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pd KIDP < PUBLICATION Apple II / Macintosh FRIENDS oR FOES? APPLE lics AND MACLC 46 SHAREWARE HITS FOR | | ’ .¢ Sey tak Wee 4 cami 7) I | | 06 oer | 0 \\ 7447012066" If You Use... ¢ Appleworks GS ¢ Managing your Money ¢Printshop GS ¢HyperCardGS Springboard Publisher ¢DeluxePaint © Quicken ¢ Publish it 3, or any other GS software --Then you need a Zip GS. Here’s Why... To use powerful programs you need a pow- erful computer. Apple Computer left one thing out of the IIGS when they designed it...speed. The Zip GS puts the speed back in. The Zip GS comes standard with 8 K cache memory and runs at a very speedy 7 Mhz. The Zip GS gives you all the speed you need now and in the future because it’s expandable. You will never have to buy another accelerator card again. All upgrades are available now. Can you imagine the time you will save having your GS running up to 10 Megahertz faster. Appleworks performs like you always thought it should, recalculations in the blink of an eye. Word processing faster than on the new line of Macintosh computers. Nibble magazine said it this way “Apple Computer take note: this chip makes a full featured GS word processor faster than several Macintosh word processors running on a monochrome display.” (monochrome display is the fastest) Hallelujah! ZIP GS DELIVERS! els very easy to operate. © Needs no special boot-up. ¢ Provides Macintosh speeds for your GSe Is compatible with all GS hardware and software. ¢ Uses 1/10 the power of competing boards. ® Address all memory. ¢ Upgradable to 64 K cache memory.® 16 variable speeds at the touch ofakey. * 30 day money back guarantee and a 1 year warranty. Upgradable to 10 megahertz. * Fully DMA compatible. Installation Anyone can install the Zip GS in a matter of minutes. To help with the installation, we include an animated pictorial instruction manual which gives detailed instructions on installation and operation. Upgradable ‘The Zip GS can be upgraded at any time. Zip Technology has available upgrade kits that boost the speed to 10Mhz.! We will be happy to do the upgrade labor for free within 48 hours. ™ 5601 West Slauson Avenue, Suite #190 * Culver City, CA 90230 * Phone: (213) Circle 189 on Reader Service Card. Reliable The Zip GS has only one custom inte- grated circuit. The other three compon- ents on the Zip GS are the same reliable components from the same manufac- turers found in your GS Computer. Low Power ‘The Zip GS requires only 120 ma of power- 10times less than other accelerators. The low power means it will always run cool. Available The Zip GS has been available and shipping for over four months. In the short time that it has been available, we have delivered thou- sands to satisfied customers around the world. Special Introductory Offer The Zip GS is priced at $199.00 retail. During ths introductory offer the Zip GS is only $149.00, a savings of $50.00. ZP 6S Introductory Offer $149.95 8Mhz upgrade add only $29.95 9Mhz upgrade add only $59.95 8K cache upgrade add only $19.95 32K cache upgrade add only $49.95 Zip GS--10 Ultra Fast 10 Mhz call Risk Free Offer/Money Back Guarantee Ifyou are not satisfied with the perfor- mance of your GS Plus, simply return it in the original box within 30 days for a refund. Order Today Call Toll Free: 1 800-937-9737 Checks, VISA, Mastercard, American Express and Discovery cards accepted. Now Shipping Standard Air By 1313 ¢ FAX: (213) 337-9337 All product names are trademarks of their manufacturers WELL, DON'T RUSH OUT AND BUY A NEW MAC OR 386/PC JUST YET! With a supply of good soft- ware, your Apple IIGS is still one of the best personal com- puters ever produced. Because we are actively dev- eloping new software for the Apple IIGS, a software sub- scription to SOFTDISK G-S™ can be very valuable to you. WHAT IS SOFTDISK 6-8? SOFTDISK G-S is a unique concept in Apple IIGS soft- ware. Every month we'll send you an 800K disk packed with an exciting assortment of software for your Apple IIGS. You'll get personal productivi- ty programs, entertaining games, financial programs, Appleworks™ templates, fonts, clip art, desk accessories, hint and tips, and lots more all at a very affordable price. SOFTDISK G-8 1S ORIGINAL SOFTWARE THAT IS UNIQUE AND COLLECTIBLE. Don't confuse SOFTDISK G-S with “share- ware” or “public domain software.” There are no extra fees to pay for our programs or for your free technical support. It's all included in your software subscription. HERE ARE THE PROGRAMS, GRAPHICS, AND SOFTWARE FROM A SINGLE ISSUE OF SOFTDISK 6-8. CONTENTS OF SOFTDISK G-S #13 REFLEXION — Send your Alcorian Hyper-Marbles across the grid of Time and find the mysterious objects in Three-Space! A puzzle game with clean graphics and fun sounds. PS VIEWER-IMAGES — This month's Print Shop Graphics features school images and some cool aliens. HACK ATTACK LEVEL SET — Here's a new load of bricks to blast on your way to Doh! Load it into Arkanoid II and try to beat it! JUKEBOX — Three incredible new songs, each compatible with Music Studio 2.0! Sit back and listen, or play any Music Studio songs. SPORTS CLIP ART — Two pages of detailed 640 clip art just loaded with sports figures. FRESHSCRIPT FONT — A great GS font in four point sizes for use with all GS word processing applications, including WordWorks™ and Apple- Works GS™! SPENCER'S PAGES — A sensational seasonal page layout template, “Lantern Light.” Just boot up your AppleWorks GS and use this fabulous document. G-ESSENCE — A column about the current state of the Apple world and things to enhance your GS productivity. HERE'S WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE WRITING ABOUT SOFTDISK 6-8: “Programs, desk accessories, fonts, games... SOFTDISK G-S is a great value.” — InCider A+ “.. this is a full-blown software package with beautiful graphics and an extensive help session . . . it's an economical way to add inter- esting software to your library.” — Apple IGS Buyer's Guide HERE'S WHAT OUR SUBSCRIBERS ARE WRITING TO US: “Dear Softdisk: Your Softdisk G-S is great! I am very impressed, the moving icons, interesting columns, matter-of-fact reviews, up-to-date system software, spiffy user inter- face, etc. I will definitely renew when the time comes.” So there you have it. Original soft- ware, outstanding quality, free tech- nical support, and all at a price you can afford. Would you spend $9.97 a month for an 800k disk packed with programs, postage free? If you're not sure, why not take advantage of this special offer and try just 3 issues — no risk. If you're not completely satisfied, we'll refund your money. No questions asked. oa SOFTDISK ra 1-800-831-2694 B51 SHING 318-221-8870 monthly s0 software ee ee YES! 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Cover Photography + Dana Sigall om www.Apple2Online.com June 1991 * inider/A+ + 7 INGER T rents to its new Education Sales Consultant policy, Apple has once again ruffled a few feathers. @ « inCider/A+ * June 1991 BEST INTENTIONS? By DAN MUSE * EDITOR IN CHIEF AT BEST, IT’S A RISKY MOVE. AT WORST, it could alienate hundreds of school administra- tors across the country. We're talking about the new Apple Education Sales Consultant (AESC) program. In short, Apple has cut back on the number of authorized education representa- tives, but by selecting the best of the lot, service and support theoretically should be better. Regardless of what the end result is, right now educators, at least the ones who have contacted us, say they feel confused and abandoned. Given that educators have doubted Apple because of its lack of commitment to the II line, an uproar is the last thing the company needs. Thanks to the new AESC policy, Apple has once again ruffled a few feathers. Educators and school administrators are upset over two issues. The first is that by substantially cutting back the number of dealers in each region, educators in rural settings may have to travel great distances to visit their AESCs. As one educator in Indiana wrote, “This week several of my colleagues learned that Apple Computer canceled all its ‘educational contracts’ with local dealers. They told me that there would be two dealers handling educational accounts in the entire state of Indiana. This is the dumbest move we've ever seen. At a time when IBM is reaching out . . . Apple is disappearing into oblivion . . . .” Libby Preble, Apple’s manager of education-channel sales, says that Apple is aware of the potential inconvenience and is “working closely with AESCs to develop creative solutions for rural customers.” The second concern is that the new program assigns schools an AESC. Educators and admin- istrators say they're no longer free to buy where they get the best deal. Mel Chafetz, principal of the A. Ward Spaulding Elementary School in West Suffield, Connecticut, was one of the first educators to call us regarding the new policy. He told us that he spoke for many other school administrators when he said, “Educators feel that their options have been taken away from them. They want to be free to buy from dealers who give them the best prices and the best support.” Preble argues that the price issue isn’t relevant because all educators pay the same price based on Apple’s education price list. She adds that by selecting the dealers it believes are best able to supply support, Apple is providing a more “dedicated resource for education customers.” Curious types that we are, we wonder what the real story is. As with most stories, this one has two sides. Apple says that changes in educational computing — greater focus on networking and integrated curricula—call fora higher level of support. Preble says that the AESC policy is a “more dedicated arrangement” — that AESCs will be more account- able and also able to invest more time and resources. For a different perspective, we talked to a dealer on the East Coast who asked to remain anonymous. He said he believes Apple divided the country into regions, and that the dollar amount of Apple sales dictated the number of AESCs each region was allowed. “Apple seems to be operating under the premise that its products will sell themselves,” he says. “It’s a big mistake, though. Some schools are buying IBMs; others have decided to simply not buy at all.” Under the AESC program, dealers can sell other systems on the retail level, but sales to schools must be only Apple. Our dealer, how- ever, says he believes he was actually penalized for being Apple-only. He says Apple used regional exclusivity as leverage to persuade nonexclusive dealers to turn Apple: “They were wooed with the carrot of an AESC contract if they dropped IBM.” Only Apple knows the motive behind the AESC program; it's easy for anyone to see, how- ever, that the immediate impact on the educa- tional community is decidedly negative. In the long run, the new program may be beneficial. If we listen to Apple, the program is intended to provide educators with better service and support. If we listen to educators, we wonder how Apple will survive its “good intentions.” USA/CANADA TOLLFREE INILLINOIS == 1-800-624-2926 708-888-8300 YOUR SINGLE SOURCE SUPPLIER FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE & DISKETTES & ACCESSORIES Writing & Publishing Center EW hicagolan SHOWROOM ‘Single Source YOUR multimedia Solation FREE C OR EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ¢ 1550 Executive Drive ¢ Elgin e Illinois * 60123 Circle 220 on Reader Service Card. Catalog AE True Conressions at Applied Engineering's effort to have each department show a profit. Their new tech-support 900 number is like a finger in the eye to those of us who have purchased so many of the company’s peripherals. Ihave a IIcs with several AE peripherals, including a RamKeeper. Two weeks ago, I purchased a TransWarp GS accelerator and an AE high-density drive. The TransWarp locked up my system when I moved files from one volume to another, so I paid for the first two long-distance calls to the company’s technical-support staff. I tried several suggestions, including a chip update on the RamKeeper, but to no avail. On my next call, a sales-department representative informed me that it would cost me $1.50 per minute to get a problem solved that should be covered by my warranty! AE has always provided quality products and top-notch service. A 900 number? Give us a break. Everett Brazeiton Oroville, CA [eens IF ANYONE ELSE IS MAD PPLIED ENGINEERING HAS DONE the unspeakable by abandoning its free tech-support line in favor of a 900 number, It may seem outrageous to charge $1.50 per minute, but AE is deluged with hundreds of calls a week, making it nearly impossible to get through. I called twice this week concerning trouble I was having with my Vulcan hard drive, and the staff solved my problem over the phone. With both calls I got through on the first try — no busy signal, no long periods of being on hold, just quick, knowledgeable help. I'm glad Applied Engineering made the changes in its tech-support department. William Heckel Little Falls, NY 10 * inCider/A+ * June 1991 AE Responps leave the market, Applied Engineering is being challenged with providing support to loyal Apple II customers who have nowhere else to turn. Even though these consumers purchase our compet- itors’ products, they contact AE Technical Support for consultation. Over the past couple of years, the company has continued to expand the Apple II Tech- nical Support organization and it still hasn’t been able to handle the increased volume of calls. This situation has occurred at a time when costs are increasing and Apple II revenues are diminishing, putting a financial strain on the company. Also, providing support to customers who'd rather call than read their manuals or who aren't even asking about an AE product ties up our phone lines so that customers and dealers with legitimate technical issues can’t get through. For 11 years, AE has designed, devel- oped, manufactured, and marketed over 100 products for the Apple II. We continue to support the Apple II market and are committed to its success. This plan, how- ever, would soon become impossible if we didn’t offset the tremendous support costs, while providing a vehicle for customers who truly have AE technical issues to reach our support staff. After several months of research, we decided to follow a growing industry trend and implement a 900 number. Some of the major companies that have implemented a 900 program include Microsoft, Lotus, Compaq, and Softwarehouse. Additionally, the big three distributors in the reseller channel, Ingram Micro, Merisel, and Tech Data, have initiated fee-based technical- support programs. AE’s goal isn’t to make the Apple II Technical Support department S THE MAJOR APPLE II VENDORS TO THE EDITOR a profit center, but to help offset some of the financial burden and let us continue providing support to the Apple II market. The $1.50-per-minute charge is one of the lowest in the industry and includes the customer’s long-distance charges. Although 96 percent of continental U.S. telephone exchanges can access a 900 service, a number of schools and businesses are restricted from these numbers; the company is investigating methods to accommodate these customers. AE is continually refining the new support program, and makes every effort to phone or write to customers who contact our organization regarding AE's support. ‘We also recommend these alternatives to fee-based support: * Customers may contact the authorized AE dealer from whom they purchased their products. Approximately 90 percent of AE revenues are generated by our dealers and we encourage customers to use this channel. Fortunately, the majority of these dealers don’t ignore this technical responsibility. * Customers with modems can call AE’s bulletin-board system at (214) 241-6677. ‘This service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and is designed as a user- to-user support forum. The only costs are applicable long-distance charges. I recognize that many people who received free technical consultation over the years will question fee-related services. 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Disbrow, G5+ Magazine 1 ONTOS SWORN Avante e Bara Paton Florida 34d98=D0%4 0 A07 dR), indo FAY: ar 1519635 1 ANN ADK MERC FIRST LOOK The Ile Emulation Card for the Macintosh LC ou've heard about it, you've waited for it — well, we've seen it. We sent one of our agents on a commando raid and he came back from California with a card, a cable fused with solder, and a manual of unbound pages. We threw the card into an LC, fired up the machine, and double-clicked on an application labeled Ie Emulation. A few seconds later we were staring at the screen of our new Ile. You can configure the card through a Control Panel that’s simi- lar to the Macintosh version. The card offers seven slots and lets you set it up easily to handle a modem or a printer. As expected, the port uses a cable that splits into a “Y" to accommodate a joystick and a disk- drive daisychain. But wait, there’s more! We wanted performance, and Apple’s engineers gave it tous. We matched the card up against a stock IIGs at 2.8 mega- hertz, ran some spreadsheet recalcu- lations, and came out with a dead tie. ‘The verdict? Text in He emulation mode looks a little odd on the Mac’s bit-mapped screen, but the LC/card combo looks like a viable alternative for someone who wants the best of both worlds. If Apple follows through ‘on the noises it’s making about a [Ics emulation board, we could soon see ‘Task Force running alongside Microsoft Word. For details contact Apple Computer at 20525 Mariani Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014, (800) 776-2333, or circle 352 on the Reader Service card. —C.C. 12 © inCider/A+ * June 1991 WHAT'S NEW AppLe’s Low-Cost PRINTERS ac owners calling for an affordable printer — but one that’s better than Apple’s dot-matrix ImageWriter — have gotten what they wished for. In fact, they’ve gotten double what they wished for in the Apple StyleWriter (suggested retail price $599) and the Apple Personal LaserWriter LS ($1299). The StyleWriter, which is only $4 more than the ImageWriter II, is a thermal inkjet printer of the type popularized by Hewlett- Packard’s DeskWriter. It prints high-quality images — 360 dots per inch — on plain paper. It isn’t fast, printing about a half a page every minute, but it’s incredibly small — only about half the size of a Mac LC monitor — and it’s quiet. It’s ideal for crowded places such as dorm rooms and dining-room tables. The StyleWriter, like the LaserWriter LS, also takes advantage of Apple's new TrueType font software. (See the story titled “What's TrueType?” on p. 15.) The Personal LaserWriter LS is Apple’s most affordable laser printer, and works with any Mac, but it'll probably see more action in small offices than dining rooms and colleges. It prints four pages a minute and uses a print-buffering system that employs QuickDraw, the built-in graphics language for every Macintosh. The condensed version of the story is that the print command in any Mac program takes a snapshot of what you want to print and communicates it over a serial cable to a Apple's Personal LaserWriter LS and StyleWriter — what you’ custom chip on the LaserWriter. Once that’s done, the control of the Mac returns to you, and the printer does its business: printing. The biggest advantage of the StyleWriter and the LaserWriter LS is that they plug into the printer port on any Mac and start printing. This kind of easy setup hasn’t been. available from Apple since the company began putting its laser printers on networks. More than one computer can’t share these two printers, though; they're not “network- able.” But everything, even the printer cable, is included when you buy either printer. The old saw is: Watch what you wish for —you might get it. Apple’s customers asked for inexpensive printers and got them. They aren’t fast, and they can’t work on networks, but that’s not what the customer wanted. But the dreams of Apple IIcs owners — inexpensive laser-quality print- ers that plug directly into the Apple [Ics — remain unfulfilled. The custom circuitry on the Personal LaserWriter LS won't work with any computer but a Mac, and Apple been waiting for? hasn’t released or encouraged develop- ment of Apple Ics GS/OS printer drivers for the StyleWriter. Apple IJ and [Ics users can choose either the ImageWriter II ($595) or the Personal LaserWriter NT ($2599), which both work on networks. For details, contact Apple Computer at 20525 Mariani Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014, (800) 776-2333, or circle 351 on the Reader Service card. —P.S. NEW-PRODU | NEW SOFTWARE Dilemma Il is a new version of Educational Activities’ Apple II reading-comprehension and vocabulary-development software that targets teenagers and adults who are at risk of dropping out of school. Because Dilemma ll is for junior and senior high- school students and people in equivalency programs, the software helps teach reading skills by AY incorporating sim- ple language into stories for adults — no and Jane” books \y’) for these folks. Dilemma II supplit @ number of different students to reread each story. Not only do multiple read- ings improve students’ skills, but they force them to consider the consequences of different actions. Dilemma Il includes 16 stories, dictionaries, compre- hension quizzes, and vocabu- lary questions. Disks are avail- able for four reading levels; each costs $49.95, but the complete set is only $159. Contact Educational Activities at 1937 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510, (516) 223-4666, or circle 354 on the Reader Service card. o@ Number Squares hil Shapiro's Number ‘Squares (distributed by Balloon Software) has been quietly charming teachers and students all over the country since its introduction last year. If you thought of Number Squares as a computerized Mustration * Elizabeth Auer OCUS version of one of those hand- held plastic puzzles that chal- lenge you to move the tiles around until the numbers are in order, you wouldn't be wrong, but you'd be selling the program short. Number Squares offers 15 different puzzles, ranging in size from three-by-three squares to five-by-five. You play against the clock, so there's the thrill of competition without the embarrassment of losing. You can attack the puzzles with- out plan or pattern, people eventu- ally adopt a logi- b»’ cal strategy of A} some sort — which is where this addictive little game becomes educational. “Balloons Software — “a tradition since August 1990” — is committed to all Apple Ils, so Number Squares runs on everything fram the Apple II Plus to the lics, It costs $25. For more information contact the company at 5201 Chevy Chase Parkway NW, Washington, DC 20015-1747, (202) 244-2223, or circle 356 on the Reader Service card. A Desert Storm: The First Draft of History lime magazine's first CD- ROM product — one for a Mac and CD-ROM player — is a week-by-week look at what really happened in Operation Desert Storm. It uses an extraordinary collection of stories from the pages of Time, original and unpublished dispatches from Time's corre- } spondents around the world, MAC audio recordings of pool reports and press briefings, and hundreds of maps and photographs. You have, at the command of a mouse click, all the materials that Time's editors had when they put together the magazine. A feature of the Desert Storm CD that should appeal to teachers of writing and journalism is its ability to follow the progress of a story from the field to the magazine. History teachers will like the ability to call up all the events of a certain day. Time and its partner, Warner New Media, publish- ers of CD-ROMs such as The Magic Flute and The String Quartet, are making Desert: Storm: The First Draft of History available for the low price of $39.95. For more information contact Time at the Time & Life Building, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY 10020, or circle 357 on the Reader Service card. A Physics Explorer ings for Learning, an W:. of Sunburst Communications, has intro- duced the first in its projected series of 12 Physics Explorer software packages. The Physics Explorer series will eventually cover the breadth of the physical-science curriculum — from mechanics and waves, through electricity and magnetism, to modern physics. Physics Explorer is software that encourages exploration. Physics Explorer: Gravity, the first program, simulates the motion of a body under the gravitational influence of a central planet. It’s all but } impossible to try this program APPLE Il APPLE Il You can observe Kepler's laws of motion in Physics Explorer: Gravity. and not experiment by giving the satellite a stronger push or starting its journey a little closer to the planet. But just because it’s fun, don’t assume that Physics Explorer: Gravity isn't serious: Students will actually observe Kepler's laws of motion and apply them to the solar system. Teachers can adapt Physics Explorer: Gravity to any high-school physics program. Physics Explorer: Gravity runs on any Macintosh, and costs $125. For details contact Wings for Learning at 1600 Green Hills Road, P.O. Box 660002, Scotts Valley, CA 95067-0002, (408) 438- 5502 or (800) 321-7511, or circle 355 on the Reader Service card. NEW HARDWARE Ag Harris Labs M”” hardware developers are cashing in on the Apple ll/Mac cross-market, and none more enthusiastically than Harris Labs. The company's memory card for the Apple lics. is called GS Sauce, and it uses Mac SIMMs (single in-line memory modules) to add up to 4 megabytes of RAM in about half the space of other cards, and without the risk of bending the pins on June 1991 « inCider/A+ * 13. Beat the heat Heat. The computer user's most insidious enemy. Periph- eral cards unavoidably produce heat inside your cpu. Heat that can devastate your whole system. Conserver™ effectively cools your IIGS while it protects against power surges and helps organize your workspace. offset the heat produced by expansion cards. The difference can be critical toc the life of your computer. et) Power surges also invisibly threaten your com- puter’s well-being. They occur when voltage spikes surge through your wiring seeking a place to dissipate. If that place is inside your computer, you'll very quickly gain a greater understanding of the laws of electricity. It's not a pretty sight. A quiet but powerful cooling fan draws air from the top of the IIGS at a rate of 18 cubic feet per minute, lowering the tem- perature inside by more than 20 degrees to Special line conditioning filters and dual surge suppression circuitry protect against surges, reduce noise and provide “clean” power. Six switched AC power outlets line the rear of Conserver to accommodate your computer, monitor and four other peripherals. Thus protecting your computer and your peripherals from surges. The outlets are conven- iently controlled by three front-mounted LED switches. For beauty, we gave Conserver the same sleek lines of the IIGS and a perfectly matched platinum color. To reduce desktop clutter, the unit was cleverly designed to house two 3.5" disk drives, or one drive and the special diskette holder we include. CONSERVED .. cbs even ee dass eccevecsees + $99 Order today! To order or for more information, see your dealer or call (214) 241-6060 today, 9 am, to 11 pm, 7 days. Or send check or money order to Applied Engineering. MasterCard, VISA and C.0.D. welcome. Texas residents add 7 14% sales tax. Shipping not included. Applied Engineering * The Apple enhancement experts. A Division of AE Research Corporation (214) 241-6060 P. 0. Box 5100 Carrollton, TX 75011 © 1990. AE Research, Inc. All rights resserved.Prices subject to change without notice. Brand and product names are registered trademarks of their respective holders 14 + inCider/A+ + June 1991 NEW-PRODUCT FOCUS standard memory chips. On the Macintosh side, the company's latest offering is the Turbo CL accelerator, which it claims will double the processing power of the Mac Classic. Perhaps even more impressive is Harris Labs’ lifetime warranty on its prod- ucts. No need to worry about product support here! Contact the company at 7379C Washington Avenue South, Edina, MN 554339, (800) 783- DRAM, or circle 358 on the Reader Service card. A 4-Meg RAM Card Re: Systems is also on the Classic upgrade band- wagon. In addition to a series of hard drives designed specifically for the infant Mac, Rodime is offering a RAM card with 1 megabyte soldered on. The card also has SIMM sockets that will accept an additional 2 megabytes, Contact the company at 901 Broken Sound Parkway, N.W., Boca Raton, FL 33487, (407) 994-5585, or circle 359 on the Reader Service card. A a TouchWindow idmark is expanding its line jof TouchWindow touch- sensitive screens to include the Mac. Warren Buckleitner, editor of The Survey of Early Childhood Software for the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, commented, “You can walk into any classroom and see computer screens covered with fingerprints. The TouchWindow works with the child's natural desire to reach out and select responses or move objects on screen.” The TouchWindow ($275) plugs into the game port and is already in use on more than 25,000 Apple computers. An Apple Adapter ($17.95) is required for use with the Apple lor Il Plus. The Mac version is expected soon. Contact: Edmark at P.O. Box 3903 Bellevue, WA 98008-3803, (800) 426-0856, or circle 360 on the Reader Service card. a a Model 510 Keyboard uN Engineering Inc., a manufacturer of peripher- als and software for physically challenged and developmentally disabled persons, introduced recently the Model 510 Keyboard, a smaller version of the Unicorn touch-sensitive keyboard ($250 for the Apple I! interface, $520 for the Mac version). The Model 510 is intended for users who need the versatility of the Unicorn Expanded Keyboard Model II, but don’t have the range to use it, or for those who are familiar with the Expanded Keyboard and have refined their targeting skills. Model II overlays may be used with the Model 510 by reducing them by 50 percent. Unicorn keyboards also require interface hardware from Don Johnston Development: Equipment, Inc. (P.O. Box 639, 1000 N. Rand Road, Bidg. 115, Wauconda, IL 60084, 800-999-4660.) For the Apple lics and enhanced tle (128K) you need the Model G32e Adaptive Firmware Card, ($520). For the Mac, you need Ke:nx (pronounced connects”), an ADB device that requires at least a Mac SE with System 6.0.3 ($780). Contact Unicorn at 5221 Central Ave., Suite 205, Richmond, CA 94804, (415) 528-0670 or (800) 899- 6687, or circle 361 on the Reader Service card. Waat’s TRUETYPE? TrueType is Apple’s name for its font format that lets Macs print what’s on screen, and display on screen anything that it can print. TrueType fonts are outline fonts, a kind that Adobe Systems introduced in 1989 for its Adobe Type Manager (ATM), a type system like TrueType. Outline fonts are designed for video monitors and computer laser printers, not printing presses. Unlike Benjamin Franklin's system of keeping the pieces of each type size in individual trays, called fonts, Apple’s outline-font format doesn’t store pictures of letters in various type sizes. Instead, this format uses the system file to store the directions for drawing each letter. The directions vary for different letters in different typefaces, but you no longer need to store every size of type you might someday want to use. Apple’s TrueType will be a part of the next Mac system software upgrade, System 7.0. TrueType also works with System 6.0.7; if you buy a TrueType printer such as the Personal LaserWriter LS or StyleWriter, make sure you receive the TrueType disks for the older system: You never know when you'll need them. Your ‘TrueType printer will include the Times, Helvetica, Courier, and Symbol families of typefaces. Other typefaces will become available from third-party vendors, with whom Apple collaborated in the creation of TrueType. For more information contact Apple Computer at 20525 Mariani Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014, (800) 776-2333, or circle 350 on the Reader Service card. —PS. TIMELY DTP ProcRAM Timeworks’ desktop-publishing program is now arguably the most up-to-date, best-supported program available for the Apple Il. While the industry still raves about Publish It! 3, Timeworks has been working on Publish It! 4, which brings a slew of new features. The new version offers the following improvements: automatic hyphenation; text autoflow; the ability to save a document as a template; the option to format a disk without leaving Publish It!; the ability to select all objects; support for New Print Shop graphics; improved font support; access to the Object Specifications dialog box by double-clicking on any object; and many other features. Also expect Timeworks to release a utility that lets its Mac program Publish It! Easy import page-layout documents from Publish It! for the Apple Il. Finally, Timeworks has made site licenses available for many of its products. According to the company, you can get licenses for Publish It! (Apple Il) and Publish It! Easy (Mac). Schools that currently own at least one copy of a program can purchase site licenses for 10 or more computers. Publish It! 3, which has a retail price of $149.95, is available for $25 for each computer. Schools can order additional manuals for a small fee, which Timeworks hadn't announced at press time. According to the com- pany, the site licenses will be handled primarily through its autho- rized education dealers. To receive the name of the nearest dealer or for other education-related questions call (800) 535-9497. For more information on Timeworks products, contact the company at 625 Academy Drive, Northbrook, IL 60062, (708) 559-1300, or circle 353 on the Reader Service card. — D.M. Power to spare With today’s advanced peripherals and applica- tions Apple didn’t dream of a few years ago, it's easy to overload the standard Apple power supply. That's why Applied Engineering now offers a heavy duty power supply for the Ics, Ile and I+. AEs Heavy Duty Power Supply more than doubles your Apple’s power output. cards, disk drives, accelerators, clock cards, modems, printer interfaces and the base com- puter itself all compete for the same power output. Expect to crank all of them up at once, and you can find yourself on the short end of the stick. Apple’s standard power supply provides only 25 amps, compared to our 6 amp output, AE's input voltage is 90 to 135 VAC/60 Hz or switchable to 180 to 270 VAC/50 Hz. Output is: +5V @ 6A, +12V @ 2A, -5V @ SA, -12V @ 5A. Ripple is: 10mV typ. and full load operating temperature is: 32° to 122°F (0° to 50°C). The AE Power Supply installs in minutes using the same four mounting holes and tla the same space as Apple's power supply. Comes complete with a full one year warranty. Ics Power Supply. $119 Ile, 0+ Power Supply $99 Order today! To order or for more information, see your dealer or call (214) 241-6060 today, 9 am to 7 pm, 7 days. Or send check or money order to Applied Engineering, MasterCard, VISA and COD. welcome. Texas residents add 7 4% sales tax. Shipping not included. Applied Engineering The enhancement experts. ‘A Division of AE Research Corporation (214) 241-6060 . 0. 0 mwentss Conrollton TX 750 USA (©1990 AB Resear Inc Al righ reserved Prices subj! o change without notice Brand ‘and product names are registered trademarks of their respective holders June 1991 * inCider/A+ * 15 NOTION Stary the Power te Oma AW Tip: If you're an AppleWorks user who finds manipulating date/time-related data confusing and frustrating, here’s some information that may help you. Recent versions of AppleWorks (especially version 3.0) have enhanced some of its date/time- handling functions. (Your system needs a clock to take full advantage of these date/time features, though.) * Type an “@” (the at symbol) followed by a return to post the current date or time in a “date” or “time” category in the database. * Select the Print Date or Print Time option in the word processor to print the current date or time. Using this feature with AppleWorks’ Mail Merge function is especially handy for print- ing form letters. * Use the Clipboard to transfer date/time information to the spreadsheet and preserve the original date/time formats as labels. * Enhance your version with Beagle Bros’ TimeOut UltraMacros (6215 Ferris Square, Suite 100, San Diego CA 92121, 800-345- 1750) and you can add a function to post the current date or time anywhere in AppleWorks, in various formats, and with a single keystroke. Handling date and time data in the spreadsheet requires care- fully selecting the formats. You can sort this information in database format (Apr 15 91 or 10:45) alphabetically, but you'll have problems if you try to span more than one month. The YY.MMDD, MM.DD, or HH.MM numeric formats (91.0415, 4.15, or 10.45) sort easily in the spreadsheet and can be manipulated mathematically. A shortcoming of using the YY.MMDD numeric format is that it won't transfer to the database without help from UltraMacros enhancement. (See the accom- panying macros.) Excluding or separating the year (YY) portion of the date into a separate spreadsheet column and using the MM.DD format is best. (Note: The MM.DD and HH.MM formats transfer easily from the spreadsheet to the database.) Anniversary and birthday database lists need special treatment. Set up these files so that the month and day appear in a “date” category without including the year. The year may be in a sepa- rate category if you desire. Including the year with the month and day makes the list generally unusable for its intended purpose. “Date arithmetic” (the ability to determine elapsed time or the number of days between two dates) isn’t a built-in AppleWorks feature. Many users have requested it or have asked for help in handling these tasks. Date arithmetic is important for deprecia- tion, accounts-receivable, payroll, financial, and other applications. Here are three helpful date-arithmetic tools and a calendar utility: * TimeOut ReportWriter, by Dan Verkade, (Beagle Bros, 6215 Ferris Square, Suite 100, San Diego CA 92121, 800-345-1750) is an AppleWorks enhancement that provides at least 12 date functions that work within AppleWorks to perform date and time calculations. 16 * inCider/A+ * June 1991 * Mastering AppleWorks (second edition), by Elna Tymes, (distributed by Sybex, 2021 Challenger Drive, P.O. Box 4003, Alameda, CA 94501, 415-523-8233) provides instruction to create an Applesoft BASIC program that will manipulate date and time data from an AppleWorks database. * Andreas Wennborg, an APA member, has created a concise spreadsheet application that will find the number of days between almost any two dates and determine the day of the week of each. In addition to this unique spreadsheet, Andreas has also created a macro that does date arithmetic. COUNT.DAYS and the macro are in the public domain; they're available from the APA and other public-domain sources. *FlexiCal, by Lester Simpson and published by JEM Software (7578 Lamar Court, Arvada, CO 90003, 303-422-4766), provides practical daily, weekly, and monthly calendars that you print as needed. FlexiCal works from within AppleWorks and is auto- mated by built-in macros that don’t require a separate macro enhancement program. AW Macros: The macros below convert and enter dates. The default date format (month dd, yyyy) in the AppleWorks Other Activities menu is assumed. For A 5.25-INCH DISK THAT INCLUDES TEMPLATES, MACROS, DETAILED DOCUMEN- ‘TATION FOR TIPS DESCRIBED ABOVE, AND THE POPULAR “PATCHER” PROGRAM THAT FIXES SOME FLAWS IN VERSION 3.0 SEND $4 SHIPPING TO APA AT THE ADDRESS BELOW. PLEASE INCLUDE THE INCIDER/A+ ISSUE DATE WITH YOUR REQUEST. APA. MAINTAINS FILES, TEMPLATES, AND INFORMATION THAT IT MAKES AVAILABLE TO ApPLEWORKS CLASSIC USERS. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS, CALL WRITE, ‘OR LEAVE A MESSAGE AT THE PRO-APA BBS. FOR MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION CONTACT THE APPLEWORKS PROGRAMMERS ASSOCIATION, 6531 LEXINGTON AVE, Los ANGELES, CA 90038, MODEM APA@PRO-APA.CTS.COM (213) 463-9289, VOICE (213) 469-9916. THE APPLEWORKS PROGRAMMERS ASSOCIATION IS REGISTERED WITH THE APPLE USER GRouP CONNECTION. LE CACHE BASH Learn about one way you can make your Apple II run a little faster. By CECIL FRETWELL Hanpy STorace HAT’S MEANT BY THE TERMS “cache memory” and “disk caching”? And how does a cache differ from other types of memory? Robert McQueen Florence, SC A cache is a holding tank in your com- puter’s memory that increases the speed of operations. Your computer uses cache memory 10 store frequently used data or code. One kind of cache is a special type of high-speed RAM (random-access memory) found on accel- erator cards. When the computer needs data or fetches an instruction, it looks in cache memory before searching the regular memory. When the system finds the information, it stores the instruction in cache memory, then processes it. Not only is cache memory usually faster than normal RAM, it’s often in a chip nestling close to the CPU, so there’s minimal signal delay. If the hardware doesn’t find the information in slow memory, it must go back to the source, usually a disk. Another kind of cache is related to disk I/O operations. Let's suppose a program requires a record it must load from disk. Instead of pulling in just the record, the operating system brings in a whole block of data, includ- ing the desired record, and stores it in an inter- nal RAM buffer: When the program asks for the next record, very likely it’s in the memory buffer, not on disk. With disks operating in milliseconds and the CPU running in nanoseconds, this operation, called disk caching, can result in some fast processing. You can also disk-cache in the other direction. When a program writes a record, the operating system can put the record in an internal RAM buffer. The only time it'll write to disk is when the internal buffer is full, the data is “flushed,” or the file is closed. Again your processing speed increases because the CPU operates in nano- seconds rather than milliseconds. The problem is that if your computer crashes before the cache is dumped to disk, you'll lose your data. To avoid this disaster, after the program issues the write command, it can issue a flush command. “Flushing” means the buffer is written to disk and the internal struc- ture of the file is updated. The most you could lose is one record. Skinny PLatinuM PAINT RECENTLY RECEIVED MY COPY OF Platinum Paint from Beagle Bros. It’s a nice application, but I don’t like the swapping associated with having to use two disks. CLINIC Following your suggestions in “Hard- Disk Drives Made Easy: The Wizard of OS” (April 1991, p. 53), it seemed logical to take the System Disk from Beagle Paint, delete the CDEV files to gain 86K of memory (a manual Control Panel is fine with me), delete the Finder icon files to add another 26K, and trash the START application, which is worth 104K. Deleting these files and applications gave me plenty of room to put the Platinum Paint applica- tion (187K) on the disk, and even let me add my favorite font to the System file. Now the program runs fine and loads faster than the Finder, but when I click on Quit, it apparently tries to quit to the Finder. When the program can’t find the Finder, it returns to the beginning (first, or palette) screen. I have to use another disk to turn off my system or reset the computer. I have the same problem with Font Factory GS. Would ProSel or another appli- cation dispose of this minor difficulty? Raymond L. Hussey Indianapolis, IN A spokesperson at Beagle Bros (6215 Ferris Square, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92121, 619-452-5502) confirmed my suspicion that you're having this problem because you removed the START file under the System folder. Glen Bredon’s ProSel 16 should solve your problem ($89.95; distributed by Charlie's Apple Seeds, 9081 Hadley Place, San Diego, CA 92126, 619-566-1297). This product replaces the GS/OS START file (renaming it OLD.START) with a smaller START file. V’ve used ProSel quite a bit and firmly believe that if you don’t like the shell, the rest of the package is well worth the money. By the way, to run Platinum Paint the technical-support people at Beagle Bros recommend that you have at least 1 megabyte of memory. dune 1991 + inCider/A+ * 17 Shy APPLE lis, lle, lic "Sizzling Summer Software Specials! FREE lias Disk! California Demo Disk with Any Order Over $39! 60's Beachboys meets the Computer Age in this fantastic new demo featuring graphics, animation, and digitized music. ‘A POE EXCLUSIVE—A MUST HAVE! offer be used when disies from this ad.) APPLE lics @S251 NEW GS253 Amazing 2200-color graphics like Classic Coke, Grand Canyon... eee ete e scene Games/Entertainment/Education GS206 Rush.HourGS+more new arcades+ puzzles «swri$9 (0 GS216,217,218 Bouncing ‘luster ike Brckout with realistic sounc lics. Best arcade ever! (sw) (9 oisks) $27 ©. 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A series of 9s will replace the actual numbers in the first three records at the bottom of the screen, indicating that the column is justified, Unlike most applications (which justify only numbers), OA-J lets you right-justify columns containing text, and columns that mix text and numbers. Note that AppleWorks automatically right-justifies any column you total with OAT. When you try to justify a totaled column, AppleWorks just beeps. Hano.inc Doar Sicns My spreadsheets include columns of dollar values. | like to put a dollar sign in front of the first number in the column, but not in the following numbers. For example: $12,300.30 6,800.24 RA20.6R How can | format these numbers to get the output | desire? Comma format lets you line up these numbers. Format the first cell in the column in Dollar format with two decimal places. Then use Open apple-L or Open apple-V to format: the remain- ing cells in Comma format with two decimal places. Quick Cleanup Is there any way to clean up my Desk- top fast, then quit AppleWorks? The fastest way to clean up the AppleWorks 3.0 Desktop is to go to the Main Menu and select the fourth choice, “Remove files from Desktop.” Now press Open apple-Right Arrow to select all files on the Desktop, then hit Open apple-Return. AppleWorks will save all changed files to their orig- inal disk or subdirectory, remove the files from the Desktop, and return to the Main Menu. Finally, select the sixth choice, “Quit. THe Computer Isn't FROZEN Every once in a while my computer displays the message “Insert /APPLEWORKS Program Disk” at the bottom of the screen and my computer ‘seems to freeze. No matter what | do, I can’t get rid of that message. What's causing this problem? Here are the two common causes of this problem: 4. You may have named your data disk "/APPLEWORKS” when you formatted it. That title confuses AppleWorks because it expects to find program code, not data, on the /APPLEWORKS disk. You should use the Apple Il System Utilities or Iles Finder, or a disk-utility program such as Central Point Soft- ware's Copy Il Plus ($39.95; 15220 NW Greenbrier Pkwy, #200, Beaver- ton, OR 97006, 503-690-8090) or Beagle Bros’ TimeOut FileMaster ($49.95; 6215 Ferris Square, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92121, 619- 452-5500), to rename all your data- disk volumes as anything other than (APPLEMORIKS, Meanwhile, if you get the message again, open the door on the drive containing your data disk and Apple- Works will "hunt” through your disk drives for the program disk. When it finds the disk it will resume normal operation until you access the /APPLEWORKS data disk again. 2. You may be having problems if you have a damaged copy of the Apple- Works Program Disk. Make another backup of your original disk and try run- ning AppleWorks from the new copy. If you're using your original disk, make a backup and start using it now! APPLEWORKS CLINIC IS A FORUM FOR ANSWER- ING YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POPULAR INTEGRATED PACKAGE APPLEWORKS — C1assic, 3.0, OR GS. ADDRESS YOUR CORRE- SPONDENCE TO APPLEWORKS CLINIC, INCIDER/A+, 80 ELM STREET, PETERBOROUGH, NH 03458. MENTION OF THIRD-PARTY PROD- UCTS IN THIS COLUMN DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT BY CLARIS CORPORATION. RGB Co or ror Ile HAVE AN APPLE IIE AND WANT TO attach an RGB (red/green/blue) color monitor, I’ve been told I can’t do it and that I must buy a composite monitor. Is there an alternative? Andy Ziegler Plant City, FL Try adding Applied Engineering’s ColorLink RGB Option ($129) to the company’s RamWorks ITI expansion card (PO. Box 5100, Carrollton, TX 75011, 214-241-6060). Ifyou don't have the RamWorks III, you're probably better off getting Apple Computer’s Color Composite monitor for the Ile ($310; 20525 Mariani Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014, 408- 974-0474). It has a text mode that connects directly to the monitor output of the Le, good resolution, and a switch-selectable black-and- white text mode, (This monitor will probably cost less than buying RamWorks III with the RGB option.) Thanks to Walt Rashon, Harold Hislop, and. Fred Starkey for their help answering this question. App Memory to Memory on my IIcs beyond the 1-megabyte limit I already have on my Apple board, but I hate to get rid of my perfectly good card. I thought of using AE’s RamKeeper, but the company no longer manufactures it. Is there another way to add memory without getting rid of my Apple card? | "D LIKE TO EXPAND THE MEMORY Robert McQueen Florence, SC Applied Engineering has discontinued the RamKeeper, but some mail-order houses may still have it in stock. I talked to a spokesperson at CV Technologies (800 East Whipp Road, #200, Kettering, OH 45440, 513-435-5743) and found out you can purchase the company’s GS Memory Board from Quality Computers (20200 E. Nine Mile Road, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080, 800-966-1508). For 1 megabyte of ‘memory it costs $149.95 and contains a slot into which you plug your existing memory card. ADDRESS YOUR CORRESPONDENCE TO APPLE ‘CLINIC, INCIDER/A+, 80 ELM STREET, PETERBOR- ouGH, NH 03458. BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF LETTERS, MOST WON'T APPEAR IN PRINT, BUT WE'LL ‘TRY TO RESPOND IF YOU ENCLOSE AN SASE. Northvale, NJ Remarkable Technologies announces a breakthrough product which delivers AppleWorks power on an IBM PC or compatible. SuperWorks allows AppleWorks users to step up toa PC ig with all their AppleWorks files, utilizing AppleWorks work-alike integrated software. Superterts Feed Sta SuperWorks Features Screen New features provide complete and full integration of all its capabilities including; spreadsheet (with 3-D capability), database (the easiest to use and one of the most powerful anywhere), word processing (a dynamic and full capability communications package) plus Breakthrough For AppleWorks Users! The best integrated PC package yet! unlimited keystroke macro capability. It takes only 160K in RAM. In addition, SuperWorks allows you to work with your AppleWorks file on an IBM PC. As a special introductory offer to inCider readers, SuperWorks will be made available at the special price of $199.00 (plus $5.00 for shipping and handling). SuperWorks has a regular retail price of $400.00. Send your check or credit card information with order form below to Remarkable Technologies, 245 Pegasus Avenue, Dept. SW, Northvale, NJ 07647. Telephone: 201-784-0900. 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(503)626-2291 - fax (503)643-5379 Computer Friends, Inc., Circle 288 on Reader Service Card. dune 1991 * inCider/A+ + 19 REVIEWS kkk kk POOR GOOD GREAT ZIPGSX Zip TecHNoLocy 5601 West S.auson Avenue, Sure 190, Cuwver City, CA 90230, (213) 337-1313 Apple lics accelerator card; $149 (7MHz, 8K), $199 (8MHz, 16K), $229 (MHz, 16K); additional 32K RAM chips, $49; upgrade to 10MHz, 64K, call for price kkk KI lip through a few computing magazines at the newsstand and you soon realize that computer processing speed is one of this decade’s hottest topics. While contemporary IBM PCs and compatibles typically boast speeds of 16MHz (mega- hertz) or more, the average Apple II slogs along at just 1MHz. (The Apple IIcs runs nearly three times faster than that, but the graphical nature of most GS programs slows 20 * inCider/A+ * June 1991 operations considerably.) Building a grade- book spreadsheet, painting a still life, or designing a sales brochure can sometimes seem like running in beach sand. Until now the trade-off for some GS users has been to stick with 8-bit text-based products such as AppleWorks 3.0 or tightly written graphics programs such as Publish It! 3. For the most part, these programs work well, but using them may mean depriving yourself of the many attractive features of GS/OS (the Apple Ilcs operat- ing system) — not to mention the colorful and powerful WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) performance of authentic GS software such as AppleWorks GS. Fortunately, there’s a solution: the ZipGSX accelerator card from Zip Technology. This circuit board comes in three speeds: 7MHz, 8MHz, and 9MHz. Besides featuring a faster 65C816 microprocessor, or CPU (central-processing unit), each Zip card accommodates high-speed-caching random- access-memory (RAM) chips. Zip cards are equipped with either 8K or 16K of cache memory, an amount you can boost to a maximum of 64K with chips you purchase from the company. (A cache is a bit of RAM that automatically stores a temporary copy of your GS’ memory; the larger the cache, the faster your machine runs.) Moreover, you can upgrade your ZipGSX to 10MHz, the practical limit for the 65C816 microprocessor. In preparing this review we test-drove a 9MHz, 64K ZipGSX on a 1.25-megabyte GS for two weeks and experienced program speed improvements of up to about 300 percent. At first glance a ZipGSX card might look like any other circuit board. Closer examination — aided in part by the clev- erly conceived and executed HyperStudio- stack tutorial that accompanies the product — reveals the card’s crystal oscillator clock; the ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) that controls the card's functions; a high-speed 65C816 microprocessor; cache RAM chips; red (power) and yellow (caching) indicator LEDs (light-emitting diodes); two sets of DIP (dual in-line pack- age) switches for customizing the card; a cable assembly for attaching the ZipGSX to your GS’ motherboard (main circuit board); and a docking platform for storing the GS’ original microprocessor chip. Installation of our ZipGSX was straight- forward, seemingly foolproof, and took less than 15 minutes. In a nutshell: Turn off the power to your GS, remove its cover, touch the power supply to bleed off any static electricity on your body, carefully use the supplied chip puller to pry the original 65C816 chip from the GS’ motherboard, insert the ZipGSX connector into the now- empty socket, and install the card in any of the first four expansion slots. That's all there is to it! Some of the credit for ease of installation goes to the HyperStudio stack provided on the ZipGSX utilities disk. (You don’t need to own HyperStudio to use the stack; a run- time version of the program is furnished.) ‘The animated tutorial provides a detailed, step-by-step preview of the complete instal- lation process. Progressing to each sub- sequent step is as easy as clicking on an arrow that points to the next card. When it’s time to physically install your ZipGSX card, you can easily refer to the equally well- written instructions in the manual. AS YOU LIKE IT Benefiting from two forms of documen- tation (the HyperStudio stack and the printed guide) is appealing indeed, but imagine being able to choose from five alternate methods for customizing your ZipGSX card’s operations! You can effect changes in the board’s functioning through either the hardware DIP switches mentioned earlier or any of four software utilities provided. If yours is a floppy-based GS system, space may be limited on the GS/OS System Disk. In that case, install only one or two of the sofiware options on your startup disk. If your system’s equipped with a hard-disk drive, however, you might want to install all four software utilities and experiment to determine the one(s) you prefer. According to a spokesperson at Zip Technology, all ZipGSX cards are compatible with DMA (direct memory access) devices such as CV Technologies’ RAMFast SCSI (small- computer-systems interface) and Apple Computer’s Apple II SCSI cards. Among these four utilities is a CDA (classic desk accessory) such as the ones stored in the text-based Control Panel you access by pressing the control, open-apple, and escape keys simultaneously. This accessory’s partic- ularly handy when you're working with 8-bit programs such as AppleWorks 3.0. When you work with newer GS programs such as AppleWorks GS, you may prefer to TO THE TEST Working at a computer magazine can really make you a performance junkie, especially because you don't have to pay for any of the products you review. So our response at the inCider/A+ tech labs to the Zip press release was “Yeah, but how fast will it really go?" We weren't going to be impressed with any half-measures; we called the company day and night until it sent us a loaded card, complete with 64K of cache memory and the 10MHz upgrade. Total list price: $429. Then we put on our safety glasses, got out our stopwatches and fired up our experimental Iles for some comparative lap times. Take a look at our results in the accompanying table. Is the ZipGSX faster than the competition? Just by a hain If AE ever offers its 10 MHz upgrade on the open market, Zip might find the already installed TransWarp GS base too hot to handle. — Cameron Crotty All times in seconds lics (2.8MHz) —TransWarpGS ——ZipGSX Time to Finder from power off 40.58 32.45 30.71 Recalculate 143K AW 3.0 spreadsheet 39.47 17.43 12.70 AppleWorks 3.0 complete preload 8.11 6.40 5.84 Find primes up to 500 in Applesoft BASIC 136.87 60.83 47.64 use the ZipGSX cdev (control-panel device) appearing in the Control Panel listed in the Apple menu. Either accessory lets you make real-time alterations in the ZipGSX card’s speed and/or DIP-switch settings. For example, a ZipGSX card on an AppleTalk- networked GS requires a reduced speed and one DIP-switch modification. From the Finder you can invoke either the supplied software INIT or the ZipGSX.Sys16 program to semipermanently override DIP- switch settings without opening up your GS and touching the switches. According to a Zip technical-support representative, INIT utilities were developed originally for the Macintosh, but have been implemented in GS/OS as a way of patching (altering) programs in ROM (read-only memory). The ZipGSX card’s INIT lets you over- ride DIP-switch settings with changes that prevail even after you've turned the computer's power off. The ZipGSX.Sys16 program provides yet another way to customize your ZipGSX card by editing and saving modified INIT parameters (settings). Thanks to ZipGSX software, you needn’t ever open up the GS or fiddle with actual DIP switches if you don’t want to. That's not to say you won't enjoy sneaking a peek inside once in a while to watch the flicker- ing yellow LED, a visual indicator of the invisible tasks performed by the ZipGSX. ‘Technically referred to as an “anticaching” indicator, the LED brightens whenever the GS is reading or writing data in the computer's main memory, and dims when the computer’s using cache memory. If you’re as intrigued by electronic gadgets as we are, you'll be fascinated watching the LED come to almost full bril- liance whenever a disk-drive access occurs, and fade nearly completely when the computer’s on but not processing informa- tion. What happens when cache memory’s being put through its paces? The LED flickers like crazy! If only for entertainment value, we wish the ZipGSX’s LEDs were visible without the GS’ cover removed. PERFORMANCE PLUS With the 9MHz ZipGSxX installed in our system we ran a wide assortment of both Apple Ile/c and GS programs. We created spreadsheet templates, worked on mailing- list databases, designed desktop publica- tions, painted pictures, composed letters, wrote manuscripts, and played music. In the process, we encountered only one problem: When we started up 8-bit ProDOS programs such as AppleWorks 3.0 and Publish It! 3 from scratch instead of launching them from GS/OS, the programs would seize up after a short time. If we first set the Control Panel speed to Normal, no such lockup occurred. Zip Technology’s technical-support department notes that other owners of older (ROM 01) GSes have experienced similar problems with early GSX cards because of an oversensitivity to electronic Continued an p. 64 June 1991 * inCider/A+ * 21 inCider/A +’s tough software workout? o lynch mobs allowed — that’s the first, and only, rule. When inCider/A+ introduced its readers to the Mac LC last December, a how! of protest hit on-line services and mailboxes. Is it true? Is the LC really better and cheaper than the GS? Put the two machines in a ring and the LC should pummel the reigning champ, right? Or does the Ics still have some wallop in its punch? Let's find out. All you need are the two machines side by side. Add lots of sofi- ware, a smattering of hardware, and enough time to shake up the systems. Let’s live dangerously. BASHING HEADS Comparison comes naturally to the GS and the LC. Though far from being twins, these computers share important 22 + inCider/A+ + June 1991 SIDE BY SIDE, HEAD TO HEAD By GREGG KEIZER * CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Photographs + Dana Sigal dune 1991 » inCider/A+ * 23 Mac LC Ics Finder Boot to Finder 17.72 24.08 Copy 4 files (56K) to hard disk 2.26 4,28 Copy 4 files (56K) to floppy 8.69 9.18 Word Processing Launch 16K document 8.65 20.22 Save 16K file as ASCII 2.09 3.44 Scroll through file 16.55 18.75 Print 16K document 69.40/92.94 83.4/100.22 *Time to free up computer/time to complete print job Page Layout > Justifying one-page newsletter 141 2.68 Resizing page to fit 81 2.21 Table 1. Performance benchmarks (times in seconds): standard Mac LC versus lics with accessories. Mac LC Ile Ics standard Ics with accessories| Apple Ile Emulation Resizing page tofit 6.77 13.10 4.50 2.21 Table 2. Performance benchmarks (times in seconds): Mac LC in le emulation mode versus stand-alone lle, standard GS, and accessorized GS. characteristics, not the least of which is their intended market: Both the Apple IIcs and the Mac LC are most comfortable in the home, home office, and classroom. Moreover, they’re comparably priced. ‘The Apple IIcs comes with 1.25 megabytes of RAM (random-access memory), a now-sluggish 2.8-mega- hertz 65816 microprocessor, and the standard Apple suite of serial, SCSI (small-computer-systems interface), ADB (Apple Desktop Bus), and AppleTalk ports. Seven slots let you plug in cards (and thus capabilities), while a special memory-expansion slot helps fill the machine’s 8-megabyte RAM capacity. You equip the GS yourself with monitor and disk drives; most people settle for Apple’s own 12-inch RGB (red/green/blue) screen and a pair of drives, one 3.5-inch, one 5.25-inch. The GS’ self-proclaimed expertise, graphics and sound, is backed up by 4096 colors and an 15-voice Ensoniq synthesizer chip, underutilized by most of the array of current GS programs. First available in 1986, the GS can't boast a huge software library. Relatively few devel- opers these days produce GS-specific productivity, entertainment, and educational programs. Only a handful are still actively creating GS packages (although hundreds of 8-bit Apple II programs written originally for the Ie/IIc help fill the gap for GS users). Pop the top on a Macintosh LC and you'll find 2 megabytes of RAM, a 16-megahertz 68020 microprocessor (not exactly state of the art, as it was previously part of the now-defunct Mac Il), and nearly the same set of ports as on the GS. A single processor-direct slot (PDS) waits for an expansion board: Many Mac LC users will occupy it with the Apple Ie Card. (See the accompanying sidebar “Sure Fooled Me” for details.) Also inside the LC are a 40-megabyte hard-disk drive and a 1.4-megabyte SuperDrive (Apple’s high-density 3.5-inch floppy). Two of the potentially most impres- sive features of the LC are its microphone and the sound-input capabilities of the operating system. Introduced in 1990, but widely available only this year, the LC can run the extensive Macintosh productivity- software collection. Few education and entertainment POWER SUPPLY processor-direct slot (PDS) with lle EMULATION CARD installed 68020 MICROPROCESSOR running at 16 megahertz built-in HARD-DISK DRIVE with 40-megabyte capacity 3.5-inch high-density SUPERDRIVE with 1.4-megabyte capacity 24 * inCider/A+ * June 1991 packages flash the Mac label, though Apple is now prodding developers in both camps. WEIGHING IN No sorcerer’s stone can transmogrify the Apple IIcs. You can’t wave your hands and turn the GS into an LC — or an LC into a GS — even if you have deep, deep pockets. Feeling the pain as they look at their GS software and wonder why the LC can’t run it, critics have taken Apple to task for this incompatibility. What you can do, of course, is beef up the GS to make it a better match hardware-wise for something like the Macintosh LC. Shop for an internal 40-megabyte hard-disk drive first. Applied Engineering’s Vulcan is really the only choice. You can save a bit by going external with something like Quality Computers’ Q-Drive (which includes Apple's High-Speed SCSI Card), but you'll regret it later when your desk tries to crowd you out of a place to put your key- board. An internal drive is out of sight, out of the way, and much more convenient. You'll need to add more memory, too. Move your GS to the 2.25-megabyte mark (compar- able to the LC’s 2 megabytes) by piggybacking your existing Apple Memory Expansion card to CV Technologies’ 1-megabyte GS Memory Board. Picking up the GS’ speed can make all the difference if you’re trying to compete with the LC and its 68020 microprocessor. Your best bet is Applied Engineering’s TransWarp GS, an accelerator board that pushes the GS’ CPU (central processing unit) to 7.4 megahertz. Applied’s new Cache Card increases speed another 30 percent. You can duplicate some of the LC’s sound. input on the GS with Roger Wagner's HyperStudio, Mac LC logic board (left); lcs logic board (right). Price Wars Apples don’t come cheap. All the talk about low-cost Macs conveniently omits the fact that they're low-cost only when compared to higher-priced Mac models at the top of the line. Ranked against a similarly equipped and ~ comparably quick PC compatible, any Apple seems overpriced. But you know that already. Comparing the cost of the Macintosh LC versus. that of the Apple lics is particularly difficult. At one end you can make a case that the standard GS (CPU, RGB monitor, two disk drives) might price out as low as $1881. A bare-bones LC comes in at