InCider A 1993 04

= = AN IDG inal sider COMMUNICATIONS PUBLICATION April 1993 USA $3.95 Canada $4.95 Apple II/Macintosh « SHANGHAI II: DRAGON'S EYE : LEARN ABOUT: Ihe LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT SKY * RADE * DECISIONS, DECISIONS: by dee SUBSTANCE ABUSE 44, e L-ZONE dee SoM creel exp * STAR WARS VISUALCLIPS == ° PIXELPLAY Aa da hind a gowes | fal fab (oll (om fo pos pb f 9m Yh prom a. 4,4 4 dd a a ee ie ee | oVoTEN 6 BONUS 66, e ; Quality Computers #1 System 6 Bonus Pack...the BEST SELLER ¢ " most cost-effective way to add value and fun to your Apple Ics.” —The AppleWorks Educator StyleWriter printer support. Macintosh, Apple DOS 3.3, and Apple Pascal disk support. Acompletely redesigned Finder— faster, friendlier, and more power- ful than ever before. The Finder can be set to avoid grinding your 5.25” drives. When the computer asks you to insert a disk it needs, you no longer have to hit Return—the computer detects it automatically. The screen no longer switches to text mode and back to graphics when launching some Desktop. programs. New music tools and applica- tions to allow new programs Bonus Pack FlashBoot. What is faster than a speeding disk drive? A RAM disk. FlashBoot lets you automatically set up a Super-fast, super-convenient RAM disk. to sound even better. The Apple It eet all Media-control toolset Guide. This handy lite book is wy as packed with information to help Wi Desk Wee il aca. you upgrade your Apple Il. It ao : Accessories. _ to dia presentations. covers RAM, hard drives, accel- give you more to choose i - erators, the Finder, and more. from, eee you pie several handy desk acces- handicapped users. Clip Art. We're throwing in over a sories including: Enhanced More ee for pro- 100 beautiful clip art images, per- "W Calculator, Scrapbook, Games, and grammers to write fect for desktop publishing or hy- more. great programs. permedia applications. : Simpler and faster Fonts. Using the same font for ev- hard drive Clip Sounds. Because the lIGS's erything is very un-cool, so our installation. sound capacity is so great, we're also Bonus Pack includes over 30 dis- Great including over 50 digitized sound Play and text fonts. documentation. files. Some are classics while some ‘ ; are the newest on the market. They go VIDEO. Our 1-hour video takes you from great in HyperStudio and other sound installation of System 6 to moving through programs, or you can have music play- the Finder with speed and agility. ing in the background while you work. You get System 6, The QC Bonus Pack, FlashBoot, The Apple | Enhancement Guide, the video and complete documentation for only 30-day money back guarantee : $79 Quality Computers LTT System 6 w/OC Manual... System 6 Manual only...... = == om GWE p= P F System 6 Video only. Bonus Pack only.. Icons. Over 50 fun, useful icons. Circle 136 on Reader Service Card. BEST-KEPT SECRET IN THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY! GET IN ON THE Plus... FREE SOFTWARE! It’s not a magazine! It’s not a book or video! It’s a software subscription! DISKWORLD for the Macintosh... | CONGRATULATIONS! Circle 291 on Reader Service Card. P= = Now you can get in on the secret that’s rocking the software industry— software subscriptions for your Mac®, Apple II®, or IIGs®. And you can try out an issue RISK-FREE! With a software subscription you'll get an exciting issue packed with pro- grams each and every month for less than $2 a program! You'll get fun games, puzzles and educational programs to make the most. of your time off. . functional utilities to help you get the most from your com- puter. . .practical programs to help you manage your money. . .useful programs to manage your time. . .and graphics to put more oomph into your ideas! Each issue of DISKWORLD® and SOFTDISK™ contain 5 to 7 orig- inal programs, 3 to 4 programs for SOFTDISK G-S™, AND tech support is FREE with our 1-800 hotline! GET IN ON THE SECRET— TRY A RISK-FREE ISSUE! Don't take our word for it—why not try an issue RISK-FREE and see for yourself! Call 1-800-831-2694 now or send in the coupon below to try an issue RISK-FREE. Review your first issue. If you’re not completely satisfied, for any reason, return our bill marked “cancel” and you'll owe nothing! Either way, the first issue is yours to keep FREE! PLUS, GET A FREE GIFT! We're so sure that you'll love your new software subscription that we'll send you a Special Bonus Disk with your paid subscription. It’s yours FREE just for subscribing. So get in on the secret! Try DISKWORLD, SOFTDISK or SOFTDISK G-S now RISK-FREE! CALL NOW 1-800-831-2694 OR MAIL IN THE COUPON BELOW SGFTDISK PieU > Bictl esr aN GC P.O. Box 30008 Shreveport, LA 71130-0008 ‘System Requirements for Diskworld: A Macintosh Plus or later ‘model Macintosh, IMB memory. Sofdisk: An Apple Ils, Ic, Ile, Te, He (enhanced) or Laser 128 computer; a 3.5° or 5.25” disk drive; & 64K memory (128K memory recommended). Softdisk C-S: ‘An Apple los, a 3.5” disk drive & IMB memory. (A hard drive & 2MB memory are recommended) YES | I want in on the secret! And I want the FREE Bonus Disk, too! @ Send my RISK-FREE issue of the subscription I’ve checked below. If I like what I see, I'll pay the amount shown for my 3-month trial subscription, which includes my first issue, and then I'll receive my Special Bonus Disk—FREE, just for subscribing. Q DISKWORLD for the Macintosh 3 months $29.95—about $1.50 a program! Q SOFTDISK* for the Apple II 3 months $19.95—about $1 a program! Q SOFTDISK G-S* for the Apple IIcs 3 months $29.95—about $2.50 a program! Name Please check disk format: OQ 3.5" Q 5.25" ‘Trial Offer available in U.S. ONLY. If Address State City Phone # (__) ‘Seppe Tes owamss enn by hott BOE TOIEE & SON TONES G6 18 i ferent, and with our combo rate, you can then get MAIL TO: Softdisk Publishing ® P.O. Box 30008 * Zip REE, They're entirely —about $1 a program! Shreveport, LA 71130-0008 * 1-800-831-2694 IN043 both for only Look what's new wit Platinum Paint Create and print masterpieces of any size a - ra ° ¢ Create and play animations Junior User Option 0 of ~ a Tweet Tevcey Tees v Full-size Undo - Multiple fatbits magnification Add sounds Platinum Paint is the pow- Platinum Paint has always been the premier lias erful, award-winning paint —_ Paint program. Now it’s even better. program that has given . Apple IGS usef& the ability QC’s Price (Retail price ‘99") to turn imagination into bril- x liant reality. Upgrade for registered user: New Platinum Paint 2.0 Alphabet Coloring Disk... gives you even more power P and ability: Create and print masterpieces of any size. Platinum Paint Paint 2. 0 2 59% aoe $7. Create and play animations. Add sounds. Hierarchical menus—easier to work with! Full-size Undo for fixing any size booboo. Fatbits magnification—up to 8x! Work in inches, as well as pixels. Quality Computer 5 ™ Junior Version—makes Platinum Paint easier for = kids. 20200 Nine Mile Rd. * St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 313-774-7200 ¢ Fax 313-774-2698 1-800-777-3642 Circle 136 on Reader Service Card. A+ PUBLISHING PRESIDENTIGROUP PUBLISHER — Paul Baulé EDITOR IN CHIEF — William P. Kennedy EXECUTIVEEDITOR Eileen T. Terrill SENIOR EDITOR Paul Statt SPECIAL-PRODUCTS MANAGER — Janet Cote CONSULTING EDITOR — Cynthia E. Field OONTRIBUTING EDITORS — Carol S, Holzberg Joe Kohn DESIGN ART DIRECTOR ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR DTPMACINTOSH MANAGER Jim Fletcher Dianne K. Ritson Doreen Means PRODUCTION PRODUCTION DIRECTOR — Sue Gross ADVERTISING NATIONAL ADVERTISING DIRECTOR — Sanford L.Fibish (800) 441-4403 Kevin Gasper (800) 441-4408, Hartvell rar Lisa Benway-Caron ‘SALES REPRESENTATIVE. ADVERTISING COORDINATOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT CIRCULATION DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND CIRCULATION SINGLE-COPY SALES DIRECTOR Megan Lane George Clark (415) 9783301 CIRCULATION MANAGER Laurie K. Seamans FULFILLMENT MANAGER FULFILLMENT ASSISTANT Kim. Smith JilWood CUSTOMER SERVICE (800) 289-0619 MARKETING SERVICES/PROMOTION DIRECTOR OF MARKETING — Peg Brown MARKETING ASSISTANT Rita Rivard FOUNDER — Wayne Green inCider/A+ supports a forum on America Online, For information ‘on obaining appropriate sofivare, cll Quantum Computer Services at (800) 227-6564, The Bureau ine (SSN #10546456, an IDG publication, is pubisied monthly by A+ Publishing, subsidiary of Maori Communication (a dvsion of 1DG Communications), 80 Elm St, Peterborough, NH 03458. Phone: (68) 924-0100. Second las postage ad at Peterborough, NH, and adi- tional mailing offices. (Canadian second-as mail registration number 9500) Subscrpion rates in U.S. are $27.97 for one yer, $8 fr wo year Foreign orders must be prepaid in US. fans drawn ona US. bank. ne year only: Canada $37.97 (price inddes GST, #126088405), Mexico $37.97, foreign surface mail $4797, foreign ar mail $82.97. Nationally distributed by Inerational Circulation Disributors. Postmaster: Send adress change to inde A+, Subscription Services, P.O. Box 58618, Boulder, CO 80322-8618, Send Canadian changes of address to ‘inider/A+, P.O. Box 1051, Fort Erie, Ontario 12A 5N8.) Entire contents copyright 1993 A+ Publishing. No part ofthis IDG Communications publication maybe reprinted or reproduced by any means without prior writen permision from the publisher. All programs ae published for personal use on, Alright reseed THE VIEW FROM INSIDE PLANTING APPLE SEEDS hat’s the currently popular solution to the “crisis” in education? Computers in the schools. “Technology will save our kids!” The prevailing argument is that computers will not only ensure educational excellence (software is supposed to provide consistent, individualized instruction), but will also prepare our children for a competitive, technology-intensive future. We temper our enthusiasm for com- puters in education with the knowledge that no technology can replace teachers. Yet we do know that computers can help ease teaching loads, motivate students, and improve academic performance. Although those eternally patient drill- and-practice programs are particularly helpful and effective for at-risk students, we also know that computers can have their greatest impact on learning when teachers weave the technology into their lesson plans, or when they use compre- hensive programs like The National Geographic Kids Network, described in this issue (see “Real Science,” p. 44). We also know, however, that behind every successful computer-aided K-12 educational program is a very special teacher — one who is familiar with the technology and knows how to integrate it into his or her lessons. And, by our estimates, those special teachers are a rare breed. This may come as a shock to you, but most teachers still don’t use computers for even the simplest productivity tasks, such as word processing. Part of the reason is that there just aren't enough computers to go around. But another large part of the reason is training. To solve the first problem, there has never been a better time to buy the most popular computer system for K-12 edu- cation — the Apple II — than right now: CPUs have never been less expensive (you can buy many good secondhand systems for nearly a song); there’s a cornu- copia of educational software titles, hardware upgrades, and peripherals, and sources from which to get them; and support remains strong, including assis tance and advice from Apple Computer, from user groups, from hardware and software vendors, and from this and other Apple Il-specific publications. We argue, however, that simply adding Apple IIs to a shared pool of equipment in the school’s A/V center isn’t the best way to encourage teachers to use them. ‘Training and support for beginners, par- ticularly in software, are more important. Unfortunately, because the machines require a fair amount of expertise to use, few schools have the resources needed to formally train many teachers to use com- puters. The time, let alone the financing, necessary for formal training is just too extensive. Rather, we propose that schools “liberate” some Apple Is. Give them to selected teachers on “extended” loan for their personal use. After all, Apple Is are “personal” computers: They're easy to learn and easy to use. Teachers with “loaner” Apple IIs are more apt to invest their personal time in learning the machine — time and effort that will be repaid when they discover how an Apple computer can help ease their teaching and administrative tasks. In the bargain, also insist that the teachers bring those Apple IIs back into their classrooms and use them as teach- ing tools. We doubt many teachers will balk at that requirement: Once they find out how compelling a tool the Apple II is, we're sure they'll want to share that enthusiasm with their students. Planting Apple seeds with teachers will greatly shorten a learning curve that is now much too long. And personal access to Apple computers will lead inevitably to better education for our children. — William Kennedy, Ph.D., Editor in Chief April 1993 * inCider/A+ * 3 Remember when spelling checkers were considered inconvenient? Well... they were inconvenient. But now all word processors have built-in spell checking, and everyone uses them. It’s the same with grammar checkers. Until now. New TimeOut Grammar adds built-in grammar checking to your AppleWorks word pro- cessing. With TimeOut Grammar, you have the power to guard your writing against embarrassing errors. No matter what you write, from a high-school paper to an annual report, TimeOut Grammar will make it stronger, clearer and more concise. TimeOut Grammar ......... Now Shipping $49» suggested retail $79.95 TimeOut Grammar Save up to 55% on TimeOut programs! Any 3 for $79* © Any 4 for $99* This is a limited time offer and does not include TimeOut Grammar TimeOut SuperFonts Now you can print out your AppleWorks files with fancy fonts and graphics. SuperFonts works with all the same format- ting commands you normally use in AppleWorks. SuperFonts even adds some new commands, like right justify and abso- lute tab. $42.95 TimeOut Graph Organize your spreadsheet figures into clear, informa- tive graphs, Just choose the type of graph you want and it appears instant- ly—all ready to print—with titles, subtitles, legends, borders, and more. $52.95 TimeOut Thesaurus Choose any word in the word processor and select Thesaurus from the TimeOut menu. You'll see a list of words with similar mean- ings—synonyms—displayed on the screen. Choose the new word you want and Thesaurus does the rest. $32.95 TimeOut TextTools These word processor en- hancements take the drudgery out of produc- ing complicated docu- ments—term papers, pro- posals, newsletters, even your Great American Novel. $32.95 TimeOut SideSpread Print your spreadsheets and data base files sideways— inside AppleWorks! SideSpread can print all or part of your file in a wide va- riety of sizes and print qualities. $32.95 TimeOut ReportWriter ReportWriter’s flexible report generator makes AppleWorks a powerful administra- tive tool. Generate report cards, attendance records, lesson plans, forms and more. $48.95 TimeOut UltraMacros Automate AppleWorks with this ultra-pow- erful program. Never retype repetitive infor- mation again. Record your keystrokes as you go, and then play them back—up to 4,000 keystrokes with one command! $40.95 Circle 136 on Reader Service Card. Tl special offer also in- cludes these great TimeOut modules: TimeOut DeskTools ye 132.95 TimeOut DeskTools II. TimeOut FileMaster TimeOut SpreadTools neOut TeleComm...... TimeOut MacroEase..... TimeOut QuickSpell TimeOut SuperForm TimeOut PowerPack. Quality Computers ™ 20200 Nine Mile Rd.* P.O. Box 665 St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 Phone: 313-774-7200® Fax 313-774-2698 Orders 1-800-443-6697 Support 313-774-7740 E APRIL vos wine FEATURES Real Science by Bonnie L. Bracey..............ccccceceesee teense eens 44 Thanks to the National Geographic Kids Network, students all over the world are studying today's most-pressing environmental problems. Here’s a progress report from one teacher who's been putting young scientists to work in her classroom since 1988. Il Essentials: Hardware by Tony Diaz and Paul Statt ............. 50 Congratulations — you're the proud owner of'a “new” Apple IL. If you've got no idea just how it works or what to do with it, start here, as inCider/A+ discusses the nuts and bolts of hardware operation that every II user should keep in mind. DEPARTMENTS LSGEONG ..0c:5.:.corsaceorensostsrsonsstorssesnezrareaneersasabaina eins niuusrsasneret eas beers What's New See for Yourself ¢ The Apple II Spirit ¢ New-Product Focus .... Apple Clinic “Vernal Hyperpyrexia”: CP/M Update * Go Ahead — Make My Data ¢ Incredible Shrinking Disk ¢ BASIC Needs * Up and Running ¢ Back to the Future .. - Reviews: Apple II Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye Stunning graphics and sound mark the reincarnation of an ancient Chine: of strategy. Plus: RADE v.1 * Learn About: Lights in the Night Sky * Decisions, Decisions: Substance Abuse A+ Extracts... Hints “Mail Call”... COLUMNS The View from Inside William P. Kennedy, Ph.D... “Planting Apple Seeds”: Computer training for teachers begins at ‘home Shareware Solutions * Joe Kolin... a “First Prize”: Announcing the winners of the TA Bouncin’ PAGE S00 Grapevine * Joe Kohn. On-line hints, tips, argument, chat, and gossip. The Apple Il Report * Carol S. Holzberg, Ph.D.. Hot off the press: quick reviews of recently rele: ed software, Stattus Report * Paul Stati eesaanen “Quick and Dirty”: If it wasn’t the first multimedia publisher who realized the public wanted sex, it was surely the second. ao | & New Products ata Time”: inCider/A+ salutes the ten winners of eRe 's fe World ccontestemematnerasscncnye | Reviews First Impression: Color Classic and LC II * L-Zone * Star Wars VisualClips + PixelPlay Mac Extracts............s: cco The Holzberg Report ...............:000:0 PLAGE 2371 Cover Photos * Courtesy of Apple Computer, Inc. April 1993 * inCider/A+ * 5 Quality Computers “ POWER FOR PERFORMANCE Join the hundreds of thousands who have enjoyed Enhance for over 5 years. Get your free subscription today! (Foreign subscribers add $20 U.S. funds) Name Address City State Zip Phone ( ) Monsees Clip and mailto: QUALITY COMPUTERS, Enhance, .0. Box 665, St. Cla Shores, Ml 48080 20200 Nine Mille Rd. «P.O. Box 665° Pe St. Beis Shores, Ml a APPLIED esse BRODERBUND uicke 3.0 (le, NGS) 19895 Bank Steet Writer Pus 49.95 ENGINEERING SPECIAL! cuaRis RamWorks IN MEG. 17 iki BRAM Uta, '3.256K te ts Quickie/InWords Combo 249.95 Get your AppleWorks and SOUND & Alek 6 parades DISK DRIVES a AppleWorks 3.0 169.95 RAPHICS 3.0 Upgrade 79.95 APPLE AppleWorks GS 1.1 199.95 3.5" FDHD (llellGS) 349.95 APPLE 1 Upgrade 99.95 Controller 449.95 Video Overlay Card «44895 wesregpe APPLIED. ‘ENGINEERING DIGITAL VISION InWords (OCR) 79.95 ESS 229.95 — ComputerEyes lle 9995 Pointless 49.98 ‘AE 5.25" 179.95 — ComputerEyes IGS 199.95, ‘KOALA ——— Hi gna cass BUSINESS & OPCODE APPLE sags MOU Transat woos FINANCE imageWriter Faas wrorr PANASONIC tl Baas 109.95 Quicken 44.95, Panasonic 180) 19995 MANZANITA Panasonic 1128, 249.95, BusinessWorks Bundle 199.95 ACCESSORIES BusinessWorks Payroll 99.95 PRINTER APPLE bec boeed ‘le Enhancement Kit 59,95 Shoe Box 39.95 INTERFACES APPLIED ENGINEERING ‘SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS avis cameo Power Supply lells 79.95 YourMoney Matters GS 79.95 Parle! Pro 79.95 KENSINGTON Serial Pro a5 SystemSaercs 2895 TELECOMM ORANGE micRO Anti-Glare Flter 1495 eye Dust Cover pa ee 8995 Universal Printer Stand 4.95 Perea La a oe 5 MISCELLANEOUS OTe Ee 89.95 Cavies fromi4.95 BEAGLE BROS 2 is Sree Me Re ETEC Exended 80 Col. Card "19.98 Point to Point 59.95 Sy | Supeririter ses 6495 Swtcnbores. trom 19.95 NHANCE eel an ‘© SOTWARE i Sosrosienes (0) $58 SOFTWARE ITY COMPUTERS: ‘Mouse Pad 45 I -Modem 2400 89.95 Phone Net Connectors 19.95 ORANGE CHERRY — J 1 | Saieuess, 88 cn ies TALKING SCHOOLHOUSE \ USeth car ner haere ‘APPLE Il SPECIAL! Talking Numbers GS 39.95 I [| 2etete 2400, cave Per say 1495 TalkingAlpna Chimp GS 39.95 Since we introduced Enhance over 6 years Rare ees aii 139.95 puppons Le Pile BS Hi I ago, it has grown from a simple-yet-won- fi ! ImageWriter Black 295 yayind Q-Modem 2400, Cable, Wi c Talking USA Map GS 39.95 ‘and MicroPhone 149.95 Talking Speller GS 39.95 1 derful newsletter into one of the most Imager 6 5% 0 Sp 1 respected and widely-read educational I SUPRA the blr Olek éee_Talking Money GS 39.95 technology publications in America. SupraFAXModem v.32 BIS di ililebad sigs Taking Renin Ratoad 99.95 Every issue of Enhance contains the 14400 bd. (Mac) 379.95 EARNING COMP: ; Kind of nfotation the computer-using ed } Sonaosem v2 ano 27098 Stn T0700 OSS eater at gg cator needs to make an impact in the classroom—like ‘No Siot Clock 39.95 Math Rabbit 28s I how to write winning grants, multimedia applications, telecom- 1 | MONITORS 2 TECHNOLOGY Children's Writing & 1 munications, and product reviews and announcements for Apple I, | | mowocHRoMe ao gsarte 19985 "Publting Centr, 2495 | Macintosh, and 18M. tis writen by a nationwide network of educators, tie youre, y 12 Amber 129.95 Zlle MHz ‘SRODERBUND who want to reach their students through computer technology’ ‘magnavox reese ae I [| Magnavox Roe zs HYPERMEDIA Enhance also includes our catalog — full of all the hardware and software you need Cstom Cable (6S) 1895 paaee wagwen Carmen USA Europe, 1 tor your Apple tt, Macintosh, or IBM. ! Hyperstudio 3 9995 carmen America’s Past 29.95 1 auality Computers has been publishing Enhance for over 6 years. i's tree to allac cus- | | INPUT DEVICES qecaminds 4S Mean ee f SOMPUTE e's Farm or MeGee J tomers, or you can call for your free subscription today! [| ane ear coms eee 2a ‘AppleNouse ile 11995 I ® | Clip Sounds GS 19.95 WEEKLY READER ‘We enjoy reading Enhance and look forward to receiving it. It is well written, under- GH PRODUCTS How a Bit Baoenes Sticky Bear Numbers 24.95 | standable, pertinent, and a great source or information.” —Everett Foust | Mion Jone ee alaw 19.95 Talking Sticky Bear ABC’s 29.95 ‘Story of Creation 19.95 Sticky Bear Typing 29.95 1 thankyou fr providing the opportunity for schools like urs to havea chance at geting Eroyriel taaaler See ae 1 some of the technology that can bring our computer program into the 90's.” Cat crscans WP/DB/SS Sooke ae | —Sandy Kowalezuk, Key School, Annapolis, MD 1 | lam-syiekeyboars 7995 geague eras, Ecc I I ‘Apple ADB Keyboard BeagleWrite 48.95 CalendarCratterGS 29.95, Regular 129.95 BeagleWrite DA's 9.95 Number Munchers: 24.95 1 ] 1 Extended 199.95 BeagleWrite Pict Mgr 9.95. Word Munchers 24.95 et ree! toon Beagles Fort Paks 9.99 Oregon Tra 49 i] i] MouseMan 84.95 BeagleWrite GS. 59.95 _ USA GeoGraph GS 39.95 | I | i} ! I I 1 | I 1 i} I i} | “4 highly recommend your company to. Quality Computers ™ POWER FOR PERFORMANCE —Gail Braddock e Wins fos R ene Quan (RAM GS The Q-RAM GS is an economical way to add up to 4 MEG of memory to your Apple llcs. It’s fully compati- bile with all Apple lcs hardware and software— including the llss RAM Disk and DMA peripherals like the Apple Il High Speed SCSI Card. And it’s so small that it fits in your shirt pocket. When you install the Q-RAM GS life becomes just a little easier. Programs load completely into mem- ory at startup, eliminating disk swapping. Out-of- memory error messages disappear. You'll have memory to spare—memory to load desk accessories, or to set up @ RAM disk. Installation is simple. You can expand a Q-RAM GS by snapping in standard SIMMs—we even include the necessary diagnostic software for your peace of mind. And since the Q-RAM GS uses SIMMs, your memory investment won't go to waste Of course, since you're dealing with Quality Computers, you get an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee and a five-year warranty. And the price is the best news of all—a 2 MEG Q-RAM GS costs about the same or even less than other IIss memory cards in a1 MEG configu- ration! Plus, with the 4 MEG Q-RAM GS, you get FlashBoot FREE! Flash- Boot lets you quickly save and load a super-fast, super-conve- nient RAM disk. Q-RAM Ile Snap the Q-RAM Ile into your Apple lle, and you'l create a whole new computing experience. Pro- ‘grams load faster—and completely. A lot less disk swapping. A lot more productivity. All of Apple- Works, plus your TimeOut applications will completely load into RAM. That means you can concentrate on working—not waiting for disk drives. Plus with @ huge 1 MEG. treasuer trove of RAM, you can create huge doc- uments, and not encounter a single “Out of Memory” message. A Meg. . Meg. “QURAM Il (4meg, surface mounte)...199* The Q-RAM lle fits snuggly into your e's auxiliary slot, and comes with diagnostic software, 5-year warranty, a 30-day money back guarantee, and is 100% software compatible. 1 Meg. ASK ABOUT QUANTITY DISCOUNTS ON @-RAM CARDS The Q Drive eliminates disk swapping and helps you work twice as fast! Thousands of drives later, experts stil are praising the Q Drive for its performance and value. inCider/A+ gave it a four-and-a- half-star rating. Our customers are using words lke “amazing” and “Yfantastic’ to describe the way the Q Drive has changed their computing. Vv The Q Drive features a fast, reliable Quantum mechanism using the latest technology, including auto-parking heads, a voice-coil actuator, and a track buffer. And since the Q Drive uses the industry-standard SCSI interface, you get complete compatibility with your cur- rent computer system—and your next, whether it's an Apple Il, Macintosh, or IBM The Q Drive's plain-English manual covers more than instal- lation and setup, It even tells you how to manage your mass storage effectively. From GS/OS and ProDOS to backups and maintenance, i's all there, including a glos- sary of hard drive jargon. And no hard drive is easier to set up and use—install a card, connect two cables, and turn on the power. The Q Drive automatically con- figures itself to match your computer, and the latest system software is already installed, with x nee He \t Kc 5 Wi os ans <u oo KMOH. ‘Are you interested in upgrading to we 4, ‘System 6 but afraid of compatibility prob- Sm lems? Switch Hitter is your solution, allowing you to <= = keep System 5 on your hard drive when you add System 6! A sim- ple keyboard command selects the desired System version at boot time, Additionally, Switch Hitter lets you change your IIGS's System ‘Speed and Startup Slot at boot time and start up a 3.5" or 5.25" disk, all without having to wait for your hard drive to boot into the Finder. ‘And remember, you're dealing with Quality Computers, the hard drive leader. The Q Drive comes with a 30- day money-back guarantee and a one- year limited warranty. A great drive ‘and great support, at a great price— that’s the Q Drive. Find out why it’s the best Apple hard drive value—test drive one today! Anple lH. SS Cat. 256K (8) oy F som 256K x4 (2)... ml 1Meg. 8) 1-800-777-3642 ~ We will meet or beat any nationally acivertised price* School P.0.’s accepted by phone, fax or mail v School Editions * Lab Packs © Networks ® Site Licenses Circle 136 on Reader Service Card. inCider LET’S DO LAUNCH UPER FEATURE ON “ENRICH- Ss System 6” by Joe Kohn in your January 1993 issue (p. 34). I use George Wildes’ UtilityWorks, which was mentioned in the article — it’s a super program that does everything but wash the dishes. I'm also using Wildes’ UtilityLaunch, a shareware ($10) companion to Utility- Works. I've tried many other programs of the type and find UtilityLaunch far and away the best. It runs under GS/OS System 5.0.4 or later. You can preselect up to 40 programs (16 if you use icons) from up to 50 menus for a total of up to 200 preselected launch programs. With UtilityLaunch you can adjust many of the GS’ Control Panel options, as well as adjust accelerator-card speeds. The utility’s menu screens are very simple to configure and use. My favorite feature is that the program lets you switch temporarily to a new boot drive without having to reset the Control Panel or turn off your GS. I've found that feature most helpful with copy- 8 + inCider/A+ * April 1993 LETTERS protected programs you can’t transter to your hard-disk drive. John Fredricks Casper, WY FTA EN ENGLAIS? N THE JANUARY 1992 ISSUE, JOE [i mentions in his Shareware Solutions column (p. 16) that the FTA (Free Tools Association) has published an 800-page book about programming the GS. Is this book avail- able in English? If so, can you tell me the details - cost, where to order, and so on? If it isn’t available yet in English, when will it be? David Lee Concord, GA We have yet to see an English translation of this French original, and caution that owing to one author's improprieties, a trans- lation will probably never appear. We suggest you contact The Byte Works (4700 Irving Boulevard NW, Suite 207, Albu- querque, NM 87114, 505-898-8183) for GS programming reference books. —eds. GS VS, PC (CONT.) COULDN’T AGREE MORE WITH l Richard Custer’s letter in the February 1993 issue of inCider/A+ (p. 8) regarding the merits of the “good ol’ GS” versus so-called “high perfor- mance” Intel-based Windows machines. I'm a computer professional who man- ages the systems and network for a large (Fortune 500) manufacturing plant. Although I’m responsible for all sorts of equipment, ranging from PLCs to PCs to minis, my home computer is a GS. In my opinion, the GS is the finest computer ever built. It’s a real shame that Apple didn’t understand how to market it. Had Apple come out with a GS equipped with | megabyte of RAM, a tast (at least 8 megahertz) microprocessor, a hard-disk drive, and GS/OS in 1986, there surely would have been a large and permanent market for the computer, as well as an established base of developers and programmers to generate and support a continuous stream of new and innovative software. And in this configu- ration, the GS is the finest and most versatile low-cost multimedia machine. To top it all off, almost seven years after the GS’ introduction, the little beastie can still run rings around many Windows-based 386 and 486 machines. GS/OS is so intuitive and transparent that novice users feel comfortable with the computer in no time. I taught my 6-year-old daughter to use my GS in about a half hour. Try that with a Windows machine. Thanks for your fine magazine and continuing support of the GS. As long as you keep going, you can count on my support. Jim Jennis Winchester, VA FIVE-STAR RESOURCE THINK YOUR REVIEWER'S CRIT- l icism of Resource Central’s publica- tions in the November 1992 issue (p. 24) was totally unfounded. I've sub- scribed to A2-Central (on disk) and to Script-Central since their inception, and to Studio City now for a little more than a year. (I don’t own TimeOut, so I don’t subscribe to TimeOut-Central.) The value I've received from these publica- tions for my money has been incredibly high. Personally, I'd give all of Resource Central’s publications five stars. Patt Ricketts Redondo Beach, CA LETTERS CLEARING THE AIR T HANKS FOR CLEARING UP THE misunderstanding about your changes to inCider/A+ (“Great Exaggerations,” The View from Inside, February 1993, p. 3). Being a diehard Apple II person since 1978 and a charter subscriber to inCider/A+, I'm glad to see the magazine stay true I also think the Mac hz inCider/A+, not only because so many new Mac’ers are former Apple II people, but also because you can share so much between the GS and the Mac. I'd like to hear more about what works on both machines. a place in Joe Husosky Miami, FL F YOU REVIEW YOUR RECORDS, | Fe find that we’ve subscribed to your magazine for a number of years. You might want to read my reasons for not continuing our subscription; if you don’t like criticism, stop here. First, those of us who use Apple Ie computers can find few, if any, articles of interest in your current issues. You have abandoned the Ile user in favor of GS and Mac owners. GS users should | also see the handwriting on the wall, for soon you'll abandon them, too. Older issues of A+ and inCider were informative, educational, and downright fun to read. What do you offer us now? All I see are GS and Mac articles, not Ile. And those aren’t up to the standards of the old A+ and inCider. Your older magazines contained more than 100 pages; your current issues continue to get smaller. And you don’t give us any incentive to continue subscribing, such as reducing the price as you reduce the magazine size. I hope I'm the exception to the majority of your readers, or you'll soon be wondering where all your subscribers have gone. Jerry L. Williams Fredericktown, MO INCIDER/A + WELCOMES READERS’ COMMENTS. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO EDIT FOR CLARITY, STYLE, AND SPACE. ADDRESS YOUR CORRESPON- DENCE TO LETTERS, INCIDER/A+, 80 ELM STREET, PETERBOROUGH, NH 03458. MPD 5%,” DISK DRIVES FOR: 1Year Warranty _— Apple Il, GS, E, C, C+, + Parts & Labor Mac LC with Ile Emulation 100% Compatible LASER 128’s Super Quiet $129.00 Cable & Adaptor z Included Daisy Chain Port Included AMR 3%,” Disk Drive For Apple IIc+ & IIGS $199.00 xk * HARD DRIVES * * For the Apple Ile For the Apple IIGS 20 Meg (IDE) 40 Meg (SCSI) . + $259.00 with Controller ........ $289.00 85 Meg (SCSI) . + $369.00 40 Meg (IDE) 120 Meg (SCSI) . + $439.00 with Controller ........ $339.00 Apple H.S. SCSI Card . . . .$109.95 MPD 4 Meg GS CARD 5 winch Disk Il Fully DMA Compatible Disk Controller Card $39.95 1Meg . . $99.00 For Apple Il, It & lle UniDisk 2Meg . $139.00 5 Year Warranty $59.95 4Meg . $219.00 SUPER EXPANDER GS MOUSE F $59.00 J More Memory for APPLEWORKS He Ic 69.00 256K . - $62.00 $93.00 GS TRACKBALL 3% Mes, Sono sie Ile Mouse & Card $109.00 Extended 80 Column Card PROTERM @fYQQct0F With 64K for Apple Ile 100% Appleworks Cooling Fan for Apple Il & Ile Compatible With Surge Surpressor....... $29.95 5 Year Warranty Gosling Fan No 32K Internal Buffer For Noise Apple IGS Interference for IMAGEWRITER II <r SUPER SERIAL CARD 100% Apple Compatible 5 Year Warranty .... $54.95 SERIAL/PARALLEL CONVERTER IIc . $49.00 GS.... $59.00 GS Power Supply sie 7 Amp Graphics Printer Card w/Cable Replacement 7 Amp. Pwr. Supply Foe Apple tt & le He Keyboard I, lit & He 5 Year Parallel $60.00 $55.00 ein 58.05) Cables Fi $9.95 Parallel Text Only ...... «$36.95 EMG | te Me Ile to IMG I IIc to IMG Il : He to IMG II Others Ie Numeric Keypad ! : Ilc Numeric Keypad . $39.95 Lier TH OWNERS SWITCH BOXES elt Card eres sae DIN8A/B .... » $24.95 ard prc aor DIN 8 A/B/C/D + $29.95 80 Column Card .. 2.2... $49.95 DB 25 A/B $24.98 Plus Works ............ $49.00 DB 25 A/B/C/D * $3495 5 Year Warranty ave Parallel A/B ..... + $24.95 Prices subject to change without notice. Parallel A/B/C/D . $34.95 VISA & MASTERCARD — NO EXTRA CHARGE DEALER PRICING Shipping Most Items $6.00 / Drives $8.00 / C.O.D. + $4.50 MEMORY PLUS DISTRIBUTORS, INC. 7902 East Pierce Street Sam todpm. Hight Qual para for Scottsdale, Arizona 85257 MST. Thats we (602) 520-8519 University & SchoolP.O 's why we are 0. the LARGEST FAX# (602) 968-3211 ‘Accepted and Serving Apple Users Since 1983 20% Restocking charge the BEST! ‘on returned items Circle 248 on Reader Service Card. THE APPLE I! SPIRIT nventing the future of the Apple || should be easy for William D. Mensch, Jr., because he was responsible for creating so much of its past. Three of Mensch’s microprocessors — the 6502, the 65C02, and the 65C816 — are the brains of the Apple II line. Among other achievements, Western Design Center (WDC), Mensch's 15-year-old company, lays claim to the core microprocessor technology used in Nintendo systems, cam- corders, and microwave ovens. Mensch was also fascinated with the concept of “palmtop” computing in the early 1970s — before minia- ture systems such as the Sharp Wizard even existed. A few months ago he put the finishing touches on the prototype of a new computer he’s designed for hobbyists and students — a system he says heralds the rebirth of the Apple II spirit. The desktop version of the Mensch Computer (a palmtop is the ultimate goal) is based on WDC's W65C265S — a 16-bit, 65C816-compatible chip. The system contains two PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card Inter- ational Association) interfaces, an audio amplifier and speaker, and four serial ports for external expansion, plus an internal 68-pin header (like a processor-direct slot in Mac lingo). Bottom line: The unit can play host to inexpensive PC peripherals. What’s more, because he owns the microprocessor technology, Mensch estimates he can build the basic system, which he calls “the equiva- lent of the Apple IIs CPU box,” for between $50 and $100. Mensch is seeking five “hardcore hobbyists” to help him plant the seed for the next generation of Apple | computing. Any takers? For more information, contact Western Design Center, 2166 East Brown Road, Mesa, AZ 85213, (602) 962- 4545, (602) 835-6442 fax, or (215) 646-7247 BBS. — CF. 10 * inCider/A+ * April 1993 WHAT'S NEW SEE FOR YOURSELF ‘ou don’t have to hail from the Show Me state to enjoy a healthy sense of skepticism about new computer prod- ucts. Many users prefer to test-drive Apple II products whenever possible — demonstration disks and videotapes can help fortify your purchasing decisions. Here's a sampling of free or low-cost offers we unearthed this month. For just $5 County Line will send you a demonstration copy of Phat 2nd Graders Need chnology ik That butterflies are free. Prices i That passing the ball i more fun than keeping it _| Big Text Machine, from Balloons Software GSTape v.2.0.7, a GS application that lets you back up (and later restore) the contents of a hard-disk drive onto a single $15 magnetic tape cartridge instead of a $50 avalanche of floppies. County Line’s Tim Grams says the actual working version of GSTape backs up a 40- megabyte hard disk completely in about nine minutes. By contrast, it can take more than an hour to back up a similar- size hard drive onto 3.5-inch disks. You won't need a tape drive to sample the demo, but you do need System 6. Order the GSTape demo disk from County Line Technology, P.O. Box 462283, Garland, TX 75046, or call the company at (214) 495-7675 after 7 p.m. Central time. The full version of GSTape costs $35 (add $5 for shipping outside the U.S.); current GSTape users can upgrade to the latest version for $15 if they include the serial number. Kitchen Sink Software recently uploaded to GEnie and America Online a set of files that update AccuDraw 1.1 or 1.la to 1.1b, the company’s newest computer-aided-design program. Like previous versions, the update runs on a 64K Apple Ie, IIc, or Ic Plus, or on a GS operating in Ie mode. Registered owners lacking a modem or access to an on-line service can receive the upgrade if they send the company the original AccuDraw disk and $5 to cover shipping. If you haven't already tried AccuDraw, now’s your opportunity. You can order an interactive demo disk for $5 (specify 3.5- or 5.25-inch). Among other things, the demo lets you test-drive AccuDraw’s drafting tools and experiment with the program’s dimensional scales (but you can’t create or save new files). The full version of the program costs $99.95. A school site license is only $10 per com- puter. Write to Kitchen Sink Software at 903 Knebworth Court, Westerville, OH 43081, or call (614) 891-2111 for more information. To place an order or request a catalogue, call (800) 235-5502. Registered users of Balloons Software’s Big Text Machine should contact the company at (202) 244-2223 to receive the latest program enhancement: a free preboot disk. Company founder Phil Shapiro says the preboot, programmed by Kitchen Sink’s Eric Bush, loads BTM into RAM, eliminating program inter- ruptions caused by disk access. Other interested Apple II users can obtain a BTM demo disk with sample screens, program information, and a copy of BTM’s shareware precursor. To request the demo, send five first-class postage stamps (outside the U.S. send five 5.25- inch floppies instead of stamps) to Balloons Software, 5201 Chevy Chase Parkway NW, Washington, DC 20015-1747. = Bright Software announces a trial ver- sion of Eureka! Symbolix 1.7 (formerly GSymbolix), a powerful GS program thatdisplays mathematical expressions graphically. Bright’s Henrik Gudat says the $3 demo lets you explore almost every program function, with some fea- tures limited or disabled. Order from Bright Software USA, c/o L. Schneider, P.O. Box 120, Exeter, ME 04435-0120. —CF. NEW SOFTWARE 5 WRITE AWAY pple Il products are pop- ping up in our offices like crocuses in early spring. This month’s crop includes Talking Fingers 1.1, a self-paced keyboarding/phonics/writing program that supports whole- language instruction. This unique software helps children in grades 1 to 6 acquire keyboarding skills. Sight and sound together develop kids’ language skills. If your Apple Il is equipped with an Echo speech synthesizer, children can also associate a specific sound with each key they press. Eventually, students learn how to write whole words and complete sentences. Talking Fingers’ 40 lessons {one for each speech sound) features colorful animated graphics and entertaining sound effects. Children turn the points they earn into toy surprises in the Trophy Room. A single-user version of Talking Fingers costs $149. Lab packs and site licenses are also available. The program runs on any 128K Apple Il; an Echo synthesizer is required for speech output. For more information, or to borrow a demonstration video- tape for 30 days, contact Media Learning Center, 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901-8008, (415) 456- 4853. Circle number 350 on the Reader Service card. e BLAST FROM THE PAST T ransport your kinder- garten through third- grade students back to the Cretaceous period with William K. Bradford Publishing Company's Dinosaurs, the newest release in the Explore- a-Science series. Colorful animated graphics and inter- active lessons help kids learn about extinction, fossilization, and paleontology. Children can use the program's background scenes, clip art, and text labels to write stories, design stick puppets, or make flash cards. The school price for Explore- @-Science: Dinosaurs is $75 for the single-computer version. Lab packs ($225) and network versions ($300) are also available. For more infor- mation, contact William K. Bradford Publishing Company, 310 School Street, Acton, MA 01720, (800) 421-2009, (508) 263-6996, or circle number 356 on the Reader Service card. TransProg Il 1.1 from Seven Hills Software. Switch-It! is a System 6 program switcher that lets you change quickly from one Apple lIGS pro- gram to another without quitting the first application, reverting to the Finder, and launching the next program. Multiple programs are available simultaneously. While you work with one application, other open applications run in the background — just as their PC and Macintosh counterparts do under Tienove | EatSere I cx Windows 3.1 or Multi- Finder. Switch-It! doesn't require @ hard-disk drive, but demands at least 1 megabyte (4 megabytes rec- ommended). Suggested retail price is $79.95, Educators can purchase a single-user version for $59.95. To learn more, contact Sequential Systems, Inc., 1200 Diamond Circle, Lafayette, CO 80026, (303) 666-4549 or circle Kids travel back in time to play with Dinosaurs. a POWER PLAYERS pple liss enthusiasts who want to make their systems more productive should consider two new effi- ciency boosters: Switch-It! from Sequential Systems and number 351 on the Reader Service card. By contrast, TransProg Ill 1.1 is a program launcher. Instead of quitting to the Finder and tunneling through volumes and directories to start another application, you TransPro Customize your program list for maximum efficiency. can single-click on the name of any program listed on the TransProg III pull-down menu, which appears on the menu bar of each GS program you run. Installing program names on the menu is an easy, one- time task. You can customize the menu’s appearance and even add low-level security via startup password protection. TransProg Ill requires System 5.0.4 or later and costs $39.95. According to Seven Hills Software vice-president Dave Hecker, a new version of Express, the company's print spooler for the Apple lis, is also available now. Among other new features, Express 2.0 ($49.95) lets you specify the location of the spool folder — the area of your hard drive where documents are stored temporarily during background printing. You can even spool documents to a RAM disk, if you choose. A more stream- lined method for feeding spooled information to serial printers makes printing signifi- cantly faster, particularly with high-quality models such as the Hewlett-Packard DeskJet, April 1993 inCider/A+ * 11 WHAT'S NEW although the ImageWriter II benefits from the speed improvement, as well. The Express 2.0 update costs $12.50 plus $3.50 for ship- ping and handling. For additional information about TransProg Ill 1.1 or Express 2.0, contact Seven Hills Software Corporation, 2310 Oxford Road, Talla- hassee, FL 32304-3930, (904) 575-0566, or (904) 575-2015 fax. Circle number 352 on the Reader Service card. A UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU he clock is ticking fast toward April 15th, but last-minute shoppers who use AppleWorks 2.0 (or a later version) may want to consider 1040Works 8.0 (128K required) or 1040Works-X 8.0 (256K required) to help them meet the government's deadline for filing 1992 personal income-tax returns. If you've already filed your return, don’t despair — there's always next year. Besides, 1040Works Tax Planner 2.0 can help you Tax Planner is priced at $29.95, or $19.95 if ordered with one of the tax packages. All 1040Works programs are available from NAUG, National Road, P.O. Box 660002, Scotts Valley, CA 95067- 0002, (800) 321-7511 or (408) 438-5502. For more information, circle 354 on the Reader Service card. Your GS can take kids away on a fun Trip to the Zoo. Lots of dig 87453, Canton, MI 48187, (313) 454-1115. Circle 359 on the Reader Service card for more information. ¢ 1 THINK, THEREFORE .. . wo new Apple Il programs — Ghosts in a Bottle and Magic Show — help elemen- tary-school children develop logical-thinking skills. In Ghosts ina Bottle (128K required), students use deductive reasoning and a dual-pan balance to find objects that are heavier (or lighter) than others. In Magic Show (64K The 1040Works series gets you organized for April 15. prepare now for ‘93 taxes. 1040Works and 1040Works- X cost $36.45 each. (Yearly updates are only $26.45 for registered users.) 1040Works 12 * inCider/A+ * April 1993 required), children learn to infer know!- edge about whole objects from visual cues. Priced at $65 each ($15 each additional disk), these prad- ucts are available from Wings for Learning, 1600 Green Hills ed photos and sound effects help make it real. a WHAT A zoo! arblesoft recently released A Trip to the Zoo, a series of HyperStudio- based stacks boasting digi- tized animal photographs and realistic sound effects. The program, which runs on the Apple liGs, simulates a visit to a city zoo and features animals of Africa and North America, an aquarium, a snack bar, and a children’s. petting zoo. Kids move from one exhibit to the next by clicking on hypermedia buttons or “hot spots” with the mouse, TouchWindow, or single-switch - device. Clicking on an animal usually elicits a sound or simple animation. If you already own HyperStudio 3.1, order the $35 version of A Trip to the Zoo. Otherwise, you'll need the $45 package, which includes a run-time version HyperStudio 3.1. Contact Marblesoft at 12301 Central Avenue NE, Suite 205, Blaine, MN 55434, (612) 755-1402, or circle number 355 on the Reader Service card for more information. a MELTDOWN creen blankers do have S practical value. Honest. (They can prevent phosphor- burn damage to your comput- er’s monitor.) But DigiSoft Innovations’ Twilight 1 1.0.4 proves something we already know: GS screen blankers can be fun, too. You can choose from more than 30 special- effects modules, including three-dimensional fractal mountains, wireframe anima- tions, color fireworks displays, ‘snow (which falls on the desk- top), and cavernous, sub- terranean tunnels. Other modules appear to chop the display into puzzle pieces or thaw it. Sound effects accom- pany some modules, and one option lets you create your own screen blanker with a GS paint program. Twilight 11 1.0.1 requires an Apple llss and System 6 and costs $39.95. Competitive upgrades for registered owners of Desktop Enhancer and Signature GS are $24. For additional information, contact DigiSoft Innovations, P.O. Box 380, Trumbull, CT 06611, (203) 375-0837, or circle number 357 on the Reader Service card. 5 CAI FOR THE '90S here are lots of Apple lis in the elementary schools, and those computers will be there for a long time,” observes Dr. Leonard Hall, i Governor's Court, Baltimore, MD 21244- 2791, or circle number 9353 on the Reader Service card. vice president of Skills Bank Corporation. The company recently announced Cornerstone, its newest computer-aided instruction program. The Cornerstone Language series (128K required) is available now; the company is preparing a com- panion Reading series for release during the 1993 to 1994 school year. The Cornerstone Mathematics series is expected to follow. Each of the 175 capitaliza- tion, punctuation, usage, and spelling lessons in the Language series follows a five- step sequence that begins with a warm-up, then a review 5.25-inch), or to request a and quiz, followed by a “take free 30-day trial, call (800) five" game-style interlude, and : 84-SKILL or (410) 265-8855, finally a worksheet that : You can also write to Skills recaps the session. Each i Bank Corporation at 15 lesson incorporates engaging full-color graphics and spirited writing contributed by profes- sional children's authors. A recordkeeping and reporting system lets teachers devote more time to teaching and less time to paperwork. The Language series includes three levels: for grades 3 to 4, 5 to 6, and 7 to 8. Stand-alone and network versions cost $450 and $1350, respectively, for a single level; the full package (three levels) is $1245 stand- alone, $3735 network. To learn more, to receive a free demo disk (specify 3.5- or a GO FOR THE PLATINUM f you're looking for an Apple lis paint program to design custom Twilight Il screen blankers (see “Meltdown” above) — or any other kind of artwork — look no further than Platinum Paint 2.0. This powerful update to a perennial favorite lets you create and print artwork of any size or design and play animations. You can even add sound effects. New hierarchical menus organize the program's dozens of features better to } cut screen clutter. A kid-sized Junior Version makes the program easier for children. Platinum Paint 2.0 costs $59.95; upgrade is $30. An Alphabet Coloring Disk is available for $19.95. For information, contact Quality Computers, 20200 Nine Mile Road, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080, (800) 777-3642, (313) 774-7200, or circle number 358 on the Reader Service card. 800-624-2926 708-888-8300 a A al Your #1 Source for Educational Softwa: ke SUD enast , = America's largest supplier of Educational Technology brings you America’s Most Complete Educational Technology Catalog! Vv Consumer Versions V Lab Packs v School Versions Vv Hardware" V Academic Versions Vv CD-ROM V Accessories VLaserDiscs Save up to 60% every day! Lowest Prices Eve BUY WHERE THE SCHOOLS BUY! _ oman aha te! ceessoriog nology Solvtong KINGS Licenses Circle 220 on Reader Service Card. April 1993 * inCider/A+ * 13 WHAr'S NEW SHAREWARE SOLUTIONS BY JOE KOHN N FIRST PRIZ [: inCider/A+'s August 1992 issue (p. 10), Shareware oe | Solutions and the French software-development group Free Tools Association (FTA) announced two contests — one for Apple lcs programmers and one “for the rest of us.” The rules were simple: Use the GS assembly-language source code supplied by the FTA to complete the arcade game Bouncin'Ferno, or use the screen editor supplied with Bouncin’Ferno to create new game levels. The criteria on which we'd judge entries were direct: “Make our eyes bug out, make our toes tap. Let the FTA guide you in spirit... . We care about game play, artistry, creativity, fun, sound, animation, documentation, [and] user friendliness.” The GS community rose to the challenge. Chris Thamm of Montreal translated all documentation and commented source code from French to English. Apple | software publishers donated prizes, and, of course, GS programmers and users went to work, creating new games and levels that far surpassed the expectations of our panel of judges. With pride, respect, and admira- tion we announce the winners. The award for the most fun and artisti- cally creative new level goes to Brett Dunst of Palos Verdes, California: the prize for best new game goes to Dustin Mitchell of Scarborough, Maine. Each winner will receive a one- year subscription to inCider/A+, a three-month subscription to Softdisk G-S, InSync Software's ProTERM 3.0 telecommunications program and a ProTERM t-shirt, Digital Creations’ Twilight II screen blanker, Econ Technology's AutoArk hard-disk compression utility, Glen Bredon's ProSel-16 GS program launcher and utility system (donated by Charlie's AppleSeeds), Roger Wagner’s HyperStudio authoring-system software or any other Roger Wagner program of his choice, Resource Central's videotape and t-shirt commemorating the 1992 A2 Summer Conference (better known as KansasFest), WestCode Software's Pointless TrueType font utility, a game of his choice from Seven Hills Software, and free on-line connect time for GEnie’s A2 and A2Pro areas. The original FTA version of Bouncin’Ferno is a Marble Madness-style game, with lively animation, graphics, sound effects, and music. The goal is to try to roll over small objects (the more objects rolled over, the higher the score) and advance to the next level. Some objects are suspended high above the ground, while others are hidden under three- dimensional ramps. The FTA's original release defined three levels, with 25 different rooms each. Bouncin’Ferno was a lot of fun, but it wasn't quite complete. It is now: Dustin Mitchell, a 14-year-old high-school freshman who has been programming the Apple Il since he was 8 years old, studied the FTA’s source code and decided to rewrite the 14 * inCider/A+ * April 1893 game largely from scratch. According to Mitchell, “I kept some routines the same just because there was no reason to change them. | had to rewrite most of the routines completely, how- ever, because writing for GS/OS is totally different from just taking over the computer, as the original did.” Mitchell's version runs much faster and is now completely GS/OS compat- ible; you can even intall it on your hard drive. If you launch from the Finder, you return to the Finder when you quit the game. True to the spirit of the FTA, it doesn’t use the GS Toolbox. As Bouncin’Ferno II bi is, the software displays a stunning scanned NASA photo of the earth, with accompanying music and a multicolored animated credit screen. You can choose to play the FTA’s original levels, a new level supplied by Mitchell, or any other level located in the Levels folder. Game play is essen- tially the same as the original's; enhancements include a play- ing field superimposed on a dazzling fractal graphic and an optional soundtrack that plays continuous NoiseTracker music in the background. Your score is displayed on screen at all times, and as you gain or lose energy, the GS border changes color. Each level now includes its own high-score module. Bouncin'Ferno Il is Dustin Mitchell's first attempt at creating a GS game. He's a self-taught programmer and is currently learning the C language. He owns both an Apple Ilcs and a Mac- intosh Performa 400. Mitchell aspires to be a professional programmer;Bouncin'Ferno Il is an auspicious start indeed. The new Bouncin'Ferno level created by 14-year-old Brett Dunst contains 25 additional rooms that are challenging yet fun to play. In many of the rooms, levels are stacked; an abundant number of spring- boards make the rolling marble bounce uncontrollably from one level to another. Sloping ramps, hidden scoring objects, and other three-dimensional special effects add to the fun. Some rooms contain so many springboards you can just sit back and watch as the ball bounces around, picking up points and even- tually springing into the next room. Just as the FTA dedicated many of its animated demos to fellow GS owners, Dunst has inscribed eight of his 25 rooms in honor of notable people, programs, and products of the GS community, including the FTA, Burger Bill Heineman, SAP (Kenrick Mock's Simple Animation Program), the Woz (Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak), the upcoming GS/OS version 6.0.1, and the Zip GSX accelerator board. For more than two years, the FTA gave the GS community a number of beautiful and exciting animated demos, games, and music programs it could be proud of. Thanks to Brett Dunst, Dustin Mitchell, Chris Thamm, and the contests’ sponsors, Bouncin'Ferno Il and the new Bouncin'Ferno add-on will be keep- ing the spirit of the FTA alive for years to come, and its legacy will never be forgotten. BOUNCIN’FERNO II AND BRETT DUNST’S NEW GAME LEVEL ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN OR ON DISK FROM JOE KOHN FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEND A SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE TO 166 ALPINE STREET, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901 Just because you use an Apple II doesn’t mean you should suffer. Lately, it seems, owning an Apple II has become a pretty frus- trating thing. Not too long ago you made an investment in a per- sonal computer and now you're finding that suddenly you’ve be- come a “second class” user with many manufacturers and suppliers. Well not with Sequential Systems. For almost 10 years, we’ve been a leading manufacturer of quality pe- ripheral devices for Apple I] com- puters and we’re still serious about Apple II. As a matter of fact, in 1993 Sequential Systems will in- troduce no less than 9 new hard- ware and software products for Apple II & IIGS. And not just more memory expansions and hard disk drives but useful and inge- nious enhancements in network- ing, multimedia, telecommunica- tions, and more. Products to help keep you computing with Apple II into the 21st Century! We’re serious about Apple II! So, next time you talk to your fa- vorite computer/peripherals dealer, ask about Sequential Systems prod- ucts. And while you're at it, ask about Sequential Systems’ Free HelpLine and about the personal- ized service we give each and every customer. Then when you're ready to enhance your Apple II invest- ment with a purchase make sure to ask for Sequential Systems’ prod- ucts by name. Because we ARE serious about Apple II and we’ll be with you down the road. Circle 52 on Reader Service Card. ALL Sequential Systems products include a 2-year prompt replacement warranty. f=} ALL Sequential Systems products include FREE 800- line technical support. ALL Sequential Systems a Ae <e products are made exclusively 2) HB) in Colorado, USA. SEQUENTIAL SYSTEMS We’re Serious About Apple II. APPLE CLINIC VERNAL HYPERPYREXIA For glitches and system pains, the cure’s as close as your nearest Clinic. BY CYNTHIA E. FIELD, Ph.D. CP/M UPDATE PRING FEVER’S IN THE AIR, BUT at inCider/A+ we'd rather spend some quality time indoors with our Apple IIs, as this month we answer your ques- tions about rehabilitating corrupted AppleWorks files and running DOS 3.3 programs on the Apple Ics. We'll take a swat at some other gnatty problems, too. But first an update. In “Reconcilable Differences” (Febru- ary 1993, p. 18) we couldn't pinpoint a utility that converts CP/M files (Control Program for Microcomputers) to ProDOS. Now we can. During his seemingly ceaseless mean- dering on the nets (telecommunications networks), on-line guru Joe Kohn discov- ered the shareware program Chameleon, which converts an assortment of file types, including CP/M, ProDOS, Pascal, DOS 3.3, and SOS (Sophisticated Operating System, the Apple III standard). We located the utility on America Online, but it’s probably also available elsewhere. Try a local user group or contact one of the public-domain software libraries that advertise in inCider/A+. For do-it-yourselfers with an America Online subscription and a modem, download time is just a few minutes. 16 *inCider/A+ April 1993 GO AHEAD—MAKE MY DATA "VE SEARCHED BACK ISSUES OF Jc but I find no mention of a problem like mine. I have an Apple- Works database file containing 4000 records. My Apple II operates normally in every respect, except when I try to arrange the records in alphabetical order. The system appears to be sorting, but after about 44 seconds, garbage appears on screen. The system no longer responds to keyboard input. Is this a challenge or what? William E. Pigott, Jr. Knightdale, NC Challenge, William? Not when you have a little black book containing the phone num- bers of experts like Dr. Warren Williams and Randy Brandt. Dr. Williams, president of the National AppleWorks Users Group (NAUG), says his organization has, on one occasion or another, experienced a similar problem with its 12,000-member data- base. In both your case and NAUG's, the difficulty probably doesn't stem directly from the size of the database. Rather, a bad character — in the electronic sense, not the criminal-justice sense — may be responsible for gumming up the works. When you try to sort the database, this character stops AppleWorks dead in its tracks. After all, how do you alpha- betize a glitch? The defect isn't something you can see, and it’s not something you entered from the keyboard. It’s probably lurking in one or more records in that large (80-character- plus) category you describe elsewhere in your letter. Sorting on the category is particularly troublesome, you say. Because bad characters are invisible, they're virtu- ally impossible to eradicate by editing an existing database file. It’s much easier to run the bad guys out of town by first making an ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) text file. Later, when you use the ASCII text file to re-create your database in AppleWorks, the bad (non-ASCII characters will have been purged. Here's how to clean up your file. In AppleWorks 3.0, add your database file to the Desktop. The Review/Add/Change screen should appear. Press Open apple-P (OA-P). If you haven't done so previously, create a report format that incorporates all of the categories you want to include in the new database you'll be making. If you already have a comprehensive report format, select the first option — Get a report format — and choose that report. (Describ- ing report formats is beyond the scope of this column, but your AppleWorks manuals explain the procedure for setting up reports in the database.) When the report format appears on screen, press OA-P. Instead of printing the report on paper, however, you'll print it “to disk.” Specifically, select the option that prints the report to A text (ASCII file on disk. At the Print the Report screen, select the first option: Tabs between categories, Returns between records. AppleWorks will prompt you for a path- name. Type the destination for the newly created data file by using the format volume/directory/filename or simply volume/ filename. We usually append the suffix .TXT to text files we create. Be sure the filename doesn't exceed ProDOS' 15- character limit. Press the escape key three times to return to AppleWorks’ main menu. Choose Add files to the Desktop. At the Add Files screen, choose Make a new file for the Data Base. At the Data Base screen, choose the second option: From a text MS-DOs app Meni: H “nic MeO=ne, igs 99) INTEGRATION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF PC USERS Remarkable Technologies announces a breakthrough product which now delivers AppleWorks power on an IBM PC or compatible. SuperWorks lets AppleWorks users step up to a PC with AppleWorks files, utilizing an Apple- S NEW VERSION 2.0 NOW WITH SPELL CHECKER, Works work-alike integrated package. i New features provide full & complete WHAT ARE THE EXPERTS SAYING? 7G integration of all capabilities including; “MS-DOS APPLEWORKS"*inCider/A+ 8/91" spreadsheet (3-D capability), database ae Fee en ten cnced neve harion Reais (the easiest to use and one of the most tke around her, SUPEWORNS functions ke Applew ois on ony ANE powerful anywhere), word processing SE Na a cs leyioctd, you can wie SUPERIOR. | with spell checker, improved commu- it even incorporates some features for which f Applewos (Sais cy ory nications package, new and improved Ge ica Gain vial mea graphics, new SWAT macros, the best in “Known os SUPERWORKS, this Appieworks clone does aimost everything the industry and much more. AO ae ne i cpucl SIbERWORrS DNgS SuperWorks uses only 180K on fhe notional of Acplawots one MS DOS ware! whe avrg diskette and it's the only integrated : package developed for the notebook. As a special introductory offer to inCider readers, SuperWorks is now available at the special low price of $199.00. SuperWorks has a regular retail price of $4066. HUENTIRE PROGRAM USES ONLY 180K ON DISKETTE i ONLY INTEGRATED PACKAGE FOR NOTEBOOKS 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE Special introductory offer = "“* Works for only $199.00 (plus $5.00 S&H). CIS" Size [] 3%" Size OSS ORS 0 GB pe one CARD NUMBER: SIGNATURE i Sena a setae Se NAME: COMPANY Sieben ADDRESS MO keyed rad Trdenark of a MPlwors ond STATE — NOLOGiEs, 245 p PEO WE ciate fei Mai} to: Remarkable Technologies, 245 Pegasus Ave., EG, F "ASU: OR TECHNICAL | Fe LONE, Nonrivate os Dept. M493, Northvaie, New Jersey 07547-9971 MATION: 201-765, 7 Circte 3, Sores Wer Service Carg, LE TECH Y 647 » 7 DER CALL 7, : 'O OR 67-5529 6 FAX: 201-767. 7227 i Appe CLINIC (ASCII file. Locate the text file on disk and select it. When AppleWorks asks for the type of delimiter (characters separating information in database fields), choose Tabs between categories, Returns between records, Type a name for the new file when AppleWorks prompts you. For best results, use a name that's slightly different from the name of the file with the suspected bad character(s). When your newly cleansed database appears on screen, press OA-Z, if neces- sary, to zoom in on an individual record You'll see that AppleWorks automatically created a category for each tab-delimited field in the ASCII file. That's why we cautioned you earlier to set up an all- inclusive report in the original database. If a category is missing from that report format, it will be missing when you re-create the database from the ASCIl file. After AppleWorks creates the new data- base, you can change nondescript category names (Category #1, Category #2, and so on) to more meaningful ones. Press OA-N, then Return. Use the up- and down-arrow keys to scroll through category names. Place the cursor on the name you want to change and press OA-Y to “yank out” the old name. Type the category name you'd like to use. Press the return key. You can change other category names the same way. Just press the escape key to return to the database's Review/Ad when you're done. To avoid future “surprises,” William, we suggest you keep at least one backup disk ina safe place, far removed from magnetic fields. As you may know, devices such as stereo speakers and electric motors can damage disks. Like Dr. Williams, Randy Brandt — owner of JEM Software and arguably the world's premier AppleWorks expert — also e screen 18 © inCider/A+ * April 1993 suspects that bad characters caused the problem you describe. “All it takes is one or two characters to mess up a whole data- base,” he observes. If rebuilding the data- base doesn't solve your problem, Brandt invites you to send him a copy of the corrupted file. There could be an obscure bug in AppleWorks that no one's discov- ered yet. Now that might be a challenge. INCREDIBLE SHRINKING DISK ECAUSE I STILL LIKE AND USE my Apple IIc for business, I have lots of ProDOS documents on 5.25-inch disks. How do I transfer the files to my Mac Isi, where I'm using ClarisWorks? Robert H. Maske Huntsville, ON Canada Although you don't say which program you use on the Apple llc to generate those files, Robert, the gap you describe may be more like a crack than a chasm. First, use ProDOS’ System Utilities to copy files from your 5.25-inch disk(s) to one or more formatted 3.5-inch ProDOS disks. If you plan to keep your Apple llc, a UniDisk 3.5 drive would be a wise investment. At press time, Sun Remarketing was offering these drives (used) for $199 each. If you have an especially old lic, however, you may need a ROM upgrade before you can use the UniDisk 3.5. You should be able to acquire it free through Apple Computer's Apple Il Upgrade Programs. Call the Apple Customer Assistance Center at (800) 776-2333 to learn more. Meanwhile, try borrowing a UniDisk 3.5 drive from a friend, a local school, or a member of a nearby Apple Il user group. That way, you can see whether the proce- dure we're about to describe works for you. Incidentally, the Apple User Group Connection (800-538-9696) can help you locate a club in your area. On your Macintosh, start up Apple File Exchange (AFE), a utility that's supplied with every Mac sold. Among other capa- bilities, AFE handles ProDOS-to-Mac file conversions. When you insert a ProDOS disk into your Mac under AFE, the Mac won't eject the disk as it would otherwise. Select the file(s) you want to convert. Quit AFE, start up ClarisWorks, and try opening one of the newly converted documents. ASCII text files are perhaps the easiest to import into ClarisWorks, but the program can handle other types of files, as well, For more on using files from Apple Il programs on your Mac, see “ASCII and Ye Shall Receive” (February 1993, p. 18) and “Works in Progress” (August 1992, p. 36). BASIC NEEDS PROGRAM IN APPLESOFT BASIC on my GS. I'd like to know how to use POKESs to change some Control Panel settings. For instance, I'd like to alter text, border, and background colors. Jeremy LaCivita Whitman, MA There's no direct or easy way to effect changes in the GS Control Panel through Applesoft BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code). Rather, you must access the Control Panel, as with many other of the GS’ advanced features, through machine-language utilities you CALL from BASIC. Rather than write your own machine- language utilities, why not step up to a more advanced BASIC programming application, such as Micol Advanced BASIC GS 4.2, from Micol Systems, which includes the very Toolbox CALL you need to access memory locations used by the Control Panel? Steve Brunier at Micol describes Advanced BASIC as “a marriage between BASIC and Pascal” — a structured BASIC, if you will. He adds that most of his customers are programmers like you, Jeremy, who find Applesoft BASIC too limited for what they want to accomplish. Memory Expansion — Apple IIcs Applied Engineering AEGS-RAM Ultra ImaS15, 2155. 3MB§209 4un$235 Sequential Systems RAM GS 2 year warranty New Concepts NCS RAM III 4MB$138 IMB$109 2B$159 4x8$249 Memory Expansion — Apple Ie/IIc/IIc+ AERAMWodks IIL ARAM Ulealll (Id) Sequential Systems ai A meg ee 56K$129 256K$174 S2KS$145 512KS199 18$175 1$229 Apklecvands 1p $68 hehe’ RAM Ile wi/80 columns 2564895 512K$109.Iva$l19 ImageBuifer 324K $49.95 Apple le column card $27.95 Parallel card Ile, ics $59 Serial cardllle,IIcs $79 Memory Expansion Kits (Apple II & Macintosh) ‘meg expansion kit (GS-RAM Plus, CV-Tech, Apricom, ec.) Imeg GS-RAM IIUINCS Ram Ill expansion kit Imeg RAMF2st upgra $5495 meg SIMM expansion module (Macintosh, GS-Sauce, Q-Ram) I meg 80/100ns et (8) $45 256Kx4 100nsset (2) 256K 100ns set (8) $15 M5 $5495, ‘$39 $4 "Sequential Systems Switch Id $48 Multi-tasking for GS PC-Transporter by Applied Engineering ransporter w/7O8K. gs installation kit. fe installation kit TransDrive 5 APCT TransDrive 3.5 add-on (800) ASK-4LRO Sturdy custom platinum ABS-type case ‘Matches your computer in color and look. High-reliability mechanisms made by Quantum, Conner ‘Free 50+ megs of PD and shareware, and latest, system software installed. Backed by a no-hassle, 2 year warranty Includes power supply & dual power ports with conveniently located power switch Dual SCSI ports for convenient chaining of other peripherals and hard drives. ‘No need to buy extra, pass-through cables. Trust the Innovators & Order Today - We Garantee Your Satisfaction! We believe that we offer the best quality drive atthe eh posible price. We also understand that great minds often disagree, reid soy wel pay tool ou dic back youarctr wel sed So, put tev al ter our ive ustoday. Oh yeah all our drives are covered by a2 year warranty. Call for Macintosh internal drives pricing! NCSPro42Q___._$268 NCSPro8sQ____. $308 NCSPro120C $398 NCSProl27Q___$408 NCSProl70G.___ $498 — NCSPro212c $508 NCSProz40Q_____$548 NCSPro425Q____$1,129 NCSPro540¢__$1148 NCSProu4R.._.__$429 © NOSProggR_.._.__. $5859 NCS Proasc__$288 Our removable drives, model NCS Pro 44R and NCS Pro 88R are shipped with one cartridge each. The Q-suffix denotes the use of Quantum drive mechanisms. The suffix denotes the use of Conner drive mechanisms. Looks like a Duck, like a Duck...? The new 21 megabyte floptical drive trom Applied Engineering Ji bea hs sick ew ve lok he yet noer exer py dive, does mean its just that This crv gives you the convenience of movable storage with its low-cost 21 megabytes lopial dks, yet is capable of reading and wring your cing 7DUK al La gps awa. You gt coder abou dc se costa a new Apple 35" die. It has dual SSI pots and suppor the PC Transporer.If you're in the marke for another drive, this one just might i the bil ahem..(esdsitloks gat neo our NCS Prods.) $ 469 Floptical 3.5” disks $24 Includes Macintosh driver Apple SCSI diver avail mid-December Requires RAMFast SCSI car. ROM upgrade $15 SCSI Interface Cards AppleDMASCSL $99 wodine si0s 1256K $169 wlodrive $179 ® $219 wiodives229 RAMFast re. CI256K $99 UPGRADE: rev.C to RAMFast GS, 256K/$109.95 Imp/$159.95 WELCOME! An LRO Exclusive Product Offer! ‘Vulcan Gold Internal Drives Floppy Drives fontinu) Vulcan Gold 40 (igs) $569 35. Addie Vulcan Gold 100 (Ig). $949 5.25 Apple IMac LC drive Valean Gold upgrade $4695 IMR agp lMac1C eve S109 Floppy Drives Apple Superdrive interface. $139 E35 800K dive $219 RFDHD/Apple Superdve combo...$364.95 SCHOOL & UNIVERSITY P.O.s $239 $189 FAX ORDERS: TECH SUPPORT INTERNATIONA! ILLINOIS RESIDENTS: 665 W. JACKSON ST., WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 COMPUTER SALES (800) 869-9152 Accelerators GE ge. Some ETransWarp GS-8K. $215 ETransWarp GS-32K $285 A TrarsWarp GS -32K upgrades $7) ETransWarp le, lis, Laer PCS accderaor 8/32. DPS axcderaor 8/16 2PCS accderator 718 P8000 Il, I+ $89 $233.95 $173.95 $13395 $135.95, ‘Telecommunications Datal ink 2400 intemal Ie,lIcs. Datalink Macintosh LC wisend FAX £ Datal ink 2400 GS wisend FAX. ZOOM 2400 modem w/cable. ‘ZOOM 2400 modem wicable and ReadyLink/Ile,IIcs. AE ReadyLink software ProTerm 3.0. Software $159 ‘AutoAre™ Double your disk storage with AutoArc, the on-the-fly data cunpression propa te invisibly inthe bac gun on your 65 Compress marly, or alo cally. Compressed "apps and dnt a double-clicking on them & they cecompress aortic! TECHNOLOGIES Universe Master a ful-fewed disk maintenance ufilty wih fie recovery, disk repair, data backup, and disk pimizaion $68 Universe Master by ECON technologies. es 24 Universe Master NCS Pro upgrade (inl overnight reir) AutoAte by ECON technologies. ‘Apple System 6.0 complete {ypercard GS 1.1 by Apple Hyperstudio 3.1 w/ooue digi by Roger Wager lnvords dy Wena ome Genesys resource editor for the Ics by SSSi DreamGraphix 3200 paint program, $39 $69 "No Surcharge a VISMMC and Dice. Santa tigi chars x UPS Gur Pen Mal 3%, Imam NCO sade esa $0, a Ca ah SAS es 236.5% est No aes at Of (815) 338-4332 (815) 338-8746 (815) 338-8658 (815) 338-8685 Drives, Drives, for IIgs, Tle, Mac, L incl. Apple Hi Speed SCS and the NEW GSOS ver 6.0 add S60 for RamFast St Sl card a Half Shell -- the hard drive that is 30% sm He ue the floppy drive ae 42MBU9ine) - $389 85MB(17ms) - $449 120MB(17ms) - $509 170MB(17ms) - $559 ADD to your Apple IIgs with your Apple SCSI card and share with your Ma Pee ee eee eer Floptical Drive 21MB $399 Tape Drive 155MB $519 Optical Drive 120MB $1299 CD ROM Drive $469 Tulin Technology 2156H O'Toole Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 Tel: 408-432-9057 Fax: 408-943-0782 Circle 231 on Reader Service Card. AppLE CLINIC UP AND RUNNING [é a 4-megabyte Apple Ics, a hard disk, and System 6. I thought I'd still be able to use my old programs with System 6, but I’m having trouble running Dazzle Draw and DOS 3.3 software. Janice Anderson Augusta, GA Don’t hit the panic button, Janice. You can continue to start up your computer with System 6 and use your favorite GS programs — and run those older programs, as well. As you know, launching authentic GS programs is a piece of cake: Just double-click on the appropriate application icon. But launching 8-bit programs from the desktop can sometimes be tricky. ProDOS programs such as AppleWorks 3.0 and Publish It! 4 are relatively easy to launch. All you have to do is double-click on APLWORKS.SYSTEM or OTP.SYSTEM, the respective startup files for these programs. As you might have guessed, you can usually spot startup files by their SYSTEM suffix. In addition, these files display a distinctive icon: a hand sketch- ing an 8 on a diamond. When a program disk contains more than one startup file, though — or no apparent startup file — what should you do? The simplest way to launch a program like that is to change your GS" startup slot temporarily. Then you can insert any DOS 3.3 or ProDOS disk into a floppy-disk drive and “warm boot" from that location. First, press Control-Open apple-Escape to access the classic Desk Accessories menu. Select Contro! Panel and press Return. Press the up-arrow key four times to choose Slots and press Return. Change the Startup Slot to 6 for a program ona 5.25-inch floppy disk; 5 for a program on a 3.5-inch disk. Press Escape and then Quit the Control! Panel and the Desk Accessories menu. When the System 6 desktop reappears, press Control-Open apple-Reset to boot the floppy disk. More likely than not, quitting the DOS 3.3 or ProDOS program will leave you with a blank screen and a blinking cursor (the system prompt). If so, the quickest way to start the next program you want to use is to type PR#5 (for 3.5-inch disks) or PR#6 (5. 25-inch) If this method fails, press Control-Open apple- Press Return. Reset to boot the next program on a disk located in the GS’ startup slot. If you need to change the startup slot, use the Control Panel again (Control-Open apple-Escape). You can also start up your hard drive (and System 6) by typing PR#7 and press- ing the return key when you see the system prompt, assuming your hard-drive inter- face is installed in slot 7. If no system prompt appears when you quit a DOS 3.3 or ProDOS program, change the Startup Slot in the Control Panel back to Z and then press Control-Open apple-Reset to reboot your hard drive and System 6. BACK TO THE FUTURE USE A HAYES SMARTMODEM Jeontins 9600 connected to my Apple IIs’ modem port. How can I get ProTERM 2.01 to initialize the modem? This version doesn’t include my model in its list of supported hardware. I can get the modem to work at 2400 baud, but I want to send/receive at 9600 baud. Brian Murphy North Dartmouth, MA Five years ago when ProTERM 2.01 was released, S600-baud modems were virtu- ally unavailable. That's why you don’t find them listed in the earlier version. Greg Schaefer, author of ProTERM, says you can still use 2.01 to get your modem running at full speed if you select ProTERM's null- modem option (terminal mode) and set the baud rate to 9600, but you won't be able to enjoy the program's front-end features, including autodial. ProTERM 3.0 supports the Hayes V9600 series, with which your Optima modem is compatible. Upgrading will make your on-line sessions more efficient because you won't have to key in special commands. To test-drive ProTERM 3.0, contact InSynec for a free demo. If you'd like to upgrade right away, send in the orig- inal version 2.01 disk and $40, plus $5.50 for shipping and handling. Phoenix, AZ 85028- (602) s92- cal sal (602) 992-1345 techie! a8 rt $129.95 p requires 128K lle/licle Plusilics UV AppleWorks users with high-speed modems will be pleased to learn that the National AppleWorks Users Group recently updated its BBS by installing v32.bis protocol modems, which offer a throughput speed of up to 14.4K baud. If you own a high-speed modem, dial (615) 359-8140 to connect to NAUG's BBS. If you're using a 300-, 1200-, or 2400-baud modem, you should continue to call (615) 359-8238 for access Fans of the Grateful Dead can call Captain Trips’ Terrapin Station in Darien, Connecticut (203-656-0134 by modem, up to 9600 baud, free), to get the latest news, information on tours, set lists, and concert reports, plus downloadable files containing reviews of recent concerts. U If you have a Hayes-compatible external modem connected to your GS' modem port, you can use Mike Gooding’s $1 shareware utility, Time Master, to set the time of your GS’ built-in clock automatically. The program dials an atomic clock in Wash- ington, D.C., and resets your system's timekeeper to the exact second. Each call to the atomic clock takes only 25 seconds. Download Time Master from GEnie's A2 area as file #19230, from America Online's !lcs Miscellaneous Utility library, or from CompuServe's Appuse Forum Library #7. UV Just as the Apple Il world has embraced Shrinklt, the MS-DOS universe has adopted ZIP as its stan- dard telecommunications utility for compressing files before uploading. Now, thanks to Paul Parkhurst’s $10 shareware utility PMPUnzip, GS users have a fast and easy way to get at those MS-DOS files. PMPUnzip is a desktop-based program with pull-down menus; it looks like, and works just like, ShrinkltGS. Just remember, even if you can unZIP MS-DOS application pro- grams, you won't be able to run them on your Apple lcs; instead, you'll have your greatest success with ASCII text files that have been compressed with ZIP. You can get PMPUnzip from America Online's !lGs Miscellaneous Utility library or by downloading file #18701 from GEnie’s Ae library. UV Call Morgan Davis’ Pro-Sol BBS (up to 14.4K baud) in San Diego, California, at (619) 670-5379 if you want to access the home of the ProLine bulletin-board program. The Apple Il-based ProLine network currently includes nearly 100 active, linked and interconnected BBS sites across the United States. Many ProLine sites also offer access to Usenet's comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup, where Apple ll users from around the world meet to discuss the latest infor- mation and share valuable hints and tips. Pro-Sol offers on-line conferences and games and access to Internet e-mail. While you're connected, be sure to check out the Information Desk area, where you'll find an up-to-date listing of all ProLine BBS sites. — Joe Kohn, Contributing Editor GRAPEVINE IS A MONTHLY COLUMN OF ON-LINE HINTS, CHAT, AND GOSSIP, CONTACT JOE KOHN AT JOKO (AMERICA ONLINE), 76702,565 (COMPU ‘SERVE), .KOHIN (GENIE), OR 76702.565@coMPU- ‘SERVE.COM OR JOKO@AOL.COM (INTERNET). APPLE EXPO WEST April 23-25, 1993 San Francisco Brooks Hall / Civic Auditorium In conjunction with the Berkeley Macintosh Users Group (BMUG, Inc.) and the Bay Area Apple Users Group, we are pleased to announce the Apple Expo West. Three days of conferences and exhibits for you to explore. Learn more about the many products and services for the Macin- tosh» and Apple Computers. See for yourself the latest technology and talk to the experts. Find out how to use your computer more creatively and more effectively than ever before. Choose from hundreds of products and services at special show prices! For more information on attending call or write to: EVENT SPECIALISTS 17 Lilac Rd. * Sharon, MA 02067 617-784-4531 or 1-800-955-6630 FAX 617-784-1830__ eure! Booth space is limited and selling quickly! All exhibit space include standard booth drapery, a ‘company sign, draped table, carpeting and two chairs. Every attempt will be made to secure your preferred location. Space is limited! CALL TODAY to reserve your space at the only event to feature the ENTIRE APPLE FAMILY OF PRODUCTS and SERVICES 617-784-4531. We are offering all exhibitors an additional opportunity to conduct a Seminar at no extra charge! This option will be available on a first come first serve basis. This additional feature creates an added opportunity for exhibitors to further promote your products to this targeted audience. Call EVENT SPECIALISTS 617-784-4531 FAx 617-784-1830 Partial List of Exhibitors as of 11-15-92: A+ Pliblishing Aldus Corporation Altsys, BMUG Bytes of Learning, Claris Corporation Alltech Electronics ARS Nova Software,Great Wave Software Educational Resources,Computer Covers Unlimited,Econ Technologies,FWB,Imtellimation MacAcademy. Microtech International, Inc..NAUG, Prodigy, Roger Wagner Publishing Seven Hills Software Softdisk Publishing.TGS Systems,The ARC,Ventura Educational Systems Wings for Learning.Thunderware Survivor Software Simplexity Software Scholastic Ine. Quality Computers, Personal Training Systems , Computer Literacy Press, Compact Disc Services, Inc..Curriculum Product News,Boston Computer Society and...more! April 1993 + inCider/A+ * 21 wk kk POOR coop GREAT SHANGHAI II: DRAGON’S EYE Stunning graphics and sound mark the reincarnation of an ancient Chinese game of strategy. ost sequels fall flat. Not Shanghai II: Dragon’s Eye, a something-for-everyone-in-the-family strategy game for the Apple Ics. If you’ve owned a GS for some time, you may have played (and played and played) the original Shanghai, which was programmed by Brodie Lockard in 1985. Folks, it’s time to flex those mouse-clicking Big Red Computer Club 423 Norfolk Avenue Norfolk, NE 68704 (402) 379-4680 « strategy game ¢ 1.25MB Apple lics fingers again. Shanghai I: Dragon’s Eye, like its predecessor, is based on the ancient Chinese tile game mah-jongg, The object of the game is to find matching pairs of tiles and remove them from a three-dimensional layout You can play alone (Solitaire mode) or with a friend (Challenge mode). The game begins with 144 tiles stacked on a game board. As you remove tiles, the GS maintains a running count of those that remain. GOOD FORTUNES You can save a partially completed game, reshuffle tiles during a game, or wimp out and ask for help. Suggest Move and Peek are two such crutches listed under the Options menu. Also, you can enable the program’s Look for Moves feature. After all, why search for matches that don’t exist when the program can warn you automatically of the futility of your efforts? Losing a game won't damage your self-esteem in any way * requires System 5.0.4 or 6.0 Winning, on the other hand, * requires one 3.5-inch drive * hard-disk installable * $49.95 giv Layou 22 ¢ inCider/A+ * April 1993 earns you a “tasty” reward. Remember the last time you savored a mountain of fried rice or chop sue MSG headache, what did you get? If you Besides a possible guessed fortune cookies, you're right. When you succeed in cleaning your Shanghai II plate, a fortune cookie emerges from a stunning, Chinese-red backdrop. The animated cookie cracks open to reveal a wise saying. Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye features ten tilesets and more than a dozen layouts. Twelve of the layouts are based on the 12 animals chosen by the Buddha to represent the inner cycles of time in the Chinese zodiac. The Snake layout is serpentine, while the Monkey layout features long limbs and tail. Some layouts, including Dog and Rooster, resemble front or side views of the animals. Other layouts, such as Tiger and Ox, look like steamrolled versions of the animals they represent. The program manual groups layouts into three categories: easy, advanced, and master. By contrast, the Layout menu lists them alphabetically. I would have preferred consistency here. Of the three bonus layouts, one looks like a fish, another bears an uncanny resemblance to a human face, and a third stacks its tiles in a way that seems to defy the laws of gravity. CHINESE TORTURE Versions of Shanghai II that run on other computers offer a layout-construc- tion capability; the GS edition doesn’t. Granted, 15 layouts should keep most GS gamers out of circulation for a while, but I know plenty of creative types who would enjoy designing layouts of their own. I'm disappointed that Big Red Computer Club, for whatever reason, didn’t remember this. After all, the GS motto isn’t “the power to be second best.” Give the publisher 40 lashes with a wet egg noodle for the omission. That said, programmers John Wren- holt and Steve Luellman deserve kudos for their accomplishment in porting this winner to the GS. Among the most attractive features of Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye are the game's tile sets, all of which are clever, colorful, and beau- tifully animated. As if that weren't enough, they feature sound effects, too. Each tile set boasts a theme: Alphabet, Animals, Fantasy, Flags, Hanafuda, Hilo, Lohi, Mahjongg, Sports, and Shanghai (the tile set upon which the original game was based). Among other illustra- tions, the Fantasy tile set includes members of the court (king, queen, princess, and jester) as well as mythical characters — unicorn, dragon, wizard, leprechaun, and troll, to name just a few. It even features magical items, including a cauldron, a gold cup, and a treasure chest. Hilo and Lohi tiles boast pictures of playing cards, while Hanafuda tiles represent Japanese symbols and Kabuki theatre player Sports tiles illustrate a wide variety of individual and team games. The referee's whistle, audience applause, splashing water, and the “thwu you hear when a tennis racket hits home are just some of the sound effects you'll enjoy. Animations include people jumping for joy in the bleachers and the starter’s gun firing at a track-and-field event. The tiles in the Alphabet set look like children’s play blocks and include letters and the numerals 0 through 9. Each of the tiles in the Animals set features an illustration of a fish, bird, reptile, or mammal. When you match two parrot tiles, for instance, the parrot squawks. Match two bulldogs to hear a realistic “woof, woof.” Flags is another tile set that’s both educational and entertaining. When you match two Canadian flags, you hear a voice quip, “Merci beaucoup.” Match two German flags, and the voice says, “Danke.” In Shanghai I: Dragon's Eye, “thank you” is a universal sentiment, but the animated United Nations flag is one of my favorites: It transforms itself into a spinning globe You can turn off sound effects if you prefer. For one thing, silence reduces the amount of disk swapping required when you play Shanghai II from a single 3.5-inch driv For greatest enjoyment, I recommend installing the program on a hard disk. Even then, tiles are sometimes slow to fade from screen. (I played the game on an unaccelerated GS.) UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE The ultimate challenge for any In Shanghai II player is Dragon’s E) this game, you assume the role of either Dragon Master or Dragon Slayer. The Master places tiles strategically on the game board to build the dragon, while the Slayer matches tiles to dismantle the design. A Shanghai II tournament includes four rounds. Each begins with Dragon’s y-, advanced-, and master-level e followed by eas Shanghai games. Shanghai is said to play on more types of computers worldwide than any other entertainment program. That record’s not likely to be broken soon if my expe- rience is any indication. Take it from somebody born in the year of the Ox: If you've forgotten what the GS in Apple IIGS means, you need Shanghai II: Dragon’s Eye Cynthia E. Field, Ph.D. Consulting Editor, inCider/A+ Wakefield, RI t's RADE! Not the guy with the bug bomb on his head, but Real-Time Applesoft Debugging Environment, writ- ten by Russell E. Gibson and published by Morgan Davis Group. Although some powerful software has been written in Applesoft — the BASIC programming language built into Apple IIs — it also has several shortcomings. Among them are lack of an integrated editor and poor debugging capabilities. RADE is a professional Applesoft debugging solution; it lets you interrupt the execution of your program at any point and examine the contents of vari- ables. You also can step through code one line at a time or trace the execution of lines to determine whether the pro- gram is proceeding as it should. BUGS BEWARE Although most Applesoft BASIC programs you'll test with RADE can run on any Apple II, RADE Apple Ics. You can run it from a floppy disk or a hard drive. The 3.5-inch RADE disk contains only 118K of files, including the debugger, some documentation files, and a disabled demo version for free distribu- tion to your friends. A test program called FIX.ME can help you become tself requires an April 1993 * inCider/A+ * 23 REVIEWS familiar with RADE's capabilities. FIX.ME contains bugs, including a VTAB statement with an incorrect value. Once you eradicate this and other bugs, the program draws a kaleidoscope-like moiré display. The 46-page manual isn’t encyclo- pedic, but it contains enough informa- tion to get you acquainted with the RADE package and to walk you through the FIX.ME demo debugging session. (The documentation could be clearer and better organized, however.) ‘The RADE disk contains the necessary files for booting your system and starting up the debugger on a ROM 03 GS. If you own a ROM 01 GS, you must start GS/OS first and launch the RADE Startup program from the Finder. RADE is a binary file launched from Applesoft using BASIC. System. Because it installs itself in auxiliary memory, RADE overwrites the contents of any RAM disk you use. It requires 768 bytes of main memory; you must install it before any BASIC programs or utilities that modify HIMEM (the pointer that sets the upper limit of available program memory). Once you've installed RADE, you access its debugging screen by pressing Open apple-Control-Delete during the execution of an Applesoft program. If you want to activate RADE in immediate mode, press the ampersand (&) key followed by Return. Either way, at the top of the RADE screen you see a status bar showing, among other things, the quantity of buffer memory available for the pro- gram’s debugging history (see below), the number of break points and watch variables defined, the size of your pro- gram, and the line and statement you're working on. Pressing R returns you to the Applesoft screen; typing & and pressing the return key toggles you back to the RADE screen. CHECK YOUR HISTORY When you run a program and activate RADE, a scrollback function you control via the up- and down-arrow keys displays the contents of a 64K “debugging history buffer.” If you've ever scrolled through an Applesoft program listing 24 * inCider/A+ * April 1993 while using Control-S to pause and then resume, you'll appreciate this feature. The buffer contains the entire record of your debugging session; you can save it as a text file to print later if you like. A Save Environment function creates a file of the entire contents of your debug- ging session, including all breakpoints and watch variables you've set. You can load the file and return to the debug- ging session at the point at which you left it, with all settings intact. CATCH THE LITTLE BUGGER If you suspect that a certain portion of your program contains bugs, you simply set a breakpoint just before that section; RADE activates automatically as soon as it hits that breakpoint. This feature lets you isolate “clean” portions of your program. RADE also lets you watch variables by alerting you to strange values occurring at a particular point in a program. You can also change variables while a program is running to test your correc- tions on the fly. Finally, RADE can step through a pro- gram line by line or trace a program through the execution of any number of lines. Using RADE to determine where problems lie beats the heck out of Applesoft’s TRACE and NOTRACE commands. TAKE COMMAND Pressing Open apple-question mark (OA-?) while RADE is active brings up a display of commands and their respec- tive functions. Most RADE commands are mnemonic; for example, OA-H (Home) clears the debugging screen. OA-U (Unload) removes RADE from memory and gives you the opportunity to end the debugging session, return to Applesoft BASIC, or resume RADE. RADE is a professional programming tool for Applesoft; it’s fast, powerful, full-featured, and easy to use. It’s a breath of fresh air for anyone accus- tomed to cutting-edge programs that gobble RAM and disk space but run like a fly in molasses. RADE is a throwback to the days of tight, efficient programming. Garry Howard Calgary, Alberta, Canada F° thousands of years poets, philo- sophers, and astronomers have been enchanted by the heavens. Because the wonderment often lasts a lifetime, elemen- tary school seems to be the perfect setting to begin teaching kids about astronomy. It’s unfortunate, though, that the single- hi-res graphics images in Learn About: Lights in the Night Sky won’t get anyone really excited about the universe. Designed for first- through third- graders, Learn About: Lights in the Night Sky includes six interactive mod- ules. Through a series of guided activi- ties, the program attempts to teach chil- dren about both natural and man-made celestial objects. The main menu dis- plays graphics depicting the program's six modules: Planets, Stars, Lights, Space Voyage, Create, and Worlds. Children select the activity they want to explore with the keyboard, mouse, joystick, Muppet Learning Keys, or KoalaPad. On-line help is available by clicking on icons resembling paper documents. The first three modules — Planets, Stars, and Lights — are similar. The s windows; program displays three graphi students click on a binoculars icon and drag it over the windows to uncover hidden objects, then drag a name label to the correct illustration. When pictures of Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn appear in the Planets module, for example, the challenge might be to iden- tify Jupiter. If the student guesses incor- rectly and places the Jupiter label under the picture of Earth, there’s no feedback. If the student places the label correctly (it has to be exact), the name flashes. The Stars module features several constellations, including ‘assiopeia, Draco, Leo, Orion, and Taurus. In one activity, children learn how constellations were named by dragging a picture of a dragon atop the Draco constellation, for example. Another activity teaches kids how to locate the North Star. The Lights module helps children discern differences among comets, meteors, and satellites. Pop-up text boxes offer information about each respective planet, star, or light. Despite the fact that the spacecraft sited Jupiter and before this program was Voyagers 1 and 2 Saturn ten y written, some of th