$2 Volume 19, Issue 2 mini'apples newsletter the minnesota apple computer users' group, inc.
FEBRUARY 1996
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Telecommunications SIG Apple ll/GS Main Filemaker Pro SIG 31 MN Department of Health Augsberg Park Library, Southdale Library 7100 Nicollet Ave., Richfield 7100 York Avenue South, Edina 717 SE Delaware St.. Mpls. ^ "Research on the Net" © Tom Gates, 789-6981 SteveWilmes, 458-1513 Nick Ludwig. 349-0206 Board of Directors Photoshop SIG AppleWorks SIG Jacor Mini'app'les members welcome. 13 22 ^ Ramsey County Library Matthews Ctr.. 2318 29th Ave. S., 1410 Energy Park Drive #17 2180 Hamline Ave. N., Roseville Rm. C « St. Paul "Spreadsheet: Basic to Inter." "\\Brian Bantz, 835-3696 Eric Jacobson, 645-6264 Les Anderson, 735-3953 Macintosh Novice SIG ClarisWorks SIG Fourth Dimension SIG Merriam Park Library Southdale Library 16 fr5* Metro II 26 I 1831 Marshall Ave., St. Paul 7100 York Avenue South, Edina 1300 Mendota Heights Rd., Tom Lufkin, 698-6523 Denis Diekhoff, 920-2437 Mendota Hgts CB Bob Demeules, 559-1124 Mac Programmers SIG Macintosh Main Apple II Novice SIG St. Louis Park Library Ramsey County Library 27 m Van Cleve Park Bldg. 8 d3l 20 rr^ 15th Ave. SE & Como Ave. 3200 Library Lane, St. Louis Park 2180 Hamline Ave. N., Roseville "Newton" UI Tom Gates, 789-6981 Minneapolis "V Gervaise Kimm, 379-1836 Mike Carlson, 377-6553 Macintosh Consultants SIG Digital Photography Microsoft Word SIG ASAP 28 Microsoft 12 Byerly's 21 il 3777 Park Center Blvd, St. Louis 3000 France Ave. S., St Louis 8300 Norman Ctr. Dr., Blmgtn "Word on PC and Mac" Park Park, "Scanning" Dennis Diekhoff. 920-2437 Mike Carlson. 377-6553 Denis Diekhoff. 920-2437 mini apples The Minnesota Apple Computer Users' Group, Inc. P.O. Box 796, Hopkins, MN 55343
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Mini'app'les Newsletter February, 1996 Table of Contents Telecom Talk with Chuck BjorgenlO Newsletter N e w s l e t t e r S u b m i s s i o n s 3 A2 GEnieLamp January 1996 15 Submissions F o r M y F i r s t A c t 3 Apple IIGS-Specific Newsletter 15 By John Hunkins Jr. F R E E M E M B E R S H I P S 3 December ClarisWorks Meeting Submitted by Tom Ostertag M i n u t e s 1 6 Newsletter article submis Notes from the President 5 sions are required by the 1st of Mac eDOM #946 and #947 5 Unbelievable Deal 17 the month rather than the 9th Call All Ye Members! extension of his/her membership at months. Help our club grow!
Mini'apples Newsletter February, 19? Need Help? Have a question the manual Members doesn't answer? Members Helping Members is a group of volunteers who have generously agreed to help. They are just a phone call (or e-mail) away. Helping Please call only during appropriate times, if you are a Member, and own the Members software in question.
Macintosh Key If you would like to be a "Members Helping Members" volunteer, please e-mail Nick Ludwig with your name & phone number on our BBS, or leave a voice-mail C l a r i s D r a w 3 message at 229-6952, or use the MultiForm mailer near the back of this issue. C l a r i s R e s o l v e 2 C l a r i s W o r k s 2 , 8 , 9 Cross-Platform File Trnsfr 6 F i l e M a k e r P r o 2 F i r s t C l a s s 2 Applell K e y A p p l e l I G S Key MacWrite Pro 2 Microsoft Excel 3,6,7 Appleworks 1,6,9 HyperCard GS Microsoft Word 6 Applewriter 6 Smartmoney GS M Y O B 7 Publish It! 1 Photoshop 4 To. Superfonts 1 Quicken 3 To. Superform 1 S y s t e m 7 9 Word Perfect 5
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Mrs. Ardie tion the new Word SIG, currently, meeting, it appears to be improving Predweshny, get to led by Denis Diekhoff and Microsoft. by the moment. know her -- send her a check! Steve Wilmes will have the Latest The New Newton w/ 2.0 software It was a successful Holiday Season Software-- Version 3.0 of FileMaker looks very intriguing, I may need to for the User Group Store, also. They Pro- attend his SIG to see him make get one, to go with my FileMaker Pro ran out of computers under $2000, it hum, depending of course on, if 3.0, as they can exchange informa except for computers with a 68K he ruins his hands on the Game- tion. We'll keep you apprised of the CPU chip. Even they were surprised. athon in his living room. best rain slickers. Our local vendors have a limited Bob Demeules and I, with spous Get out of the house - attend a supply of entry level units left. I'll be es, will venture to San Francisco for new SIG, eat PIE SIG somewhere else, interested in hearing how the ADIA MacWorld to advance our group, or dinner at the LOTUS on Oak and salespeople receive credit for the The Macintosh, and to obtain, by Washington Aves, before TELECOM good season. This means we need to lawful means, software and possibly SIG. look out for New Members. hardware for our SIG leaders. All the Mac eDOM #946 and #947 eDOM #946 - KeyQuencer manage multiple clipboards in any to do close-up tricks that require very DO 1.2.2 application, change the clipboard's little or no practice, and that you can Copyright © 1996 contents, toggle the balloon help, learn in just a few minutes. The Mini'app'les display a message, play a sound, tricks require no special props, and by Bruce Thompson redraw a window or the whole most of the items can be borrowed KeyQuencer was selected by screen, put a PowerBook to sleep, from spectators! 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HAVE YOU EVER PERFORMED mum), A Color 13" monitor The bundled extensions provide BAFFLING AND AMAZING MAGIC (640x400 screen), System 7.0 or later, lots of power and functionality: they TRICKS WITH ALMOST NO PRAC 5mb of free RAM, a hard-disk with can type some text for you, capture a TICE? 4mb of free disk space. screen image, open a file or a folder, No? Well now is your chance. You must run the program from launch an application, execute a Easy Incredible Magic will teach you a hard-disk. menu command, choose an item how to do 5 amazing and baffling The program runs best in 256- from a pop up menu, type a key magic tricks, with little or no prac color mode, but will run in thou- combination, click on a button or tice necessary! Really! Jump into an anywhere else, change the number exciting journey into the world of of colors on your screen, dial a magic. Discover the secrets that the phone number, change the speaker's masters of hocus pocus have hidden volume, switch to another applica away in archaic books filled with tion, move the front window to a incomprehnsible jargon. Easy convenient place, select another Incredible Magic makes performing window, show the current time and amazing magic tricks a snap! Stout Typographical Society date, quit one or more applications, This program will show you how Mini'app'les Newsletter February, 1996 Call All Ye Members! Submitted by Steve Thompson listed in the inside cover of this and the office of your choice. To make a Fed up with all the budget indeci every Newsletter. What do they do bold statement, attend the mini'ap sion in Washington over the past and for what are they responsible? p'les annual meeting on months? Are you a person of action Feel free to give them a call and ask February 29,1996 at the Southdale and forward vision? Now is your them. Their telephone numbers are Library and be added to the ballot opportunity to challenge the status listed below their names. Or, look at right then and there. Beat the filing quo by running for office! Yes, a previous year's Newsletter and call deadline! mini'app'les is collecting nomina former directors to get additional The mini'app'les election ballot tions for all Board of Directors posi information. will appear in the April Newsletter tions. Fight back the tide of the Members willing to partake in the with voting throughout the month opposing platform (those machines challenge of directorship of a non (one vote per member). Newly elect running Windows). Create a world profit corporation, should call Denis ed directors will assume office at the according to the Apple. All director Diekhoff at 920-2437 prior to end of the May Board of Directors' positions are open. Who are the pre February 29, 1996 to have your meeting. sent Directors? All ten Directors are name submitted as a candidate for Nomination Request by Tom Gates and Denis A. Diekhoff ous how things get done, you might times in the world of personal com Mini'app'les is administered by a enjoy attending the next board puting. board whose members are annually meeting; it's a lot more interesting, Tom Gates (789-1713h, 726- nominated and elected from the exciting and educational than any 8306w) and I (920-2437) are on the club's membership. It's election time TV program. There are some very sat nominating committee and would again, and an opportunity to para isfying experiences to be had on the enjoy answering any questions, or phrase Kennedy's question... "Ask board, and much help and encour follow up any nomination sugges not what your club can do for you, agement as well. tions you may have; please call, or but what you can do for your club!" We are very fortunate that this say Hi at the next SIG meeting. Our board is not a secret, sausage year's board members have paced Tom Gates and Denis Diekhoff grinding clique! The board meetings themselves so well that most of are open, and its members welcome them are willing to serve again next visitors. If you are the least bit curi- year, if not in the same board posi tion then in another. We are doubly fortunate, actually, because the New Members board also got a lot of good work Submitted by Pam and Harry done this year. These are challenging Lienke Welcome to the following people who became mini'ap p'les members during December. Be sure to take Macs Recycled advantage of all the benefits of • Used Macs and Macintosh™ peripherals club membership. • Software for Macs Lori Barklow, Merlin R • Repairs and upgrades for Macs • Buy and sell computer memory (SIMMs) Jensen, Ron Cleveland, Keary Olson, Kevin Connor, Douglas Sasse M a c P l u s $ 9 9 IW I printer $89 MS Word 5.0 $50 The following mini'app'les MacSE 1/20 $199 40MB ext. HD $89 Greatworks 2.0 $35 In Control 2 $25 members earned recruiting Mac SE 4/52, $369 52MB ext. HD $99 with 1.4MB floppy HD enclosure 2400 ext modem $35 awards (a two month member $49 1MB SIMM 100ns $20 ship extension) during Mac Ilsi 1/0cpu$219 Fujitsu 800Kdr $45 4MB SIMM 72-pin $119 December. Owen Aaland, Pam Lienke, Open Noon to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday Denis Diekhoff University Technology Center, Suite 131 1373 Fifth Street S.E., DINKYTOWN CALL 379-3569 Mini'app'les Newsletter February, 1996 Digital Photography SIG Schedule Submitted by Denis Diekhoff 1. Scanning photos for printing, by Digital The Digital Photography Special ASAP. Intrest Group (SIG) normally meets 2. CU/See me, video phone, (this Photography the third Wednesday of each month may be at an Advertising agency SIG at the Southdale Library, 70th and with 50 terminals). York, Edina, beginning at 6:30 PM. News Flash 3. Visiting a high end digital photo George West, owner of There are three presentations we studio. are working to schedule. The meet ASAP (upper midwest's premier electronic publishing and digi ing locations may be changed to the tal imaging service) has invited presentors place of business. us to his location at 3000 Pleasecall me prior to the meeting to France Ave So, on Feb. 21 at verify the location. 6:30. Dave Gaudette, head of The three presentations are: his Color Department, will be offering us a presentation on Public Service Announcement scanning. They are located in the old by Wayne Couillard School's Adult Literacy Program. round, white, Galaxy building where France crosses Hwy. 7 Would you like to help adult lit Morning and afternoon hours are eracy students learn basic computer available at sites close to U of M, and Lake Street Extended- Minnetonka Blvd. It's across skills? Do you enjoy showing people Uptown and Downtown. Call Julie how to do things on the Macintosh? at 627-2406 for more information. the Hwy., south of the Lincoln Volunteer for Minneapolis Public Del in St. Louis Park. If you can't picture the location, give them a call at 926-4735. Please Minnetonka Lake Street Boulevard Extended °y° RAMCO SALES patronize our HARD TO FIND PARTS Hwy. 7 advertisers!! Their AS API France NEW & USED SOFTWARE Ave. APPLE IIC — IIE — IIGS support helps to Location of the Digital Photography SIG RODGER KENT bring this CALL NOW! newsletter and 612-561-8144 OPEN 7DAYS—9AM-8PM many other benefits to you. it nress hooks'. rf when ordered through mini'app'les -n MINNETONKA BLVD ^^^^^^^^^Details coming to a SIG meeting near you. Also, via the mini'app'les BBS St. Louis Park Library Hmm, by ordering just a few books, 3240 Library Ln it'll pay for my membership 929-8108 t_3!l .ijhis discount is just one of your privileges iini'app les membership February Main Mac SIG Location Mini'app'les Newsletter February, 1996 February Telcom SIG Mtg.—Tapping the Mother Lode (Note: the Feb. Telcom SIG Mtg. is on unearth more about your favorite the Internet to be a library at your Jan. 31) hobby, or, maybe even explore a fingertips. If so, you need to check We all agree that the Internet is new career! out this meeting. You may discover quite entertaining—but, have you On Wednesday, January 31 at 7 that there is even more out there wanted to occasionally use the 'net PM, Leslie Loar, the Electronic than you ever imagined... to do some 'serious' work? Perhaps Resources Reference Librarian at the February Telcom SIG— to research a subject that you need Hamline University School of Law, Wednesday, January 31,1996 to learn more about at work, assist will introduce us to some of the MN Dept. Of Health Bldg., 717 your children with a school project, most comprehensive databases and Delaware St. SE, Mpls. (On the cor resources on the Internet. Leslie is an ner of Delaware & oak Sts., U of M expert at searching online databases East Bank campus), 7-9 PM and catalogs, and (if we ask nicely), For more information call Nick will reveal the tips, tricks and short Ludwig @ 349-0206 or e-mail cuts that librarians use to find the [email protected]. best, most accurate and useful infor mation available on the Internet. Perchance you already consider Appleworks SIG, February and March by Les C. Anderson you set one up etc. Basic formulas Dates and topics have been set and calculations. March 28 will for the February and March cover more advanced features of the AppleWorks meetings. Feb 22 will be spreadsheet. All meetings are held at Spreadsheet, basic to intermediate the Ramsey County library, level. What is a spreadsheet, how do Roseville, at 7:00 PM MUG NEWSSERVICE Microsoft Word SIG by Denis A. Diekhoff the program. Sherry Brandt, the that, find some sympathy. Please feel free to invite anyone you know or New SIG! lovely and (then) very pregnant techno-humorist who presented the meet who wants to learn more about At 6:30 on Feb. 28 (the fourth Windows 95 program last fall, will MS Word. Wed of the month) the inaugural be our sponsor. Because she is going meeting of the New, Microsoft Word to be doing this on her „_ SIG will begin. We will be meeting in own time, I suggest we be • the blue glass tower at 8300 MS Word SIG Normandale Center. Dr. (SW of I- prepared to show her a Name: good time. Who: Denis Diekhoff (920-2437) 494/Hwy. 100). The meeting room is The meeting format the North classroom in suite 950. If Mini'app'les, Sherry Brandt (832-8082) and computer setup will Microsoft you missed the Windows 95 roll out, be like the ClarisWorks what- Study of MS Word for PC and Mac. you might like to know that this SIG, so bring a "healthy" buildings night security procedures type snack to share and When: 6:30,4th Wed (Feb. 28/96) begin at 6 PM, so we will have to be ready to have a good Where: Microsoft headquarters, 8300 have someone available at the main time, and please try to be Normandale Center. Dr. (blue glass parking ramp entry to let attendees on time! in. If one is late to arrive, they may tower SW of I-494/Hwy. 100). North The neat thing about classroom in Suite 950 (enter bldg. have to find a phone and call a num this SIG is that it is prob ber posted on the door, to get some from parking ramp.) one to come down and let them in ably as cross-platform as why Since Word is the most popular (un-cool). possible, so if you work program for both the Mac and PC we on one machine and live will not only sharpen our skills with Please bring a PC or Mac file that with another, you may Word, but learn techniques for living you are having some success with find some ways to make and one you're being challenged by and working "aoss-platform". so we will have a vehicle to explore your life easier or, failing Mini'app'les Newsletter 8 February, 1996 Ongoing Deals for Mini'app'les Members Submitted by Tom Gates/Steve Publishing, Hayden and Brady. 4) That's your cost! 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The dialog box can be able, but can't take the place of care ument spelling or shift-command-Y dragged around on the screen to ful proofreading, since a word may to check selection spelling. A third reveal the text it is covering, or you spelled correctly and used incorrect way to check a document's spelling may click the flag or triangle (v.4) ly- is by clicking the Check Spelling but located in the lower right corner of The ClarisWorks spelling checker ton in the Shortcuts palette. the dialog box to reveal several has features that you may not have Once you are presented with the words before and after the discovered. To check the spelling of Spelling dialog box, ClarisWorks questionable word. THX<5 SPACk Cactus Software & fOR r^£NT Communications, Inc. "Sharp and to the point" Documentation Services for: Computer Software Technical Manuals Mechanical Systems Training Courses 612/757-6916 Fax 757-4515 Mini'app'les Newsletter February, 1996 December Main Mac Meeting Minutes -14 Dec 1995 Submitted by Tom Ostertag Mike introduced Bob Demeules pal Marty Probst at Gibbco (831- Erik Knopp was carrying comput who did a 15 minute demonstration 4890) went for $35.00. He also er gear into the Matthews Center of Adobe Pagemill, the program for donated a fabulous load of other when I arrived. I helped with the "writing" html documents for access treasures!) Several copies of In doors and other stuff. Steve Control, Webster New American Thompson was sitting at the Dictionary, and Grammar table selling Peachpit books and Checker and Field Assistant. others were standing around Numerous classic (read old) socializing until the room was games, several chunks of hard clear. Fred Frankena and Denis ware, I Love My Mac cups, Diekhoff brought in boxes full Axion disks and an enthusiastic of "stuff" that a number of peo auctioneer, none other than ple were rummaging through. Mike Carlson (Did a great job!) Mike Carlson finally opened with his able bodied assistant the door and as each attendee Steve Thompson (collected the entered, grabbed a chair and sat. Money!) at the door. Mike started with announce The pile of unbid on materi ments... Brian Bantz had some al was quite small compared to thing to say about MacWorld Mike Carlson posing with the piles of donations the original collection of boxes and a few other things, Denis and so when 9:00 rolled around Diekhoff said that the ClarisWorks by Web Browsers. Pretty slick the and people started heading towards SIG donated a loaf of bread to the way you could move graphics and Baker's Square near Washington and evening's festivities. Actually the loaf text around to get the "look" you University. of bread was whole wheat raisin really wanted. I had to go do some shopping from Great Harvest in Linden Hills Mike then got on to the before I went home, so the tall tales (929-2899). Steve Thompson talked "Auction" and the goodies donated at the Pie SIG will have to be related about Peachpit's discount, Pam to the Club. Lots of interesting by someone else. Lienke mentioned the New Members things... MacLink Plus (donated by program and membership renewal. Fred Frankena), a trackball (From our Telecom Talk with Chuck Bjorgen by Nick Ludwig learn computers. So I bought an So, those were the two major visual Chuck Bjorgen is the founder and Apple He outfit which was identical experiences in my life. I got hooked system operator of DTP Exchange to what my wife used at work. I on both of them in a sense. As soon BBS, one of the longest running thought, why not have the same as I recovered, about the first thing I Macintosh-oriented BBSs in the thing at home? And it didn't take me did when I went back to work in Twin Cities. Chuck has also been a long to get very frustrated with the May of that year was I bought my member of Mini'app'les for many Apple He because it was fine for text first Mac, a Mac Plus and started years. Nick Ludwig spent an after production but not graphics. Bearing doing desktop publishing work. We noon with Chuck talking about in mind that I am a photographer by went into business and started doing Macs, the future of BBSs, and trade that I couldn't do anything work for customers. It was moderate telecommunications in general. with graphics—it was very frustrat ly successful, we picked up some cus ing for me. My wife works for the tomers. That was before the competi Nick: Let's just start with when you school district so she brought home tion—before people began to make it first got started working with an old Mac 128 machine. And that an industry. I also then became Macintoshes. experience when I first saw that icon involved in Mini'app'les. The first explode up in my face on the screen thing I did after I bought my first Chuck: Well I started actually back was akin to when I first saw a photo Mac Plus was buy a modem and I in 1986. That was when I had my graphic print appear in the developer immediately became hooked with first Mac experience. I had hip tray way back in the mid '50's. I just online communications with local surgery and it kept me on crutches looked at that and said, 'Wow, I've BBS systems. And then about a year for about fifteen weeks that year and gotta do this!'. later I suggested to mini'app'les that I thought it was a perfect time to we start a desktop publishing SIG for Mini'app'les Newsletter 10 February, 1996 the group. I did that for about a year moved to a 286 and then ultimately my activities with America Online. I and a half and then along the way I switched from WWIV to a program suppose I average about an hour during that process, I became inter called Remote Access running on a every day with America Online. ested in the operating a BBS. Some 386 with lots more hard drive friends helped me get started and we space—I always was running out of Nick: When did you start to move kind of set up a BBS here at home hard drive space! That was about the to Telefinder? with just one telephone line. It time when I started importing became kind of an extension of the Fidonet mail. Chuck: Rusty Tucker sent me a gratis Desktop Publishing SIG and after a copy of Telefinder to try out. Initially few months of that, I pulled in some Nick: And this was about when? I didn't care much for it, I think it of the users from the Desktop had some problems with fast Publishing SIG and realized that I Chuck: Probably 1989. Things were modems, particularly with the had to balance my personal time changing really fast for me at this Telebit modem which I was favoring some. That meant unfortunately point. I was experimenting with a lot at that point. So I never did go to that the SIG had to go—someone of different things. Also at that time I that. I continued to run the board else picked up the DTP SIG, but the became friendly with Rusty Tucker, on Remote Access using DOS. I got a BBS stayed. So essentially the BBS who is the developer of Spider chance to again look atTelefinder began in December of 1988, original Island, who owns Spider Island soft and I forget exactly, probably some ly as an extension of the Desktop ware. where in the neighborhood of ver Publishing SIG, and has been going sion 2.0 and I was quite surprised to for the last seven years in one form Nick: This is the developer of the find how far he had come with the or another. Of course, it has gone Telefinder software? software. So I set up a trial board on through a number of different incar my own Mac which I don't remem nations in that time. Chuck: Yeah, Telefinder. I should ber, but it probably was my Mac II. point out too that all throughout And I set up a board and I had Nick: Right. So what kind of system this period my did you first start off with? activities with America Online Chuck: I started off with a Mac Plus had started, with a 40 meg drive. In fact that about the same original 40 meg drive is stil sitting time I started the down there on the floor. I put the BBS—it was just files on it that I had collected in my one of those own BBS activities, and ran it with coincidences. the original Telebit modem. I started off with fast modems, by the way. It Nick: What was a Telebit Trailblazer that ran at kind of things do 19.2. If you didn't have a Trailblazer, you do for you were stuck at 1200 or 2400 America Online? baud. I went beyond that—I think my next modem was another Chuck: I'm a Chuck Bjorgen, founder and system operator of DTP Exchange Telebit—a T2500.1 was using an Forum Assistant original Mac BBS program called and I manage the file libraries on the another phone line installed and I World War IV(WWIV). It was kind of Mac Desktop Publishing/Word asked some friends of my other a port from theWWIV DOS program. Processing Forums. I've been doing board to just try it out. I supplied I had some friends who were that since the early beta testing days them with the software, there are involved in BBS'ing, and they were and so I've seen a lot of things come maybe 8 or 10 users who I trusted running their BBSs on DOS and go on America Online, but, as and I just asked them to call it, to machines. I heard the rumors that you know, it's really taking off. post some messages, and try to do DOS communications were a little some file transfers both ways. I was more efficient then the Mac commu Nick: Yeah, I know, I get a disk every really investigating it. They really nications which, concerning the week from them! They keep me sup liked it. They were quite impressed, DOS box to the old Mac Plus, it's plied with floppies, so I never have well actually, I shouldn't say they all true. I purchased WWIV, which was to buy them anymore! liked it because some people still pre the original WWIV single user BBS fer the text interface. But for the program. I originally set it up on an Chuck: Right! So all of this (my BBS) most part, I'd say I had about a 95% old XT, an IBM XT and then I has been going on conurrently with approval rate in the graphical user Mini'app'les Newsletter 11 February, 1996 interface. It was a gradual thing and I And I got a lot of protests. One indi board is the files and I know that had to make some announcements. I vidual in particular—a graphic something, on the surface people actually announced probably a good designer—said wait a minute Chuck, can say well gosh I can get share six weeks in advance what my inten I work hard at home, and when I ware, I can get fonts, I can get soft tions were. But because there was no take a break, instead of smoking cig ware files from everywhere, but what real good (Fidonet) mailer for the arettes or something else, I like to obviously impressed me about what Macintosh at that point (the only continue a game that I've been play you've done is you actually organize thing available was Tabby and I tried ing. A lot of other people chimed in them when you get them on your to run Tabby, I tried to get it set up also. So I decided that I better make board and so people can actually and had just a terrible time and find what they're looking for and, couldn't get it to run the way I did that start from the beginning ■! ■..■ •7 J wanted) I continued to import the ■■ '■■- ■■- - )□; '-l-.ii. •;■•- n to or did that sort of evolve? Fidonet conferences on the DOS ™ _)D.->.~, board and finally the mailer, it C3 c«vi 1 Chuck: It evolved. Like every was kind of the initial version of 9 thing, it's constantly evolving. I MacKennel became available. But ■■..... I.-.i Sal, nr think files naturally in most cases JL it wasn't a full mailer; it's more of fall in natural categories. It's really a point program. So what I wound Oirislwi Croat for lil not that hard to put things in ttBCD cnrisiM! urd>, caialo-3? up having to do was I'd import iv l^en r«;iiiratte folders, particularly using the Fidonet messages over to the Telefinder which allows you to PC, the 386, and then I would create folders within folders that Orttotad H import them from the PC to the rMlfladD are easy to navigate. It makes it Utarc Telefinder program with this early pretty easy. Some of the more dif frmm to po«i 11. version of MacKennel so that my r«ollg like Bryc. ficult things (to organize) are, for PI CIM M 1x480 ?2tJ users could get them. It wasn't sni »!««• n instance, an application program until version 2.0 of MacKennel ft,.jbe tends to have a really specific pur came out that it became a full 77TT— pose and I try to use a sense of blown mailer program. I didn't Screen shot of the Telefinder BBS software used logic as to where this ought to go really care for the idea to run two by DTP Exchange in terms of what the person might different systems like that. This expect to do with it. This has (the Telefinder BBS) has been going sure that those folks are taken care been a little harder to determine. In probably full time now since 1995.1 of. particular, I thought for awhile that I would say I've been running this full would finally merge applications time for almost four years now. It was then that I had decided in that can run both on old System 6 order to stay alive in the BBS market, and System 7 as well as some that Nick: Let's talk about your BBS com that I probably would have to be would only run in System 7 but I munity. Obviously it started from more general anyway, but I never decided to keep them separate for a people that were interested in desk wanted to lose the flavor of the desk little bit longer. Oddly enough, I still top publishing—from the Desktop top publishing/ graphics kind of spe have people on System 6. Also there Publishing SIG. Has that been pretty cialty that I started with. So the are some utilities that are very hard much the focus since then? name has always been good in that ware specific, like programs that respect. As you said yourself, for any check RAM and so forth, so I created Chuck: Actually, the focus has one who's involved in this career, a folder for them. It just made sense stayed the same in that respect, it's connect immediately, this is the that people would be looking for just that I've had to allow it to place to go. those specific things. It does gets expand to become more general in hard sometimes to find things. I nature. One of the things that Nick: There's definitely a lot of real don't think people fully understand occurred to me—I'm not a Mac game professional graphic designers/desk how to search. player, I don't really care for Mac top publishers on your board. And of games, I've never been interested in course you have conferences and dis Nick: Telefinder has search capabili them. Somehow I started a thread cussion areas that relate to those top ties but I found that sometimes I just saying, 'You know, I'm not going to ics. go to your classifications and I can devote a whole lot of time and ener usually find what I'm looking for as gy to providing games for you folks. Chuck: I've tried to keep that focus. quick as using the search function. If you want to upload some, I'll put them on (the BBS), but don't expect Nick: What's impressed me maybe Chuck: This is what I normally rec me to be a leader in Mac games.' more then anything about your ommend. I see people going through Mini'app'les Newsletter 12 February, 1996 endless searches for partial names Chuck: Have you noticed what I've it looks like before you have down and they can't find anything. I can been doing with the fonts descrip load it. tell the frustration because they're tion? not even searching for the right Nick: You're right though, for the word. And I know what they're look Nick: Yes, you're starting to include people that are into fonts, obviously ing for, I can pretty well tell and if I a... desktop publishing people, that's a see that happening, then I'll get on great thing because it's hard to the BBS and go into chat mode with Chuck: It's a thumbnail picture of describe a font by reading the them, and see if I can help them find the font, that shows what the font description of it, (for example) this is what they are looking for. looks like before you download it. art deco or this is calligraphic. It's one of the things that is peculiar Nick: So do you have any idea of to Telefinder. I think First Class also Nick: So right now you're running how many files you have now? How has that capability. on three phone lines and your server much disk space you take up in files? is a Mac? Nick: You have to make a PICT or Chuck: Well, I have a 1GB drive, a something? Chuck: A Quadra 700, a nice 730MB and a 512MB. (Chuck then machine. There's a little cache card shows me how much space is remaining Chuck: It's a manual deal. I have to in there which is supposed to make on the drives...) paste them in with ResEdit. First I it 15% faster. And I think it probably have to load the fonts, I have to does. 20 megs of RAM,—hard RAM, Nick: So you've got that 1GB drive install the fonts and make a graphic, no RAM Doubler or nothing. almost full and about 450MB of files actually it's a PICT resource that I on the others. make in Photoshop. And then I Nick: Do you use most of the RAM paste that into the file with ResEdit. just for the server application then? Chuck: And then of course there's So it's hard but I think it's really nice. two CD-ROM's. It's something that we're also work Chuck: It only takes so much. I ing on in America Online, but from mean it kind of sets up automatically Nick: So you have the AMUG CD- a different direction. It's the same so I think you have to allocate more ROM series. Are there two disks now idea of giving people an idea of what if you're going to have more nodes 0$\ that make up the whole series? r Chuck: No. Now there's going to be three. Next one's coming with Tlmeline of the DTP Exchange three and I don't know what to do Dec. 2, 1988 - DTP Exchange online, Mac Plus with 40Mb hard drive. with it. I'm not going to buy Running WWTV/Mac BBS software. another CD player until I look and 1989- Switched over to 286 AT Computer. Running DOS version of WWIV see what they send. I don't know. software. Two 77Mb hard drives. I'm not sure about the AMUGs, I 1990 - Moved BBS to a 386 AT with two 150Mb hard drives. Switched to Remote Access BBS software. Started Fidonet connection using may drop them after this year. I've subscribed for four years. FrontDoor as mailer. Started offering Fidonet point access to mem bers. 1991- Nick: Just from my personal per Began experiment with TeleFinder grapr^ic user interface (GUI) soft ware but continued running BBS with single node on 386 computer. spective, the AMUG stuff is okay if 1992- Made switch to TeleFinder Host. Open first multi-line BBS for DTP you're looking for something gen Exchange. One node on Telebit at 19.2, the other at 2400 baud. Late eral but I found that for most in 1992, both lines equipped with highspeed modems. Still rwining everything I'm looking for— DOS mailer for points who need to download Fido conferences. you've got it, you've pulled it 1993-Made switch to all 14.4 modems, mostlyi US Robotics Couriers. down onto your BBS yourself and TeleFinder software going through several revisions & enhance I don't know what AMUG is ments. Switched host from Mac Ilex to Djrx. adding to that at all. It's just kind 1994- Dropped DOS mailer and moved mailer functions to Mac TeleFinder of generic stuff. BBS. Now running three high-speed lines. Upgrading modems to 28.8 VFC and then to V.34. BBS now runkiing on Quadra 700 with Chuck: One of the things, I don't four-port CSI Hurdler serial card for improved serial connections. know if you, do you download the 1995-Added Internet e-mail access with selectejd Usenet News Groups, fonts at all? Files provided with a one Gb, 730 Mb and 512 Mb hard drives plus f;;";"l |Pv two CD-ROM drives featuring AMUG's BBS in a Box. hi Nick: Yeah, some. Mini'app'les Newsletter 13 February, 1996 running. Everything seems to adjust current projects right now is Internet Nick: That seems to be the big perfectly well. E-Mail. I have my own Internet advantage that I see is that obviously access through the University and you can go local call anytime. (While we are talking, a user is dialing plus we have Internet e-mail service in and using the search function to try here. It's not as instantaneous as the Chuck: So anyway, that's for the and find a file. It doesn't look like they full time Internet. You can get mail future, that's what I'm looking at. are successful in finding what they were in and out. If you have a need to Whether it happens or not it will be looking for. Chuck comments on this...) send an Internet e-mail to some a major step because of the expense body, a relative, a friend, you know, involved, and one of the things I try Chuck: Actually, what I recommend an occasional basis it really works to do is keep it self supporting. I'm is, I create these catalogs, these text well. You'll get it out and a reply willing to finance this operation out catalogs that list all the files on the through the BBS. How far I want to of my 'A' job wages with the idea BBS—I recommend people take take that, right at this point I haven't that at some point this will have to those. really determined the value to me, as be self-supporting and so there are a far as spending $200 a month for a lot of decisions that have to be Nick: Yeah we should talk about full time SLIP connection for the made. This is not a hobby for me. It that because it seems like you've BBS. But there may be some situa is and it isn't because it's got to pay been updating the file catalog more tions where it would make sense. For for itself. I've already announced I'm often. example, I do have some European going to raise my rates January 1st. subscribers. I've got a guy who calls You were very supportive on that, I Chuck: I try to do it monthly but I from the United Kingdom twice a appreciate it. haven't been real good about it. week. I know he runs a desktop pub lishing business in England and nor Nick: I think because you add value Nick: And that catalog contains text mally I don't provide that kind of to the mass of information—certain descriptions. service but I thought I could afford ly much of information on your to do that and if he values my collec board could be available other places Chuck: That contains all the file tion that much, I'd provide the ser but you add value to it and that's descriptions which means that you vice. We're on a nice friendly basis worth something. have greater ability to search on key and chat periodically. And an words. So that's what I recommend Internet connection would be an Chuck: I appreciate that comment for people who are looking for opportunity to attract more because that's one of the things that specific files. European callers. I noticed. People want files and I know that, but I just felt that I still Nick: Well what about the future Nick: Right, people who can get wanted to promote the conversa then, we talked about that a little bit actually get to your BBS through tions that people are having, people before but where do you see local TCP/IP. Is that possible with communicating, people helping BBSs fitting into the telecommunica Telefinder? other people—solving problems. tion scene in the future? When they come in to my BBS with Chuck: Sure, Telefinder is making a question, they can expect to get Chuck: One of the things I'm look some really dramatic improvements some help and this is the value of ing real hard right now is where I that they're working on. Spider the local BBS. want to take this, what kind of ser Island is really caught up in the vices I want to provide, and whether Internet right now and I think the Internet is a part of this. Part of they're actually working on their the problem there is if you get own version of some kind of Web ]\4H(£?mputing involved in that aspect of online server. So I'm watching to see Macintosh™ Consulting communication (The Internet), the what's going on. The first thing Individual & Group Training cost really goes up. And I've tried for me to do is to just contract Computer Problem Assistance instituted the pay subscription on with a local provider to provide Mike Carlson the board like four years ago and I've one full time SLIP connection so I never been sorry I did that. But I've have a modem going live all the (612)377-6553 also never really made any money time. Frankly I call the Spider Pager: 580-9281 • FAX: ESP-0TAK out of that so I think I'm at a break Island that way now myself Internet: [email protected] even point. And frankly I'm looking (through a SLIP). It's a local call, I Claris® at a retirement business so I have to can dial into the support board in Solutions Alliance make some decisions on where I'm California with no long distance Member going to take this myself. One of my charges. Mini'app'les Newsletter 14 February, 1996 From A2 GEnieLamp - January 1996 Submitted by Tom Gates ficial System 6.0.2 from Brutal great, but I'd like to see a group of Apple Computer stopped making Deluxe. We even suffered a few loss people get together to produce a its last Apple II in 1983. As I pointed es in 1995: Your Money Matters and larger magazine.) out last year this time, 1994 was still free Apple He motherboard/ROM The HyperCard books came back not the year the Apple II died. upgrades, to name just two. in print, thanks to Mike Westerfield Neither was 1995. In fact, we made Our biggest losses in 1995 were of the Byte Works, and ABC Direct is out like bandits in 1995. We got new our magazines and newsletters: A2- supposedly selling AE-like hardware. hardware: the SecondSight card and, Central, TimeOut-Central, Script- In 1995, we enjoyed not only along with the rest of the micro Central, Studio City, GS+ Magazine, KansasFest 1995, but also a video world, IOmega ZIP drives. We got Softdisk (but not Softdisk G-S), and tape of same for those of us too poor new software: Quick Click Morph, AppleWorks Forum all ceased publi to make it to Kansas City. Auri TimeOut Statistics, Convert 3200, cation. In March/April 1995, we were Rahimzadeh published the Woz Quick Click TIFF Reader, Deja II told that II Alive "is not going quar issue of PowerGS. GEnie continued (AppleWorks 5.1 for the Mac), terly any time soon". As of to be the true home of the Apple II Opening Line, TouchTwo December, it seems that this is exact community, with over 1700 uploads AppleWorks macros, Print 3200, and ly what's going to happen. There are in 1995. The Golden Orchard CD- PMPFax, not to mention about four more issues to come, so II ROM finally shipped. shareware/freeware efforts such as II Alive will probably finish in late What's coming in 1996? Two Not Disturb, Blockade (game from 1996 or early 1997. So we lost ICON newsletters have been announced: Brutal Deluxe), and Pix Whiz (New (International Computer Owners AppleWorks Gazette from Howard Print Shop color pix editor). Network) and NAUG (National Katz and Chris Serreau, and We also got significant updates AppleWorks Users Group)... Softdisk Juiced.GS from Max Jones. It looks as and upgrades for some of our soft Publishing and EGO Systems are still though we might finally get ware: Spectrum v2.0, Balloon v2.0, with us, not to mention Shareware Wolfenstein 3-D, now that another AppleWorks v5.1, rSounder v3.0, Solutions II and PAUG (Planetary programmer has taken over Burger AutoArk vl.l, TimeOut Shrinklt v5, Apple User Group). Bill's task. Joe Kohn has promised One Touch Commands 5, GEnie Two replacement newsletters Studio City back issues for sometime Master 5, CoPilot for GEnie v2.5.5, have come along: Apple Blossom by this year, as well as his expose' on The Tinies (with a new construction Steve Cavanaugh and II Something the ROM 4 Apple IIgs. set), an improved variable-time SHR by Clark Stiles, both of which are dis Tony "Hexman" Morales is con screen saver, and a patch for the HFS tributed freely. Thanks to the efforts tinuing work on his "Hindenburg" FST. of Joe Kohn and Will Nelken, Script- Apple IIgs emulation project. Okay, Sure, it wasn't all good news. Central back issues and TimeOut- so the future isn't so bright that we There were some new products we Central back issues are again avail gotta wear shades. And we don't haven't gotten yet-the TurboRez able. (It's encouraging to see new want to don the rose-colored specs card, Wolfenstein 3-D, SimCity, Apple II magazines being either, because fool's paradises just Tracer Sanction, Mind Shadow-and announced, but I was also cheered aren't our style. But it's still true, my some updates that still haven't by the news that Steve Disbrow, for friends, that on a clear day, you can arrived: GraphicWriter III v2.0, merly editor of GS+, is going to be see forever. Kangaroo, TransProg III, writing for Shareware Solutions II. SuperConvert, and a decidedly unof Small one-person newsletters are Apple IIGS-Specific Newsletter by Max Jones A quarterly printed publication desktop publishing and graphics to Submitted by Harry Lienke dedicated to covering the IIGS world system management to telecommu In the past year, users of Apple is about to arrive on the scene. nications. IIGS personal computers have been Juiced.GS, a journal that will The newsletter will also present forced to bid farewell to magazine focus exclusively on the IIGS, will in-depth reviews of new commercial and disk publications that supported begin publication in the first quarter software and hardware, features on them well through the years. of 1996. It will present feature arti existing commercial products, up-to- date reports from the software and Today, however, they have the cles and columns touting the opportunity to say hello, and wel strengths of the IIGS and the soft hardware development front, and come, to a new member of their ware needed to push it to its limits. assessments on the latest and hottest community. It will explore topics ranging from shareware/freeware releases. In each Mini'app'les Newsletter 15 February, 1996 issue, readers will also learn how to experience, Jones has worked in with a money-back guarantee. If at get access to a disk loaded with many phases of publishing, from any time during the course of the shareware and freeware uploaded to reporting, writing and editing, to year you wish to cancel, you will be Internet ftp sites and on-line services photography, page design and prod refunded for the balance of your sub during the previous quarter, as well uct management. He has won scription. as usable templates, graphics, sound awards for news and editorial writ (For those who prefer not to pur and music files. ing, editing and page design, and is chase a full subscription, single Most importantly, Juiced.GS will currently a member of a newsroom copies of Juiced.GS will be available report on what users across the IIGS team preparing to put the Tribune- for $4 in the U.S. and Canada, $6 spectrum are doing to squeeze the Star onto the World Wide Web. overseas.) most out of their personal comput Each issue of Juiced.GS will con Please do not delay. Being a char ers. Although the emphasis will be tain 20 pages and be delivered via ter subscriber will help ensure that decidedly focused on productivity, U.S. mail. The first issue is scheduled Juiced.GS gets off to rousing start in all topics related to the IIGS will be for release in mid-February. what promises to be an exciting 10th open to discussion. Users will be If you would like to see what anniversary year for the Apple IIGS. invited to submit articles, columns form this new publication will take, To become a charter subscriber and letters concerning their specific the Juiced.GS prototype newsletter is for 1996, send a personal check or interests in the IIGS world. available for download from GEnie's money order for $12 ($18 overseas) The newsletter will be published A2 Roundtable Library 48 (File num to: entirely on an Apple IIGS using IIGS- ber 26290), and the Cal Tech Apple Max Jones, Juiced.GS, 2217 specific software with page proofs II archive ftp site on the Internet Lakeview Drive, Sullivan, IN 47882 printed on a high-quality IIGS-com- (ftp.cco.caltech.edu/pub/apple2). Please, U.S. funds only. Along patible printer. Page layouts promise AppleWorks GS vl.l and at least an with your check or money order, to be innovative and compelling, ImageWriter II printer are required include a mailing address and, if with special emphasis placed on to print the files. available, an e-mail address. showing users how principles of Subscriptions for 1996 (four Sorry, no credit cards or school page design and typography can be issues - winter, spring, summer and purchase orders. applied to their own desktop pub fall) are now available at an intro Questions or comments about lishing creations using readily avail ductory rate of $12 in the United Juiced.GS can be directed via e-mail able page-layout software. States and Canada. Overseas sub to: GEnie: MJONES145 (preferred), Juiced.GS will be edited and pub scriptions are $18. Subscriptions Internet: [email protected]., lished by Max Jones, a longtime IIGS must be postmarked by Feb. 15 to be CompuServe: 74111,1743 user and computer hobbyist. When eligible for this introductory rate. not tinkering with his home com After the first issue is mailed, the puter, he is the editorial page editor subscription price for all four 1996 of the Tribune-Star, a 42,000-circula- issues will rise to $14 in the U.S. and tion daily newspaper in Terre Haute, Canada, and $20 elsewhere. Ind. In his 21 years of newspaper A Juiced.GS subscription comes December ClarisWorks Meeting Minutes Submitted by Tom Ostertag ClarisWorks 3.0. After spending an ClarisWorks 4.0 to 3.0 Translator. Several people where there when hour on the construction and label About that time the lights started I arrived... Denis was setting up the making, Harold Watson stood up going off and everyone started mov computer and screen. Denis started and said that the entire process ing towards the door and the Pie SIG the meeting with announcements. could be simplified using at Bakers Square. I had to get home Brian Bantz, Pam Lienke and Steve ClarisWorks 4.0 Address List to finish up some Christmas Thompson were heard from and Assistant and he showed the group Newsletters so I missed the fun and then Denis asked for any potential the construction and labeling in less Camaraderie. applications. One attendee raised his than 3 minutes. Amazing! hand and asked how to print labels. Bruce Thompson then showed On questioning, the question was how to use the ClarisWorks ver. 4.2 how to construct a database that Installer without getting into trouble labels could be printed from. (Have the Installer in the Bruce Thompson volunteered to ClarisWorks folder when you do the walk through the process using install) and then demonstrated the Mini'app'les Newsletter 16 February, 1996 A2 Vendor List Unbelievable by Jim Nichol, CompuServe 72747,3016 * Rev 10-28-95 Submitted by Tom Gates Deal The following list is a guide to companies which continue to support the by David M. Peck Apple II. If you would like, ask for free catalogs where available! Remember that a Innovative Software listing here is not necessarily an endorsement. Designs, Inc. in Minneapolis The company's primary business is: (434-5800) offers 150 hrs of S = S o f t w a r e ( C o m m e r c i a l o r S h a r e w a r e ) ! internet access a month for a H = H a r d w a r e a n d A c c e s s o r i e s ( N e w ) | home account ($11.95) or a P = Parts for Apple // Repair, and Used Hardware - some do repairs j student account ($9.95). M = Magazine or Newsletter publisher for Apple //'s * = H a s C a t a l o g I They say that their phones are ringing off the hook. - - p - A+ Technologies, Tracy A. Cook 75624,2402, 800-2APPLE2 They mail you a password, S H- - *ABC Direct 800-800-3680 or 214-306-5494. Applied Eng'g items, etc. then will talk you through - HP - Alltech Electronics 619-724-2404 - - P - configuring MacTCP and Apple Resource Center 209-832-4300 PPP. With PPP, the only S *AV Systems, Inc. 805-569-1618, Adrian Vance, CompuServe 70415, 1420 thing that has to be done is - - P - to enter your on-line B&D Computer Repair 312-735-9010, Larry Beyer, Fixes hard drives account name, in my case S Byte Works 505-898-8183, OFFICIAL Apple System Software/ Manuals "dpeck" and your password. No other script is required. S *Big Red Computer Club 402-379-4680 S Caloke Industries, Dept. SK, PO Box 18477, Raytown, MO 64133 I'm using Netscape and S H- - Charlie's Appleseeds 619-566-1297 I've accessed ISD several S - Christella Enterprise, Box 82205, Rochester, MI 48308, catalog $2 times without any difficul S - P - - Creative Solutions 513-429-5759 ties, but have not set it up - HP - - DragNET612- yet for email (still figuring M Eamon Adventurer's Guild 910-766-7490 out how to do that). ISD EGO Systems 615-332-2087 (former publisher of GS+ magazine) does not provide you with H - - Fas-Track, 7030 Huntley Rd Bldg C, Columbus, OH 43229, any software, their theory is 800-927-3936 that they don't support it so S InTrec 602-992-5515, Proterm telcom software, Jerry Cline 75300,735 they don't provide it. I - - P - ISR 800-458-6778 Fix floppy drives $15 labor, plus parts if req'd downloaded Netscape from - - P - Jameco Electronics 800-831-4242 Netscape's www site with my S Kitchen Sink Software, Inc. 800-235-5502/614-891-2111 73142,1367 access to CompuServe. Since S *_aureate Learning Systems 800-562-6801 Special Ed talking software CS only has 5 hours a month S MECC, 6160 Summit Dr. North, Minneapolis, MN 55430, and then $2.90/hour after 800-685-MECC that, my goal is to transfer -HP- *Memory Plus Distributors 602-423-9202, Fred Cortazzo over as much stuff, like email S - - - Merit Audio Visual, Ben Weintraub 800-753-6488 to my ISD account. File S - - - Orange Cherry Software 800-672-6002 transfer can really be a time S H- - Other World Computing 800-275-4576 (formerly LRO) - - P - Pre-Owned Electronics 800-274-5343 or 617-275-1600 eater plus I just don't like S H- - *Quality Computers 800-777-3642/[email protected]/CIS being on the clock! For me, 72133 3245 150 hrs/month is basically - HP - RAMCO Sales 612-561-8144 unlimited. - H - - Sequential Systems 800-759-4549 or 303-666-4549 S - - - Seven Hills Software, IIGS-specific, 904-575-0566 or CIS 75300,1743 S - - M Shareware Solutions II, Joe Kohn, CompuServe 76702,565 - - P - *Shreve Systems 800-227-3971 or 318-424-9777 S - - M Softdisk Publishing, 606 Common, Shreveport, LA 71101, 800-831-2694 - - P - *Sun Remarketing 800-821-3221 S - - M TEXAS II, newsletter for AppleWorks 5.1 users, 210-490-6373 S - - - United Software 708-416-7459, Mousetalk & AE Pro telcom, 76004,1430 S - - - Vernier Software 503-297-5317, science software/sensors, catalog Mini'app'les Newsletter 17 February, 1996 AppleWorks Gazette Info by Tom Gates manner similar to the ease of use be a solid platform system, and capa WELCOME to the AppleWorks many of us became used to with the ble of handling most if not all of Gazette, the newest Apple // maga Forum. your computing needs. AppleWorks, zine around. Here, while we'll focus We are no trying to continue the of course, figures heavily into most on AppleWorks and what you can work of NAUG; neither shall we try of these needs for a great many of us. do with it, we'll also offer you other to become another TimeOut Central. With the release of Deja ]_ information pertinent to your use of The Gazette's formation was to help AppleWorks enters a whole new era - your Apple. Of course, all material, all of us from going thru withdrawal - that of truly portable AppleWorks where feasible, will be placed in without an AppleWorks publication. usage. Since Deja ][ is designed to AppleWorks format. Typical columns will include news run AppleWorks 5.1 on a Macintosh, AppleWorks is still one of the about the latest AppleWorks events, including the PowerBooks; we best written and supported integrat reviews of Apple // hardware, views promise that we won't mention the ed programs on the computer mar of the program internal structure, Mac unless it has to do with Deja ][ ket. Its combination of power plus tips and techniques in programming, (well, we'll do our best!) ease of use is definitely not easily and reports about possible uses of There's a lot of life left in the found on any of the other platforms. AppleWorks. A special column for Apple //, and we promise to help you The demise of ICON'S TimeOut newcomers in the Apple // and get the most out of it. We hope that Central and the National AppleWorks world, and letters from you're planning on being in this AppleWorks Users Group left a void readers are available. The with us for the long run. that we plan on filling with a disk- AppleWorks Gazette also welcomes The AppleWorks Gazette is here based, bimonthly publication about notes, articles, and software submit to help the promise once made by AppleWorks and the Apple // world. ted by readers. The software section Apple Computer Corp., but since for AppleWorks has had an almost will include the best public-domain, gotten by them: mythical following. Its allure has freeware, and shareware Apple // forever! been hard for its fans to define, and Apple Works-related programs. We Send mail to Chris Serreau we're not about to try to do that hope to have both familiar names (100316.14) or Howard Katz here, ourselves, since we also have and new authors in the Gazette (72357,67)for details on how to sub trouble defining ineffable terms. bringing you the information neces scribe. Suffice it to say that we enjoy using sary to continue using your Apple // AppleWorks and want to continue for many years to come. helping others do the same, in a The Apple // has proven itself to Corrupt System Software Tip by David M. Peck up with Disk Tools floppy and used even if you are starting from the Disk According to Apple, this is not the 7.5 CD disk, but during the Tools floppy. The computer is nor supposed to happen. When my hard install, the install program quit, due mally supposed to read the internal drive came back from repair, I copied to a type 1 error. I tried to install a floppy drive first. But in the case of my SYSTEM FOLDER to the drive, second time, but the installer would system corruption, if may still see went to the Startup Disk Control not even run! I was getting messages the corrupt system folder on another Panel and indicated where to look. indicating System corruption. Now, drive and be confused. On the next start up, I got a happy this was strange, because I'm run Mac, then booting stopped. For ning off the System on the Disk THE SOLUTION: some reason, my computer was Tools floppy. Could that floppy disk DISABLE THE CORRUPT SYSTEM either confused or could not find the be also corrupt? FOLDER system folder. After consulting with Apple, I dis Which brings up this question- covered that even with holding • Take the System suitcase (located Are there some kind of hidden files down the "c" letter on startup (which in the System folder) and place it or pointers that get screwed up when is supposed to make the Mac look in the Preferences folder (this hides you just copy the system file to the internal floppy for startup), that it). another drive? when system corruption is involved • Rename the System folder to The Mac would boot off the Disk (in this case, my system located on Tools floppy but would not boot off "Storage" the internal HD), the computer may • Startup using Disk Tools Floppy. of the internal HD. I finally resorted be confused and could still be look • Run Disk First Aid to a reinstall of the system. I booted ing at the corrupted system folder Mini'app'les Newsletter 18 February, 1996 • Insert the System 7.5 CD, and the contents of the old system folder. corrupt system folder on another install a new system. In my case, I I already knew how to hide a sys drive could interfere with computer installed the minimal system, tem folder so it won't be recognized. operations when booting from the because I planned on recovering all However, I did not realized that a Disk Tool floppy. Convert 3200 by Tom Gates Deluxe as their in-house graphics interface similar to that found in Brutal Deluxe, in association with conversion utility to help port Brutal Deluxe's games, Convert 3200 Shareware Solutions II, has just graphics to their smash hit freeware is a speed demon! As an example, it released their very first commercial games Cogito, Tinies Construction can convert a GIF graphic to 320 x software product for the Apple IIGS. Kit and The Opale Demo. 200 Super Hi Res format using 16, Under development for 2+ years, Now sporting a user-friendly 256 or 3200 colors in 15 seconds! Convert 3200 was used by Brutal Convert 3200 can convert the following graphic formats: • DYA 3 2 0 0 c o l o r s 3 2 0 * 2 0 0 • PaintWorks Gold 16, 256 colors up to 640*400 • PackBytes 16, 256, 3200 colors up to 640*200 • ApplePreferredFormat 16, 256, 3200+colors limit of 1280*800 • French Formats (APP, NRL) 3 2 0 0 c o l o r s 3 2 0 * 2 0 0 • Unpacked screen 16, 256, 3200 colors up to 640*200 • Windows BMP up to 256 colors (compressed or uncompressed) limit of 1280*800 • CompuServe GIF up to 256 colors limit of 1280*800 • Amiga .IFF/ PC .LBM up to 256 colors (compressed or uncompressed) limit of 1280*800 • Paintbrush PCX up to 256 colors limit of 1280*800 • TIFF up to 256 colors limit of 1280*800 (MacPackBits compressed or uncompressed) • Binary PC 256 colors limit of 1280*800 Once converted, Convert 3200 can save files in the following formats: • ApplePreferredFormat 16, 256, 3200 colors • Windows BMP 256 colors • Paintbrush PCX 256 colors • T I F F 2 5 6 c o l o r s • Binary PC 256 colors Convert 3200 is currently avail source code will also become avail 166 Alpine St, San Rafael, CA 94901- able from Shareware Solutions II for able, at a later date, to owners of 1008 $15, which includes postage to any Convert 3200 for only $5. where in the world. The complete Joe Kohn, Shareware Solutions II, Mini'app'les Newsletter 19 February, 1996 Highlights of the feature set of FM 3.0 Submitted by Steve Wilmes you can have an invoice file linked ability to branch a script in different This is meant to give you an to a customer file so that if you enter directions based on some condition. overview of some of the new features the customer number, all of the cus Scripts in FileMaker 2.1 could not be contained in FileMaker Pro 3.0. In tomers information appears(Name, coaxed into branching without a future articles I will explore the address, city, state, etc.). huge work around. details and the implementation of The main two differences with Let's say you want to make it so if the various features. doing it relationally is that: 1. The a user performed a find and didn't I work full time as a FileMaker link is live, if you change the cus find what they were looking for, a pro developer/consultant and was tomers address in the customer file new record comprised of their search starting to get tired of hitting my all of the invoices will change as criteria would be created. In head on some of the limitations of well, and 2. The data is not actually FileMaker 3.0 it is easy to do. FileMaker 2.1. Nine months ago stored in the invoice file, it is only when I first saw the Alpha for "viewed". Looping in scripts FileMaker 3.01 was ecstatic. They That is the advantage of a rela Looping is the ability to perform had addressed virtually all of my tional database, you don't have portions of a script multiple times concerns and given me additional unnecessary duplication of data(ie. until a given condition is met. features I didn't even know I needed. customer info being stored in every Let's say you are tired of wasting For Claris the trick was to bring invoice) and you have data integrity labels and want to have the the abili FileMaker from the award winning, in that if data is changed one place ty to start printing on whatever label sales leading, easy to use database the changes are reflected everywhere. they want. The strategy is to create that it was, to a full featured "rela This brings up another issue, rela the correct number of blank records tional" product capable of satisfying tionships do not take the place of at the beginning of the found set, both developers and end users. I lookups. Going back to our invoice thereby pushing your data down to think Claris did an admirable job. Of example let's say you have lookups the target label. course any time you double or triple that bring in the product informa Using looping you can ask the a feature set you add some level of tion when you enter a product code. user what label they would like to complexity, but Claris did a great job If you change this to a relationship start at, and then go into a loop cre of balancing that against ease of use. when you change a given part num ating blank records until you have bers price all the invoices containing Relational (Figure 1) created enough(label number-1) that item will change to reflect the blank records to push the real For a couple of reasons new price. This would wreak havoc records down to the target record. "Relational" is probably the hardest on accounting functions and make new feature to define. One reason is many of your paid invoices have bal Status Functions because there are varying degrees of ances. FileMaker 3.0 gave us 40+ more "relational" and the other reason is In a nutshell lookups in 2.0 gave functions to be used in scripting and because Claris' implementation of a FileMaker some quasi-relational abil when creating calculated fields. A lot relational database is so different ities, FM 3.0 gives the user all the of these new functions are called than that of it's competitors. power of a truly relational product. "Status" functions. When used in a For those of you familiar with Because relational solutions script these "status" functions give lookups in FM 2.1 being relational is design can often have more files, in one the ability to react to various like having a "live" lookup. That is FileMaker 3.0 the number of open "system" conditions. Edit Relationship files has increased For instance let's say I have a set iici.ifmnsiiip Nome ProjectTosks from 16 to 50 on of files running on a network with 4 n-Ulionship defines a set of matching I the regular prod many people accessing them. Let's each record tn the current fl1». Specify IMe... uct and 16 to 100 Mitch dstj from fjjV! in current file: Vith data from fit Id i say there is a report that involves a Projaels Project Tasks on the server ver lot of calculations and running it Benefit Return _ ::Co;t Created Bj ::CrootedBu. _n_ sion. File size has D»te Cr*i««d ::Date Create bogs down the whole system. DM* Modified : :Date Modified also increased, In FileMaker 3.0, using a status Info : :He*icount Li;t Li'jout ::lnfo from 32megs. to Hot** ::-ha-c Number function, we could create a script Project DMcriDtien BmCTTH'^B that would evaluate how many users Project Frnnh D»te :A-oj*ot t^. 2gigs. . =r 3j.1t liil f> 'x were logged in and if was more than I Vin-n dttetfng - I Allow creattMi of related records Conditional script Mat* relate:! r say 5, would give the user a message ing Cancel idS saying, "There are more than 5 users Conditional connected, try running the report (Figure 1) scripting is the later." Mini'app'les Newsletter 20 February, 1996 Some of the other Status func of the new value. This was possible Margins" making things much easi tions include the ability to deter under 2.1 by entering the new rate er. mine, platform(Mac or PC), screen in one of the records and doing a Optional Indexing size, printer name, program version, "replace". However this was much and many more. slower and the value was stored as Database Indexes are a lot like the This feature gives us great power many times as you had records index in a book. The programs keep in creating bullet proof solutions. resulting in more overhead. an index of what words are con tained in the database and in what Improved text handling (Figure 2) Better handling of Graphics records. This allows a program like In FileMaker 2.1 the cleanest way In FileMaker 2.1 if you wanted to FileMaker to perform sorts and to do a mail merge on anything create a picture database you needed searches based on the values in the other than a basic letter is to export to either store the actual pictures in index and quickly return the match out the relevant data and then use a your FileMaker file or create a work ing results. In FileMaker 2.1 the file word processor to write the letter around via Apple Script or Quick kept an index of every word and and print the "Custom" letters. Time. number entered in every field. FileMaker 3.0 gives us a mini FileMaker 3.0 changes the Let's say you have a database word processor, complete with a text Picture/Sound field to a "Container" with two fields called Case Number ruler, tabs and alignment built in. It field. The container field gives you and text. Most of the time you only is now a simple matter to merge in the option of storing the picture need the ability to sort and find on r o File Edit Mode Show Arrange Format Script UJindou» the case number field. You enter a case number in the case number Employee Names field and a couple of pages of text in Hrtvatfca HI i2^[Bimi51 ||E|S|3|B| | t | ± 1*1 11 ££3 the text field. FM 2.1 will track every I ■ i , I1, i , I , i ■ I2, i , I ■ i ■ P. i i_Li_U-l4 i ■ I5. I i I i l i l6i I i I i l i l7i I i I jJ-lJ single word in both the fields, increasing your file size and decreas 3 P&ar< Mini'app'les Newsletter 21 February, 1996 Extended Keyboard for the IIGS by Willis Poole a very nice easy touch (depression Submitted by Tom Gates If you want this one here is some From A2 GEnieLamp - January, 1996 approx 1/32) and may work well more info... Computer City.. 1-800- with a skin cover. THE CITY will tell you the closest OK!! Here is information on the I really like the keys, ie. on the store to you. Interex, Mac-105A Extended key main keyboard the "return key" is Interex Computer Products, 2971 board. Apple 150 key, ADB compati enlarged at the top so the l\ key is S. Madison, Wichita, KS 67216 ble keyboard with adjustable height next to the return key, this is good Tech support 316-524-4747 Ext. legs, sold at Computer City for when you get to the Net and start 232 0800 to 1700 $34.99. Some of the extra keys will using some UNIX commands when FAX 316-524-4636..24hrs work by themselves after you plug it some of these rarely used keys are in and play just like a GS KB with put in use. I also like the large delete This Copyright notice pertains to the rest of the main board/keypad key above the RTN key, look closely those articles identified as being fully functional. To make use of the at the other KB's you can see that the reprinted from GEnie Lamp publi F-l thru F-4 and F-5 thru F-12, you l\ key is next to the little delete cations. will need the programs called key when its down next to the (c) Copyright 1994 T/TaikNET Keyboard Extender by Bill Tudor in RTN key I can assign things to it and Online Publishing and GEnie. To the library, and Hotkeys from GS+ in reach it with one hand, its out of join GEnie, set your modem to that order. 2400 baud (or less) and half place next to the delete key. duplex (local echo). Have the Many KB's have built in clickers The ADB ports are located at the modem dial 1-800-638-8369. but this one doesn't. I have added a top left corner and top right corner When you get a CONNECT mes NDA called Keyclicker to adjust the on the ends, indented not flush, sage, type HHH. At the U#= click to what I want, which is a very some KB's have these ports located prompt, type: JOINGENIE and hit faint "tic" due to the light touch the [return] key. When you get top center, the mouse is simply con the prompt asking for the signup keys. The keys feel very solid like a nected like the GS KB. It has 4 lights code, type DSD524 and hit good car door slamming shut and ..option numbers, numbers, caps, RETURN. The system will then quiet, only the space bar has a slight scroll. This KB is made in Taiwan prompt you for your sign-up infor rattle to it, I can feel the two posi and again has a solid feel to it. mation. Call (voice) 1-800-638- tions on each key when I push fully I think you really need to do a 9636 for more information. down for the repeater, the keys have hands on so you can feel these keys. Microsoft, Apple Bury the Hatchet By David Einstein, Chronicle Staff BIGGEST PROVIDER the floor. Writer Microsoft is the biggest provider This year, Microsoft will use the Submitted by Bruce Thompson of software for the Macintosh, domi event to push the Mac end of its Apple and Microsoft are the best nating the Mac platform with pro Internet strategy, unveiled so force of enemies. Their differences are grams such as the best-selling word fully by Gates on December 7. The long-standing and well-chronicled. processor, Word, and the top spread main new product to be unveiled is They fought for years in court over sheet, Excel. It's a wonderfully sym the Internet Assistant, which lets whether Microsoft misappropriated biotic relationship ~ a great market users of Microsoft Word for the Mac Apple's Macintosh technology and for Microsoft, and the top source of easily create pages for the World used it to develop Windows. And major business software for Apple. Wide Web. last winter, Apple accused Microsoft The love part of the love-hate Microsoft isn't going to make of being a bully and threatening to relationship will be much in evi money on the new program - it's withhold software unless Apple dence this week at MacWorld Expo. going to be available free early next dropped lawsuits against it. In fact, visitors to Moscone Center year to anyone who cares to down OK, so maybe Microsoft's super- initially may think they've stumbled load it from the Redmond, Wash., rich chairman, Bill Gates, and Apple into a Microsoft show instead of the company's Web site. But that's not chief executive Michael Spindler biggest Apple extravaganza of all. In the point. Microsoft hopes the don't like or trust each other, and order to get to the main exhibit hall, Internet Assistant for the Mac will do might not even be on speaking you'll have to go through a giant what its counterpart for Windows terms. But when it comes to doing gateway, put up by Microsoft, carry has done, which is to make office business, these guys bury the hatchet ing advertisements for the compa workers more dependent on ~ and not in each other's backs. ny's software. And Microsoft's booth Microsoft products for using the will be one of the biggest exhibits on Internet as a surrogate corporate Mini'app'les Newsletter 22 February, 1996 network. inside a corporate Intranet. Apple audio and streamed video, which stands to gain in the bargain. One of unfold as a page is viewed. THE INTRANET the reasons the Macintosh has The program has two big things The Intranet, as the Internet is foundered in the corporate world is going for it. You don't have to know called when used within a company, its incompatibility with Windows- HTML programming language, so is one of the fastest growing areas of based networks. But Microsoft's even a casual computer user can cre corporate networking. And it's one Internet Assistant provides the capa ate a basic Web document. And it that Microsoft is extremely well posi bility to create documents using lets you see what your Web page will tioned to exploit. Microsoft Office, HTML, the Internet standard pro look like without having to exit the the applications suite that includes gramming language that doesn't dis program and call up an HTML view Word and Excel, is the largest selling criminate between Mac and er. piece of business software in the Windows-based machines. Any com "The idea behind Internet world, and dominates both the puter can pull an HTML document Assistant is to make the Internet Windows and Mac environments. off a network. experience as painless as possible," The Internet Assistant for the Microsoft officials figure that if says Martina Lauchengco, product Mac should strengthen the links Macintosh users win, so does manager for Microsoft Office. between Microsoft software applica Microsoft. "It's in our interest to tions ~ literally. It will provide an have a healthy platform for the Mac, MULTIMEDIA VIEWING easy way to use hypertext to link so that people will buy our prod Web documents created with together documents created with dif ucts," says Dave Meltzer, Microsoft's Internet Assistant take advantage of ferent Microsoft programs. For group product manager for the multimedia viewing capabilities instance, by clicking on hypertext Macintosh applications. Like its of Microsoft's Web browser, the embedded in a Microsoft Word word counterpart for Windows, which has Internet Explorer. But Netscape's processing file, a user could instantly been available for months (also at no Navigator 2.0. now in beta, also will bring up an associated spreadsheet charge), Internet Assistant for the be able to display functions such as created in Excel. Macintosh makes creating a Web streamed video, Microsoft officials Hypertext, the underlined text in page almost a no-brainer. It operates said. Web documents, is a mechanism for within Word, and lets you do your Chronicle Search Feedback moving around the Internet, from formatting with toolbar buttons. Chronicle Front Page The Gate one Web site to another. But it can Graphics and tables can be incorpo Home Page just as easily be used to move around rated into a Web page, along with © The Chronicle Publishing Company Patch For HFS File System Translator Submitted by Tom Gates hard disk, it must determine a physi Simply run this program, and it will The Bug-The HFS FST cal block number, given the logical automatically patch the file HFS.FST (Macintosh HFS File System block size and HFS block number. that resides in your system folder. Translator) that ships with the IIGS The routine that does this in the You need only run the patch pro System 6.0.1 has a simple but cata IIGS' HFS FST is the buggy routine gram once - the patch is permanent, strophic bug in it. There is an error mentioned above. but be careful not to overwrite the in a "multiply two numbers" subrou This bug can/will cause random patched version with an old one tine. This subroutine is called by the trashing of HFS volumes on a GS, from your System Disks or elsewhere. part of the FST that determines and incorrect reading of HFS vol The Modification date of the where on a disk device a "logical umes created on a Mac (such as CD- patched FST will be 4-OCT-95, block" resides. ROMs, hard disks, optical disks, any 12:00am Much like ProDOS, the HFS file large media). This is almost certainly Many, many, many, many system can only have 65536 blocks the bug that caused Jim Maricondo thanks (thousands!) go to Dave on a disk device. Unlike ProDOS, great amounts of grief and delayed Lyons, who took his own time to however, HFS can have varying "logi the Golden Orchard CD by some track down and correct this bug. I'll cal block" sizes - anywhere from 512 months, and this was causing many quote from his email to me: bytes (like on a floppy disk) to 10K files on the Compton's 1995 CD disc - begin quote - or more (on very large hard disk dri to be read as garbage. There is an INC A instruction at ves). Thus, even though there can A single byte change will correct offset +$2CE0 in the FST, in RAM. (I only be 65536 blocks on a disk, large the bug. To fix the bug, as well as believe it's easily patchable on disk, ^p^ hard disks can still be used by mak- change the version numbers and as well.) This INC A ($1A) should be \ ing each of those blocks bigger. modification date of the FST, I have changed to a NOP ($EA). -1 simulat When HFS goes to read or write to a provided a simple patch program. ed all 8 billion cases on a Power Mac Mini'app'les Newsletter 23 February, 1996 (4 billion with the INC, 4 billion 80151-0641, (303) 781-3273 ALL cases, regardless of HFS volume with the NOP), and the NOP is cor size, simply to be on the safe side: rect. (Bad algorithm comes from ATTENTION ALL Ilgs HFS USERS!! 1.) Make a FILE-BY-FILE backup of all "65816/65802 Assembly Language A "VERY" good question was your existing HFS volumes, regard Programming" my Michael Fischer, recently asked here: less of volume size BEFORE apply by the way, page 353.) Does anyone know if patching ing the patch. (GSHK can do this, So...if someone were to write a lit the HFS FST after a disk has been in saving the resultant archive onto a tle patcher program to fix the FST on use with the original FST will screw ProDOS volume. Works fine for disk, I would suggest the following, up any data? Or if the disk is still me) in addition to the INC->NOP: good, it will continue to be good? 2.)Apply the patch to the HFS.FST These are in-RAM offsets.) From my snOOping of things, I $0044 change $31 to $32 am now fully convinced that it is 3.) Reboot the machine (needed to (changes string "vOl.01" to "v01.02" bring the patched FST into memo entirely possible, in fact highly prob ry) $0010 change $01 to $02 able, that an HFS volume that - (changes binary version number appeared- stable and trouble free 4.) Using the Finder, either Erase or Initialize all of your HFS volumes from $0101 to $0102)3 prior to the patch will have -severe- $005A change $32 to $35 problems -after- installing the patch. (critical step, this 'nukes' any exist (changes copyright date) This is NOT due to any flaw in ing, incorrect information!!) And finally, change the file's last- the patch, or any undiscovered bugs 5.) Restore your files from the back mod date to 12:00am (midnight), 4- in the HFS.FST, and in fact should ups made in step one. OCT-95, just for consistency (the have been totally predictable! Note: version number isn't displayed to the The problem is that the patch user, so they deserve a way to see if fixes a flawed logical -> physical Do NOT try to get away with they have the fix). block number conversion routine in - end quote - using an "image" type backup! Those the FST, and it was the originally backups will restore the original and The provided patch program flawed results of this routine that likely flawed directory structures to (PatchHFS) does all of the above as were used to write any existing files the reformatted HFS volume, leaving Dave suggests. onto an HFS volume. It should be you EXACTLY where you would Three Cheers to Dave Lyons for fairly obvious that if you use a have been had you not done the helping our IIGS's be a little bit more flawed routine to do this calculation, above series of steps!!! reliable than they already are! and then later use a fixed routine, This should provide you with a Jawaid Bazyar bazyar@hyper- chances are great that you won't properly functioning HFS volume, mall.com wind up accessing the same physical assuming that no further bugs in the Interlink Advertising Services- block on a volume. The results of HFS.FST are discovered. Affordable & Professional Web Site this can easily be a trashed volume. 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Carry out decisions of the or voting by the membership. board in a timely manner Past President Coordinate participation in events, Provide continuity in the leader Trade shows, Industry seminars, etc. Miniapples Officers ship of Miniapples. Assist the President with the duties of that Secretary President office. Provide historical references Record in a permanent form the Provide leadership and direction for decision making process minutes of all board and general to the general membership and to membership meeting at which busi the board of directors. Prepare an Vice President ness is conducted. Record the results agenda for each board meeting. Assist the President with the (continued on page 27) Mini'app'les Newsletter 24 February, 1996 M i n i ' a p p ' l e s H a n d y F o r m Name: Address: New and Renewing Members Company: specify your level of support City, State, Zip: □ Individual $25.00 Phone (Home):. .(Work): □ Student* $15.00 Occupation: _ □ Sustaining $40.00 □ Foreign $40.00 Member ID#(if applicable): Expiration date:. □ Educational $50.00 '.. ;ilt#i#ii^afige# ID#: .Exp. Date: □ Corporate $100.00 address notice, pfease i *Must be a Full-time student afb< your qjrrentrnailing i Name: of an accredited institution. labeJ.here.priprovidetriel Make Checks Street: f: #niiBeip^f(i§tfej written your new address'; Payable to City, State, Zip: "Mini'app'les" Which personal computer(s) do you use? □ Power Macintosh model(s) □ Macintosh model(s) Q Apple II model(s) □ O t t e r ^ ^ _ ^ ~ ~ ~ ^ ^ ~ What attachments or What are your areas of special □ Check if you want your name M like to fjoin! peripherals do you use? interest? withheld from commercial and other non-club mailing lists □ QuickDraw printer □ Business applications □ Household applications □ Check if you are interested in If this is a new □ PostScript printer □ Modem □ Educational applications volunteer opportunities (see membership, or a □ Scanner/digital camera □ Desktop Publishing other side) renewal, please □ Drawing tablet □ Programming □ Check if you were referred by take a few minutes □ Voice mail □ Networking a club member. Piease give to fill out the □ MIDI □ Games name questioniare. □ Other □ Other eDom Orders Disk size eDom Title or Description Qty. Price Total Prices: 5.25" eDom: $3.00 5.25" System: $1.00 3.5" eDom: $5.00 3.5" System: $3.00 Mac System 7(9 disks): $15.00 GS/OS 6.0.1 (6 disks): $10.00 (Prices include 6.5% Minnesota sales tax) Current Apple System Software Total merchandise Version Date Format Double price for non-members Apple II, II+, Uc, lie Dos 3.3 System Master n/a 09/10/85 5.25" Add $1/disk shipping ($4.00 max) Apple II System Disk Make checks Grand ( 1 2 8 K r e q u i r e d ) 4 . 0 2 0 5 / 0 6 / 9 3 5.25/3.5" Total: ProDOS Users Disk payable to "Mini'app'les" (64K machines) W/ProDOS 1.9 02/05/85 5.25/3.5" Apple IIGS GS/OS System (6 disks) 6.0 4/92 3.5" HyperMover(2disks) n/a n/a 3.5" Last Fold - Seal with Tape Attention: j Membership Director □ Software Director Mini'app'les P.O. Box 796 33 Hopkins, MN 55343-0796 «—»C/)■ o o CvJ l.l.l..l.l...ll..l.,l,.ll.l.l, I.I..II....I.I.I...II J0J09JIQ eJBM}jOS C jopejja diusjaqweiAj C :eL|i o; sjuj pojjp eseeid S9|(ddB,!U!|/\| JB9Q (continued from page 24) Software Director Was it good for of elections. Archive and maintain Oversee all software publication you? all miniapples records other than efforts. Coordinate acquisition and #*" those kept by the treasurer. Keep a duplication of software. Appoint by Dennis Diekhoff Miniapples calendar. Assist the with the consent of the board: The Digital Photography SIG did President and Vice President in cor Software Editors(s) and Software meet on Jan. 18, as advertised, and respondence as required sales coordinators(s) the five of us that showed up had a Treasurer grand time. We fooled around with Operations & Resources Director the Apple QuickTake camera, to say Maintain the Miniapples finan Oversee all matters related to nothing about the time we spent cial records and records of operations and resources of trying to get great color out of an Miniapples assets. Prepare a written Miniapples and its members. unfamiliar projector when the com financial report to include income, Coordinate the use of equipment puter was putting out less than disbursements, current account bal owned by Miniapples. Maintain a grand color because of a VRAM defi ances and assets, at each board meet consultant and information network ciency. ing - This report will be included in for Miniapples. Appoint with the And then: Harold Watson arrived the minutes. Prepare an annual bud consent of the board: Hardware & to present his recent "PhotoMaker" get. Be cognizant of and act upon Software advisors, Bibliographer, program purchase from our own requirements of the IRS and Hardware coordinators, and BBS local Wizard Works (559-5301). The Minnesota State Department of coordinator. program kicks PhotoShop's ass for Revenue in a timely and efficient ease of use if not capability, and manner. Administer the collection of Interest Group Directors costs less than a third party's manual all moneys due Miniapples. Establish Macintosh & Apple II for PS! It was advertised for $29 and and maintain bank accounts in the Oversee all matters related to the when Harold showed up to get it, name of Miniapples. Deposit all development and maintenance of the price had been dropped to $24. moneys in the Miniapples bank Special Interest and Community This guy knows how to get the bang accunt(s) in a timely and efficient interest Groups (SIGs and CIGs). out of a buck. manner. Pay all bills and demands as Encourage and assist in the forma We explored and experimented authorized by the board. tion of new interest groups. Act as with the program until the Library spokesperson to the board for group Publications Director kicked us out. I've started reading representative the manual (please forgive me guys) Oversee publication of the and this is one amazing program. I'd newsletter. Appoint with the con Membership Director love to be specific, but I need to sent of the board: Newsletter Editor Oversee the maintenance and learn more. and assistants and Advertising coor processing of the membership The only thing to compare with dinator records and materials. Promote the pleasure this program provided membership. was having my VW Diesel start after the meeting at about -200 degrees wind chill We missed the rest of you at December 1995 Treasurers Report the meeting, but we certainly Profit& Loss Statement Submitted by Ardie Predweshny understand your wanting to Income stay huddled at home, warm M e m b e r s h i p s $ 9 0 0 . 0 0 ing your hands before a Advertising ($9.50) crackling monitor. S o f t w a r e S a l e s N e t o f S a l e s T x $ 5 0 . 4 7 In closing; many thanks Freight & Misc. Income $218.00 to Marty Probst at Gibbco Total Income $1,158.97 (831-4890) for the use of that Gross Profit $1,158.97 great Data Projector, and we Expenses are looking foreword to see Publications/Newsletter $34.02 ing his 100 hp Newton prezo Hardware/Resource Support $39.88 at the Feb. 8th Mac Main. Membership and Promotion $32.33 Total Expenses $106.23 #^\ Net Profit/(Loss) $1,052.74 Mini'app'les Newsletter 27 February, 1996 Benefits of your mini'app'les membership include: An one year subscription to our monthly Newsletter A free account on the mini'apples BBS (45 minutes/day) Communicate with other mini'app'les members plus get up to date information on mini'app'les events and meetings. Get assistance from other members. Download freeware and shareware. Eligibility for frequent drawings of free equipment, software, and books. Just a few of the many items given away free in the last year included: Connectix QuickCam, Microsoft Encarta, Books from Peachpit Press and MacMillan, RamDoubler, SpeedDoubler, Lind PowerBook battery Conditioners and Rechargers, Microsoft Art Gallery, and Apple System 7.5 software. Discounts on book orders 40% off Peachpit Press, 30% off MacMillan family of book companies (Hayden, Adobe Press, Que, Sams, Brady, NRP, and Alpha) Periodic special User Group discount offers on equipment and software. In the past year, Apple, Hayes, Br0derbund, and APC Power Protection (Business Security Products), among others, have offered mini'app'les members significant discounts. Plus, you're supporting all of mini'app'les' special interest group (SIG) meetings that you can attend each month. It's easy to recoup your cost of membership with the above benefits. And a one year membership still costs only $25. Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage mini'app'lesBox 796 PAID Hopkins, MN 55343 Hopkins, MN Permit 631 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED ^mini'app'les membership card EXPIRES: 99-12 ID # 160 DAN B BUCHLER 2601 WOODS TRL BURNSVILLE MN 55337 Mini'app'les Newsletter February, 1996