l I inl'app'les _ December 1986
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Board Members President Ann Bell 544-4505 This is the Newsletteri of Mini'app'les'i the. Minnesota.. Apple 8325 39th Avenue N., Computer Users' Group, Inc., a· Minnesota non-profit club. The New Hope, MN 55427 whole newsletter is copyrighted © by Mini'app'les. Articles may be Past President David Laden 488-6774 reproduced in other non-profitUser Groups' publications except where 1215 W. Laurie Rd, specifically copyrighted by author. Roseville, MN 55113 Questions Vice-President Ed Spitler Please direct questions to appropriate board member or officer. P.O. Box 24476, Technical questions should be directed to the Technical Director. St Pau~ MN 55124 Membership Treasurer Earl Benser 884-2148 Applications for membership should be directed to Membership 5532 W. 107th St" Co-ordinator: Janelle Tryggestad 925-2436 Bloomington, MN 55437 3151 Dean Court, '#703 Secretary Chuck Lind Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55416 Box 17301 $12 buys membership for one year. New members and·· persons Minneapolis, MN, 55417 renewing after letting membership expire, pay a $5 administration Communication Director Dan Buchler 890-5051 fee. Members receive a subscription to newsletter and all club Software Director Steve George 935-5775 benefits. Technical Director John Hook 435-6281 DOMS SIG Director 1 Mitch Bronson 920-3870 ])OMs (Disk of the Month) are available at meetings for $5/disk SIGDirector 2 Dick Marchiafava 572-9305 ($~!Mac:J:)OM) or any DOM may be ordered by mail for $6.00/disk Branch Director Dick Peterson 473-5846 ($~.OO/ MacDOM). Send orders to Mini'app'les at PO Box 796, Coordinators Hopkins, MN, 55343, attention DOM Sales or MacDOM Adviser - Spreadsheets Mike Carlson 866-3441 Sales. :Beginners' Sonsultant Earl Benser 884~2148 Members may have 51/4" DOMs copied to their own media. See Membership Form Distr. Jim Ruprecht 827-3205 classified Ads for details. Membership Co'tor Janelle Tryggestad 925-2436 Dt~alers Shows & Conventions Open Mini'app'les does not endorse any specific dealers but promotes dis • SIG - Apple IIGS Coming! tribution of information which may. help club members. to identify '* SIG - Business Dick Marchiafava 572-9305 'the best buys and service. C?nsequently, the club d()7S participate in • SIG- Education Jill1 Baker 872-6741 • SIG- FORTH Mark Abbott 854-8304 '* SIG- Investment Eric Holterman 822-8528 *r~;r~~i;;~t1Z;~ hMdWMe~;?Ubt~?~~N;~~ • SIG - Languagesffech Chase Allen 435-2645 Pleasese~dcontributions on Mac 3 disks or via telec0m.- 8 SIG - Macintosh Mike Carlson 866~3441 municationsdirectly to the Newsletter Editor. • Contributions on. 5 8 SIG - Mac Non } Curtis luliber 487-2850 Tech Users} Dave Stovall 114" gisksshould be sent to the. club PO Box, and .marked: 8 SIG- Smalltalk Martin McClure 227-9348 "Newsletter Submission". '* Tech. Adviser (hdw) Roger Flint 771~2868 DeadliIle> for publication is the 1st Wednesday of the month preceding the month in which the item might be included. iAn article Branch Coordinators will be\ printed when space permits if, in the opinion of the Dakota County Bob Pfaff 452-2541 Newsletter Editor, it constitutes suitable material for publication. North West Jere Kauffman 535-6745 Meeting Dates N,E, Branch Mike Fraase 430-2944 Please telephone calendar announcements to St. Cloud John Gammell 1-253-9377 John Hansen - 890-3769. Liaison (t) - Genealogy Jules Goldstein 690-4447 Advertising Liaison (t) - Medical Stewart Haight 644-1838 Direct Advertising inquiries to our co-ordinator Eric Holterman at: Liaison (t) - CPIM Jim Rosenow (414)261-2536 PO Box 8266 GEnie: EFHolterman t To provide contact with non-Mini'app'les SIOS Minneapolis, MN 55408 612-822-8528
Newsletter Publication Staff Software Director's Staff Director & Daniel B.Buchler 890-5051 Software Director and Steve George 935-5775 Editor 13516 Grand Avenue S. Apple II DOM Editor Burnsville, MN 55337 Assistants: CPIM Open Assist. Editors Dave Johnson, Jo Homung, Becky Gray Eamon Dave Nordvall 724-9174 Announcements Kent Edwards 452-4956 _-----"'111 lAC Richard Peterson Calendar John Hansen 890-3769 E-mail MacDOM Editor/Prod Mark Richards 925-3625 Contributing Steve George 935-5775 ApplcLink Assistant MacDOM Ed. Curtis Juliber 487-2850 Curtis Juliber UGOO12 Editors Tom Edwards 927-6790 CompuScrve Circulation this issue: 1650 Comp.lLayout Joan Kistner 73537,463 Mailing Hugh Kurtzman, Richard Peterson GEnie Advertising Eric Holterman 822-8528 DBuchler mini'app'les December 1986
VIP at MacUser Meeting Calendar removable cartridge unit. This is a one-time offer. For a Meeting in January Meetings will be held monthly on the limited time, "Arts" will offer a bulk by Dan Buchler fourth Thursday of the month unless purchase of these drives at a considerable Curtis Juliber has hit the jackpot and there is a conflict with a major savings. Both products will be available secured a Very Important Person (in the holiday. In the event of a holiday, the at 10% over the actual distributor invoice Microcomputer Industry) in the person of meeting will be the third Thursday, the plus actual shipping charges. Doug Clapp. Doug will be appearing at day after the main meeting. Minimum unit pricing will be: the Mac User meeting in January, &il!il fu!lk Jaunary 5th to be precise. Mark it on Scheduled Meeting: AST-2ooo for Macintosh Plus your calendar. Doug is best known as an $2495 $1755.60 author of several books on the Mac and December 18 - Spreadsheet & Template AST-2ooo wlSCSI card for IIOS as a regular columnist for several perio Design $2624 $1845.80 dicals, most recently with MacUser AST-4000 for Macintosh Plus Magazine. Most of his writings are The meetings will be at Derham Hall $6995 $4846.60 aimed at the beginner. If you arc into High School, 540 S. Warwick in St. Assuming a minimum of 3 AST-4000 Macs at all, or simply want to hear a Paul. This is one block south of orders or 5 AST-2ooo. nationally renowned personality, come Randolph, three blocks east of Snelling. Deadline for orders is December 31, and show your support! Enter at the front and go to Room 218 1986. Orders will be filled on the basis on the second floor. I thank Sister of minimum pricing. In. otherwords,.as Please note the new name of the Mac Sharon Gondek for providing this soon as they have an order large enough S.I.O. for the Rest-of-Us. It's Mac meeting site. Meetings will begin at 7 to obtain minimum pricing •they will Uscr instead of Mac SIO Non Technical PM. Call me at 572-9305 if you need place the order. Tenus are COD.\Vith User. Often, the subject matter is techni information about these meetings. personal &. business ..checks fine;. no cal. but from an application point of plastic. N0 deposits required. All orders view, not from the computer point of AST.-Hard Drive will be
- 4- mini'app'les December 1986 definable), cuVcopy/paste/undo ••• ~m EAMQN~(..Ivf:)l'ltlire mands, mail merge, and more..<.. Requires News a Ilc, lie (enhanced 128k), or IIGS. All by Steve George MouseWrite commands may be executed Software Director direcly frgm the. keybolifd (Le. mouse is Ilotrequired for use. of.this product). A 6 ts been a long time a'comin' but we Utility Disk 1 Doc. page<~~mt11ary sheet detailed.even more. again have an EAMON Designer Also, we' are happy to report that all N"0nnal retail price is $149.95. disk! Hurray! It is combined with EAMON adventure disks are now double Clui()us as to .what constituted a 'substan Uuseful utilities into a very nice sided! ,YES, double the excitement for tial discount' and the exact details of the double sidedDesigner/Utility disk. the usual fee! We're so excited that we upgrade, Vie called. Just ~end $75 plus Side 1 is primarily the Dungeon can hardly stand ourselves. Yet due to your old MouseWord package (disk and Designer. It has documentation explain the shear volume of adventures (some manuals) to receive. RWP's Mouse ing some of the 'conventions' used to thing like 97 of 'em), we'd like you to Write™. That IS a substantial discount. create new and compatible Adventures order these in advance or through the and the Player Manual. Print these to mail. If you send a note c/o the PO Box Roger Wagner Publishing, Inc. learn about the' EAMON adventure series. in advance of a Regular Apple II meeting, 10761 VVoodsideAve., Sui~ E The followitig files' are on the first side we will bring what you request. We will Santee, CA.. 92071 of the disk: EAMON Dungeon Designer, continue to have the first few adventures (619) .562-3670 Addendum, Addendum.Text, Convert Main at each meeting plus the new Dungeon > Main 10, Dungeon Edit, Dungeon Init, Designer/Utilities disk. Dungeon List, Leadin Program, Main We'd like to continue to refer to tlle Members at Apple Pgm, Print/View Manuals, Designer adventure disks by adventure number Mall.Show Manua1.Text, Player Manual.Text rather than messing with the numbering by Dan Buchler Side 2 contains Mini'app'les of disks (again!). Therefore, to play Mer EAMON Utility Disk #1. These utilities lin's Castle (adv #33), order EAMONAdv Several rs put in significant let you manipulate, view rooms and #33 (as a bonus you'll receive #34 on the anounts Ime doing "booth duty" at artifacts, test monsters you've created, back!) Adventures are consecutively the Apple road show held at the bring back your favorite adventurer from numbered: 1&2, 3&4, 5&6, etc. When Southdale shopping mall in November. death, etc. Documentation details each The board and the membership in generai program's use. Big .....--,;,.",,--;.....-----.....;------...., wishes to thank tho,se people for their Thanks! to' Mifti' efforts. It provided an opportunity for app'les member Guy' the club to meet some potential Apple Rice for the effort he computer users who are less sure than put into this projec~. may of us that they want to. own an Starting with about Apple or even a personal computer. 5 disks of various' utilities with some Stri~tIyB.uSiness duplicate files different names!), . Computer Show waded through the by Dan Buchler muck to deliver this fine disk of all neces The < Strictly Business Computer ,Show sary utilities for the seems to be the only real computer show True EAMON Adven which regularly appears. in the Twin turer. Files included Ci~ies area. . It will be held thIs year on are: Character File Feb 4-5 at the Hyatt· Regency'in Minnea Maint, Monster Con polis. We are, working some angles to solidate, Monster In get the club a presence at the show, but ventory VO,' Monster nothing definite yet. Battle, Monster Mas ter, Monster.Master, New Secretary Test Bench, Adven by Dan Buchler ture, Main Hall, Res urrect, Artifact Main Ann Bell appointed Chuck Lind (see tenance, Check Text front cover) as Secretary to replace Files, Monster Name Janelle Tryggestad who resigned. Janelle Reverse, Label Ma continues her duties as Membership Co ker, Adventure Log, Remove Dummy Arti- ordinator. l! facts, Special.Log, Change EAMON.- Name 1, Dungeon Edit, Dungeon List,
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Software Library Additions by Steve George, Software Director
Stars number guessing game that DOM #44 DOM #45 gives you hints. Dr. Cat's Graphix (Apple/Boston Swords adventure game taking you Disk Games #2) on a trip through the forest. DOS format DOS format Target star-ship shooting game that asks the 3-D co by Steve George Arrright! The REAL reason many of us ordinates of your shots. have a computer in our possession Taxman number guessing game (like I certainly don't wish to disuade anyone becomes clear here! Below are listed NIM) that works with from obtaining this disk, because with some fine 'early' computer games which number factors. some effort on your part it can be quite have been enjoyed in various forms and Word Puzzle requires a printer and lets useful. However, you should know that revisions for many years. Most are text you define a word puzzle. it will take some time to learn how to or lo-res games but don't let that detract Words puzzle. Requires printer and use the routines to create hi-res from your enthusiasm. These are great makes up a word matrix. graphics. A knowledge of Applesoft. is for beginning computerists of any age. (The above comments derived from the required, because it is easiest to use the textfile on disk.) routines with either CALLs or the & Checkers two-player game. Keeps (ampersand). track of moves and scores. Cat-Graphix is a product of Thechu Combat simulated war game (1 Software Creations. They solicit user Newton's Apple player) against computer. input and routines for use with this disk. Personal domain Corral try to catch· the horse in For example, the ANNOUNCEMENTS the corral. Pro/DOS format file indicates that this disk now Craps2 you and others get to play incorporates a color-fill routine. Source against the house. codes of both the & (ampersand) and We. fipallY .receiv¢ .till(. sQftware ••• whillh adventure where publicationshave~en CAT GRAPHIX routines are included in seyeral. national a flj' trader in 1776. talking.abolltfQr thepast(few. mQnths. Apple Toolbox fonnal simulation. Allows a It.. arrived as two ....disI<:s,( but . wl('ye I Approximately six pages of docu nandic3lp, plays 18 holes. <;Qmbined Jhem into opedoubleillided mentation are on disk, explaining how for the elevation of qillI<: to qouble your enjoym(lIlt. 'fheJour to use various routines from within your artillery in destroying educational programs amplify the own programs (or as stand-alone). Near information preseIlte4 in KTCA's the doc beginning, it says "If anything for up to ten productions of Newton's Apple series. is not quite clear for you, a little They are, h0'.Veyer,<$tlU1d-(tlo~(lle~ipg experimentation should clear it up". with four. knights for tools; that is, if)'pu1l.1iss.a.seg!Jwnt of Most of the demos (about a dozen) lady's hand. the TV series, the software doesn't require are written in Applesoft BASIC so you landing simulator. you to have viewed the show. can study and reference them when creat or metric landing From reading Eric Holterman's ing your own displays. Included also are review elsewhere in this newsletter, I a LINESET editor and CHAR editor. (or not) the last believe that both the TV show and the If you know Applesoft but would from a row. You software can basically 'stand-alone',· but like the speed of machine language when the parameters. if at all possible, it would be nice to· use producing hi-res graphics for your own bu!;iness and logic them together because theycomplememt programs, here's a fairly painless Try to deliver each other very well. method of achieveing that end. efficiently. We don't know at this time if landing simulator. additional disks will be sent to ... us. EAMON (contd.) game about the Assuming that there may be, we are you get up to 91, that's a double disk of petals on a rose designating this as Newton's Apple #1 in itself (formerly 91,1 and 91.2). Adven dice). the software listings. tures continue: 92&93, 94&95, etc. simulation of roulette. We have placed this disk in the You may have noticed that the gap a slalom course Personal Domain category, simply of Adv #32 has been filled. This is an (skiing!). You set up the because it is not typical public domain Adv that some clubs have chosen not to parameters. software. Ask for the disk by name as issue (that's why it was missing from nice lo-res slot machine with all our Personal Domain software. ours: they didn't have it when we ordered program. Bring lots of them). Here's -the reason: it's titled nickels!! Newton's Apple #1 House of III Repute. Most lists of Adv Splat simulates a parachute jump Created & Dlst. by TelEd, Inc. names also include the notation: where you control the Requested fee: $0 r:r GOT08 speed of descent.
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The AppleWorks Advisor A Column For Users Of AppleWorks by Dick Marchiafava ecember 1985 s~W' the technique in the December 1986 issue. disks into a database file. After l()()lci~g publication, of thefirs1 of Do you remember embedded printer over the files on these disks, the/mertl__ the AppleWorks i' Advisor codes?, How handy they were! One could bers add their cornments about the files columns. This is the 13th send any command to a printer, and was into the database record for that diskal1d c()lUIlll1. TheAWA marks the completion not limited by the software driver of our circulate the record among members. of its fiist •year of existence and the program. Of course, codes appeared in This is a great way to compare the beginning of the second. the text, which made things look a little usefulness of the files with other users. The last year has been marked by strange, but they were. executed by the many changes. AppleWorks version 1.3 printer and did not print in the hardcopy. Thank you Tom for your kind remarks and now, version 2.0 have been released. Well,we can use embedded codes with about this column. There are' new 'enhancement software AppleWorks to()! packages which have increased' the useful~ Thistechniquere~uiiesiselecting one Send your AppleWorks questions and tips ness and' capabilities of AppleWorks. of the printer functions from the Custom from, anywhere to me at 7099 Hickory And, of coUrse, the' mariUfacturersof Prin~r.. group fOri Bold, '. SUbscript, Drive N.E., Fridley, MN 55432. Or call memory expansion deviees< have '.i' coritin~ Superscript orUnderiitle to. be. reassigned 612-572-9305, no collect calls. Dick. tr ued to improveal1dexpandAppleWorks. as> indica~d below. For the sake ofthis A year'ago' I •did· notexpectlli be able to explanation, I wilL use the Bold function. see expanded App1eWorks with the capa Change the Bold begin and Bold end city for 23,000 records ina database! by entering i ESC" for each. Save this DUring .this time,·I . have learned change by . backing out of the printer AppleWorks, 'and have become proficient specification section of. the program and CUSTOM in itS use. When lstatted' writing this then reboot. column I had a friend in the background To send an embedded cornmand to PROGRAMMING to answer the questions which I receive. your printer from the wordprocessor, Now, I, canfield many questions' directly, enter tile CTRL-Bcornmand (Bold begin). APPLICATIONS and have built up a network of peoplti~o You will see the I) on screen, but in this SUPPORT supplYl11ore. ans\Vers. Th~ lealJlfng instance it represents the. ESC character. process' continues,' and lam please with AppleWorks will send this BsCcharacter each item learned and nuance discovered. to the printer plUS .. the •• ch~racter(s) Fast efficient programs i In September, the AppleWorks SIG diiectly .... after ..< it, < assuming •• ," this or applications, began operations. When this •• is printed combinationis,a validl'rin~rcornmand. tailormade for YOUR we will have he1dthe4thmeeting, and Example:.iFor I11Yi pri~ter, italics. i are will have another planning" session of tutnedon bythecornmand ESC it and business. the committee to plan our meeting turned off with ESC iO.' I enterCTRL-B schedule into the new year. The (Bold begin)and ·7· mini'app'les December 1986 Newton's Apple Freeware Haba "SPELL IT" Reviewed by Eric Holterman A Review Advertising Coordinator by Bill Knoff o what do you think of They are certainly among the better t the September Appleworks combining television, software, public domain or freeware programs I SIG meeting, I was awarded fun and education together? have come across and would encourage the software package "Haba Then offering it to anyone who you to try them, especially if you also Spell It" on the condition· that wants it, free of charge? .Sounds good to watch the show. I review the product. At the outset, let me, I'll take two! Like the TV show, the software can me state my computer knowledge is With the offering of Newton's Apple appeal to a wide age range. I watch the limited, I don't know how to program, I Freeware, just such a combination has show with Reidan, my second grade get lost in technical discussions, I have been put together. The TV show is the daughter, and Vanessa, my tenth grader. some familiarity with Appleworks and award winning Newton's Apple, an We all enjoyed the programs. However, Applewriter II, and I become mired in entertaining science series for people of had Reidan not been a Newton's Apple long, complex documentary explana all ages. It is produced locally by KTCA fan and keenly interested in science, the tions. I had never used any type of TV. The unique feature is the whole is subject matter would have been well spelling checker software before. Assum greater than the sum of the parts. We beyond her. The appeal of the software ing others fall into this same category, I found the combination produced more is probably at the junior high and above present this "greenhorn" critique. attention, learning and enjoyment than level, including adults like me who The 5x7 documentary booklet con either would have generated by itself, majored in Political Science rather than tains less than 10 pages of instructions, and the parts are good in the first place. real science. a real plus for me. The program will There are four software programs for It is too bad the software was not work on a 1 drive set-up but 2 drives the Apple H series computers. You may distributed at least a month, and surely are desireaple. The steps •. and want to start with Newton's Knowledge, preferably two months, earlier. We were instructions necessary to reach the .lletual which describes itselfas"...agarne of lucky enough to get a copy of the checkipg .feature are simple • and Jast as scientific trivia based on facts presented software shortly after the show that listed below (Iused a 2 drivesystern). in the PBS television series Newton's covered probability and inertia aired and 1. Boot disk to load program Apple." It ••• asks 20 questions of each before the one on mirrors. However, if 2. Prornpt-Specify number ofdrives player, keeping each player's score and you missed the shows, the software is 3. Prompt-Insert main dictionary in congratulating the winner at the end. still· worthwhile. If ybu saw the shows drive 1 You.~ll it the. nU!l1ber of players, it asks the software will work all the better for 4. PrOmpt-Insert documnt disk in through the entire documen~ you will be asked if you want corrections Apple·1I SIG is even a touch of "power" in the active • Funds w RKS "hot view" that links into the chart by Tom Edwards section... charts update as information is Research Project changed elsewhere in the program. acSIG, for the October The word processing is straight at University of meeting, welcomed Debbie forward. There is a mail merge function Farrell, Microsoft rep, for that was always cursed for its absllnce in Michigan a demonstration of Micro AppleWorks. One little beII and whistle Downloaded from AppleLink soft's addition to Mac software, differing from many other products is the pple announced that it has WORKS. It combines word processing, rudimentary drawing tools that are signed a research agreement spreadsheet, data base, communications accessible directly in the program. If you with the Center for and charting into a single integrated need to set off a chart, table, or what's Information Technology program on the Mac. with a line or box, you can do it as part Integration (CIT!) at The University of Prior to the main event, there was a of the word processor function. Easy Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. This is one unusuaIIy short Q & A session: access to printing miscellaneous labels is of a number of university-related systerns • For those interested in BBS'ing, check also a practical inclusion. (I never did integration research projects that Apple MiniMac BBS. A dial to 476-6641 feel comfortable with the possibility of will announce over the next year. Under will get you latched up to a solid Mac "customizing" MacWrite to do this. the agreement, CIT! and Apple are oriented communications format. Thank goodness I never needed a whole establishing a partnership to further • MacDRAFT has shipped in a new bunch of labels!) The "Page Setup" extend the ability of the university's version (2.0?). Unfortunately, some screen tel1s you what sizes are available, Macintosh computers to connect to MacSIG'ers have encountered a bug in inches, not cryptic word codes. computers from other vendors on the infested environment. Problems have The program has taken direction univ.ersity's campus. been transmitted to the folks at !DO, from the world's most popular Apple wiIl supply funding for the who have promised to arm their "integrated" program, AppleWorks. integration project in the amount of programmers with Raid and swatters. Microsoft has added more elements to $293,000 and provide the university with Look for the NEXT version to avoid round out thi~ "lv1'a~ packagc;lnd. also $113,000 of computer equipment. the creepy crawlers: Hang on to what filled iIl some!0f.tI't~missillg piepes that The University of Michigan is a if you've got, or check first you have been t OUf<:tl.ofdisappointments leading research institution noted for its need for this type of drafting program in AppleW0,t\.sici9~ in.the cake, expertise in operating systems, • !DD has joined a growing number WORKS hasi.~n g()t a convert routine communications and networking. CITI publishers by retrioving COPY for APpleW0rlf' ...• files.and .follows the was founded todeve~ophardware and PROTECfION from the most recent AppleWorks lead by NOT tossing in copy software to •integrate current and future update of MacDraft. This kind of protection. equipment from computer vendors into support is what we've been asking for, The preselltationwoundupwith a the uniVersity's cOIllputing •environment so let's. respect it. drawing for a hUmberof Microsoft door and\toProYf - 10 - mini'app'les December 1986 Apple Funds, Cont. over the next decade is to have a single, development of software to afford common interface across all our vendors' Macintosh computers on an AppleTalk Macintosh personal computer, develop products, so that printing, file access, network access to files and information courseware, and act as an advisory electronic mail and other computer in Apollo computers on an Apollo council to Apple. services will be available throughout the Domain network. Second, it will focus The University has over 8000 campus, regardless of the computer used. on extending the Unix operating system computers, including 3000 Macintoshs, The Macintosh is a very logical choice to enhance interprocess communications. at various locations throughout the Ann for that interface because of its ease of Currently, more than 200 Apollo Arbor campus. Products of other vendors use and its graphics capabilities. ' workstations are used in the university's are available at the university including As additional communications science and engineering laboratories. IBM, Zenith, Wang and Apollo. software for the Macintosh is developed, "Once the research work is Bud Colligan, Apple's higher students, researchers and faculty members completed, students with the much less education marketing manager, said, "We will be able to even more effectively use expensive Macintosh computers will be are very pleased to fund this project at a Macintosh to gain access to able to gain access to the much greater the University. CITI has extensive information stored on other computers utility of the Apollo," Van Houweling software development experience on the throughout the campus. And they will be said. Macintosh and a computing plan in able to accomplish this with the same Apple is one of many vendors with which the Macintosh plays a key role. easy-to-use interface they currently use to whom CITT p.xpects to sign research Universities today have placed top gain access to Macintosh files."' agreements. C! priority on building bridges between The university's MacApollo project different computer systems and we expect has already developed interfaces that Hear and See that the work at Michigan will benefit allow the Macintosh computer to be used that effort." as a front-end computing system for Douglas E. Van Houweling, Vice Apollo workstations. ~~~~s~~,~r,g Provost for Information Technology at This current Apple-funded research Michigan, said, "We are very excited will focus on two major project Edina Community Center! about this project with Apple. Our goal categories. First, it will ~ocus on the snap.a.partand Continuous Forms • Office and Data Processing Supplies orm 5~ ·Wedding Invitations Ask About Our of Continuous Postcards and Index Cards 20 NO. 1ST STREET. MINNEAPO LIS, MN 55401 OPEN MONDAY thru FRIDAY - 8:30·5:00 CAll 332-4866 Visa and For More Information and Prompt Service ~ MasterCard l1li Accepted. WE HAVE YOUR PRINTER PAPER -IN T c • 11" X 9%" - 15# or 20# Paper - Regular Perf • 50# Offset with Micro Perf Edges Continuous Address Labels Sold in Large and Small Quantities A/so: MANY OTHER SIZES AND TYPES OF PRINTER PAPER (Stop in and see our selection), DATA PROCESSING AND OFFICE SUPPLIES. • 11 • mini'app'les December 1986 AppleLink Technical Info Library Additions September 1986 Downloaded from AppleLink he articles listed below were Apple lIGS Connectors: Serial Ports ProFile added to the AppleLink Apple lIgs General Troubleshooting Apple lIGS: Resetting And Buffer Technical Info Library during Apple lIGS Incompatibilities: Clearing September. If anybody wants Communications software Apple lIGS: RGB Port Pinouts any of the information, please call Dan Apple lIGS Incompatibilities: CP/M Apple lIGS: Serial Port Pinouts Buchler at 890-5051. Cards Apple Monochrome Monitor: Spec Sheet Apple lIGS Incompatibilities: No Apple AppleColor RGB Monitor General Apple 3.5 Drive General lIe auxiliary slot Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Apple lIGS Incompatibilities: ProFile AppleColor RGB Monitor input Apple 5.25 Disk Drive: Spec Sheet Interface Cards connector: Pinouts Apple 5.25 DrivetUniDisk General Apple lIGS Incompatibilities: Slot 2 and AppleColor RGB Monitor Specifications Troubleshooting ProDOS 1.2 AppleColor RGBMonitor: Using it with Apple FORTRAN: Installation and use Apple lIGS Incompatibilities: Timing the Apple lIe with Pascal 1.3 on a lIe Dependent Programs DuoDisk: Pinouts Apple IIe General Tr()\.Ipleshooting Apple lIGS Memory Expansion Card: Macintosh: Identifying the version of Apple lIe: Memory Expansion Card Spec Sheet System with ResEdit Apple lIGS Adapter Cable: Pinouts Apple lIGS Super Control Panel: Refresh Monochrome Monitor General Apple lIGS qOIlnectors: Composite rate Troubleshooting Video Jack Apple lIGS System Disk: Overview Numeric Keypad lIe Iriternal Cable: Apple lIGS Connectors: Desk Top Bus Apple lIGS: Alternate Display Mode Pinouts Apple lIGSC()nnectors: Drive Port Desk Accessory Pascal 1.3: Usin~lJNI'fSTATUS ApplelIGSConnectors:GameIJO Apple lIGS: Cabling Configurations PostScript: Use complete LaserWriter Apple lIGS Connectors: Power Apple lIGS: Connecting Disk Drives Plus font names ,....,.. Apple lIGS Connectors: RGB Apple lIGS: Recovering a corrupted Apple Technical COIlunllriications U We use only the highe$t quality December Specials: memory upgradei.electronics manufactured by: • Levco 2Mbyt~ MemQry Upgrade - includ~s • Levco silent cooling fan and.. • Beck-Tech SCSI port $750 • S.3 • Beck-Tech 1 Megabyte and at the Best Price, too! Memory Upgrades-. inclUdes utility disk • S3 512K Memory Upgrade - includes 1 year guarantee $129 • Ehman Engineering silent Mac Disk Drive includes drive activity LED $225 5025 - 250th Street East Hampton Minnesota Toll Free No: (800) 247-4622 Minnesota 55031 U.S.A. Call Collect: (507) 263-3801 -12- December 1986 Mini'app'les: The Right Stuff Hugh Kurtzman i$sOe.sthe instruction: "No""PUlyoufhands there and TYPE, buddy I" Everyone got a ch~n9Elto tpHch and try a computer at the Apple Open House. Extra help came from IMini'app'les members that assisted at the SOlJthdale event in late October. Grandma must be a blond...she has all the fun while a hip teen awaits her turn. This electrifying action was captured at the Apple Open House, held at the Southdale mall late in October. EricJohnson shows off the new JIGS motherboard. He said President Ann Bell and Vice-President Ed Spitler download the that Apple engineers were particularly proud of the name of a door prize winner from a 3M diskette box used as the //e-on-a-chip. Matter of fact, Eric says if you look close data file at a recent Mini'app'les meeting enough you can see the disk drive. Really? ·13· mini'app'les December 1986 MacPlus with internal Hyperdrive Want to meet new people? Learn #59 thru #61 20j $2,900. Only 3 months old, more about the business of Get DOMs on your Personal Domain Disks in excellant condition with all Apples? Help your club? Get own disks! Diversi-DOS, Diversi-Copy software & manuals. Also into the ad game today! Contact Mini'app1es Members can order Bank'N available, surge suppressor, Eric, Advertising Coordinator for the DOMS listed below using Blank~rnship Basic Appletalk cables, connector kits Mini'app'les for more their own disks. To assure Fire-Organ & MacServe Networking Software information. delivery you must follow this LOGO Documentation (also XLServe for you LISA fans). Eric 822-8528 procedure: LOGO Toolkit MacTerminal, Microsoft Basic and 1) Select the disk(s) you want LOGO Sample Programs Click Art, too! Call days. WANTED: Apple ][+, with or from the list below and label One-key DOS Curt or Victor 484-2049 ext 217 without peripherals. Need serial your blank disks (some prefer to Disk Manager card, printer, monitor, drive, use both sides). "Nifty Works" ProWriter C-Itoh 8510A (Similar modem, 80 column card, etc. 2) Insert disks in a returnable ELF ABC to ImageWriter I) Don 341-4333 (days) mailer. The same protective SPARKEE(fire organ album) Chase Allen 456-7828(days) 927-9263 (eves) device will be used to return your Class Records 435-2645(eves) disks. Hi-Res Doodle 18 Issues "Micro" Magazine, 3) Enclose return postage, ProWriter April, 1979 thru January, 1981. stamps only, obviously the Font Utilities Electrical engineer experienced in Lots of 6502 tips. Make offer same as the sending postage. AmDOS national and international Dan 890-5051 4) Enclose a self addressed return Squirt marketing is interested in a career address label. Math Invaders change to computer marketing as Apple lie, 128K 90 Column card. 5) Enclose a $1.00 copying fee The Font Machine a result of computer addiction. 3 drives, 10 key keypad, system for each DaM requested. Master Chart Michael 593-1001 saver fan, Hayes 300 baud 6) Send to: EVE(terminal Program) internal modem, joy stick, Apple C. Thiesfeld SqUire WANTED: Apple Silentype monitor, MUltiplan, AppleWriter, 8416 XelXes Avenue S. Print Shop Utility Printer Interface. Or will sell other software and disks. Only Bloomington, MN 55431 UCSD PASCAL Apple Silentype Printer, unused. $850. Excellent condition. 7) Allow 60 days for delivery in PI: PASEXl: Tom 888-7159 Gene 941-5490 (after 6) USA. Incomplete packages will P2: DARYL!: not be returned. P3: PROSE: Excellent territories available, or Shugart SA712 10 MByte Hard (address general questions about P4: COMPUTE: design your own. Contact Drive. Doesn't work! $40 DaMs to the Software Director, P5: ATTACH: potential newsletter advertisers to Steve George). P6: PUG1: help cany their message to our Wanted: Broken Mac andlor Mac Currently available DaMs: P7: PMU: members through newsletter ads. PartS! Mini'app1es DaMs #1 thru #17, P8: PROSTXT: Ad revenue helps your club Milke (MN) 800-247-4622 #22 thru #31, #33, #34 and Forth provide beller services for you. 507-263-3801 #36 thru #43. "U" "F83X" Utility Contact Eric, Advertising lAC DaMs #21,#28,#35, #38 "K" "F83X" Kernel Coordinator for Mini'app'les for thru #46, #48a,#48b, #49 - 57. CP/M Directory (2 sides) more information. Eric 822-8528 These ads are provide members for non-commercial use, 11 and are limited to 10 lines. Commercial ads will be charged at 20 • centslWord for members or 40 centslword for non-members. Contact the Advertising coordinator. DEADLINE for ads Is the second FridllY of the month preceding the month of pUblication. Ads will be repeated on request only. Also, please notify editor if item Is sold. Unless otherwise noted, all items are For Sale .. 14 .. ® FREE PRINTER STAND WITH ANY EPSON PRINTER PURCHASEI ASK ABOUT THE NEW EPSON It lX...86 ED EX-800 • lQ..2500 • IN STOCK NOW the EPSON ·286~ .....$ 2 . Price reflects cash discount. Expires 10/31/86. 91/2 X 11 Pro-Print 20 lb. Disaperf Paper $17.99/case Maxel/ MD-2 DS/DD Diskettes $11.99/box of 10 Quantities Are Limited Must Present Ad Expires 10/31/86 CITY DESK COMPUTER WAREHOUSE 164 North Blake Road, Hopkins, MN 66343 (612) 933-1771 Hours: M-W 9:30AM-6:00PM Th & Fri 9:30AM-8:00PM Sat. 9:30AM-5:00PM Fast, low cost delivery available on all products. Member 241 Expires 4-1-87 Bill Sala 6908 - 114th Ave North Champlin MN 55316-2806