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A sophisticated, new operating system for the IIGS
The CIRTECH CP/M Plus System lets you use the huge range of CP/M programs, like Wordstar and
dBASE, on your Apple IIGS. The CP/M Plus System comprises a lightning-fast, co-processor card
and the most advanced version of the CP/M Plus Operating System software specially designed to
fully utilise the powerful features of the GS.
The compact hardware card plugs into one of the standard GS expansion slots and has been designed
with a fast 8 MegaHertz Z80H microprocessor to boost the speed of your programs — and for extra
speed, the GS operates in fast mode with the CP/M Plus System!
The CP/M Plus Operating System is full of versatile, user-friendly features. Special Too/Key utilities
instantly pop up in a unique window display and you can use them all at any time, even in the middle
of running a program!
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characters with the ‘SETMOUSE'’ utility. The System is fully compatible with all standard CP/M programs and |
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Apple2000 CONTENTS
PR VOLUIE2 ISSUES
The Editorial Team
Editor | Editorial ~
Jin Pons : | Club News 1 - Local Group Scene
Macintos Ealor | Club News 2 - Local Group Contacts
Assistant Editors | Club News 3 - From the Hotline -
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lvan Knezovich _____| Club News 4 - Workshop 2000 — te
mhoregrty. | The Big U a DaveWard 10
Advertising —~—~—OC~CS~S~S~S | News | Byles Jirn Panks 12
Julie Panks | Airheart RogerLarcombe 14
a Tass Times in Tonetown Graham Attwood 15
Aamnierction (i i -SDaaD Cirtech plusRAM & plusRAM-xtra Dave \ Ward _ - 16
Hotline | Things are Looking Up Tom Wright 20-
Dave Ward -(iiiviti't) 2/82 | PaintWorks Plus William Watson 24
MONGOY FICO TOO ZICONCYE | Publishing onthe Apple Desktop Richard Bradley 26
Tony Game =({i/i#4 PrintShop Lover's Utility Set, Vol 1 Harry Gardiner 29
GraphicWriter Graham Attwood 30
Oereronpratn Merde ellie tc Just Text OO irene Flaxman 32
she conforms ortijounosoo MultiScribe for He &/le DaveWard 35.
COE eateries: | DIPDesign _ Henry Budgett 38
er tte cutee creases cre Hebrew Tools for the Mac Berard Jackson 39
Beret puncinssak Ine onbions ca News Bytes - DIP Jim Panks “A2-
views expressed are those ofthe various. |] ———_—____
contributors, and are not necessarily | Program Writer Dave Ward “43
or aoorcliceaiie bimonthiy by Apple > <-> 1B IBM RogerLarcombe 47
Febuary, Ae Sno: Agu Octobe | Amains control unit DougalHendry 50
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Sboioyneanduscdwitinocrpross | OMnis Pages Blyth Softwore 60
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fadamenecreasclae | Mac Movies irene Flaxman 64
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Herts AL2 2EG Adobe Illustrator Irene Flaxman 70
TEM | Talstar _ _ Chris Walker 72
———— MicroPlanner Plus Nick Hunter 75
Eorerriert Print Finishers. Why no SE ROM Upgrade ? DougalHendry 78
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EDITORIAL
Desktop Publishing enters the second
generation and expands down
towards the Apple Il range.
Apple were the pioneers of Desk-
Top Publishing Just over eighteen
months ago. We now find ourselves
already well into the second genera-
tion of both software and hardware.
The advent of 600 d.p.I. Lasers will
ensure that real camera ready
artwork will be within the reach of
many professional users who still
have to rely on Linotronic or
traditional typsetting.
The second generation of
software has suddenly engulfed the
market with a wealth of real
typsetting standard WYSIWYG
programs.
The first of these are now
available and we hear that more
are on the way.
The Macintosh will soon have a
big brother in the Mac Il but we must
not forget the Apple IGS which Is
certain to get some really powerful
soft-ware as soon as Apple have
sorted out the printer interface.
Remember that the GS has the
samme Appletalk connector and will
be able fo talk to the Laserwriter and
presumably to the Mac as well, This
will enable a whole network of
Apple machines to work together.
DIP has a top and bottom end and
the bottom end Is represented by
some very sophisticated word
processors.
Apple Scene gets going.
The last few weeks have seen the
whole Apple scene hot up with real
programmes arriving for the GS and
a whole host of equipment for the
Macintosh.
MICE 87 was cut down Just toa
Workshop and Lectures, the number
of Users who turned up was small
but the quality was good. We really
could have done with an exhibition
fo get users and potential users up-
to-date with all the new equipment
and software now available - they
will have to wait until the MacUser
Show in November !
Page 2
ALL CHANGE AT THE FRONT DESK
Shella Hirst, who has been our admin-
istrator for the last four years. has
recently taken up a full-time post ina
local business and can no longer
devote her time to both activities.
We thank her on behalf of the
membership for the hard work she
has put into Apple2000 over the
years, and wish her every success in
her new venture.
For you the members this will
mean a few changes (hopefully
temporary) until we find another
administrator, and we ask you to
take note of the following
arrangements:
The P.O,Box will remain operational
for the present, so all mail should
continue to be sent to P.O.Box 177,
St.Albans, AL2 2EG.
The telephone number
is NO LONGER in use.
A temporary telephone number
has been set up by Irene Flaxman,
and this will operate as an
Ansafone service during the
daytime, and may be manned
from 7.00 to 9,00 In the weekday
evenings. If you get the Ansafone
please state your reason for
calling - and be patient, someone
will get back to you.
THE NEW NUMBER TO RING IS
BE aif
On page 74 you will find an advert
for anew administrator if you fee!
that you can fill this position please
let us know,
‘Comment
How not to sell an Apple
Apple machines are at the forefront
of user friendliness and as such are
quite capable of standing up to
comparison with Big Blue and the
clones. Unfortunately comparisons
do not always work when you have
the corporate market firmly set in the
IBM mold.
Take the Macintosh for instance. it
will sell Itself to anyone who has to
use a computer in a working
environment just on It's ease of use.
Many IBM users now happily use a
Mac and would never dream of
going back. Apple do not appear
to want to sell machines, they have
no sales force, no team of experts
ready to rush machines into a likely
environment and lastly no real
advertising outside of the London
area,
Many other manufacturers have
aprofessional team of experts who
can ensure dealers have powerful
backup to clinch a deal, They do
not actually sell machines directly
they leave that to the dealers. What
they dois ensure the prospective
customer has the feeling that the
manufacturer and dealer are
working together and that this is the
machine for them.
The Apple Test Drive was an
excellent Idea but it still required the
prospective customer to make the
first approach and this is where
Apple should be more agressive.
If Apple could just get out into the
marketplace and show offits wares
then | arn sure that the sales figures
would rocket,
know that Apple would say that
they are trying but from where | sit it
appears that they are just playing at
selling and leaving much of the work
to the dealers.
Please Apple lets have some
action NOW,
P.S, My comment above is
designed to get some reaction from
Users, Dealers or even Apple.
Imake It because |am selfish
and the more Apple machines
around the more software. hard-
ware and literature that will be avail-
able in the U.K. Also our market may
just be taken more seriously by the
Americans,
| hope that you will join us all at
the Workshop in just a few days
time...
Jim Panks - Chairman/Editor
In the next issue we will have
reviews of XPRESS, RSG3 and
PageMaker 2.0 (!). Reviews
of new products forthe GS
and plenty of Apple Il
material.
Club News - 1
The Local Group Scene
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Tom Wright's look at group activities.
Well, they do say that you should not
count your chickens before they are
hatched, don't they? My optimism in
the last column about the reported
new group forming In Potterspury
appears to have been misplaced,
unless the Mr E Morgan that | referred
to ls very shy. | have received no
reply to my letter to Mr Morgan and
have been unable to track him down
via the phone system. If anybody
has maanaged to make contact with
him and there really isa new group
forming there please let me know so
that can pass the good news on to
everybody else. There must still be
more groups out there, even if there
aren't let's get busy and get some
going!
Still it isn't the first time we have had
our leg pulled is it? Remember
January 1985 when John Sculley said
“Apple has now dropped all plans to
provide IBM compatibility’. every-
thing changes. So how long will it be
before we have the 26th addition to
our list? Maybe not as long as you
might be thinking...
The CREWE COMPUTER USERS
CLUB Secretary has replied to an
enquiry that | made several months
ago and has provided some details
of the club for us. The Crewe club
was formed In August 1981 and is
open to anyone who has an interest
in computers, There are
approximately forty members with
two main areas of interest :
1. games, including some members
who write machine code games.
2. general use packages, program-
ming & software
Members and visitors are encour-
aged to bring their equipment to
meetings which are held every two
weeks. Although many of the
members are BBC or QL users. the
Treasurer is a discerning type (Apple
I), and the Secretary Is also choosy
(Apple Ill). Paul Edmonds the
Secretary will be pleased to answer
all enquiries, and welcome new or
prospective members. Although itis
a general interest club it does have
some Apple members and fills a gap
for people in the Crewe area of
Cheshire, why not go and have a
look at them ?
The growth in our list of known
Apple groups during the last year
feflects not only the fact that there
are alot of users out there who want
to make contact with their peers, but
that there has been a great deal of
work done by the people who do
the mundane tasks that make each
group viable. It is of course a fact
that group organizers usually enjoy
thelr work (even if most of thern
haven't yet realised or admitted It).
and anybody thinking of starting a
group can be reassured that while
some of the tasks are mundane
none of them are very demanding.
In saying that I'm not denigrating
the work that organizers do as | have
been fortunate enough to meet
several of them. and have spoken
with a lot of others on the phone,
most of them do worry about their
responsibilities to their members. If
you're a member of a group please
help the organizers (and yourselves
by letting them know what you think
of the group's organization and
direction. and tell them what you
would like to see the group doing.
Between the User Council and
the group visits by Mary Ainsworth
and her colleagues to various user
groups we are being provided with
opportunities to tell Apple U.K what
we think of Apple's product range
and declared plans; let's make sure
that we don't waste those oppor-
tunities.
Last item before getting down to
business is to remind everybody that
we will be producing a Newsletter at
bi-monthly intervals, to overlap with
this magazine. Any group which
hasn't yet started its own newsletter,
or which would like one but hasn't got
sufficient resource, is welcome to
send through details of their forward
programmes etc., and I'll include
them in either the newsletter or the
magazine.
This facility should be very useful
toa number of groups, good group
attendances and participation often
follow regular reminders of the
groups’ activities,
The MIDLAND MAC GROUP
June meeting. starting at 8.00pm will |
include Spreadsheets and TRAPEZE.
A detailed look at Databases and
which on is the best buy is scheduled
for the July meeting. At least that's
what Ike said, shouldn't be surprised
if members also find themselves
helping to iron out the program for
the new reptile house's environ-
mental control.
MIDAPPLE - Mary Ainsworth
brought the Mac II for demonstration
at the May meeting, an exccellent
demonstration and talk was given
which was thoroughly enjoyed by all
the attending members. Celtip
Computers provided a very inter-
esting Desktop Publishing evening
recently as another example of the
interesting range of topics provided
by this group.
GATEWAY COMPUTER CLUB
- well worth a visit since the club is
multi-interest, although it has a very
large Apple membership which is in
itself larger than a number of other
groups. The club is working on plans
for a display during the forthcoming
Air Day so watch out for what should
be a most interesting day. Anybody
who hadn't seen Bob Hall during the
period immediately prior to the
Bewdley show would have been
excused for not recognising him
since his dispute with the Gillette
company is now a thing of the past,
BENTWATERS APPLE USER
GROUP - now that's what I calla
dedicated bunch of Apple fanatics,
some of them drove all the way
from Bentwaters to the Bewdley
show where they did a whistle stop
tour, then vanished dawn the road
to play with the Severn Valley
Railway steam trains! The group's
growth has continued and they now
have about 40 members. A great
deal of effort goes into tthe groups
meeting timetable and they are well
worth a visit. A computer show was
organized by the group for
Saturday May 16th, held at the BX
Speciality Store.
EAST OF SCOTLAND APPLE
USERS GROUP - membership has
passed 20 now with a few other
| people tuming up at some of the
meetings. People in the Edinburgh
area will benefit from a visit to this
group. Although most regular
Members are Apple || users of
various kinds a large proportion of
meeting topics have in fact been
Mac related so far, so all interests
are being catered for.
GLASGOW GROUP - Donald
Davidson tells me that the June
| meeting will cover Communications,
venue will be Proteus Microsystems,
17, Park Circus Place. A lot of effortis
going in to this group which provides
an attractive facility for all users in this
| area.
continued on Page 4
Page 3
Club News - 2
Local Group Contacts
more Group news
CAMBRIDGE USERS GROUP - a
small but very keen group which has
covered a range of interesting
topics during group evenings. The
groups newsletter is normally interes-
ting and inventive in presentation
forming a useful support to the meet-
ings. The meeting venue is subject to
some variation so be sure to phone
lan Archibald before going along.
LONDON APPLE COMPUTER
CLUB - previously listed as the
London Apple Il Group. Chris Williams
Ishappily able to tell us that the club's
search for a stable venue is over
thanks to the good offices of one of
their members, you will find the new
venue address In the list of group
contacts, The L.A.C.C venue is
located about 100 yards from Kings
Cross station on the right hand side of
York Way. Meetings are informal.
Anyone interested in the L.A.C.C
should contact Chrison
aweek or so before the meeting, or
fing 01-833-8133 on the day of the
meeting to check arrangements.
APPLE Il PROGRAMMERS CLUB
- Philip Dixon will be very happy to
provide you with details of this club
which has developed out off a
newsletter based club founded by
Philip some time ago. A2PC isa very
welcome acidition which provides a
focal point for Apple users in the
area, Anybody who Is currently
missing out on this opportunity please
contact Philip to let him kknow that
you are interested, and whether or
not you are prepared fo help with
club organization, All Apple users are
invited to join in.
CROYDON APPLE USER
GROUP - had a very enjoyable May
meeting at the premises of Southern
Commerce Computers in Caterham.
where their MD Jim Nayyar gave an
explanation of Relational Databases
and took the members through the
stages of building a database using
Omnis 3. He showed some of the
specialist applications they have
written with this very powerful tool.
If your group isn't mentioned
this time, tell us about your
activities for the next edition! ¢
Page 4
Local Group details
APPLE Il PROGRAMMERS CLUB
CONTACT Philip Dizon il Uae
VENUE —_AppleCentre - Nonh East, Ponteland
MEETS Check wih Phitip
BENTWATERS APPLE USER GROUP
CONTACT — John Thomas
VENUE RAF Woodbridge
MEETS 7.00pm 1st Tuesday of each month
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BRISTOL GROUP (B.AU.D.)
CONTACT — Mike Famer alti
VENUE —_Brisiol Maternity Hospital (may change)
MEETS ——7thol each month, or nearest Friday
CAMBRIDGE APPLE USERS GROUP
CONTACT lan Archibald
VENUE sons Cycles, 72Cheseon Road, Canbidge
MEETS ——Faatnighly
CREWE COMPUTER USERS CLUB
CONTACT PaulEdmonds Tol
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Christ Church Hall, Crewe. near to town centre,
close to Police station, Ample car parking space
Forthighty, Fridays, 7 30pm to 10.00pm
VENUE
MEETS
CROYDON APPLE USER GROUP
CONTACT — Graham Attwood
ASG
515 Limpsfield Road, Warlingham Surrey
7.30pm on the 3rd Thursday of every month
EAST MIDLANDS MAC USER GROUP
CONTACT Nick Helm | aya
VENUE Wiitord Cricket & Rugby Club, Nottingham
MEETS —8.00pmon the 1st & 3ed Wednesday of month
VENUE
MEETS
EDINBURGH GROUP
CONTACT Adam Gilinsky fi) ai
VENUE Proteus Micro Systems, 55 Frederck Simet
MEETS Monthly -check with Adam
ESSEX GROUP
CONTACT Pat Bermingham
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VENUE The YMCA. Victoria Road, Cheimstord
MEETS 316 Friday of every month
FURNESS AREA
CONTACT Alan Curtiss ww 2H VG
There is new activity n ths group.
Contact them tor details
GATEWAY COMPUTER CLUB
CONTACT Rober Hall vu i
VENUE Bob Hope Recreation Centre, RAF. Midechat
MEETS Variable - check whh Bob
GLASGOW GROUP
CONTACT — Donald Davidson ji iti ft
VENUE Proteus Micro Systems, 17 Park Circus Place
MEETS — Quanery - check wih Donald
HANTS & BERKS
CONTACT — Mike Holyfield in (si /H8ia
VENUE —_T.V.S, 128 Hgh Seat, Maidenhead
MEETS 7.00pm on he 2nd Monday of each month
HARROGATE AREA
CONTACT Peter Sutton Tah) ABA ER
No active organised group inthis area but Ihere are a fmumber
cof ean Apple users in contact with each other
HERTS & BEDS GROUP
CONTACT Norah Arnold i
VENUE TheOld Schl 1 Branch oad Pak Steet
‘Si Albans, Hens
MEETS 8.00pm on 151 Tuesday of each month
KENT GROUP
CONTACT — Richard Daniels aia
VENUE ——Microspot, 5-11 London Road, Maidstone
MEETS 7.30pm on last Monday of month
LEICESTER GROUP
CONTACT — Bob Bown i a
VENUE Shakespeare Pub, Braunstone Lane, Leicester
MEETS 7.30pm on 1st Wednesday of each month
UVERPOOL GROUP
CONTACT Irene Flaxman fil
VENUE Check with rene
MEETS: ‘2nd Monday of each month
LONDON APPLE COMPUTER CLUB
CONTACT — Chris Wiliams ial ist
VENUE Studio 8, Wharedale Projects,
47, Whastedale ROad, London, Nt SSE
MEETS First Wednesday every morth 8 oopm to $ 00pm
LONDON MACINTOSH GROUP
CONTACT Maureen de Saxe jl)
VENUE — Room 688, London University Insite of
Education, Bediord Way, London WC!
MEETS 6.00pm on 2nd Tuesday of each month
MACINTOSH USERS GROUP (CAMBRIDGE)
CONTACT Patrick Winterson ‘val! istitejemhatitn
VENUE ‘Cambridge area - check with Patrick
MEETS Every 3 months - check with Patrick
MIDAPPLE
CONTACT
VENUE
MEETS
Tom Wright ‘sii
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7.00pm on 2nd Friday of each month
‘THE MIDLAND MAC GROUP
CONTACT WanKnesovich i ities
VENUE Spring Grove House, Salan Park, Bewdley
MEETS —7.00pmon 1st Tuesday ol each month
‘THE NORTH WEST APPLE. COMEUTER clue
CONTACT — Jim Roscoe
VENUE Horse & Jockey Pub, Winwick Red Warrington
MEETS: 1st Monday of each month
‘THE NORTH WEST APPLE USERS GROUP
CONTACT — Max Parrot i aa
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VENUE Staff Housa (2nd Hoot), UMS T,, P.O Box 88
Sackvile Sireet, Manchester
MEETS 8.00pm on ast Thursday of each month
MACTAFF - S.\WALES MAC GROUP.
CONTACT — Lorrain Thorntvack | Rb SHIM
VENUE —_AppleCentre, 47 Newpon Road, Carditf
MEETS 7.00pm on 1st Thursday of each month
NEW GROUP [ay
ESSEX MAC GROUP
CONTACT Mick Foy jirid-ushiaa
VENUE DPS. Acorn House Lite Oaks Basidéon Essex
MEETS 8.00pm First Monday of Month
One way of looking at One way of looking at
the Macintosh. the new Macintosh SE.
To stay ahead in business you need a
computer with plenty of performance.
The new Macintosh SE has more power and
up to twice the speed to meet the demands of
increasingly sophisticated business software.
And its more flexible so you can now
create computer systems tailored to your speci-
fic needs and share information with other
computers, regardless of their size or make
However the only way to really assess the
performance of the new Macintosh SE is to
visit us for a test drive.
Because if you're not running a Macintosh,
you could get left behind.
Apple. The power to succeed. @5..
APPLE, THE APPLE LOGO AND MACINTOSH ARE TRADEMARKS OF APPLE COMPUTER INC
Club News - 3
From the Hotline
Dave Ward explains some answers
prompted by Hotline enquiries.
GS Memory or Drives?
The Apple Language card which is
designed to fit into slot zero of Apple
)CandApple )( plus computers to
bring their memory complement to
64K can sometimes cause a
problem (although, in my opinion, itis
rather minor).
As well as the 16K of RAM
memory the card also contains the
Autostart ROM (SF800-SFFFF) which
may cause a conflict if other 16K or
multiple 16K expansion cards (eg
Saturn] 28K card) are used in other
slots. This is because the top 2K of
memory on the card is always
selected as the Autostart ROM.
Therefore even If another 16K bank
of memory on another card is selec-
ted the top 2K of its RAM Is not avail-
able and means that a 128K card will
effectively lose 16K. Any programs
will have to recognise that only 14K is
available from each 16K bank!!
Most other 16K RAMcards do not
have this feature so there isno
problem. A method whereby an
Apple Langauge card can be
modified to remove this conflict is
described in ‘Understanding the
Apple )( by Jim Sather & published
by Quality Software. (See section 5-
42 for the detailed method).
The reasoning behind the
Inclusion of the Autostart ROM on the
Apple Language card Is purely to
make the older Apple )( machine
behave as an Apple )(+ machine.
At the time of change from the
Apple )( to the Apple )(+ this was a
very inexpensive upgrade.
Most purchasers of the new
Apple IIGS computer will have a
system with a single 3.5* disk drive
and preferably one or two 5.25"
drives. At least one 5.25" drive is
‘essential since most software |s still
supplied on that medium,
With a single 3.5" drive there is,
however, a problem with copying
these diskettes. Its true that Apple
supply Mousedesk which will copy
whole diskettes or files, but this
Pageé
program does not recognise extra
Memory as a ‘buffer’ and so will only
copy over 117K. Asa consequence
diskettes have to be swapped
many times and copying a full
diskette can take five to ten minutes
PHEW!! Copying a diskette by files
has been known to take half-an-
hour, Fortunately Bill Basham of
Diversified Software Research inc.
(remember Diversi-DOS) has up-
dated his Diversi-COPY program
diskette to include a 3.5" diskette
copy program that will work on all
Apple computers with a 3.5" drive
connected!
The program recognises most of
the popular memory cards avail-
able and will copy full diskettes ina
single pass on an Apple liGS with a
megabyte of memory In the special
IGS memory expansion slot.
Since most Apple IIGS owners will
require extra memory, up to a
megabyte, to run future software
why buy a second 3.5" drive unless it
is absolutely necessary, Youcan get
amegoabyte card plus Diversi-COPY
for less than the cost of a new 3.5"
drive and still easily backup your
800K 3.5" diskettes quickly,
| would recommend Apple IISs
owners to consider this option
carefully before considering the
purchase of another 3.5° drive. You
should note that the memory expan-
sion cards for the Apple IIGS will only
fit Into the special slot, These cards
are not compatible with other Apple
computers and will die horribly if put
Into slots 1-7 even in an Apple IIGS.
(1) Diversi-COPY Is available from :-
Diversified Software Research Inc.
34860 Bunker Hill
Farmington.
MI 48018-2728 cost is $30
2} Apple 256K GS expansion card
can be upgraded to 512K in one.
step and in another step toa
megabyte.
3) Cirtech 256K plusRAM GS2 can be
upgraded to 2 megabytes in 256K
Increments. Also plusRAM GS8 isa
megabyte card that can be up-
graced to 8 megabytes.
4) ATexan company Applied
Engineering supply GS-RAM which
isa card avaliable with memory
fron 254K to 1.5 megabytes.
Also GS-RAM Plus with 1-8 mega-
bytes is available. Both these are
supplied by Bidmuthin Technologies.
This list may not be complete but
the three Apple IIGS memory expan-
slon cards are the most popular and
youcan compare prices In
Apple2000 azine!
We will be reviewing the Diversi-
COPY program and the Cirtech
plusRAM G82 in a future Issue,
Go to your Local
Ihave, on occasions, suggested
to members that they join a local
group to help solve their problems,
This\s, In particular, good advice to
members who have just purchased
their first Apple computer. A reason-
able sized local group will have
members with a diversity of interests
and there will always be somebody
Who will be prepared to discuss your
problem.
For instance my local group,
MIDAPPLE (an Independent group) .
meet at the Sandwell ITEC where at
least 25 Apple computers are gener-
ously made avaliable. There are
over 30 members all with different
interests so help on almost any
subject is available. Another advan-
tages that we regularly have
demonstrations of new Apple
products, For instance in May our
committee Inviegled Chris Calvert
and Mary Ainsworth of Apple UK to
give up a Friday evening to provide
amarvellous demonstration of the
new Macintosh computers. Three
cheers Chris and Mary! Why not
consider joining your local group?
Long live the //el
Apple Computer Inc. have again
bowed to customer demands by
keeping the Apple //e on their
books. It just seems that the Apple
//e cannot be rationalised!
On this theme | must report that a
few members have asked me why
they can't upgrade their Apple //e
to.an Apple lIGS like they can over
the pond in the US of A.
Apple UK have always stated
that they have pitched the price of
the Apple IIGS to make this un-
economic. What do you think? It
appears that if enough of us want to
follow this upgrade path Apple UK
may think again.
Ring the Hotline on 08893 2192
+
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OF THE GAME
The Gazelle
is an integrated communications
program written in Assembly Language
for APPLE //e,//c and//GS
The Gazelle
offers BRILLIANT COLOUR -and
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Download as many frames as you like,
edit them then carousel the display
with timer control.
@ EASY TO USE The Gazelle
Select Commands with Mouse, is State-of-the-Art Prodos
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@ UNIQUE FRIENDLY INTERFACE communications software.
Pull- Down Menus
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@ STATUS BAR DISPLAY
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Computer Doctors
Deep in the 'Garden of England! we find
the hallowed workshop of MicroServe
MicroServe is the name of a small
company devoted to the repair of
computer equipment. They are
located just across the road from
Brands Hatch in a smart Industrial
Estate setting.
MicroServe has been servicing
Apple Equipment for over three
years now, until recently being a full
Level 1 Apple service centre running
from the AMP Apple Dealership.
The engineers have a
knowledge of many makes of
machine but you get the impression
when talking to them that they enjoy
working with Apple's of all types.
Recently | had cause to use
MicroServe when my Macintosh
power supply died, | rang them to
see if they had one in stock (none of
the local Apple dealers had one) to
which they replied YES. | then drove
over and they fitted an exchange
board within minutes. Amazing
service, but that is not all - whilst the |
machine was open they gave it the
once over and pronounced it fit. |
The workshop is modern and
contains a wealth of Apple history,
with machines, cards, power |
supplies and the like stored on neat
shelving.
Symbiotic hard drives appear to
be another speciality with a massive
arnount of technical knowledge
and expertise available. Again it is
nice to chat to technicians wno
know what they are falking about
and who clo not look down there
noses at you. The staff are quite
happy to explain the why’'s and
wherefore's of particular equipment.
Servicing equipment is just one
side of the story, the other is the
maintenance contract side - here
MicroServe offer an efficent back-
up service when the equipment
starts to play up. Many readers will
have their whole business
dependent on the machine
occupying an office or two. If the
machine stops then so does the
| business. MicroServe are willing to
quote for any type of maintenance
contract on any type of machine.
Having heard from other
members about the efficent service
offered by MicrServe | would like to
add my recommendation.
MicroServe,
Blue Chalet Industrial Park,
West Kingsdown, Kent
@ 047 4854311
CROSERVE
MICROCOMPUTER ENGINEERING
IHE On-Site microcomputer repair Specialists.
We'll be there when you need us.
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“For more information and a quote on your configuration please phone.
(047 485) 4311
We also are more than happy to help on a non-contract basis
Year
Discount available to all Apple 2000 Members.
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Workshop2000 |
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The venue is in the High Street just
behind the Magistrates Court. It is close
to the M3, M25 and A30. Nearest BR
Station Walton-on-Thames (5 mins walk)
Other non-trade experts on hand will include:
Graham Attwood (IIGS)
Dave Ward (IIGS)
William Watson (IIGS).
exter as Jim Panks (DTP - Macintosh)
2 Mes O™ Norah Arnold (Graphics II & Mac)
Ewen Wannop (Comms & IIGS)
Irene Flaxman (Spreadsheets Mac & IIT)
AY Keith Chamberlain (Omnis - Mac & Il)
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(includes membership for 1987)
The Big U
Dave Ward dives into the latest
Beagle Brothers ProDOS Utilities for the
Apple // series.
Remember DOS BOSS a diskette of
utilities published by a new software
company BEAGLE BROS in 1980.
Since then Beagle Bros have
produced and published a wide
variety of utility diskettes for the
Apple // range of computers.
Alittle over a year ago THE BIG U
‘was published which Is a 5,25"
diskette crammed with ProDOS
utilities and Is the subject of this
reviow. Beagle Bros. only supply fully
copyable diskettes so Immediately
make a backup with any normal
copy program - don't use ‘nibble
copiers’. Note that Beagle Bros, are
still in business seven years on and
apparently thriving: so is copy
protection really necessary?
The diskette Is accompanied by
acomprehensive manual with the
usual humerous cartoons depicting
pre-computer hardware and many
tips and wrinkles. In fact there are so
many utilities on this diskette that the
CATALOG listing would be too big
for this page so Ihave decided to
discuss the various utilities under
common headings
FILEMOVER
THis |s c utility that Is more compact
than Apple Filer on your ProDOS:
utilities diskette and frankly does a
better job. However, if you are used
to the Apple Filer program youll
have to leam the new format of the
FILEMOVER. The main menu isin
figure (1) and will give youa sample
of its versatility:
To run FILE.MOVER simply enter:
LE. MOVER from Applesoft or:
5 PRINT CHRS(4) "-
FILE.MOVER" : REM FROM WITHIN
A PROGRAM
FILE.MOVER will also work without the
need to be In Applesoft since It isa
system file and will be automatically
Page 10
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Figure
| Invoked if itis the first SYStem file after
the ProDOS$ file on the disk.
When using this product
femember that you are usually
working with VOLUME or DIRECTORY
(A). This Is quite a pleasant way of
working when you get used to it but
experiment first with none important
diskettes just in case you forget to
eXchange (A) for (8) before you
FORMAT a diskette. Better still write-
protect any diskette you wish to
copy! FILEMOVER.SETUP canbe
used to customise FILE.IMOVER to
copy 5.25" diskettes with up to 40
tracks. Although not stated in the
manual the program successfully
recognises 3.5" diskettes and
formats them correctly.
CRT.WRITER
CRT.WRITER could be described as
a'screen Processor since itisa
wordprocessor that works only ona
single 80 column screen. Because of
this it is a WYSIWYG word processor,
thats :- what you see Is what you
get. CRT.WRITER has all the features
that you would expect of a good
word processor. You can make a
hard copy of the screen at any time
and this feature Is useful for making
labels etc. Screens can be saved to
diskette for later editting or for use In
your programs where they can be
loaded from within an Applesoft
program as foliows:-
12345 PRINT CHR$(4) " - NAME"
You may also edit screens that you
have saved with the SAVE.80 utility
described below.
KEYCAT8O
Thisis a file menu program to enable
one to run any program from a
diskette with but two keystrokes. It
actually produces a file called
MENU which resides on the /RAM
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<D> Rename directory [A]
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directory, If /RAM cannot be found
MENUIs stored on the diskette. The
MENU can be recalled by pressing
controlreset. This program Is quite
easy to use,
Ampersand utilities
These programs can be installed at
any time but only once. Once
installed HIMEM: will be dropped
below them to protect them. These
utilities provide extra ampersand
commands for Applesoft programs,
APPENDER
From Applesoft) prompt type -
APPENDER to Install. &STORE will hide
the current Applesoft program, You
can then load another Applesoft
program. By typing &RECALL the
hidden program will be appended
Providing that all the lines in the
hidden program are larger than the
last program loaded.
DUMP.80
When installed this feature will allow
you to send the current 80 column
screen to the printer. Just type &POP
at the Applesoft) prompt or from
within a program, This |s like the open-
apple-H command from Apple-
Works.
From the Beagle Bros Catalogue |
DUMP.40 |
Same as the DUMP.80 but for 40
column screens.
INPUT.80
When installed this utility gives youa |
new command &INPUT which allows
strings to be input which contain |
commas or colons.
INPUT.40
Used when you are In 40 columns.
REM.OVE |
This is a useful facility to strip all the
REM statements from your Applesoft
programs to shorten them and
Increase their speed of operation.
Just type &REM after installation.
REM.OVE.128
Same as above but saves the
original program to /RAM before |
stripping the REM statements.
SUPER.POKE |
This Is a program to allow sequences
of numbers to be poked into
memory
New COMMANDS
COPY
Thisis invoked by -COPY or of course
from within a program by the usual
method. Once installed itis very
useful for transferring files from one
directory to another either from the
keyboard or from within a running
Applesoft program!
Y /DISK/PROGRAM ,
IDISK/ANYNAME This works
trocky from the keyboard.
10 P1s DISK/PROGRAM"
20 P2$ — "/RAMDISK/ANYN.
30 PRINT CHRS(4) + PIS +
P25 : REM
from within a program.
COPY will not overwrite an
existing file of the same name and
gives an error message and then
stops. That's a pity because you
might actually want to overwrite the
‘existing file. COPY should give you
the choice - this is a bad feature. It
also appears that COPY does a
‘garbage collection’ to make the
maximum possible copy buffer.
Unfortunately this almost always
adds 2 seconds to the copying
process, | still use COPY however,
because its very usefull
COPY.1
This is for one drive copies.
XLST
Yau install XLIST by entering -XLISTER.
Once installed XLIST works just like
LIST except that it produces nicer
listings, Hard copy can be achieved
by entering a * after XLIST. EG.
XLIST
XLIST * 100-12345,
XLIST 200-
XLIST * -100
Here isa sample :
54 END
HEX
This is a suite of commands to allow
hex/decimal/binary conversion
memory disassembly and more,
EST
Produces three new commands :
ERASE which is like FP in Dos3.3
SPACE gives the free space on the
last drive accessed
TIME prints the time
These are just a few of the new
commands and in my opinion the
most important.
Utility programs
BEEPERWORKS
This is a program that will modify a
copy of your AppleWorks startup
diskette (versions 1.1 & 1.2 only) to
change the pitch and tone of the
beep!
BIGLINER
Lets you change the highest
numbered line in your program to.
65535 an illegal line number that
| does not affect the running of your
program. However, the line cannot
be deleted normally. This is a useful
place to put your copyright.
CAT.DATER
This is a program that modifies the
CATALOG routine so that the current
| datais printed at each CATALOG or
CAT.
CAT.STEPPER
Allows you to specify where the
CATALOG will pause during a listing
CAT.FIXER
This program modifies the way in
which CATALOG listings appear.
Many options are available such
as asmart CATALOG where the
screen is automatically set to 80
columns when it is required, Also
listings to the printer can be set to
more than one filename per line.
DATE.SET
\s useful to set the date/time if you
don'thave a clock.
DISK.COPY.MORE
This is an enhancement for the
DISK.COPY program on the Beagle
Bros. EXTRA K diskette.
ERROR.EDITOR
This is a program that allows you to
change the ProDOS error
messages.
RAM.SAVE
Dumps all the files in /RAM onto a
diskette,
RAM.LOAD
Takes all the files from specified
diskettes and loads them into /RAM.
Loading takes place at SK per
second,
RAM.SETUP
Contigure program for the above
two programs.
RENEW
Have you lost your Applesoft
program after entering NEW. Well
Just type :- -RENEW to get itback!!
By IN.COUNTER
This is a program that can be
appended to your programs so that
the date of the last time it was run
and the total number of times it has
beon run will be printed each time.
SAVE.40
This program will save a 40 column
screen to disk which is compatible
with CRT.WRITER, You may retrieve
| the screen at the Applesoft) prompt
by entering - FI Ol
SAVE.80
| Same as above but for 80 columns.
After all this there is a comprehen:
sive list of all the ProDOS commands
that can be executed from
Applesoft. some I'm sure that you
haven't seen before!!
In conclusion Beagle Bros. have
done it again! There is such a
plethora of utilities on the diskette
that there is sufficient to make the
diskette excellent value for almost
anybody who purchases the
product.
The BIG Vis available from MGA
MicroSystems of Tenterden who
were kind enough to loan the
package for review.
From the Beagle Bros Catalogue
Page 11
News Bytes
Aroundup of news by Jim Panks
Drawing on the IIGS
The latest package for the Apple
NGSis TopDraw from StyleWare.
TopDraw is a mouse based.
object oriented, drawing
program which supports the Laser-
writer and the Imagewriter Il.
Designed to be used on a
minimum configuration of 512k
RAM it allows the wer fo define
‘objects and then move, group.
seperate, reshape, resize and fill
with @ variety of shades and
colours, Objects or shapes can
be flipped. rotated and locked
and can contain a choice of 16
colours selected from a palette
of A096,
Price: $99.95
Contact: Styleware Inc.
5250 Guifton, Suite 2E, Houston,
lexos
WORM Drives appear!
The latest technology is now
available at a price. The going
tate for a SCS) WORM dive is
‘about £10,000,
You got 30 Gigabytes of storage
and unless you are a very large
user it should take some time to fill
the disk
Don't hold your breath tor prices
to drop just yet as it is expected
to take another two years before
mass production brings the price
down.
More on the Mac II
More 1.1¢ has been introduced
for the Mac ll, It is an integrated
ideas processor and presenter,
and it makes good use of the
colour facilities of the Mac Il by
letting the user to colour the
backgrounds, text and scroll bars
to make the display much easier
to read. It supports simple
outlines. tee charls and bullet
diagrams, and can have multiple
files open at one time allowing
cut-and-paste between them.
CP/Mon the Mac!
For those who feel they must have
‘BDOS error on B’ messages on
their Mac. Abaton Technology
have the solution. It is a $.25' drive
with @ built-in CP/M 280 processor
which can be attached to the
Mac, and can run programs under
CP/M 2.2. ot can be used as an
import/expot device using IBM,
CP/Mor UNIX ais.
Price $695
Contact: Abaton Technology,
790) Stoneridge Dr..Suite 500.
Pleasanton. CA
Page 12
PageMaker 2.0 soon!
Aldus (UX) announced at the
MacExpe in Rotterdam that the
new version of PageMaker wos
shipping in the US. and would be
teady at the end of May for the
UK.
PageMaker Registered Users
should be contacted with details
in the next few weeks.
The reason for the delay
purported to be to that all the
bugs can be eliminated, however
Industry Watchers suggest it was
because IBM wonted the P.C.
version out pronto,
Price: £450.00 + VAT
Upgrade: £40.00 + VAT
Contact: Aldus (UK), Croigcrook
Caste, Edinburgh EH 3UH.
7031 336 1727
New Bank Street Writer
Bonk Steet Writer from Broder-
bund has been updated to work
on the enhanced //e. //c and GS.
It features the text editor, plus
60,000 word spelling corrector, on-
line thesaurus. and pull down
menus.
Price TRA
Contact: TRA
New Wordprocessor
FullWilte Professional is a word-
processor for the Mac with all the
normal facilities. in addition it has
desktop publishing capability with
advanced features such as
keming, variable leading. word-
wiap around: iteguiar margins
and can handie multiple column
styles on the same page.
Price: $215.
Contact: Ann Arbor Software.
2393 Teller Rd.. Suite 106. Newbury
Park.CA 91320.
New Assembler for lIGS
News that Micol Systems of
Canada will be releasing a new
16 bit assembler for the GS in the
next month should please all
those who want to get into the
GS. It will have a new full feature
editor and will give GS users a
valuable tool in what is still a very
new market,
Apple2000 will be distributing it in
the U.K. No price hos been
onnounced yet. But as usual
members will be offered a
special price and this will reflect
the true exchange rate. Look out
for a review in the near future by
‘our in-house boffin Dave Ward.
Contact: Apple2000. P.O Box 177,
St Albans, Herts AL2 266.
0727 73990
Apple put colour into
MS-DOS
Apple (UK) added colour to the
drab unitomity of the Lotus World
Exhibition in London recently. At
the event Apple took a large
stand to show off the new
Macintosh range and especially
the way in which Apple machines
connect to the MS-DOS environ-
ment. Apple have reported that
the first dip into the MS-DOS
community was a success and
that many interested parties
‘came trom the corporate sector,
New SCSI drive.
Jasmine have been known for
drastically cutting the price of
hard disk technology - now they
are selling a new Verbatum -
Kodak drive that uses what looks
like a large version of the 3.5 inch
Holding some 10 megabytes of
information the new drive has
token nearly five years to perfect
nd it appears to work just fine.
The disk is removable and the
media will cost about £40 each,
however the speed is reasonable
and some applications spring to
mind.
Removable medio makes it easy
to have security and also allows
the use of a library of disks for
specific tasks,
This is brand new technology at a
reasonable price from a com
pany that has a good reputation
for quality,
Price: About $1200
Contact: MacEurope are Jasmine
Distributors in the UK.
Newspaper Baron gets
his own Mac
Eddie Shoh of Today fame has
now teceived his own personal
Macintosh SE. Mr Shah is one of
the biggest users of Macintosh in
the DIP fiold and from reports we
understand that his system has
recently been enlarged.
Hopefully we will be able to
obtain a report of the ‘Apple
Today ‘relationship in a future
suo.
Share a Modem on
AppleTalk
Infosphere have inoduced tho
first modem server for AppleTalk
networks. Calied Comserve. it is
the only software on the market
to provide terminal communi-
cations to Macintosh Loac! Area
Networks. Macintosh Users con
now share modems and other
serial devices over Anplelalk for
@ fraction of the cost of add-
itional equipment. Comserve con
be used with MacTerminal, Micro-
phone, SmartCom, and Appietink
‘ond supports Hayes compatibie
modems at speeds from 300 to
9600 baud.
The cost & $295 per server and it
will be available from Apple
Dealers.
Kawasaki and Knaster
leave Apple.
Kawasaki, Guy
To: User Groups
The time hos come for me to
leave the Apple nest and fly on
my own. lam starting a company
‘called Acius (pronounced ay-see-
us) fo publish Sliver Surfer and
other Mocintosh applications.
Scott Knaster, the Manager of
Devoloper Technical Support, is
joining me.
clus will be @ philosophy not just
a Our goal is to
customers into fansWe love
Macintosh and want to do it
proud.
| don't look at this as leaving
Apple. Its a way to do an even
better job now that Macintosh
has great software. and my
evangellsm job is done.
Wherever | am, however, | will
aways color,
Silver Surfor will be called 4th
Dimension. It is the most powerful
data base for any personal
computer. Its a relational data
base with a progra
language" ond Miacorow ike
graphics. If youve got some real
hard-core data base users or
SIGs, please let me know.
Ive enjoyed working with you and
coming to your meetings. | will
New MegasScreens
Thames Valley Systems hove
‘announced two new models in
the MegaScreen range. The
MegoScreen Ii provides a PAL
video output and has a maths co
processor option.
Other enhancements include a re-
engineered interface board and
new software.
The new MegaScreen SE
designed to plug directly into the
SE's expansion slot, Both are 19.5"
high resolution screens and they
cost £1,995 + VAT.
Contact: Thames Valley Systems
0734 581829
Vendors are invited to
send details of new
products for inclusion in
our News Bytes Item.
always cherish my memories of
working with user groups, | hope
that someday you will allow me to
visit your group and _evangelte
youon the Acius way...Regards,
Guy Kawasaki
The above is a message sent to
User Groups by BBS, We wil watch
the outcome which could be
interesting to Apple Users!
Join hands here comes
Apple and P & P Micros
Apple and P&P Micro Distributors
have formed a strategic alliance
under which P&P will cease all
direct sales to end users and
instead ‘ely on the Apple
Dealership network.
April P & P re-crganised
As from
ond became a PLC company
‘which just goes to show how well
you can do in six short year.
Congratulations to Pete & Pom
Fisher.
Apple//e USA Style
Apple (USA) has launched an
updated version of the //e for the
American market, with a lIGS
equivalent keyboard, and in the
new platinum house colour,
An 80 column card, updated
manuals and tutor software are
included in the $829 price. The
Cost of interface cards to make it
useable bring the total close to
the $999 price of the basic GS
which has interfaces built in.
{twill not be avaliable In the UK.
Charts Unlimited
Charts Unlimited from Grophwore
will produce flowcharts and
‘crganis-ational charts on any 64K
Appie //.
It has a worksheet consisting of
123 columns by 90 rows in which to
place text, flowchart objects,
boxes and geometric shapes.
The resulting chart can be printed
‘on most dot matrix printers.
Price $49.95 from Graphware Inc,
P.O.Box 373, Middletown OH
45042,
No U.K. Suppiler known yet,
\(GS Graphic Tablet
Techex (UK) Ltd. ate distributing
the Kurta IS/GS graphics input
system for the G3, Ths & a
graphics tablet using a cordiess
pen. and is compatible with
Paintworks Plus, Top Draw,
GrophicWrtor and other GS
programs.
Price is £395 from Techex Lic,
Meriden House, 100 Hanger Lane,
Loncion WS 1EZ.
‘Merlin help Apple
Succeed!
Apple Dealer Merlin Associates is
launching a new subsidary called
Merlin. Information. Management
DeskTop Marketing
Merlin Associates have selected
Macintosh. Omnis 3 Plus and
QWERTYphone to achieve total
control of telephone activity via
Desklop Marketing,
Desklop Marketing wil capture
nome. address. telephone
computers using —-MerlinLink
software.
This information is then stored in o
specially Information
Centre, that will allow Macintosh
to search spectic prospects and
instruct the QWERTYphone fo
automatically dial the telephone
number.
All actions performed by DeskTop
Marketing are recorded in real
time, providing up-to-the-minute
analysis facilities.
Contact:Meriin Associates.
(0222) 615437
Germans ban
computer simulation.
Silent Service on award winning
simulation from MictoProse has
simulation
which can now only be purchased
from reguiated outlets such as sex
shops.
The decision to outlaw the
simulation. known as ‘Das U Boo!’
in Germany has been made
under legisiation known as the
Youth Dangerous Publications List.
This law seeks to protect German
youngsters from a range of
products including pomography
Qnd any material likely to incite
aggressive behaviour.
result MicroProse is to
‘appeal to the German Authorities
to re-think the policy of banning
software under this oct - and is
even prepared to go to court.
New Mac games and
utilities.
New Macintosh desk accessories,
Ferrad Grand Prix (560.89) A fost
action Formula One Grand Prix
simulator with multiple options for
speed, gearing ratios, and the
ability to design race tracks.
Bodeltes Square (49.94) A border
font for Postscript output which
Provides for a variety of border
styles in grey or block.
Smart Alarms & Appointments
Diey ($50.49) Two dex
accessories - the fist a powerful
reminder alarm and the second
on appointment diary with
searches and printouts,
Desk Scene (£30.39) This allows
the desktop to be customised
with a scanned image or
MacPaint generated art.
Grand Slam Tennis (£45.62) A
tennis simulation featuring
variable weather. rackel types.
skill levels and a choice of famous
courts such os Wimbledon, Four
toumaments are included.
DataFrame XP 40+40
Computers Unlimited have
announced the introduction of
the SupeMac Technologies
DataFrame XP 40+40, a 40 Mb
integrated SCSI hard disk/tape
backup subsystem for the
Macintosh Pius.
The Dutaframe uses a | to 1
interleave to make It one of the
fastest hard drives on the market
with an overal speed incroase of
about 300% on normal hard disk
units. for permanent archiving a
removable 40 Mb cartridge back-
up system is provided which saves
data to a small tape. Ihe hard
disk and tape back-up appear
‘on the desktop as icons and the
software allows you to drag.
delete and copy files just as if
they were on a floppy. ape
functions include streaming
backup which will save the entire
contents of the hard disk at the
fastest possible tape speed.
Contact :Computers Unlimited
@ 01-349-2395,
ourold HARDCORE I!!!
Seah utd nat | Stent. Sevce cond other
solutions using tho Omni 3 Plus | simulation software for the Apple
development environment. W torge =& cwolabie’ from
Merin will toke on the labour | Microprose.
intensive development work pee
associated — with producing | 7066654326
bespoke software, The finished
programme will be a ready to run
‘application with full documen-
pestered riche hon wey AppleCentre Waterloo
task for Apple Dealers to sell a | OPeNs.
complete solution in highly
specialised tiolds, The fifth London based
Contact Nigel Richards AppleCentre has opened with
= 0222615437. the debut of the AppieCentro
Waterloo ot 70 Newington
Caurowey, London $1,
i leav ist initiative as an Apple-
Silicon Valley leaves Centre has been the formation of
the Apple fold. the Apple News Graphics Group,
tor everyone with an
Apple have announced that they | interest in news graphics.
have removed Silicon Valley | It is envisgaed that the Apple
Cometos Centre from the | news Graphics Group wil hold
Deoler List and | regular meetings at least four
oeed i them to cease trading
as an Apple Dealer because of
infingements of the Dealer
Agreement.
Present customers need not wory
bout warranty problems as
Apple have made arrangements
for this to be covered.
times @ year, Some of the main
functions of the group will be to
Provide an informal forum for
fpoeli and iesiedor presenta-
tions experienced users,
paclstsi with software
@rs and evaluation of the latest
Products.
SAMEAppleCentre in
the City.
March saw the opening of
leCentre in the City, this is o
‘of SAMS of Wimbledon
‘Gnd is designed to give service to
the City “business community.
Located near Ludgate Circus it &
aso in the old heart of the
Newspaper industry. Managing
Director Max Wright seems to be
gelting I Gil ront and ns: stort
some of the most
inlormedinine rade.
‘AppleCentre Glasgow
The AppleCentre Glosgow hos
been formed by Bain Business
Solutions and is situated in the
Scottish Exhibition ond
Conterence Centre in Glosgow,
Bain hove been dealers for some
time and this s a giant “step
forward for Apple in Scot
Blyth Software drops
Copy Protection.
Byth Software have
copy protection on ail single and
multi user versions of Omnis 3 Plus
in a move thot affirms the fsing
status of hard disks,
The announcement coincides
with the shipping of the lates!
multi user version (Version 3:24)
which is compatible with
Appleshare,
Nero Rod, Sales and Marketing
Manager of Blyth told Appie2000
‘We'te dropping copy protection
in response to our customers
needs. Many of our customers are
sophisticated software users who
Value the support and service we
offer.
All registered users and Omnie
developers can upgrade to
Omnis 3 Plus 3.24 free of charge
by retuming their program disks.
Mac Architecture wins
CAD/CAM Award.
fs not ony DIP that is winning
‘awards for Apple equipment.
Architects too are reaping the
benefits of using the Macintosh as
can be demonstrated by the fact
that architects Lesie Fox Albin
Partnership won the 1987
MicroCAD Achievement award
ct the recent CAD/CAM
Exhibition.
The parinerships entry comprised
© selection of dosigns and
prosontations prepared on a
Macintosh with software such as
MacDratt and Scheme 30. A
large proportion of the submission
was connected with work on the
St Lukes Hospice.
This is believed to be the fist
building in the UK, to have been
designed entirely onthe
Macintosh,
Latest Offerings from
Computers Unlimited.
Spectrum: Ultra high resolution
colour video card for the Mac Il
Fuly programmable and
compatible with any high-res
monitor with resolution up to 768 x
1024 pixels, the card will allow a
display of 256 colours oF levels of
grey. PAL also supported,
Prodigy SE & & Prodgy Prime:
Designed to add power to the
Mac with ultra fast 16MHz 68020
Processor, IMB Fast RAM, and
many options including o 68881
maths co-processor. The
upgrades can support upto 32MB
RAM.
MacAccess: Connect Macintosh
via Appielak to other computers,
printers, modems and plotters. In
fact anything with any RS 232 port
can be accessed with simple
franepavont commands via the
Soportaees Spool: The newest,
easiest. and fastest spooler tor
the Macintosh. Neary all Mac
appiications work with it including
PageMaker. Spooling is by soffw-
‘are and frees the Mac from long
wails for the Laser. Recom-
mended by the Editor when he
can get his hands on one!!!
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AIRHEART
Roger Larcombe tries out the latest
arcade action from Broderbund and
loves every minute of it
This really is the very latest in arcade
game action from our friends at
Broderbund, and Is a superb program
featuring stunning double hi-res colour
graphics, three dimensional effects,
high speed action and sound effects.
it was written by Dan Gorin previously
known for his work on Choplifter, one
of the best known games of its type
for the Apple Il range. Of course the
double-hires graphics means that you |
need a minimum of 128K memory
funning on a lle or lic, The program has
not been tested on a IIS, but as far
as | know it should not have any
problems,
Alrheart comes well packaged in
the normal Broderbund way with an 8
page booklet detalling the story and
giving instructions on normal play and
strategy for those who get that far.
The story begins deep back into
pre-history in the land of the sea,
where a great overlord ruled. When
the King of the sea found himself ina
conflict he could not win. as a final
gesture he used his remaining powers.
fo safeguard his newborn son by
placing him in a state of suspended
animation in a glass dome hidden in
the wildest wastes of the sea, The
King's name was Marinus and these
were his words :
“Our world was the sea and we
ruled with fairness, but overcome in.an
unjust war, my infant son is all that is left
and he is guarded with power and
grace. He can only be saved by the
strongest and bravest with the will to
open the door. Robot defences
stand in the way, so that only Airheart
can discover the place’,
These words have brought temp-
tation to countiess would-be heroes
who have all failed, and somewhere
over the sea the Prince still awaits held
frozen in a state of suspended
animation. Legend warns of the
deadly robot defenses left by the
King to ensure that the Prince can only
be awakened by a true hero, fit to
protect a royal babe in a perilous
world. This hero shall come, and he
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shall be called Airheart,
To prove yourself you will have to
pilot the jet-sled and defeat ingenious
defenses to bring the spirit guardians
three proofs of fitness - the sword
(strength), the Goblet (generosity)
and the Harp (harmony). Only then will
you have earned the right to the final
furlous battle, and only as the victor will
you be able to awaken the sleeping
Prince.
The vehicle upon which you travel
the land of the seais the jet-sied,
which can travel both above and
below the water: the advantage of
being below Is that the robot
+a superb program
featuring stunning double
hi-res colour graphics’...
defences cannot harm you, though of
course neither can you harm them -
that would too easy! The sled hasjets
fired by one joystick button, and
‘weapons fired by the other. Moving
forwards and backwards alters the
attitude of the sled and thus the firing
trajectory of the weapons. At the
bottom of the screen is a control
panel Including a compass, a clock
and life, sled and treasure counters.
The game starts at the home island
where the spirit guardians, by whom
you are judged, set your task to ret-
fleve the various magical Items. After
the Instructions are given the guar-
dians vanish leaving you to your fate
with only bubbles emanating from the
Islands; shoot one of these to find the
bright glimmer which will lead you to
the Island where the item is hidden, This
fsactually one of the difficult parts of
the game especially if you only have
agreen monitor as the tiny winking
glimmer moves very swiftly and
changes direction irratically,
Once you arrive at the
Island you have to defeat Its robot
defences before you can retrieve
the item itself. You have to bring forth
the robots by mavouvering the sled
fight up to the island and bumping
into it. and hey presto out they leap.
The robots come in7 types-some
cannot be touched without destruc-
tion, some throw out bubbles which
on contact will envelope and
suffocate you, some are even
completely harmless - and you will
have to defeat them all before they
get you, When a robots hit a small
Pod Is released and you must man-
ouver close to this to pick itup
quickly or it will regenerate into a fully
fledged robot again.
Again you bump the island and
some more robots may appear, if
not then you jump from the sled with
your life support pack, slip it on your
back and disappear inside the
island shortly to reappear with the
sword. Now you can retum to the
home island, again not an easy task,
you can either hunt the sea for it or
you can attack a green island, and
once you defeat this island's
defences you can bump It, where-
upon it transports you back to base.
Here the spirit guardians take the
sword and send you on your next
‘sortie’.
There are some rewards to gain if
you wish on the return journey, if you
come across a pattern of three glim-
mers near each other then passing
through them all in quick succession
will gain you an extra jet-sled for
later, but beware, the glimmers are
guarded by mini robots! The other
thing to remember is the time you
take to complete the game as thisis
the main factor in determining your
score.
Each successive sortie requires
you to defeat more robots than the
last and the robots get fiercer too.
After you complete the three tasks
set by the guardians you will have
the opportunity to take part in the
final battle where you will have to
defeat all 7 robot types together.
ultimately to release the prince and
earn yourself the name Alrheart.
Don't ask me what the final battle is
like, |Never managed to get that far.
In conclusion, this is certainly a
great game from the most prolific
high quality software house for the
Apple // series that | know. The
double hi-res graphics allow far
greater detall in the three dimen-
sional animation giving the wide
variety of targets to shoot at ina
single game program, It must be
said however, that the game
requires great skill in control of the
sled which is a fairly unstable craft.
and wouid just not be winable
without a colour screen. |am sure all
the arcade game fans will love it.
TASS TIMES IN
TONETOWN
Graham Attwood and trusty IIGS, get
to grips with the latest release from
Activision and thoroughly enjoy
themselves.
This an adventure unlike any other. Its
weird and so are the people of
Tonetown, but then of course you
are just a stranger around here - in
fact a tourist - and some of them do
not like tourists! You will never get
anywhere dressed like that and with
that funny hair - very Jonboi Waltune.
and we all know what happened to
him! The sooner you get some
proper TroppoWear clothes from
the ‘Tique and get Chaz to puta
streak of Royal Blue in your hair the
more UltraTone you will become
with a better chance of surviving
and finding out from the townsfolk
where Gramps has gone.
You will get to meet Franklin Snarl
quite regularly to start with (he is very
fond of strangers). especially when
you are dead - well just before
actually! But then you have got your
friend Ennio to help you along the
way, Some dog this Ennio, star writer
for the Tonetown Times the past five
years.
If that makes any sense to you
then you really are Tone and have
obviously played Tass Times before.
This isa game which is released in
versions for the Amiga, Apple Il,
Apple lIGS, Mac, Altar and
Commodore but what is special is
that each is carefully tailored to
make the maximum use of the
features of each machine.
...'uses super high-res
colour graphics,
animation, sound and the
mouse.’
The lIGS version | have looked at
uses super high-res colour graphics,
animation, sound and the mouse.
disk it presents an
opening screen, and plays
continously a brilliant piece of
synthesised music (lass by the
..an intriguing game,
excellently presented,
and well worth the price’...
Daglets, of course), until you press a
key when the game itself loads.
The first scene opens to the
inside view of a cabin; the clock on
the wall ticks noisily and the
pendulum swings to and fro in time.
The screen area is divided into
this Hi-res graphic scene which is
shown on the left side of the screen,
an area to the right displays 8 option
icons, and along the bottom is
presented the text description of the
scene.
Commands are generally typed
from the keyboard, but several
| standard operations are available
‘on the Icon area and are selected
by clicking with the mouse; they
include ‘get’, ‘drop’, ‘hit’, look’,
‘puy' and ‘enter’, and the two
conversational commands ‘talk
to.’ and '....tell me about...’.
When an item is got it appears ona
bar above the text. There is
also a direction indicator for your
next move - North, East, South, West.
The game proceeds usually by
trial and error. finding useful things,
and meeting new people in each
scene.
Itis very important to address
them by name if you
want them to be
helpful, but
how do
you know what it is?
Sometimes the answer
is on the scene or in the text, butat
other times you have to resort to
reading a copy of Tonetown limes
thoughifully Included in the package
| by Activision.
Without it you will not get far - well
| just as far as Franklin Snarl, and he will
introduce you to the Crocogators!
You can save the game part-
way through if things start to look
dicey, and you can restart from
there if it all goes wrong. Youcan
save up to ten of these game
versions, and it is wise to do so.
frequently, since the fatal mistakes
may not necessarily have been in
the last few moves.
Thisis an intriguing game, excellentiy
presented, and well worth the price
of £21.73.
Tass Times is available from MGA
Microsystems. é
Page 15
Cirtech plusRAM
& plusRAM-xtra
Two new ‘home grown’ memory
cards are s are given the once over by
Dave Ward.
When Apple Computer inc.
announced that they were defining
amass memory card for the Apple
// series of computers Cirtech (UK)
quickly Introduced a 1 megabyte
card (the Flipper) based upon the
Apple standard and this was
feviewed in earlier issues of
Apple2000 magazine.
Amegabyte of memory may
seem an awful lot for many users
when 256K would probably be
adequate and less expensive. For
instance a 128K Apple // system will
give a desktop of just 56K with
AppleWorks version 2.0. A 256K
plusRAM on the ofherhand will bring
the desktop up to 244K which is
sufficient; only the avaricious require
the 1012K desktop obtained from
the 1 megabyte plusRAM. Cirtech
have addressed this as a gap in
their product range and produced
254K plusRAM memory expansion
card based upon the Apple
standard which Is expandable to 1
megabyte. That would normally be
the end-of-it but Cirtech have
added quite a bit of ‘icing’.
For the purpose of this part of the
review we will treat the plusRAM-xtra
card simply as a 1 megabyte
plusRAM card : we'll discuss the -xtra
bit alittie later on,
The plusRAM card arrives ina
padded yellow box with a clear
comprehensive User's manual and
asingle 5.25" diskette of support
software to modify AppleWorks and
allows Dos3.2, Dos3.3, Pascal
1.1,Pascal 1.2, CP/M 2.208 & CP/M
2.23 to use the plusRAM card's extra
memory. The manual gives
comprehensive details on the
installation of the plusRAM cards.
how to. add more memory chips
and troubleshooting problems.
The installation is relatively simple
but Cirtech suggest that you may
place the card In any of slots 1-7 on
an Apple )( Pius . Apple //e or Apple
IGS, however there are some
exceptions which should be noted:
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| OD Slot3 cannot be used ina
European Apple //e if an 80 column
card is installed in the auxiliary slot 3.
| Youare also advised not to use slot
3inan Apple liGs.
Q Ifyou have an enhanced Apple
//e it is advised that you place the
| cardin slot7 as it can be auto-
| booted from there.
O If youare going to use Pascal 1.3
you should place the FLIPPER in slots
4,5 or 6 so that Pascal 1.3 will
fecognise it as a Ram disk.
Q Inan Apple IlGs you may place
the plusRAM card In 1-7 except slot
3. Forslots other than slot 7 you must
enter the ‘control pane!’ to
recognise your card. You can also
arrange to boot from any slot inan
Apple liGs.
Once Installed It is suggested that
you might like to try out the self-test
Program on the card. However , this
can be done at any time providing
that the machine Is in basic ) prompt
of monitor * prompt. The self-test
erases all data from the plusRAM.
The table below shows what you
enter depending upon the slot
| plusRAM isin :-
SLOT BASIC MONITOR
1 CALL 49418 =CIOAG
2 CALL 49674 = C20AG
3 CALL 49930 C30AG
4 CALL 50186 =C40AG
5 CALL 50442 =CS5OAG
6 CALL S0698 = C60AG
7 CALL 50954. =C70AG
Of course you must press ‘return’
after entry |
As the plusRAM cards are based
on the new Apple standard for large
memory expansion cards they
should, therefore, be compatible
with all future software unless Apple
move the goalposts!
| Adding more memory
| This is a very easy operation and if
| you carefully read the manual
before placing the chips nothing
should go wrong. This is important
because the chips may not be
Placed where you think! Youcan
purchase 256K memory expansion
| kits directly from Cirtech (UK)
Using plusRAM with AppleWorks
No doubt many plusRAM
Purchasers will want the product to
enhance the AppleWorks desktop
to amore reasonable size. Cirtech
have addressed this problem by
Providing an AppleWorks enhance-
ment program suite on the reverse
of the plusRAM support diskette,
Since plusRAM works in an Apple )(
Plus many users will want to take
advantage of this to use
AppleWorks on that machine. When
you attempt to enhance
AppleWorks you should only use a
copy. For an Apple )( plus only
AppleWorks version 1.3 USA canbe.
enhanced to recagnise the
plusRAM card since later versions of
AppleWorks use the alternate 64K
which is unavailable on this machine.
The manuallists the alternative keys
you will require to use to simulate the
special keys AppleWorks uses on
the Apple //e. A shift key Is essential
and for those without one the
manual clearly describes the
mechanics of installing one,
Itisnecessary to carry out the
enhancement procedure even if
you are using an Apple //e or Apple
IIGS with AppleWorks versions 1.3 or
2.0. Cirtech claim that this is
necessary as the code in the
AppleWorks interface to memory
| card is imperfect. Cirtech’s
enhancement program makes this
interface nearer perfect! Full
enhancement is essential if you are
| using plusRAM on an Appie IilGS and
isa very good idea anyway
because of all the extra goodies
Cirtech have added.
U Ifthe file you are about to save is
too large to fit onto a single floppy
diskette the autosegmenting feature
prompts you fo put in extra diskettes
as they are needed. Note that you
should have plenty of diskettes all
with the same name to store the
data, Also mark the diskettes so that
you can later reload them in the
same order.
U Avery neat RAMcalc Resident
Calculator pops up when you press
| closed-apple-C keys together. You
can move the RAMcalc Resident
Calculator all over the screen using
the arrow keys!
RAMcalc has many features that
other pop-up calculators don't have
and is extremely easy to use
including :- Memory - Percentage %
- Square roots - Exponents.
Exchange of display and last
entry numbers are entered from the
keyboard or keypad and
arithmetical operators as you might
expect fo enter them:
Multipy : * Xx
Divide :/Dd
I'm sure you can guess the rest.
Calculations are performed in the
order that they are entered. When
you are done just hit ESCape to exit
back to AppleWorks. You will notice
when you later recall the RAMcalc
Resident Calculator that it was
exactly the same as when you left it.
QO Arather nice feature is available
if you have an Apple mouse
connected as you will then be able
to move the cursor quickly around
the screen. Also the button acts as
'RETURN' or ESCape.
We will now look at the way the
plusRAM card works with the
aforementioned operating systems:
PRODOS
Booting a Prodos disk automatically
provides a formatted ‘Ram disk’
once you Invoke a Prodos
command such as LOAD or CAT
etc. Its name depends upon the slot
In which you placed the plusRAM
card for example plusRAM card in
slot 2 produces /RAM2. You can
make your ‘Ram disk’ bootable by
firstly formatting it using the FILER
Program from the Prodos Users Kit
and then copying across the file
PRODOS and any others that are
necessary.
To boot the ‘Ram disk’ type
PR#4 (plusRAM card in slot 4) just like
you would If you had a Disk )(in that
slot. Incidentally if you boot another
Prodlos disk (except by switching off
the machine) you will find that the:
programs are still there!
DOS 3.3
After booting a Dos 3.3 disk youcan
activate two ‘Ram disks’ (assuming
that you have a megabyte card)
by issuing the command IN#4
(plusRAM card in slot 4) either from
inside a program or directly from the
keyboard. The two 'Ram disks' can
be accessed by appending
'S4,D1' or 'S4,D2' to the end of Dos
commands. The size of each ‘Ram
disk’ is just less than 400K because
Dos 3.3 cannot support anymore.
When you activate the ‘Ram
disks’ by typing IN#2 (plusRAM card
in slot 2) only a very slight patch is
applied to RWIS routine in Dos so
that it will also work with most of the
fast commercial Dos 3.3 variants
and also Dos 3.2. The approximate
times to load and save 50 sector
BASIC files are listed below:
Dostype Load Save Load Save
Disk Disk RAM RAM
Dos 33 4 vw 4 «5 |
DiersiDos 45 5 04 05
FasiOos 450 SKS
ProntoDos 45 5 04 05
Speeddos 45 5 04 05
Dos 3.2 0 0 4 4
Disk operating systerns which move
themselves into the Language card
to provide more user memory
cannot be booted directly,
because, the patch will be applied
in the wrong place. However. simply
boot the 48K version and install tho
‘Ram disks’ and then move Dos! |
tested 64K Dos 3.3 and 64K Diversi-
Dos and both appeared to work
normally.
The fact that Dos 3.3 and Dos 3.2
only vary very slightly is shown as
follows: Boot up a Dos 3.2 Master
disk (remember how) and install the
‘Ram disk’ then save a few BASIC
files to it. Boot up a Dos 3.3 Master
disk (except by powering off and
on) and install the ‘Ram disks’. You
will find that not only are the files
preserved but you can load them !!
Youcan make the ‘Ram disks’
bootable by Brunning the file FLIP on
the plusRAM support disk and then
moving the appropriate files onto
the ‘Ram disk’, Note that a 256K
plusRAM card produces a 240K
RAM drive.
PASCAL
Pascal 1.3is fully supported and will
Produce a ‘Ram disk’ the first time:
you access it. You can presumably
produce a bootabie ‘Ram disk’ by
formatting it then transferring over
the appropriate files.
Pascal 1,1 and Pascal 1.2 require
you to copy over three files from the
plusRAM support disk onto the
Pascal boot disk. The files for Pascal
1,1 differ from those for Pascal 1.2 ;
the manual clearly explains the
procedure. Pascal 1.1 when booted
‘will automatically format a ‘Ram
disk’ volume #10 whereas Pascal 1,2
will format volume #20. You can't
unfortunately make a ‘Ram disk’
bootable under Pascal 1.1 and
Pascal 1.2 because they must be
booted from slot 6.
CPM
CIRTECH claim that theirown CPM
Plus system automatically produces
240K ‘Ram disk’ on a 256K plusRAM
card, on booting. However , CPM
2.208 and CPM 2.23 require you to
copy a file from the plusRAM
support disk to your CPM boot disk.
After this file FLIP.COM Is.
executed the ‘Ram disk’ will be
installed, The ‘Ram disk’ is accessed
as Drive D: on CPM 2.208 (56K) or
Drive F: on CPM 2.23 (60K).
plusRAM-xtra
The plusRAM-xtra card Is only
available as a full megabyte card. It
isin reality a new name for the
Cirtech Flipper card which we have
reviewed in previous issues of
Apple2000 magazine.
The plusRAM-xtra card is a slightly
| smaller than the Flipper card and the
firmware on board has been
enhanced. The product is supplied
with a plusRAM user's manual plus a
RAMDESK Manager Supplement
manual, The main side of the
plusRAM support diskette has the
RamDesk Manager software.
We last reviewed the Cirtech
Flipper card in February 1987 and
would suggest that interested
readers refer to the review on page
41 and also the previous review of
the original Flipper. However. here is
aresume ;-
When you boot the plusRAM
support diskette supplied with the
plusRAM-xtra card a utility is
executed that allows you to
produce a RamDesk Startup
Diskette on either a 5.25" diskette or
a3.5' diskette.
During booting of the RamDesk
startup diskette the program
determines which type of machine
you have and will prociuce one of
two RamDesk Managers. You will be
requested fo make a ‘one-time’
choice of how the memory in the
plusRAM will be apportioned.
The little table on the next page
shows the available options;
Continued on page 18 =
Page 17
Number of
ion Size of Workarea
si Workareas:
(inkilobytes)
984
492 492
328 928 928
246 246 246 246
492 266 246
738 246
mune
Rene
On enhanced Apple //e and Apple
ISS computers a graphic RamDesk
Manager is produced which utilises
the double hi-res graphics
producing Macintosh ‘pull-down’
menus with mouse control,
The mouse operation is so easy ;
Just point and ‘click’. It's child's play ;
literally! One point, however, If you
click the solid-apple in the top-left-
hand comer you will pulldowna
menu showing the ‘short-cut’
commands (utilising the open-apple
and closed-apple keys).
If you don't have a mouse you
can use keyboard commands. First
Press escape and then use the
horizontal arrow keys to choose the
menu. Vertical arrow keys can then
be used to pick the option you
desire in the menu.
On other machines a text version
of the RamDesk Manager will be
loaded. This can also be loaded
into the aforementioned two
machines if the space bar is smartiy
pressed immediately on booting.
After choosing the number of areas
you will be presented with a text
version of the pull down menus in
forty columns :-
Areas Disk Activate Restore Backup Clear
You can choose the menu using the
horizontal arrow keys and pressing
return pulls down the menu. In the:
menu the same arrow keys allow
you to select
When you have chosen a
workarea its name, size, free space,
operating system and catalog will
be shown! you can even scroll
through the catalog with < > or
vertical arrow keys.
Most users of the RarnDesk
Manager will want to 'FLIP' between
areas and/or perhaps use the main
memory of the Apple whilst retaining
the option to quickly return to their
application(s) in the plusRAM.
Therefore at the start of a session
the workarea(s) will need to be
formatted and have files uploaded.
A\so at the end of the session some
portion of each workarea will need
saving or backing-up.
Backing-up Is extremely
important because of the volatility
of RAM memory. The RamDesk
Manager contains utilities to enable
users to make back-ups (memory
images) of their workareas very
quickly onto 5,25" or 3.5 diskettes,
These memory images are called
Page 18
| ‘FLIP’ disks and can be used to
testore workareas just as quickly. This
technique has enabled CIRTECH to
keep the cost of the product down
and allow users to make these
needed back-ups. It's also about
the best method - just consider the
alternatives.
During the evolution of the Flipper
to plusRAM-xtra Cirtech have taken,
pains to improve the fimmware and
RamDesk Manager software and
temove any minor bugs that have
appeared. In fact the two minor
problems reported In our February
review have been dealt with.
I must say that | was , initially, a
little confused by the name plusRAM-
xtra since that name does not really
describe what it does. A few
HOTLINE enquirers have also alluded
to this. So plusRAM-xtra Is really an
enhanced Flipper with a better than
40% price reduction!
Although | appreciate the
| reasons for the name plusRAM-xtra
| which Is consistent with other Cirtech
RAM cardls. | feel that the name
Flipper ought to appear
somewhere,
You may know that Cirtech and
Apple2000 have an arrangement
whereby members of Appie2000
may purchase 256K plusRAM cards
for £80 + £2 + VAT. It occurred to me:
that the product must be made in
Greenland and distributed by
reindeer at that price. But no, they
are just designed and
manufactured by Cirtech in
Scotland and are available all year
round! «
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Things are
Looking Up
Tom Wright demonstrates a practical _
application for some little understood
Spreadsheet functions.
Many businesses successfully use
spreadsheets as a substitute for
purpose designed software, This
approach offers several advan-
tages one of which is that software
costs can be held down, another is
that user training costs are often
minimised, Unfortunately minimising
training costs offen results in very
limited use being made of some
spreadsheet facilities.
LOOKUP tables can be used by
most people and provide a
method of reducing typing time on
repetitive applications. LOOKUP
also helps to avoid those awful
occasions when it is realized that a
problem solution Is flawed because
a variable wasn't changed.
The LOOKUP function is illustrated
in the following example for any-
body who wants to find out what
they have been missing. Although
the example produces data for
three simple Production Control
areas, the function can obviously be
used for many more and extended
to covor stock control, ordering
machine loading, etc.
THE EXAMPLE
For illustration purposes | am
assuming that we have a manu:
facturing company which produces
arange of 4 different Wozlet
assemblies. As the Manufacturing
Manager we need to be able to
quickly estimate the Implications of
sales enquiries In terms of time
required for production to meet the
requirement.
Some of the information that we
will want to have includes :
(@) How many production
operators would be required.
(©) Whatis the implied volume of
assemblies per working shift.
(©) Whatis the material handling
task In terms of volume of pallets.
Page 20
(d) At what sort of intervals during
the working week will we
fequire transport to take finished
assemblies to the customer, or
storage.
For this exercise | am assuming
that operation capacity Is const-
rained only by the number of
operators available, although in
practice other constraints would also
apply.
1am also assuming that a
production operators working week
is 39 hours in length, consisting of
either 5 day shifts or 4 night shifts. With
Monday to Thursday day shifts being
8 hours in length, and Friday day shift
being 7 hours in length. Night shifts
would each be 9,75 hours in length.
For the benefit of anybody who
is just starting out with spreadsheets,
the following 3-part listing takes the
form of :
(Q@) column reference across the t
op of each part,
(6) row references down the L.H.S
of Part One of the listing.
(Cc) row references down the R.H.S
of Parts Two and Three .
CELL references used In the text
(eg |5) Identify the location of the
CELL In which information Is to be
entered (eg CELL IS is where the
required assembly type Is entered).
In addition to the LOOKUP.
function the example also illustrates
on of the ‘safest’ ways of using
spreadsheets, le group all cells
which require manual data entry into
an easily identified and observed
area of the sheet. All manual entry
on the exarnple Is done in cells |3 to
18 inclusive ‘assuming that none of
the data in the LOOKUP tables
requires updating). The manual entry
area ls enclosed by exclamation
marks.
One area of the example which
includes terminology that may be
unfamiliar to some readers is
columns A to N, rows 8 & 9. 'Working
Pattern’ refers to the Wozlet com-
pany policy for Relaxation Allow-
ances (see BS 43025, BSI Glossary of
Terms). 10% Relaxation Allowance is
included In the example.
The example was originally
prepared on a Flashcale spread-
sheet then printed to disk as a text
file so that it could be transferred into
the Appleworks Word Processor,
When entered onto a spreadsheet
Part Two will be to the R.H.S of Part
One, and Part Three to the R.H.S of
Part Two,
Why did he do it on Flashcalc if
he was going to use Appleworks ? if
Flashcale provided the same size
matrix as Appleworks | would never
use the Appleworks spreadsheet. it's
crude compared to Flashcalc
(personal opinion folks).
To enter the example onto your
own spreadsheet simply start with a
blank spreadsheet and follow the
cell references. Don't forget to set
the spreadsheet to manually intiated
Recalc before starting to enter the
example, or to set it back to Auto-
Recale when you're done, unless
you prefer to leave it set at manual
(eg /GRM, /GRA, Shift-!).
As a point of interest one of the
strengths of LOOKUP is that the
function will literally choose the
correct value from a matrix.
Drawbacks include the fact that the
table (range) musn't contain labels
as they would cause innacurate
results; another is that values in the
table must be in ascending order
and in the same row or column.
On occasion these problems
can cause difficulties with the layout
of completed spreadsheets which
sometimes results in the use of
CHOOSE, or IF THEN-ELSE being
more appropriate to the users need,
given time we'll have a look at those
functions at some time in the future.
The full spreadsheet layout
is displayed on Page 22
©.K so that's what the example will
look like when it has been typed
onto the spreadsheet, now comes
the nasty bit. You can enter the text
to suit yourself really using the above
as a guide for positioning, values
and formulae must however be
entered in the cells listed below if
you expect the example to work first
time. By the way, |am no mathe-
matician | you may well decide that
there are more elegant expressions
than the ones that I have used,
Being bone Idle by nature lam
only listing cell Information for those
cells which will contain values or
formulae.
fod EM SS ae ae ee
LOOKUP TABLES
CELL CONTENT DESCRIPTION
P3 1 Table reference for no. of type 1
assemblies per pallet.
P42 type2
P53 type 3
PE 4 type 4
Q3 = «130 Number oftype 1 assemblies per pallet
a4 1092 type 2
Q5 2072 type 3
Be 13 type 4
P8 1 Table reference for no stop for rest
effective hours
p> 2 * * * stop for rest effective hours
Ce #9 Effective hours no rest stop
@9 =. 39/1.1__ Effective hours stop for 10% rest
Pll Table reference for 6 pallets per lorry
load |
PI2 2 10 pallets per |
lorry load
P13 3 16 |
Pl4 4 8
Qi2 10 ditto
Q13 16 ditto
al4 8 ditto
P21 39/1.1 Effective hours per week of day shifts,
stop for rest
P22 39 -no rest stop |
Q21 8/1.1 Effective hours per day shift. stop for rest |
22 8 .No rest stop
$21 39/1.1 Effective hours per week of night shifts,
stop for rest
$22. 39 -No rest stop
121 -9.75/1.1 Effective hours per night shift, stop for rest
122) 9.75 No rest stop
P24 = 39/1.1 Effective hours per week of day shifts,
stop forrest
P25 39 “No rest stop
24 7/1.1 — Effective hours per Friday day shift, stop
forrest
25 7 No rest stop
P28 1 Table reference for 40 units per hour,
per operator
P29 2 420
P30 3 850
P31 4 20
28 40 Capacity per hour, per operator
29 420 ditto |
30 850 ditto |
31 20 ditto |
nb., following Initial entry table data only requires
updating if a new type of assembly, pallet, lorry is intro-
duced. A change in Relaxation allowance would also
fequire an update, as would revised operation
capacity.
MANUAL DATA ENTRY BLOCK
13 81120 _ Enter the total volume required for sales
enquiry
iS 4 Enter the assembly type required by sales
enquiry
16 10 Enter target time for completion of enquiry
18 1 Enter preferred working pattem
| LOOKUP(I21,$21...
nb., calculation of the implications of a sales enquiry
is done simply by entering the above four numbers. or
others of your choice.
CALCULATED DATA
LOOKUP(I5,P11...P14) Refers to required assembly
type. then selects number of
pallets per lorry load from
table.
Refers to required assembly
type, then elects number per
pallet from table.
Refers to required assembly
type, then selects capacity
per hour from table.
Refers to selected working
pattern, then selects total
available hours from table.
LOOKUP(IS,P3...P6)
LOOKUP(I5,P28...P31)
LOOKUP(IS.P8...P9)"2
122 (120°121)
124 (13/122/16)
Weekly capacity with one
operator
Number of operators req'd by
target time
LOOKUP(21,P21...P22)°124
LOOKUP(I21 S21,..S22)*124
LOOKUP(I21.P21...P22)"124
LOOKUP(I21 S21...$22)"124
LOOKUP(I21,P21...P22)"124
$22)"124
LOOKUP(I21.P21...P22)*124
LOOKUP(I21,S21...$22)"124
LOOKUP(121,P24...P25)"124
SUM((I31...143)
Gross volume
produced
J31
J32
434
J35
J37
438
J40
J41
J43
(131) Cumulative volume
(J314132)
(32+134)
(344135)
(J35+137)
(J37+138)
(J38+140)
(J40+141)
(J414143)
(131/113)
(132/113)
(134/113)
(35/113)
(137/113)
(138/113)
(40/113)
L41 (141/113)
143 143/113)
SUM(L31...L43)
131
132
134
135
137
L338
L40
Number of pallets loads
produced
N31 (131/111)
N32_ (132/111)
N34 (134/111)
N35 (35/111)
N37 _ (137/111)
N38 (138/111)
N40 (L40/111)
N41 (141/111)
N43 (143/111)
SUM(N31.,.N43)
Number of lorry loads
produced
continued on Page 22
Page 21
Assembly type = 4
TARGET TIME =
Working Pattern = 1
Operation Capacity =
Available Working Hours per Week = 78
Weekly Capacity = 1560
Number cf operators = 5.2
GROSS
VOLUME
PER
Monday DAYSHIFT = 832
NIGHTSHIFT =
Tuesday DAYSHIFT = 832
NIGHTSHI?T =
DAYSHIFT = 832
NIGHTSHIFT =
Wednesday
Thursday OAYSHIFT = 832
NIGHTSHIFT =
Friday
WEEKLY TOTALS =
DAYSHIFT = 128
ORDER TOTALS = 81120
5 age
10 WEEKS
no stop for rest )
stop for rest )
rit
PER
OPERATOR
( Dayshift + Nightshif:
with 1 operator.
to complete orcer in Target time. 35.45
2678
3692
4524
5538
6370
7384
8112
No of
No cf
Pallets
€4
78
64
78
64
78
64
78
56
Lorry
Loads
8
9.75
PART TWO
! 1 39
a
nae
AVAILABLE
PE
DAYS
35.45 7.273
39 8
6.364
40
420
850
nan
>
Available hours p
Available hours p
No. of pallets pe
No. of pallets pe
No. of pallets pe
No. of pallets pe
HOURS
PT
NIGHTS
35.45 8.864
39; 9.75
= No. per hour ca
= No. per hour ca
= No. per hour ca
= No. per hour ca
<- PART THREE
u v
type 1 ASSEMBLY
type 2 ASSEMBLY
type 3 ASSEMBLY
type 4 ASSEMBLY
er weekly working pattern.
er weekly working pattern.
lorry load
lorry load
lorry load
lorry load
vue
pacity PER OPERATOR
pacity PER OPERATOR
pacity PER OPERATOR
pacity PER OPERATOR
Wozlet Company
Analysis of Product Movements
Prepared on AppleWorks Spreadsheet by
Tom Wright
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