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A Redgate Publication
Fall 1989 Vol. 3, No. 1
U.S. $4.00, Canada $5.00
Hyper Studic
— Inside Apple's Vidéo.
AppleTalk In The Classy
a Also:
eArcade Games
¢Desktop Publishing
AppleWorks GS
eA First Look At The
Vulcan Drive
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Live Long and Prosper
Permit us a logical prediction. With Vulcan™,
the Apple II series will continue to live long and
prosper. Applied Engineering's latest triumph,
Vulcan, lives!
Vulcan high-speed internal hard disks for the
Apple Ilcs, Ile, IH and Il, combines a wide
range of upgradeable sizes with the speed and
power lacking in other systems. The result? A
quantum leap forward into the Apple II future.
Finally, a reliable and affordable way to store
massive files while speeding up booting time
and saving wear on disk drives.
Bar none, Vulcan is the fastest hard drive on
the Apple I market. With System 5.0 you ca
load AppleWorks GS in less than 14 seconds.
Boot GO/OS into the finder in 18 seconds.
Verify disks at the astounding rate of more than
130 blocks per second.
Easy to use.
Our built-in firmware automatically installs
itself as a Desk Accessory for write protection
and partitioning. The software we provide lets
you easily back up and reformat. Vulcan easily
installs under your computer's hood, replacing
the Apple power supply with 70 watts of power.
Upgradeab!e flexibility.
Choose a Vulcan from 20, 40, 100 - all the
way to a staggering 200 MEGs. Vulcan is
upgradeable, so it can grow as your needs
grow. Use virtually any operating system:
GS/OS, ProDOS 8, DOS 3.3, CPM or Pascal 1.3.
Vulcan supports them all with sixteen partitions
(up to four can be accessed simultaneously).
Partitioning and backup utilities are included
Choose slot 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 or 7. Even psuedo-slot
to slot 7 from elsewhere. Vulcan works on
110/220 VAC, even European 115/230 VAC at
50-60 Hz
Sheer, raw power.
Vulcan’s power supply was custom-designed
by Applied Engineering to provide the power
lacking in other systems. It checks in at 70
watts, nearly twice the capacity of competing
systems . . . enough punch to safely handle a
motherboard full of expansion cards. Power
components are heatsinked to the aluminum
case. To harness all that power, Vulcan
contains an ultra-quiet cooling fan. For speed,
Vulcan incorporates an ultra-fast 16-bit data bus
controller, not an 8-bit like others.
Vulcan gives your Apple I an upgradeable
combination of useable speed, safe power (it's
FCC certified) and practically unlimited size. It's
a quantum advance that'll keep you Apple Ting
for years to come.
Order today!
To order or for more information, see your
dealer or call (214) 241-6060 today, 9 am to
11 pm, 7 days. Or send check or money order
to Applied Engineering. MasterCard, VISA and
C.0.D. welcome. Texas residents add 7% sales
tax. Add $10 outside U.S.A.
Vulcan 20 MEG...
Vulcan 40 MEG
Vulcan 100 MEG .
Vulcan 120-200 MEG.
- $649
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Whether you’re trying to make a pin-point landing,
get a MIG off your tail or do some serious computer
design work, not just any stick will do. You want a
joystick that will perform. Always.
CH Joysticks outlast other joysticks by 100 times,
feature the highest system compatibility and are the
most precise controllers in the industry. That’s not
just our opinion. Consumers, dealers and editors
consistently choose CH Products’ Joysticks and
related products “Number 1” over all the others.
The new MACH I™ series offers the lowest price-point
in the industry. MACH II™ and MACH III™, with
exciting new features and a full year warranty are the
nation’s best sellers. GAMECARD III PLUS™ provides
the widest range of compatibility (from a PC at 4.77
Mhz to a Compaq 386 at 20 Mhz) at a new low price.
MIRAGE™ and MACH IV PLUS™ offer joystick/mouse
interfaces for all Apple II and Macintosh computers.
And the new FLIGHTSTICK™, which promises to
bring a whole new realm of excitement to your flight
simulator programs.
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So call your dealer today. He’s on a joy ride too.
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CONTENTS
The editors of The Apple UGS Buyer's Guide and
Contributing Editor Larry Miller answer letters
‘and questions from readers
Inside AppleWorks GS: Desktop
Publishing With AppleWorks GS...
Columnist Joe Walters shows, you bow to create a
simple, effective neusleter at your desk with
your IIGS and AppleWorks GS.
JIGS Press: In Search Of
Great Output
Columnist Gary Ramey examines some of the
applications designed to help you produce readable.
attractive documents: AppleWorks GS. Grapbic Writer,
Medley. Publish It! and Springboard Publisher.
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Class Action: An Apple A Day.
Read about what columnist Carol S. Hol
“the bumper crop of educational IGS software® that
will be available this fall. including subjects such as
wildlife habitats. math, geography and language arts
Shareware Solutions: Solar-Powered
Shareware .. 52
olunmist Joe Kobn explores General Motors’ Sunraycer
solar-powered auto and Tels driving simulation
software. which also explains hou sunlight powers the
experimental vehicle.
53
First Look: Medley 2.0
Daviel Winograd gives usa first glimpse atthe laest
ersion of this integrated word processing and page
layout program.
R&R: Arcade Action
Columnist Peter Chin boasts that you can play th
three arcade games at home "til you drop" without ever
running out of change: Tomahawk, Silpheed, AAARGH!
along with the Mach Itt joystick)
Features
The Well-Connected IGS ...
Local area networks are becoming quite popular
‘among educators. The connectivity capabilities
(of the Apple IGS — boosted by the latest version
of GYOS— are major reasons why:
Applellss
VOL. 3, NO. 1 FALL 1989
What's In A Font?
Font editors can belp you design your own fonts
IGS Video Gets Serious..
In this issue, we take a detailed look atthe Apple It
Video Overlay Card and discover. forthe first time.
bow to truly use television as a learning medium.
HyperStudio Arrives For The IGS .
Along with HyperStudio, from Roger Wagner
Publishing. Inc.. come capabilities once found
only in the Apple Macintosh/HyperCard world.
So get ready to use your IIGS in a new way.
Product Reviews
Animal Tracker...
Great Western Shootout
Jack And The Beanstalk
The New Talking Stickybear Alphabet...58
Where In The World Is Carmen
Sandiego?.
Multi-Kache
Vulcan...
Apple IIGS Hardware
And Software Directory
Accessories:
leaning kits. dust covers and more
Animation
Presentation graphics and more
AppleWorks..
Compatible programs for AppleWorks
Books And Publications .
Literature of interest to Apple IGS users
Business Productivity.
Integrated software, accounting packages and more
Creative.
Paint, draw and more
Desk Accessories
Pop-up accessory software for bome and business
Desktop Communications
Telecommunications programs for file tra
Desktop Publishing
Combined graphics and text software
Education
Reading. writing, arithmetic and more
Entertainment..
Games, simulations, adventures and more
Hardware And Peripherals.
“Memory boards. disk drives. modems and more
Music..
Training. writing and MIDI software for music
Networking
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Software and utilities for connecting to AppleTalk networks
Online Databases...
Information utilities available online
89
Other Software.
Public domain software and shareware
Personal Productivity.
Personal improvement. finance and more
Programming And Utilities.
Programming languages and more
Indexes
Company Index...
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with System 5.0! Wow!
2088: The Cryllan Mission
Written Only for the Apple IIgs
ovember 20, 2088: Captain, you have
been summoned here regarding the loss
of contact with the U.S.S. Houston. The Hous-
ton had discovered a small planet, Crylla, in
the Gamma-Chi sector. Transmission is sev-
eral months overdue, and now we are con-
cerned. Assemble your team of six within 72
hours for immediate dispatch to Crylla. Deter-
mine the crew’s whereabouts, but do not dis-
close your mission to any natives. Good luck.
Victory Software proudly introduces 2088:
The Cryllan Mission, a role-playing game
which incorporates fast 640x200 graphics and
the complete desktop interface. Now with
System 5.0 the desktop is up to 800% faster,
providing a convenient, familiar, and quick
interface.
Crylla’s Colorful Landscape
2088: The Cryllan Mission displays the most
realistic graphics of any Apple II game. For
example, dense forests block your vision, but
climbing hills allows you to peer over the tops
of these same forests. Also, movement speed
varies according to transport types and terrain.
A Six-Person Team of Specialists
Team members specialize in medicine, sci-
ence, or combat. All members can fight, but
their specialties can be quite handy on Crylla.
Combat
2088: The Cryllan Mission introduces sev-
eral new dimensions to combat. First of all,
both sides can bring several armored trans-
ports into battle. Players can enter and exit
these transports freely during battle and repel
approaching foes with the transports’ lasers.
Secondly, the command interface is simple,
intuitive, and quick. Each round of combat is
first planned and then executed. Move, attack,
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and enter-transport commands are quickly
entered by clicking on the player's shape and
dragging to a target. Finally, a computer-con-
trolled mode can follow a variety of attack
strategies. This automated mode can be en-
tered and exited at will during a battle.
How to Order Your Copy
2088: The Cryllan Mission is available from
Victory Software for only $69.95. Please in-
clude an additional $4.00 for shipping and
handling. Please note that Texas residents must
add 7% for state sales tax.
Victory Software
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EDITOR'S WINDOW
Future Forecast
He a day goes by where our readers
don't phone or write to ask about the
future of the Apple II line. In many cases, they
want to buy a IGS, but hesitate because of the
uncertainty surrounding its future. The buying
public is obviously concerned by whispers
that the IIGS will disappear and be reincarnat-
ed asa low-end color Mac. The question I
hear most often is, "Will the ITGS be around
two years from now?"
Apple does not share its business plan with
me, however, so coming up with a definitive
answer for these would-be purchasers is
impossible. Apple itself remains elusive about
the subject. "We will continue to sell the Apple
ILas long as there are customers who want to
buy it" is a paraphrase of the corporate
response to the Apple II question,
Of course, how Apple defines suitable cus-
tomer sales is anyone's guess. Will Apple be
happy with a million IIGS sales per year? How
about 300,000?
Rather than trying to second-guess Apple's
intentions through rumor, I recently formed a
new forecast based on market fact. My fore-
cast weighs in as cautiously optimistic, not
because this magazine has a vested interest in
a healthy IGS market (we do), but because of
a few welcome developments first previewed
at Boston's AppleFest. Each development
bodes well for the IIGS market, so here they
are, in some order of importance.
GS/OS Version 5. Unlike earlier versions of
GS/OS or ProDOS 16, GS/OS Version 5 is a
grown-up operating system that begins to tap
the 16-bit capabilities of the IIGS. Sure, it's gota
few bugs and is missing some ingredients we'd
like to see. Yet overall, GS/OS Version 5 is light-
years ahead of earlier versions of ProDOS and
(at least in the user interface department) much
more advanced than operating systems running
‘on competitive machines from Commodore and
Atari, Watch for our review in the next issue:
I've heard that Apple has committed at
least 40 technical people to GS/OS develop-
ment. Does that sound like a company that
wants to close the [IGS door anytime soon?
HyperStudio. Apple
Roger Wagner's HyperStudio, the first hyper-
media system specifically designed for the
IIGS. Once again, a few missing ingredients
should not detract from the significance of this
product. Here, for the first time, is a tool that
allows everyone to program the Apple IIGS
using all of its capabilities. hers, students,
oldsters, youngsters and even legitimate soft-
ware hackers will appreciate the way in which
HyperStudio lifis the veil of IGS secrets in the
world of graphics and sound.
HyperStudio was not the first hypermedia
product for a personal computer. Nor was it
even the first for the Apple II line — Techware
Corp.'s ever-evolving Tutor-Tech gets to wear
that crown. Nevertheless, HyperStudio intro-
duces a powerful new class of software toa
computer that really needs a software hit for
the masses. Read our story in this issue to learn
more.
Video Overlay Card. Unlike GS/OS and
maybe even HyperStudio, the vast majority of
IIGS owners will never purchase Apple's
amazing new Video Overlay Card. The steep
price and current lack of software simply for-
bid it. Apple knows that. But it also knows that
a single Video Overlay Card installed in the
real target market — the schools — has the
potential to significantly broaden the comput-
ing horizons of dozens of young users.
We pay our homage to the technical genius
behind this card in this issue. Even if you can-
not afford it, read our inside look at the Video
Overlay Card for a fascinating glimpse at
what's in store for tomorrow's classrooms,
There are many other positive IIGS devel-
opments leading up to my favorable forecast.
including Applied Engineering's Vulcan hard
drive, a growing selection of quality course-
ware and announced but still-to-ship products,
such as Zip Technology's ZIP-GS and the
Genesys applications generator from Simple
Software Systems International
It seems to me that the clouds have parted
over the IIGS market. Stay tuned for tomor-
row's long-range forecast, but do enjoy today's
sunny weather. i
“ — Paul Pinella, Editor-In-Chief
est also showcased
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“Arkanoid was never like —
this! Arkanoid Ilishere —
with more menace and
explosive action than
ever. Loaded with pow-
erful weapons, 67 out-
rageous force barriers,
and intense graphics
and animation, it takes
lightning-fast reflexes
and superior strategy
to survive! But survival
is just the beginning.
With the Arkanoid Construction
Set, you create the game! IBM
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The new Arkanoid Construction Set™ gives
you the tools to master the game. Build
complex force barriers. Create exciting and
original levels of play. Challenge the force
of DOH! Arkanoid Construction Set available
for Apple IIGS, IBM, and IBM compatible
personal computers.
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can order direct anywhere in the United States by calling toll free 1-800-663-8067.
Taito® Arkanoid® Revenge of DOH® and Arkanoid Construction Set™ are trademarks of Taito America Corporation.
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IIGS Address
The editors of The Apple IIGS Buyer's Guide
and Contributing Editor Larry Miller answer
letters and questions from readers.
Address all inquiries to IGS Address, c/o
The Apple IIGS Buyer's Guide, Redgate
Communications Corp., 24 New England
Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803.
Questions may also be sent via electron-
ic mail on AppleLink (Pinella), Com-
puServe (71625,567) or MCI Mail
(352-9601). Individual responses cannot
be guaranteed.
Looking For A Print Buffer
I purchased an Orange Micro Image
Buffer to reduce the print time of my
ImageWriter II, but found that it is not
compatible with IGS graphics-based
software. They don't tell you that it will
only speed up printing of the Ie and
earlier types of programs. Is there a
good printer buffer that will work with
all IIGS software?
Victor Vance
(via AppleLink Personal Edition)
We join you in wishing that makers of
Apple ac ries would be more up-front
about significant limitations in their products.
But in this case, it wouldn't make much dif-
ference. The Image Buffer doesn't function
with IIGS desktop programs because it works
just like Apple's own accessory buffer. The
ImageWriter owner's manual points out that,
the Apple buffer doesn't work with graphics
printing.
Actually, our year-old manual only men-
tions that the buffer doesn't work with Macin-
tosh programs. It's up to the reader to figure
out that it won't work with IIGS desktop pro-
grams, which are just like Macintosh pro-
grams — both print by putting the printer
into a graphics mode.
Even if the buffer did work with these pro-
grams, it would provide minimal help. When
you print from a desktop program, notice that
the printer pauses briefly after printing each
line. That means it's waiting for data from the
computer. A buffer is only useful if the com-
puter sends data faster than the printer can
print it
If advances in system software and speed-
ups, such as the TransWarp GS, make the
computer significantly faster than the printer,
a stand-alone buffer will partially work with
IIGS desktop programs.
There are two limitations on the help that
even a buffer like this can provide, however.
A printer equipped with a stand-alone buffer
won't be able to print in color. Before the
IIGS printer driver prints in color, it sends a
message to the printer asking if there's a color
ribbon installed. The buffer either prevents
the message from getting to the printer or the
answer from getting back to the computer (or
the information from getting back fast
enough for the driver to realize that the ques-
tion has been answered). Asa result, the
driver prints only in black
Another limitation is that it takes a lot of
data to describe how to print a character in
graphics mode, especially when compared to
text mode where the data only has to specify
which character to print. Thus, a buffer will
hold far fewer pages of a document when it's
printed in graphics mode.
This is such a limitation in the Macintosh
world that spooler programs that print in the
background while the computer does other
tasks are common, but buffers are virtually
non-existent.
More Memory
My Apple IIGS has an Apple RAM card
with 1 MB installed on it. 1 bought Apple-
Works GS thinking I had enough memo-
ry, but my system constantly runs out of
memory. I would like to upgrade to an
Applied Engineering card, but I don't
want to scrap my Apple card.
I've heard that you can have an AE
RamWorks card in Slot 7 and have an
Apple RAM card in the expansion slot. Is
this true?
Mark McDevitt
Arlington, VA
There are RAM cards that you can put ina
numbered slot, but they won't help you run
AppleWorks GS without running out of mem-
ory. The RamWorks card you mentioned fits
in the auxiliary slot of a Ile and can't be used
ina IIGS at all. The Applied Engineering card
that will fit in a numbered slot is the RamFac-
tor, but its primary use is as a RAM disk.
When a RamFactor or similar card is used
ina Ile, along with Version 1.3 or later of the
original AppleWorks, it will automatically use
the memory on the card to expand the
AppleWorks desktop. When the original
AppleWorks is used on a IGS, it won't even
know the card is there unless the program
has been modified to prevent it from check-
ing to see if it is running on a IIGS. We know
of no IIGS program that will use the RAM on
a RamFactor card for program memory.
However, there is a way you can add an
Applied Engineering memory card to your
IIGS and not scrap the Apple memory card.
Both Applied Engineering (RAMKeeper) and
Checkmate Technology (Memory Saver)
make cards that you can put in the IGS
memory slot. The cards essentially let you
plug two memory cards into them, effectively
allowing you to use two memory cards in
one slot.
Therefore, you can solve your problem by
connecting the Apple memory card and an
additional memory card to either RAMKeeper
or Memory Saver.
The memory cards also allow a block of
memory to be used as a ROM disk (as seen
by the IGS, even though it is RAM, not
ROM). Both cards use a separate power
supply for the memory and provide battery
backup of the memory in the ROM disk, so
its contents will be retained when the com-
puter is turned off or in the event of a power
failure.
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Be Cool
Conserver™. The Integrated Disk Drive Organizer/Switched Power/Cooling Fan
Heat is your computer's most
insidious enemy. Peripheral cards allow
you to do wonderful things with your
computer, but they unavoidably produce
heat inside your cpu. Load a Il¢s with
several peripheral cards and that heat is
multiplied. Heat-related failures become
areal (and devastating) possibility.
Conserver™, from Applied
Engineering, effectively cools your IIcs
while it protects against power surges
and helps organize a cluttered work-
space.
Conserver's quiet but powerful cooling
fan efficiently maintains a safe operating
temperature at all times. Drawing air
from the top of the Ilcs at a rate of 18
cubic feet per minute, Conserver offsets
the heat produced by expansion cards.
In fact, tests show a IIGS operates
more than 20 degrees cooler
with a Conserver than without.
The difference can be critical to
the life of your computer.
Power surges are another invisible
risk to your computer's well-being.
Power surges occur when voltage spikes
surge through your wiring looking for a
place to dissipate. If that place is inside
your computer, you'll very quickly gain a
greater understanding of the laws of
electricity. It's not a pretty sight.
Conserver incorporates special line
conditioning filters and dual surge
Suppression circuitry to protect against
surges, reduce noise and provide "clean "
power. Six switched AC power outlets line
the rear of Conserver to
accommodate your computer,
monitor and four other peripherals. Thus
protecting your computer and your
peripherals from surges. The outlets are
conveniently controlled by three front-
mounted switches with LED indicators.
For beauty, we gave Conserver the
same sleek lines of the Ics and a
Circle Reader Service Number 5
perfectly matched platinum color. To
reduce desktop clutter, the unit was
cleverly designed to house two 3.5" disk
drives, or one drive and the special
diskette holder we include.
Conserver. The cool, safe choice to
protect your Il¢s from its invisible
enemies.
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Upgrading Memory
Thave an Apple GS with standard
256K of RAM. I am interested in expand-
ing the memory size to 1 MB. Iam new
to the computer world and not sure
what RAM is or how to use it. How can I
upgrade my computer memory?
Michael J. Muolo
Colorado Springs, CO
Think of the RAM in your computer as a
piece of scratch paper the computer can use.
If you had to look up and dial several tele-
phone numbers, you would probably find it
easier and faster to write the numbers on
scratch paper as you looked them up, rather.
than having to go back to the phone book
each time you were ready to dial a new num-
ber (or redial one you had already looked
up). Adding RAM to your computer is just
like giving it a larger pad of scratch paper to
work with.
For the most part, you don't have to know
anything about how to use the RAM yourself.
As your IIGS needs RAM during operations, it
automatically uses it without you having to do
anything (as long as you have enough RAM).
When you upgrade, you don't need to
know how to install RAM unless you buy it
from a mail-order company. If RAM is pur-
chased from a local dealer, that dealer will
install it for you.
Discussions of the memory in a IIGS some-
times get confusing. The IIGS comes with
256K of memory on the main circuit board.
All but the earliest ITGS computers came with
an additional 256K on a memory expansion
board. When people talk about the memory
ina IIGS, they sometimes forget to include the
memory on the motherboard and mention
only that on the expansion board. Whether it
is what you meant or not, we suggest you add
1 MB of memory to the 256K on the mother-
board for 1.25 MB of total memory.
If your IIGS is one of those that came with
an expansion memory board, the easiest way
to expand the memory is to add memory
chips to the expansion board. Adding
enough chips to fill the board will give you
1.25 MB of memory, enough for all IIGS pro-
grams that we know about
You might also consider another approach.
We suggest you consider purchasing a mem-
ory card that uses 1 MB chips instead of the
256K chips the Apple card uses. These chips
cannot work with the Apple memory board.
They only work with boards from Checkmate
or Applied Engineering,
The cards that use 1 MB chips represent a
slightly more expensive way to add more
memory at the start, but are cheaper in the
long run if you find 1.25 MB of memory
restrictive.
AppleWorks GS
And Communications
Recently, I bought a copy of Apple-
Works GS, intending to use the integrat-
ed word processing and communi-
cations modules. Unfortunately, I have
not been able to transmit a word-
wrapped letter via CompuServe when
using AppleWorks GS. Apparently, a
hard carriage return is expected at the
end of each line or some buffer gets
jammed up.
Because I don't have this problem
with original AppleWorks and the com-
munications program Point-To-Point, I
assume the problem is not with Com-
puServe. Is there something I can do
within AppleWorks GS to overcome the
limitation?
Jim Sanford
(via CompuServe)
Many online services and bulletin board
systems have difficulty processing more than
80 characters without a carriage return. Com-
puServe will allow about 130 characters
before it has a problem, but 80 or fewer usu-
ally works better.
Original AppleWorks Version 2.0 or later
would insert carriage returns in files saved as
ASCII text, in the same place it would insert
them if the file was printed to an actual print-
er. Because this is usually after fewer than 80
characters per line, these files seldom cause a
problem when transmitted via modem.
Additionally, Point-To-Point inserts car-
riage returns in a similar fashion when it
transmits AppleWorks files directly.
The bad news is, we aren't aware of any
way to make AppleWorks GS insert the car-
riage returns for you. There are separate utility
programs that can do the job, but that defeats
the purpose of an integrated program like
AppleWorks GS. The best hope for a solution
in the near future is for a desk accessory that
can add carriage returns to a text file and also
solve the accompanying problem of removing
unwanted characters, such as carriage returns
and line feeds, from files received with the
communications module.
Unfortunately, we don't know of any such
desk accessory. So, until such a desk acces-
sory exists, you're probably stuck with insert-
ing carriage returns by hand.
ImageWriter LQ And The [IGS
Thave an Apple IGS and an
ImageWriter LQ printer. I have been
using AppleWorks, AppleWorks GS and
WordPerfect for the IGS. These pro-
grams do not use the 27-pin capability of
the ImageWriter LQ, in spite of the fact
that the LQ is a selectable printer. Are
there any programs for the Apple IIGS
that do?
Charles Boutin
Englewood, CO
WordPerfect Corp. is well known for sup-
porting a wide variety of printers. The com-
pany tries to support these printers as
completely as possible. WordPerfect should
be able to use the letter-quality printing capa-
bility of the ImageWriter LQ printer. We don't
have an ImageWriter LQ to test with Word-
Perfect here, but one of its fonts from 3 to 8
should provide the ImageWriter LQ's highest-
quality print mode.
Original AppleWorks has never supported
the ImageWriter LQ as a selectable printer,
but that's about to change. Version 3.0 of
AppleWorks will directly support the
ImageWriter LQ. We're not sure what features
of this printer will be supported, though.
AppleWorks is not known for making use of
a wide range of printer features.
Vendors of AppleWorks GS and other
desktop programs are at the mercy of the
printer drivers supplied by Apple. The
ImageWriter LQ printer driver supports the
printer in little more than ImageWriter II emu-
lation mode and can make no use of the LQ's
higher-resolution printing capability.
Apple has been in no hurry to develop a
printer driver that will take full advantage of
the LQ printer on the JIGS. We suspect part
of the reason is because the company doesn’t
feel it's worthwhile to develop a new driver,
because there aren’t enough IGS owners
with ImageWriter LQ printers. The LQ printer
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Diacritical Accents
I teach French and computer science
in a bilingual school in New York. From
1984 to 1986, my job was to study the
possibility of using computers for teach-
ing French as a second language. One of
our biggest problems has been in getting
diacritical accents over letters.
A year ago we purchased two Apple
IGS computers. We are pleased to have
access to alternate keyboards via the
Control Panel, but we are still unable to
get many of the characters we need. We
are very disappointed not to be able to
get the characters we need by using the
Option key, like on the Macintosh.
Gerard Chamorin
New York, NY
We know of several items that will help
you now. We have hopes for more when
Apple releases the new system software for
the IIGS. Most of the fonts available for IGS
desktop programs are converted Macintosh
fonts. Many of these fonts have the special
characters you need. The problem is that
most IIGS software only allows you access to
half the characters available in a font.
There are several ways to get to the extra
characters in a font. The Beagle Bros. Time-
Out series program SuperFonts is one solu-
tion. Although it doesn't allow you to see
those characters on screen, SuperFonts does
allow original AppleWorks to print using IGS
fonts and to access all of the 256 possible
characters. SuperFonts works with many
printers, as well as the Ile or IIc.
If there's no substitute for seeing what
you're going to print on screen before it's
printed, check out Paintworks Gold, Writer's
Plus Elite and Draw Plus. These packages
were developed in part by Version Soft, a
France-based company. They will access the
extra characters in a font when the Option
key is pressed, just like Macintosh software.
Another possibility is the Keycaps desk
accessory from MECC. Like the Macintosh
desk accessory of the same name, Keycaps
will show you all of the characters available
ina character set and allow you to copy char-
acters that you can then paste into your appli-
cations.
Finally, there are several font editors avail-
able for IIGS font the article on fonts
and font editors elsewhere in this issue for
more information on the products available.
If none of the other solutions seem to help, a
font editor can always be used to create the
characters you need.
There is some hope for more help in this
been reported that there will be a feature in
System 5.0 that will make it easier to use char-
acters with diacritical accents. See the article in
this issue for more details about System 5.0.
Error Message Mystery
Every now an then, I get a $0681 error
on my IGS. What does it mean?
Michael Bonifacio
Sydney, Australia
There's a method behind the funny num-
bers that a IIGS uses to report errors. The dollar
sign means the numbers are hexadecimal, or
base 16. The first two digits of the error num-
ber generally tell where the error came from.
Errors that start with an 06 come from a
IIGS tool called the Event Manager. Errors
starting with 00 and 09 are also common.
The 00 errors generally come from GS/OS.
Errors in the 09 series (notably the 0911 error
explained in the last issue) are generated by
the tool set that works with the Apple Desk-
top Bus, the method Apple uses for keyboard
and mouse input.
IIGS desktop applications are typically
event-driven programs. That means the pro-
gram decides what action to take next by
responding to events. Events include user
actions such as clicking the mouse and typing
on the keyboard. Events that happen before
the program is ready to respond to them are
stored in a queue by the Event Manager and
reported to the program, based on their pri-
ority and when they happened.
Error 0681 is generated if the Event Manager
determines that the information in the queue
has been damaged, perhaps by a rogue pro-
gram writing into memory it shouldn't.
Program Selector
I recently ordered an Inner Drive
from Applied Ingenuity. My understand-
ing was that the drive is formatted with
GS/OS, which means the Finder appears
when the system is booted. When I
installed my programs, I believed they
went in folders.
Obviously, a program selector is a
must. I've heard a lot about ProSel and I
currently use JumpStart, by Dave Hill, on
my System Disk. I'm very pleased with
JumpStart, except that it will lock up
occasionally when loading a program.
Which program selector should I use
and how can I set up the Inner Drive for
greatest efficiency? Should I reserve
some memory on the RamKeeper for
storage, or has the hard drive rendered
it obsolete?
Paul Klenk, Esq.
(Via AppleLink Personal Edition)
Yes, it's best to keep applications in fold-
ers. A ProDOS device can have only 51 files
in its main directory. If you tried to put all
your programs in the main directory, it would
be full long before the space on the hard
drive is used up. The main directory is best
reserved for folders that contain programs or
data and the few files that must be in a main
directory.
There are two theories on general organi-
zation of hard drives. Because programs
don't change very often and data does, many
people like to divide their hard drives this
way. They put all their programs on one vol-
ume and all their data on the other volume.
Then, when they do the necessary job of
backing up the hard drive, they usually only
have to worry about the data volume, making
the backup chore easier.
Others feel that because most programs, par-
ticularly under GS/OS, start out expecting the
data to be where the program is, they'll keep
their data in the same folder as the program and
do not waste time telling the program where to
get the data every time they run it.
There are so many program launchers
available for the IGS, we don't want to try to
list them all for fear of leaving several out.
They range from the Finder that comes on
the System Disk to simple, bare-bones
launchers to the extremely powerful ProSel,
which includes a comprehensive set of utili-
ties and is so flexible its launch screens can
be used as a Hypertext display medium.
The fact that some applications sometimes
freeze up when launched isn't necessarily
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connected to JumpStart. That happens occa-
sionally when programs are launched from
almost any program launcher.
We find that it happer often when we |
start a program from a launcher like ProSel-
16, which can purge memory as it launches a
program, or JumpStart, with its problem-file
launch procedure,
But you have to tell the launcher to purge
memory, and even programs started up like
this aren't immune from crashing. Often the
program being run has bugs in it. If the prob-
lems only happen after starting such a pro-
gram up with a particular program launcher,
it may only mean that the launcher provides
an environment that enables the bugs to
elves known. And sometimes
cessories can interfere with some pro-
grams, but not others. |
The decision on whether your RamKeeper |
is obsolete or not is one you'll have to make. |
When you have a fast hard drive — and an
Inner Drive definitely qualifies — the speed
of a RAM or ROM disk is less impressive
when compared to that of the hard drive.
We found that we quit using our RAM-
Keeper and eventually removed it from our
computer when we got a hard drive that was
nearly as fast. We know of others who get as_|
much use out of their RamKeeper now as
they did before they got their hard drive. We
would suggest that if you are thinking of get-
ting both, get the hard drive first and then see
if you still need the RamKeeper. i
— Larry Miller
Larry Miller, a programmer and consultant
based in Indiana, is a SYSOP on Compu-
Serve. His CompuServe I.D. is 76703, 1031.
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Desktop publishing
provides students
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fun, easy and effec-
tive way to express
their ideas on paper.
Because Apple-
Works GS is nothing
if not a desktop publishing program, let's use
itto build a simple one-page, two-column
newsletter of the type a school might use. As
a model, we'll use the newsletter in the photo
on this page.
You may find it useful to have the back
page of your AppleWorks GS Quick Refer-
ence Guide handy.
The first step in any such project is plan-
ning. Visualize what your final product will
look like. Draw a simple diagram if it will
help. As a rule of thumb, assume a typical
page can hold about 400 words of 12-point
text, including a few special effects.
To use the highest quality printing for your
final output, make sure that, wherever possi-
ble, you use fonts that are available in twice
the desired sizes, When Better Text is select-
ed for printing, a double-size font, if avail-
able, will be squeezed down to half size for
the best possible resolution. For this exam-
ple, we used only fonts that are included with
AppleWorks Gs.
Usually, the first creative step in the pro-
cess is writing the articles that will be includ-
ed. Use the Word Processor for this task.
You'll need two articles, one about 350 words
long and the other about 100. You can either
create two articles from scratch or modify any
Word Processor documents you have handy.
For this exercise, create the long article in the
10-point New York font and the short one in
12-point Times.
Open a new Page Layout document. This.
is done most easily from the first display
AppleWorks GS gives you; just double-click
on the Page Layout icon.
As in our Tip of the Month (see page 14),
immediately select Page Setup and choose
Condensed print and a vertical layout. Notice
the rulers in the document reset themselves
to larger vertical size. This is an effect of con-
densed printing.
Now select the Master Page by clicking on
the "M" page icon at the lower left of the
The format for our sample one-page, two-column newsletter was flexible enough to even
include late-breaking news!
screen. From there, select Set Guides from
the Options menu. Set the Top/Bottom and
Left/Right margins to 1 inch each. Select two
columns and set the column spacing to .5 of
an inch. Click OK when done, then select
Lock Guides from the same Options menu.
Now click on the Page 1 icon next to the
Master Page icon and you're ready to begin.
For the banner, we used the largest font
included in AppleWorks GS, 28-point Venice
Creating the banner is a two-step process.
First, create a Text Object by using the "A"
text tool to create a rectangle an inch tall by
about 5 inches wide. Note that these mea-
surements are based on the displayed ruler.
Select the desired font from the Font menu
and type your banner. When you're done,
you can use the arrow tool to select the text
object and move it so it's centered and
aligned just below the top margin.
To outline the border, select the rounded
rectangle tool. Pick a line size (we used the
middle one) and make sure that the unfilled
shape is selected. This is done by clicking the
leftmost of the two little squares just above
the line selections.
Now drag a rectangle around the banner.
Remember that after you're done, you can
again use the arrow tool to select, move and
even resize the rectangle until it is aligned
and sized the way you want it
Next, enter the headline for the first article.
Using the "A" tool, drag a text object that
starts just under the banner and extends.
down about an inch and a half. Its width
should fill the left column. If you selected
Magnetic Guides, this will be easier.
For the font, select New York 24, Bold and
Outlined. Type the desired headline and
adjust and align it as desired.
To put the first article on the page, start by
selecting Fit in Window from the Options
menu. This will give you a somewhat distort-
ed display of the entire page. Under the File
menu, select Import File and the larger of the
two Word Processor files you chose for this
newsletter,
You will now have a new pointer that
looks like the upper left corner of a page of
text. This pointer is used to place the text you
are importing. Realizing that the "corner" of
the pointer is the drawing point, drag a
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rectangle starting just below the headline and
reaching to the bottom of the page, filling the
left column edge to edge. Notice that text fills
in this rectangle. Notice also that it doesn't all
fit into the rectangle you drew.
Using the arrow tool, click on the rectangle
containing the text. You will see that handles
— the little black squares on the corners of
the rectangle — appear, along with the top
and bottom link tags. To make the text con-
tinue to the next column, click once on the
link tag at the bottom of the column of text.
You will again see the text pointer. Drag
another rectangle, this time in the right col-
umn beginning just under the banner and
ranging about halfway down the page. You'll
see the remaining text automatically fill the
object.
Select Actual Size from the Options menu
to see your page in a readable size. You can
fine-tune the placement and alignment of the
text objects at this stage. As you adjust the
objects containing the article, the text auto-
matically readjusts itself between the two
columns.
When you're done, create a text object for
the second article's headline in the right col-
umn directly below the end of the first col-
umn, For this headline, use 24-point Times
Bold.
Import the second article the same way
you did the first; use the Fit in Window func-
tion again, if you wish. Place the article in a
text object that fills the remainder of the right
column.
Return to Actual Size and fine-tune the
placement of the various objects on the page.
When you have finalized the layout, add
some separating lines. The plus-shaped tool
(+) will force lines to be drawn exactly verti-
cal or horizontal. Pick a pleasing line thick-
ness and place lines below the first headline
and above and below the second. Also draw
a long vertical line that separates the left and
right columns.
You're done! Print out the page and see
how it looks. Compare the differences in
quality and speed when you select Better
Text or Better Color.
If you have an ImageWriter II and a color
ribbon, feel free to embellish your newsletter
with color where you deem appropriate.
Keep in mind that if you intend to reproduce
your newsletter for distribution, an all-black
raster is much easier and less expensive to
ate than a multicolored one.
Tip Of The Month
Taking the following steps in the following
order can make your life much easier when
starting a new Page Layout document
Immediately after opening the new PL
document, Select Page Setup from the File
menu.
Select the desired paper size, then the ver-
tical or horizontal layout icon — as appropri-
ate for your project.
Also select Condensed Print. Always do
this. Otherwise, all your text will print out at
the size you see on screen, which, because of
the tall-rectangle aspect of the screen pixels,
will print out at twice the height of the point
size you selected. Sounds complex, but it's
very important.
The Page Layout module rearranges the
layout of your document to fit the above
parameters.
After defining the Page Setup, click on the
Master Page icon. (If you want different lay-
outs between left aad right pages, select Left
and Right Master Pages under the Options
menu and define each Master Page in turn.)
Now set up your page constants, the things
that appear the same on all pages. This
includes items such as page numbers, the
date and, most importantly, margins.
Select Define Guides under the Options
menu. Then set your margins, number of
columns and column separation. This creates
dotted guide lines that show up in the same
place on each page, assuring consistency.
When you finish setting the margins, select
Lock Guides from the Options menu so you
won't accidentally move the guides later.
You can also select Magnetic Guides,
which will automatically cause any objects
placed near a guide line to be pulled onto the
guide.
As soon as you are finished defining your
Master Page, immediately select the Page
One icon or youll find yourself building your
first page on the Master. Once you've done
this, you're ready to continue creating your
laid-out page.
— Joe Walters
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In Search Of Great Output
One of the most
important consider-
ations for those of
us that use desktop
publishing software
is the quality of the
output. The shape,
contour and spacing
of each individual letter is critical to a read-
able, attractive document. Blocky, jagged or
improperly spaced letters make text difficult to
read, And readability leads to understanding,
Some fonts are more legible than others.
Fonts with serifs make reading easier than sans
serif fonts. The serifs help to make each indi-
vidual letter unique. Sans serif letters can look
alike and, therefore, slow the reader down.
The more distinct the contour of a letter,
the easier it is to identify. If the edges of a let-
ter are too jagged, recognition can be diffi-
cult. The individual parts of a letter must also
be easy to recognize.
Letters should be set far enough apart so
that each individual letter is easily
but not so far apart that it looks
ters are separate from one another. Word
spacing, too, must be appropriate to prevent
words from running together into a jumbled
mess. Correct word spacing is determined by
the proportion of the space used between let-
ters. The greater the space between letters, the
greater the space required between words.
Itis especially difficult for a dot matrix
printer, such as the ImageWriter, to create
subtle serifs and smooth contours. The results
will be rather blocky when compared with a
laser printer or typeset-quality output.
When using IIGS-specific programs, the
best quality from an ImageWriter can be had
by selecting the Better Text option under
Printer Options. To have the text actually
improve by selecting this option, the font
being used must be available on disk in a size
that is twice that of the text in the document.
If no such font exists, the quality of the type
will not be improved significantly. Unfortu-
nately, we must usually trade off time for bet-
ter results. Each page of text output with
Better Text selected may take up to four min-
utes to print, depending on the program and
print driver being used.
Users have an advantage when using the
Laser Writer, because each IIGS desktop pub-
Counter
ce _ _Mean
Line
A _ _ Base
Line
‘Sans Serif
This "type" diagram shows the difference between serif and sans serif letters. Serifs are any
of the short lines that emerge from — and at an angle to — the upper and lower ends ofa
letter. Fonts with serifs are easier to read.
lishing program uses the LaserWriter's built-in
s. This makes the shape of each letter
sistent from program to program. The
main differences are in letter and word spac-
ing. There are also slight variations in the
weight and point size of letters created by the
different programs.
Available fonts on a LaserWriter are Couri-
er, Helvetica, Times and Symbol. In addition
to these fonts, the LaserWriter Plus includes
Avant Garde, Bookman, Helvetica Narrow,
New Century Schoolbook, Palatino, Zapf
Chancery and Zapf Dingbats. Not all ITGS
desktop publishing programs support the full
range of fonts built into a LaserWriter Plus.
How Each Program Stacks Up
Good but inconsistent quality can be had
with AppleWorks GS 1.0v2 on an ImageWrit-
er. The tops of letters can be distorted or
sheared off. This problem sometimes affects
the first line in a paragraph. When the print-
out is correct, the parts of each letter are clear
and smooth. The letter spacing is a little too
tight because some letter combinations
touch. Word spacing, on the other hand, is
well proportioned.
The new print driver that comes with
AppleWorks GS 1.0v2 decreases the time it
takes to print a document on an ImageWriter.
Using the new ImageWriter.CL driver, a page
of text clocked in at three minutes. The older
driver took just over four minutes to print the
same document. Eleven fonts are provided
with the program. AppleWorks GS supports
the ImageWriter, ImageWriter LQ, LaserWriter
and Epson. Printers can be interfaced
through AppleTalk, the IGS modem or print-
er port, GraphiCard or a parallel card.
AppleWorks GS 1.0v2 produced excellent
results with tight letter and word spacing when
text was output to a Laser Writer. Unfortunately,
only the standard LaserWriter fonts are sup-
ported. Bit-mapped fonts print properly.
The legibility of text output by Graphic-
Writer 2.0 to an ImageWriter is excellent. The
individual parts of each letter are clear, rela-
tively smooth and distinct. Counters are open
and properly defined. Even though the con-
tours of the letters are slightly jagged, the
overall effect is clear and well shaped. Serifs
are of good quality. Letter and word spacing
is loose. The 13 fonts provided with the pro-
gram come in a variety of useful sizes.
Ittook about 2.5 minutes to print a full
page of high-quality text. Only the ImageWrit-
er and Laser Writer are supported through
AppleTalk or the IGS modem or printer ports.
GraphicWriter 2.0 comes up short when
used with a LaserWriter. The letter spacing is
fine, but the word spacing is extremely loose.
For some fonts, the word spacing is unac-
ceptable. Also, not all the LaserWriter Plus
fonts are supported. They are available on
the GraphicWriter 2.0 disk, but other fonts
substitute for them when printed. Only the
standard LaserWriter fonts print properly. The
LaserWriter will also substitute built-in fonts
for bit-mapped fonts that are output by
Graphic Writer 2.0.
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Our new Audio Animator transforms your
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external mixer, and enough powerful, feature-
laden software to unleash the sound potential
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Record sounds from your own
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and analyze inputted data. The
zoom function permits you to “see”
what your recording looks like in a
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balance between desired fidelity and available
memory.
Audio Animator even has an on-board
Analog to Digital converter to sample at an ex-
tremely fast rate (37,000 times a second), and
with sound quality near that of a compact disk.
With it, you'll obtain far higher levels of fidelity
than with the GS’s Ensoniq chip alone.
Play back on your own speakers
The Audio Animator includes inpeet/ovetput
and thru for MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital
Interface) devices. Play and record melodies
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If fact, Audio Animator lets you daisy-chain up
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Audio Animator comes complete with an
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Connect a drum machine, keyboard, stereo, CD
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Software, Too.
The powerful, mouse driven software we
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‘The MIDI portion of the software is an 8-
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Features:
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These sample printouts were produced by booting the original disks provided by each ven-
dor. The same fonts were not available for each of the programs we tested. Therefore, we
determined that it would be best to select one each of a serif and sans serif font, trying to make _
sure that the fonts selected looked as much alike as possible. The size of the text is 12 pointon
a line length of 2 1/8 inches. The lines of type were set flush left so that extra spaces would not
be inserted between words,
Operating under GS/OS with
a two drive system,
Springboard Publisher was
used to output this sentence
to a LaserWriter Plus.
Springboard Publisher was
used to output this serif type
to an ImageWriter II printer.
AppleWorks GS 1.0v2 was
used to output this Helvetica
type to a LaserWriter Plus.
Medley 1.0's output to an ImageWriter is
very good. The letter spacing is a bit too tight,
because some letter combinations touch.
Word spacing is also tight, but proper propor-
tions are maintained. The 21 fonts provided
come in many useful sizes.
It took Medley 1.0 four minutes to print a
page of text, using the Better Text option.
The ImageWriter and LaserWriter are support-
ed through AppleTalk or the IIGS printer or
modem ports.
Medley 1.0 boasts tight letter and word
spacing on a LaserWriter. All LaserWriter Plus
fonts are supported, except for Helvetica Nar-
row. The program also includes an extensive
selection of bit-mapped fonts that output
properly to the LaserWriter.
Publish It! 2 produces very good output on
an ImageWriter. The letters are squared off in
a pleasing way that does not emphasize the
inadequacies of the ImageWriter. The con-
tours of the letters do suffer somewhat from
the jaggies, but letter and word spacing is
appropriate.
Only Publish It! 2 offers extensive menu
commands, which enable you to customize
letter and word spacing. Kerning is also avail-
able for pairs of letters.
Publish It! 2 was able to print out a full
page of text, with Double Strike selected, in a
blistering 50 seconds! There are six fonts that
come with the program. The printers sup-
ported include the ImageWriter and Laser-
Writer and a variety of printers by Epson,
Gemini and Okidata. Interfaces supported by
Publish It! 2 are the IIGS ports, IIc ports,
Super Serial Card, parallel card, Grappler,
Laser 128, PKASO, Textprint Print it!, Videx
Uniprint and AppleTalk.
Excellent results with a LaserWriter can be
had with Publish It! 2. The program substi-
tutes LaserWriter fonts for its own fonts, with-
out producing any spacing problems
between letters or words. Desplaines
becomes Helvetica, and Deerfield becomes
Times on a LaserWriter. When Publish It! 2 is
used with a LaserWriter Plus, Wilmette prints
out as New Century Schoolbook, Westwood
as Bookman and Ravinia as Zapf Chancery.
Springboard Publisher 2.0 produces only
fair output on an ImageWriter. The letters are
very blocky and have a lot of jagged edges.
The serifs are also squared off and blocky.
Letter and word spacing is tight, although let-
ter spacing is customizable. Springboard Pub-
lisher 2.0 offers only three fonts with the
main program disk, Gothic (Old English),
serif and sans serif.
The time that it takes to print a page of text
with Springboard Publisher 2.0 varies dramat-
ically, depending on the type of disk drives
that are being used and whether a RAM disk
is in use. It took four minutes to print a page
using 5.25-inch disk drives, but only two min-
utes, 45 seconds to print the same document
from a RAM disk.
In addition to an ImageWriter and Laser-
Writer, Springboard Publisher also supports
printers from C. Itoh, Citizen, Epson, Fujitsu,
IDS, NEC, Okidata, Panasonic, Printek,
Prowriter, Seikosha, Star and Toshiba. In
addition, Springboard Publisher supports a
wide number of interfaces, including
Alphabits, IIc port, parallel card, Super Serial
Card, Apricorn, AST, CCS, Dispatcher, Dual-
Comm Plus, Dumpling-64, Epson, Finger-
Print, Firmware, GraphiCard, Grappler,
HappiCard, K-T Parallel, Microbuffer,
Microtek, Mountain, MPI Auto-Plot, Omni-
Graph, PKASO, Print-it!, Printermate, Print-
max, Seiko, SSM, Tymac, Versacad, Videx
Uniprint and Wizard.
Springboard Publisher 2.0 produced excel-
lent results with a LaserWriter. The sans serif
font becomes Helvetica, and the serif font
becomes Times when printed. The letter and
word spacing for both is appropriate.
Conclusions
If you want a speed demon that can pro-
duce quality output on an ImageWriter, in
about the same time that it would take using
the internal fonts of the ImageWriter, then
Publish It! 2 is for you. No other program that
we tested came close to its speed. Publish It! 2
also offers the most commands for altering let-
ter and word spacing.
Our vote for best IIGS-specific output to an
ImageWriter is split between GraphicWriter
2.0 and Medley 1.0. While GraphicWriter 2.0
has excellent letter and word spacing, Medley
1.0 has a more extensive selection of fonts.
AppleWorks GS 1.0v2 needs to have the bug
worked out that causes the first line of a para-
graph to sometimes misprint. The program
could also do with a better font selection.
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We've taken a
Most IIcs software is
created for everyone else
first—for IBM, Commodore,
Apple Ile.
Then minor changes are made for
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JIGSAW! was called “deceptively And it’sa
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This wonderfully addicting elec-
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Typefaces AppleWorks GS 1.0v2 GraphicWriter 2.0 Medley 1.0 Publish It!2 Springboard Publisher 2.0
Athens 18
Avant Garde" 12, 24 10, 12, 14, 18, 24
Bookman** 12, 24 10, 12, 14, 18, 24
Cairo 18 18
Calligraphy 24, 36
Camelot 12,24
Circus 36
Courier* 9, 10, 12, 18, 24 12 10,12
Deerfield 12, 24
Des Plaines 9, 10, 12, 18, 36
Geneva 9, 10, 12, 18, 24 9, 12, 18, 24 10,12
Helvetica* 10, 12, 24 9, 12, 18, 24 10,12
Hollywood 12, 18, 24
London
(Old English) (Gothic) 18 a
Long Island 12,18
Madison. 24,48
Monaco 9,12 o) 9, 12
New Century Schoolbook** 10, 12, 14, 24
New York 9, 10, 12, 18, 24 18
Palatino 12, 24 10, 12, 14, 18, 24
Ravinia 18, 36
San Francisco 18
San Serif
Serif
Shaston 16 16 16
Symbol* 12, 24 12 9, 18, 24
Times* 10, 12, 24 9,12, 18, 24 10, 12
Venice 14, 28 14 12, 14, 24
Westwood 18, 36
Wilmette 9, 10, 12, 18, 36, 72
Zaph Chancery" 12, 14, 18, 24
Zaph Dingbats" 12,24
*Available on a LaserWriter or LaserWriter Plus
**Available on a LaserWriter Plus
If you have a non-Apple printer or interface, 5
P00 Products Mentioned
Springboard Publisher 2.0 offers the support
needed to make the right connection.
The best programs for LaserWriter output
are AppleWorks GS 1.0v2, Medley 1.0 and
Publish It! 2. Each of these programs provides
excellent word and letter spacing. Medley
comes out on top because it supports all but
one of the LaserWriter Plus fonts. i
— Gary Ramey
Columnist Gary Ramey is director of
advertising design at the National
Education Center in Arizona. He has 17
years of experience in commercial art
Additional company and product infor-
mation is listed in the "Apple IGS Hard-
ware And Software Directory."
AppleWorks GS 1.0v2
Claris Corp.
Circle Reader Service Number 36
GraphicWriter 2.0
Seven Hills Software Corp.
Circle Reader Service Number 37
Medley 1.0
Milliken Publishing Co.
Circle Reader Service Number 38
Publish It! 2
Timeworks, Inc.
Circle Reader Service Number 39
Springboard Publisher 2.0
Springboard Software, Inc.
Circle Reader Service Number 40
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WELL CONNECTED
The Well-
Connected IGS
Local area
networks (LANs)
are becoming quite
popular among
educators. The
connectivity
capabilities of the
Apple IGS are a
major reason why.
ince it was intro-
duced in 1986, the
Apple IGS has been
popular among edu-
cators. Local area
networks have not.
Lately, however,
educators are
becoming aware of the benefits — in cost and
efficiency — that networks offer to both stu-
dents and faculty. As a result, local area net-
works are becoming more noticeable in
computer labs, classrooms and administrative
offices.
There are several reasons for a school to
install a local area network. These include
reduced costs for peripherals, software and
storage media; greatly improved disk manage-
ment; and more efficient information sharing.
A Question Of Economics
When it comes to saving money, local
area networks can't be beat. School adminis-
trators around the country are saving money
on software, hardware and diskettes by using
local area networks.
Mac McCassey, administrator of data
processing for the Medford Public Schools,
Medford, Massachusetts, says there are five
AppleTalk networks installed at Medford
High School. The networks allow teachers,
students and administrators to share expen-
sive software and costly peripherals, such as
LaserWriter and ImageWriter printers.
AppleTalk lowers McCas
costs because he no longer ha
cations in multiple 10-packs. A single net-
work-aware version of a program saves
money for the high school.
Networks are so efficient in allowing
users to share printers and other devices that
Mary Lou Holding, a computer science teach-
erat Kennedy Middle School in Redwood
City, California, claims one ImageWriter print-
er is "more than adequate" for the 18 Apple II
computers in her lab. Because students usual-
ly work on different tasks and finish at differ-
ent times, having only one printer in the
classroom has not been a problem.
Jay Spillum, computer coordinator and
network administrator of the Little Falls
school district, Little Falls, Minnesota, has
installed five AppleTalk networks within the
district. Two of the networks are located in
the Community High School; one each in the
district's three elementary schools.
Four of the labs have 20 to 24 IIGS com-
puters each. The computers share two or
three ImageWriter printers. The Industrial Lab
at the high school links several Macintoshes
toa LaserWriter printer.
Disks Are More Manageable
Spillum considers disk management
another benefit gained from employing local
area networks. "We wanted to get away from
using so many disks," he says. The networks
make it possible for Spillum to put programs
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and student files onto a single hard drive,
saving the cost and handling hassles of using
thousands of diskettes.
Without the networks, each lab would
need one copy of every program for each of
its 20 to 25 IIGS computers. Because some
programs come on double-sided 5.25-inch
floppies, students would have to swap disks
during operation. The students would then
have to use additional disks to save their
data, "With a network, the students do not
handle disks," Spillum says.
This results in diskette and hardware
savings. Peter Lavelle, computer coordinator
for the Brookline public schools, Brookline,
that networks result
in more reliable disk drives. "Fewer things
can go wrong in the classrooms," he says.
"You don't have problems with misaligned
disk drives. We've cut down on our disk
replacement costs."
Bruce Powers, district technology spe-
cialist for the schools in Elk River, Minnesota,
credits disk management for improving the
technical quality of students’ writing. "We
have AppleWorks installed on a hard disk,
plus all the TimeOut programs — Quickspell,
Thesaurus and Superfonts," he says. "If we
had been working with stand-alone Apple Ile
computers, we would not have bothered with
TimeOut, because students would have to
deal with five or six diskettes. But with only a
hard disk on the file server, there's no need
for all those diskettes."
Before the TimeOut series was installed
on the network in Elk River, teachers spent
most of their time correcting spelling errors.
Now a spelling checker handles that task.
The network also makes it easier for stu-
dents to work in groups. Frequently, kids will
do joint projects. They create a single data file
on the server, which they each access at dif-
ferent times. It's quite common for students
to leave messages and work directives for
one another on the file server.
Saving work files on the file server elim-
inates some of the age-old excuses — the
dog can no longer eat a student's homework,
for example. Additionally, security features
can deny students access to certain network
files and applications, Students can't acciden-
tally lose anyone else's files.
The AppleTalk Connection
Most networking solutions offer
improved disk management, peripheral shar-
ing and reduced software costs. When Apple
Ils and Macs are involved, the network of
choice is AppleTalk. One of the biggest rea-
sons for this is that AppleTalk connectivity is
built into the physical makeup of every Apple
IIGS.
The simplest configuration consists of
LocalTalk twisted-pair cabling and connec-
tors. Users merely attach a system connector
to the IIGS printer port, plug a cable into one
of the cable sockets on the connector, daisy-
chain a second IIGS to the first machine —
via the second socket on the connector (and
so on down the line) — and attach the chain
toa dedicated Macintosh file server.
Users who intend to hook up an
ImageWriter to AppleTalk will need to equip
their printer with an option card and cable it
to the system. (Most LaserWriter models are
AppleTalk compatible, although the Laser-
Writer IISC requires an option card.)
Users who want to attach an Apple Ie
will have to install an Apple Ile Workstation
Card. Most people insert the Workstation
Card in Slot 7 on a Ile so the machine boots
directly from the file server at start-up. When
the workstations, file server and peripherals
are connected, the users are ready to config-
ure the AppleShare file and print-server soft-
ware and prep the workstations for the
appropriate software menu displays.
The AppleShare file server software
turns a Macintosh computer with one or
more hard disks into a multiuser storage
device. It lets users launch the same program
simultaneously, Individuals on an AppleTalk
network can share software files, folders and
applications.
A network administrator can determine
which users have access to which applica-
tions and documents. Because users can
launch applications directly from the server,
there is often little need for diskette drives at
the individual workstations.
An AppleShare printer server makes it
more convenient for computers on an
AppleTalk network to share printers. Apple-
Share print servers function as print spoolers
or buffers. When users are ready to print, the
print server accepts the print request and lets
users continue working at their computers,
instead of making them wait for the printing
job to finish.
The print server lines up print requests
in the order they are received. The network
administrator can rearrange this order, plac-
ing higher priority print jobs further up the
list. Administrators can also remove docu-
ments from the queue or cancel the printing
process entirely.
AppleShare print servers can manage as
many as five printers at once.
Installation Is Not For Babies
Although installing a network might seem
like a simple task, users are not encouraged to
undertake the procedure on their own.
First, network administrators should
decide what they want a network to do. After
laying out a basic design on paper, they
should consult with a local vendor.
Jay Spillum, computer coordinator
and network administrator in Little Falls,
Minnesota, consulted with Computers of St.
Cloud (a local Apple vendor) when he decid-
ed to use AppleTalk. "We got together one
Saturday to install the system," he says.
Some educators seek technical advice
directly from Apple prior to installation. They
confer with Apple system engineers and
attend AppleTalk summer workshops. Elk
River, Minnesota's Bruce Powers and his sup-
port staff belong to a local AppleShare users
group sponsored by Computers of St. Cloud.
He finds the meetings invaluable for acquiring
information about new AppleTalk products.
All networks make it possible for users
to share costly peripherals and software
applications. And every network system has
both good points and bad.
Users complain about the high cost of
AppleTalk, but are quick to point out that
AppleTalk works well. They explain that its
transparency to users makes it a viable solution
for the classroom.
Bruce Powers also has a network of IBM
PS/2 Model 30s for the administrators in the Elk
River, Minnesota school district, but he can't get
the printers to work properly on the network.
He has to use individual printers hooked up to.
individual workstations to enable printing. This
type of difficulty is unheard of with AppleTalk.
"AppleTalk is a network solution with a
future," claims Peter Lavelle of Brookline, Mas-
sachusetts, "and it's the future that is really
exciting." Lavelle refers to the fact that
AppleTalk is easily expandable to meet growth
needs. Once connected, students have imme-
diate access to what's stored on the file server,
without having to leave the classroom setting.
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The Grass Is Not All Green
The overwhelming majority of educa-
tors interviewed for this article are happy
with AppleTalk. There are several things to
keep in mind when deciding to install an
AppleTalk network, however. Cost is one
consideration, for example, because a Macin-
tosh must be used as a file server. A typical
educational-setting configuration consisting
of a Macintosh SE/30 file server with a 40 MB
hard disk drive and 2 MB of RAM costs about
$5,000. There are other limitations to Apple
I-based AppleTalk networks, such as:
e An Apple Ile can be used on the
system, but not a II+, IIc or IIc+
The Apple Ile must be "enhanced"
with the addition of an Apple II
Workstation Card ($175 to educa-
tors).
\ The standard IIGS configuration
consists of an Apple IIGS, 512K
RAM, one 3.5-inch disk drive and
one 5.25-inch disk drive. Net-
worked Apple IIGS machines
require at least 768K RAM. There-
fore, users must purchase addition-
al RAM to be network compatible.
This increases the cost of the initial
IGS configuration,
Because Apple IIGS workstations
can launch applications from the
AppleShare file server without
using a local disk, some educators
believe that the initial system cost
(which includes both 3.5-inch and
5.25-inch disk drives) is more
expensive than necessary. Yet
Apple offers no price reduction for
users who would like to purchase
a IIGS without diskette drives.
You cannot hook up an inexpen-
sive non-Apple printer to the net-
work. Although GS/OS (System
v5.0) includes an Epson printer
driver, Epson does not equip its
printers with a LocalTalk option.
Neither Epson, Apple nor Orange
Micro have found a way to get
around this hardware limitation.
As mentioned above, AppleTalk
_ requires a dedicated Macintosh file
server. While it's possible to use a
less expensive Macintosh Plus as
the server, Apple recommends
installing the more expensive
SE/30, Il, Ifcx or IIx. Dave
Rothschild, in K-12 Channel Mar-
keting at Apple, explains that
when a Macintosh file server is
equipped with 2 MB of RAM and a
68020 microprocessor (Macintosh
I) or 68030 microprocessor
(SE/30, IIcx and IIx), it will sup-
port 50 concurrent users in a single
network zone, as long as a
"repeater" — to amplify the signal
on the cable — is installed.
Machines with a 68000 micropro-
cessor (the Macintosh SE and Mac-
intosh Plus) and 2 MB of RAM can
support only 25 concurrent users.
7 Apple recommends purchasing the
largest hard disk a computer bud-
~ get will bear. This enables network
administrators to store many appli-
cations and files on the server.
Hard drives with 40 or 80 MB of
storage have become standard. Of
course, the more applications and
files stored on a hard disk, the
greater the potential for disaster if
the hard disk ever malfunctions. In
addition to purchasing a hard disk,
consider adding a tape backup sys-
tem. Backup systems increase
overall system costs, but users only
have to be burned once to realize
their tremendous value. Bruce
Powers, district technology spe-
cialist in Elk River, had a file
server's hard disk go bad. "I was
relieved to have a tape backup to
restore the files when a new disk
drive arrived," he says. Powers
backs up his networks on a
biweekly basis.
DOS 3.3 software cannot be stored
_ onan AppleShare file server.
AppleShare can handle only Pro-
DOS, MS-DOS and Macintosh
operating systems. To get around
this limitation, MECC, St. Paul,
Minnesota, has designed the MECC
Universal Cross Loader (member
price is $250) for several of its DOS
3.3 products. The Cross Loader
intercepts input/output requests
from a DOS 3.3 application at the
workstation and converts these
requests to the ProDOS file opera-
tions that AppleShare understands.
Unfortunately, the product is
designed to work only on MECC
software. It won't copy DOS 3.3
software from other publishers to
the network,
‘The number of AppleTalk-compat-
__ ible software selections is still
rather small. While this number
increases almost daily, keep in
mind that other network solutions
have been available for almost a
decade. Users may not be able to
use the older programs on their
AppleTalk networks.
Aristotle, Apple's own menu man-
agement software, is viewed as
AppleTalk's Achilles' heel. Net-
work-aware educators invariably
perceive it as a clumsy product. To
set it up, users need to use one of
the Apple II workstations on a net-
work. The workstation requires a
RAM disk with 256K and a mouse.
While these system requirements
might not be a problem for a IIGS
(it already has a mouse and memo-
ry card), users will need to pur-
chase additional hardware to
configure Aristotle from an Apple
Ile. In addition, teachers find that
configuring Aristotle is rather awk-
ward, because it only accepts input
from a mouse. Users can't use the
keyboard arrow keys to move the
cursor through the menu options.
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