The Apple IIGS Buyers Guide Winter 1990 HQ

More Than 650 Product Listings And Descriptions Inside Apple's Latest IIGS Videodisc Adventures High-Class, Low-Cost Excitement First Look At AppleWorks 3.0 GS/OS 5.0: a Better And Faster The Future Of The IIGS S ppletus The SIDER just got SMALLER and TWELVE TIMES FASTER PINS! (| ASS First Class Peripherals now offers you 3 new solutions to end your floppy shuffle nightmares. Available in 20, 40, or 70 megabytes, the Sider now features a smart looking cabinet, design which is lighter and more compact than ever before, Esthetically appealing the New Sider models provide more desktop space with their unique zero footprint design. Resting comfortably beneath your GS monitor or your Macintosh, the quality look is matched by the higest quality components and the latest in hard-disk technology. The new DF-series SIDERS offer a high performance 3%" drive which operates at nearly 3 times faster than other drives available Adding our new DMA SCSI card will allow your Sider to operate at an incredible Twelve (12) times faster. Although you may use Apple's SCSI card, your data transfer rates are improved by over 15% when using the SIDER DMA SCSI card. The New Sider DF2 is a 20 megabyte hard-drive that will support Prodos, Dos 3.3 CPM, Pascal and GS/OS or can be ordered to support only ProDos & GS/OS. The New DF4 and DF7 are designed to support Prodos and includes utilities that will automatically load GSIOS, ProSel and RAM BASED driver software that will maximize the performance of GS/OS. Tf you already own a SIDER, you can achieve the same high performance ratings by simply updating your system with a new SIDER DMA SCSI card and software. All SIDER products are backed by a one year warranty, a dedicated tech-support hotline and the best upgrade and trade-in program in the industry. Order Today! The new DF2*, DF4 and DF7 are available for your Apple Ile, Apple igs, Macintosh and Laser Computers by calling (800) 982-3232, in California (408) 980-0200. Or send Check or money order to First Class Peripherals, Mastercard, Visa and American Express are Welcome. California and Nevada residents add applicable sales tax. Include $15 postage and handling. PERteP#H ERAL S 2875 Northwestern Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95051 Call (800) 982-3232 Esnacs‘ct ay SSoan0 D2* 20 megabyte hard-disk subsystem-multi ols support... $549 sur pace $455 DF2* 20 megabyte compact hard disk-prodos Onlly............ $595 sue rece $505 MIS-DF2* 20 megabyte compact hard disk -multi o8 support... .$595 sare exace S505 DAT 40 megabyte hard-disk subsystem prodos Only... $849 sate pee STD MISDAT* 40 megabyte hard disk subsystem-multi ofs support. $849 sare pxace S720 DF4 40 megabyte compact hard-disk subsystem -prodos Only $895 s: S78) DIT 70 megabyte harddisk subsystem-prodos Only... $949 sur ree $85 DFT 70 MB compact hard-disk subsystem-prodos Only $995 saz pace SESS D9 90 megabyte hard-disk subsystem-prodos Only........... $1895 save price $1185 oes ee $1995 sus pce $1695 DMA-SCSI pa scst card for Sider hard drives......... $150 caus peace SLES *Features a 544” SASI drive and is not Macintosh compatable. *Actual performance may vary depending on computer type and configuration *Product names are the registered trademarks of their respective holders Circle Reader Service Number 1 Legendary designer Chuck Hayes scores again with FlightStick™ the most durable and superior joy- stick in the market today, outlasting the competition up to 100 times. The contour pistol grip, tactile trigger and fire but- tons, total 360 degree cursor control ... Advanced fea- tures like these reduce fatigue, improve response time and realistically simulate actual flying. Added throttle control for IBM models gives you better speed control for Microsoft's™ Flight Simulator™. FlightStick can be used with Compu- ter Aided Design, es graphics applica- 2 Fons and ay in- se” teractive games. : FlightStick is the matchless result of 25 years’ experience in joystick design and manufacturing. See your dealer today. Suggested Retail: $74.95 - Apple IIE/IIC/IIGS $79.95 - IBM PC/XT/AT/PS2 $74.95 - Tandy 1000 For credit card orders call: US 1-800-624-5804; CA 1-800-262-2004 For more information call : (619) 744-8546 A Joystick Technologies Inc., Company 1225 Stone Drive San Marcos, CA 92069 Circle Reader Service Number 2 Apple IIE, IIC, IGS are IBM PC/XT/AT/PS: Microsoft and Flight Sim Tandy 1000 is are ered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc od tr of International Business Machines Corp, istered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. f Tandy Corp. Editor’s Window Columns TGS Address .......ssess00000 6 The editors of The Apple IGS Buyer's Guide and columnist Larry Miller answers letters and ques- tions from readers. IGS Press: An Eye For Color.....12 Gary Ramey explains the do's and don'ts of using color to create documents that dazzle instead of fizzle Class Action: IGS Videodisc Adventures... 14 Carol Holzberg says that the IIGS and videodisc technology have the potential to revolutionize classroom instruction. Shareware Solutions: Low- Cost Excitement .........0+« Joe Kohn knows where to find arcade-style action, skill and games of chance for about $5 to $10 each. 18 Inside AppleWorks: An Identity Crisis ........sssssssssssssesseee22 Why does AppleWorks GS prefer to be known as “Pollywogs?” Joe Walters has the lowdown. R&R: The Reality Of Simulation Peter Chin uses his IIGS to ings mally do, such as command a sibmarine You can, 0. Features What's Inside The “NEW” TGS waasssssssssssssssssssssrssenseene An X-ray view of the recent IIGS update from Apple. Sporting Fun — Without The Sun....... 08 ssaeesseeeene DO. An assortment of IGS “outdoor” games for your winter amusement. Entire contents copyright 1989 ‘Communications Corporation. Al rghts reserved. No par of this publication may be. CONTENTS ApplelI cs VOL. 3, NO. 2 WINTER 1990 System Software 5.0 Sends The IGS Into Overdrive... 38 Few system software releases have been as anx- iously awaited as this one. The good news is, it was worth the wait. AppleWorks 3.0, A Classic Is Improved... ef ‘The most popular Apple II software product receives a major overhaul. Product Reviews Revolution ‘76 .........00 Softdisk G-S.. Audio Animator.. Datalink And ReadyLink.. 51 ThunderScan GS ..... Apple IIGS Hardware And Software Directory Accessories .. Cleaning kits, dust covers and more ANIMATION .....sssccssssseerersseersenseeree 7 Presentation grapbics and more AppleWorks... Compatible programs for AppleWorks Books And Publications..........58 Literature of interest Business Productivity ........0000000059 Integrated software, accounting packages and more Creative Paint, draw and more 61 Desk Accessories... Pop-up accessory software for home and business Desktop Communications.........62 Telecommunications programs for file transfers and more Desktop Publishing Combined graphics and text software 62 Education. scssassssssessassaseas OD Reading, writing, arithmetic and more Entertainment ........ssecseseesseeessee 77 Games, simulations, adventures and more Hardware And Peripherals........82 Memory boards, disk drives, modems and more Training, writing and MIDI sofiware for music Networking....ssccsssssecsssseeessenseees 7, Software and utilities for connecting to AppleTalk networks Online Databases Information utilities available online Personal Productivity Personal improvement, finance and more Programming And Utilities .......89 Programming languages and more Word Processing ......ssseesssseeen DL Graphics- and text-based programs Other Software... savaasesaseve DZ Public domain software and shareware Indexes Ad Index... 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Vulcan’s built-in power supply was custom-designed by Applied Engineering to provide the power other systems (and your unenhanced Apple I!) lack. Sheer, raw power A typically enhanced Apple I system (with 3 or 4 expansion cards) needs a heavy duty power supply. Vulcan's power supply is rated at more than 70 watts. Double the capacity of other hard drives and double the native capacity of your Apple. The power supply components are heatsinked to the aluminum case, and to harness all that power, Vulcan incorporates an ultra-quiet, flush mounted cooling fan. Unmatched speed For speed, Vulcan incorporates an ultra-fast 16-bit data bus controller, not the less expensive 8-bit others use. The result? You'll load AppleWorks GS in less than 14 seconds. Boot GS/0S into the finder in 18 seconds. Verify disks at the astounding rate of more than 180 blocks per second. Vulcan wins any speed test. Upgradeable Flexibility Choose a Vulcan from 20, 40, 100 — all the way to a staggering 200 MEGs. Vulcan is upgradeable, so it grows as your needs grow. And we don’t mean by daisy-chaining additional hard drives. When you upgrade Vulcan, you pop one out and replace it with another. Use virtually any operating system: GS/OS (v5.0 is included), ProDOS 8, DOS 3.3, CP/AM or Pascal 1.3. Vulcan supports them all with sixteen partitions (access four simultaneously) Choose slot 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 or 7. Even pseudo-slot to slot 7 from elsewhere. Vulcan works on 110/220 VAC, even European 115/230 VAC at 50-60 Hz. Easy to use Vulcan simply pops in; replacing the Apple power supply under your computer's hood. Our built-in firmware automatically installs itself as a Desk Accessory for write protection and partitioning. The software we provide lets you easily park heads, back up and reformat. Vulcan gives your Apple Ics, Ile, I+ or If an upgradeable combination of useable speed, safe power (it’s FCC certified) and practically unlimited size. It’s a powerful and glorious advance into the Apple II future. Order today! To order or for more information, see your local dealer or call (214) 241-6060 today, 9 am to 11 pm, 7 days. Or send check or money order to Applied Engineering. MasterCard, VISA and C.0.D. welcome. Texas residents add 7% sales tax. Add $10 outside U.S.A. Vulcan 20 MEG ... +» $699 Vulcan 40 MEG . - $899 Vulcan 100 MEG .. $1795 Vulcan 120-200 MEG . . CALL AE APLIED ENGINEERING? The Apple enhancement experts. ‘A Division of AE Research Corporation. (214) 241-6060 P.O. Box 5100, Carrollton, TX 75011 Price subj to change without noice. Brand and prodact names are registered trademarks of tr respective bolder Circle Reader Service Number 3 4 Winter 1990 EDITOR'S WINDOW Chip Shots computer show that counts — AppleFest. Held every six months by alternating between Boston and San Francisco, AppleFest is the place to take the industry's temperature, meet readers and contributing writers face to face, exchange notes with Apple II vendors, and party like gangbusters for three days before going back to work. The latest AppleFest was held in San Francisco in September just a few weeks before the big earthquake. Although I person- ally was unable to attend due to tight dead- lines, those who were at the show tell me that the closest approximation to a 7.0 on the Richter scale involved a heated verbal exchange between keynoter Jean-Louis Gassee, president, Apple Computer, Inc. products, and William Mensch, the designer of the 65816 chip residing inside every Apple IIGS. Apparently, Gassee was trying to wrap up his speech when he said something about how Apple was unable to speed up the IIGS hardware because it couldn't find enough high-speed 65816 chips. At this point, Bill Mensch pounced on one of the open microphones, held up some little packages and said something to the effect that, “I'm the designer of the 65816 and I have here three 12 MHz 65816s. If you order them we can ship.” Mensch claimed that he had been trying to tell Apple, without success, that the high-speed chips were available. Mean- while, Gassee said he hadn't heard from Mensch since the IIGS was first introduced. Chips being as they are, the existence of three ultrafast renditions in Bill Mensch’s I nthe Apple II world, there is only one pocket doesn’t necessarily mean that his company, Western Design Center, can manufacture the silicon in sufficient quantity to meet Apple's needs. Even if it could, Apple may have other reasons for not using the faster chip, including reliability issues and price. Whatever the reason, the IGS user's dream of a faster machine will have to be sat- isfied for now with accelerator boards from third-party suppliers and the impressive soft- ware speed injection afforded by GS/OS Ver- sion 5.0, reviewed in this issue. On a more positive note, this AppleFest continued to demonstrate the versatility of the Apple IIGS when placed in the hands of creative individuals. For example, a IIGS set up in a central location drew crowds throughout the show during a demonstration of a HyperStudio stack describing the loca- tion and contents of each show exhibit. Softdisk Publishing announced a new IIGS “magazine on a disk,” reviewed in this issue. Unlimited Software unveiled some great new IIGS clip art, reportedly every bit as good as its earlier Macintosh offerings. And the Apple Video Overlay Card and a host of new IGS games reasserted the IIGS' superiority as a premiere game and graphics machine. Speaking of games, our consummate gamesmith, Peter Chin, takes a look in this issue at some of the best armchair entertain- ment this side of the Super Bowl. And if your budget gets in the way this Christmas, Joe Kohn’s “Shareware Solutions” describes a number of wonderful IGS games available for little or no cost, Also in this issue we provide a first peek at the new AppleWorks 3.0 (it isn’t IIGS spe- cific, but you'll probably want to use it any- way), take apart the “new” IIGS to see what's changed (and what hasn't) and examine the potential of the IIGS and videodisc connec- tion in Carol Holzberg’s “Class Action.” So there you have it. Whether the games are being played at the corporate level or under the control of your joystick, the IGS market remains as interesting as ever, — Paul Pinella, Editor-in-Chief D JAD Fan mail GS “TransWarp GS has performed flawlessly ... I've become addicted to computing at warp speed ... once you get a taste, you'll wonder how you ever got anything accomplished with your IGS lumber- ing along at an unaccelerated pace ... it’s an improvement you're going to appreciate every time you place your fingers on the keyboard.” — Owen Linzmayer, Technical Editor, A+ ‘T'm stunned ... bordering on speechless. I used to dread waiting and waiting to run GS/OS. I don’t anymore, TransWarp GS breathes new life into my computer. Thanks AE, you guys are in a class by yourselves.” — Joe Kohn, The Source “Once I started using the original TransWarp in my old Ile, I found I couldn't do without it, TransWarp GS promises to be equally indispensable.” — Lafe Low, Review Editor, Incider “This is the card you want. Sell whatever secondary peripherals you must in order to get a TransWarp GS plugged in.” — Joe Abernathy, Houston, TX “Together with my RamKeeper, you have given me a color Mac at one-third the price. Thanks.” — Richard Artz, Ft. Collins, CO “Thave conducted some recent tests which indicate that the ‘little’ IIGS (with TransWarp cs) outper- jorms the MacsE. Your engineering department should take a bow.” — George Dombrowski, Jr., Chicago, IL “TransWarp GS will be the best $400 you ever Spent.” — Dan Muse, Editor in Chief, Incider “WOW WOW WOW! I am completely blown away with how fast it goes. Unbelievable.” — Dean Esmay, A2-Central “TransWarp Gs is by far the best money I’ve spent on my GS since purchasing my Datalink. Hats off to everyone at AE for another great product!” — Greg Dacosta, GEnie TransWarp Gs is rapidly changing the way people use the Apple Ilcs. Join the thousands of TransWarp Gs owners who've discovered computing at Warp Speed. For more than nine years, Applied Engineering has led the way with proven, reliable products for the Apple II line. We plan to keep it that way. Thanks for the vote of confidence, folks. TransWarp Gs Accelerator............... $399 Order today! To order or for more information on TransWarp GS, see your dealer or call (214) 241-6060 today, 9 am to 11 pm, 7 days. Or send check or money order to Applied Engineering. MasterCard, VISA and C.0.D. welcome. Texas residents add 7% sales tax. Add $10 outside U.S.A. -~A APPLIED ENGINEERING® The Apple enhancement experts. A Division of AE Research Corporation (214) 241-6060 P.O. Box 5100, Carrollton, TX 75011 Prices subject to change without notice. Brand and product names are registered trademarks of the respective holders. Circle Reader Service Number 3 IIGS Address The editors of The Apple IIGS Buyer's Guide and Contributing Editor Larry Miller answer letters and questions from readers. Address all inquiries to IGS Address, c/o The Apple IIGS Buyer’s Guide, Redgate Communications Corp., 24 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803. Questions may also be sent via electron- ic mail on CompuServe (71625,567) or MCI Mail (352-9601). Individual respons- es cannot be guaranteed. Hexed By A Printer First, I use an ImageWriter Il with my IGS. When using AppleWorks with one of the proportional fonts, if I try to print an address or date on the right side of a ‘page, it ends up printing in the middle. Is there a way to fix this? I got my address on this letter to print on the right by setting the left margin to 6.2 inches. Second, sometimes when I print, I get a bunch of what looks like hex numbers. The only way to stop this is to turn off the printer. When I turn it back on, it works fine. What's going on? Greg Anderson Minneapolis, MN You've already discovered the best solu- tion, but let’s see what causes the problems you report. The second problem is straight- forward, so we'll look at it first. What you occasionally see when you print are hexadecimal numbers. They look like pairs of characters consisting of numbers from 0 to 9 and the letters A to F. Apple included the capability to print data received in this format in the ImageWriter I as an aid to programmers. A programmer having a problem printing can turn on the hexadeci- mal data dump and compare what the printer is receiving with what it should be receiving. You and other users (including those of us at The Apple lIGS Buyer's Guide) have been perplexed by a small design flaw in the printer. The Hex Dump mode is activated by turning on the printer while holding down the Select button. Unfortunately, the buttons on the ImageWriter II are narrow and close together, and the Select button is next to the Power button. It's easy to hit the Select but- ton accidentally when turning the printer on. Once you've activated the Hex Dump mode, the only way to return to normal operation is to turn the printer off and on. Proportional fonts print the way they do in AppleWorks because they are different from normal fonts. Type a few words with a proportional font and then change to a monospaced font. Twelve characters per inch is a good choice. That's because it's the clos- est match for the character size of the propor- tional fonts. Now print out your sample. Note how much wider the spaces between words are in the 12-characters-per- inch sample than in the proportional fonts. The text screen of an Apple II is strictly monospaced, so AppleWorks can’t accurately show the effect of using a proportional font. Furthermore, Version 2.1 or earlier of Apple- Works handles tabs by inserting enough spaces into a document to reach the next tab stop. If you try to get around the space prob- lem with tabs, you end up back where you started With an earlier version of AppleWorks, the only tool you have to place text where you want it — no matter what font you're using — is the margin settings. The recently released AppleWorks Version 3.0 has true tabs that do a much better job of placing text. AppleWorks 3.0 can center or align text to the left or right of a tab stop. It also has deci- mal tabs for aligning numbers and it can do space tabs — like the older versions of AppleWorks. Our early experience with AppleWorks 3.0 indicates that the default tab stops do not do a good job of putting text on the right side of a page. To get the desired results, you'll probably have to make a new tab ruler. It's easy to do, but it is an extra step. There's an easy way to avoid fussing with margins and tab stops when you want to write a letter. Many of the documents you write have the same format every time. Other items will have some text, such as your name and address, that’s always the same. Make a starter document, or template, with the margins and tab stops set the way you want and save that document. When you want to write a letter, load the template and work from that. Use Open Apple-N (key combination) to change the document's name before you save it to disk. If you're as forgetful as we are, it helps to lock the template file. AppleWorks can’t save toa locked file. If you forget to change its name before you try to save a document cre- ated from a locked file, you'll get an error message informing you that the computer couldn't delete the original file and the save isn’t complete. You then change the docu- ment’s name before attempting to save it again. Many utility programs can lock a file; you can also do the same from BASIC by using the Lock command. An easier way to lock a file on a IGS is through the Finder. To lock a file this way, simply click on its icon to high- light it. Then type Open Apple-I or select the Info command from the pull-down menu The dialog box that opens with informa- tion on the file will have a check box labeled Locked. Click in this box and an X will appear indicating the file is locked. (With the latest system software, a padlock symbol appears before a file's name to indicate it is locked; older versions provide no such indication). Parlais Vous Mainframe? Not long ago, the computer system where I work was modified to receive access from outside terminals. So I bought my own 2400-baud modem to save time running back and forth to work to use their terminals. After having difficulty trying to emulate the proper terminal type, I talked to my dealer. 6 Winter 1990 Break the Ics sound barrier Audio Animator™. All of the Sonic Blaster's features plus MIDI and external mixer Our new Audio Animator transforms your IIGS from a beep box to a boom box! We've combined a true MIDI interface with a stereo digitizer, a stereo playback machine, an external mixer, and enough powerful, feature- laden software to unleash the sound potential your IIGS was born with. Take full control over MIDI compatible instruments, or record and play back digitized sounds with unsurpassed accuracy and quality. Digitizing Record sounds from your own stereo, CD player, television, or VCR, even a microphone. Audio Animator’s built in oscilloscope lets you control recording levels visually and analyze inputted data. The zoom function permits you to “see” what your recording looks like in a graphical format. You determine the optimal balance between desired fidelity and available memory. Audio Animator even has an on-board Analog to Digital converter to sample at an ex- tremely fast rate (37,000 times a second), and with sound quality near that of a compact disk. With it, you'll obtain far higher levels of fidelity than with the GS's Ensoniq chip alone. Play back on your own speakers ‘The Audio Animator includes input/output and thru for MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) devices. Play and record melodies ona MIDI instrument, edit them and play them back through any MIDI compatible instrument. If fact, Audio Animator lets you daisy-chain up to sixteen MIDI devices. Audio Animator comes complete with an external mixer to allow easy access to volume and record levels and microphone controls. Connect a drum machine, keyboard, stereo, CD player, even another computer... all without disturbing the GS. Software, Too. ‘The powerful, mouse driven software we include presents you with easy to use pull- down menus and SUPER HI-RES graphics that make the Audio Animator almost as much fun to see as it is to hear. ‘The MIDI portion of the software is an 8- track, 16 channel MIDI sequencer with separate channel record and playback filters and a number of editing functions like cut, copy, paste, punch in, punch out, and many more. Features: © Stereo input and output adjustable from external mixer * Mixer has DIN connectors for MIDI in, MIDI out, and MIDI thru © Compatible with all software utilizing the Ensoniq output © On-screen oscilloscope to monitor inputs and VU meter Editing functions such as fade-in, fade-out, backwards, echo, silence, and amplify © Compatible with standard MIDI file formats including AIFF (Apple Information File Format) * Sequencer supports 2:1 and 2.67:1 file compression © MIDI quantization to 1/32 resolution and transposition Compare Audio Animator with any other MIDI device or sound digitizer on the market. For completeness of the package, ease of use, quality, and an unmatched list of features ... you'll choose Audio Animator. Audio Animator snes $239 Order Today! To order or for more information, see your dealer or call (214) 241-6060 today, 9 am to 11 pm, 7 days. Or send a check or money order to Applied Engineering. MasterCard, VISA, and C.0.D. welcome. Texas residents add 7% sales tax. Add $10 outside U.S.A. AE APPLIED ENGINEERING? The Apple enhancement experts. A Division of AE Research Corporation (214) 241-6060 P.O. Box 5100, Carrollton, TX 75011 Merory requirement -512K (1 MEG recommended) Priessubjt in change without nce. Brand and product ares ae regtered trademarks oftheir respective oles Circle Reader Service Number 3 IIGS ADDRESS I've been told that it is not possible for my IGS and Apple-compatible soft- ware to access an IBM 3278-type termi- nal. Would it be possible to use Applied Engineering’s PC Transporter card with MS-DOS communications software to emulate the 3278 terminal (VT52 or VT100) from my modem at home? Craig Brubaker Germantown, TN A 3278 (or other model with a similar number) is a block-oriented device, but per- sonal computers are byte-oriented. While there are plug-in cards for Macintosh and MS- DOS computers that allow them to connect directly to a 3270 device, remote access is almost always done via a protocol converter. The protocol converter changes data from the IBM's SNA EBCDIC format to that of an ASCII terminal. Any personal computer — including your Apple IIGS, when equipped with a modem — can communicate through the protocol converter if it is using software that emulates a terminal such as a VT52 or VT100. Most of the telecommunications software listed in the “Desktop Communications” sec- tion of this magazine's “Apple IIGS Hardware And Software Directory” should do the job. Of the programs listed, we know of people successfully using both MouseTalk and Pro- Term to access mainframe computers. The newer versions of Point-To-Point distributed by Beagle Bros. should also work satisfactori- ly. Ready Link — a new communications software package from Applied Engineering —also has good VT52 and VT100 emulation. Some shareware programs may also work well for you. Kermit, which emulates a VT100 terminal, is widely available for the Apple II. ‘There's also a terminal program that’s just for the IIGS. Simply called GSVT, it also emulates a VT100 terminal. We're used to the IGS not being taken seri- ously by elitists who use other computers. And we're used to hearing that the Apple II can’t do things we know it’s already doing. Still, it's dis- turbing to think there are dealers who believe the IGS can't emulate a VT100 terminal. The Apple Access II terminal program that many dealers sell does an acceptable VT100 terminal emulation. The other terminal programs are so much better than Access II, however, that we suggest trying them first. Perhaps the person who said your IGS couldn't access an IBM mainframe thought you wanted to tie directly into the system and bypass the protocol converter. As far as we know, there are no hardware cards that enable any Apple II to perform this feat. Hidden Fonts Town a IGS and use MultiScribe GS. I would like to write in French. I have seen a display of the standard IGS char- acter set that includes characters I would like to use, if only I could access them with my word processor. I have tried the French font built into my ImageWriter I and found it incomplete. JP. Guggenheim Bryn Mawr, PA A character is represented in a computer by a byte that can range in value from 0 to 255, for a total of 256 different values. The normal ASCII character set uses up half the possible values a byte can have. Macintosh and IGS fonts use the standard ASCII charac- ters and also have standard characters for most of the other 128 values available. Macintosh users can access the extra char- acters by using the Option key as a sort of super Shift key. Pressing a key while holding down the Option key generates one of the extra characters. The Shift and Control keys also work together with the Option key to generate some of the extra characters. In addition to diacritics and foreign characters, the extra characters contain many useful sym- bols, such as the cent sign, degree symbol, checkmark, typographer-style curly quotation marks and several math symbols. With System 5.0, IIGS users have the same method available for accessing the extra char- acters. This method works with desktop applications such as AppleWorks GS, Multi- Scribe GS and MultiScribe’s update — now called BeagleWrite GS and available from Beagle Bros. Ironically, there seems to be some interac- tion between System 5.0 and Activision pro- grams such as Writer's Choice Elite, which could access the extra characters before Sys- tem 5.0. Using the Option key no longer works well to generate the extra characters in these applications. Because not all IIGS fonts use all of the extra characters available (in fact, some fonts don't use the entire ASCII character set), it’s a good idea to make a guide of the fonts you use often. A printed guide can help you avoid hunting for the keystroke needed to produce the characters you want. Cold And Warm Boots I recently tried to warm-boot my IIGS by holding down the Apple, Control and Reset keys. I also pressed the Option key in an attempt to reach the Control Panel. I released the Reset key and held the other three keys down as you must do to reboot. Instead of displaying the Control Panel, the computer began a slide show of colored graphics patterns. After sever- al seconds, memory bank numbers were displayed sequentially at the bottom of the screen and the computer changed border colors repeatedly. Finally, a tune of ascending notes was played, and I saw the message “System Good”. Is this an internal memory-testing routine? Ty Harris Atlanta, GA You're very close to the answer. The dis- play you saw is generated by internal diagnos- tic routines, but they test much more than memory. The test will run through the same series of numbers no matter how much memo- ty is installed. Although the numbers look like they might be memory bank numbers, they refer to various systems in the IGS. Ifa system should happen to test bad, the report will include the number of the system that failed. This information can help a repair techni- cian diagnose a problem. For example, a prob- Jem with the ADB controller (the keyboard and mouse attach through the ADB) will be report- ed in the 09000000 range. The test is mentioned in the IGS Owner's Guide, but only in a small paragraph in a rather obscure section. The self-test has some use other than its pri- mary function of diagnosing problems. Once the test has been initiated, all of the indicators the IIGS stores —to tell whether it has been on previously and is warm-booting or cold-boot- ing from a no-power situation — are destroyed. ‘This means you can get the computer to do a cold-boot without turning the power off, saving ‘wear and tear on many components. As soon as the test begins, press Control- Reset to reboot the computer. A cold-boot 8 Winter 1990 from Ore! 44 oftware prog! children ages 3-9 as they &% plore basic ‘concepts on their own: Q Talking Animals (Q Talking ABC's Q Talking Dinosaurs u Talking Speller i Q Talking Numbe! 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The simple system almost always reboots with one key pressed, though it sometimes requires a second reset to get the computer to restart. The other system sometimes requires several reset tries before an attempt actually works. So if you ever have trouble getting a reset to work, keep trying. As useful as reset is on a computer, it should be used with care on a IIGS. Resetting at the wrong time can have disastrous effects on your disks. If a program crashes or freezes, reset is the best way to restart the computer. But never use the Reset key while a GS/OS application, including the Finder, is running. Important information about some files may not have been stored to disk. Using reset rather than the quit routines guarantees that this information never gets written to the disk, resulting in corrupted disk files. If you forget and use reset by accident, don’t panic. Everything is probably fine. But if you make the use of reset a habit, a prob- lem will probably surface sooner or later under GS/OS. The Finder and replacements such as ProSel 16 have provisions for doing the equivalent of a cold-boot as part of their quit routines. So even the side trip through the self-test isn’t always needed. Loading Up On Hardware Ihave a IGS with 512K memory, an Applied Engineering internal 2400-baud. modem, one 3.5-inch drive and one 5.25- inch drive. I wish to upgrade by adding Applied Engineering’s TransWarp GS, RamKeeper board, the GS-RAM board with 1 MB and a second 3.5-inch drive. My goal is to increase system memory to run AppleWorks GS, decrease the load- ing and operating time, and to retain memory when the power is off. Will there be enough room for this ad- ditional hardware? Is there sufficient pow- er in the IIGS to run all this equipment? David Loring Grand Ledge, MI We can provide an affirmative answer to each of your questions. The hardware you wish to add to your IGS should all fit with no problem. Assuming the modem is in its stan- dard slot (slot 2), that leaves slots 3 or 4 free for the TransWarp GS. Any memory cards attached to the RamKeeper could block slot 7 or slot 4 if a card is attached with a slot exten- der, but never both. Internal modems tend to use a lot of power, and the TransWarp GS definitely does. Still, if you have no other cards with a heavy power draw, you should be fine. Memory uses relatively little power. The RamKeeper is externally powered, so it should provide little drain on the GS power supply. All those accessories produce a lot of heat. You should add a fan to your IIGS when you add the next accessory. External fans, such as those supplied by Applied Engineer- ing or Kensington Microware Ltd., doa much better job than the Apple fan. The system you've outlined is a good one, but we see other ways to achieve your goals. Granted, some of them are more expensive. First, know exactly what a RamKeeper does. It doesn’t save the system memory when. the computer is turned off. It only retains the memory in a RAM disk you've set up (which the system identifies as a ROM disk). You can keep your System files on a ROM disk and start up the computer very quickly. But you also want to run AppleWorks GS, which is a very memory-hungry program. If you can avoid it, don’t run the program with the minimum amount of memory it requires. Even the 1.5 MB of memory a GS-RAM card can hold isn’t enough to prevent running out of memory occasionally when running AppleWorks GS. If you fill your Apple memory card to its limit, and fill the GS-RAM card you are think- ing about buying, you'd have plenty of mem- ory for AppleWorks GS, but not enough to have a useful ROM disk. The cheapest memory available for the IGS uses 1-megabit memory chips. A memo- ry card like the GS-RAM Plus, which uses 1- meg chips with 2 megs of RAM included, would probably be competitively priced against a GS-RAM with a meg of memory, plus enough memory to fill the Apple card to capacity. That would give you the same memory and room for future expansion. If you want your System files to be ona bootable ROM disk, you will definitely want more than 2 megs of RAM in your IIGS. If you want to use the latest system software, along with a good variety of fonts and a few desk accessories, you'll probably need almost another 2 megs of memory for the ROM disk. ‘That's before you put any applications on it. If you want to use ProDOS 8 applications, then the 2 megs of memory on the card will be enough for quite a few applications. Offsetting the cost of the extra RAM is the possibility that, with a large ROM disk, you may not need an extra 3.5-inch disk drive. With the operating system on the ROM disk, most of the time you can simply insert a disk with both program and data in the 3.5-inch drive and not swap diskettes around. If you needed a separate program disk, you'd find that once a program is loaded, you don't really need to keep the program disk in the drive and you can replace it with a data disk. Diskette swapping will happen more often, but it will not be as objectionable as when using a single 3.5-inch drive. Another thing to consider is to not pur- chase either a RamKeeper or second 3.5-inch disk drive. Rather, put the money you would have spent on them toward a hard disk drive. Using an Apple IIGS with System 5.0 on a hard drive with a Transwarp GS can be very enjoyable. A system configured like that has the speed of an IBM PC AT. Some of the faster hard drives available for use with GS/OS are faster than a RAM/ROM disk. Even slower model hard disks provide a big jump in speed over diskettes, There's a much smaller speed difference between the hard drive and a RAM/ROM disk. With a hard drive, you don’t really have much need for a second diskette drive of either size. Usually, a diskette drive is used just to transfer files onto the hard drive or to run an occasional copy-protected program. A Tale Of Two Printers T’'ma new Apple IGS owner and have imported some of my hardware, includ- ing a Panasonic dot-matrix printer for printing letters, from my old Apple He to my IIGS. I have an ImageWriter II in slot 10 Winter 1990 ADDRESS 1 and the Panasonic in slot 7. I only want one printer to print at a time, but I cannot seem to get any programs to work with both printers plugged into their slots at the same time. Why? Tony De Castro Clearwater, FL ‘We're not sure why your setup doesn’t work. ‘We know of nothing that would prevent a pro- gram from running with two printers or with a printer in slot 7 — though that’s a very unusual, slot for a printer, and some programs may not be_| able to print to slot 7. We've seen a lot of com- puter configurations, and the only times we remember seeing a printer used from slot 7 are occasions when the printer is running under AppleTalk. Knowing more about the problem might point us toward a solution that’s more spe- cific than the generic advice we're about to offer. Our guess is that your Panasonic printer is a parallel printer and uses an interface card for printing. If that’s the case, and you don’t need both printers to be available at the same time, try the more usual method practiced by IGS users with both serial and parallel print- ers. That is to use both printers from slot 1. It takes only a quick trip to the Control Panel to change slot 1 from using the internal printer port for your serial ImageWriter to your interface card for your Panasonic. There are also programs, such as the shareware SWCP (Switch Control Panel), that make changing a slot assignment even easier. If you simply pop into the Control Panel and change the slot setting, it generally won't change immediately — it will require a reboot. ‘There are desk accessories avail-able that will make the change effective immediately. If you need to have both printers available at the same time, slot 2 is probably the second most common slot assignment for a printer. If you don't have a modem, move either printer to slot 2. If you do have a modem, move whichever printer won't interfere with the modem (though, as long as it's in the same slot, you won't be able to use that printer in a pro- ‘gram that uses the modem) and use the Control Panel to switch between printer and modem. 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Order your POWERWARE today! 1-800 648-9621 ©) [so WHAT SOFTWARE 10221 Slater Ave. Suite 103 Fountain Valley,Ca 92708 Circle Reader Service Number 7 I1IGS PRESS An Eye For Color Used with discretion, color can be a dynamic force that will make the reader pick up a document, read it and remember the message. Adding a multitude of colors just because color is available in the latest IIGS-based desktop publishing programs usually doesn’t work. Don’t use color simply for the sake of using color. One of the most common misconceptions about color is that color, any color, will attract the eye and cause the reader to read more. It is actually possible to cause just the opposite response. Before you begin to create your docu- ment, take time to consider what purpose color will serve. Creative Contrast, If you don’t use con- trast, it is actually possible for your work to become practically invisible. Red, orange, green, blue and purple stand out fine ona white background. But on a black background, only yellow and orange are visible and easy to read. If you must use red, blue, green or purple ona black background, lighten the value. For instance, use pink instead of red. Be sure to try out color combinations by actually printing them. Do not depend on your monitor for color balance. Remember, the ImageWriter II printer can create fewer colors than the monitor. Black Is Best. Many of us mistakenly assume that using color for a word or phrase we want to “jump off the page’ will be the best solution. Unfortunately, this is seldom the case. Most of the time, black type will pop out better than any other color or value against a white background. This is because black and white have maximum contrast. White type will, therefore, usually be the best choice against a black background. Due to its high value, yellow follows a close sec- ond in this regard. A more effective approach to making a word stand out in a headline is to have the majority of the headline printed in a color and the word or phrase that you wish to stand out printed in black. If you are having problems determining what works best, try viewing your test print- out from a distance. Many times, we can see mistakes and problem areas when the work is far enough away that distracting detail can- not be seen. Another alternative is to show your work to a colleague and question him or her about what seemed to be the most impor- tant parts of the document. Color harmony, the relationship between colors, is also important. Complementary col- ors are opposite one another on the color wheel. The basic sets of complementary colors are orange/blue, red/green and yellow/pur- ple. When colors are complementary, it does not mean that they should be used together because they complement one another. The fact is that complementary colors have a tendency to clash visually. The experi- ence can be so strong that the colors appear to flash violently. This may seem like a good way to get attention, but the sensation is not pleasant. The average viewers will tend to avert their eyes rather than focus on the phe- nomenon. It is best to avoid placing comple- mentary colors next to one another. If you wish to set a mood, think about the key of the color combinations that you will be using. For instance, low key means that the colors are predominantly low in value and intensity and, thus, produce a somber mood. On the other hand, high-key colors are high in value and very intense and pro- duce a festive mood. Getting It Printed. Before finishing your design, determine how many copies of the final piece you will need and the extent of your budget. If you only need a few copies and have the time, it is feasible to use your ImageWriter II to print out all the copies. If you need sev- eral hundred copies, you will probably want to send the artwork to a professional printer. Adding color to a piece that will be print- ed can greatly increase the cost of the print- ing job. You will not only have to pay for another plate for each color needed, but you will also have to pay for the printer's time and the effort expended cleaning up the press between each color. This can easily add several hundred dollars to the job, depending upon the complexity of the artwork and the number of colors used. If your desktop publishing program doesn’t generate color, you can still add color through the print process. In fact, a commer- cial printer will require that everything brought in to be photographed be in black and white and on separate pages. Taking a color print(s) with you can help avoid any confusion as to what color should be printed and where. Getting It Separated. When preparing your document to be sent to a printer, break down the design into its primary color ele- ments; this is called making separations. Te do this, it will probably be easier to work backward from the finished design than te try to construct the pages for each color separately. Let’s say that you are going to prepare the page that the printer will use to print red ink. You will follow these steps: load the finished document. Have the software remove or turn white everything that is not red. Turn the remaining red elements to black and print the page. Repeat this process for each of the colors that you will need to have printed. These pages will be used by the printer to make the plates that will print the corresponding colors on the final piece. Currently, GraphicWriter 2.0 is the only desktop publishing program that can automatically make color separations of this type. If you determine that color is beyond your budget, consider adding gray shades to the document instead. Even though there will be no color (other than black and white) printed on the page, the reader will perceive greater variety and this extra “color” will relieve the tedium of a page printed only with the extremes of black and white. Used properly, color can add sparkle to your work and illuminate your message. Used improperly, it can create a dud, Remember that the main uses of color are to attract atten- tion, to emphasize a portion of the text or area of the design, and to set a tone or mood. If you keep the purpose of color in mind, then you should ensure your success. Il — Gary Ramey Columnist Gary Ramey is director of adver- tising design at the National Education Center in Arizona. He bas 17 years of expe- rience in commercial art. 12 Winter 1990 @ JOQUINN ag|A19g JepeaY 219119 1) 9s: 7 r saoid juanino Singles uw i | al a Buyjpuey ppy CLASS ACTION Videodisc Adventures With A IGS Multimedia combines visual, text, graphic and audio elements into a single computing environment. It joins a computer with different media, such as television, CD-ROM drives, laserdiscs and slide projectors, to create an innovative presentation right from the com- puter desktop. While some Peel view mul- timedia as the latest fashionable buzzword bandied by industry pun- dits to generate excitement about computers, others perceive it as as a valuable tool with great educational Typical multimedia development platforms include expensive scan- ners, audiovisual digitizers, color boards, large-screen monitors, optical discs, interface with Macs running HyperCard or Apple IIs running AppleWorks. The Laser Disc Story. The laser videodisc is an optical storage platter large enough to accommodate vast amounts of audiovisual information. It holds 54,000 visu- al images on each side of a 12-inch platter, roughly equivalent to 1,300 slide carousels of 80 slides each. Video motion runs at 30 frames per second, so a 12-inch disc plays about 60 minutes. ideas in non-traditional ways, challenging children to learn more about the world. Viewers control the videodisc display. Simple commands make it possible to search through the frames rapidly or proceed direct- ly to desired images. Users move from subject to subject, cross-referencing or zooming in on particular topics. ‘There's no need to view materials in a restricted linear fashion. As a result, the technology encourages youngsters to be active participants rather than passive recipients, Teachers can use audiovisual ele- ments to support classroom discussions or to clarify complex concepts. Living Textbooks. Optical Data publishes sev- eral interactive multimedia libraries designed to inter- "| face with the Apple Ile, IIGS or Macintosh. The Liv- ing Textbook series ‘| includes high school-ori- ented videodiscs tailored A) for classes in Earth, Life and large storage capabilities | Physical Science. and high-end computers. One videodisc in this But schools don’t have to series, called The Frog, develop multimedia presen- examines amphibian anato- tations. Their audience my and physiology in (students) is there to pri- detail. With more than 200 marily learn from what slides and 34 movie clips others have already devel- stored on a two-sided oped...’ videodisc, it offers an alter- ‘There are several prod- The teacher and students above are using an Optical Data videodisc, a native to dissection in the ucts available to enhance Videodisc player and AppleWorks on an Apple Il. These components let classroom. Viewers can look = teachers using Apple IGS computers bring dynamic interactive media into 7 7 any standard curriculum. the classroom. at slides to learn about major Because most educational tissues, bones and muscles, institutions already own Typical videodiscs consist of huge visual embryology, development computers and a VCR-compatible monitor, all databases filled with text, audio and real- and metamorphosis. Movie clips compare that’s needed for a multimedia performance world video images covering hundreds of human and amphibian systems, examine the is a computer-compatible CD-ROM or topics and thousands of records. Records anatomy and physiology of major organs and videodisc player. Luckily for schools and con- consist of full-color, stil-action photographs, _Systems, demonstrate how the frog exercises sumers, the prices for optical disc players slides, movie clips, real-time video, speech, temperature control, and show the animal drop almost daily. sound effects and music. obtaining food, water and oxygen in its natu- In Apple’s eye, the future of multimedia computing lies primarily with the Macintosh. For K-12 educators, however, school comput- ing frequently means Apple I computing. Optical Data, a leading publisher of archival laser videodiscs for science education, gives users a choice. It produces videodiscs that Users cannot modify the information stored on a videodisc platter. And data cannot be added, deleted or otherwise altered. Nev- ertheless, these optical devices offer teachers a creative opportunity to supplement tradi- tional textbook presentations. They enable instructors to communicate conventional tal habitat. The Life Science package consists of two two-sided videodiscs with still photos, movie clips, diagrams and narrations. The first plat- ter focuses on molecular, cell and human 14 Winter 1990 HUNTING FOR GRAPHICS? Watch your favorite Apple II painting pro run wild! Adjust brightness and contrast, grams come alive with ThunderScan. ™ Just without rescanning your image. Choose any snap the ThunderScan cartridge into of four image modes: half- your ImageWriter (except tones, line art, 16-level gray LQ) and you've le, or color effects. And instantly turned ThunderScan supports High Res, your trusty printer Double Res, and Ics Super into a high-pow Res displays (for quality no ered.imaging sys other imaging tem for your Ie, can match). @ IIc, lcs. 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Planetscapes offers a two-sided videodisc exploration of planets in the inner solar system (Earth, Mars, Venus and Mer- cury) with almost 12,000 video still frames and 50 minutes of motion video clips. Topics include the Earth's evolution, atmosphere, orbital photography and airborne surveys. Side 1 presents super-computer visualiza- tions of Earth, with animated weather satellite data, and a comprehensive Landsat Atlas of the United States. Side 2 provides pictorial surveys of the neighboring planets as viewed from Earth-based telescopes and several orbiting spacecraft. Space Shuttle includes three double-sided discs providing audiovisual documentation of the development, testing and operation of the first 11 missions of the shuttle. The platters present launching and landing video high- lights, cabin tours, weightlessness demonstra- tions, parachute deployment, Sally Ride's flight and many more shuttle firsts. IGS Connections. Viewers can watch any of these videodisc presentations on a monitor linked to a videodisc player equipped only with a hand-held remote unit. However, connecting the player to a comput- er has advantages. For example, the accom- panying AppleWorks database diskette provides background information and descriptions for each still frame and motion clip. Instructors can use the software as an authoring tool to design customized interac- tive courseware for their classes. While they cannot alter platter materials, they can per- sonalize the presentations by providing descriptive information tailored to specific classroom needs. The software enables them to perform high-speed keyword searches, It sorts and prints out data files and provides hard copy of all frame descriptions. 16 Winter 1990 CLASS Instructors familiar with AppleWorks will find Optical Data’s Apple II software easy to operate. The disk consists of AppleWorks. database and word processor files. The videodisc player responds to AppleWorks- like specific commands issued from the keyboard. By pressing the Option key (or Closed Apple key) simultaneously with another key, users can search for information by chapter or frame (Option-F), freeze the video motion to display a still image (Option-Space), turn the audio off (Option-Q), select the appropri- ate audio channel (Option-Rlight| or Option- Lleft]), scan forward or backward (Option-> or -<), overlay the text in the data field onto the videodisc visual (Option-O) and more. Optical Data recommends a Pioneer LaserDisc player (LD-4200) to run its optical discs. Apple Ile users will have to purchase a second 5.25-inch disk drive, Super Serial Card and cable to connect to the player. Individuals with IIGS machines need only purchase a cable to connect the computer directly to the player. Connection is made through the modem port. There is no need to purchase either a second 5.25-inch drive or a Super Serial Card. IIGS machines also simplify product oper- ation in another significant way. Because a 3.5-inch diskette holds nearly 800K, all videodisc records can remain within a single database directory. The Ile's 5.25-inch diskette is too small to hold all database records ina single file. Optical Data accommodates the 5.25-inch diskette by segmenting the software's single large database into several smaller databases, each holding records specific to a particular videodisc side. This makes cross-referencing and frame searching much more difficult. For the Ile to run an Optical Data LaserDisc at peak efficiency, users will have to purchase a 3.5-inch disk drive and upgrade their Ile sys- tem memory to 512K. A New Frontier. LaserDisc products are more expensive than either conventional textbooks or computer software, but they offer students the opportunity to learn about a variety of topics in new and exciting ways. The discs combine thousands of visuals into one manageable library, which users can access from a single source with just a few keyboard commands. Students get to view ACTION realistic photographs and real-time motion video, accompanied by descriptive narra- tions, music and high-quality audio. They also get to work with AppleWorks and build database management skills. Scientific terms, concepts and subjects come alive on the video screen with able assistance from the computer. Students can easily navigate through the collection of video clips and slides, arranging the visuals in any order, while adding descriptive informa- tion to personalize their presentations. LaserDisc technology and the Apple IIGS team up to provide valuable, innovative teaching resources for any secondary science curriculum. i — Carol S. Holzberg, Ph.D. Shutesbury, Mass.-based columnist Carol Holzberg is an anthropologist and computer journalist. 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It's easy to create custom keyboard characters for math, science, and foreign languages. Font Factory GS is supplied on a 3.5" disk and requires an Apple Ics with 768K and one disk drive. Suggested retail price only $39.95 (demo $6). Disk Access™ GS owners have wanted a way to manage their files, folders and disks without having to quit their pro- gram and return to the "Finder". Now a New Desk Accessory called Disk Access makes these tasks easy to do while using another program! This New Desk Accessory will save you countless hours of time and frustration! > Initialize a disk > Create a new folder > Delete a file or folder > Rename a file/folder/disk > Catalog files/folders/disks > Copy files in folders and disks > Finda hard to find file by name ..and many other useful features $49.95 (demo $6). Works with any GS/OS compat- ible software that supports NDA's. B Seven Hills 2310 Oxford Road, Tallahassee, FL 32304-3930 (800) 627-3836 or (904) 576-9415 M-F 9 am. to5 p.m. EST I - 8 0 0 - 6 Made For The Apple IlGs GraphicWriter Ill™ Superior Desktop Publishing for the Apple IIcs GraphicWriter III combines everything you need in one easy-to-use < package! Some Exciting Features: > WYSIWYG display (What-You-See-Is-What- You-Get) " > Superior quality printouts (LaserWriter and dot matrix) > Imports text and graphics from a variety of poptilar, programs > Automatically flows text from column to column, page to page > Instantly wraps text around graphics Included Free: > Built-in spelling checker > Sample page layouts > Hundreds of clip art images > GS/OS > 30 fonts ina variety of sizes GraphicWriter III delivers all the power and speed you've wanted from a IIGs-specific program. And it requires only 512K! With its Mac-like interface and innovative design, you will be publishing in less than 30 minutes. You'll enjoy making fliers, newsletters, forms and other documents! The Apple Ics Buyer's Guide declares: "The serious desktop publisher will find GraphicWriter III a workhorse that can produce complex layouts of extremely high quality." @ Powerful Word Processor m Full Color Graphics w Advanced Page Layout Suggested retail price only $149.95 Circle Reader Service Number 10 27-3 8 3 6 SHAREWARE SOLUTIONS Low-Cost Excitement Most Apple II user groups maintain a library of public domain and share- ware software, and some of the very highest quality applications these groups offer is IIGS entertainment software. For assistance in locating an Apple user group, call 1-800-538-9696, After joining a user group, make sure to get Nucleus GS, a dazzling and incredible dis- play of IGS graphics, animation and music. A French program, Nucleus clearly demon- strates why the GS stands for Graphics and Sound, A graphic object that looks like a strand of DNA appears within a window on screen, surrounded by shooting stars. The object turns and twists around three axes, making an incredible 3-D representation. You can control which axis the object turns on, and it can revolve on 1, 2 or all 3. axes, While the animation is displayed, toe-tapping rock music plays. Nucleus requires 1 MB of RAM and works on a IGS with ROM 01. Bounce It! by John Tierney was one of the first ITGS-specific shareware super-high-reso- lution games available. Like Arkanoid, it is based on the classic Little Brick Out “ping pong” program. Using the mouse to control a variable-size paddle, one deflects bouncing balls toward colored boxes that occupy the top half of the screen. Each time the ball hits a box, points are scored and the box is removed. Remove all the boxes to complete one of nine levels. KR Thank Heavens. During game play, Bounce It! plays music that sounds like it was produced with an angel’s harp. Player- defined options allow one to speed up or slow down the ball’s motion, and the user can make the paddle larger or smaller. The options make it easy for children to play this highly entertaining game. Bounce It!’s share- ware fee is $10. FI Raceway, by Joel Quejada, is a $15 shareware arcade game that puts you behind the wheel of a Formula 1 race car, racing against other cars and against the clock. F1 Raceway is a fast-action, mouse-driven game. ‘The mouse button controls acceleration, while the Open Apple key is the brake. The screen display consists of the race track on the left and a dashboard display panel on the right. Cars are passing on either side, and you avoid them by frequent lane changing. You'll need to keep an eye on the fuel gauge and re-fill as necessary. Fl Raceway includes digitized sounds of cars crashing and music designed to keep you on your toes. Most Apple IT user maintain a library o public domain shareware software. For assistance in locating an Apple user group. call 1-800-5, Evil Forces. As The Link Turns, by Parik Rao and Scott Pease, is a joystick- or key- board-controlled arcade shoot-’em-up that is action packed and filled with humor. An evil force has taken over Apple Computer, Inc. and is attempting to close the Apple II divi- sion. The goal is simple: save the Apple II. You'll battle flying diskettes, joysticks, RAM chips and Macintosh computers in this timed game. The graphics are truly amusing, the animation is very smooth, plus the sounds of digitized gunfire add to the enjoyment, Yahtzee, by Dave Buell, is a visually stun- ning game. The classic board game has been translated to the IIGS desktop in a way that will keep you coming back for more action. Yahtzee, played by one or two people, is an addicting dice game. It’s also one of the few games where the computer has no particular advantage. It is easy and extremely gratifying to beat the IGS! In Yahtzee a player rolls a pair of dice and attempts to come up with matching numbers on the dice. Rolling dice with the same num- ber, or getting a straight, adds up points. The game requires the user to make quick mathe- matical calculations. Actually, it’s a thinking person's strategy game. Yahtzee instructions are included. Brian Greenstone and Dave Triplett — the team who created the highly acclaimed, com- mercially available Xenocide game — have also produced several excellent [IGS arcade games. Greenstone considers computer pro- gramming an art form. After playing Copy Killers and Quadronome, you'll know you've seen the work of master artists. Viral Infections. Copy Killers is a fast- action, joystick-controlled arcade maze game. The scenario pits the player, representing an FBI agent, against software pirates who are busy distributing illegally copied software and computer viruses, The player roams the maze shooting pirates; pirates shoot viruses back. The viruses are persistent, and the play- er often needs to get a shot of anti-virus medicine. Throughout the chase, manic music plays, adding a degree of tension to the game. Although the game ends when the viruses multiply, Copy Killers is so challenging, you'll want to play it over and over again. Quadronome is a fast-action 3-D game similar to racquetball. Played by one or two players, it offers a unique visual perspective. Side-by-side screens are shown. As the ball moves away on one screen, it gets closer on the other. The game is quite challenging, and players may wish to reset the IIGS’ speed to Slow (1 MHz) when first starting out. Although the Slow setting produces some jerky animation, it does allow you to learn how to play the game without missing every ball, After lots of practice, reset the system speed to Fast. Card Fun. Doug Davies and Todd Wood, employees of Word Perfect Corp., are another software writing team. They have produced a series of arcade games based on card games. Some of their games closely resemble the video games found in gambling casinos; oth- ers are based on classic variations of solitaire, All of Wood and Davies’ games are excellent, we'll look at three of them: Video Poker, Pyramid and Monte Carlo. Video Poker has a $10 shareware fee and is based on video games found in Nevada casinos. A player starts with $100 and can bet $1 to $5 per hand. The rules are classic five- card draw poker; the action is completely mouse driven. Five cards are dealt and the player keeps or discards any number of them. The object is to make the best five-card 18 Winter 1990 SHAREWARE poker hand. The payouts are similar to those in a Nevada casino. This game is a winner for poker players! The screen is visually stun- ning, and the face cards include humorous graphics, Monte Carlo, a $5 shareware gem, is a variation of solitaire. Twenty cards are dealt face up. The object is to remove adjacent pairs of cards by clicking on them. When pairs are removed from the playing screen, new cards are dealt and the spaces are replaced with the new cards. The cards are dealt at random and, quite often, there are no adjacent pairs, At that point, you simply start anew round. You win by removing all 26 pairs of cards. This is a very quick game. Due to its addictive nature, a Statistics pull-down menu is provided. It shows how long you've been playing, how many games you've played and how many you've won. It’s possible to play upwards of 40 rounds in an hour; if you win more than two or three of those rounds, you're doing very well. Pyramid is another $10 shareware solitaire variation. Twenty-eight cards are dealt out in a pyramid shape; eight cards occupy the first row. The aim is to remove pairs of cards adding up to 13. However, you can only click on cards that are unobstructed. At the begin- ning, that means a player can only choose from the first row. As cards are removed, those cards displayed toward the top of the pyramid can be chosen. This is a very chal- lenging game that's lots of fun. All of the above programs are IIGS-specif- ic and GS/OS compatible. They will work with either System Disk 4.0 or 5.0. Of all the entertainment programs available for the IIGS, these are the most exciting; contain the best graphics, sound and animation; and have the fastest action. When you acquire any of the shareware games, remember to honor the authors’ request and remit the small fee. Your check will encourage the author to write even better games in the future. — Joe Kobn Columnist Joe Kobn is the software librarian for the Big Red Computer Club, a large international Apple II user group. You may contact Joe at 166 Alpine St., San Rafael, CA 94901. Ready? EasyLink becomes ReadyLink™ Ready for this? Murphy's Law strikes again. The superb new communications software we introduced as EasyLink a few months ago, has become ReadyLink™. Seems we weren't alone in liking that name. But ReadyLink is alone as the premiere communications software. Ready for a program that learns? ReadyLink actually “watches” you log on the first time and “learns” how to do it the next time. The program’s rich macro language allows you to easily learn to write your own macros. Ready for two windows? ReadyLink’s Mac-like interface lets you work two windows at once. Edit text while the on- line window continually updates incoming messages. Access files (or create new ones), cut, copy, paste, find or replace text; then send in perfect, edited form. Even print directly from the window - all without breaking contact with the on- line window. Ready for these features? *Hayes compatible *Auto- matic protocol selection *Mac-like desktop interface * Automatic hardware configuration *Automatic rate calculator *Built-in conference mode *Integer variables *Complex expressions *Conditional execution *Subroutines *Re-assignable keyboard commands *132-column VT100 emulation *Supports XModem, XModem/CRC, XModem/ ProDOS, YModem Compare AE's ReadyLink with any other communications software. For completeness of features, ultimate flexibility and ease of use. For beginners and bulletin board junkies alike, ReadyLink does it, $99 Order today! To order or for more information, see your dealer or call (214) 241-6060 today, 9 am to 11 pm, 7 days. Or send check or money order to Applied Engineering. MasterCard, VISA and C.0.D. welcome. 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N8S 1T6 (519) 974-3011 LPHA CHECK If you use AppleWorks, you're ready for Alpha Check! Alpha Check loads and operates inside AppleWorks using two interfaces to enter data. Alpha Check pre- numbers and pre-dates checks, fills out longhand amount automatically, updates check register, plus dozens of other functions. $34.95 POLICY: VISA, MasterCard, and Discover - no added surcharge. C.O.D. centfied - add $2.95 If order is spit, we pick up freight on balance of items. Shipping UPS, Airborne, Federal Express and U.S. Mail. ‘Saturday deliveries available, RETURNS: Defective software will be placed immediately with the same item. Defective hardware will be replaced or repaired at our own discretion. Call customer service at 313-331- 1120 to obtain a retum authorization number before retumning goods. Product purchase in error subject to 15% restocking fee. {OOLS: Schools are half of our business. We accept school P.0.’s by mail or by fax. Call us. SCH We'll work for you. 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WE'LL MATCH ANY PRICE! ‘Circle Reader Service Number 12 BUH Quality Computers FOR PERFORMANCE POWER Ue ae eee Does ea &P. !s by FAX: 313-331-0663 1-800-443-6697 INSIDE APPLEWORKS GS The AppleWorks GS Identity Crisis AppleWorks GS is having an identity crisis. It doesn’t want to be called that any- more. It doesn’t like the name. Fire up the pro- gram and open a new Word Processor document. Type the fol- lowing sentence: “The name of this program is APPLEWORKS GS.” Use all caps for the name. Now move the cursor to the beginning of the file and invoke the spelling checker. Surprise! Notice which word it flags. That's right, AppleWorks. Now, the name only triggers the spelling checker if you spell it in all uppercase letters, but, as you'll see, it doesn’t care for it the other way, either. All right, what does it want to be called? Let’s ask it. Click on the “Suggest” button and see what it comes up with. Interestingly, the first suggestion is. . . AppleWorks. Are we off the hook due to case sensitivity? Nope. Click on “Replace” and watch what happens. It replaces the word and immediately flags it as misspelled again! Pollywogs To The Rescue. Ok, so it must prefer the second choice. Click “Sug- gest” again and look at the second suggested word. Can you believe your eyes? Yes you can. It sure looks like it wants to be known as Pollywogs. Credit columnist Larry Miller, our own “JIGS Address” man, with this amazing dis- covery. He immediately passed the news on to the MAUG Apple II area of CompuServe, and it spread like wildfire. In those circles the program immediately began to be referred to solely as Pollywogs. But wait! There’s more. I wrote a short piece about this Pollywogs stuff, using Apple- Works Classic, for a local user group newslet- ter and spell checked the completed article with TimeOut QuickSpell from Beagle Bros. Guess what: It flagged Pollywogs as incor- rect, suggesting the alternate spelling Polli- wogs. Is there no end to this madness? Well, my trusty dictionary (the printed-on-paper type) lists both spellings as correct, but even. it doesn't list AppleWorks. Well, on to other business. 22° Winter 1990 Page Layout. Last issue, we discussed basic page-layout operations using Pollywogs. Since then, I have donated the file containing the demo newsletter to the public domain and uploaded it to CompuServe. By now it should be available on the other commercial services and may even pop up in your local club’s library. If you don't see it, ask! ‘The upload includes the page-layout file itself and a short word processor file explain- ing some useful things to know about it. ‘The full text of the Generic Newsletter is pre- sent, including the ever-popular Elvis article. Once you have the file, feel free to make any modifications you'd like. Experiment! It's there to help you learn. If you load the newsletter file into Polly- wogs and the text looks weird, read the word processor file. It tells you which fonts must be installed for the thing to make any sense; you may want:to print this information for reference, Also, if the text appears to run off the page, be sure to enter the Page Setup dia- Jog (under the File menu) and set Condensed print. Then all will be normal. AppleWorks 3.0. Over on the eight-bit side of the house, AppleWorks Classic has recently been updated to Version 3.0. This is of interest to Pollywogs users as it changes some of the rules, Pollywogs has some built-in compatibility with AppleWorks and can directly import files from all three of its modules without special processing. However, the new AppleWorks version added several new features that necessitated changes in AppleWorks data file structures. For example, new control codes and tokens now appear within such files to mark the application of some of the new fea- tures. Afile created by AppleWorks 3.0 that does not make use of any of the new features will still load properly into Pollywogs, but a file containing any of the new attributes (tabs, for example) will not. ‘You can get around this by printing the AppleWorks 3.0 file to a Text/ASCI file on disk and then loading the ASCII file into Pol- lywogs. Not the best possible solution, but it'll get the job done. You may still have to do some editing to make the Pollywogs file match its AppleWorks-based original. Asked about whether an update to Polly- wogs might be in the works to correct this, Claris representatives at AppleFest responded with a strong refusal to comment. Next issue, we'll see how much fun it is to import graphics to the Page Layout module! Tip Of The Month. Special thanks to MAUG member Tom Hanks, who reminds us that if you want to use large fonts in Pollywogs (we had used 24-point Venice for the banner in last issue’s newsletter example), you must use the “Choose Font” command directly under the Font menu to set the size. The 24-point size is not selection represented in the Size menu. Choose Font is a useful little shortcut that allows you to set several font, size and style selections using a single dialog box. In addi- tion, it allows you to set any desired point size for your text. Be aware that if you try to print a font at a point size that is not present on your boot volume, Pollywogs will have to mathemati- cally approximate the look of the font in that size. This tends to have results that are not aesthetically pleasing. The exception is the case where you have a font twice the desired size. When this is true, Pollywogs will use the double-size font and squeeze it down to half size. This shows best results when Better Text is selected in the Print dialog. HyperStudio Update. Shortly before press time, we received from Roger Wagner Publishing a prerelease copy of HyperStudio Version 2.0. We're happy to report that it is now complete, with all advertised functions enabled and working. As an added bonus, HyperStudio now supports touch screens for users who really like to point and select! ‘This new version of HyperStudio requires Apple IGS System Software 5.0.2 or later and will no longer run in just 768K; Wagner rec- ommends at least 1 MB. Based on this new complete version of HyperStudio, last issue's Performance rating of 7.0 is raised to 9.0. — Joe Walters Columnist Joe Walters lives in New Mexico and can be reached via electronic mail on CompuServe (72406, 742). Besides using AppleWorks GS, be bunts for “Pollywogs” in bis spare time. Three ways to grow Applied Engineering makes three different memory cards for the IIcs because every Ics owner is different. Each card was designed to suit specific needs: GS-RAM-” Start with as little as 256K of memory and grow in affordable 256K increments @ to 1.5 MEG (an amount that once sounded large, but is now considered a moderate amount of memory expan- sion.) Incorporates 256K x 1 chips. Gs-RAM w/256K $169 1MEG $319 1.5 MEG $419 GS-RAM Plus.” Expands from 1 to 6 MBG in 1 MEG incre- ments. Originally designed © for power-users requiring a great deal of internal memory, this card has recently found favor with many moderate users. MEG-sized jumps in memory have now become practical for many users because of the enormous memory requirements of today’s software titles. Incorporates 1 MEG x 1 chips. GS-RAM Plus w/1 MEG $379 2MEG $579 3-6 MEG CALL a IIGS. GS-RAM Ultra” AE’s newest memory card incorporates a new chip - the 256K x 4, ©@ Which has four times the density of 256K x 1 chips. Gs-RAM Ultra offers incremental expansion like the Gs- RAM and ultimate size like the Gs-RAM Plus. It’s expandable from 256K to 4 MEG in 256K increments, so you can start small and still grow to a massive 4 megabytes. Gs-RAM Ultra 256K $229 512K $279 768K-4 MEG CALL We've also added ROM sockets to the GS-RAM Ultra. ROM sockets allow hard- ware-based applications to be loaded permanently into EPROMs...an increasing- ly important feature when applications become available from Applied Engineering and others. Consider your needs. Need a moderate amount of memory? GS-RAM lets you start small and takes you up to 1.5 MEG. Need lots of memory right away? GS-RAM Plus is your best bet. Want to start small and leave open the possibility of a huge internal memory? 6S-RAM Ultra is your card. And our GS Expander™ piggyback card adds up to 2 MEG to any of the three cards. Call AE for prices. Talk to us. Your decision should be based on anticipated maximum memory need and growth path. 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