boston. Koji is an avid Apple user - and /// supporter. He's also an author who contributes to an Apple magazine in Japan. And while it is unlike any Apple ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman September, 1994 A VISITOR.. You may remember I've talked about our friend Koji Anoura from Japan. Well - he paid us a visit in late July! Just one stop on a lengthy hink I've ever seen an answer. It will boot if I hit RETURN, so there doesn't appear to be any problem with it. The others just boot right up upon powerup. Our friend Tom Linders (Linders007@AOL.COM) out California way was one of many to ventured to answer: As you were told by the powers that be, the self test is triggered by the keyboard light being burned out, or not being there at all. This light is tied into the base of a pnp transistor on the mother board and prevents the computer from working e proper colors to be produced on the RGB screen. Color monitors produced during the time the /// was being produced - like the Electrohome RGB monitor included these networks as part of their design. WHY Apple didn't do this on the computer side, I'llan the Apple //gs (up to 16 background and foreground colors using text at once, much like IBM's color ANSI text). Actually - the display is NOT really the same, since the /// requires that it go though a special resistor network in order to get thoard that: "IT WORKS! Not just somewhat, but 100% as if the monitor were made especially for the Apple /// computer! Text looks sharp and great and even displays it in FULL-COLOR! Funny thing is, the Apple /// makes more use of its colored ASCII text thr Mitchell Spector (spector@vax2.concordia.ca) was thrilled to find that he could, in fact, hook up a //GS Applecolor RGB monitor to his ///. The plugs are certainly the same. He told other Apple // family users on the Internet's comp.sys.Apple2 Usenet b with an apple /// when you bend it back. I do not expect the cards to fit inside your Apple IIGS...but, even if you took off the cover and tried them out, they are not ready for use on the IIGS. AND WHAT ABOUT USING A //GS COLOR MONITOR? New ///et was Seth Mize pulling the rabbit out of the hat: DO NOT USE the Apple /// cards in the IIGS! Bad things will happen unless you bend the correct pins to one of the chips on the controller card. I have not done it, since you might ruin the card for useove and backup files). Are the cards and all compatible, or would I cook them if I just plug them in? As simple as this question seems, my Profile and Corvus manuals are both specific to Apple ///s and don't address Apple //s at all. This time i the TCS recently: Can my Profile and Corvus be hooked up to my ][GS? I have both formatted in SOS, and have some large files I'd like to move, for one thing (the 3.5 cards on my /// have both stopped working, and this seems like the simplest way to mu should find ground (bottom pin) plus five, plus twelve, and either minus five or twelve, I cannot remember. Also, the middle pin is, I believe, normally low. APPLE /// CARDS IN THE GS? That was the question from WAP /// SIG member Steve Truax on pain in the postorior. A simple test to run is to loosen the four screws on the top of the back and remove the three bottom screws, then measure the power supply voltage on the digital board five pin connector. This board stsn p of the power supply. Yo your hard drive does not run, and the drive is a Profile, you would be well advised to check the activity light on the front panel to make sure that it flashes when the unit first comes on. Getting the power supply out of and apart in a Profile is a realf course, you can always leave it and do a control reset. Our own Dave Jernigan later asked about what might be wrong with his /// - the color monitor was jiggling and his SARA would not recognize his hard disk. Tom Linders answered it this way: If IDC. If you make the change, make sure that you cut the trace and bridge it with the 100 ohm resistor. I have probably modified close to 200 units and have had no troubles. The pnp transistor is in saturation and the system works slick as a whistle. Oif the keyboard is not there. I have solved this problem by replacing all of the lights that I find with with a LED and a 100 ohm resistor in series. One side of the keyboard light is connected to power supply return and the other side goes to the 26 pin never know. Mitch realized this and reported later on the Internet that: One thing to note! Color information doesn't come through correctly. I run the diagnostic with a color-map display, and most of the colors were not as they should be. It STILL works beautifully as-is for text or other purposes. You might want to pick up a second-hand AppleColor RGB screen and try it out (they can be bought from about $50-$100 US thee days). The CORRECT version of the reistor network, by the way, was provided wbecause he had a problem getting around, I would go and see him every week or two. I looked forward to our ten minute chats early in the morning, and will really miss him. Our friend Jeff Fritz at West Virginia University replied: Sorry to hear abo, a long time Apple three guru has died. He had a minor stroke about six weeks ago, and a massive one on the 24th. John founded Apple ///ers Unanimous (in the San Francisco Bay area). I will miss him. We chatted on the phone a few times a week, and, angement of the PD library. As always, we'll move on to lunch at some new exciting location the Jernigans will find for us! IN MEMORIUM We're sorry to report a SARAsaur passed on in late July. Thanks to Tom Linders for reporting that: John Cowmanather on Saturday, October 8th at the NEW WAP Office at 9:30am. We'll be talking about the new Communications Manager and the status of the Software Development Fund. Just for fun we'll also try out a CP/M card on the ///. I'll also discuss the new arrVER has too many Delete as many drivers DEVICES block devices in the file as required MEETING QUE With the club moving this month, I've decided to hold off our quarterly meeting until October. Thus, I hope we can g loading kernel, try again interpreter or driver KERNEL FILE NOT No SOS.KERNEL file on Add from other disk FOUND disk using Sys Utils TOO MANY BLOCK SOS.DRI FOUND disk INVALID DRIVER FILE SOS.DRIVER file in Delete and add valid wrong format file with SCP I/O ERROR I/O error found when Reinsert disk and ile with SCP (Sys Utils) INCOMPATIBLE Interpreter too big Check SOS version INTERPRETER or specifies wrong memory location INTERPRETER FILE No SOS.INTERP file on Add to disk NOTDRIVER DRIVER FILE TOO LARGE Memory too small to hold Delete enough driver all drivers files to fit EMPTY DRIVER FILE Driver file has no Add appropriate drivers drivers in fd Attempt reboot Remove disk and insert again DRIVE FILE NOT FOUND Disk has no file called Add drivers with SCP SOS.--------------------------------------- MESSAGE/CONDITION CAUSE REMEDY Blank Screen Disk in Drive Retry with boot disk is not boot disk RETRY Boot process faileor condition, cause and remedy are all listed in the accompanying box. You might want to make a copy and cut it out, to disply near your SARA - just in case. -------------------------------------------- (Please Place Infor below in a Separate BOX) -----hich prevents system operation during the process of booting the Apple /// system, a SOS error message is displayed on the screen." And I might add, they are highly aggrevating at times! SO, to help you deal with them at least a little bit, the messages ith On Three's Draw On Three manual. The version shown in the Apple /// manuals was NOT correct. Let me know if you'd like a copy. SOS ERROR CODES The Apple Users Encyclopedia (Arrays, Inc., 1984) writes that "If SOS encounters some condition wut John's passing, Tom. What machine do you think God gave him to use up there? Why a /// of course! ;-) APPLE /// RESOURCES Bob Consorti 179-B Kent St. Brookline, MA. 02148 (617)-731-0662 On Three c/o Joe Consorti 1174 Hickory Ave. Tehachapi, CA. 93561 (805)-822-8580 Sun Remarketing - 1-800-821-3221 PO Box 4059 Logan, Utah 84321 The Lisa Shop - 916-668-5637 PO Box 969 Woodland, Ca. 95695 Tom Linders 1-408-741-1001 12604 Wardell Ct. Saratoga, CA. 95070 Wayne Meckling W.M. Enterprof space" message. There was also an infrequent problem with sparse files that has now been fixed. PARALLEL PRINTERS ON THE /// While your Apple /// has a serial port in the back that can be used for a printer (or modem), you can also plug a parks to files in multiples of 16 blocks+1 (thus if the file was 17 blocks long, it would have another 128 blocks added). This would only be a problem IF you had a fairly full hard disk, did a backup and then tried to fully restore it - you could get an "out n the NEW Communications Manager will begin once these other projects are completed - hopefully by the end of August. * Finally (Whew!) Bob is updating GoBack /// to fix a couple of bugs. Primarily - he's fixed a problem that caused GoBack to add 128 Blocu quit emulation mode, you'd automatically be returned to /// native mode. Various bugs in the Titan emulation software will also be fixed - the worst being a restriction on which version of ProDos you can use when you have a Profile installed. * Work oly switch to ///+//e emulation mode from BOS3 (or Selector or Catalyst I believe) without having to use the "Preboot" disk. Even more exciting, Bob says you'll be able to load ProDos and run Prosel 8 or other Apple // program - from a hard disk! When yoie or two as well. Upgrades will cost $5.00 from the WAP Office for current owners (to cover P/H). New purchasers will get the new version automatically. * TITAN ///+//e LAUNCHER: For those of you with Titan ///+//e cards, you'll be able to automatical has been updated a tad so that those who use the DeskTop Manager's Macro Manager utility can automatically load specific Macromaps when booting a program (thus, you can tell BOS which Macromap to load for each program you use!). There may be another goodo place all the files on a disk side into one binary file for easy transport. It will likely be compatible with DAR /// - so you can use either version to archive and retrieve programs from any Apple // family (Prodos/SOS) computer. * BOS3 UPGRADE: BOS3pabilities as Apple //, Mac and PC users. Likely Shareware offering. * DAR // : Per a request from your's truly, Bob is releasing an Apple // version of his great Disk Archival and Retrieval program. As with the /// version, this one will allow you t9;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNe should be a number of neat new Apple /// programs for you to try out. Here's what's on the table: * BINHEX /// : A special program that formats files for easy transfer on the Internet. This takes DAR one step further and gives ///ers the same ca ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman OCTOBER, 1994 THE AMAZING BOB Yup. Our own Medical Researcher and SARAsaur, Bob Consorti, continues to produce the code for our ///! By the time you read this, therises/Annapolis (410)-263-4053 ///s Company WAP BBS 301-593-0024 Apple User Group Connection 800-538-9696 ext. 500 Apple User Assistance 800-767-2775 allel card into one of the slots in your ///. Apple produced its own Universal Parallel Interface Card (UPIC) (available from On Three mostly, or another ///er) and drivers (in the WAP PD) but there were a number of third parties that sold cards for the // that worked for our SARA as well. As with all devices hooked up to your ///, you will need a device driver (see WAP PD Disk 3UTL-04) and the proper cable (see the note below). Normally, the card is placed in slot 1 of the ///, but you can , Apple // Parallel Card, Tymac PPC-100 card, Microtek RV-611C Card, MPC Card, Microtek Apple Dumpling-GX Card and Dumpling-64 Buffer/spooler card as well as Practical Peripherals Microbuffer // card. As for drivers, Sun Remarketing many years aes really did care about the /// - and provided excellent documentation for using their card with our SARA. IF you need a copy, please let me know. Other parallel cards that can work in the /// (if you can find them!) include the : Epson APL cardures in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and later was available from DAISI Electronics in Newtown Square, PA., but I'm not sure either still exist. In any case, we have the appropriate printer drivers in our PD (same disk as above). Interactive Structurom wrote in the "TAU Journal" that: "I hear the Apple II PKASO/U card beats feet out of the Apple /// UPIC for connecting a parallel printer to your /// and doing neat graphics." The card was originally sold by a company called Interactive Structinterface card. Dan Martin, writing in the November, 1986 issue of "On Three" said this was the "most powerful printer board available for the ///" and that it was "configurable for any printer present or future." Two years later, Dr. Al Bloting for whatever card you have and then experiment a bit to see what works. Most parallel (and serial) printers today include an Epson emulation mode. One other Parallel Card that was used extensively on the /// was called the PKASO/U parallel . N/C - Setting switch 1 to 'ON' makes MSB _not_transmitted. GND all others Since there are many other choices of parallel printers today (like the Panasonics, Stars, etc.) you would be best advised to start with the Epson set OFF OFF ON OFF ACK 19 IDS Printers (Any position) BUSY 21 P.E. 23 Notes: "+" side, or set to right, the switch is set to SLCT 25 the ON position. Switch 1 controls MSB, the 8th bit 739-1 OFF ON OFF ON D4 11 Anadex Printers OFF ON OFF OFF D5 13 Okidata 82A, 83A, 92, 93, 84 OFF OFF ON ON D6 15 Okidata 84 w/o Step II Graphics OFF OFF OFF ON D7 17 Apple Dot Matrix ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STB 1 DIP SWITCH POSITIONS 1 2 3 4 D0 3 D1 5 Epson Series and Star Gemini OFF ON ON ON D2 7 NEC 8023/C, Itoh 8510/DMP 85 OFF ON ON OFF D3 9 Centronicsvery common, and all my other Apple II printer cards use it. It's a 26-pin female, to a 25-pin centronics ribbon cable (you should be able to get one at Radio Shack). G+ Pin assignments: DIP switch settings: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from yours truly): I have two standard Grappler+ cards, as well the the 64k Buffered Grappler+ version. The DIP switches are used to configure your card for a series of different printers out there (I'll list those settings below). The cable you need is d the Grappler + and the Buffered Grappler + (Orange Micro still producers cards for the Mac). The question concerned what the 4 DIP switches were used for on the cards. Mitchell Spector (spector@vax2.concordia.ca) answered this way (with some comments place it in ANY slot, so long as you use the System Configuration Program in Sys Utils to tell the driver where the card will be. Recently, on the Internet, there was a discussion about the Apple // parallel cards once sold by Orange Micro - callego offered "Printer Driver ///" that included the programs to work with these cards - drivers now available in our PD (Again - disk 3UTL-04). You might also want to check out Daryl Anderson's series of parallel drivers (for the UPIC Card) that sets aside memory for a print buffer that lets you get back to work more quickly. BOS3's Print Spooler function can also help with this (it works with any printer driver tho). MORE ON REPLACEMENT LAMPS Here's one new source for a keyboard "on lamp" repl ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman November 1994 FIRST OFF I wanted to add my thanks to everyone who helped move our WAP office from Bethesda to the new location behind White Flint Mall. Volunteers ar75 (they answer Apple /// calls) =============================== 30 ================================= // Internet Listserver : APPLE3-L@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU Electronics Shop BBS * Repair Info (Apple //) (612)-789-2149 Apple User Group Connection 800-538-9696 ext. 500 Apple User Assistance 800-767-27 * Repairs/Software/Hardware 1932-D Lincoln Drive Annapolis, MD. 21403 (301)-268-4242 Tom Linders (Linders007@AOL.Com) * Repairs and Hardware 12604 Wardell Ct. Saratoga, CA. 95070 408-741-10011 Apple /ware/Repairs PO Box 4059 Logan, UT. 84321 (800)-821-3221 Sleepy Hollow Corp. * Repairs PO Box 969 Woodland, Ca. 95695 (916)-668-5637 (Note - WAP gets a rebate on repairs done by these folks!) WM Enterprises /Software/Hardware 179-B Kent St. Brookline, MA. 02148 (617)-731-0662 On Three c/o Joe Consorti * Software 1174 Hickory Ave. Tehachapi, CA. 93561 (805)-822-8580 Sun Remarketing * Software/Hard with the key, the DMT menu appears, or you can directly access one of four DTM programs directly by pressing + 1-4 (from within ANY Apple /// program). APPLE /// RESOURCES Bob Consorti (75300.1543@COMPUSERVE.COM) *Repairsautomatic repeat mode. It increases the speed of repetition from eleven characters per second to thirty-three characters per second (The Apple Users Encyclopedia). It is also used with On Three's Desktop Manager as a "Function Key" - when pressede new office. We'll also discuss the status of the new Communications Manager upgrade. FINALLY - DID YOU KNOW THAT... The Solid-Apple Key on the Apple /// computer is used to increase the speed of automatic repetition of any key which is in the fore making the trek. We're going to try and give CP/M a go on the /// and hopefully demo some of Bob's new/upgraded programs for our SARA. As always, we'll take any and all questions, have PD disk sales, and check out the restaurants around th 10am at the NEW WAP Office. A lot depends, however, on the status of our NEW Office. At this writing, I still do not know WHERE that will be or exactly WHEN the move will take place, so please watch the TCS, ///s Company BBS or give me a call at home bee RESET key when doing a CONTROL-RESET reboot. Even this might not save you. Richard Powell reported that a dead "on" lamp caused his machine to stop recognizing his ProFile hard disk." MEETING Que We will have a meeting this month - October 8th, What happens to your /// if this lamp burns out? Dr. Al Bloom notes you will "get a RAM DIAGNOSTIC error when you try to boot your machine. You can get around that problem by keeping the CONTROL key pressed for a couple seconds after releasing thacement. Craig Larson of Columbia Heights, Minnesota (craigl@pro-algonquin.mn.org) suggests: Industrial Lighting in Minneapolis (602)-333-4406). Ask for Todd and tell him you want part number 7362. They're only $1.35 each - BUT you'll have to order 10. e what make this group the best computer club around! The new facility will offer us a number of improvements - ample parking, larger facilities for meetings, the library, computer museum and office space. Best of all, this comes at a considerably reduOQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcd------------------------------------------------------------------ * - H P - Alltech Electronics (800) 995-7773 or (619) 721-7733 - - P - Arminius Pubs. and Products (609) 662-3420 S - - - AV Systems, Inc (805) 569-1618, Adrian Vance, Compuserve 704ness is: S = Software (Commercial or Shareware) H = Hardware and Accessories (New) P = Parts for Apple // & /// Repair, and Used Hardware - some do repairs M = Magazine or Newsletter publisher for Apple //'s * = Apple /// support ---- A SEPARATE BOX/LISTING) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- APPLE // (& ///) VENDOR LIST * by Jim Nichol ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The company's primary busifind things. Then there's Jim Nichol - who posts from time to time a great list of resources that all Apple family owners can take advantage of. See the separate listing, to which I have (as I normally do!) added a few things. (Katheryn: PLEASE PLACE INn ///s Company WAP - 301-593-0024). But there are other sources as well (see the end of my column each month). IF you have never seen my shareware offering - ThreeWorks - there is a tremendous resource of information about the /// and where to HERE DO I FIND?? Always a question on the mind of SaraSaurs and other Apple Family Computerphiles. WAP is, of course, the best source for Apple /// material (we have some 250 PD disks, offer software on the TCS and more than a thousand files oen volt supply sitting on top of the five volt supply to make the twelve volt supply. * One thing I have done on a few Apple ///s is to clip a 12 volt fan across the resistor and it really cools the old /// & ///+ off. Try it, you'll like it. W you believe it. The resistor is there to make the 12 volt supply think it still has the 12 volt loads from the old 128 k memory boards. The 12 volt power supply is, in reality, made up of two power supplies, a five volt supply to ground and a sevmore power. In fact it would be nice if it had even less power. * There is a 22 ohm resistor on the 5 volt memory boards. Many people say that this resistor is there to supply a bit of extra power to the 5 volt output from the 12 volt output. Don't about 75 cents a can cheaper and is identical to the color stuff. I prefer Isopropyl Alcohol 99% pure myself. * The ///+ power supply is identical to the /// except that there is a remote sensor on the +5 volt output. It does not appear to have any /e keyboard, it has a much different key vs X Y matrix output. As a result the Keyboard encoder chip is not the same as the plain old ///. * IF you must spray TV Tuner cleaner into the Apple /// keys, use black and white tuner cleaner as it is/wasple /// even if he IS retired. He does, in fact, keep me honest - a good thing sometimes when I give advice that could use a little fine tuning. Here's what he offered in a recent post via the Internet: * While the ///+ keyboard looks like the Apple /ced monthly cost - which will help ensure the health of the club and allow it (with time) to improve the services we can offer our members. KEEPING ME HONEST Our good friend Tom Linders, out California Way, is very much on top of all things Ap15,1420 * - - P - B&D Computer Repair (312) 735-9010, Larry Beyer, Fixes hard drives S - - M Big Red Computer Club (Scarlett) (402) 379-4680 S - - - Caloke Industries, Dept. SK, PO Box 18477,, Raytown, MO 64133 S H - - Charlie's Appleseeds (619) 566-1297 S - - - Christella Enterprise, Box 82205, Rochester, MI 48308, catalog $2 - - P - CreativeSolutions (513) 429-5759 S - - - Educational Resources (800) 624-2926 or (708) 888-8300 S H - - Fas-Track, 7030 Huntley Rd Bldg C, Columbus,OH 4he next few months. PUBLIC DOMAIN LIBRARY RESTRUCTURING I'm happy to tell you I have made some progress with this project - and in fact, you may actually see the results this month or next. As I began working on it, I decided it would NOT make if he's been talking with Paul Campbell? Joe HAS become a WAP member (Thankyou!) and hopefully has become a BOS3 owner by the time you read this. I've asked him to write us an article about his experiences with the /// - so watch for it sometime in tneral directors - but the lack of a good, inexpensive hard drive foiled his plans. In any case, he continues to operate his business today on this ///s and says neither a Mac NOR a PC can do what his SARA can do as easily or as quickly. I wonder Ohio - who has been using Apples ///s for many, many years. Joe owns and operates a funeral home and has developed a complete system to handle all of his business needs on Apple ///s. In fact, at one time, he was seriously going to market it to other fuly supports the Apple //, I have talked with him a tad about the /// - especially about power supplies. IF anything comes of it, I'll give you an update along the Trail. I MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE One of them has been Joe Schneider of Chesapeake,ents each in quantities of 25 and up. These are the solder cup design with pins in all 19 holes. There are no hoods available in the 19 pin size. Craig, by the way, is the Sysop of the Electronics Shop BBS - (612)-789-2149. And while he primaries, 1850 South 10th St, San Jose, California 95112-4108. The phone number there is 1-800-538-5000. The male plug is part number DB19P, 69 cents each or 50 cents each in quantities of 25 and up. The female plug is part number DB19S, 75 cents each or 55 c to know where to find them. Craig Larson (craigl@pro-algonquin.mn.org) had the answer: I have received a number of requests in Email recently for a source of DB-19 connectors for making Apple II cables. They are readily available through JDR MicrodevicApple Users Group, Bob Stewart, Compuserve 72143,1377 * S - - M Washington Apple Pi (of Course!) (301)-984-0300 MORE PARTS.. Sometimes you just can't get enough of them. Take the good Ol' DB-9 connector used on the // and ///. I-Netters wanted P - Shreve Systems (800) 227-3971 * - H P - Sleepy Hollow Corp. (The Lisa Shop) (916)-668-5637 S - - M Softdisk Publishing, 606 Common, Shreveport, LA 71101, (800) 831-2694 * - - P - Sun Remarketing (800) 821-3221 S - - M Uintah Basin 00) 777-3642, Scott Hebel-Compuserve 72133,3245 S H - M Resource Central (913) 469-6502 - official Apple s'ware & docs source - H - - Sequential Systems (800) 759-4549 S - - M Shareware Solutions II, Joe Kohn, Compuserve 76702,565 * - -3) 454-1115 * S H - - On Three (805)-822-8580 or (617)-731-0662 S - - - Orange Cherry Software (800) 672-6002 S H - - Other World Computing (800) 275-4576 (formerly LRO) * - - P - Pre-Owned Electronics (800) 274-5343 S H - M Quality Computers (8MECC, 6160 Summit Dr. North, Minneapolis, MN 55430, (800) 685-MECC - H P - Memory Plus Distributors (602) 429202, Fred Cortazzo S - - - Merit Audio Visual, Ben Weintraub (800) 753-6488 * S - - M National Appleworks Users Group (Appleworks Forum) (313229, (800) 927-3936 S - - M GS+ Magazine, PO Box 15366, Chattanooga, TN 36415-0366 S - - M Kingwood Micro Software (Texas II) (210) 490-6373, Beverly Cadieux S - - - Laureate Learning Systems (800) 562-6801 Special Ed talking software S - - - sense to release the updated files until AFTER the WAP Office had moved. The office staff and volunteers had enough on their hands AND, since each disk includes the WAP office address, it made little sense to release the disks and then have to go back to update them one more time. Since by the time you read this we SHOULD be in our new office, I hope to have given John Ruffatto the first in our series: - Accounting : Same category, but some updated files - Apple Software : A home for former commeharlene Ryan, Bob Consorti, Jim Salerno, Paul Campbell and many, many more. I can't possibly list everyone (Please forgive me!), but you get the idea. So thank you all for adding something special to my life over the years. I hope we've added a bit to yeghijklmnopqrsis SARA of ours is the people I've met over the years. Many are gone now. But whether here now or in the past, I've managed to meet so many nice people - Ed Gooding, Lavona Rann, Taylor Pohlman, Frank Moore, Daryl Anderson, Tom Linders, Joe Dobrowolski, C ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman December, 1994 TO START WITH May your holidays be joyful and full of warmth and love. I've written before, and would like to say again, that the main reason I continue with th * Repair Info (Apple //) (612)-789-2149 Apple User Group Connection 800-538-9696 ext. 500 Apple User Assistance 800-767-2775 (they answer Apple /// calls) =============================== 30 =========07@AOL.Com) * Repairs and Hardware 12604 Wardell Ct. Saratoga, CA. 95070 408-741-10011 Apple /// Internet Listserver : APPLE3-L@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU or - : LISTSERV@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU Electronics Shop BBS d, Ca. 95695 (916)-668-5637 (Note - WAP gets a rebate on repairs done by these folks!) WM Enterprises * Repairs/Software/Hardware 1932-D Lincoln Drive Annapolis, MD. 21403 (301)-268-4242 Tom Linders (Linders0ckory Ave. Tehachapi, CA. 93561 (805)-822-8580 Sun Remarketing * Software/Hardware/Repairs PO Box 4059 Logan, UT. 84321 (800)-821-3221 Sleepy Hollow Corp. * Repairs PO Box 969 Woodlanwith funding for our next project. APPLE /// RESOURCES Bob Consorti (75300.1543@COMPUSERVE.COM) *Repairs/Software/Hardware 179-B Kent St. Brookline, MA. 02148 (617)-731-0662 On Three c/o Joe Consorti * Software 1174 Hiorti's new Communications Manager or BOS3 (in stock). Call the WAP Office for details on how to do this (they take plastic), but if every member were to pre-purchase a copy, we'd have enough to not only make our final payment to Bob, but also to help us that doesn't work as advertised in some manner. FINALLY Your /// SIG really needs your help to make our current Software Development Fund Project work. Now is the time to ask Santa for that early gift by pre-purchasing your edition of Bob Consic : A home for BB, its programs and utilities. I may well have gotten further than this - watch the Journal for more details over the next few months. As always, I appreciate your help and comments about our PD disks - ESPECIALLY if you get one rcial software or updates to commercial software that I would rather not put somewhere else. - Bloom Software : Dr. Bloom's great series of disks finally have a home of their own. - Business Basours as well! Happy New Year! ///s COMPANY WAP I'm sorry to announce that ///s Company-WAP, the only remaining Apple 3 BBS, will officially go dark on December 24th. We have more than fulfilled the requirements as set by former Sysop Ed Gooding to operate the BBS (in return for donating the files to WAP) and I've enjoyed the opportunity. NOW the real work will begin, as we start the process of compiling and uploading the files to the WAP TCS. There are more than 1000 files! My plan remains to primarest flyer - which says they can provide everything from owner's manuals to joysticks, hardware repairs, file conversion, instruction, encouragement and even telephone lessons. They offer a wide range of Apple and Mac hardware (tho no Apple ///s that I satheir advertisement says - "We abandon no Apple Computer before its time. Tell us what you need to accomplish, chances are we can help you. You can save your time and money on phone calls because we have what you need." I recently got a copy of B&R's lat VENDORS ALERT I wanted to let you know about another vendor that supports our /// in many ways. B&R Computer Services is based in San Diego and actively solicits Apple and Mac users who have been orphaned by that company with the multi-colored logo. As and asks, can you turn him down? In my case, it was an easy "yes" to Lorin Evans (backed up by the BOD) when offered a chance to become a replacement Director. I hope I can help represent the Apple side of the family for our club in a way you would want. ten up by things like soccer, cub scouts, a life..etc. BUT I do hope to keep adding new disks to our PD (now 251 and counting) as time permits. NEW BOD DIRECTOR OK, so I told you earlier that I would stay out of politics, but when the President calls help John, I have also ported over the PD database to Filemaker Pro (a MAC database program) - which I'll make available on the TCS for those interested. This will be the LAST TIME I reorganize the PD like this - since my free time is increasingly being eae categories in-hand, and will get a number more in the near future. I have basically tried to make our disk library easier to use and find material. I am also bringing files up-to-date as possible so that they reflect today's reality. In addition, to nothing on these projects - the money goes towards the development of new projects. Period. WAP /// SIG PD UPGRADE I have finally gotten a good start on my long-term program to reorganize the PD Library - in fact, John Ruffatto has about one-third of thtware and a chance for a 512K ///, what have you got to lose? In all seriousness, your support for our projects is appreciated - and makes it possible for us to continue with additional projects in the future. As I've mentioned in the past, the club makesadding a promotion to the sale - everyone who pre-purchases a copy of the program will be placed in a drawing for a 512K upgraded ///! The one string is this: we MUST have at least 10 pre-orders to make this promotion a go. But at just $50.00 for the sof and paying for the phone line. SDF We continue to solicit your support for our Software Development Fund Projects by asking for pre-orders of the new Communications Manager to be written by Bob Consorti of On Three. To spice things up a bit, we are the Apple /// Listserve at West Virginia University. Many, many thanks to Ed Gooding for his years of service to all the SARAsaurs out there. And thanks to WAP - Lorin, the BOD and you, the members - for helping make the BBS go by supplying some equipmentany when it was turned over to WAP) and a set as of the 24th of December. These all become the final legacy - the historical archive - of a resource many have enjoyed for many, many years. I also hope to make the files available on the Internet through ily use Bob Consorti's DAR program to compress these files for uploading - which should make it easier for folks to download full-disk sides of information. I will also keep for archival purposes the original backup set Ed sent me (representing ///s Compw) and accessories - but as always, double check prices against Altech, Sun or other vendors before purchasing (and remember the garage sale is this month!). They do offer some /// software packages - including Apple Writer 2.0 ($75.00) and Data Base /// (39.00). The value with these programs is that you get the manuals - many times much more difficult to come by than the programs themselves. There were also a number of programs that could work in Apple // emulation mode. WAP /// SIG MEETINGS We will haime thru the hard formatting process is needed. Apple /// DISK.ON.OFF by Using the Monitor By Tom Linders CODES TO START THE DISKS RUNNING A GREAT WAY TO TURN ON THE DRIVES TO CLEAN THE HEADS OR CHECK THE SPEED To get any of these codes to be prompted to remove the jumper,do it 10. When finished, turn off power and reverse steps 1 thru 7. 12. With the I/F card in slot one do a high level format, using System Utilities or a program of your choice. 13. Sometimes a second t 7. remove U25 install U25 A (the masked R O M) install 2 pin jumper 8. Boot the formatting disk and follow the instructions. Remember, when it says hit any key, always hit return (not enter) 9. About half way thru the process you willtvwxyz{|}~ard to Slot 1 3. Remove four screws (brown) on the back of the Profile, and the three (silver) in the front on the bottom 4. Lift lid on profile and be careful of wires etc. 5. Disconnect L E D cable 6. Push down on all chips that you can see. Procedure for doing a hard (or deep) format on a Profile hard disk using an Apple /// By Tom Linders 0. Prepare yourself by reading these notes completely before doing anything 1. Turn off the compute and the Profile 2. Move Profile I/F cser Assistance 800-767-2775 (they answer Apple /// calls) rnet Address : APPLE3-L@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU Apple /// Internet Listserver : LISTSERV@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU Electronics Shop BBS * Repair Info (Apple //) (612)-789-2149 Apple User Group Connection 800-538-9696 ext. 500 Apple Us (Linders007@AOL.Com) * Repairs and Hardware 12604 Wardell Ct. Saratoga, CA. 95070 408-741-10011 B&R Computer Services * Repairs/Harware/Software PO Box 7195 San Diego, CA. 92167 619-225-8281 Apple /// Intex 969 Woodland, Ca. 95695 (916)-668-5637 (Note - WAP gets a rebate on repairs done by these folks!) WM Enterprises * Repairs/Software/Hardware 1932-D Lincoln Drive Annapolis, MD. 21403 (301)-268-4242 Tom Linderftware 1174 Hickory Ave. Tehachapi, CA. 93561 (805)-822-8580 Sun Remarketing * Software/Hardware/Repairs PO Box 4059 Logan, UT. 84321 (800)-821-3221 Sleepy Hollow Corp. * Repairs PO Bong that meeting. Anyone with CP/M experience welcome! APPLE /// RESOURCES Bob Consorti (75300.1543@COMPUSERVE.COM) *Repairs/Software/Hardware 179-B Kent St. Brookline, MA. 02148 (617)-731-0662 On Three c/o Joe Consorti * Sove our regular table at the Garage Sale this month. In January, we'll try to get back on track by holding a meeting on the 14th at the WAP Office, at 10AM. We will be taking a look at CP/M - in fact, we will have a special surprise for everyone attendi work you must be in the monitor. To get into the monitor type: (Control) + (Open Apple) + (Reset) and keep holding the first two down while releasing the reset key. That is, wait for the beep, and then release the Reset key While you're there and before you begin the disk drive checks, try your hand at the memory test: TYPE: F6E6G (RET) If all the crazy characters are followed by an 8 b 8 matrix of dots and no disturbing messages, then things are OK. Let the test run twice, and make surch (30%) water, and you are not usually aware of the denaturing agent (the thing that makes you sick if you drink it) in denatured alcohol. In the later alcohol the denaturing agent may be JP-4, MEK, etc. I use Isopropyl, 99% pure, that I buy from Longnly thing I know of that is reliable is alcohol. The questin is what kind? There are three general kinds of alcohol: % Rubbing % Denatured % Isopropyl Of these three kinds the best is the third kind, isopropyl. Rubbing alcohol has too mu days. Some others say to do it once every six months to two years. If you are writing the great American novel, then follow the advice of the former, otherwise, do as the later says. The next thing is, what to clean the disk drive heads with. The oinders 12604 Wardell Ct Saratoga, CA 95070 408-741-1001 DISK CLEANING AND SPEED ADJUSTMENTS by Tom Linders I. Disk Cleaning Some people say to clean the disk drive heads with some sort of disk cleaner every two or three close to 3.0 (or 4.5 for a three battery pack) volts. If it isn't, it's time to replace the batteries. 9. Put the eleven screws back in, and set the time by booting your favorite program (like System Utilities) (or even Word Juggler). Thomas E. Lhis would be a good time to brush off all the dust from all the chips inside the computer as well as pushing down on all the chips to make sure that they are all in their sockets 8. One last thing, make sure that the battery pack for the clock is prettythe tiny variable capacitor adjacent to the clock chip. The total adjustment range is about three Hz. 6. My clock's oscillator was set to run at about 32765 Hz. One Hz off means an error of about 2.6 sec per day. 7. While you are inside the computer tou, making sure that there is something under the keyboard to support it. 4. Put a counter on the penultimate pin (number 11) on the 1 to 12 row, of the clock chip using the chassis return. 5. The counter should count 32768 Hz. If it doesn't, adjust easy as one, two, ..., eleven 1. Remove the lid and any cards in the four expansion slots. 2. Remove the eleven screws that hold the mother board to the frame and remove the mother board. 3. Keep the computer on it's back with the keyboard end toward y minor changes were made and the whole thing translated into readable English (I hope) so that a nonn-technonerd (or nerdette) could implement it. SETTING YOUR CLOCK ON THE APPLE /// By Tom Lindes Setting the clock on your Apple/// is as ), C0D1 (RET) To turn the drive on type: C0E9 (RET) To turn off the drive off type C0E8 (RET) Easy isn't it. The basics for the above were fond on page 12.10 of the Apple /// SERVICE REFERENCE MANUAL. A fewC0E9 (RET) To turn off the drive off type C0E8 (RET) .D3 C0D3 (RET), C0D0 (RET) To turn the drive on type:C0E9 (RET) To turn the drive off type:C0E8 (RET) .D4 C0D3 (RET To turn the drive on type: C0E9 (RET) To turn the drive off type C0E8 (RET) EXTERNAL DRIVES C0EB (RET), C0D5 (RT)--This selects the external drives and deselects the internal drive .D2 C0D2 (RET), C0D1 (RETo turn To turn the drive on type: e that the Profile card is removed beforehand. Remove the card with power off, of course. After the warm up, let's do the disk drive tests... INTERNAL DRIVE .D1 C0EA (RET) ---This selects the internal drive C0D4 (RET), C0D2 (RET), C0D0 (RET) s for $1.23/pint. Also, remember, if the disk drive hea is very dirty, make sure that the head load pad is also checked to make sure it is clean. If you are having trouble with a disk drive, bring it to me (after a phone call) and I'll check it out for you. The only charge is my cost for the parts involved, which is usually not very much. II. Disk speed Checks There are several ways to check the disk speed. The best way I know of is to remove the bottom of your Disk ][ or Disk ]/[ and checd moved it from its nice metal enclosure and put it into an Apple Disk /// enclosure. The end rsult was a bit of jury rigging and a drive that wouldn't read any disks at all due to a bad write I C as well as screwed up head alignment. HOW DO YOU ALIGN s. Thomas E. Linders 12 July,1985 112604 Wardell Ct 408-741-1001 Saratoga, CA 95070 HOW TO ALIGN THE A 143 MICRO SCI DRIVE By Tom Linders Joe Dobrowolski (of Apple Users Group International fame) bought an A143 from someone who ha drive. III. General Interest For you Apple ][ or //e owners (not //c), I still have a pair of those controller card connectors that will not allow you to plug the disk cables in wrong. You could be avoiding a disaster if you spend a couple buckck the drive speed. The same thing applies as applies in cleaning, if you have a problem give me a call and bring your drive to me. Actually the whole computer is better as sometimes the problem is not with the drive but with the brains behind the+/-0.1 milliseconds. Remember, you need to use a version equal to or lower than 4.4 in an Apple ///. An easy way to set the speed is to have a hole drilled into the side of the disk drive so that disassembly is not necessary every time you want tocheresents thespeed as a measurement of the period of rotation of the drive. Remember, period is the inverse of speed. For this program the American model should have the speed set to 200 +/-0.1 milliseconds (ms) and for the European machines, try 199.1 inal for everyday use, and set as directed for copying. For a European model, set the drive speed the same way as for the American models, except set the count about +3 to +4 counts (to the right) from the indicated nominal. 3. Copy][+- This program p etting is that the drift is usually in the positive direction. 2. EDD- This program sets the disk drive speed in two ways, one for making program copies, and the other for just everyday use. For the American machine, just set the both drives to origt of plus minus about 100. For the European model Apple computers to have their drive speed set accurately the count should read +13 +/- 2 counts. For the American Apple computers the counter should read about -3 +/- 2 counts. The reason for the negativehave master crystal frequency of 14,250,450 Hertz. Not much of a difference, but enough to make any speed tests rather inaccurate. I shall discuss three programs, Apple Diagnostics, EDD, and Copy][+. 1. Apple Diagnostics- This program gives a coun speed the disk usually writes to the disk (but not always). The above programs work just great if you have an American Spec Apple computer. An American spec Apple Computer has a master crystal frequency of 14,318,180 Hertz. The European computers be set to 300 R P M or one revolution in 200 milliseconds (200 millseconds = 0.2 seconds = 1/5 second). There are many commercial programs that check this out by just booting a disk and (sometimes) inserting a blank disk. In order to check disk drivewheel with two tracks, one for 50 Hertz and one for 60 Hertz. In Europe use the 50 Hertz track and in America use the 60 Hertz track. The speed is good enough when the little bars move less than one space in ten seconds. The disk drive speed shouldk the speed with a strobe light. The best strobe I kno of is a neon bulb with 50 or 60k ohm resistors in each leg of the little bulb. Not having a bulb, just use a regular lamp (a fluorescent one is better). The bottom of the disk hub has a strobe THE A143? There are four parts to the alignment, and, if done correctly, they should result in a reasonable job. I do not have an alignment disk, so I used one of my A143 data disks, as well as one of Joe's ///EZP disks. Step zero Verify the problem The best thing to do, if you're sure the disk is out of alignment, is to read and write from a di, or at least format and verify a blank disk. When the drive formats and verifies it reads the bottom side and then the top side. If it will read and wr APPLE /// TO MAC, THE HARD WAY By Mike Lee, University of Oregon (MIKELEE@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU) My mother has used an Apple /// for address lists and correspondence for about ten years. When I sold her my Mac LC, part of the deal included transfering herll as his ///E disk. This procedure is not for the faint of heart, but it works, and would probably work better for me if I had a decent alignment disk. Thomas E. Linders 12604 Wardell Ct Saratoga, CA 95070 408-741-1001 Word Juggler disk of mine, as well as Joe's ///EZP disks. I also did this as I finished up each step of the disk reassembly. Then, prior to shipping it back across the Atlantic, I did a read and write, as well as a read and write from my WJ disk as weive, it was a simpl adjustment of the motor, and then everything was quite normal. Then you should run the mechanical stop screw back until the point just about contacts the moving part of the head mechanism. I tightened up the screws and then read a way and then the other. Prior to doing this, it is advisable to mark the motor ear positions with a pencil, in case you have a strong desire to return to the place you started. As you rotate the motor, you can see the head et al move with it. On Joe's drr to running step zero agai. Step Three: The stepper motor If step two doesn't work, and it didn't work on Joe's drive, then the final step will be to move the head step motor slightly by loosening the two mounting screws and turning the motor one (middle position). If, try as you might, you cannot get the drive to read track 00, this would be a good place to stop and repeat step zero. Put the optical stop just in front of the rear most phillips head screw and tighten the two screws down prio option. As the disk tries t read track 00, it may stop and try real hard. It will be observed that the optical sensor has three stop points, and the best place to try to find track 00 is when it is right at the front point of the rear phillips screw headlign the optical stop, loosen the two screws and push the optical stop as well as the head toward the center of the drive as far as they will go. Put in a disk that has A143 data on it and try to read from it. I like to use the systems utility "list file"otect circuit and sensed during the head retract operation. If the optical beam is ut, then the write protect line supplies a signal to the computer that causes the head step pulses to stop. (The fourth pulse line is used as a head select line). To ao the how of the adjustment, it is wise to take a moment to review the way the optical stop works. From my earlier article, the optical stop is activated when a light path is interrupted by a mechanical device. This signal is "wire ored" into the write prs, then back the mechanical stop off a turn or two. The mechanical stop is an allen had screw that is at the far right hand rear of the drive. Step two The optical stop On the left side of the drive rail is the optical stop. Before proceeding intite on itself, but not from another disk, then alignment is the problem. Step one The mechanical stop To start with, make sure that step zero has been attempted. If that has been done and the drive reads and writes on itself, but not on other disk old files to the new computer. It's not impossible, but it requires a bit of patience. Although good A/// file-transfer programs exist, I was not in a position to use them. (If you have Internet access, you can get more information from the Listserv discrn to the parameter list, ESCAPE to return to the driver list, then ESCAPE again to return to the SCP menu. Select "G" (Generate New System) to compile the results. The program will ask for a new driver file name. You can update the boot disk you're workireturn delay) 3: 00 (no line-feed delay) 4: 00 (no form-feed delay) 5: 80 (XON/XOFF protocol) 6: 13 (XOFF character) 7: 11 (XON character) 8: DF (maximum buffer) 9: 84 (minimum buffer) A: 00 (not applicable) B: 00 (software handshake) Press ESCAPE to retudisplay a series of 12 hexadecimal numbers. For complete information on what it all means, see pp. 118-122 in the A/// Standard Device Drivers Manual. Here's how I set mine up: 0: 0A (2400 baud) 1: 22 (7 bits, one stop bit, odd parity) 2: 00 (no carriage- 2, type "63", press RETURN, then ESCAPE to the parameters list. Item 4 (Driver Status) should read ACTIVE. If not, press 4, type "A", then ESCAPE to the parameters list. Item 6 (Configuration Block data) is where the action is. Press 6. The screen will to return to the SCP menu. Select "E" to edit a driver, then select the number of the .RS232 driver on the list and press RETURN. The driver parameters will be displayed. Item 2 (Device Type) should have a value of $63 (Char, Read, Write). If not, pressLE", and so on. You also should see ".RS232". If not, you'll need to add it from the System Utilities Data disk. Insert the disk, type ".D1/RS232.DRIVER" and press RETURN. The serial driver will be added to the list. Reinsert the boot disk and press ESCAPE .D2 for disk drives), followed by a backslash and file name. If you want to work with your boot-disk driver file, press RETURN. Otherwise, type in another file name. The program will now load the drivers into memory. You'll likely see ".PRINTER", ".CONSOches the "SOS.DRIVER" file for configuration information, including disk drives and the monitor. The screen will likely read ".D1/SOS.DRIVER". The A/// uses command-line naming conventions. Anything with a period designates a volume or peripheral (.D1 andt, press CONTROL+RESET simultaneously.) After booting, you'll see the Main Menu. Select "S" (System Configuration Program, or SCP). Select "R" (Read a Driver File). The driver file is like a Mac extensions folder. When you boot the A///, the computer seared information to the Mac. These instructions presume a single-drive system; if you're working with two drives, type ".D2" where appropriate. To begin, slip the System Utilities disk into the A/// and turn on the machine. (If at any time you need to rebooxt to the Mac instead of a printer. You'll have to strip out the paragraph marks at the end of each line, but at least you won't have to retype everything from scratch. What you'll be doing is modifying the A///'s serial-port driver (called "RS232") to feio Shack), a Mac modem program (I used Zterm shareware), and two A/// system disks: "System Utilities" and "System Utilities Data." You may want to buy a few blank 5-1/4 inch double-density disks as backups. The concept is simple: Make the A/// "print" teussion group APPLE3-L@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU, or FTP to NAMES.WVU.EDU.) What follows is the bare-bones method. You'll need a $15 Mac-to-Hayes cable (25-pin D-connector, software handshake), a $5 null modem plug (also called a "modem eliminator," available at Radng on, or another. (I saved the new driver file to a separate program disk, for example.) Press RETURN to save the file, ESCAPE to return to the SCP menu, then Q to quit to the main menu. You are now ready to transfer text files to the Mac. Attach the cable to the Mac's modem port (the phone symbol) and to the A///'s Port C, using the null-modem plug. Set the Mac modem software for 2400 baud, 7 data bits, one stop bit, odd parity, XON/XOFF protocol. (The A/// can transmit at 9600 baud, but I found 2400 suf Most folk don't know how to wire up a two-stage pascal boot. And, of course, he or she would have to download the documentation files separately. No one in his or her right mind would post my programs to an on-line service or make more than one atteone could just download the program. He or she would also have to download the appropriate libraries and wire them together in exactly the right way. Adding insult to injury, my stuff was large enough that it often required two disks to boot and load.in the good old days, and a lot of it was distributed by user groups, but it all had to be on disk. I wrote in Pascal, and much of what I wrote used special library files -- home grown, from others like Bob Consorti, and from Apple itself. No way anyoad a DAR'd binary file to your ///, DAR will "retrieve" a recreation of the original floppy disk from that file. This is a marvelously useful tool. Let me give you an example of why. A very personal example. I wrote a fair amount of freeware back like CompuServe, or via the InterNet's ftp file transfer protocol archives. DAR archives a 5.25 inch floppy disk into a single SOS file for storage on an on-line service as a binary file. That is its "archive" function. After you downli's first shareware program, possibly the first shareware program ever for the ///, and it is great for anyone who wants to exchange Apple /// software electronically, whether via bulletin board like WAP's TCS or ///'s Company, or via on-line services| irbloom@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu | | December 13, 1994 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ DAR is Apple /// guru Bob Consort | | Allan M Bloom, PhD CDP | | 2303 San Marcos Street, Blacksburg, VA 24060 | | Institutional Research, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0433 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | DAR: Apple /// Disk Archive and Retrieval | | a dozen tries to get it right. -30- RETURN. Next, type ".RS232" as the destination and press RETURN. (To see it on the A/// screen first, type ".CONSOLE".) Your text should appear on the Mac screen. If not, double-check your driver settings and Mac settings. Have patience -- it only took meficient for my needs.) Make sure it's ready to receive. From the A/// Main Menu, select "F" (File handling commands). For a directory of a given disk, select L (List files). To transfer text, select "C" (Copy files). Type the name of your file, then pressmpt to download them. Now, with DAR, it is as easy as pie. Maybe even easier. I've never had much luck with pie. All I have to do is DAR a boot disk to a file and upload that DAR file to an on-line service. Someone who wants to use that disk needs only to download the DAR file, run DAR in "retrieval" mode, and get a fully functional boot disk for the program. And DAR is about as good as an Apple /// program gets. The user inter- face is state of the Apple /// art, and then some. It is the fion" key (3) tells you where to send your $20 check (cash for non-US folk) and what will happen to you if you don't. Bob apparently has Dave Ottalini's cousin Vito (The Knee Breaker) on retainer. Yes, I'm just joshing. But if you use DAR and d file created by archiving a disk will only contain the blocks that were actuall used by the files on the disk. This will usually compress a 140K disk into a smaller size and save on modem transmission time and costs. The "Shareware Informatfile, send the file and the other person can retrieve the disk quickly from the archive. When sending disk archives in this manner you must use XMODEM or Binary II in The Communications Manager (TCM) or other communication programs. Note that the program to transmit or receive an entire disk. You previously had to use Binary II to transmit a file or group of files at a time and the person who retrieved the file had to reconstruct the disk. Using this utility you can archive an entire disk to a want to make a copy of the disk that has been archived you can easily retrieve it. By using this program you can eliminate or reduce your need for boxes and boxes of disks and something else. Until now there was no easy way of using a communications tells you the following about the program. This program allows you to make archives of any non-copy protected 5.25" disk. These archives are stored in normal files that you can place on a hard disk or other large capacity storage device. When you_________| | | |Selection : (1) Archive a disk Press ? for Help | |_______________________________________________________________________| The "help" key (?) Quit | | | | Use the Up/Down Arrow Keys to Select. Press RETURN to Accept | |______________________________________________________________ | | | | (3) Shareware Information | | | | (4) _____________________________________| | | | (1) Archive a disk | | (2) Retrieve a disk | | D3 Archiver/Retriever Shareware Version 1.0 | | (c) 1993 by Bob Consorti: ON THREE, Inc. All Rights Reserved | |__________________________________ Shall we, gentle reader, take a look at this program? When you boot the DAR disk, or launch DAR from Catalyst or Selector, you are greeted with the following main menu screen: _______________________________________________________________________ |fast. It takes a very few seconds to either convert a 140K disk to a DAR file or to create a disk from a DAR file. Yes, I like DAR, and I recommend it. And I sent Bob Consorti his $20 shareware fee, which some take as the sincerest form of flattery.irst /// program I've seen that uses a "thermometer" progress bar, instead of a bunch of dots or an odometer, to show you its progress in archiving a disk or retrieving a file. But it hardly needs it. DAR is an inter- preter, so it is blazingly on't pay Bob his $20, your conscience will bother you so badly that a case of shingles is the best you can expect. Why take the chance? Pay up. If Bob finds this exercise rewarding, there's no telling what other goodies might be forthcoming. Archiving A Floppy Disk Let's move on to the functional parts of DAR. The first option from the main menu is "(1) Archive a Disk," and it is the default option. That shows Bob's (and my own) bias as a software creator and uploa___________| | | | Screen 4: | | Working... | | | | | | /PRO/COPY/ASCIDIF1.DAR | | | |___________________________________________________________________| | |____________________________________________________________res- | | sing the Up/Down arrow key. Use RIGHT/LEFT arrow to select/deselect | | a file, ESCAPE to exit. OA-DELETE (\) will 'pop-off' a directory level| | ___________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Enter the pathname of the file to save the archive to & press RETURN. | | File selection is available by typing a disk or volume name and p | |___________________________________________________________________| | |_______________________________________________________________________| | | | Screen 3: t this archive and press RETURN. | | ___________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | ASCIDIF: ASCI Text to DIF Format, Disk 1 of 2 AMB:12/93 | | | | Screen 2: | | | | Enter a line of descriptive text abou | | | | Use Up/Down arrows to highlight, RETURN to select, ESCAPE to exit. | |_______________________________________________________________________| | nd press RETURN to select it. | | | | ---> .D1 | | .D2 | | Screen 1: | | | | Highlight the 5.25" disk drive that contains the disk you want to | | archive a Rights Reserved | | | | 'Archive a disk' | |_______________________________________________________________________| | ____________________________________________________ | | | D3 Archiver/Retriever Shareware Version 1.0 | | (c) 1993 by Bob Consorti: ON THREE, Inc. Alln uploaders, so I'd prefer seeing "Retrieve" as the first, and default, menu entry. But I quibble. Let's see what the archivers are presented with. There are actually four separate screens that I've condensed here into one figure: ___________________der and BBS sysop and such the like. Which yields my first sniggling criticism. In my years of customer service (or whatever they call my day job), I've learned there are more of them than there are of me. I'd hope there are more DAR downloaders tha ____________________________ | | |||||||______________________| | | | | Archive was successfully saved to disk. Press ESCAPE to exit. | |_______________________________________________________________________| The first screen asks for the location of the disk to archive. You are given the option of a 140K 5.25 inch disk in the inboard (D1) or first outboard (D2) de didn't make you change the downloaded file's type. The system isn't that friendly. If you download DAR.INTERP itself from a service, you must change its type to "sosfile" before the system lets you use it. OK, that out of the way, let's see what hapso you, gentle reader, should have to use a type changer utility to get the DAR file legitimate. Don't believe me? Ever try to get 3EZP to recognize a printer with a read/write driver? Probably not. Trust me then. Bob did a "good thing" when hnnected" than is my ///. I trans- fer the file to the ///. System Utilities shows it as an "unknown" file, type hex-00. A DAR-created file is of the "datafile" or "binary" persua- sion, type hex-06. By rights DAR should not even see any other file type, other kind of computer (Intel-Inside, Mac, whatever), a process that is guaranteed to not tag the DAR file with the proper SOS file type, and DAR doesn't care. Neat! Example: I download a DAR file from wherever to my Macintosh, which is a tad better "cou, gentle reader, are most likely to use -- DAR's "retrieve" that turns a downloaded DAR file into a disk again. By the way, and I assure you this is no small BTW, DAR is not at all sensitive to the "type" of file you download. You can download via any mistake. Good user-friendly programming practice. It could be a real bore to have to re-boot or re-launch DAR for mere lack of eye-hand coordination, yes? Retrieving A Floppy Disk From Archive Now let's look at the function that yoou would like to exit? | | | | Press Y to Exit, ESCAPE to Return. | |______________________________________| That is a nice touch. Just in case you hit the (4) key burn to the main menu. If, at this point, you press (4) to exit, you will be asked the following question: ______________________________________ | | | Are you sure yesents Screen 4, telling you that it is "working" and showing you by a "thermometer" bar how much of its work is done. Once finished, you press ESCAPE to return to the main menu. Once the DAR file has been created from disk (Screen 4) press ESCAPE to retelected an inappropriate directory (Eye hand coordination problem?), pressing openapple-delete will get rid of (pop off) the last sub-directory name you entered. Nice touch, Bob. Once you tell DAR what you want to do and where you want to do it, DAR prto complete the set. The next screen asks where to put the DAR file. It uses the latest Apple /// conventions (up/down arrows and such) to select the directory in which to store the file, so you don't have to remember the whole path name. If you s be rather more descriptive than those on Messy-DOS machines, but they can still be a tad cryptic. Text helps figure out what exactly you have. And, in this case particulary, you the user are told that this is disk 1 -- and that you'd best have disk 2 ram name, a brief description, a notation that it is disk 1 of a 2-disk set, my initials (Vanity, thy name is not necessarily woman), and the date I created the DAR file. The descriptive text line is good for a couple reasons. Apple /// file names canisk. Arrow up or down until the one containing your disk is highlighted, then press return. Couldn't be simpler. This brings you to another nice touch. Screen 2 lets you add a line of descriptive text to your archive. In this case I entered the progpens when you want to create a floppy disk from a DAR file. Again, there are several screens that I have condensed into this one figure. _______________________________________________________________________ | | | D3 Archiver/Retriever Shareware Version 1.0 | | (c) 1993 by Bob Consorti: ON THREE, Inc. All Rights Reserved | | | | ____________________________ | | ||||_________________________| | | | | Archive was successfully retriev | | Screen 4a: | | | | Working... | | the volume /FRED.WHATEVER retrieving this archive (Y/N)? | | Y | |_______________________________________________________________________| | ________________________| | | | Screen 3b: | | | | Erase .D2 | | | | Use Up/Down arrows to highlight, RETURN to select, ESCAPE to exit. | |_______________________________________________k you want to | | save the archive onto and press RETURN to select it. | | | | ---> .D1 | | | | Screen 3a: | | | | Highlight the 5.25" disk drive that contains the dis 12/93 | | | | Press RETURN to retrieve this archive, ESCAPE to exit | |_______________________________________________________________________| | | | Archive was made on: Sunday, December 12, 1993, at 10:31. | | User supplied description: | | ASCIDIF1: ASCI Text File to DIF Format, Disk 1 of 2 AMB:______| | | | Screen 2: | | | | Archive version: 1.0. | | | | .U1/ASCIDIF1.DAR | | | |___________________________________________________________________| | |_________________________________________________________________| | sing the Up/Down arrow key. Use RIGHT/LEFT arrow to select/deselect a | | file, ESCAPE to exit. OA-DELETE (\) will 'pop-off' a directory level. | | ___________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Enter the pathname of the archived file to retrieve and press RETURN. | | File selection is available by entering a disk or volume name & pres- 'Retrieve a disk' | |_______________________________________________________________________| | | | Screen 1: ed. Press ESCAPE to continue. | |_______________________________________________________________________| | | | Screen 4b: | | | | To make another copy of this archive, insert a new disk into the | | selected disk drive and press 'C' to begin. Press ESCAPE to return to| | the main menu. the straight binary DAR.INTERP file. DAR is that unique program. It is a standard. will start loading its ///'s Company and TCS file areas with DAR'd files. I know I have already begun loading the InterNet Apple /// archive (anonymous ftp to names.wvu.edu, directory public/apple3) with DAR files. DAR itself is at that archive site aslls enough DAR, he might be willing to add that feature to DAR or write a separate program The Bottom Line DAR is a great Apple /// utility. It keeps our beloved Sara cooking well into the '90s. I expect the WAP /// SIGistmas. I don't fault Dr. Jepson for being primitive. Back in those days, what else did we have? I would like to see HQX for the Apple ///. Maybe even built into DAR. Hoo boy would that be hot stuff! I sent Bob a copy of the binhex-4 specs. If he sete of output), he went for the "nibble-to-byte" mode. That doubles the size of the output hexified file instead of adding "only" a third. And of course you must remember the pathname of the file to be converted. And it is slower coming than Chrr benighted Apple /// has John Jepson's "codefile trans- mitter." Remember that puppy? Dr Jeppson did a pretty primitive job. Two separate BASIC programs, one to encode and one to decode. Instead of HQX encoding (each six bits of input going into a bye internet. Lot's of folks do. It is pretty standard to "ascii-encode" binaries, so the files are straight text. Text files more reliably navigate the various nodes of the internet. Mac has its HQX (binhex-4) encoding, DOS and Unix have UU, and the pooout hassle. DAR Wish List There is no program I've seen that is so perfect that I don't have a wish list for future versions. My only gripe about DAR is related to folk that have problems with binary files on thto have at least one backup of every floppy disk whose contents you are fond of. And here is DAR making that easy. You don't have to run the program twice. You don't have to use System Utili- ties to copy the disk. DAR lets you make a backup floppy withhe "working" screen, followed by the invitation to ESCAPE when finished. But here, instead of returning to the main menu, DAR offers (Screen 4b) to make another copy for you. Hot Damn! Gee, I like the way Consorti thinks. It is always a good idea essage on Screen 3b, asking if it OK to replace the contents of that disk. If not, fear not. You'll be invited to format the disk before proceeding. Good gravy! Did Bob think of everything? Once you get the destination drive settled, you get tvoid embarrassment. Once you have selected the source DAR file, Screen 3a asks you to select the drive containing the 5.25 inch disk as the target file. That drive must be D1 or D2. If you have put a good Apple /// disk into the drive, you'll see the mation of the source DAR file. Once you impart that information, DAR tells you everything it knows about the file you selected and offers to retrieve it for you if you press RETURN. If you inadvertently requested the wrong file, pressing ESCAPE will a | |_______________________________________________________________________| This is looking familiar, I trust? It is almost the reverse of DAR's archive function. The first question (Screen 1) asks for the loc WE GET QUESTIONS... Boy do we ever - from new SARAsaurs all over the country - sometimes even the world! I've answered many of the same questions so many times, I decided it was time to share them with you as well! They are in no particular ordeD library. 3) The Apple /// can use SCSI drives, the Apple // 800K Unidisk and the Apple //e or Mac 1.4MB "Superdrive". To hook up SCSI, however, you need a SCSI interface card that will fit in the /// and a device driver (which you would have to file formats are the same, tho you can NOT run Apple //e programs on the /// or vice versa. There was never a software-only //e emulation disk, tho there was a ][+ em disk that attempted to provide something near 64k. All of these are in our P option of Applesoft or Integer Basic but NOT both - since your choice is loaded into memory. The basic emulation is 48K Apple ][+ which means it can ONLY run DOS 3.3 Apple ][ programs. 2) ProDos was written from SOS (by the same programmer). Theram that will offer all the latest transfer protocals, macros, terminal emulations, etc... It is available on at a pre-sale discount if you buy now. It won't officially be released till the end of the year. 1) The emulation disk gives you thefast menu selection, screen savers and much more. It is about $50.00 from the club - and all the funds go into our Software Development Fund to help produce new programs for the ///! Our next project, in fact, is an upgraded communications progGREAT ABOUT BOS3? BOS3 is the newest OS for the /// - it is completely backwards compatible with SOS and all /// programs, but offers a host of great new features for our SARA - including disk caching, print spooling, password protection, TERESTED IN CP/M - AN OLD OPERATING SYSTEM FOR THE /// I have copies of CP/M software for the /// but to get the the CP/M card and manuals, you'll have to call Sun Remarketing in Logan, Utah. Their phone number is: 1-800-821-3221. 5) WHAT'S SO WARE AVAILABLE FOR THE ///? The WAP PD library offers some 250 PD disks for the /// alone! A catalog on disk is available from the club. OR try our ///s Company WAP BBS FREE at 301-593-0024 - it offers some 1000+ files for downloading. 4) I'M IN articles at very reasonable prices. The WAP library also has an excellent cross-section of Apple // and Apple /// magazines. The club has a copy machine should you wish to copy something. Costs are reasonable. 3) IS THERE ANY PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFToing back to 1980 or so (also available from the club). 2) ARE BACK ISSUES OF OLD APPLE /// MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS AVAILABLE? I have copies of practically every Apple /// magazine ever published and thus can make available copies of specificting articles about the Apple /// for many, many years and all of them are available on disk from the club. We also have many other articles on disk from other groups. My ThreeWorks Shareware disks list more than a thousand of Apple /// articles gr but you might find somthing of use here. As always, if YOU have a question or two, feel free to write, call or post on the TCS or ///s Company WAP. 1) ARE BACK ISSUES OF YOUR TRAIL COLUMNS AVAILABLE? WHAT ABOUT OTHER ARTICLES? I've been wri get from Bob Consorti of On Three - he would also have to set up the hard disk for you). The /// can only handle up to 16MBs so any HD over that would have to be partitioned and the driver configured properly (which Bob can do). On Three also sells the drivers for the Unidisk and Superdrive. You must use the //e 800k (Liron) or Superdrive card to run the appropriate drive. The /// could use the old 8" floppys at one time because they were available then. I have the drivers for them if available copies of specific articles at very reasonable prices. The WAP library also has an excellent cross-section of Apple // and Apple /// magazines. The club has a copy machine should you wish to copy something. Costs are reasonable. 3) IS thousand Apple /// articles going back to 1980 or so (also available from the club). 2) ARE BACK ISSUES OF OLD APPLE /// MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS AVAILABLE? I have copies of practically every Apple /// magazine ever published and thus can make R ARTICLES? I've been writing articles about the Apple /// for many, many years and all of them are available on disk from the club. We also have many other articles on disk from other groups. My ThreeWorks Shareware disks list more than a well! They are in no particular order but you might find somthing of use here. As always, if YOU have a question or two, feel free to write, call or post on the TCS or ///s Company WAP. 1) ARE BACK ISSUES OF YOUR TRAIL COLUMNS AVAILABLE? WHAT ABOUT OTHE WE GET QUESTIONS... By Dave Ottalini WAP /// SIG CO-CHAIRMAN Boy do we ever - from new SARAsaurs all over the country - sometimes even the world! I've answered many of the same questions so often, I decided it was time to share them with you as erlace built in, and the updated keyboard. Nothing else was different, really. ldering iron. The ///+ keyboard is essentially the //e keyboard - that is the only difference from the original /// keyboard. 10) Yes but they were very similar. The ///+ had: A more powerful power supply, a battery backup for the clockchip, intin California (Linders007@AOL.Com)(1-408-741-1001) can help you replace it. Try spraying some color TV tuner solution from Radshack into the left shift key and see if that doesn't help. The keys are easily replacable if you know how to use a sor and software to run it in native mode.) Mouse card from the //e will work on a ///. We have the driver in our PD library. 9) The "ON" lamp in your keyboard is burned out, forcing you to do the extra keypresses to start up your ///. Tom Linders f a jumper but which one is beyond me. Super Serial Card can be used on the ///, Thunderclock. Just about any Apple // card could IF it fit and IF there were a driver for it (for example, the Quickie hand scanner COULD work - IF there were a drivebelieve we have the Sys Utils disk you're looking for in our PD library. 7) No 8) Disk //s could be used on the /// with a modification to the analog card that I can't remember anymore. It basically involved the removal of a chip and installation oyou need them.. 4) The man who made the Titan cards will no longer answer letters or calls. The only way to get the ///+//e or ///+// is to get one from another SARAsaur. 5) FORTRAN is available in our PD library along with a manual on disk. 6) I THERE ANY PUBLIC DOMAIN SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR THE ///? The WAP PD library offers some 250 PD disks for the /// alone! A catalog on disk is available from the club. OR try our ///s Company WAP BBS FREE at 301-593-0024 - it offers some 1000+ files for downloading. The WAP TCS File Download area offers a growing amount of software too. A new source is the Apple /// Listserve on the Internet. Contact APPLE3-L@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU or LISTSERV@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU and ask to be added as an Apple /// PPENED TO THE TITAN ///+//E CARDS? ARE THEY STILL AVAILABLE? Titan as a company is out of business. A man named Greg Stuk bought out their supply of Apple /// components and for a time offered both the ///+// (a 128K Apple // emulator and RAM car 800K units like the Laser drive (which requires its own interface card). 1995 - Bob Consorti has also written a driver for a European-designed card that will work with any MS-Dos 3.5 drive. Call him for details. 9) WHAT EVER HAly (which Bob can do). On Three also sells the drivers for the Unidisk and Superdrive. You must use the //e 800k (Liron) or Superdrive card to run the appropriate Apple drive. Bob has also written a "universal" 800K driver for use with third partydriver (which you would have to get from Bob Consorti of On Three - he would also have to set up the hard disk for you). The /// can only handle up to 16MBs so any harddisk over that would have to be partitioned and the driver configured properle /// can use the original Profile 5 and 10 MB drives, as well as SCSI drives, the Apple // 800K Unidisk and the Apple //e or Mac 1.4MB "Superdrive". To hook up SCSI, however, you need a SCSI interface card that will fit in the /// and a device vice versa . There was never a software-only //e emulation disk, though there was a ][+ emulation disk that attempted to provide something near 64k. All of these are in our PD library. 8) CAN I USE A LARGER FORMAT DISK DRIVE ON THE ///? The App that went with the ///+// or ///+//e cards. 7) IS SOS AND PRODOS COMPATIBLE? ProDos was written from SOS (by the same programmer). The file formats are the same, though you can NOT run Apple //e programs (without the Titan cards) on the /// orince your choice is loaded into memory. The basic emulation is 48K Apple ][+ which means it can ONLY run DOS 3.3 Apple ][ programs. Our PD Library offers a number of different versions of the emulation mode, as well as the Titan emulation disks le discount if you buy now. It won't officially be released till the end of the year (our target date). 6) WHAT DOES THE EMULATION DISK DO ON THE APPLE ///? The emulation disk gives you the option of Applesoft or Integer Basic but NOT both - se Development Fund to help produce new programs for the ///! Our next project, in fact, is an upgraded communications program that will offer all the latest transfer protocals, macros, terminal emulations, etc... It is available at a pre-sarams, but offers a host of great new features for our SARA - including disk caching, print spooling, password protection, fast menu selection, screen savers and much more. It is about $50.00 from the club - and all the funds go into our Softwarcard (they have lots of new ones available), tho (if you can find it) the PCPI Applicard got a better review. 5) WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT BOS3? BOS3 is the newest OS for the /// - it is completely backwards compatible with SOS and all /// progM - AN OLD OPERATING SYSTEM FOR THE /// I have copies of CP/M software for the /// but to get the CP/M card and manuals, you'll have to call Sun Remarketing in Logan, Utah. Their phone number is: 1-800-821-3221. Sun has the old Microsoft Softuser. Finally, there remains some good PD software on Compuserve. After you've joined, type in at the prompt: GO APPUSER and you'll be taken to MAUG - The Micronetworked Apple Users Group. The Apple /// board is board 13. 4) I'M INTERESTED IN CP/d) and the ///+//e (two card set that turned the /// into a true 128K //e or RAM card in native mode). Unfortunately, he abruptly stopped offering the cards and will no longer answer letters or calls. The only way to get the ///+//e or ///+// now is to get one from another SARAsaur. 10) WHAT LANGUAGES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE ///? There are quite a few, actually: Basic (our version is called Business Basic), Pascal, Modula 2, Cobol, Fortran and Forth. Business Basic, Pascal and Fortraot remember what are the lists you are subscribed to, or what is the command to leave the list to avoid filling up your mailbox while you are on vacations. In fact, you should create a new mail folder for subscription confirmation messagesing information: Please save this message for future reference, especially if you are not familiar with LISTSERV. This might look like a waste of disk space now, but in 6 months you will be glad you saved this information when you realize that you cannt's easy to get your name listed. Just send an email to Jeff at JFRITZ@WVNVM.BITNET and request to be added to the Apple /// Discussion Group. Soon thereafter, you'll get a message back, indicating you've been added to the LISTSERVE along with the follow - for free! All it takes is a message to the Apple /// "Listserver" at West Virginia University in Morgantown. Jeff Fritz, a Telecommunications Engineer for the University set up the "Apple /// Discussion Group" there and handles the "Sysop" duties. I SARA ON THE INTERNET David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman If you're an Apple ///er, have a modem and a subscription to the Internet E-mail option on the TCS (or other Internet gateway), you have the ability to talk with SARAsaurs all over the worldy the //e keyboard - that is the only real difference from the original /// keyboard. 15) THERE WASN'T ALL THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE /// AND ///+ WAS THERE? No - they were very similar. The ///+ had: A more powerful power supply, a bat and see if that doesn't help. The keys are easily replacable if you know how to use a soldering iron. The club has extras if you need them. 14) WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE APPLE /// AND ///+ KEYBOARDS? The ///+ keyboard is essentialls007@AOL.Com)(1-408-741-1001) can help you replace it (see my September Trail column for more information on this). 13) I HAVE SOME STICKY KEYS - WHAT CAN I DO? Try spraying some color TV tuner solution from Radshack into the offending key(s)NOSTIC WHEN I TRY TO TURN IT ON. I HAVE TO PRESS ++ TO GET IT TO BOOT. The "ON" lamp in your keyboard is burned out, forcing you to do the extra keypresses to start up your ///. Tom Linders in California (Linder driver for it (for example, the Quickie hand scanner COULD work - IF there were a driver and software to run it in native mode). The mouse card for the //e will work on a ///. We have the driver in our PD library. 12) MY /// GOES INTO A DIAG anymore. It basically involved the removal of a chip and installation of a jumper but which one is beyond me. The Apple II Super Serial Card can be used on the ///, Thunderclock. Just about any Apple // card could IF it fit and IF there were an are available in our PD Library at the present time. 11) CAN A DISK /// BE MODIFIED TO WORK ON THE ///? CAN APPLE II CARDS WORK IN THE ///? Disk ///s could be used on the Apple II with a modification to the analog card that I can't remember like this one, and for the "welcome messages" from the list owners that you are will occasionally receive after subscribing to a new list. To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the list, just send mail to APPLE3-L@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU. This is called "sending mail to the list", because you send mail to a single address and LISTSERV makes copies for all the people who have subscribed. This address (APPLE3-L@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU) is also called the "list address". You must neveraddy again this summer: The moment we were waiting for came last Wednesday, August 24 at 2:01 pm... his name is Joshua Paul Campbell and he was 8 lb.10 oz. This means I'll need to work more with the other three, but at least I'll get a break from painti THE PAUL CAMPBELL APPLE3 REPORT By Paul Campell Edited by Dave Ottalini FIRST OFF: /// SIG CO-Chair Paul Campbell is one busy Motor City SARAsaur... but that doesn't mean he doesn't have time for the other joys of life - for instance, he became a Drieve by sending an "INFO REFCARD" command to LISTSERV@WVNVM.BITNET (or LISTSERV@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU). DU). s the e-mail address and name of all the subscribers. If you do not want your name to be visible, just issue a "SET APPLE3-L CONCEAL" command. More information on LISTSERV commands can be found in the LISTSERV reference card, which you can retter. Finally, you can turn off acknowledgements completely with "SET APPLE3-L NOACK NOREPRO". Please note that it is presently possible for anybody to determine that you are signed up to the list through the use of the "REVIEW" command, which returnsend a "SET APPLE3-L ACK NOREPRO" command, LISTSERV will mail you a short acknowledgement instead, which will look different in your mailbox directory. With most mail programs you will know immediately that this is an acknowledgement you can read ladistributed and did not get damaged on the way.After a while you may find that this is getting annoying, especially if your mail program does not tell you that the message is from you when it informs you that new mail has arrived from APPLE3-L. If you also tell LISTSERV how you want it to confirm the receipt of messages you send to the list.If you do not trust the system, send a "SET APPLE3-L REPRO" command and LISTSERV will send you a copy of your own messages, so that you can see that the message was g hundreds or thousands of people at the same time, so a lot more people get annoyed if you use the wrong number. You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF APPLE3-L" command to LISTSERV@WVNVM.BITNET (or LISTSERV@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU).You can e an unpleasant experience for him but you will probably be excused the first time. If you do it regularly, however, he will probably get upset and send you a nasty complaint. It is the same with mailing lists, with the difference that you are callinand the difference between the two, but fortunately it is not complicated. The LISTSERV address is like a FAX number, and the list address is like a normal phone line. If you make your FAX call someone's regular phone number by mistake, it will b try to send any command to that address, as it would be distributed to all the people who have subscribed. All commands must be sent to the "LISTSERV address", LISTSERV@WVNVM.BITNET (or LISTSERV@WVNVM.WVNET.EDU). It is very important to understng and re-arranging bedrooms! I bit the bullet and purchased one of those "tot trailers", it hooks to the back of a bike so you can haul a couple of kids on short bike rides. It works out well, as my eldest son is 7 and can ride his own bike The other twarallel (lpt1), the Apple is using the serial port of the same printer. The Apple finished in 14 seconds. COMPUTER NEWS 3 (Paul reported to us on the TCS in October that he's once again been running circles around SARA's Messy-Dos proponents at work):. A sample graphic on the DOS system took over 18 minutes to output the image to the laser printer. I re-created the same image on the Apple in about 15 minutes and then sent it to the printer. The IBM compatible system is connected to the printer via pto play around with scanned images. This one has a color monitor, more speed and a little more space. It's still not able to come close to my old Apple though. The VGA display is nice but the Apple can kill the CPU in both data and graphics manipulationdity, a weak connection which causes arching, OR a bad capacitor in the power supply. I've come across three SARA's with this problem these last two months. COMPUTER NEWS 2 Upgraded the DOS system recently so I could run a graphics program that I use pply connection are clean and shiny. If not, clean all four sides of each pin with a minature file or similar tool. It may be necessary to replace the power supply connector cable if the connectors are burned. This problem can be caused by age and humiom the ///'s power supply. I addition to flickering or smearing screen characters, symptoms include random lockups, erratic external devices, and fatal $01 errors. The solution is to remove the Apple /// motherboard and make sure the pins on the power sube rearing its head at this time in SARA's life. The problem is this: The power supply connectors have become burned or corroded causing a reduction in power supply amperage... especially during bootup or when external peripherials consume extra power frve Jernigan's /// screen was giving him fits a few months back.. Paul, as always, came to the rescue): When your Apple /// screen flickers, do the characters seem to "smear" sideways on the screen? That is one of the symptoms of a problem that seems to the software that survived, then reformat. I guess I shouldn't expect so much from such an obsolete OS anyway. Wonder if Bob Consorti would make a version of Disk-Direory-File Fixer /// for the IBM side of the computing world! THE JERNIGAN FLICKERS (Daia imperfections, no bad blocks, no file corruptions, and no file or directory problems. It runs just like the day I first plugged it in, only better now that I've upgraded to BOS3. For the Intel system, I'll probably plug in a second drive and transfer not repair. It's funny, my hard drive for the Apple was $10 per megabyte, but it's been used full time since February of 1991 with several thousand files and has never been reformatted despite several trips in the backseat of a car. And yet it has no medhat is supposed to be safe for your data. Unfortunately, the drive was DoubleSpaced and SpinRite does not tell you that it is formatting your drive while it checks things out. It did detect a number of bad areas on the C: drive, most of which it could y hard drive. I now have a C: drive that has a chunk of its media unformatted, lost WordPerfect, SeedMaster, KeyCad, and my scanner software. It turns out that SpinRite, when you ask it to give an analysis of your hard drive, performs a low-level format to (2 and 4) can sit back and make faces at their brother (grin). COMPUTER NEWS 1: ARGGGHHHH! Once again my Intel system has found a way to get more usage time. Yes Sir,.. I was running SpinRite to see if it was worth purchasing for myself and it ate m SARA has been solid as a rock and just got done doing a project that knocked my supervisor's socks off (he's still looking for the left one). The task was to take 3 pages worth of material that we need to keep info on 6 different subjects, and make it into something that was functional and organized. SARA and I got it into a layout that looks neat and attractive, and fits on ONE sheet of paper with room to spare. Maybe I'll upload the form after we get through the final tweaks. Speaking of tweaking1600 =Q:WW=0A=:A=21A=9&oldprefix$=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),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$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 ploaded it to the TCS by the time you read this.) t would make the map difficult to read. Only remaining problem that we need to solve before going public is "?SYNTAX ERROR IN 4100" when accessing the ships communications. (We'll look forward to this new version of Star Trek - and hope Paul will have uad view! Not sure if I'm satisfied with the appearance of the Klingon ships, but the Enterprise seems just right. Got new stars, Bases, and sector markers too... I also patched a problem with the Galatic Memory map displayed by the onboard computer thay weekend of working on this game are obvious before you even engage the Warp engines. The game code has been modified and a new character set has been created which allows the game to display the ships on the scanners as they would appear from an overhe, you know that game of StarTrek for the ///? It's fun to have a game that really makes you use your noggin. The only thing that bothered me was the short range scanner display which showed the Enterprise as an "E", Klingons as a "K", ect. 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"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),"PASTX'gfd$h*OTHER.ARTICLESV TRAIL.COLUMNSUB MENU.MAKEREUSEG.TI DISKNAME.DATA;"{z$*BBURR.PATTERSONLINDERSMAC.TO.35B DAR.REVIEW5QUESTIONS.SEPT5 QUESTIONSUB INTERNET.A3U PAULS.NEWSTHE BEST OF OTTALINI - 1994 EAD 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::"1qp$t*5TRAIL.DECEMBERVB TRAIL.JULYTRAIL.SEPTEMBER TRAIL.OCTOBERT5BTRAIL.NOVEMBER omputer. DAR is a first for Bob - shareware. He's asking for a $20. 00 fee in return for using the program. We've already placed it into the WAP /// SIG PD and also on the ///sCompany, WAP BBS as well as CompuServe. Dr. Al Bloom has also uploaded gram! Called "DAR"for Disk Archival and Retrieval,it essentially creates a 'disk mirror' binary II single-file image of a 5.25"disk side.The purpose to make it very much easier toupload and download numbers of filesonthe TCS, CompuServe, even computer to care all set to fly under BOS. BOB 'DARS' TO DO IT AGAIN Bob Consorti is one driven man. Not only did he continueto workon improvements to BOS3 right up to the point of leaving for DC from Massachusetts,healso had time to write an entirelynewproccess /// interp file.I got around it by using the invokable Interp module which is several times faster anyway, which means that those who use their Apple Ills to access IBM Mainframe applications which require DEC VT-100 emulation with IBM function keys, of some way to get the word spread that doesnot cost big $$$$. The BOS installation of serial number WAP02 went smoothly and it's operation has been flawless. I never did find out why my copy of Access /// did not load under BOS, it may have been a bad A sale and end up leaving with two MORE computers. Had lots of fun anyway, it was great seeing every one and meeting Bob face to face for the first time. One disappointment was the lack of a scheduled ororganized demonstration time for BOS, we need to thinkth the new project. PAUL'S TURN It didn't take Co-ChairPaul Campbell long after returning to Detroit to make his own comments about the Garage Sale,as he related on the TCS: Well it was an interesting trip this time. I bring stuff to the garageme macro capabilty would also be nice. Now is the time to make your feelings known, as we'll discuss this at the SIG meeting next month (March 12th at 10am).Hopefully, by that time, we'll have all the BOS3 diskssoldandcanmake a commitment to go forward wike tosee.Rightnow,though, we're talking about a completerewritethatwillprovide Zmodem capabilities, page scrolling, off-line text editing,VT 100 emulation (& possibly others),the ability to use higher speed modems and a much morefriendly user interface. So the SDF!) Aspreviouslymentioned,once our 30 copies of BOS3 are sold, we'll move on to develop a new versionof Communications Manager. I had a long talkwithBobabout that and he's already started to think about it.We need your input on what you'd liwork. But I'd like to lookon this as the beginning and not the end.We still have a lot of things to do, projectsto accomplish. Many of you, through your continued interest and financial support,will make that possible(andyes,we're still taking donations toOffice Manager Beth Medlin for all her assistance with thisproject! Afterwards SIG members got Bob so filled with pizza he didn't eat again until lunch the next day! Yup-it was heaven for us SARAsaurs-the culmination of more than a year's worth of Dave Jernigan as he had the honor of being the first SIG member to "officially" load BOS into his /// -It was even recorded for posterity on video tape! We sold six copies of BOS3 during the day, while preparing the other 24 copies for sale.Thanks to WAP it to the Apple///Internet address. Our PD version comes completewith a manual-on-disk (put together by yours truly) and the self-booting program.Besureto see the DAR review from Dr. AlBloom in the Journal. In the meantime, I couldn't resist giving you a t