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Quickie’s unique yellow-green image recognition system over- comes the red-blindness that’s so common Quickies You get unequaled sharpness and control with four resolu- tions (400 / 300 /200/ 100 DPI), three dithered modes plus black & white, and simulated greys. dust import your images into any leading Apple II painting, drawing, or graphics program, and presto! — You can create vivid color images that illustrate, captivate, and entertain. So contact your dealer or call today. At only $299, Quickie is unbeatable. VISA, MasterCard accepted. Fast, Smooth, Uncomplicated Vitesse, Inc. 13909 Amar Road Suite 2 La Puente, CA 91746-1669 (800) 777-7344 (818) 813-1870 (818) 813-1273 FAX Dealer inquiries invited. Circle Reader Service Number 1 Tere Scanner shown actual size Scan width 4.15 inches 400/300/200/ 100 switchable DPI Three dithered modes plus black & white Simulated greys Real-time display shows image as you scan Built‘in scanner view window Doubls rollers for accurate alignment Specifications subject to change without notice © Oop 190, Maen. (ke sa tademark of Vase, ne A Legendary designer Chuck Hayes scores again with FlightStick™ the most durable and superior joy- stick in the market today, outlasting the competition up to 100 times. The contour pistol grip, tactile trigger and fire but- tons, total 360 degree cursor control ... Advanced fea- tures like these reduce fatigue, improve response time and realistically simulate actual flying. Added throttle control for IBM models gives you better speed control for Microsoft's™ Flight Simulator™. FlightStick can be used with Compu- NS ter Aided Design, graphics applica- tions and any in- ss” teractive games. ~~ FlightStick is ~~ the matchless result of 25 years' experience > in joystick design and manufacturing. See your dealer today. Suggested Retail: $74.95 — Apple IE/IIC/IIGS $79.95 —- IBM PC/XT/AT/PS2 oN $74.95 — Tandy 1000 & For credit card orders call: US 1-800-624-5804; CA 1-800-262-2004 For more information call : (619) 744-8546 1225 Stone Drive San Marcos, CA 92069 Circle Reader Service Number 2 ‘Apple IIE, IC, 1 TBM PC/XT, Microsoft and “Tandy 1000 is ADE Editor’s Window........++« Columns IGS Press: Getting Down To Business......... Gary Ramey says desktop publishing programs can be used for more jobs than producing newsletters. Class Action: Expanding The AppleWorks Classroom... Using AppleWorks Version 3.0, and other soft- ware, to teach geography, sociology and math. Company To Watch: Applied Engineering... como bY) Bob Carroll, president and chief executive officer of Applied Engineering, is the first subject of our new column highlighting top Apple Il product manufacturers. Shareware Solutions: Those Delectable Das... receerrereree A) Joe Kohn examines some try-before-you-buy utilities. IIGS Address ... compere Columnist Larry Miller answers letters and ques- tions from readers. Inside AppleWorks GS: Calling All Graphics... resserreremerresters oO) Joe Walters explains incorporating graphics from the outside world into AppleWorks GS documents. Features Four For Taxes. 6 Cover Story: A litle diligence and the right soft- ware can make tax season fly by a lot faster. Make Mine Online..... aval Three of the nation’s largest online information networks cater directly to Apple IIGS users. We present an inside look at all three. CONTENTS The uyer's Guide VOL. 3, NO. 3 SPRING 1990 Product Reviews Cross-Works 2.0... FingerPrint GSi. GD. Prince of Persia Telework PIUS .......scssssssesesseeeee 60 Apple IIGS Hardware And Software Directory Accessories .... wee 2S Switch boxes, cleaning kits, dust covers, mouse containers and more Animation... ey) Animation software, presentation graphics, video players and more AppleWorks evvnseeeeee DO Compatible programs for AppleWorks Books And Publications... Literature of interest to Apple IIGS users 2000 DO Business Productivity .........00. 31 Integrated software, accounting packages, verti- cal-market software and more (Creative tmeesrsssessserres Paint, draw and more Desk Accessories... Pop-up accessory software for home and husnes Desktop Communications.........33 Telecommunications programs for file transfers and more Desktop Publishing. - 33 Combined graphics and text sofware for person- al publishing projects e[] Gs EQUATION cass scsescsoesecoceiscessseoesssess O4 Reading, writing, arithmetic and more Entertainment 42 Games, simulations, adventures and more Hardware And Peripherals. Extended memory boards, hard disk drives, graphics products, synthetic speech accessories, modems and more Training, writing and MIDI software for music Networking.......ssssssssssssessssssseeeeD Software and utilities for connecting to AppleTalk networks Online Databases .......00... Information utilities available online woes 49) Personal Productivity ...... Personal improvement. finance and more Programming And Utilities File recovery software, programming languages and programmer utilities Word Processing ........sssssssseeeee SL Graphics- and text-based word processing pro- grams Other Software... 51 Public domain software, shareware and a disk- based magazine Indexes Advertisers’ Index .....ssssssssel6 61 . 64 Entre cones copyright 100 by Redgate Conmuncaions Comparation, light reserved No pao hie publeaton may be eproduced a used nan form ary any means. eleanor mechanical, ining ph ‘ng, resoaing o by any lnormation storage or reeval system, winout permicsion In wring tom the publsher. The Apple IG noo Compt ne Nas gravee Rega Conmuneatons Cporaion te igh wu te a The App ss ‘Apple ‘registered wademarks IB notre 52065, ‘Second-ciass postage pal ‘eatons Corpuratoraiso pobishes The Macros” Bu nsible for unsolicited materials. Printed nthe U.S. aoras-es04 Su neatons scnvces to’ we Tange of hgtecaroogy lets. Fr more worn 2 Spring 1990 ‘Computer, nc, used by permission. Redgat rt ‘may not be representative ofthe views held by Redgate Commutation or carer Unsolicited manuscripts and ather materials wil Ber reed only #gacomparied by a sl access $10 tno 8 cope Al ordre ar ayaa 4 aires regu fommunications Corporation (snot responsi '3 Guide (ISSN 1041-8121) is published quart a I a apt ect ert pests irl ly eel tp ececaca ea eeeeare ine For oman hanagemen contac Ted Leos, Regate Cornuncatns Cororailn, Guide an independent journal ‘Buyers Guide. Apple isa registered trademark for the accuracy of product istings and ‘ot afilateg in any way with Apple Computer, Inc, but ie Compute ne. Apple le, Apt i and Apple IGS are scriptions: So 42 bisher ope The bl a mak Fid., Ch jgate Commu ent ses of computor books and cher properties: Ths company also provides markeong Camm DEFEND THE PLANET, BALANCE A CHECKBOOK, PLAY THE JUKEBOX, | AND SHOW YOUR COLORS. That’s just some of the adventures you'll have with your 3-month, $29.95 sub- scription to Softdisk G-S® Subscribe now and each month you'll receive a col- lection of ready-to-run, original software for your Apple IIcs. A3-1/2” disk full! Just think, a3 1/2-inch diskette filled with home-office productivity tools, AppleWorks™Gs templates, educational software, games, utilities, clip art, pro- fessional fonts, and more — delivered to your home! New software every month! Every month a Softdisk G-S subscription brings carefully selected quality software to help you get more value from your personal computer. Moreover, Softdisk G-S programs are not public domain! They are original programs written by professional programmers and software engineers, designed for quick accessibility by normal users like you. Sofidisk & Sohtcisk G-S ©1990 Softdisk Publishing. llrightsreserved. Photography by Jerry Jones, Sofsisk and Softdsk Gs licensed to Apple Computer Corporation. Print Shop is aegistered trademark of Braderbund. Sotdisk requires an Apple i, Here's some recent Softdisk G-S programs: Check-Might — Reconcile your check- book with this AppleWorks GS spreadsheet. Zappa Roidz — Improve your reflexes as youppilota space fighter. Soft Palette — Show your 256 colors from 16 palettes in this fully implemented paint program QuickTime DA — Gain alittle time with this clock desk accessory: Beachhead V — Play 18 holes on the elec- tronic links with this new Mean 18 course Different Apple IIcs and II versions available. And Softdisk is available for both the Apple Ics and the Apple Il. Softdisk G-S and Softdisk each contain completely different programs so that a combination order gets you twice the software for less than twice the price! Free Premium Graphics Collection. And when you subscribe to Softdisk G-S, you'll receive FREE the Softdisk Premium Graphics Collection * Volume 4 as our way of saying, “Thank you.” With 200 all- new original graphics designed to work with Bréderbund’s popular Print Shop® programs, Volume 4 contains signs, animals, sports figures, and people...plus, maps and symbols! SOFTDISK PUBLISHING monthly s software P.O. Box 30008 © Shreveport * LA 71130-0008 (318) 221-8718 © Toll Free 1-800-831-2694 ‘Computer with one floppy drive and 768K RAM; 1.25 Mb recommended. Programs nol copy protected, Circle Reader Service Number 3 1/3 off regular retail price! Subscribe now by calling toll-free 1-800-831-2694 or use the attached coupon to start building your library of educational software, games, templates, utilities, and personal “SS productivity programs. You can check out Softdisk G-S for a special three-month trial subscription price of only $29.95. That's over 1/3 off our regular retail price, so order today! 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Mandel Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer: jeff Parsons MIS/Facilities Manager: Tim Duncklee Director of Finance: Katherine Rouse Finance Administrator: Brenda Simmons Accounts Payable Administrator: Jaimi Saunders Credit/Collections Manager: Thomas N. Curione Cover Photography: Greg Leary WPA 4 Spring 1990 EDITOR'S WINDOW The Perils Of Productivity reader frustrated over what he per- ceived as a negative tone seeping from the pages of a number of Apple II publica- I recently received a phone call from a tions, including this one. While this immedi- ately raised my defenses, forcing me to point out the many positive articles we've tun in recent issues, I had to admit my frus- tration over the not-so-subtle lack of recent productivity titles for the IIGS. No matter how much we admire the IGS’ powerful new operating system or gloat over its still-superior graphics and sound capabilities, no computer will thrive without an ongoing stream of applications to back it up. After I got off the phone, a copy of the following letter to Apple CEO John Sculley arrived from the Maryland Apple Corp. Because the letter seems to nicely sum up the state of IIGS productivity activity, it is printed here in its entirety. Dear Mr. Sculley: We are members of the IIGS special interest group (SIG) of the Maryland Apple Corp, a Baltimore-based Apple Computer user group. Over the past year, we have had many discussions on the state of Apple I computing. Our most recent has been on the availability of software for the IIGS. Admittedly, we have seen the release of a variety of games and educational prod- ucts. However, our group is comprised of adults who want more from our invest- ments than electronic entertainment. Most of us are extremely concerned and frus- trated about the near absence of new pro- ductivity titles for the IIGS. In addition, most of the promising releases of 1987 have languished in a state of abandon- ment. Programs such as Draw Plus, ShowOff, Music Construction Set and oth- ers have received no attention other than bug fixes. We realize that software titles are pub- lished by independent houses and not by Apple Computer, Inc. We do not entirely blame the present state of affairs on you. However, we do believe that your compa- ny inherently occupies a leadership posi- tion and, at the very least, sets an example. The current perception is that you have forsaken the IIGS. Whether this image is deserved or not, it is time for Apple Computer to assert itself. This will require more than just a few well-chosen words in a keynote address, It will require action. A casual look at any Macintosh peri- odical reveals an abundant number of new or updated products. These are pub- lished by companies who undoubtedly have the expertise to produce IIGS-specific versions of their titles, We invite you to encourage them to commit their resources to IGS software development. The current version of the operating system has enough power to support applications that were not possible until now. Additionally, more than 1 million IIGS computers have been sold since the product's release. The time is right for a high-profile initiative. We are sure this subject is “old hat” by now. You have heard this from the editors of all discriminating Apple II publica- tions. We are hoping that an appeal from sincere users will make an impression upon you. A prompt response to our con- cerns would be appreciated. If the present trend continues, we can expect to see the functional death of the IIGS and with it the investment of time, money, energy and vision of so many people. Sincerely, The Committed Users of the IIGS SIG; Maryland Apple Corp; PO Box 2353; Baltimore, MD 21203. — Paul Pinella, Editor-in-Chief Circle Reader Service Number 4 TAXES FOUR FOR TAXES 6 Spring 1990 sing the Apple IIGS for tax plan- ning and prepa- ration may not be as much fun as zapping aliens, but no one ever said that life, or the U.S. tax code, was fair. It's a dirty job that has to be done once a year. By doing the job yourself, you can save money. As a side benefit, you'll organize and categorize your finances and make next year's taxes easier to crank out. MANAGING YOUR MONEY Managing Your Money is arguably the most versatile and feature-laden financial program available for the Apple II. Many of the program's features were designed to make getting organized for tax time less painful. Keeping track of different types of expenses and income flows is handled by setting them up as budget categories and fol- lowing the prompts on the screen to put them into their proper tax categories. Let’s assume that we want to keep track of doctor bills. A budget category called “Doctor Bills” is created. We define this as an expense item, a choice which leads to a variety of tax cate- gories from which we may choose. Choosing “Schedule A: Itemized Deduc- tions” brings up another screen with 24 spe- cific items that belong on Schedule A. They range from “Charity” to “Gambling Losses,” but one of them is “Medical/Dental Expens- es,” which looks right for our purposes. So our “Doctor Bill” category is assigned there. Other parts of the program will view “Doctor Bill” as a Schedule A item in report- ing and tax estimation. As long as this and other categories are set up correctly, they will take care of themselves for the rest of the year. Managing Your Money includes a Tax Estimator “chapter” where all the items and other budgetary information comes together. Worksheets are provided for Schedules A, B, C, D, E, F, which filter into a composite work- sheet for the 1040 Form. A keystroke in each worksheet calls up the category totals from the budget section of the program. Managing Your Money provides a com- posite total of the actual numbers from the start of the year to last month, budget figures from next month to the end of the year, and either this month's budget or actual figures, depending on which is greater. This is a great method for getting a feel for what you'll be dealing with in April. It also lets you play “what if” and see the effect of various scenar- ios on taxes. For example, How will it change your tax bite if the car is paid off? Just type over the Consumer Interest field in Schedule A and recalculate the tax with a single keystroke to see the impact. Spending some time throwing numbers at the Tax Estimator and seeing the effects on the final tax bill is a tremendous learning tool and one of the nicest features of Managing Your Money. “The TALKING, yLHOUS a) SERIES. own: aes Bi Q Talking ‘Animals qalking ABC'S » O Talking Dinosaurs 1 Talking Speller OD Talking Numbers Ti Talking Clock | ¢ Talking Money (9 OD Talking First Weitet Di Talking First Reader D Talking Schoo! Bus Talking Alpha chimp .d Shapes Fe TALKING we Tate NOUS o) seaes. F 7] Talking Colors an\ D Talking Reading Railroad nand Subtraction Di Talking Additio 4 See why children, teachers, and pat- This software brings the friendly ents have been mazed & delighted and reassuring voice of a real by our super soun & graphics. erson into the computer learning One teacher rites: “In Talking First environment. No speech poard is writer, We put ina sentence, the com- required because We utilize the puter read it out loud, and then instantly G's built-in Ensonia™ sound chip. roduced 4 brilliant, colorful picture Developers working with proven the GS computer that described the sentence. were educational concepts ave recorded perform at its max” ¥ ‘astonished! actual human voice electronically imum level. digitized the sound into Fressric — the computer program. F, “a. te a as Ne a from Orange Cherry Software. ust lad All programs are currently available on 35/1 synthesized computer i Ah he: voice that only con disks for the Apple lIGS. The so" fuses youngsters: suggested retail price 'S $49, $59 for the School Edition. To order, of for more information contact your dealer or call toll-free (800) 672-6002. eo wee ci le Reader Service Number 5 1040Works-X from Personal Financial Services There is no provision for estimating state taxes, yet there is a method to alter the cur- rent tax table and enter in whatever you like, including state information. In this way, its possible to input your state's tax table and get a good idea of what you'll be sending to the capital. Managing Your Money won't print your taxes, but the tax reports that can be printed contain much of what's needed to do the fed- eral forms. Although all reports can be cus- tomized to print in virtually any order, the built-in tax report is complete and well orga- nized. Continuing with our example, all “Doctor Bill” items will be gathered together by indi- vidual transaction, totaled with anything else that is allocated to the “Medical/Dental” cate- gory and placed in the Schedule A section of the report. As long as you faithfully input information into Managing Your Money over the year, your diligence will be rewarded with reports that can be transferred to a tax program or given to your accountant. The structure of the program forces you to be organized, so tax preparation should be a breeze. As usual, there is no free lunch. To get all the power and function of Managing Your Money, you'll want a powerful Apple IIGS system. The optimal machine to run Manag- ing Your Money contains a hard disk, a Trans- ‘Warp GS board, or at least two 3.5-inch drives or one 3.5-inch drive and enough memory to runa RAM disk. Without all this hardware, Managing Your Money operates slowly. 0 65 Ss over 63 ef enter AA 338 +] $38 or 33b 1S y 2 fo SWIFTAX Armed with the Managing Your Money tax report, Swiftax is a good choice to actual- ly get your taxes done. Swiftax is a tax prepa- ration program that can crank out just about any kind of personal tax form and supporting schedules. Swiftax is supplied on two double-sided 5.25-inch disks, but because it's unprotected and ProDOS based, it transfers easily to a hard disk or a 3.5-inch disk. If you don't have a 5.25-inch drive, a 3.5-inch disk is available directly from Timeworks for $5. We consider this a negative, because many IIGS owners don’t have both kinds of drives and it’s always frustrating to buy a program and not be able to run it right out of the box. The Swiftax interface is a bit odd, but acceptable. There are dialogue boxes and pull-down menus, but they don't work with the mouse. The menus are accessed using the arrow keys, which after a bit of practice seems quite efficient. Aside from the menus, there are Command-key sequences that are enough like AppleWorks to be comfortable, but different enough to be disconcerting. For example, Control-S saves files and Open Apple-Up Arrow brings you to the top of the screen. To get help, the sequence to use is Control-A, while Control-D deletes a line. The commands are quickly learned, though, and present no problem. There is an on-screen pop-up calculator, which sounds like a good idea. Because you have to save and leave the form being worked on before the Calculator can be used, however, we found a pocket calculator more useful. The Swiftax box gives the impression that the Form screen looks exactly like the 1040 Form. It doesn’t. Swiftax is not a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) program, yet the layout is clear and logical. Each form lists each line sequentially, using the same wording as found on the IRS forms. If you get confused anywhere on any form, hitting Control-A provides a context-spe- cific pop-up help screen. Using the arrow keys scrolls the help window up or down to find a short explanation of just about every line. This can jog your memory, but because the expla- nation is brief and not meant to teach the tax code, more help is often needed. The help screens refer to specific page numbers on the IRS 1040 instructions. A paperback copy of The Price Waterhouse Personal Tax Advisor is included. Swiftax provides two methods of actually filling out forms. The first and hardest method is to individually choose each form needed and fill them out one by one. The easier way is to start with the 1040. When you come to a line that requires a supporting schedule or worksheet, have Swiftax switch to what's needed before continuing the 1040. For example, 1040 line 8a in Swiftax reads: “Taxable interest inc (Sch B if $400 or over) — Ctrl-G.” At this point, hitting Ctrl-G clears the screen and replaces it with Sched- ule A, which needs to be filled out. When done, Schedule A is saved and the 1040 reappears with the calculated total already in line 8a. This powerful linking feature is one of the nicest features of Swiftax. When the 1040 is completed, so are all the required schedules and worksheets and the informa- tion is ready to be printed. Swiftax will print on the IRS 1040 Form, if your printer accepts friction-feed paper. If not, it will print on plain paper, and the information can be transferred to the 1040 by hand. All the schedules, forms and work- sheets can be printed on green-bar computer paper, which is accepted by the IRS. Managing Your Money and Swiftax work well together and get the job done fairly easi- ly and efficiently at a cost of around $200 for the software. ALPHA CHECK If you don't have $200, but do have AppleWorks 3.0 — and a bit more time — the same job can be done for around $79 using Alpha Check and 1040 Works-X. 8 Spring 1990 HUNTING FOR GRAPHICS? Watch your favorite Apple II painting pro- run wild! Adjust brightness and contrast, grams come alive with ThunderScan. ™@ Just without rescanning your image. Choose any snap the ThunderScan cartridge into of four image modes: half- your ImageWriter (except tones, line art, 16-level gray LQ) and you've le, or color effects. And instantly turned ThunderScan supports High Res, your trusty printer Double Res, and IIcs Super into a high-pow- Res displays (for quality no ered-imaging s other imaging tem for your Ile, can match). @ Tic, ics. Now you're it’s a jungle out there. set to capture even But at just $219 from the most awesome your dealer, ThunderScan graphics and “bring proves you can hunt big *em back alive” for use game, without a big budget. with leading Apple II programs for painting and desktop publishing. ™ For example, you When your image really matters. can use ThunderScan to scan drawings and y fF FORAPPLEI! photos and then enhance them with Apple- 21 Orinda Way, Orinda, CA 94563 415/254-6581 works GS, Paintworks, DeluxePaint, Dazzle- Draw, or Publish It!. @ Whether you're hunting tigers or lion art, let your imagination Thunderware® Rae sieves CAPTURE SOMETHING WILD. re me Now" as who apple The following are trademarks of the companies indicated: ThunderScan, Thunderware and the Thunderware logo: Thunderware, Inc.; Appleworks: Claris, Inc.; Paintworks: Activision, Inc.; DeluxePaint: Electronic Arts; DazzleDraw: Bréderbund Software Inc.; Publish It: Timeworks; Apple and ImageWriter: Apple Computer, Inc. ©1989 Thunderware, Inc. Circle Reader Service Number 6 MANAGING YouR MONEY SWIFTAX 1040Works-X (Worksheets Only) Form 1040 Form 1040A......... Form 1040EZ Form 2106 (Employee Business Expense)... Form 3903 (Moving Expense) Form 4562 (Depreciation/Amortization) Form 6251 (Alternative Minimum Tax) Form 8582 (Passive Loss Limits). Form 8606 (IRA Deduction)...... Form 8615 (Childs Tax) Schedule 1 (Supplement to 10404)... Schedule A (Itemized Deductions)... Schedule B (Interest/Dividend Income)..... Schedule C Schedule (Capital Gains/Losses Schedule E... (Supplemental Income) Schedule F... (Farm Income/Expense) Schedule R.. (Elderly/Disable Schedule SE...... Social Security . & Self Employment Tax 10. Spring 1990 TAXES Alpha Check is a check-writing and report- ing program that runs within AppleWorks. More than a series of templates, it actually uses AppleWorks and UltraMacros from Beagle Bros as a programming environment. When running the program, it's often hard to believe that you are still in AppleWorks. The Alpha Check menu appears as a pop- up window on the AppleWorks main menu. From there you can write checks, print or view a series of reports, add files, update the check register, post to credit card or cash accounts, add files to the Desktop, or launch UltraMacros tasks (although UltraMacros is not required to run the program). When checks are written or deposits are entered, entering a tax category by name or reference number in the memo field and marking that they are tax items is all that’s required to later transfer pertinent tax infor- mation to the 1040 and Schedule C (Business Income/Expenses) of 1040Works-X. 1040Works-X 1040Works-X is an extensive set of Apple- Works spreadsheet templates that will work with versions of AppleWorks from 2.0 on up. All the major forms and schedules are con- tained in one large spreadsheet that has the math built in. Eight smaller templates contain the rest of the forms. All products are entered into a data transfer worksheet contained in the main spreadsheet to get the proper totals to their correct place on the 1040. As the various forms are completed, the 1040 gradually fills itself in. The documenta- tion is easy to follow and it walks you through the process. Brief instructions in the templates help you navigate through the forms. Macro files are included for a number of macro programs, including UltraMacros, SuperMacroWorks, AutoWorks and Keyplay- er. These are useful to jump to the start of dif- ferent forms, to fill in names and Social Security numbers, and, ultimately, to print out the entire pile of forms and schedules in their proper order on the supplied green-bar paper for submission to Uncle Sam. The 1040 information must be manually transferred to the IRS form. Alpha Check and 1040Works-X have been enhanced to work together. To transfer infor- mation between the two, all that's needed is to run a Task file within Alpha Check while the proper 1040Works-X files are available on the Desktop. This isn’t meant to do all your taxes for you, but it will get you started and simplify the process with 1040Works-X. Anew enhancement to Alpha Check, called Alpha Works, will create balance Propucts MENTIONED sheets, income statements, personal budget- : ing reports and draw graphs within Apple- Product: Managing Your Money 4.0 ‘Works, Ths will be offered for free when ssiaeeeeerieal eee both programs are purchased together. alte SE However you decide to get your taxes Riverside Ave; Westport, CT 06881, done, it’s wise to remember that the tax struc- 203-226-2400 ture is a twisty maze of IRS rules and regula- AES PUSS Suiits tions. For that reason, the 1040 Form isn’t a Product: Swiftax place where points are awarded for guessing Price: $69.95 retail Don't assume that a tax program will give Company: Timeworks, Inc; 444 Lake you the knowledge to do complex taxes. It Cook Rd; Deerfield, IL 60015, won't. But armed with a reference book, like 312-948-9200 the one that comes with Swiftax, and the IRS Circle Reader Service Number 55 instructions that come with the forms, most anyone — whose financial life doesn’t Product: Alpha Check 3.0 require keeping a hot line to an accountant Price: $39.95 retail —can do their taxes — and maybe even Company: ACTAsoft; 19700 Wells Drs have fun in the process. ll Woodland Hills, CA 91364; 818-996-6731 Circle Reader Service Number 56 — David Winograd, contributing editor Product: 1040Works-X , Price: $30.95 retail; for 3.5-inch disk David Winograd works as a technical Company: Personal Financial Services, analyst of financial markets. He can be PO Box 1401: Melville NY 11747. reached on CompuServe (72767, 2217) and 516-757-3201 : America OnLine (N[DavidW), Circle Reader Service Number 57 Francs and Pounds and Lira and Marks and Yen turned into $24.5 Billion* U.S. Tourist Dol- lars last year. Thats how much foreign visitors spent while travel- ing around the United States. This $24.5 Billion is new money which improves our balance of trade with other nations, creates jobs, supports an array of businesses, and increases tax revenues. ThatS why “Tourism Works For America”... and you. —————————————— “Preliminary 1988 Estimates, Source: U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration, National Travel and Tourism ‘©1989, National Travel and Tourism Awareness Council ‘Awareness Council The Apple IIGS Buyer's Guide 11 Audio Animator unleashes the sound potential your Compute at Warp speed with TransWarp GS. Ilcs was born with. Com- More than doubles processing speed and it’s plete MIDI interface, soft- upgradeable. $399. ware and external mixer. $239 PC Transporter lets your IIcs run IBM’s MS-DOS. Shop both sides of the software aisles. $499. External mixer (included with Audio Animator) places precise control over sound levels at your fingertips. Vulcan internal hard disk replaces the Apple power supply with 70 watts of pure power and up to 200 MEGs of storage capacity. From $699. The Apple Ics computer. Loaded with the potential to be a fast, powerful super computer. All it takes is a lot of love and a little help from Applied Engineering. Super System IIGs For ten years, Applied Engineering has set the Apple Il industry standard for quality and reliability. We do it with top-notch tech support, innovative new products and a commitment to design and build the best products possible. To receive your free 32-page Applied Engineering product catalog, see your dealer or call (214) 241-6060 today, 9 am to 11 pm, 7 days. To place an order, 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 Made P.O. Box 5100 ¢ Carrollton, TX 75011 © (214) 241-6060 © copyright 1989. AE Research, Inc. Al rights reserved. Prices subject to change witout notice. Circle Reader Service Number 7 RamKeeper creates permanent storage with an “electronic hard disk” while it protects your files against power outages. $189 Our newest IIcs memory card grows from 256K to 4 MEGs, with full compatibility. From $229. Applied Engineering's 5.25 disk drive (top) features a new design for virtually flawless performance. $149. MS-DOS compatible 5.25 Drive System (bottom) — boo rom PC Tranporte from $259. “i A // Conserver effectively cools your Ics while it protects against power surges and helps organize workspace. $99. DataLink Express, the first full- featured external modem. Up- , The easiest, most gradeable, Hayes compatible and ceases, moet complete; complete with software. $249. nue! Pepaiee Comaeaenications ReadyLink. $99. A Applied Engineering° The Apple enhancement experts. A Division of AE Research Corporation IIGS PRESS Getting Down To Business Don't let the hype surrounding desk- top publishing soft- ware fool you. ‘These programs can and should be used for a lot more than just newsletters. In fact, most business documents can be enhanced with them. The current crop of desktop publishing programs for the IIGS offers many features that are usually lacking in standard word pro- cessing, database or spreadsheet programs. Desktop publishing software is designed to make documents look good, whereas other business software is usually concerned with manipulating data. Many business forms cry out for added touches. For instance, the addition of lines or shaded areas can make a difference in how well your resume stands out from those of other job applicants. Our examples of such documents were printed on an ImageWriter II. ResumeWriter. If you need to give your resume a face-lift, consider using a pro- gram such as GraphicWriter from Seven Hills Software. Use the same software to create the cover letter that will accompany the resume. In our example, we used the same heading and also duplicated the same decorative lines beneath it. This gives the two documents a more professional appearance. To create our example, we set the indent equal to the left margin. Then we chose 12-point Palatino, an attractive type- face with a modern look, as our font. The heading was centered :on the page by select- ing Center Justify. We judiciously turned on Bold to emphasize information. Itis best to limit the way in which text is made to stand out. Using Bold, Italic, Under- line and Outline type styles in the same docu- ment would be overwhelming. Professional documents such as resumes are usually done conservatively. Horizontal lines were drawn with the Line tool. Because it is difficult to make sure that the lines matched in length, we covered the ends with white solid boxes. The areas on the cover letter labeled “You Require:” and “My Qualifications.” were 14 Spring 1990 GraphicWriter can be used to create a variety of documents, such as a resume (right) and an accompanying cover letter (center). Publish It! allows you to create a variety of forms, such as an invoice (left), which can even allow text to be placed within boxes. entered into separate regions. It was there- fore easy to move them around the page and try various arrangements before the final product was printed in High Quality mode. An AppleWorks GS Workout. Give AppleWorks GS a chance to create an atten- tion-getting brochure. After launching the Page Layout application, select a Vertical Siz ing of Condensed and a landscape Orienta- tion from the Print Setup menu. The resulting page will appear to be extremely long verti- cally but will print properly. The rulers will not be absolutely accurate. Select Set Guides from the Options menu. Then choose .5 inch for all margins. Also select 3 Columns with a Column Spacing of 1 inch. This will prevent the columns of type from being set too close to the folds. After creating all the guides needed for the publication, choose Lock Guides from the Options menu. Depending on how you are laying out the brochure, Magnetic Guides can bea real time saver. We toggled this feature on and off throughout the creation of our sample brochure. The thick lines at the top and bottom of our sample are actually filled boxes. If no envelope is to be used with the brochure, leave the outside middle panel between the back panel and the front panel blank. This area can be used for addresses and a stamp. Better Color and Darker were selected for the printout. Move On To Medley. Now that you have created a brochure, you might want to include a reply card with it. Medley from Mil- liken Publishing Co. has features that make creating this kind of card a snap. The Zapf Dingbat font and automatic leaders for‘tabs were especially helpful. First we turned on Condensed printing in the Page Setup mode. Then we made the page narrower by dragging the margins clos- er together. The New Century Schoolbook font was selected because it has large serifs and reads well at many point sizes. The main heading is in 24 point. The last line is in 7 point; everything in between is in 12 point. Paragraph alignment was set to Justified to make sure that the card looked symmetri- cally balanced. The tabs were set progressively as need- ed. We used a line leader for the tabs. Every time the Tab key was pressed, a line was drawn automatically as the cursor zipped across the screen to where the tab was set. ‘An extra space was manually added before and after we tabbed to each label position. CDA COMPUTER SALES {lh ANNIVERSARY Delivering Complete Ready-to-Run Systems for over a Decade Apple lcs Entry System Complete System Includes: * Apple Ilcs 1 Meg CPU w/Keyboard & Mouse ¢ AppleColor RGB Monitor * Apple 3.5" Disk Drive © ImageWriter II Printer w/cable ¢ Color Rainbow Ribbon 3.5" Diskettes - Box of 10 ¢ Dust Covers for CPU, Monitor, Printer and 3.5" Disk Drive © Package of Paper - 500 Sheets * Mouse Pad Sugg. List $2989 Package #9080 CDA System Price $2199 . 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If for any reason you're not 100% satisfied, return the item within 30 days (software excluded). New! 180 Day Guarantee. All products are guaranteed for 180 days to be free of defects or CDA will repair the item free of charge. Shipping Information UPS Ground - add 3% ($3.50 min); UPS Blue 2-day service - add 5% ($5.50 min.); Alaska, Hawaii, PR, APO/FPO - add Hours - Mon-Fri: am-10pm EST, Sat: Sam-Spm EST | | | 6% ($6.50 min) Foreign orders call or fax for rates: FAX # (201) 832-9740 | CDA Computer Sales, One CDA Plaza, P.O. Box 533, Califon, Nj 07830 | | All prices subject to change without notice. CDA is not an authorized Apple Dealer. Product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective compa- nies. Apple and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. Circle Reader Service Number 9 of CDA"s Apple Users Catalog Name Address State Zip IIGS PRESS The Zapf Dingbat font was used to set the shadowed checkoff boxes. The letter that corresponds to the boxes on the keyboard is the unshifted “Q.” Finally, the reply card was printed with Better Text selected. Publish It! Publish It! 2 from Time- works, Inc. has very powerful tools for creat- ing forms such as invoices that require text to be placed within boxes. It is possible to create text areas that can be placed any- where on screen and positioned accurately. We started our invoice by first designat- ing a text area at the top of the page that could contain the name of a company and the address and telephone number. Next the “SOLD TO” and “SHIP TO” areas were creat- ed. After typing each letter on a line, all the text in the area was selected and centered. This caused each letter of the label to line up perfectly. The Box tool was used to create a box large enough to hold most of the remaining elements of the invoice. We used 10-point Desplaines for the headings over each section of the invoice. After typing all the headings in separate text areas, we drew vertical and horizontal lines to separate the headings and to create columns. The copy and paste functions were used extensively while creating the lines. The “TOTAL” box at the bottom of the form was produced with the Box tool and then subdivided with the Line tool. The text was then entered into its own text area, The form was printed using the Double Strike option. There are many other kinds of docu- ments that you might add to our list that can be produced with IIGS desktop publishing software. We have provided these few exam- ples to help you decide to take the plunge. After all, desktop publishing is merely preparing art for print. If you need to get something into print, use a desktop publish- ing program to do the job quickly and effectively. — Gary Ramey Columnist Gary Ramey is director of adver- tising design at the National Education Center in Arizona. He has 17 years of expe- rience in commercial art. 16 Spring 1990 Advertisers' Index For Free Information From Our Advertisers Next to each advertiser's name is its reader service number. Circle the appropriate numbers on the Reader Service card, detach the card and mail or call 1-800-262-3012. Reader Service # Advertiser Page # Thos iy Abracadata sree tenn re reramse etn teen ee enn 02 Applefest.... =o Applied Engineering .. ...Applied Engineering ...CDA Computer Sales...... .CH Products ....Choice Computer Products... Co-Du-Co....... Educational Resource: Kensington Microware, Ltd... Orange Cherry Software ............ Public Domain Exchange... Quality Computers Softdisk Publishing Vitesse, Inc. .... Tulin Corp. .... .Zimco International, Inc. CLASS ACTION Expanding The AppleWorks Classroom AppleWorks “Classic” from Claris Corp. is one of the most popular soft- ware tools ever developed for the Apple II. This Pro- DOS 8 productivity package consists of three integrated applications: word processor, database and spreadsheet. Each application can manage vast amounts of text, and individ- uals can share data easily among the modules. The latest AppleWorks upgrade (Version 3.0) adds several new features that dramatical- ly improve overall performance. The software now has a spelling checker and word-count capabilities. The application incorporates more than two dozen new mathematical func- tions for increased spreadsheet versatility. No single enhancement will send you rushing to purchase the upgrade. Collectively, however, the changes represent a striking boost in computing power. All of this power raises an interesting point. Why not use AppleWorks in the classroom to teach conventional subjects such as geography, sociology or math? After all, teachers who use AppleWorks in class frequently point out that youngsters learn the program more quickly if they have specific assignments to complete. It's much easier for users to memorize commands while solving problems. The applications previewed below consist of AppleWorks data files that not only help kids become familiar with AppleWorks, but also make available an amazing amount of information on world economic power and politics. Each package, except for World Data, ships with a teacher's guide, student manual and computer lessons or activities. Instructors can use the files to supplement classroom, instruction in subject areas such as social stud- ies, history and geography. The electronic materials are not copy pro- tected so they can be modified. Students read through the AppleWorks files and sort, rear- range or manipulate data to answer questions or complete research. IMMIGRANT One of my favorite collections of Apple- Works data files is the Educational Technolo- gy Center (ETC) package, produced by Harvard's Graduate School of Education. Entitled Immigrant: The Irish Experience in Boston, the product is designed to recreate the early Irish experience in Boston. It was developed as an experimental social studies curriculum for kids in junior high school. While no claims are made as to the accu- racy of the material provided, information about the costs of food and clothing, salaries and occupations, and housing type and con- ditions is based on historical records. The package consists of a data disk with 18 AppleWorks files and a teacher’s guide with summary instructions, There are activity sheets, an 1855 map of Boston and surround- ing cities, suggested readings, plus a list of instructors known to have classroom experi- ence with the product. Immigrant has been tried successfully in several classrooms around the country. To work through the simulation, young- sters follow a particular immigrant family dur- ing a 10-year period: 1840 to 1850 or 1850 to 1860. The students begin by examining pas- senger lists of two ships on route from Ire- land to the United States. The lists are contained in database files for two ships: The Alexina and The Oregon. Passengers are described by name, age, sex, occupation and amount of money in their possession. After determining the kinds of people on board the ships, youngsters select a family or individual who interests them. Then they make decisions about their “adopted” immi- grant regarding housing, employment and daily living. Students keep a diary (an Apple- Works word processor file) and work with actual data for the period. Students develop AppleWorks skills as they familiarize themselves with the socioe- conomic conditions of the times. Immigrant encourages users to transfer database materi- als directly to their word processed diary file. The program provides experience in retriev- ing information from database files and manipulating figures on a spreadsheet. For example, students have to search housing databases for a room or dwelling their immigrant can afford. They must examine job databases for possible employment. Some jobs include room and board. Others require that the cost of transportation be considered, because the place of employment is too far from where the immigrant has chosen to live. Two database files (Transport 1840 and Transport 1850) con- tain information on commuting costs between different points in the Boston area. There are Market spreadsheet templates to calculate a family’s weekly food and cloth- ing expenses. Prices differ from one decade to another. Similarly, there are two Budget spreadsheet templates for calculating weekly, monthly and annual expenses, as well as 10- year projections for household accounts (total family income and expenditures) from 1840 to 1850 or 1850 to 1860. After a 10-year period, students count the money saved to see if there's enough to purchase a house. IMMIGRANT Pius Gary Cressman, an eighth-grade history teacher in Enumclaw, Washington, has added several database and spreadsheet files to the basic Immigrant package. There's a modified Alien Registration form from the U.S. Depart- ment of Immigration and Naturalization, plus readings from many library sources. He includes a copy of his introductory lecture on immigration, sample student diaries, and a modified version of the original instruction manual, edited for his instructional needs. His double-sided, 5.25-inch floppy disk is a nice companion disk to the original data file collection. Immigrant will challenge your students and children to think critically about the lives of the Irish in 19th century Boston. Manipu- lating the files on disk also will give them hands-on experience with AppleWorks. The package is still available from ETC, but the Center has sold the product rights to Sunburst Communications, Inc. Sources at Sunburst say that Immigrant will be available under the Sunburst label some time in 1990. It’s too early to tell if Sunburst will modify any data files currently on the disk. GLOBAL STUDIES The Power of Nation States and World Data from Data Disc International are two collections of AppleWorks documents strong- ly recommended for middle and high school courses in global political economy, geogra- phy or social studies. The basic information contained is the same for both packages. The products differ in that Nation States adds a site license, teacher's guide, student texts, tests and spreadsheet exercises. World Data contains no student lessons. ‘The Apple IGS Buyer's Guide 17 CLASS ACTION Each product gives users access to an extensive database containing thousands of discrete facts for 167 independent nation states, ‘The data was compiled from a 1986 “snapshot” of sources as diverse as South Magazine, pub- lic CIA files and World Bank statistics. Information is arranged in more than 40 data fields, including military expenditures, population statistics, life expectancy, nuclear weapons, energy production, political sys- tems, exports and imports. Together these fields provide a knowledge base to help stu- dents understand and quantify the attributes of power in international affairs and research statistical differences among countries. When the products are used in conjunc- tion with a map or atlas, kids can learn the location of nation states, as well as the signifi- cance of strategic military alliances and inter- national trade patterns. PRESIDENTIAL SOFTWARE Data Disc’s Presidents consists of a collec- tion of AppleWorks word processor and database files on America’s national leaders from Washington through Reagan. Youngsters will be able to research and manipulate infor- mation about significant events, administration highlights and low points, congressional activ- ities, election years, family and personal life, and more. As with the other packages, instruc- tors can modify any file on disk to meet class- room teaching objectives. Data Disc is planning to release Apple- Works versions of its data files about the Unit- ed States (The 50 States: An Analysis and State Data). These packages contain statistical and descriptive materials, so students can compare and contrast individual states in terms of more than 100 informational cate- gories, including state economies, famous people, geography, historic events, places, politics and so on. Youngsters will be able to convert raw numbers for several categories, such as population, educational level and state birth rate, to national-based statistical percentages. IIGS-specific versions for each package are also in the works. The products reviewed above capitalize on AppleWorks’ capability to teach subjects as far-ranging as global studies, United States history and economic geography of the 50 states. They supplement conventional text- book instruction by giving students instant access to vast quantities of facts. Kids develop sophisticated data manipulation and analysis skills as they work with computers to organize details and reach meaningful conclusions. With AppleWorks-based course materials, the world is literally at their fingertips. One caveat: Some Data Disc International files exceed the 40K desktop limit set by AppleWorks 3.0 for 128K Apple IIs. Apple IIs with expanded memory and Apple IIGS machines equipped with the standard 512K or above will not have the 40K limitation. Also, individuals with 3.5-inch disk drives should transfer data files from the 5.25-inch dual-sided floppies to 800K diskettes to minimize disk swapping during program operation. i — Carol S. Holzberg, Ph.D. Shutesbury, Mass.-based columnist “Carol Holzberg is an anthropologist.and computer journalist. She writes for several magazines, serves as a computer consultant and is on staff as the computer resource person at the Shutesbury Elementary School. Chacce Computer Products P.0. BOX 8432, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52408 AUTHORIZED AZ DEALER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS OUR #1 PRIORITY Circle Reader Service Number 10 Build Your Ilgs/lle Hard Disk Apple-Hive * a disk enclosure * room for two $.25" or 3.5" drives * horizontal or vertical placement * provision for cartridge drive « FCC certified * quiet cooling fan * platinum grey color 30watts -- $119 65watts -- $169 Hard Disk Subsystem(pre-formatted) 39MB--$5. agcomplete 4 aon SCSI Card A8MB--$609 65MB--$699 85MB--$759 1OOMB--$959) Hermit Crab : --portable hard drive 40MB--$609 Tape Subsystem w/ backup software 155MB--$769 60MB--$669 Subsystems come with latest GS/OS 5.02 system software TULIN CORT ORATION 1: 408-432-9025 : venue el: 408-432. San Joss, CASSIN Fax: 408-943-0782 Apple is a tegistered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc, Circle Reader Service Number 11 Q&A Company To Watch An interview with Bob Carroll, president and CEO of Applied Engineering, Dallas, Texas. a “Company To Watch” is an infor- mal question-and- answer column meant to give readers of The Apple IIGS Buyer’s Guide a better sense of the future of Apple IIGS computing. Bob Carroll is president and chief execu- tive officer of Applied Engineering in Dallas. Applied Engineering was founded in 1978. Very diverse and well-entrenched in the Apple II market, the company manufac- tures disk equipment, personal-computer boards, microcomputer accessories, modems, voice input/output devices, soft- ware and much more. We asked Mr. Carroll the following questions: Where do you see the Apple I and IGS market heading in the 1990s? We obviously have a great deal invested in the Apple II market. We have to take Apple's commitment to support the Apple II line into the ‘90s at face value. As long as Apple II computers are being marketed and sold, we'll be around to provide peripherals. How would you describe your compa- ny’s relationship with Apple Computer? Do you collaborate on many projects? Our engineering staff has always enjoyed a close working relationship with their engi- neering counterparts at Apple. Recently, we helped form an Association of Apple Develop- ers and have improved access to other depart- ments at Apple, including marketing. Other than both sides working toward ensuring product compatibility, I wouldn't say that we collaborate on many projects with Apple. Our role has been to try to dis- cern their general directions and then respond to those directions with new prod- ucts and product improvements as quickly as possible. Applied Engineering makes communica- tions software, a MIDI device, stereo dig- itizer, a surge suppressor, a cooling fan, modems, coprocessor boards, memory expansion boards, a parallel printer interface and buffer, an MS-DOS to IGS transport board, a clock/calendar utility board, hard drives and the TransWarp GS accelerator card. Have we forgotten anything? Bob Carroll That's quite a list. We also make serial interfaces; 80-column cards; battery-backed cards; speech synthesizers; heavy-duty power supplies; 5.25 disk drives; scientific measure- ment and control equipment; a new accelera- tor for the Apple II, [I+ and Ile; and we are currently working toward significant speed improvements in our Vulcan line of hard disks, Why do you concentrate on producing so many products? Many companies concentrate on one or two product lines, such as hard disks or video cards for all types of computers. Applied Engineering has successfully taken the opposite approach — becoming experts ona particular computer platform and then developing a variety of quality products based on what we think that platform lacks. Is TransWarp GS your best seller? Yes, Trans Warp GS is one of our best sellers, But so are our Datalink modems, Vul- can hard disks and our memory cards. We've been able to lead the market in a number of categories through our efforts to constantly improve our products' performance. I think our reputation for quality and ser- vice is what makes many of our products popular, including TransWarp GS. What progress has been made on an updated version of TransWarp GS? Will it complement the new IGS operating sys- tem (GS/OS 5.0)? Release of the updated version of the TransWarp GS depends on the availability of faster microprocessors from outside sources. The board itself has been tested at faster speeds, and new chip sets will be made avail- able as an upgrade to current TransWarp GS owners. We enjoy a great relationship with the manufacturers of the microprocessors and are working closely with them to acquire the faster chips necessary. I can tell you that we plan to keep our customers computing faster than anyone else. As for the new operating system, we've already seen increased performance — in addition to the speed improvements of Apple’s new system. What kinds of products can Apple I users expect from Applied Engineering in the future? As I mentioned, we're working on speed improvements to the Vulcan series. We're also constantly improving our accelerator line and making improvements to existing products. As to what else the future holds, our engineering staff is absolutely in love with the Apple II series. They still haven’t found the limits to what these marvelous machines can do. The Apple IIGS Buyer's Guide 19 SHAREWARE SOLUTIONS THOSE DELECTABLE DAS Desk Accessories (DAs) are pro- grams or utilities that can be called up from within other programs. DAs provide addi- tional features that are not available in application pro- grams or from the Finder. DAs come in two varieties: Classic Desk Accessories (CDAs) and New Desk Accessories (NDAs). The majority of DAs that are available are shareware or public-domain programs. They can be obtained from Apple II user groups, online networks or bulletin board sys- tems (BBSs). DAs are built-in components of the IIGS System Disk. To find them, look inside the subdirectory on the System Disk called DESK.ACCS, Once DAs are copied — using the Finder — into that subdirectory, they will install themselves automatically when that disk is next booted. DQ Differences. NDAs are accessed from the Apple pull-down menu dis- played from most GS/OS application programs. CDAs are accessed by press- ing the combination keys of Control- Open Apple-Esc. NDAs are only available for use within programs that follow the standard Apple [IGS Desktop interface, and are only available when running GS/OS (and/or ProDOS 16) applications. CDAs are accessible from within most programs running under either GS/OS, ProDOS 16 or ProDOS 8. There are two limiting factors when using DAs: They require disk storage space and memory. With 1 MB of RAM, you should be able to successfully run five or more DAs, depending on their size. A system with 2 MB or more and a hard drive is necessary if you want to use 20.or 30 DAs. Despite these limitations, there are many excellent DAs available. Let’s take a look at the cream of the crop. The It! Series. Chris K. Haun of RavenWare Software has released five — NDAs that should be a part of every IIGS software collection. The It! Series includes Write It!, an 80- column, super-high-resolution mini word processor; Color It!, a unique NDA that lets you control and change the col- ors used by the standard IIGS dialog boxes and pull-down menus; Find It!, which will find the location of a particu- lar file (even if it is buried within several layers of subdirectories); File Peek, which allows you to view the contents of any file, whether it is an ASCII text file or another NDA; and Memo Pad, another mini word processor. Each program in the series is share- ware. Although there is no set fee pro- scribed, users are encouraged to send the author what they think the DAs are worth. JumpStart GS. Dave Hill of Maine- Frame Software is the author of the highly popular JumpStart GS, an alternative to the Finder. He has also written a series of DAs, including an Alarm Clock and Reminder CDA; a Telephone Area Code reference guide CDA; and MouseTrap, which lets the keyboard emulate the IIGS mouse. The Alarm and Phone CDAs carry a $10 shareware fee; MouseTrap is free- ware. Guy T. Rice has written two indis- pensable DAs. His ShowText NDA is a text file reader that allows you to load - and read ASCII text files. Several ver- sions of this NDA are available; earlier ones can display AppleWorks word pro- cessing documents as well as ASCII. Print Screen CDA is an ImageWriter II utility that lets you quickly and easily print any 40- or 80-column text screen displayed on the monitor. Both are freeware. - Great Graphics. ShowPic is a free- ware NDA that was written by Bruce Mendez. Later versions have added enhancements written by Dave Leffler. Anyone interested in IIGS graphics should get this NDA. ‘ A Tetris Clone. Quadomino, from Bryan Clair, is many people's favorite NDA. It is a game that is played exactly like Tetris, the best-seller from the Soviet Union. STS is a CDA, author unknown, that allows you to save any IIGS super-high- “resolution (SHR) screen as a $C1 file- type SHR graphic. Using this 10-second, timed screen saver, you can save screens from games or create graphics from the Finder's Desktop display. Formatter CDA was written by Luca Accomazzi and is an import from Italy. This $10 shareware gem allows you to format a disk. It performs the same ini- tialization functions as the disk pull- down menu of the Finder, except that it is available for use within programs that don’t have a disk format function. GS Catalog is a useful $10 shareware CDA written by Jim Lazar. It allows you to easily determine the contents of any disk and follow pathnames or access other disk devices. This CDA employs mouse-text characters and mouse-driven pull-down menus, giving it a very pleas- ant look and feel. In addition to.these DAs, there are many others that are just as useful. There are DAs that will blank your screen to prevent phosphor burn; others that are directed at programmers; still others that provide a graphic artist with valuable tools, including paint programs and digitized sound playback utilities. There’s More Coming. There are sure to be many new versions and many new DAs available. If you're a long-time DA user, be aware that many new DAs have appeared since GS/OS 5.0 was released, If you’re new to Das, they will -change the way you use your IGS. Remember that many DAs are dis- tributed as shareware. Shareware is based on the honor system. It’s a try- before-you-buy method to sample soft- ware. If you usea shareware DA, send the shareware fee to the author. Share- ware is a unique method of distribution, and it’s refreshing that there’s so much trust in the Apple HGS community. Please don’t betray that trust, ill —Joe Kobn Columnist Joe Kobn is the software librarian for the Big Red Computer Club. 20 Spring 1990 ONLINE MAKE MINE ONLINE _ Three online information networks that cater to Apple IIGS users. e'dlike to invite.you to join a special community that’s open to anyone who uses 4 com- puter. All it takes is a tele- phone, a modem and software to communicate with the modem. Once you become a telecommunicator, your knowledge about computers will increase quickly and your software library will include low-cost programs that are not available in software stores. Modems First A modem allows computers to communi- cate with each other via standard telephone lines. Make’sure your modem follows the Hayes-compatible (Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc.) industry standard. Virtually all modems on the market do; avoid one that is not 100 percent Hayes compatible~ Different modems and different models transfer data at different speeds; speed being expressed as bits per second (bps), or baud rate. When the IIGS was first introduced, 1200 bps was the standard, but the prices of 2400 bps modems have fallen so much that 2400 bps has become the new standard. When shopping for a modem, get the fastest one you can afford. An internal modem is contained on a circuit board that is plugged into an available slot, preferably Slot 2, inside your computer. Inter- nal modems are designed to run on a single ~ brand computer, so a modem for the IIGS can’t be used on a Mac or IBM. An extemal modem can be used on any computer. You will need a special Hayes-to-IIGS cable that connects the modem to the IIGS' built-in Modem Port. Software Second ‘The major component that determines how useful a modem is, and how often it's used, is software. Point-To-Point, MouseTalk, Talk Is Cheap, ReadyLink and Proterm all operate under ProDOS 8 and are considered by experi- enced modem users to be the best available. Once a terminal program is purchased, it needs to be configured for your particular hardware. With Proterm, Point-To-Point and MouseTalk, you simply pick options from a menu. ReadyLink configures itself with a mouse click on the Auto, Config option. Talk Is Cheap requires no configuration. Once the hardware and software are installed, all that’s needed to “go online” is a phone number to.a bulletin board system (BBS). Nationwide, there are thousands of free BBSs that you can access, ‘Commercial Networks America Online, CompuServe and GEnie are the three networks that offer the most for an Apple IIGS user. The networks are run on. huge mainframe computers and cost money to access, Networks charge by the amount of time spent on the system. You'll need a subscription and a password to access an online network. Special money- saving offers are often packaged with a new modem or telecommunications program, Some of these offers waive the initial sub- scription fee; others provide a few hours free from connect charges. Otherwise, just contact. a network directly. All require a major credit card, which is debited each month for accrued connect charges. Each of the three works described here offer services directed at Apple II and IIGS users. They allow diverse activities such as purchasing computer equipment online, pro- vide airline schedules and reservations, deliv- er news from the various wire services, offer games vs. other subscribers, and allow real- ~ time chatting (a “conference call” with all par- ticipants typing rather than talking). America Online America Online (AOL), formerly called. « Applelink — Personal Edition, requires you to use specific, proprietary software. The soft- ware, provided free at sign-up time from The Apple IIGS Buyer's Guide 21. Quantum Computer Services, is very easy to use. The software employs pull-down. menus, is mouse driven and can only be used with AOL. When first logging in, you see a menu of options that includes these areas: Learning and Reference, Computing and Software, Travel and Shopping, People Connection, Entertainment and Games, Lifestyles and Interests, News and Finance, and What's New and Support, Of major importance to subscribers is the Computing and Software area. Here is where the Forums, Software Libraries, Direct Con- nection (to third-party software and hard- ware developers), and Apple Computer, Inc.'s Reference Data Base can be located, A forum is a special-interest group, and each forum maintains an area for messages, software, articles and reviews. AOL has a number of different forums, including Apple- Works, Art and Graphics, Communications, Utilities, Education, Games, Music, Produc- tivity, and Word Processing. Each forum contains a direct connection to hardware and software developers. Some rep- resented on AOL include Activision, Applied Engineering, Berkeley Softworks, Broderbund, ByteWorks, CheckMate Technology, Davidson and Associates, Electronic Arts, Epyx, Info- com, Milliken, Orange Micro, Tutor-Tech, Roger Wagner Publishing and Zip Technology. Because AOL was originally a joint pro- ject between Quantum and Apple, Apple has provided an exclusive to AOL — a search- able technical reference database. If you have a question, you can enter a key-word search, and many technical articles contain- ing your key word will be shown ina listing. ONLINE Of all the services, AOL is the least expen- sive. It's also the newest and is growing each day. AOL's software libraries contain almost 6,000 programs and files that you can down- load. CompuServe CompuServe Information Service, owned by H &R Block, is the oldest network and boasts a half million subscribers. Its index of services lists more than 550 different inter- est areas. CompuServe has so many forums of gener- al interest that it’s difficult to sample all of them. As an example, its Spaceforum is presid- ed over by NASA employees; the Astronomy forum has close ties with Sky & Telescope mag- azine; and its Science Fiction forum has hosted guest chats with the cast of Star Trek, CompuServe has a multitude of financial services; most of the wire services are avail- able online; and it is the only network that offers Participate, a wonderful online confer- encing system where the subscribers moder- ate topics. ‘The forums of interest to Apple IIGS users are run by MAUG, the Micronetworked Apple User Group. Late last year, a reorganization resulted in separate Apple II forums for Pro- ductivity, Fun and Vendor Support. Online technical support is provided in the Vendor Forum by such companies as Activision, Applied Engineering, First Class Peripherals, Stone Edge Technologies, Broderbund, Beagle Bros and Claris. ‘The menus in all the MAUG forums are essentially the same, with the two most fre- quently accessed areas being the Message base and the Library. MAUG's Message base is an active and lively area for discussion, members helping members and a great place to ask questions. On a typical day, there may be 100 to 200 messages posted; where one question often generates many answers. Because CompuServe is so large, the Mes- sage base in the MAUG forums has one major limitation: limited size. MAUG is allocated only a certain amount of storage space on Com- puServe's mainframe computer. When the allo- cation‘is reached, older messages are deleted. Because systems such as CompuServe charge by the amount of time spent on the system, MAUG members have come up with four different offline software processors, These programs allow users to automate all aspects of using MAUG's forums, resulting in fast access to CompuServe's forums. Co-Pilot is a Shareware program from Ken Glucksman that acts as a front end to either Talk Is Cheap or Point-To-Point Version 4.0. It's a GS/OS-specific program that uses the familiar Apple IGS Desktop environment. Co-Pilot lets you get into any forum, quickly retrieve all messages and then log out (hang up) quickly. You can then read and respond to mes- sages offline, where there are no connect charges. Co-Pilot even allows you to prepare a list of software to be automatically down- loaded from the libraries. GEnie GEnie, owned and operated by General Electric, is another large network that has more than 100,000 members. Like Com- puServe, GEnie has hundreds of general- interest forums, online news services, online 22 Spring 1990 ONLINE stock trading, as well as several Apple II and IGS forums. GEnie's forums are called Roundtables (RTs). The two RTs of greatest interest to Apple II and IGS users are called A2 and A2 Pro. A2 is of general interest, and A2 Pro is directed at programmers. Online technical support is available from such companies as Applied Engineering, Applied Ingenuity, Beagle Bros, CMS, Check- mate Technology, Chinook Technology, Zip Technology, Thirdware, A2-Central, Ohio Kache Systems, L&L Productions, Roger Wag- ner Publishing, SoftDisk, United Software Industries, First Class Peripherals and Simple Software Systems International. The A2 Roundtables are very active. Of all the online networks, GEnie’s library is the largest, with more than 10,000 files or pro- grams available in the two libraries. The library's menu is quite extensive, and you can set many custom options, such as displaying a list of all files in all categories or a smaller list- ing of all files added since the last access. In general, A2 and A2 Pro maintain well- written help files to assist in all aspects of using the system. After several online sessions, most users feel comfortable using the RTs. In an effort to save users some money, when a particular topic generates 100 or more messages (as many do), the RT staff “archives” those messages as text files and makes them available in the library in a compressed format. Tom Hoover's GEnie Master, or GEM, shareware program is A2 and A2 Pro's offline message system. GEM accomplishes the same service as provided by CompuServe’s Co- Pilot; it allows you to get in and out of the RTs as quickly as possible, thereby allowing you to save money. It works as a front end to Talk Is Cheap. Reading messages and reply- ing to them is done in AppleWorks. Choosing A Network America Online, CompuServe and GEnie all offer valuable services for the Apple IIGS user, yet each one has a slightly different approach and different pricing structures. It is important to realize that all three networks either own or lease a long-distance telephone network, and hourly connect charges include telephone charges, The majority of users simply dial a local telephone number for access. If you live in a rural area, you may have to pay additional long-distance phone charges. i — Joe Kobn, contributing editor Your lics Guide to Low Priced Software The Complete Guide To Public Domain Software And Shareware For the Apple IIGs| Here it is! Your ultimate guide to affordable Apple Tics software! This book contains over 1,000 pro- game including graphies, graphic utilities, gam fonts, desk aocesscries, sounds, personal productivity, communication, and utlties, With "How Tb” instrue tions and four handy indexes, shopping for Apple IIcs software is easy! 4 pages ... $4.9! Here's just a sample of all the exciting software that Ceram can be found within the pages of All That GS Jazz! All That GS Jazz! Print Shop™ Graphics (1 GS61,GS62 200+ holiday color and black and white graphics, fonts, and borders for use with Print Shop™ (2 oisx ser). $18 Business (1 GS122 Appleworks™ Templates for home/business (eeos aPpLeworKs™)...... . $9 Education .GSI5 Color, animated quizzes from Newton's Apple Series: tooth decay, neon lights, tension + compression, cocaine 2 (CI NEW GS139 Geometry Primer tutorial with graphics, hints & tips (NEW GS147 Night Sky—Locate celestial bodies, complete wloolor graphics & tech. info 3 Graphics /Graphic Utilities 7 @S63 Cheap Paint — a commercial qualty paint program for a 10th of the price! (788K requited), GS Buyer's Guide Editor's Choice $9 1 GSS SHAConvert: Convert pics from many computers to llcs format queeo stax natn 9 (3 S48 Borders to frame all occasion cards, stationery [1 GS83 Mickey Mouse graphics for all 12 months makes a great child’s calendar* $3 + Need paint program like PaintWorks Gold, Deluxe Paint, or Cheap Paint (PDE GS63) to print 1) GS87 IconEd: design, edit & color your own icons (SHAREWARE 1) $9 (CU NEW GS138 Anishow — view animated files. Includes 5 animation shows $9 Fonts $25,GS26 100 formalfancy fonts for all occasions ce oisKs)* $18 GSS7 Calligraphy, Banner, Music + 26 more fonts * $9 + Need Paintworks Gold, Deluxe Paint, or Cheap Paint (GS63) or any program employing the use of fonts, Games GS27 Bounce-It!” lIcs adaptation of Little BrickOut game sHanewaren), Submarine $9 GSB6_Vanne's game is now on the lics! A+ Editor's Choice “$9 3) GS104 LottoGS lottery number generator, Poker ae) 5 GS106 Play Quadomino arcade game and Colossal Caves adventure game ....... $9 GS116 Miniature gol, Battleship, plus an adventure game in a medieval castle $9 © GS117 Fiight Simulator, Galaxy Pinball, plus more games... $9 CINEW GSi49 Senseless Violence and more new arcade-type games, (REQ. SYSTEM SO OR NEWER) : $9 (NEW GS150 Romulan GS—fast paced arcade game plus 18 new games! ........ $9 Mean 18™ Games 7 GS36,GS37 Play the open but treacherous fairways of Jax + 11 more games with your Mean 18™ (2 psxs) $18 (11 GS102,GS103 12 Oregon gott courses (requires Mean 18°) oss sen) $18 Music (1 GS64,GS94 Sit back and enjoy 28 slide shows with Rock 'N Roll tunes! o1sks). $9 Desk Accessories 1 GS2,GS3 Notepad, Calendar, Diskinfo, APN calculator, Setspeed, Picsaver i visk sen) $18 (2 GS85 Mac-like Control Panel NDA + 20 DAs $9 (3 GS121 Desk Paint—fullfeatured paint prog, Ao. 1 MEG RAM + SYS 50 HARD OVE RECOM, . $9 Utilities 1 GS124 Font Edit8: create new fonts; Font Doctor: change existing ones (swt)... .$9 C1 S126 Ullty Works Launcher: bypass the Finder+directy launch any application sw 1) $9 + The author requests a specified donation if you decide to use the program. Any 10 Apple lias Disks For Only............-- $59.95 Only disks from this ad may be ordered at this special price Any 6 Disks Plus a 1 Year Membership For Only $39°° Plus $4 SIH US and Canada (814 foreign) 1. 124 Page indexed guide (Ail That GS Jazz!) 2. Quarterly Magazines with reviews and updates 3. Special ‘Members Only” Discounts ‘Add $4 US and Canada ($14 foreign) shipping/handling for orders, California orders add sales tax. Enclosed $ ____ by (Check CIVISA CMC Pp D=E a a ore Name 2078C Walsh Ave., Dept. 156} Santa Clara, CA 95050 Address er DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED] CALL TOLL FREE 800-331-8125 » IN CA 408-496-0604 ircle Reader Service Number 12 IIGS ADDRESS Address all inquiries to IGS Address, c/o The Apple LIGS Buyer's Guide, Redgate Communications Corp., 660 Beachland Blvd., Vero Beach, FL 32963. Questions may also be sent via electronic mail on CompuServe (76703,1031) or MCI Mail (352-9601). Individual responses cannot be guaranteed. PRINTING IN COLOR Can you suggest a laser-quality print- er for high-volume use, a scanner that will scan pencil lines, and a printer that will print colorful illustrations without noticeable jagged lines for personalized children’s books? I believe a PostScript printer will print both text and illustrations, but - because they are so expensive, I was looking for another route for printing tay books. Deborah Reves Philadelphia, PA An Apple Laser Writer would provide the best compatibility and print quality for text, if you used one of its built-in fonts for the text, but it prints only in black and white — no color graphics. ‘There are PostScript printers available that should work with the IIGS that are much cheaper than the Laset Writer. There is no affordable color PostScript printer. The Hewlett-Packard DeskJet printers are ink-jet printers that can match laser printers in resolution and cost under $1,000, street price. They will work only with text-mode applications such as AppleWorks Classic, but they do have cartridge fonts for a variety of print styles, Unfortunately, these printers are probably not the best for your job; because the ink they use is water soluble — not good for chil- dren's books. Spraying the pages with a protective coat- ing would solve the problem of the soluble ink. In fact, spraying the pages for added pro- tection might not be a bad idea for children’s books printed with any kind of printer, even though it would add to the production cost. Hewlett-Packard has relatively inexpen- sive LaserJet printers (not PostScript) that work like a DeskJet in black and white only, at about twice the cost of a DeskJet. If you can make one of these printers work satisfac- torily (find a cartridge font you like for the books), they might be the best bet for text, ‘The toner isn't water soluble and it doesn’t have the tendency that gives DeskJet printing a fuzzy edge on many papers. Because there's no printer driver for these printers on the IIGS, you won't be able to use one of them to print graphics or IIGS fonts. There are drivers available for the Macintosh that allow these printers to print anything an Apple printer can print, but so far there are only rumors that such drivers might be avail- able for the IGS. Getting color without noticeable jagged lines may not be possible. Color printers with much better resolution than the ImageWriter II are available at very attractive prices, but you might not want to use them for two reasons. The first problem is that the only printer driver available for a color printer on the IGS is for the ImageWriter II (there's one for the ImageWriter LQ, but it works just like the ImageWriter Il driver). The second problem is that even if a driv- er for another printer existed, it probably. wouldn't do you any good. That's because of the nature of color graphics on the IIGS. Color graphics are bit mapped. That means one dot on the screen corresponds to one dot on the paper. If you print on a high- resolution device such as a Laser Writer, the printer uses a clump of smaller dots to make a larger dot. You're stuck with the same reso- lution when you print bit-mapped graphics, no matter what the resolution of the printer. There’s‘one way to get nice color from IIGS graphics, but it may not be suitable for your purpose. Thirdware Computer Products (see the listings in this magazine) makes accessories for the IIGS that will print a graphics screen on a printer. The latest ver- sion is compatible with the Hewlett-Packard color ink-jet printer. If screen dumps are good enough (the IIGS printer drivers can print graphics as large as two screens), you could use the ink-jet printer for brighter col- ors. However, you still have to deal with the problem of water-soluble ink. ‘There are only two ways to get your hand-drawn pictures into the IIGS; one of them is a scanner. ThunderScan GS from Thunderware, Inc. is relatively inexpensive and can do a pretty good job of scanning line art (and it has a 16-level gray scale). The only color available is a false color generated by the ThunderScan software, but you can add’ the color in a IIGS paint program. ThunderScan requires an ImageWriter I or I printer to work. The scanning optics replace the ribbon in the printer, and the pic- ture to be scanned is fed through the printer “as if it were being printed. The speed of the ThunderScan is limited, as it must do one scan line at a time. The other input device, which isn’t a scanner at all, is the ComputerEyes IGS video digitizer from Digital Vision, Inc. The ComputerEyes board installs in your IGS and works in conjunction with a video camera or VCR. It might be the best system available if you need to scan color art because it’s the only way to get color art into the IIGS in nat- ural color (or 16 colors, anyway). AppleWorks 3.0 UPDATE I recently upgraded to AppleWorks Version 3.0 and now Pm having some problems printing. When I try to print amore than one copy of a database report, it doesn’t work. After the first one prints, the others only print the first record, I’m also having trouble printing . to disk. The files don’t seem to come out quite right. . TC. Mits Via Electronic Mail Beagle Bros, who really did much of the new version of AppleWorks for Claris, has a patch program that will fix the problems you report and several more in AppleWorks 3.0. Here’s what the patch program will fix: The cursor stays where it belongs instead of jumping to the top of the file when control codes are used with page breaks calculated. ‘When using the Tab Ruler in Header/Footer, the ruler in the header or footer continued to be used. The patch turns off the ruler when ._ the header or footer is finished printing, restoring the previous ruler. It allows more than one copy to be printed in the database. a Syring 1990 IIGS ADDRESS AppleWorks will now properly adjust spreadsheet formulas if more than 255 rows are deleted. It solves several problems that crop up when the default printer is deleted, including minor problems printing to disk. This patch program is freeware, and Bea- gle Bros encourages the widest possible distri- bution for it. You will probably be able to get the patch program from a user group or bul- letin board near you. GS/OS ANSWERS REVEALED We've received a number of questions relating to GS/OS 5.0 in the mail and from the online services. Here’s a sum- mary of the questions; along with the answers: © Help! I have plenty of memory, but I am unable to get System 5.0 to boot on my system. © Pm having trouble with System 5.0 and my 60 MB hard drive, When I boot it up, the Finder freezes when it tries to read the second volume on the hard drive. * Pm having trouble using the new graphic Control Panel that comes with _ System 5.0. I get an error message when I try to use it. * Pm miffed. I just bought a Vulcan 40 MB internal hard drive, a TransWarp accelerator and 2 MB of RAM, with Apple’s new GS/OS 5.0 to tie it all togeth- er. It runs beautifully, but I can’t access PaintWorks Gold. At first glance, it looks like GS/OS 5.0 could spell big trouble from all the problem reports we've seen, but most of the problems are readily fixable. Of course, there are always some programs that are not compati- ble with a new version of system software. ‘The first thing to understand about Sys- . tem 5.0 is that a new kind of file is making its IIGS debut with this version of the operating system. The IIGS now has forked files like the Macintosh. Forked files are like two files in one. They have a data fork and a resource fork. Both forks are really separate files kept under one directory entry. Older versions of the system software, particularly ProDOs 8, can't handle forked files. If you try to copy them with a program that can’t handle the file, you'll get an error message. Beware —- some third-party pro- grams will blindly work with only one fork of a file and not report an error. This new file type makes it imperative to install GS/OS 5.0 by booting a copy (you always work from backups, right?) of the 5.0 System Disk and then using the Installer pro- gram to put the new system on a hard drive. ‘The Installer scripts know what files need to be copied for a workable system, and using the latest version of the operating system will ensure that forked files are copied correctly, We've seen a lot of problems installing Sys- tem 5.0 through the online services. Most of them can be solved by starting over using the Installer program. All of the Control Panel devices have forked files, so failure of the Control Panel NDA to work can generally be traced to copying those files with a utility that is not aware of forked files. . System 5.0 is also most particular about icons. There’s a place for everything and everything in its place under System 5.0. ‘When the Finder examines a volume, it will find an Icon folder, ‘no matter where it is. If the folder contains icons that conflict with what the Finder expects to find, the Finder decides it can’t deal with the problem and doesn't do anything. ‘The cure to freeze ups when first booting is to find all of the Icon folders, other than the ‘ones in the root directory of your boot disk, and remove or rename them. The most common reason for extra Icon folders laying around on a hard disk is that they were copied over to the hard drive when a new program was installed. Many of these folders will have custom icons for files on the disk they came with. The Finder can- not use the individual icons unless they are in the Icon folder in the root directory, so put any custom icons you want to use there before removing extra Icon folders. Many of the problems programs have with the new version of the operating system are due to incompatibilities, It seems that every time a new version of the operating system comes out, there's a flock of desk accessories that no longer work or conflict with other software. Many problems under the new operating system can be eliminated by starting with no desk accessories and adding them back one at a time until the offender is discovered. For those with 1.25 MB of memory, the problems PaintWorks Gold has with System 5.0 are simply a case of incompatibility. Paint- Works Gold wants just about every bit of memory in a 1.25 MB IIGS under previous operating systems and it didn’t always run, well under System 4.0. Earlier versions of the operating system were written to conserve memory at the expense of speed. System 5.0 was written to run quickly, even if it takes more memory. As a result, there’s not enough memory left in a 1.25 MB system to run Paint- Works Gold under GS/OS 5.0. ‘Those of you with more than 1.25 MB of memory are probably wondering why Paint- Works Gold won't run on your machines under System 5.0 either. CompuServe Sysop Jason Harper disassembled the program and found that it only searches the bottom part of memory for the free space it needs to run. If it doesn't find it there (and under the larger System 5.0, it couldn't), PaintWorks Gold won't run. Harper also discovered that if one byte in the program was changed, PaintWorks Gold could find the free memory it needs to run, no matter where it is in your IIGS RAM. If you have at least 1.5 MB of memory in your IGS, you can patch PaintWorks Gold so that it will run under System 5.0 (and more teliably under System 4.0). The first step in patching any program is to make a backup of * the program ’and work only on the backup. ‘The next step is to enter AppleSoft Basic by double-clicking on BASIC.SYSTEM under the Finder or launching it from another pro- gram selector. Next, use the Prefix command to make sure ProDOS is looking at the disk that holds Paintworks Gold. Two examples of the Prefix command that tell ProDOS to look at the diskette in slot 5, drive 1 (generally, the first 3.5-inch disk) or in the Paint folder on a hard drive ‘volume named HARD1 are: PREFIX ,$5,D1 PREFIX /HARD1/PAINT Next type in: POKE 768,127 Then if you are working with Version 1.0 of PaintWorks Gold, type in: BSAVE PAINTWORKS.GOLD,T$B3,A$300.L1,B$1FFEO If you have Version 1.5 of PaintWorks gold, substitute PROGRAM for PAINT- WORKS.GOLD. Once you've typed those lines, the patch is done and PaintWorks Gold should run under GS/OS 5.0. — Larry Miller Larry Miller is a programmer and consultant based in Lafayette, Ind. His CompuServe ID. is 76703, 1031. ‘The Apple IGS Buyer's Guide 25 INSIDE APPLEWORKS GS Calling All Graphics AppleWorks GS Version 1.1 began shipping in late November. How- ever, it is not a free upgrade. If you are a regis- tered owner of AppleWorks GS and haven't seen or heard anything about this version from Claris, call 800-544-8554 for details on how to upgrade. Art Of Imports. Importing graphics into AppleWorks GS can be quite an adventure. There are so many different forms and formats of what we call “graph- ic files” on the Apple II series alone that no single technique works for all. AppleWorks GS forces us to focus our graphics efforts in one direction; it only accepts Apple IIGS-specific, super- high-resolution (SHR) graphics. Even then, it only displays them in 640 mode. Most of the colorful public-domain and other IIGS graphics you've seen are in 320 mode. They will load into Apple- Works Gs just fine, but they'll look strange. That’s because 640 mode does not allow as many colors as 320 mode, and graphics tend to lose something visually in the translation. Of course, existing 640 mode SHR graphics can be loaded directly into AppleWorks GS with no difficulty. A given graphic’s colors are identi- fied by the computer from the set of palettes defined within the graphic’s file; different graphics objects can — and often do — make use of different palettes. Unfortunately, the IIGS screen is capable of displaying only one palette set at a time, and that is usually the set AppleWorks GS uses to define the colors on its own screen. If you import a graphic and the col- ors look wrong, you may need to modi- fy the palette. If the graphic is in 640 mode, you will be asked if you want AppleWorks GS to adjust the palette to match the new graphic. The procedure will often have strange effects on the colors used to define the rulers and tools and other items on the screen belonging to AppleWorks GS. The Graphic Exchange Copyright (C) 1988 Techflow Pty, Ltd. Esc + Hain menu andard transfer Scaled transfer Full screen transfer _ Exchange black and white Clear graphic Restore standard falette Set Dacuaround color Undo last change Catalog Load graphic Save graphic $lide show Create data disk e é Normal hi-res / Normal hi-res / Normal hi-res 7 ¥ Double hi-res 7 Double hi-res / 320 super-res / 48 super-res / 640 fuper res 4 Print Shop / Print Shop GS 7 Newsroom clip / Newsroom photo’ Hacpaint doc / Select graphics mode to display Background color + None The Graphic Exchange from Roger Wagner Publishing can create files in almost every Apple I format. Strange View. Graphics in 320 mode will look strange on the screen, as AppleWorks GS displays everything in 640 mode. To help such graphics print more correctly, sample blank document files containing several palettes designed to match graphics coming from popular paint programs are includ- ed with AppleWorks GS. This feature was added with the release of 1.0 Ver- sion 2. See the update documentation for details. It's important to realize that a palette change affects an entire document. If you use graphics with differing palettes, you may want to actually split your cre- ation into as many separate documents as necessary. Pure black line art seems to be the easiest to work with. It imports correct- ly, displays correctly and prints correctly — the first time. Conversions. There are literally thousands of clip-art items available — commercially and in the public domain — for The Print Shop, The Print Shop IIGS, The Newsroom and other Apple II software that are not in standard format. Two inexpensive software packages are available for converting graphics from the format they happen to be in to a usable Apple II format. The Graphics Exchange from Roger Wagner Publishing is a commercial product, while SHRConvert by Jason Harper is shareware. Both programs handle a wide range of conversions and offer many useful features. They can even convert graphics from other com- puters to Apple II formats. SHRConvert saves files only in IIGS SHR format, while The Graphic Exchange will create files in just about every Apple Il family format. Both pro- grams require that original graphics be ona ProDOS disk, with one notable exception: The Graphic Exchange will read MacPaint documents directly from Macintosh disks. Because older Print Shop clip-art files, especially the examples you find in user group libraries, tend to be on older DOS 3.3 disks, you will have to trans- port them to a ProDOS disk. Copy II 26 Spring 1990 INSIDE APPLEWORKS Plus from Central Point Software, Apple’s System Utilities (last seen included with System Software 3.2) and Apple's original Filer utility will all do this job. Once graphics are on ProDOS disks, the conversion programs can read them, Using a converter of this type allows you to make use of Apple II family graphics and graphics from Macintosh and several other computer types. Many commercial online services and free local bulletin board systems have clip-art files for Apple II and other com- puters available at little or no charge. These files can be downloaded to your computer by the AppleWorks GS Telecommunication module or your favorite terminal program and converted to SHR format, if necessary. Many non-Apple Il files acquired this way will be in a compressed form to save space and download time. As yet, neither conversion program handles the myriad decompression schemes avail- able. You may need to find a friend with a compatible machine to decompress “foreign” files before you transfer them to your Apple. To learn exactly what kind of graph- ics these programs convert, see the doc- umentation for the individual programs or contact the authors. Tip. As you may recall, we have repeatedly advised that you always set up your AppleWorks GS pages using Condensed print. The alternative is to look at vertically distorted text as your fonts all print out at twice their normal height. However, this issue's subject uncov- ers a potential disadvantage to that tech- nique. Condensed print will squish your text to 50 percent of its vertical size. While the text will read correctly, Con- densed print will similarly compress embedded graphics to half their original height. The results are better imagined than seen. If your page contains more graphics than text (or is intended specifically to emphasize graphics), you may want to use a Normal-size printout. If you want to mix nice-looking text with properly proportioned graphics, don’t despair! The trick is to load the graphics into a paint program and stretch them to exactly twice their ori; nal height. AppleWorks GS handles this Gs task just fine, so does PaintWorks Gold and most other IIGS paint programs. Generally, you simply select the object (click on it once) and grab one of the handles in the corners. Drag the handle to resize the object. After stretching the graphic, you can place it as desired within your Page Lay- out document — it will look strange, being twice its original height — and print with Compressed print. The text will compress to half size properly, and the graphics will squeeze down