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The RamFast and ProDos 2.0.1 both try to do re-mapping of drives to unused
slots. This can cause problems, mostly when launching and returning from
ProDos 8 applications (crashes or wants you to insert disk). Solution:
Configure the RamFast not to re-map. If you have a RamFAST with a ROM
revision less than 2.01a, you need to get a newer ROM from CVT. Otherwise,
V2.01c allows setting Slot Priority Allocations to 0 which will let ProDos
deal with them. V3.0 allows you to choose between RamFast mapping (works now)
and ProDos 8 mapping. If you can't wait, you can Patch ProDos 2.0 not to
re-map slots. Look for "10 BF C9 A5 D0 07" and change the $A5 to $00 (should
be byte $1A3 in the 5th block of the file). Hack at your own risk.
Subtopic: If you have a Vulcan or AE High Density disk
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Due to problems with the Vulcan, when booting, it asks for your System Disk.
Just put the Vulcan driver on your boot disk, boot it, and then launch the
installer. Alternately, put the driver on the installer disk and boot it.
(but you have to delete some of the installer scripts first) For the AE High
Density Drive, be sure to remove Apple's 3.5" driver when putting on AE's.
Subtopic: If you have ProSel
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Rename start to something else before running the installer, or else the
Finder won't be installed. Believe me, you don't want to miss out on Finder
6.0!
Subtopic: If you have an AMR 3.5"
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If the computer hangs (mostly at the Standard File dialogue box) with no disk
in the drive, try putting one in. What's happening is that GS is reading the
status from the drive, and the drive won't return anything unless there is a
disk in the drive. Just stick a disk in and all will be fine. If it really
annoys you, either deactive the 3.5" driver (get IR so you can double-click
to re-activate it) or simply keep a disk in the drive at all times. This is
not a problem under ProDos 8.
Subtopic: GSCII+ & HFS Note
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There is a problem with the HFS FST, but only GSCII seems to be affected.
When de-binscii-ing files, put the output onto a ProDos volume, not an HFS
one.
[ Mega-thanks to Dave Lyons & friends for these. ]
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Date: 1/1/93
From: dmag@umich.edu
Subject: What to do with an Apple ][?
Q: What can you hook up to an Apple ][?
A: Hard Drives, Scanners, Video Digitizers, Laser Printers, Video Overlay
Cards, Tape backups, Inkjet Printers, 24 pin Dot Matrix Printers, EPROM
Burners, AppleTalk Networks, High Density 3.5" drives, serial cards, parallel
cards, audio Digitizers, CP/M boards (Z-80 processor), an IBM-on-a-card, 9600
baud modems, D/A and A/D cards, joysticks, mice, graphics tablets, touch
screens, extended keyboards, track balls, several Megabytes of RAM, Real-time
clocks, (cheap) IBM disk drives and of course, Users!
This list is by no means exhaustive: This is just what I personally have
done. All of it is available NOW, and can be done on any Apple //e. In the
very near future, you will be able to hook up:
EitherTalk Networks, DSP boards, and cheap FAX modems.
Q: What can you do with an Apple ][?
A: As if the above weren't impressive, how about: Optical Character
recognition, Desktop publishing, Integrated Spread sheet, Database and Word
Processing, Interactive fiction adventure games, Arcade quality games,
Educational games, Programming, Telecommunications, Inventory, Accounting,
Money Management, and that's not even scratching the surface.
Q: What can the //e can "borrow" from other computers? (w/the right software)
A: GS bitmapped fonts, Mac Disks, MacPaint pictures, GIF pictures, just about
any Mac SCSI device (Hard Drives, Tape backup), Mac sounds?, many archive
formats (like uudecode), any serial device (EPROM burners, FAX modems,
mega-fast modems w/ MNP5), etc.
Q: What can the GS can "borrow" from other computers? (w/the right software)
A: Mac bitmapped fonts, Mac Icons, Mac and Windows TrueType fonts, Mac Disks,
Amiga Mod songs, MacPaint pictures, MacWrite documents, GIF pictures,
WordPerfect documents, just about any Mac SCSI or ADB device (including Hard
Drives, Pen Mice, etc), Mac sounds, Many archive formats (.uu, .zip, .arc,
.sit, .hqx, etc), any serial device (EPROM burners, FAX modems, mega- fast
modems w/hardware MNP-5), etc.
If you are interested in doing any of the above, feel free to e-mail me
(dmag@umich.edu). Someday, maybe I'll fill in the specific software or
hardware you need to do any of the above. If you have any additions, let me
know too!
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Date: 8/8/93
From: dmag@umich.edu
Subject: Resources for the Apple II
Listed below are some places to get information about the Apple II. You
should also try your local user group (and the user group library), friends,
relatives, library, school, FTP sites, books, and etc. One good book is "The
Whole Internet Users Guide & Catalog" by Ed Kroll, published by O'Reilly &
Associates Inc.
Edlie Electronics (800-645-4722 or 516-735-3330) is selling "The ProDOS
User's Kit". It seems to be your basic ProDOS operating system and a manual.
I doubt that it's a current version, but it's worth a look if you need ProDOS
on 5.25". Heck, for $1.95, you can't go wrong. [there is a minimum order, and
I have never tried it...]
Washington Apple Pi (301-681-6136, 301-593-0024 BBS [7 bits, odd parity]) has
an extremely active Apple /// Special Intrest Group. They have 250 PD disks
and have funded a new revision of the OS. Contact 72457.2401@Compuserve.com
(Dave Ottalini).
Educational Resources (800-624-2926) sells educational programs for the II.
MECC (800-685-MECC) is a group of educators that grouped together and started
making educational software avaliable inexpensively.
The Cynosure BBS (410-549-2584 Settings: 8 data bits, No parity 1 stop bit,
up to 14400 bps) has a license to distribute system Apple software (ProDos
and GS/OS). Contact dig@pro-cynosure.cts.com (Doug Granzow).
You can also get system software off of Apple Computer's FTP site. It is
maintained by DTS in their spare time. Thanks guys!
FTP: ftp.apple.com ./aii/sys.soft/*
The Apple User Group Connection (800-538-9696 ext 500) can tell you the
closest Apple II (or Macintosh) User Group. (Check Quality Computers too..)
Resource-Central (913-469-6502, FAX: 913-469-6507) publishes an 8-page
monthly newsletter, but it is packed with information. It has technical
discussions and philosophical discussions. It is also available on disk, with
many PD/SW programs each month. Resource Central also publishes many monthly
disks, including ones for HyperStudio users, TimeOut users, HyperCard users,
and probably others. All are on 3.5" disk only. They also have taken over
APDA's job of keeping the latest and greatest from Apple and some 3rd party
vendors. They have programming tools and manuals not available anywhere else
(like the Video Overlay Card Development kit, Tool 35/SynthLab docs, etc).
Contact A2-CENTRAL, UNCLE-DOS, or DENNIS.DOMS on GEnie.
Silicon Systems (714-731-7110) makes that DTMF decoder chip that Apple-Cat
modem owners are always looking for. Part #: SSI 75T201 - Integrated DTMF
Receiver. 22 pin DIP
Larry Beyer (312-735-9010) likes to fix InnerDrive hard drives.
You can become an associate in the Apple Developer Program for $350 (for Mac
and Apple II) or a mere $150 (for Apple II only) by calling 1-408-974-4897.
That gets you Develop magazine, Apple Technical notes, the Apple Developer
CD, discounts on Apple products, and more! If you want to license Apple
Software for distribution with your product you can get information by
calling 1-408-974-4667. (Note: You need a license to distribute Apple System
Software, including ProDOS, and the Installer.)
Apple has a toll-free customer assistance line for handling sales questions
and user concerns. This toll-free line is not designed to be a technical
support hotline, but instead is an extension to the comprehensive Apple
customer relations effort. The Customer Assistance Center is open Monday
through Friday from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time by dialing 1-800-776-2333.
GS+ Magazine (800-662-3634 orders, or 615-843-3988 or 913-469-6507 FAX) is
published bi-monthly, as a magazine and as an accompanying disk. They are a
great source for unique programs, which are not available anywhere else. They
also have reviews of new software. Of course, it's GS specific. Contact:
GSPlusDiz (on AOL orDelphi), JWANKERL (on GEnie), or
jwankerl@pro-gonzo.cts.com.
Hyperstudio Network (609-446-3196) is a quarterly newsletter about
HyperStudio. They put out an annual 'Best of HyperStudio' disk of stacks, and
have discounts on HyperStudio accessories. They even do some teacher-oriented
stuff.
Computist (P.O. Box 110846, Tacoma, WA 98411) is a publication devoted to
gathering and distributing information on removing copy protection from Apple
II software.
Softdisk and Softdisk GS (800-831-2694 or 318-221-8718) are monthly disk
magazines containing a variety of software (PD/SW, clip art, reviews, etc).
Softdisk is available on 5.25" or 3.5" disks. Softdisk GS is available only
on 3.5" disks. Contact zak@aol.com.
USUS (Keith Frederick (Secretary), P.O. Box 1148, La Jolla, CA 92038) is an
international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and influencing
software standards to aid in the development of portable software. They have
a large software library including a lot of source code (for almost every
language or computer).
Night Owl (913-362-9898) makes a slide-on battery for ROM 01 GS's.
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