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| USUALLY USE THIS COLUMN AS MY
personal soapbox for celebrating the Apple II.
This time, though, I want to take just a couple
of minutes to welcome those of you who have
chosen to fill the remainder of your
inCider/A+ subscriptions with // Alive. Thanks
to your choice, II Alive is now reaching a
whole lot more Apple II enthusiasts than it
ever has before.
For the past several months, the publishers
of inCider/A+ have been trying to give that
magazine a new focus. Rumors flew that
inCider/A+ would actually become, or be
replaced by, a Macintosh magazine. Those
rumors were, in fact, what spurred us to start IJ
A NEW
REASON
CELEBRATE
JERRY KINDALL, EDITOR
Alive. The rumors of the impending
changeover, whether fact or fiction, sparked a
public uproar which (if you believe everything
you hear) caused IDG Communications to
rethink its plans and continue publishing
inCider/A+ as a split Apple Il and Macintosh
magazine.
But IDG still intended to produce a new
Macintosh publication, a magazine addressing
the new Mac home and school market segment
which came into being when Apple introduced
the Performa line. A test issue of that new pub-
lication, Mac Computing, hit the newsstands in
April, and was successful enough to justify
launching Mac Computing as a full-fledged
magazine. The staff of inCider/A+ were instru-
mental in the creation of Mac Computing, and
are now working full-time on the new publica-
tion. inCider/A+ is no more.
Although we’re saddened that the Apple II
community has lost an important information
outlet, we're excited by the possibilities our
deal with IDG opens up. We wish the staff of
Mac Computing the best of luck with their new
magazine. Meanwhile, we'll keep bringing the
magic of Apple II computing directly to your
mailbox, and continue striving to make // Alive
more exciting and more informative with every
issue.
It's been an uphill battle at times. There was
the initial skepticism that a magazine pub-
lished by a mail-order retailer could be com-
pletely unbiased or, in fact, could be any more
than a glorified sales catalog. We decided the
best way to dispel that notion was to simply
begin publishing the magazine and let the arti-
cles speak for themselves. No amount of
thetoric would prove the point as well as actu-
ally delivering the goods. I took on the often-
daunting task of making // Alive a magazine
worthy of being taken seriously, and was given
complete freedom to do so.
It's worked. The most convincing evidence
that we're being taken seriously is that IDG
Communications chose // Alive as the succes-
sor to inCider/A+. And in the short time we’ ve
been publishing // Alive, we've received liter-
ally hundreds of letters and phone calls from
enthusiasts who truly appreciate our efforts
with J Alive, offering constructive suggestions
for improving the magazine. While we don’t
have time to answer every letter, we do read
them all. Your support and input is greatly
appreciated.
We have more good things planned for I
Alive. We’ ve added eight additional pages to
the magazine for this issue. (We can’t promise
the extra pages with every issue, but we'll do
our best.) We're working on newsstand distrib-
ution for this fall, and we'll be doing a special
mailing to former inCider/A+ readers to let
them know that Apple II support is back. With
these steps, we hope to bring even more Apple
II owners out of the woodwork and into the
active Apple II community. We're soliciting
more advertisers (since many of you told us
that half the fun of reading computer maga-
zines was looking at the ads) and recruiting
some of the best writers in the Apple II com-
munity to write for us.
‘As always, our pledge is to celebrate the
Apple II. Now the Apple II party is bigger than
ever.
READER SURVEY
Halfway through our first year of publication seems like a good time to stop and ask you, our readers, exactly what you think of // Alive. And just in case you need some incentive
(other than helping us out) to take the time and fill out this survey, you could win a free // Alive T-Shirt for your trouble!
Yes, that's right, five lucky // Alive subscribers, chosen at random, will be sent fabulous // Alive t-shirts. These attractive high-quality tees feature the // Alive logo on the front and the
slogan “Apple I—Sweet Sixteen” on the back. Color is orange and white printing on navy shirts. The XL size fits most normal people; we have XXLs too. To get in on the t-shirt
giveaway, your survey must be postmarked by July 31, 1993. But even if you can’t send in the survey by the end of July, we still want to hear from you!
Feel free to skip any comments which don't apply to you or which you don't feel comfortable answering. Thanks for your help in improving // Alive!
ABOUT YOU
Type of Apple lis you own: I Ie lle IIc Ile+ igs Mac LC w/ Ile card
Other computers you own Amiga Atari C64 Mac PC NeXT Unix (workstation)
or use regularly: Other
How long have you been
using Apple Ils? <tyear 1-3 years 3-5 years >S5 years
Was your first computer
an Apple II? Yes No
What level of user would
you consider yourself? Beginner Intermediate Advanced Power User
Do you program? Yes No
What computer do you
plan to buy next? Apple Amiga Atari Mac PC NeXT Unix No plans
THE COLUMNS
The / Alive columns are: Head Of The Class (educational applications of the Apple Il), AppleWorks at Large (AppleWorks and AppleWorks GS), Modem Nation (telecommunica-
tions), Weekend Hacker (programming tips), Homework (things you can do with your Apple II at home), Print To Publish (printers and desktop publishing), Media 4 la Mode (multi -
media), Right Connections (networking, file exchange, and multi-platform computing), and Entertain Me (games).
What are your favorite columns?,
‘What was your favorite article in this column so far?
Which columns can you live without?
Which columns do you not read?
Which columns do you actually dislike or find useless?
What could we do to make those columns more useful to you?
THE DEPARTMENTS
The // Alive departments are: Interview, Editorial, Letters, News, Test Drives, Ask Mr. Tech, Rumor Monger, Glossary, Computer Clubs, Shareware Spy, Il Much Fun, and Scan Art.
‘What are your favorite departments?
Which departments can you live without?
Which departments do you not read?
Which departments do you actually dislike or find useless?
What could we do to make those departments more useful to you?
READER SURVEY CONTINUED
THE FEATURE ARTICLES
What is your favorite feature article, so far?
What two other articles have you enjoyed or found the most useful?
Which articles did you actually dislike or find useless?
What articles would you most like to see in the future?
GENERAL
Is there any topic you feel that we don’t cover enough?
Is there any topic that you feel we cover too much?
How is the technical level of the magazine? © Toobasic Justright + Too advanced
Does your copy of // Alive arrive in good condition and on time?
YOUR SYSTEM
What items do you have in your system? Hard Drive Additional RAM Accelerator 3.5" Drive 5.25" Drive Other
What items do you plan to buy next?
ts compatibility with other systems important to you when buying items for your Apple II? Explain
COMMENTS
If you have additional comments about // Alive, please write them here, or use a separate sheet.
Please detach and mail to: |! Alive, Reader Survey, P.O. Box 349, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
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// second cell for formula
// this is the formula
// cale how far up we went
// move back down that many
// blank the cell & print formula,
This macro addresses an envelope. Put the cursor on the first letter of the address line (anywhere in the word processor file) and press SA-E. The
macro will highlight the four lines below the cursor; use the up and down arrows to adjust this selection if necessary and press Return. The highlight-
ed address is copied to the end of the document, a new page is created containing the text of the address and proper formatting codes to put it in the
proper place on a business envelope, and the page is printed. After that, the page is deleted. —William C. Roemer, Andover, NJ
start
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oa-C>W<(down) 4 :
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left input :
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oa-9 down rtn :
first :
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// address envelope
// Copy four lines down.
// Alert user
// Allow adjustment of selection
// Display off
// Move copied lines to end
// Move cursor to col 1
// Format envelope
// Move down 9 lines
// Print last page
// Move up 15 lines
// Find last page & delete
// Refresh screen
// Return to Desktop
// Zap file macro
// Move to the clipboard
Dear II Alive,
‘What happens to software that is no longer being sold or
supported? In your first issue, a fellow mentioned Word
Handler; | still use SuperCalc 3a and Magna Charta. There
must be other people using orphaned software. Why not
have a section in the magazine where people can get con-
nected with others in the same boat?
Thomas Bailey
Houston, TX
Thomas: You're right, there are a lot of people still using
older software. We've received several other letters like
yours. To answer your question, when a company goes out
of business or stops publishing a particular software title, the
rights to the software usually revert to the author. If the soft-
ware was programmed by a staff programmer, the copy-
right to the program can become an asset which can be sold
offin bankruptcy proceedings. Copyright law still holds—for
the record, it's just as illegal to copy old, out of print pro-
grams as it is to copy new programs that are still being pub-
lished, even ifyou can't track down the owner of the copy-
right! Old software doesn't automatically become public-
domain.
As for providing a section for people who are looking for
help with old software, that's what the Letters are for. If you
provide us with explicit permission to print your full address
and/or phone number, we'll be glad to do so, and you may
be surprised at the number of people who contact you offer-
ing to help. (If you don't give us permission to print your
address or phone number, we will respect your right to pri-
vacy.)—Editor
Dear II Alive,
I subscribed to your magazine after finding out about it in
Enhance. | used to buy inCider/A+ every month rather than
subscribing to it. They have been the best Apple II maga-
zine for a long time, but they are beginning to disappoint
me. How can you call it a magazine if it only has 48 pages?
Iwas disgusted. When I got the premiere issue of IJ Alive, I
wasn't really satisfied (I still wanted more!) but it was much
better than inCider/A+. I hope you expand your shareware
column; it's the most interesting thing in the magazine.
Richard Kuk
Milburn, NJ
Richard: Thanks for the praise. The shareware column has
proven to be a popular one. We certainly will be expanding
it. We're also looking into the possibility of providing disks
with the programs mentioned in each issue. Stay tuned. —
Editor
Dear II Alive,
So far I'm very impressed with II Alive. I own a IIGS and also
‘use a IIGS and a Ile at work. Even though I've used them for
years, I still feel like a beginner at times. Your magazine is
starting at square one, which is exactly the right place for
me. I've found GS+ to be way over my head and I feel
abandoned by inCider/A+. One article, in particular, I'd
really like to see is what all the error codes mean and what
to do when you encounter one. Also, I hope to see more ads
from companies other than Quality Computers.
John Hayman
Shutesbury, MA
John: Thanks for the comments. I'll add the error code article
to the list—those codes can be rather perplexing even to old
hands. We're working on getting more advertisers (and there
are more issues involved in that task than you might think). In
the meantime, check out the last page of Quality Computers’
Resource Guide for a list of some of these vendors’ phone
numbers and call them to request their latest prices —Editor
Dear II Alive,
Back in the glory days of the computer user as hobbyist,
every computer magazine was full of hardware projects. I
really hope you can publish some do-it-yourself projects for
those of us who still enjoy the smell of solder. Perhaps you
can seek out and reprint some of the articles that came out
when the Apple II was still a novelty—many of them still are
on-target and valuable.
I'd also like to remind you that the fact that the Apple Il is.
considered “obsolete” is partially the fault of the press.
When the Ile came out, hardware and software for the II and
IL+ largely disappeared. When the IGS made its debut, the
Ile was relegated to second-class citizenship, and the II and
I+ were almost completely forgotten. These computers still
do everything they could ever do, yet many potential read-
ers have packed these ‘old, useless” computers away.
There's a market for information here waiting to be tapped,
and articles aimed at the II and II+ won't be lost on Ile and
GS users.
Not everyone simply uses AppleWorks, Publish It!, and Print
Shop. Let's get back some of that old spirit of exploration
that made the Apple I great.
Leonard Lanigan
Browns Valley, CA
Leonard: If people send us high-caliber hardware articles,
we'll certainly publish them. So consider this an official call for
smell-of-solder articles.
The computer industry moves so quickly that most products
are obsolete before they're introduced. Computer publica-
Continued on next page
JULY/AUGUST
12
LETTERS
Continued from page 7
tions are torn between keeping up with the pace of technol-
ogy (most people do like to read about the newest develop-
ments, even if they can't afford them) and continuing to sup-
port the people who don't upgrade. Unfortunately (or lucki-
ly, depending on your viewpoint), the pace of technology
shows no signs of slowing down, and about all you can do is
resign yourself to the fact that, as an investment, a computer
is even worse than a new car. You will always lose money
when you upgrade your system, and some people just can't
afford to upgrade.
That doesn't mean that older computers are useless, just that
the things that you can do with them have already been
explored rather exhaustively. Your suggestion about reprint-
ing older articles is one we're looking into, And be on the
Jookout for a feature article on the things you can still do with
an Apple I+ —Editor
Dear I! Alive,
‘Thanks for pumping new life into the Apple II. I'd rather die
than buy a Macintosh—the company will probably aban-
don it when something else comes along. Is it all right if!
laugh when the price of Apple’s stock goes down?
Dorothy Viets Schell
Moscow, ID
Dorothy: Laugh all you want—unless you own Apple stock
By the way, Apple appears to have leamed its lesson about
leaving its customers behind. Its next-generation computers
(based on the PowerPC venture with IBM) will be fully Mac-
intosh-compatible. In fact, Apple's first PowerPCs may even
wear the Macintosh name. It’s even possible that they'll use
the PowerPC architecture to provide an upgrade path for
Apple II users as well, thereby finally making good on the
promise of ‘‘Apple Il Forever.’ —Editor
Dear I! Alive,
Iwas surprised to lear that Apple's StyleWriter has no
built-in fonts, and therefore can't print AppleWorks Classic
documents (‘Super Printers," May/June 1993, page 31).
But you didn't mention the possibility of using the printer
with TimeOut SuperFonts. Will it work?
Bill Neef
Grass Lake, MI
Bill: No, SuperFonts doesn't talk to the StyleWnter. And if it
did, it would only support ImageWriter quality anyway
(SuperFonts is designed to work with 9-pin dot matnx print-
ers). That's why we didn’t mention it, in fact—Editor
Dear II Alive,
Indeed, Apple Ils of all flavors continue to do important
work in laboratories. I have first-hand knowledge of four
labs at our research institute (which is associated with a
large private university) which still use Apple IIs. In my lab
we're currently using one II+, two Iles, and two IIGSs. I've
IE ALIVE
even used my personal IIc and IIc+ to help develop new
systems and software.
While I don't know of an IEEE-488 card for the Apple II, I
do know that Kethley/Metrabyte/Asyst/Dac (508/880-3000)
manufactures an IEEE-488 to RS-232 converter (Model
$00-Serial). With this device, you should be able to con-
nect an IEEE-488 device to any Apple II through its serial
port or an interface card like the Super Serial Card.
John Graham
Kettering, OH
Dear II Alive,
There's plenty of techie data available about the IEEE-488
bus. I suggest calling National Instruments at 800/IEEE-488
and requesting their literature, which contains a complete
technical description of the IEEE-488 bus. While most of
their products are for the Macintosh, they also have a gad-
get called the GPIB-422CT/Mac which is a serial device
and should work with the IGS. Black Box (412/746-5565)
sells a similar device. Other companies who may be able
to help include DSP Development at 800/777-5151 and
Capital Equipment at 800/234-4232.
Robert Benson
Toledo, OH
John & Robert: Thanks for the info!—Editor
Dear II Alive,
Please don't perpetuate the myth of “Compu$erve"'! Mr.
Tech's response to Chris Klemmer (May/June, page 12)
implies that CompuServe is an elitist service, suitable only
for those with money to burn. That's assuredly not the
case.
CompuServe's new rates are very competitive. Com-
puServe has a basic monthly price ($8.95) which covers
unlimited use of many general-purpose services. The pay
areas, like MAUG®, the Micronetworked Apple User
Group, are $8 an hour, 24 hours a day at 1200/2400 baud.
There are plenty of just plain folks on CIS, asking good
questions and receiving friendly (not necessarily power-
user) advice. With its quick host response and 24-hour-a-
day rates, CompuServe is a fine value for Apple users
Emily Morgan
San Antonio, Texas
Emily: Thanks for setting us straight. We were, indeed, a lit-
tle behind the times. Of course, there's still no single best
online service for everyone—it depends on your needs. As
we said in the last issue, all the services have their merits,
and CompuServe is now far worthier of investigation than it
was a few months ago. Check the News section for the com-
plete lowdown on the recent CompuServe, America Online,
and GEnie rate changes, and keep watching for an in-depth
exploration of the major online services in an upcoming
“Modem Nation" column.—Editor
Continued on page 62
AN INTELLIGENT
KEYBOARD FOR KIDS
IntelliKeys, from IntelliTools, is an alterna-
tive computer keyboard that makes using the
computer easier than ever for children. Instead
of dozens of tiny keys which young children
can find overwhelming, IntelliKeys has only a
few large keys,
which are easy to
see, easy to touch,
and easy to under-
stand.
IntelliKeys fea-
tures interchange-
able keyboard over-
lays, each of which
is designed for a
specific application.
One includes only a
set of large arrow
keys and a few other keys which are often used
in arrow-key-driven educational programs.
Other overlays include alphabet, numbers, and
basic writing. Just choose the overlay that
matches the needs of the child and the software
and slide it into IntelliKeys.
Each overlay has a bar code on the back that
IntelliKeys instantly recognizes, and the over-
lays are kid-proof and washable. Best of all.
IntelliKeys. works with virtually any soft
IntelliKeys is compatible with the Apple IGS
and Tle (Ile requires the IntelliKeys Ie Card).
RAINBOW-COLORED
COMMUNICATIONS
AND A FASTER SPOOLER
Seven Hills Software proudly announces its
new graphics-based telecommunications pro-
gram—Spectrum. Spectrum is written specifi-
cally for the Apple IIGS and uses the standard
IIGS Desktop Interface, so it’s to learn
and use. And you don’t need to sacrifice speed
or features.
Spectrum supports baud rates from 50 to
38,400, and includes file transfer protocols
ranging from CompuServe B+ to Zmodem. A
powerful, easy to use scripting language allows
Spectrum to be tailored specifically for individ-
ual use. Scripts can do almost anything, from
emulating a bulletin board to daily automatic
logging, sending, and retrieving of mail. A rich
text editor is built in for convenience.
Seven Hills is also releasing a new, faster
version of Express, the print spooling software
for GS/OS. The new version improves speed
for both parallel and serial printers, and you
can “fine tune” Express to your hardware to
get the best possible speed. A larger printing
cache, the ability to move the spool files to
another volume, and the ability to print multi-
ple copies of a document round out the
upgrade.
The suggested retail price for Spectrum is
$129.95. The suggested retail price for Express
is $49.95 (upgrades from any older version are
$12.95). For more information, write to Seven
Hills Software, 2510 Oxford Rd., Tallahassee,
FL 32304, or call 904/575-0566.
BASIC PROGRAMMER’ S
WORKSHOP, PROLINE
IMPROVEMENTS, AND MORE
The Morgan Davis Group announces the
BASIC Programmer's Workshop, a software
bundle consisting of three popular MDG prod-
ucts at a special price. The $99 collection of
high-powered BASIC programming tools (MD-
BASIC, RADE, and the Object Module
Manager) offers IIGS users substantial sav-
ings, over $80 off the combined suggested
retail prices of the products.
MD-BASIC is a professional Applesoft devel
opment environment including a Desktop edi
ing environment and a “compiler” that creates
highly optimized Applesoft code from your
structured MD-BASIC source code. Among
other things, MD-BASIC lifts the two-letter vari-
able name restriction, adds named labels (no
more line numbers!), modern constructions
like IF-THEN-ELSE, WHILE-WEND, REPEAT-
UNTIL, and DO-LOOP, plus C-style features
like conditional code processing and #define
macros.
RADE is a full-featured diagnostic tool that
isolates errors in Applesoft programs in real-
time without disturbing the BASIC environ-
ment. You can interrupt your program at any
time to examine or change the contents of vari-
ables, set breakpoints, step through code a line
at a time, or review the “history buffer” that
records your entire debugging session.
The Object Module Manager (OMM), an
extension manager for Applesoft program-
mers, makes it possible to add external com-
mands to enhance BASIC programs. Machine-
language modules are loaded and unloaded as
needed, using memory efficiently. They can
also communicate with each other, making
integration effortless and reducing duplicated
code.
Additionally, the Morgan Davis Group
announced a major price decrease for the Pro-
Line bulletin board system. Formerly $259.95,
the product now retails for $159.95. A minor
upgrade is also now available, which allows
non-U.S. sysops to accommodate the wide
variety of address formats used world-wide.
This upgrade, an enhanced AddUser module,
is available at no cost to all international regis-
tered ProLine owners. Finally, a low-cost Pro-
Line-to-InterNet gateway, uMDSS, allows
direct connection of ProLine sites to most
Unix-running Internet sites. |MDSS costs
$59.95 and can be mailed directly to a c
tomer’s electronic mailbox.
For further information, write to the Morgan
Davis Group at 10079 Nuerto Lane, Rancho
San Diego, CA 91977-7132, or call 619/670-
0563. (E-Mail: mdavis@mdg.cts.com.)
NEW LOWER COMPUSERVE,
AMERICA ONLINE, AND
GENIE RATES
CompuServe recently revised its Standard
Pricing Plan to bring users even better value. A
monthly membership fee of $8.95 (waived
during the t month) provides unlimited
access to a wide variety of basic services at
any time of the day. Most other areas (includ-
ing MAUG, the Micronetworked Apple User
Group) are available at $8.00 per hour (1200-
2400 bps), 24 hours a day. (9600 bps is avail-
able at $16.00 per hour.) Rates do not include
any applicable communications (network) sur-
charges or premium area surcharges. An Alter
native Pricing Plan, which bills all services by
the hour, is also available. For more informa-
tion, write to CompuServe at P.O. Box 20212,
Columbus, OH 43220, or call 800/848-8199.
America Online’s $9.95 monthly member-
ship fee now includes five hours of usage on
the system. Effective July 1, additional hours
(beyond the first five) will be billed at just
$3.50 an hour. This new rate applies to all
America Online services—even the popular
Internet gateway and downloading—24 hours
a day. For more information, write to America
Online at 8619 Westwood Center Dr., Vienna,
VA 22182, or call 800/827-6364.
Beginning July 1, GEnie’s $6-per-hour off-
hours rate will drop to $3 per hour. A monthly
membership charge of $8.95 pays for your first
four hours. As part of this rate restructure,
GEnie’s popular Basic Services plan (which
provided access to many general interest areas
for just $4.95 per month) is being eliminated —
JULY/AUGUST 13
NEWS
all services will be c d at the hourly rate.
The internet mail gateway will be available to
all users, with no monthly fee and no addition-
al surcharges. Remote communications and
prime-time surcharges may apply; rates are
slightly higher in Canada. For more informa-
tion, write GEnie at 401 N. Washington St.,
Rockville, MD 20850 or call 1-800-638-9636.
NEW PRODUCT WATCH
APPLE EXPO WEST UPDATE
AnsiTerm 2.0: SHIPPING
(Parkhurst Micro Products)
IIGS telecomm software w/ color ANST
Focus Hard Card: SHIPPING
(Parsons Technology)
Hard drive on a card for Apple II
ProTERM 3.1: SHIPPING
(InTrec Software)
Updated version
SoundMeister: SHIPPING
SoundMeister Pro: SOOD
(ECON Technologies)
Stereo & digitizing
Spectrum: SOON
(Seven Hills Software)
IIGS telecomm software; Manager-compatible
TurboRez: DELAYED 4 MO.
(RezTek)
Enhanced resolution & color for IIGS video
Ti ht Hl v1.4: SHIPPING
(Digisoft Innovations)
Screen blanker update
UltraMacros 4.2: SHIPPING
(Beagle Bros)
New programming features for AppleWorks
APPLE II AT EASE AND MORE
Kitchen Sink Software announces System I,
anew “desktop” program similar to Apple’s Ar
Ease for the Macintosh. Like At Ease, System
I/ includes a simple program launching facility
that makes it easy for students to find and run
the programs they need to use. System IT also
includes a “Full Desktop” mode which allows
users to copy files and perform other mainte-
nance program (access to the Full Desktop is
password-protected). With pull-down menus,
dialog boxes, and other Mac-like features, Sys-
tem I makes using Apple Is in the classroom
easier than ever. Runs on any Apple II, in
cither standard hi-res or double hi-res graphics.
Site licenses are available. System I will begin
shipping August I, 1993. The retail price is
$39.
Kitchen Sink will also fix Apple mice with
broken buttons for $: 5. (The mouse must
be in working order except for the button.) The
repair is warranted for a full year. Kitchen Sink
is also now the publisher of OmniPrint, an
AppleWorks enhancement which gives you
unprecedented control of the ImageWriter II
from inside the Word Processor. Foreign lan-
guage characters, graphics, math symbols,
two-column printing, and more, all at the full
text speed of the ImageWriter II printer—no
slowdown! OmniPrint retails for $49.95 (site
licenses also available),
For further information, and a free issue of
Kitchen Sink’s newsletter Creativity Update,
write to Kitchen Sink Software at 903 Kneb-
worth Ct., Westerville, OH 43081, or call
800/235-5502 in the continental U.S. (call
614/891-2111 outside the continental U.S.). i
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THE SECRETS OF BRARAS
Ultima-style role-playing game
Victory Software, $69.95
Apple IIGS, | MB RAM, one 3.5” drive
just boot one of your own Sys-
Victory’s back-of-the-box blurb explains,
“You wake up one fine morning to find your-
self in the land of goats and honey.” The good
news is that your party of six (user-created
Warriors, Mages, and Healers) has landed on
Surya, the least violent of the Bharasian conti-
nents. The bad news is that none of you have a
stitch of armor; your best weapon is a puny
knife; and the party is flat broke! Besides
which, no one has the slightest notion of why
you're here, and your food supply is running
low too! (The “goats and honey” must be over
on one of the other three continents.)
Featuring a IIGS Desktop ‘look’, Bharas is not
TEST DRIVES
Secrets of Bharas, ProTERM 3.1,
OmmniMac Keyboard
one of those sword & sorcery adventures that
grabs you from the start. On the contrary—
even the seasoned quester is bound to wonder
whether Victory Software really wants them to
play the game. Your first hurdle is the System
5.02 boot diskette. It has a custom Start file,
and, when you try to launch the game, it
bombs! Victory no longer maintains a tech
support line, so I had to figure this one out
myself.
If you have a hard drive, no problem. Follow
the in-manual hard drive directions but do not
copy Victory’s Start program. Launch the
game program from the Finder as you would
any other program,
If you have only floppy drives,
But by now, you're beginning to wonder about
things like the game’s ultimate objective. Bha-
ras’ 34-page manual does include all the infor-
mation you need to play the game. It does not,
however, provide the expected “scene-setter”
wherein you traditionally get some idea of The
Goal and a clue about where you should start.
Instead, you encounter another hurdle: nine
pages of remarkably boring, hard-to-read “His-
tory,” crammed with names and places (but no
pictures or maps) which mean almost nothing
to you at this point. I accepted the manual’s
recommendation and read the whole dreadful
thing, but it turns out that one can safely skip
all but the last page, saving the rest for future
reference,
tem diskettes—I’ve used both
5.04 and 6.00 versions with
good results. Insert the program
disk and launch Bharas from
the Finder. From time to time,
the game will ask for the “Bha-
rasSystem” disk. To reduce
swapping, copy the
“Bharas.Image” file and
“Datalof2” folder from the
BharasSystem disk rename
your boot disk “BharasSys-
tem.” (If you have or 3 or 4
MB RAM and just one floppy drive, consider
setting up a RAM Disk to hold the program.)
Not a great deal of trouble, and you’re over the
first hurdle!
Things proceed more smoothly after that. You
visit the “Guild” (to name and design your six
characters) and start the game without a hitch.
To your growing delight, you discover a large
Ultima-style world; attractive, smooth-
scrolling, large-map graphics; and several vil-
lages, towns, and palaces. Entering any of the
latter locales produces a new, more detailed
view revealing shops, signs, and numerous sur-
prisingly verbose personages.
G File (2it Commands General Combat Magic Healing Players Windows
Mix successful: 1 flomna
potions created.
Saving gone: please wait.
— lee
‘LOK: Click on a Location
Contains: © boot shop sign
Wobedy ofjacent
LO8K: Click on a location
Contains: 6 gel lion
‘LORK: Click on a location
Contains: © present,
In Bharas, the only way to find out what's
going on is to go places, explore, and talk to
people. For example, in one village, a traveler
may warn of dangers in “lands to the south-
west.” Someone else may describe the “evil
ways of the Jalmuki.” And in a seaside town, a
helpful citizen will note that the only way to
really “get anywhere and see the world” is by
boat. (True: once you purchase a ship, your
party can sail to outlying islands and even
leave Surya for any of three new continents!)
Other personages will help you locate impor-
tant items, steer you to sages who teach
advanced spells, and launch the party on vari-
ous quests. Considering that you’ve been
JULY/AUGUST 15,
TEST DRIVES
plopped without warning into a strange land of
monsters and magic, your party faces a very
real challenge!
As you travel the plains, forests, and moun-
tains of Surya, you soon discover that some
inhabitants don’t care to discuss anything.
Roving brigands, mages, rogue warriors, and
assorted critters simply want to plant your
limp, lifeless bodies six feet under! Combat,
especially for a beginning party, can easily be
fatal. (Perhaps a bit too easily. If “getting
established” proves overly tedious, try the
“bonus” described in the “Checkpoint” sec-
tion.)
On the other hand, combat is a quick way to
obtain weapons, armor, gold, and so forth,
along the experience needed to advance in
rank. Also, the battles are just plain fun! While
Bharas does not include music, you can look
forward to gratifying slash, bash, and bang
sound effects along with zipping arrows, light-
ning bolts, and fireballs. Victory’s flexible,
easy-to-manage scheme for tactical encounters
lets you get the most from each of your charac-
ters, Once you begin to mop up surface bad-
dies on a regular basis, your party is ready—
maybe—to explore the dungeons below the
ground. These feature 3-D perspective views,
self-mapping, and combats guaranteed to test
your mettle to the max!
So, just how long has it been since you’ ve got-
ten your teeth into a for-real major monster-
bashing adventure? The “land of goats and
honey” awaits; and, you won’t know what
you're missing until you reveal The Secrets of
Bharas!
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PROTERM 3]
88.08
Telecommunications software
InTrec Software, $129.95
Enhanced Ile, IIc, or IGS, 1 MB RAM,
modem, one disk drive
Reviewed by John Edwards
ProTERM has long been the most popular
telecommunications program on the market.
Not content to rest on their laurels, though,
InTrec Software has released a new version of
ProTERM—version 3.1, Featuring a few new
capabilities and a new manual, the upgrade is
more of an evolution than a revolution.
Like its predecessor, ProTERM 3./ features a
Macintosh-style user interface and supports
(but does not require) a mouse. However,
unlike the Macintosh (and IIGS-specific pro-
grams), ProTERM uses the 80-column text
screen, not the graphics screen, so the pro-
gram’s displays are rapid and clean. Keyboard
commands allow quick navigation of the pro-
gram’s menus and dialog windows, so those
who lack a mouse will certainly not feel at a
disadvantage.
The program can use all available memory
cards for scrollback, allowing you to keep a
record of your entire online session and review
it at any time. Unlike other programs’ “cap-
ture” buffer, ProTERM’s scrollback is always
active, enabling you to scroll backward in time
to re-read something that scrolled off too fast
the first time. (ProTERM also has a separate
capture buffer.) A new feature in version 3.1 is
the ability to partition your memory card so
that ProTERM doesn’t take it all, leaving some
room for a RAM Disk or other uses.
The ProTERM editor is as good as some stand-
alone word processors, but its features have a
telecommunications slant. For example, there's
a “Quote” command that inserts greater-than
symbols in front of a selected text block, a
common BBS convention for quoting someone
else’s messages. Naturally, you can send text
through the modem directly from the Pro-
TERM editor, and ProTERM can be told to
wait for a prompt before sending each line.
ProTERM’s suite of telecommunications tools
has no visible omissions. The program sup-
ports Zmodem file transfers (including auto-
start and resume)—plus the usual variations on
Xmodem, Ymodem, and Kermit, and a few
others besides. Terminal emulation is another
ProTERM strong point—in addition to the
usual terminals (including a recently beefed-up
VT-100), ProTERM can emulate an IBM PC
in ANSI display mode, and includes an emula-
tion known as “ProTERM special” which
allows a remote system to make full use of the
Apple II 80-column capabilities. There's also a
split-screen chat mode, a vital tool for confer-
ences and chats. There’s even a complete set of
disk tools so you can copy, delete, view, and
rename files, all without needing to quit Pro-
TERM.
ProTERM also includes tools for automating
your online activities. Three types of macros.
(all with the same syntax) are provided. One
type (system macros) is a set of ten macros that
are stored in ProTERM'’s dialer, a different set
for each system you call. You activate these
macros by holding down the Open-Apple key
and pressing a number key. Global macros are
available regardless of what system you're
connected to (or even when you're offline, or
in the editor or scrollback) and are activated by
holding down the Solid-Apple key and press-
ing a letter. Finally, you can write a procedure
file, which is a very long macro procedure
which is loaded from disk only when needed.
While ProTERM’s macros are powerful,
they're also easy to use, thanks to the pro-
gram’s ability to watch what you do and turn it
into a macro for you.
Setup and installation are, as before, a breeze.
The first time you boot the ProTERM master
disk, it will instruct you to make a backup
copy as your work disk—and put you into a
disk copy utility to do just that! After you've
made your backup copy, configuring the pro-
gram is as simple as selecting your modem,
serial interface card, and printer from a list.
TEST DRIVES
Then you can start entering phone numbers
into ProTERM’s “phone book” (the Dial
menu) and get online. ProTERM is friendly
enough to use immediately; you can get into
the more advanced features and preferences
later.
Seasoned ProTERM users may be asking,
“What’s new in version 3.12” Mainly minor
changes. For example, ProTERM’s editor and
scrollback both remember the cursor location
between trips to those areas of the program.
Support has been added for new modems
which have recently appeared on the market.
Also, ProTERM now supports an add-on pro-
gram to allow visually impaired users to “hear”
their online sessions (the manual is also avail-
able in electronic form for these users).
The new manual is quite nice, covering every
aspect of the program and telecommunications
in general in thorough yet readable detail. A
“cheat sheet” gets you going if youre an impa-
tient type, and reference cards make it easy to
refresh your memory about an infrequently-
used option without having to crack open the
manual. The package also includes advertise
ments and/or trial offers for CompuServe,
Canada Remote Systems, Delphi, GEnie, and
Dow Jones News/Retrieval.
I made a few calls to InTrec’s support BBS
and found the service excellent. I received sim-
ple answers to what I had thought to be rather
complex questions. InTree also offers support
on the major online services and, of course, by
voice phone.
While telecommunicating isn’t always easy,
ProTERM makes the learning curve fun.
Besides a modem, ProTERM 3.1 is everything
you need, whether you're just starting out or
have been online for years. The new version
proves that InTrec is committed to supporting
and improving their product. If have a modem,
you should have ProTERM—it really is that
simple.
OMNIMAC EXTENDED KEYBOARD
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117-key extended ADB keyboard
Sun Remarketing, $89
Apple IIGS
Reviewed by Bill Moore
Do you have a defective IIGS keyboard? Or
are you just yearning for something a little
more responsive to the touch? Or do you sim-
ply need more keys, perhaps for programming
or macro purposes? If any of these situations
applies to you, you may be interested in an
extended keyboard. Not only do they have
more keys (a full set of PC-style function and
cursor keys, which, by the way, are compatible
with the PC Transporter of you have one),
they’ re bound to be better built than the IIGS’s,
standard keyboard.
The OmniMac extended keyboard was origi-
nally manufactured by Northgate; however,
Northgate has sold their remaining stock and
the keyboard manufacturing rights to Sun
Remarketing of Logan, Utah. Sun, in case you
didn’t know, is the Wal-Mart of the used com-
puter world, specializing in refurbished Apple-
brand equipment and other great, weird stuff.
The OmniMac is, physically, huge. Its 117 key
layout that can seem plain overwhelming if
you're used to the IIGS’s petite standard key-
board. In addition to all the keys you'd expect
on an extended keyboard (function keys FI-
F12 across the top and a cursor keypad with
page up, page down, insert, delete, and other
control keys), there are also twelve SF keys on
the left of the keyboard. No, it doesn’t stand
for Science Fiction or San Francisco—these
keys produce shifted equivalents of the regular
F-keys.
The OmniMac’s keys are very responsive,
with a crisp feel that’s a delight to the finger-
tips. I won't put any secretaries out of work
with my typing, but I do type quickly enough
to detect a subtle tactile difference between the
OmniMac and Apple’s [IGS keyboard. I hon-
estly think my speed has increased since I got
the OmniMac.
However, there are a few layout differences to
get used to. If you're really used to the IGS
keyboard, you’ll be incredibly frustrated until
you retrain yourself to the new key positions.
The most annoying, to me, is the fact that the
Control and Caps Lock keys have been
swapped. You have to experience the frustra-
tion of trying to delete a line in AppleWorks
with Control-Y, and accidentally activating all-
caps instead, to fully appreciate it. The sup-
posed justification for this change is that the
Caps Lock key is back where it would be on a
typewriter—right above the Shift key. The
problem is, the IIGS isn’t a typewriter; it’s an
Apple Il, and Apple Ils have had the Control
key above the Shift key since 1977. Besides
which, typewriters don’t have Caps Lock
keys—they have Shift Lock keys.
Also plan on playing “hunt for the key” for a
while if you frequently use the grave accent (>)
or tilde (~) keys. In the OmniMac’s defense,
‘one important key that always seems to get
moved on extended keyboards hasn’t moved—
Escape still sits in its proper place to the left of
the “I” key.
The Reset key is also in an inconvenient
place—on the back of the keyboard next to the
ADB port. It took me several minutes to find it
the first time I had to do a three-finger salute.
Not that I should have bothered; the OmniMac
does not pass the Apple-Control-Reset
sequence to the computer properly. (An Apple-
Control-Reset or Option-Control-Reset
sequence is seen by the IIGS as a simple Con-
trol-Reset.) A few other extended keyboards
I’ve tested also have this flaw, although of
course Apple’s doesn’t.
For comparison purposes, a friend loaned me
his Apple Extended Keyboard II (also known
as the “Saratoga” keyboard, so named because,
like most extended keyboards, it seems about
the same size as an aircraft carrier), The Apple
keyboard is just a bit softer and quieter, and, to
be honest, I did like it a little more than the
OmniMac. However, the OmniMac does have
more keys and costs $150 less than the Apple
keyboard, tipping the balance back in its favor.
What good are the extra keys? The IGS Sys-
tem Software does not have built-in support for
the function or cursor keys on an extended
keyboard, so the keys will work in some pro-
grams and not in others. There are a number of
INIT files available online and from user
groups to enable the F1-F4 functions (Undo,
Cut, Copy Paste) in IGS Desktop programs,
and a few other programs (including the
EGOed NDA, ProTERM 3.1, Six Pack’s
HotKeys, and MD-BASIC 2.0) will use them.
Roger Wagner Publishing’s MacroMate will
also allow you to assign keystroke sequences
to these function keys (in combination with the
Apple or Option key), as will Beagle Bros’
UltraMacros 4.
The OmniMac’s keyboard cable is several feet
longer than the one that came with my IIGS,
which can be handy. However, the keyboard
included no manual—not even a simple
instruction sheet. No big loss; what would it
say? “1. Plug keyboard into computer. 2. Type.
(Optional: Turn computer on.)” However, the
keyboard does have a set of DIP switches on
the back, and it would be nice to know whether
the anomaly with Control-Reset was simply an
incorrect configuration or a design flaw.
Overall, though, I really like the OmniMac
keyboard. Its steel base assures longevity, and
the feel is quite nice. Only the IIGS’s lack of
support for the extra keys and the Control-
Reset problem keep me from giving the key-
board my highest praise. But at a price less
than Apple’s standard keyboard, the OmniMac
is definitely the best extended keyboard value
around. i
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QUESTION: | understand that compact
discs are becoming very popular in with com-
puters these days. I see CD players attached to
Macintosh, IBM, and other computers all the
time, but I’ve never seen a CD player on an
Apple Il. Why not? Is there any reason why it
won't work?
Eric Vage
Denville, NJ
ANSWER: Computer compact discs are
called CD-ROM, meaning “Compact Disc,
Read Only Memory.” What this means is that
you can read data from a CD-ROM, but you
can’t write anything to it. CD-ROM has a vast
capacity—about 600 megabytes, or the equiva-
lent of 750 3.5” disks. Its storage capacity is its
main advantage. A computer-based encyclope-
dia would be ridiculously impractical if it came
on 750 disks, but it’s eminently useful on a
CD-ROM.
Of course, you need a special CD player to
read CDs on a computer—you can’t just use an
audio CD player like you’d buy at the local
discount electronics store. Just as a device
which reads 3.5” disks is called a 3.5” drive, a
device which reads CD-ROMs is called a CD-
ROM drive. Most CD-ROM drives are SCSI
devices, which means that (theoretically)
they'll work on the Apple II as long as you
have a SCSI card installed in the computer.
(This is the same card that you use to connect a
SCSI hard drive to the computer, and if you
already have a SCSI hard drive, you can prob-
ably chain the CD-ROM drive to it without
needing another card.) Apple’s CD-ROM dri-
ves work fine on the Apple II this way, as do
many others. Some third-party CD-ROM dri-
ves, such as the ones made by NEC, need spe-
cial driver software.
Once you connect a CD-ROM drive to your
computer, what can you do with it? There afe
very few CD-ROMs available specifically for
the Apple II. There’s an educational disc called
YourWordBox, and for a while, there was a
collection of Apple II shareware and freeware
called the GEM CD. Apple’s developer CD-
ROMs also contain Apple II data, and many
programmers buy CD-ROM drives just to
access those discs!
Moving past Apple II-specific CD-ROMs,
IIGS System 6 lets you access Macintosh CD-
ROMs. Most Macintosh CD-ROMs contain
Macintosh programs, which naturally won’t
work on your Apple II, but there are also Mac-
intosh CD-ROMs which contain data files
which are useful to Apple II owners. For
example, there are CD-ROMs with collections
of TrueType fonts, MacPaint clip-art, and
sounds. With appropriate software (like Point-
less and SuperConvert), you can use these data
files on your Apple II.
Many CD-ROMs are in a format called “High
Sierra,” a universal, internationally-approved
standard that many computers—including the
1GS—can use, CD-ROMs in this format tend
to contain simple data files in standard ASCII
text, and possibly graphics in GIF format. The
Apple II can handle either of those formats.
While there are plenty of CD-ROMs out there
that can be used on the Apple II, they may take
some hunting to track down. You may not find
them useful enough to justify the purchase of a
CD-ROM drive. Most commercial CD-ROM:
unfortunately, are designed for the Macintosh
or MS-DOS. A dedicated hacker might be able
to design an Apple II program to access the
data on, say, an encyclopedia disc, but much of
the data is compressed or encrypted and
requires specialized retrieval software.
You may also have heard of some new CD for-
mats being introduced recently. CD-I (Com-
pact Disc Interactive) was developed by
Philips. CD-I discs store graphics, sound, and
animations, plus simple instructions to the CD-
I player that allow the user of the disc to “par-
ticipate” in the material. Most current CD-Is
are games, but Todd Rundgren’s new album,
No World Order, is being released in CD-I for-
mat to allow listeners to rearrange the music in
new ways. You don’t need a CD-ROM drive
(or a computer) to use a CD-I; you need a CD-
Iplayer.
Kodak also recently introduced Photo CD.
When you develop a roll of film, you can have
the developer put the pictures on Photo CD in
addition to making a set of prints. You can
even take the Photo CD back to the developer
with your next roll of film to have more pic-
tures added to it. Photo CDs can be viewed on
your television with a Photo CD player, and
the newer CD-ROM drives can also read them.
This allows ordinary users to get professional-
quality, high-resolution computer versions of
their images without having to buy an expen-
sive scanner. As yet, though, there are no
Apple II programs which can read Photo CD
discs.
QUESTION: I have both Sensible Speller
and AppleWorks 3.0 (which has a built-in
spelling checker). I only use Sensible Speller
for doing crossword puzzles, because of its
“wildcard” feature which let you look up
words when you don’t know all the letters, but
it’s annoying to have to keep both program’s
dictionaries on my hard drive. Can the pro-
grams be made to use a single dictionary?
DeWayne Buck
Brooklyn, MI
ANSWER: Unfortunately, the answer to
your question is “no.” The AppleWorks
spelling checker (which is essentially the same
as TimeOut QuickSpell) and Sensible Speller
were written by two different programmers,
who were free to design their programs how-
ever they liked and did just that. The two pro-
grams keep their dictionaries in two complete-
ly different formats, and never the twain shall
meet. Sorry.
QUESTION: [ have a UniDisk 3.5 which
won't boot. I took it to my local Apple dealer,
who charged me $50 to tell me it would cost
nearly $300 to fix the drive’s alignment—more
than the a new or reconditioned drive would
cost! How can I align the drive myself? I have
nothing to lose by attempting the procedure
since the drive is useless to me in its current
condition.
Edward Hoerner
Kenner, LA
ANSWER: Unfortunately, aligning a drive is
a procedure which requires specialized test
equipment. It’s not just a matter of turning a
few screws. Your dealer needs to do it, unless
you have an oscilloscope and other expensive
equipment in your workshop.
However, $300 sounds a little steep for a sim-
ple alignment. If the only problem with the
drive is that it’s not aligned properly, your
dealer should be able to realign it for much less
than that. If your dealer is planning to charge
you $300, he probably intends to replace the
drive’s mechanism entirely, indicating some
other, more major, problem with the drive. I
highly recommend that you get a second opin-
ion, and then, if the drive’s innards do indeed
need to be replaced, buy a reconditioned drive
instead.
QUESTION: [ bought a Laser 128 to intro-
duce myself to the computer world. But I’ve
discovered that some programs (The New Print
Shop, for one) won't work on the computer.
Why not? Isn't the Laser 128 compatible with
the Apple Ile? I was going to get AppleWorks,
but I’m afraid to order anything else for fear of
spending money on something I can’t use.
Help!
Mary Carley
Richland Center, WI
JULY/AUGUST 19
ASK MR.
TECH
ANSWER: The Laser 128 is Apple Ie com-
patible, but as you've discovered, “compati-
ble” isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be.
Due to Apple Computer's habit of suing any-
one who tried to make a computer that works
like an Apple, Laser had to tread very carefully
to ensure that their computer did not infringe
on any Apple patents or copyrights. (Apple
earlier won a case against Franklin on this very
issue.) As it turns out, Apple did sue Laser, but
Laser had covered all the bases, and the Laser
128 was cleared.
The Laser, then, is not an exact copy of the
Apple. There are some minor differences in the
way the two machines work. If a programmer
relies on an Apple II characteristic that isn’t
part of the Laser, the resulting program can
have difficulties. That’s the case with The New
Print Shop, which is one of the few programs
from a major publisher to have such problems.
(Broderbund is a well-respected software pub-
lisher and it’s a mystery that they have allowed
this problem to continue to exist.)
Well over 95% of Apple Ie programs will run
on the Laser 128. Virtually all the popular ones
work fine—and that includes AppleWorks.
Nevertheless, when buying software, it’s wise
to ask the vendor to guarantee that the software
will work on your computer and to let you
return it if it doesn’t. (Most companies will
make such an exception to their return policy
for incompatible software.) This applies no
matter what computer you have, because you
never know what might prove incompatible.
Incidentally, the Laser 128 is not the only com-
puter to have this problem. Genuine Apple
computers have had it too! When the Apple He
came out, some older Apple II+ software
wouldn’t work (or had minor cosmetic prob-
lems). When the IIc and enhanced Ile came
out, some software that worked fine on the
unenhanced Ile didn’t work right on the new
machines, When the IGS came out, it had
problems with some Ile and IIc software. And
the Mac LC Apple Ie card also exhibits
incompatibilities here and there.
Apple (and Laser) do their best to make sure
they don’t “break” software when they intro-
duce a new machine, but sometimes the
improvements made in a new model demand
other changes that can cause glitches with
existing software. That's a fact of life in the
fast-paced computer world.
TELL MR. TECH
MR. TECH: To get the Applied Engineering
” High-Density drive to work with IIGS
System 6, place the AEHD driver in the Sys-
tem 6 Drivers folder (inside the System fold-
er). Remove the Apple 3.5 driver. Make sure
that if you have any 800K 3.5” drives that they
are first on the chain. The 5.25” drives, if any,
should be last, as always. On my system, this
allows the previously inoperable AEHD driver
to work under System 6 (and saves me a
$149.95 charge to modify the drive itself to
work with System 6).
Tra Garvin
Oakdale, NY
Ira: Thanks for the tip!—Mr. Tech
MR. TECH: In the May/June issue, you
discussed the merits of leaving the computer
on continuously vs. turning it off between
uses. One thing you didn’t mention is dust.
Leaving the power on causes fans (if you
have any in the system) to continuously cir-
culate room dust through the system. Turning
the power off when you're not intending to
use the machine soon does reduce the dust
problem.
Bill Neef
Grass Lake, MI
Bill: Good point. A blanket of dust over chips
is a good heat insulator, so dusty chips get
warmer. Warm chips fail faster. Whether you
have a fan or not, it’s a good idea to periodi-
cally clean the dust out of your machine. Use
canned air (available at most photography
stores) to blow the dust out—vacuum clean-
ers can generate static charges in the air,
which you definitely don’t need anywhere
near the computer's delicate chips.—Mr.
Tech.
STICKY KEYS
IGS System 6 has a feature called Sticky
Keys, which allows handicapped users to
type complicated key sequences (like
Apple-Control-Escape) separately instead
of typing them all together. But I recently
encountered a case of really sticky keys. I
hit the Return key and suddenly, my docu-
ment disappeared up the screen. A glance at
my keyboard told me the real story—after
years of use and neglect, my Return key had
developed a case of the stickies, Time to
really clean up!
A word of warning. Don’t try this if you
don’t know the difference between a
Phillips and a flatblade screwdriver. There
will be some prying of parts, and if you
don’t know your own strength you may
damage them. If you have artificial nails,
you may even need to make a trip to the
salon afterward.
Before you start, make sure you have a pen-
cil (or pen) and paper; a small Phillips
screwdriver, a small flatblade screwdriver, a
stiff artist’s brush, an old toothbrush or nail-
brush, access to a sink, and a mild detergent
or dish soap.
First, turn off the power to the computer
and unplug the wires from both sides of the
keyboard. Write down the keyboard layout
so you'll have an easier time putting it back
together. (If you have access to a photocopi-
er, just photocopy the keyboard!)
Now flip the keyboard over. On the bottom,
above the Apple label, are three Phillips
screws. Remove them, being careful not to
lose the washers. The keyboard comes apart
into three pieces: the bottom case, a small
top case around the Reset key, and the key-
board itself. Now you can see all the junk
your keyboard has collected.
Set the keyboard on a flat surface with the
keys facing upward. Starting with the
edges, gently pry off each of the key caps.
You may need to use a slight side-to-side
motion on some keys to loosen them up.
The larger keys have C-shaped wires
attached to them to keep them from tilting
when you type; some of these wires will
come off with the key caps and some will
stay on the keyboard. With the exception of
the Reset key, which has its wire firmly
attached, remove the wires from the key
caps and set them aside.
Collect all your key caps—you should have
81 of them—and put them in the sink with
warm water and dish soap to soak. While
they’re soaking, remove any of the C-
shaped wires still attached to the key-
board—they should just lift out of the U-
shaped clips. Use the artist’s brush to brush
out the dirt and lint from around the keys.
Set the keyboard on its edge and tap it gen-
tly to get the trapped dirt to fall off the
board.
Remove the divider between the main key-
board and the numeric keypad. Turn the
keyboard upside down. With your flatblade
screwdriver, move one of the tabs holding
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examinations, they require students to do that
which they have the most difficulty with,
namely retention of content. In an effort to
meet this demand, my homework assignments
include a text reading and content-specific
vocabulary. To drive home the importance of
the vocabulary, there is a homework quiz the
day each assignment is due.
T constantly am looking for ways to get dis-
interested students to care about their perfor-
mance in my class enough to put forth the nec-
essary effort to succeed. The problem remind-
ed me of a suggestion I'd read years ago in a
teaching journal—why not give out a valuable
coupon (for a free 100 on a homework
ment, or 5 points extra credit) every time a stu-
dent a the homework quiz? Of course,
teachers have been doing this sort of thing for
years. The question was, would it work with
11th graders who were reading two or more
years behind their grade level and who have,
for the most part, lost any motivation they ever
had to learn?
As I found out, it works very well. Students
who rarely got positive reinforcement were
overjoyed, at 16 and 17 years of age, to “get a
coupon!” Many changed their attitude about
Social Studies and became real achievers.
As it turns out, a computer is a very useful
tool for this project, because it allows you to
make custom, yet professional-looking
coupons. Here, then, are the two coupons that I
designed—one for my IIGS at home (using
AppleWorks GS 1.1) and the other for the Ie at
school (using Publish It! 4).
APPLEWORKS GS
The first rule of desktop publishing (espe-
cially with AppleWorks GS) is to save early
and save often. Resist the urge to “do one more
thing” first! Many times I’ve lost a lot of work
because I was so intent on doing “one more
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that I hadn’t saved at all when the com-
puter crashed. I suggest saving at least every
third step.
We begin with a new Page Layout docu-
ment. In the Page Setup dialog, we’ ve selected
Table 1
Height 3.397
Width 2.350
Note: Height and width are the same for all
squares. All squares are white.
Square Left Start Top Start
1. 0.500 0.490
2. 0.500 3.000
3. 0.500 5.565
4. 0.500 7.981
5. 4.104 0.490
6. 4.104 3.000
Us 4.104 5.565
8. 4.104 7.981
“vertical condensed” printing. Now, we set up
our guides using the Options menu. As shown
in Figure 1, we select “Lock guides” and
“Magnetic Guides.” Once this is done, we
choose the hollow rectangle tool and draw a 4”
Height
Width
3.344
1.381
Note: Height and width are the same for al
text boxes. All text boxes are transparent.
TextBox —_Left Start Top Start
1. 0.544 1.461
2 0.544 3.969
3. 0.544 6.554
4. 0.544 8.972
5. 4.140 1.461
6. 4.140 3.969
fe 4.140 6.554
8. 4.140 8.972
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x 2” rectangle (using the thin line) at the top of
column one.
Choose the “I-Beam” tool by clicking on the
A in the toolbox and drag out a text box the
same size as the rectangle. Click the I-beam in
this text box, pull down the Text menu, and
choose “Centered” text and 1 1/2” spacing.
We'll adjust the spacing later, depending upon
the font, style and size that you choose. I've
used Greeting and Geneva, both TrueType
fonts. (These require Pointless. Don’t worry if
you don’t have the exact same font, though:
just choose one you like.) Type the text shown
in Figure 2. Once you are ready to type the
word “Name,” go back to the text menu and
select “Left” justification. At this point, the
only item left on our first coupon is the line for
the student’s name. Select the line tool (+)
from the toolbox and draw a line from the
word “ ” to the edge of the text box.
Now we're ready to make the other nine
coupons. The entire sheet will become our
master and will be used for duplication. Press
OA-W to fit the document into the window,
and, using the arrow tool, “rubberband” the
entire coupon so that all three items (box, text,
and line) are selected. Press OA-C to copy,
then use OA-V to paste nine of these into their
approximate locations (see Figure 3). Finally,
use OA-W again to return to the full size view
and “fine tune” each coupon so that it is 1/8”
below the one on top of it. Your master sheet
of ten “Free Homework” coupons is done!
Print up a sheet, copy twenty or so, and cut
them apart on a paper cutter.
Table 3
Graphic Box Specifications
Width
Height
2.666
1.502
Note: Height and width are the same for all
graphic boxes.
Graphic
Box Left Start Top Start
if 0.612 0.537
2 0.612 3.063
3. 0.612 5.611
4. 0.612 8.036
5. 4.216 0.537
6. 4.216 3.063
ie 4.216 5.611
8. 4.216 8.036
Width
Note: Width is the same for all lines
Line Left Start Top Start
. 1.184 2.651
2 1.184 5.159
3. 1.184 7.725
4. 1.184 10.141
5. 4.788 2.651
6. 4,788 5.159
z 4.788 7.725
8. 4,788 10.141
PUBLISH IT! 4
Select the square tool and draw the first
square. It doesn’t really matter what size you
make it, since we're going to resize it anyway.
Use the arrow tool to click the square, type
OA-M for the object specifications dialog, and
set the specs according to Table 1. Be sure that
you have selected “White” in the fill section of
the specifications dialog.
Choose the “T” from the toolbox and click
and drag a text box on top of square number
one. Once again, select the text box with the
arrow tool, type OA-M, and enter
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the object specifications from
Table 2. Be sure to click on the
“Transparent” radio button as
well.
Now choose the I-Beam
tool and click it in the text box you
ated. Open the Page Justifi-
log and click “Center”,
then pull down the Format menu
and choose “Use page standard.”
Now choose your font. I have used
Ravina 18 Plain. Type in the text
Figure 2
of your coupon, being sure to
select “Left justify” from the for-
mat menu when you are ready to
type in “Name.”
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Finally, get the line tool
and draw in the “name line.”
Again, using OA-M and Table 4,
set the length and start point of the
line.
Let’s create a graphics
box and bring in some clip art. (I
didn’t do this in the AppleWorks
GS version because I didn’t have
any appropriate clip art handy.)
Choose the Graphic tool and drag
out a graphic box. Click on it with
Figure 3
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the arrow tool, press OA-M, and
use Table 3 to set the specifica
tions for the box. With the graphic box still
selected, pull down the File menu and select
“Import a ProDOS pictu I chose the “Win
Flag” from the Publish It! 4 Education graphic
disk—it’s in the Awards folder.
Press OA-4 for “fit in window.” Get your
arrow tool and rubber-band the entire coupon
(the square, text box, graphic box and line).
Once they are all simultaneously selected, use
OA-C and OA-V to copy and paste seven
more coupons onto the page. With the arrow
tool, rubber-band them one at a time and place
them on the page in their approximate posi-
tions. Use OA-1 to return to the full size view,
then click on each of the elements and adjust
them (using OA-M) to the appropriate loca-
tions using the tables. When we make our
adjustments, we want to work first on the
square, then the text box, then the line, then the
graphic box, to keep them “stacked” properly
Use OA-K to preview your work to see how
your coupons will look for “for real.” Finally,
print out your master sheet, copy twenty or so,
and cut them apart.
CONCLUSION
T hope you'll achieve the same educational
success with your coupons that I've had with
mine. I think you'll discover that they’re real
motivators! il
Designing
Successful
by Steve Mille
have three kids in school, and my wife and
I have helped to manage a number of dif-
ferent fund-raising drives over the years.
AppleWorks’ data base has, in each case,
helped us to not only survive the project, but to
make it a success,
Our most successful fund-raise:
school lunch program. Since our bo
doesn’t have a cafeteria, we decided to supply
pizza to the students once a week. The lunches
were pre-sold at the beginning of each semes-
ter, and AppleWorks proved more than capa-
ble of tracking the whole project. We used
AppleWorks to generate pizza delivery sched-
ules and to keep a running total of funds
raised. This program was so successful that a
second (hamburger) lunch day was later added.
Enough money was raised in two years to buy
an Apple II and a printer for every classroom
in the school!
With the AppleWorks data base, it’s easy to
customize screen layouts, search for specific
records and groups of records, and print spe-
cialized reports for a number of purposes.
That’s what this article is all about. We'll
assume that you know how to create a data
base and do basic data entry, and use this as
springboard to learn about some of the more
advanced data base features. Although the pro-
ject being discussed is specific, the same prin-
ciples and procedures apply to any Apple-
Works data base.
THE PROJECT
Our latest school fund-raising project was a
dinner featuring entertainment by the faculty.
We needed to keep track of pledges, checks
received, the contributor list (to be listed in the
program), the guest list, seating, VIPs, and
about a dozen other minutae. We found we
could even use AppleWorks to generate
deposit slips. Most banks will accept comput-
ed deposit slips, as long as they fol-
low the bank’s standard format. This can save
plenty of work and eliminate mistakes—check
with your bank for details.
CREATING FIELDS
AND EXTRA FIELDS
Here are the fields I created in the data base:
We didn’t need addresses for this particular
project, but many applications would also
require Address, City, and ZIP Code fields.
1 also created five “spare” fields, called X1,
X2, X3, X4, and X5. (The names are arbi-
trary.) You probably won’t think of every kind
of information you need to gather when you're
first creating your data base—when you start
using it, you'll probably start wishing you’d
included an extra field or two. But if you add
fields, AppleWorks will erase any customized
screen layouts and report formats you’ ve creat-
e” fields, however, can be
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renamed at any time and meaningfully incor-
porated into your data base, and you won’t lose
screen layouts and report formats because
you're not really adding anything.
CUSTOMIZING
THE DATA ENTRY SCREEN
You could start entering data into your new
data base immediately, but you’ll find life
much easier if you first customize the data
entry screen. Arrange the fields on the screen
to create a visually pleasing, easy-to-use lay-
out. You can do this at any time, starting from
a single-record screen (the one that says
“Record ___ of __” on the third line) and
pressing OA-L. (If you're not on a single-
record screen, you’re on a multiple-record
screen. Press OA-Z to go back and forth.)
To move a category on the screen, place the
cursor on the first letter of the category name,
hold down the OA key, and press an appropri
ate arrow key. Related fields should be
grouped together, with a blank line separating
them from other groups of fields. Although
you can’t insert a blank line, you can create
one by moving items down. You can also
place short data items on a line together.
You'll find this operation immeasurably sim-
pler with mouse control if you have Ultra-
Macros.
After you've created a customized screen,
try pressing OA-T to highlight the field names.
This visually separates them from the actual
entries. I don’t care for this option, because I
find that the contrast is hard on my eyes, but
you may find it helps. Press OA-T again to
turn it off.
To save your entry screen, press Escape.
AppleWorks will ask you which way you
would like the cursor to move when you press
Return: in the order in which the categories
were originally defined; or left to right, top to
bottom. Unless you are a masochist, you'll
want the latter option. (If you are a masochist,
AppleWorks’ flexibility will accomodate you.)
SETTING STANDARD VALUES
Don’t start entering data yet, because it’s
quite likely that some of your fields will need
the same entry in most or all of the records
(today’s date, for example). To set standard
values, press OA-V. Then enter those values
which you'll need for the current session. The
Count field should be set to 1, and never
changed. (We'll use this field later with group
totals when we just want to know how many
records conform to a particular rule.)
The current date should be entered, and if
you're going to be creating a bank deposit slip,
set Dep# to 1. The date, deposit number, and
any other standard values should be checked
and updated at the start of every session. After
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entering the standard values, press ESC.
A word of warning: If you go to the Set
Standard Values screen in the middle of enter-
ing data in a record, AppleWorks may lose
some of the data in that record. If you use OA-
V after making entries, go back to the last
record you were working on and make sure
that the entries or changes are still there. It’s
another good argument for only updating the
standard values only at the start of each ses-
sion.
ENTERING DATA
Now, you’re finally ready to enter informa-
tion into your data base. Be consistent, and
you'll save editing time (and confusion) later.
Ttems like “VIP,” which are essentially “yes or
no” categories, can be treated in a number of
ways. You could enter an “X” when the cate-
gory is true and leave it blank when it’s not, or
enter a “Y” or “N” for yes and no, or even use
“0” and “1.” Just be consistent. Using a num-
ber is my favorite way to go, because it makes
it easy to generate a count when you need one.
DEPOSIT SLIPS
Let's say that you’ve entered a bunch of
checks, and you’re ready to make a bank
deposit. First, save your file (OA-S). Next,
press OA-P to get to the Report Menu, and
choose option 2, Create a new “tables” format”
Any fields which are not needed for this
report can be deleted by putting the cursor on
them and pressing OA-D. (This does not per-
manently delete the category from the data
base; it only keeps it from being printed on the
report.) If you accidentally delete a category
you need, you can bring it back by pressing
OA-I for Insert. To move a field to a different
position, place the cursor on the field, hold
down the OA key, and use the < or > key to
swap it with the field immediately to the left or
right. To change the width of a field, again
hold down the OA key and press the left or
right arrow key.
Of course you'll want a total amount for the
deposit. Put the cursor on the field to be
totalled—Paid—and press OA-T. You'll see a
lot of 9’s, but these are just place-holders to
show you what the column of figures will look
like. Be sure you make it wide enough for your
eventual total—your entries may all be in the
hundreds, but your total might be in the tens of
thousands. And be sure the ABA field is at
least eight spaces wide—the size of these num-
bers varies considerably.
The bank will want to know how many
checks are in your deposit. To generate this
figure, total the “count” column, just like you
did with the “Paid” column, using OA-T.
Now enter a heading for your report. To do
this, press OA-N. Unless you want to change
the name of the report, press RETURN, and
the cursor will move to a blank line just above
the report format. You can enter your account
information here.
RECORD SELECTION RULES
You may not want every record printed on
this report. For example, people who have
made pledges but have not yet paid them
should not be listed. To narrow down the
group of records which will be included, press
OA-R.
The record selection feature is sophisticated,
but easy to use. In this case, we want records
which are part of deposit slip number 1. Move
the cursor to “Dep#” and press Return, then
choose “EQUALS,” press Return, type “I”,
and press Return again. The word “and” will
be highlighted, but since we don’t need any
further narrowing of the selection, you can
press Escape to complete the process. (This is
one of the very few situations where using the
Escape key completes a process, rather than
canceling it! Actually, what you are canceling
is the continuation of the rule, which can be
made much longer by adding the “and” and
“or” options.) The rules which you have creat-
ed will appear at the top of the screen, and will
remain part of this report format until you
change them by pressing OA-R again.
There are a couple more things you can do
to make your report format a little more read-
able. First, change the left margin (which
defaults to zero) to one inch. Press OA-O (for
options). All of the available options will be
listed at the top of the screen. Left Margin is
LM, just like in the word processor, so type
LM, then Return, then |, then Return, then
Escape. You might also want to double-space
the report by entering DS while you're at the
Options Menu.
If you want to arrange your report in some
way, do it now. For example, you might want
to alphabetize the contributors by last name, or
group the checks in ascending order by
amount. Whatever you choose, place the cur-
sor on the column to be arranged, and press
OA-A, then choose from the available options,
such as ascending or descending order.
A reminder: Arranging the data base’s
records from this or any other screen, re-
arranges the entire file—even the records
which are not part of a particular report. The
newly-arranged order of the records will only
be saved if you save the file to disk. The
records will not be arranged automatically
each time you print a report, even if you
arranged them when you printed it before, and
new records are not automatically added in
sequence. So it pays to use OA-A just before
you print any report.
At this point, you’re probably ready to print
the report. Press OA-P and choose your print-
APPLEWORKS AT LARGE
er. You may want to print to the screen first to
see what it will look like. AppleWorks lets you
enter a date to be printed on the report. Actual-
ly, you can type almost anything you want
there, like “First Draft,” or “Prepared by Joe,”
although the number of characters you can
type is limited. Press Return, and you’re on
your way to printing a deposit slip.
OTHER HANDY REPORT OPTIONS
Grouping: The AppleWorks data base
allows you to group similar items together in a
report. For example, suppose you wanted a
report listing how many people are seated at
each table. Take a look at Figure 6. This
report will print a list of only those contribu-
tors who have ordered tickets, because of the
Record Selection (OA-R), in which I’ve cho-
sen “Tickets is greater than 0” as my rule. I
arranged the data base by table number and
turned on group totals for the Tickets field. The
number of tickets assigned to each table will
be subtotaled, and a grand total will also be
printed at the bottom of the report.
A little explanation is in order. To group
similar items together (almost always for the
purpose of counting something), put the cursor
on the column to be grouped, and press OA-G.
AppleWorks will ask you if you want to “Print
group
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