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Note 12Disc Management &Back-up utilityNote 16Note 8. Modem demo by Jim Hanson.

announcements.

CALENDARWHICH

Macintosh SIGNote 1Dakota CountyBranch Note 7Board Meet In9

Medical SIGNote 13REGULARMINI'APP'LESNote 2Educational SIGBusiness SIGNe'" Hope BranchNote 16Minnetonka BranchNote 8Pascal &Apple IIINote 1St. PaulBranch - Note 3Dakota CountyBranchBoard Meet IngNote 2Geneology SIGNote 11Macintosh SIGNote 1REGULARMINI'APP'LESNote 2Map next monthEducational SIGBusiness SIGNew Hope BranchMinnetonka BranchTwin City Comp. Show

WHEN

Mon Jul 9Gab 6:30/Mtg 7:00Tue JulIO7pm-lOpmWed Ju I 117:30 pmWed Jul 117.00pmWEDNESDAYJuly 18thPrgm-7:30pmWed Jul 18Wed Jul 18Tue Ju I 247:00pmWed Jul 257:30pmWed Aug7:30pmTue Aug 77pm-lOpmTue Aug 77pm-lOpmWed Aug 87:30 pmSun Aug 122:00pmMon Aug 13Gab 6:30/Mtg 7:00WEDNESDAYAugust 15thPrgm-7:30pmSIGS-8:30pm+Wed Aug 15Wed Jun 20Tue Jun 27Wed Aug 22Oct 25-28

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Southdale Branch HennepinCounty Library 70th & YorkSt. John Neumann Church4030 PI lot Knob Rd, EaganCa I I Dave Ladenfor locationHealth Associates Ctr.2221 University SE, Rm 115UNIVERSITY MINNESOTAST. PAULRoom B45 Bldg 412After Regular Mtg.After Regular Mtg.Rockford Rd LibraryCounty Road 9Glen Lake Community Ctr14300 Excelsior Blvd room EMinnesota Federal9th Ave S Hopk InsMahtomed I FI re HouseHa I Iam & St I II water.st. John Neumann Church4030 Pilot Knob Rd, EaganCa II Dave Ladenfor addressMinnesota HistoricalSoc Iety LI brary St Pau I MNCheck meeting place

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1st regular meeting. Opento all Interested members.Demo of Koala Pad and doublehigh-res picture parametersRegular Board Meeting. Allmembers are welcomel

Joe Nathan, St Paul Public schools,author of "Free to Teach",will speak. See announcements INote 12. Meet with JoelDemo Soft-Graph by Ken Ruzek

Jim Reitz of Digital DenwI II demo App IeWorks.Pascal & Apple II/SpecialInterest Group Meeting.

Note 7General club business. MeetlIs open to all members.

Bimonthly meeting.2nd regular meeting. Opento all Interested members.To be determ Ined

Notes:1. John Schoeppner2. Scott Ue Iand3. Fred Woodward4. Eric Holterman

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Coordinators and StaffBeginn~):'sl/Gonsu1tant S.K.JohnsonShOWs~llclConveIltions Steve GeorgeDOM Editor A1 PetermanEducatiOn. .. .cO'itor Arthur EnglishMembership Co'tor Ann BellPubliq.ity/ Co 'tor ·i.·... i·i ,A.M:icha~L Y()ungSoftware Coordinator Chuck BoodySpc1 Int. - Apple III Joe HorneSpcl lIlt:.. - Bl].siness Dick MarchiafavaSpc1 Int. - Communic'n Jay WarriorSpc1 Int. - Education Jatl.eC4~t:.t.eI:"j~~Spc1 Int. - FORTH Mark AbbottSpc1 Int. - GeneologYJ3.:iJ..lp~q.0Hr~~y

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IN THIS ISSUE

Announcements ••••••••••••••.••••••••••••• 7Classified 26Communications (from Bytelines)

by Dave Crounse ••••••••••••••••••••• 22Increasing Disk Storage (Part 7)

by Steve George ••••••••••••••••••••• 20Map of Meeting Place ••••••••••••••••••••• 26Money Matter$ - Part 2 of a Review

by Eric Holterman••••••••••••••••••• 16Minutes

by Ken Slingsby ••••••••••••••••••••• 25Networker Update

by Steve George ••••••••••••••••••••• 2lNews from Afar

by Dan Buchler •••••••••••••••••••••• 18Printers - A tutorial from BASUG

by Bob Raikes ••••••••••••••••••••••• 23Renumber - A tutorial

by Tom Alexander •••••••••••••••••••• 13Service Policies (from SAUG)

by Joel Amromin••••••••••••••••••••• 14Zapper

by Steve George ••••••••••••••••••••• 25

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NNOUNCE ENTS.July

Meeting Notes~ Mark Abbott

s your vice president, I am responsiblefor, among other things, the main pro­grams for each meeting over·· the nextyear. This is not an easy task. Witha membership of around 1900 in the

club, we have a wide diversity of backgroundsand interests. However, only about 10-15% ofthe membership ever show up at the meeting.Why? I'm not sure, but it probably has to dowith the difficulty of walking that fine linebetween>a) boring (or frightening off) thenovice as a result of being too technical, and2) boring the technically adept. by being toosimple.

I see a few ways around this problem. One wayis to pick topics which .are of interest .. to .alarge number of. people and that are also.lesswell understood by most people. You. then havethe interest and the expectation of learningsomething. Another is to pick an interestingtopic and allow the program to speak to bothlevels. Parts may be boring (orincomprehensible) to you, but you should comeout having learned something.

Both of these approaches make one assumption:that you have an interesting topic. Now, Iknow what interests me, but I don't think I ama typical user. I can only guess whatinterests you. Or I can ask. I have talked toseveral people about ideas for programs: pastclub presidents and vice presidents, andothers whose opinions I respect. Finally,though, it's up to you. What would you like tosee discussed at a meeting if you were able topick? I want (I need) your input to be aneffective vice president. Please give me acall or talk to me at the meetings.

To make things a little easier, I have decidedon a general theme under which I would like toorganize several programs. This is: "ProblemSolving with Your Apple". Is there somegeneral area of problems, which the Applemight be able to solve, that you would like tosee covered? For example: how can I doeffective graphics on my machine? How can Iuse my Apple to monitor my house? Youprobably bought your Apple, in the firstplace, because you felt that it would solvesome problem that you had. Did it? All ofthem? Completely? If not, then why not use theclub to help you. You may find out that thereare a large number of other members thatwanted to learn the same thing.

The speaker during the main program of theJuly meeting will be Joe Nathan: educator,author, lobbyist for education, and presentlyR&D fellow for Public School Incentives, St.

PauL Joe gave a talk to the local OsborneUsers Group in early June, on the topic ofpublic schools and how computers are beingused and abused by them, which so impressed methat l asked him to come and talk to us.Rather than talking to an audience, he prefersto converse with it. He provokes a response.You may not agree with him but you can'tignore him. If you are at all interested inthe public educational system, and also in howit will affect your kids, then you owe it toyourself to come and talk to Joe. (See alsoED SIG Notes).

Minnetonka. Branch~Steven E. BAker

The July 25 meeting of the Minnetonka Branchwill be a presentation of AppleWorks for the/ /e and lIc; Jim. Reitz of Schaak'sDigitalDen in Southdale will be<demonstrating thesoftware package.

AppleWorks is an integrated program combiningword processing, data base and a spreadsheetprogram into one package. The three parts ofAppleWorks work together and make it possibleto "cut and paste" information betweenapplications.

We want to thank Mike Carlson of PBS forshowing the / / c during our May meeting. Andthanks for the edible apples.

KSTP Computer Talk

Tune in to KSTP (1500 AM) every Saturday at 5p.m. to hear Computer Talk. Mini' app 'les willsupply an 'expert' for this show on the 2ndSaturday of each month. If you have an Applerelated question, here's your chance to get onthe air! Note: Subir was our representativefor June and came over like an old Pro!

Chuck Boody will be the representative forJuly! During the show, call 646-TALK.

CP/M Sig

The CP/M SIGhas tem.porarily ceased activity.Last month we reported that Scott Ueland hadresigned·from that post.

If there are any members who feel that theycould contribute to getting that SIG goingagain, please telephone Dave Laden, yourPresident.

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Announcements Continued from page 7

Hip! Hip! Hooray1!Three Cheers for More Volunteers

~ Steve George

Five times since accepting the position ofSpecial Events Coordinator t Mini' app 'les hasparticipated in various computer shows. Andeach timet you, the club members have freelygiven time to a worthy cause: answeringgeneral computer questions, specific hardwarequeries t and the role that Mini' app 'les canplay in the life of a new Apple owner.

The last three shows (covering 4 days) allfell during one 30 day period: 2 at theScience Museum of MN and one at the AmateurFair. With such close scheduling, many peoplewere needed to help avoid "computer showburnout".

Many thanks to the following Amateur Fairvolunteers: John Pawlik t Steven Baker t AnnBell, and Dick Peterson.

A 2 day Teleconnnunications demons tration atthe Science Museum was staffed by: EricHolterman, Greg Kitchak,iHugh KurtzmaP-, ~§~Allen, Jim Hanson, Steven Baker, Barb Kostial,and Dick Peterson.

Steven even provided Mac-created badges <forall of our people, complete withM:lni'app·i:I..~~

logo 1 The first day we used aNetworke"['JllP.<i~lIland NetMaster software with excellentresults. 1)('1Y 2 provided a Chang;~iof p<'l~eias

Jim supplied. a S1!J8.rtln94~1Il,.ii<'ln<i1\SCII ExpressPRO. He and Chase figured out what to do andexplainedt1:l~.·proC~d1J."['~it.:0t:1:l.ere§.tof.. us.

The Amateur •• Ihli.r wa~i\qu+te the last minutearrangement: we learned Tuesday night(-9:30pm) that we >had a booth if we wantedit. A flurry of .phone calls later, we wereall prepared to offer the public our "wares".Thanks go to Amateur Fair's John Desmond forletting us participate and handling the s1!J8.llannoyances that arose.

The Science Museum's Chuck Penson a"['ranged for3 (only 31 !) groups to demonstrateteleconnnunications software, hardware, andgeneral usage. The three included GamBitTimeshare (a multi-user local board), theTRS-80 user group (T.C.T.U.G.), and US! Weenjoyed ourselves and provided somemuch-needed info for tho§e interested. Thanksto Chuck Penson, the 2 days went quitesmoothly and we had a IIe on hand. PersonalBusiness Systems came through for the clubagain by providing a I I c - that was anattention getter 1 Thanks PBS.

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BUT MOSTLY, THANKS MINI' APP 'LES VOLUNTEERS 1

(Editor's Note - not mentioned above is thesimple fact that one person at each of thoseshows was Steve George himself. Steve hasbecome a major asset of the club. Besidesdoing all the organizing of the various shows,he provides most of the articles in thenewsletter, comes to every meeting boardmetting and even a large percentage of thebranch meetings. He also assists HughKurtzman in the newsletter mailings andrecently has turned up at the Editor's houseto help put the newsletter to bed. Thank youStevel)

In Sickness and In HealthFor Better or Worse~ Steve George

Getting tired of seeing my name plastered allover YOUR newsletter? •Lets remedy that bysending your contribut:ions· to Dan for thenewsletter.

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Twin City Computer Show1984

There will be a 1984 Twin City Computer Show.The show is under new, and· I believe· bettermanagement; CompuShows of Annapolis Maryland.This company has·· been managing shows for manyyears! The date is Oct 25-28 and the place isthe Minneapolis Auditorium.

We, Mini' app 'les, will have a booth. As inpast years, we need a lot of volunteers. CallSteve George, at 935-5775, if you areinterested.

calendar Announcements

Please submit all calendar dates, changes,etc., to Ron Androff. Ron has volunteered tobe the calendar maker for the newsletter. . Asfor all newsletter items, timely submissionhelps us all!

Have you a question?

The club received a letter from:Burton BhavisyatRte 1, Box 320MoundsvilleWV 26041

The> show will retain the same format as lastyear, but with emphasis on local dealers andsuppliers and on distributors, manufacturers,etc.

(Thats where the coal comes from -.Ed.) Arecent columnist in InfoWorld, Tom Shea,recommended that Burton be used as a resourceto answer technical questions.

I .think the show management is. doing .. 13. goodjob in promoting arid soliciting goodexhibitors. If you .are interested inexhibiting, call 800-368-2066.

Handicapped Applications SIGby Steve Lyle

So, members, if you have questions, send themin. In the mean time, your editor would liketo tak~. a.dvantage of an offer by Burton toprovide a file o£his column whichiwe may usein our newslettet:. The catch is that he usesCP/M-80 and that is one operating systemformat which your. newsletter editor cannotcurrently read! If anyone with a modem andcompatibility with CP/M.-80 will volunteer toreceive> the disk and then transmit the file.tome, we can be in business?

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In his letter < Burton says: "ABa directresult .of this service (which.L();ffer.for theprice of a SASE) ,manyuser's groups acrossthe country have asked me to author a columnfor their newsletter containing the best iandmost useful of theseQ' s and A's ,< plus. sC>11lepractical, everyday. type of·. advice.< T ant alsoopen to whatever users want to hear or askabout."

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Non-meeting news

The nature of most of our members'disabilities makas in-person meetings somewhatimpractical. However, due to our insatiableinterest in computing, we plan to meet on thenew Bulletin Board. Thanks to Jay Warrior,Honeywell Inc., and some other very generousfolks, the Bulletin Board is !!E. and Running.

The system operates 24 hours/day. Anyone inthe Handicapped SIG may use it by just dialing378-4430 and use PUBLIC access or request auser code. It operates under the followingprotocol:

Right now, we can handle up to100 users so visitors arewelcome!

Anyone interested in joining theHandic.apped SIG (HASIG) or withan interest in handicappedapplications for themselves,friends, students, etc., mayjoin the HASIG. Call Steve Lyleat 894-2991 for details.

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Announcements Continued from page 9

Business Sig~·Dick Marchiafava

SUMMER DEMO SUBJECTS

The Business SIG meetings have been suspendedfor the sumner. However, we are holdingdemonstrations during the SIG cluster afterthe,main club meetings.

After the July 18th meeting Ken Ruzek willdemonstrate SOFTALK' S SOFTGRAPH program. Theversion Ken will demo has many enhancementswhich he has added. This software is publicdomain, so if you wish a copy, bring a disk.Copies will be made as time allows.

The subject of the August 15th Business SIGcluster will be Disk Management and BackupUtilities. Members of the Business SIG willshow how utilities are used to organize andmanage disk files, and how to make backups.Persons who are not of a technical bent may beunaware that disk management utilities aretools of which they could make good use.

See you at the Business SIG clusters!

MacSIG Organizes for Growth~ Tom Edwards

Bouncing off of .a •.•• prelinlinal:',Y meeB~llg.iheldJune.•.·11 •. at Personal Bttf;lillrss •••• S,Ystems 'iia.bout .• 25or s().Mini 'apP'l~siJn~tn~rs~e1;.. 13.date for asecond meeting of the Macintosh SIG on July 9(Monday). This. next meeting •has since beenconfirmed to be held at the Southdale Branchof the He~pin County Library. Since. theJ.i.br13.l:"Y ll0I.1l:"f;l.dict13.te a.. fixed closing t1.tne,6:30has~enisetfor the "gab" session •• and7 :00 for/the sta-rt.of the.progrl3.tn.'l?h~speaker has not yetbe~n selected,. but we willtry to have someone.thatl:'eallYl<.ll~wsthe Macshare some of its surpriseswt1;l1the group.All interested members are invited to 13.ttend.

A very brief survey of those attending theJune 11th meeting, showed that there is, a widerange of interests···· and experience levels totap for future meeting subjects. Some of thosein attendance haven't .yet .• bought their Mac,and some are writingapp:I-tca1;ion programs thatthe others will be us~ngiin/tl1e future. If youare also interested/in e}{{>lo-ring the "nextstandard" in computers, be sure to mark downthe July 9 date as a S~G you should attend.

If you need additional information, contactMike Carlson (929-4120) or Tom Edwards(698-1211).

DOM Pricing changes

With a change in leadership resulting from theApril Mini'app'les elections, comes inevitablechanges in how we do business. We think. youwill like this one. Some DOM prices have beenreduced. First of all, recent DOMs will stillbe sold at meetings for $5. However, on anavailable basis, older DOMs will also be soldfor •.$5. We hope also to add more publicdomain disks to those which are currentlyavailable.

The other good news is that DOMs, both recentand old, plus EAMONS, will all be availablethrough the mail for $6.00 (tax included).

Send your orders to:Mini 'app 'lesPO Box 796,Hopkins, MN, 55343

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DOMs by Mail

Continuing Service for Mini'app'les Members

~ Chuck Thiesfeld

Now members can order DOMs (not Mini 'app 'lesSoftware) using their own diskettes. Here isthe procedure:

Make up a package containing the following:

1. Blank diskette· -(or diskettes if more thanone is desired).

2. Mailer. Diskettes will be returned in sameprotective device used to send thedisRettes; provided such will fit in themailer.

3. Send correc stage in stamps - do notsend money ieu of stamps.

4. Self-addressed return label.

5. $1.00 copying fee per DOM or disk.

6. A note indicating which DOMs are desired.

Send to:

C. Thiesfeld8416 Xerxes Avenue S.Bloomington, MN 55431

Rana 8086 Bulk Purchase~ Dan Buchler

I am thinking (but have by no means as yetmade up my mind) of taking the plunge andbuying the Rana MS-DOS sub-system. If thereare others in the same boat, I would love totalk to you. Maybe we can help each otherdecide and maybe we can come up with a bulkpurchase planl Please call me at 890-5051.Also see article elsewhere in this issue.

•Get the answers from the experts on

Minnesota State Software Evaluation Proj ect:The director of this project is interested incontacting classroom teachers who would liketo participate, with their students, inevaluating software submitted to the project.The evaluation will take a few hours and thereis a small fee involved. Also, your schoolcan be put on the proj ect 's mailing list, whenyou will receive copies of the evaluations,every few months. I have theapplication forms available, oryou can obtain them directlyfrom: Harold MacDermot, Proj ectDirector, Minnesota State Dept,phone 297-2534.

EdSIG NEWS~ .Jane Chatterjee

Meetings: The main meeting in JULy is ofparticular interest to computer-usingeducators. Joe Nathan, St Paul public.schoolseducator and administrator, will be thepresenter. He is well known as an educationalinnovator and is the author of the book: Freeto Teach. I enjoyed very much a recentpresentation of his, which I attended. I amsorry to have to miss this one, as I will bein England. I have not arranged any formalEdSIG meeting for after that, but I am sureyou will have an opportunity to get intodiscussion with Joe.

May and June meetings: At our May EdSIGmeeting, Dave Wark, Psychology professor fromthe University demonstrated the readingcomprehension program he has written. It is anovel approach to the idea and I hope hedecides to go ahead and look into publishingit. At our June EdSIG meeting, JoAnnBlatchley, of Edina school . districtdemonstrated how she is using the programMicroQuest, . for creating instruction andquizzes. Our thanks go to you both for sharingyour expertise with us. Any other clubmembers who would like to make a presentationto the EdSIG, please contact me and we willset this up.

Magazines / Journals, Juneissues: Byte has a specialeducational computing issue thismonth. Personal Computing hasan article on evaluatingcomputer camps. The Universityof Minnesota Walter librarysubscribes to: The ComputingTeacher; Elect ronic Learning;Educational Technology.

Announcements Continued from page 10

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Renu berA tutorial

~ Tom Alexander

Using the example given above, follow> thesteps given below (assume the file name isLINES):

To renumber a program two disks are needed:(1) the System Master disk and (2) the datadisk on which the program to be renumbered isstored.

Essentially t Renumber will assign new linenumbers to a program in existence. -If t forexample t an existing program whose linenumbers start at 10 and end at 100 byincrements of 5 (10 t 15 t 20 t etc.) can berenumbered with the first number beginning at100 and incremented by 10.

It is always a' good idea to have the DOSPROGRAMMERS MANUAL at the ready for anyquestions or problems that can come up. WhenI'mtl0t too confident of my ability, I make aback-up .of the program to be renumbered beforethe. steps listed above are taken. Let's faceit, T always make a back-up.

Next month we'll cover the Merge portion ofthe RENUMBER program. The procedures willincorporate the Renumber process as will beshown. cr-

At this point the program has been renumberedto the specificatiqtls in (7) above. It is agood idTato type LIST. The progrC;lm that hasbeen renul11pered will .scroll by. If it is toyour sl:'ltisfacti0ll ' type SAVE NEWLlNES. ThiswilLcreatl'!. .. a new file called NEWLlNES. Theold pr()gralll,. LlNE.S ,will remain intact as itwas. before the renumbering procesl\' ,. O.fcourse,the new program can be nameda~ngyou wa.nt. ~~.

Money Matter$ Concluded from page 16

(7) Type: & S 250, E 500, F 400, I 10. PressReturn. The ampersand (&) activates therenumber program. S means start at line250. E means end the renumberingprbcedure at line 500. F means the firstline number of the renumbered program willbe 400. I means the increment of the newline numbers is 10. The increment can beany number - 1,7,3, 15,22, etc.

(8) After a few moments or longer the blinkingcursor will appear. While the file isbeing renumbered, the disk will not spinnor will the drive make any noise. Bepatient. If a long program is beingrenumber~d it maY take some time to finishtherenUffibering procedures. Keep in mindthat in addition to renumbering the entireprogram all Goto' s, Gosub , s, Return's, andthe Then destination in If Thenstatements will renumbered to show thecurrent destination.

The Investments portion of MONEY MATTER$ is agood accompaniment for the Finances program.It will handle the needs of most households,but will also take some patience. It is not,nor is it meant to be, a free-standingportfolio record keeping system. My overallreaction to MONEY MATTER$ is very favorable,and would recommend it to those who arelooking for a good, reasonably priced familyfinancial planning program. c:r

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Insert System 1:IJaster disk in drive one.Start or reboot system.After· the blinking cursor appears on themoni tor type: RUN RENUMBER.The Renumber screen #1 will appear givingthe correct syntax of the Renumber commandand the Merge command. Press Return.Screen #2 will appear with the captior'RENUMBER IS INSTALLED AND READY' shown atthe top of the screen and the b1inkin~

cursor on the left side of the screen.Remove the System Master disk from driVEone and insert the data disk.Type: LOAD LINES and press Return. (USEthe name of the program to be renumbered.)After the program has been loaded, thEblinking cursor will appear.

(5)

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(1 )(2)(3)

(4)

The example above is more informatiVe thaninstructional. A practical situation mayarise when new· lines are· to be inserted in aprogram at a point midway between the firstand ending line. Assume the program startswi th . line 10 and ends with line 500 byincrements of 10. The routine to be insertedwill take 10 lines but should begin at line250. The existing program should berenumbered starting at line 250 t ending therenumbering procedure at line 500 t wit~> thenew first number··being 400 t and incr~tn~!lt~q1:>)'10. This will open a space in the e:lf~.~tJll~program between line 240 and th~n~Vllil1~number 400. A space large enough to •. acce'{>~ t~~10 new lines to be inserted beginning at ·line250 and ending at line 390.

ne of the more useful utilities avail­able to the basic programmer is theRENUMBER program found on the DOS 3.3SYSTEM MASTER disk. This program hastwo major utilities - Renumber and

Merge. This month we'll look at the Renumberutility and next month the Merge portion ofthe program will be examined.

Service Policiesfrom SOURCE APPLE USERS GROUP (SAUG)

via the lAC Compiler (7/83)~ Joel Amromin

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t the Apple lIe workshop the weekend ofMarch 4-6, 1983, Apple discussed theformal procedures for repair serviceand technical assistance. Thisarticle is a summary of that

presentation. Where appropriate, I willinterject some of the comments and criticismsthat were presented by the delegates to theconference.

In addition to the standard90-day warranty onall Apple products, there are two kinds of"service contracts" available: 1) "App1eCare"and 2) RCA Field Service. The AppleCareprogram replaces the old extended warranty.Like the extended warranty, it is a renewableone-year extension of the factory warranty.Unlike the previous extended warranty, you payseparately for each item that is included inthe contract. That is, there is a separaterate for the CPU, a disk drive, a moni tor,graphics tablet, etc. The annual cost for abasic single drive system with monitor isstill about $200 per year. That is based onan average cost of about 9% per year of theretail price of the system. If you addsomething to your system during the term ofthe contract, it can be added to the contracton a prorated basis.

The App1eCare program can. be started at anytime, but it is recommende<l that you .purc1:).as~

the contract when you OOy(3. §ystem. Thatgives you a full 15 month warranty.

The App1eeare program.. .covers all Applehardware and· can be obtained for any Appleproduct up to <and including the Lisa (What?you don't own three of them????). You mustbring the computer to your dealer for service.All Apple dealers are Level 1 service centers(more about that later). NOTE: you don't haveto take it to the dealer you bought it from.The warranty is good at any Apple dealership.

Why spend $200 per year on such a reliableproduct as the Apple Computer? Well, let'sface it, the chances of spending that much onservice are pretty slim. However, what youare paying for is much faster service. Hereis an excerpt from the App1eCare brochure:

Using Apple diagnostics and modular-basedrepair, the Apple technician is able toquickly isolate the problem to a particularexchange module, such as the keyboard or powersupply, and replace the module in no time. Asan authorized Apple Service Center, yourdealer carries a full inventory of replacement

modules and parts, assuring that your Appleequipment is out of the shop and back to workquickly. In fact, many repairs can beperformed in minutes -- often while you wait.

I work in a computer store. Our servicedepartment is REQUIRED by Apple to maintain aspare parts inventory with certain specifieditems. The list is very complete. Forinstance, just to qualify as a L1-sa dealer,the store must purchase a $10,000 spare partskit.

If you don't have the App1eCare contract (andare out of warranty), then service isperformed in a different manner. Thetechnician may now start working at the chiplevel to fix your computer. Apple does nottrain technicians how to do this and you areat the mercy of the technicians. One of thebigc()JI).p1aints at .thes()nf~rence was that alptot • dealers 1:).ayeiI1.c.9IllP~t~nt technicians.App1e§1:).owed someconcern\al>otlt that but wasunpr"epar~.4 to address the pr"oblem at theconference. However, .. t1:).~y did expressinterest.in trying to resolyet1:).eproblem. Inam1-ntlte, I'll .geF int0t"~4r"e§§ methods.WithP\ltth~.servic~.pq:I.isy,(3.tec.1:).Il1-c.ianmighte;x:chang~your>.\ tIl9ther])oar<l •..• a.I1.qcht:lpge you afa.~rly§tiff •. f~e,~y~n.thqug1:)..t1:).e .·motherboardIll(3.Yl.191;ieY~Il ..])~it1:).~pro])~elll. Or a techniciant\l8.?'(.lilaye you a few <lq1lars .bydoingqomponent+~ve+repair, but keep ·.your Apple for a weektoi<lpJt. The point is, without the servicecontract, you don't know what to expect.

Apple wants the owner of the computer to takeall service and technical support questions tothe dealer. Apple no longer has a customerhot-1iIle in Cupertino. A lot of people wereupset that Apple seems so aloof from thecustomer. However, Apple replied that it wasbecomiIlg impossible to take the thousands ofphone calls a day, most of which were simplequ.estions that the dealer should be able toanswer (e.g. ''Why won't my old DOS 3.2 disksrun on my Apple now that I have Pascal?"). Ifyour dealer can't answer the questions youhave, there are regional Level 2 servicecenters with dealer hot-lines. Your dealer isnot allowed to give out those numbers, but cancall on your behalf to get assistance. As adealer myself, I can honestly say the systemworks. Twice in the last month, I have calledthe regional center with software questionsand received accurate answers while thecustomer was in the store.

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Service Policies Concluded from page 14

If your dealer can't solve your problems,either in service or technical support, or ifyou feel that your dealer has mistreated you,you should contact the Level 2 RegionalService Center. Apple says they want to knowabout problems you are having. If you can'tget satisfaction from one dealer and go toanother, but don't tell Apple about themistreatment you may have received, Applewon't know about it. Apple has published theaddresses of the Regional Centers. If youneed this assistance, write to the attentionof the Service Manager at the addressindicated.fbr your area. The list of RegionalService Centers is in a separate file called"SERVtCE-cENTERS" (on this disk). The RegionalService Center will need certain specHicinformation from you. Include all of thisinformation in your letter:

1. Model of your Apple system.2. Serial number.3. System purchase date.4. AppleCare Agreement number (if

applicable) •5. Your dealer's name and address.6. The name of the person you dealt with.7. Your name and phone number.8. The nature of the problem.

Well, let's suppose that yousatisfaction. You can write toComputer, Inc.). Send the samelisted above to:

Service ManagerApple Computer, Inc.20525 Mariani AvenueCupettin(),CA ..• 95014

I would suggest that in al1.c0rrespoIld.erlClewith either the Level 2 centeror with Apple.Computer, you include photo-copies of .allrelevant documents (invoices, service tickets,previous correspondence, etc.). One of theproblems which came up at the conference wasthat mail can take a long time reaching theright person at Apple once it gets into thesystem. Many of the Apple people were veryupset about that, too. So don't expect ananswer from Apple in 24-hours. Apple is tryingto find ways to improve and speed up theprocess. It will help if you address yourletters exactly as shown in the Level 2 listand as above. And be sure to send it to theattention of the Service Manager.

The general concensus at the meeting was thatApple has fallen behind in quality ofservice. However, it was also felt by manythat the conference was a start by Apple totry to "clean up their act". The formalizationof the three tiered service system is part ofthat attempt. While the system was in place

for some time, it was never formally put intooperation. Apple expressed an interest inworking with user groups to improve theservice situation. We will see what happens.The people I talked to from some of the IACmember groups felt rather good about the finalresults of the meeting and that Apple wassincere about moving ahead with improvement.One possibility is that consideration isfinal).y being given to setting up some usergroups as service centers. The groups wouldhave to take the same training and purchasespare parts as the dealers. I wouldanticipate several interesting changes in thecourse of the next year.

I will only briefly discuss the RCA FieldService Contract. This will appeal primarilyto businesses and large corporations. RCAService Company is a division of RCA whichperforms field service on many different kindsof equipment. Apple has contracted with RCA toprovide service in the field on Appleequipment. The user contracts with RCA. Itwill not be cheap. But you will get the samesort of immediate field service that you geton office equipment like Selectrictypewriters. RCA also services many non-Appleperipherals that you may have connected inyour system. RCA can also provideinstallation, preventive maintenance, andother specialized services upon request.

To get .. more iinformation about. the variousseI''licl? options. and procedures for AppleComputer equipment, you can request thefollowing brocures from your dealer:

1. Your Guide to Apple Service and Support2. Protect your Apple with AppleCare3. RcA Service for your Apple Computer Syst~

Announcements Concluded from page 11

Please allow. 60 days for delivery in USA.Incomplete packages will not be returned.DaMs 1 thru 26, except 18, EAMON It3, and 8Pascal disks are currently available.Mini'app'les Software disks (MSD) are notavailablel General questions about DaMsshould be addressed to Terry Schoeppner.Questions on DaM content should be addressed·to Al Peterman, our DaM editor.

Please note that DOMs may also be purchased onclub-supplied media by sending $6.00 to thesoftware sales coordinator. See page 4. Thefirst 3 Mini'app'les Software Disks (MSD): #1- Mini' scrip, It2 - Micro Mailer, and #3 ­Higher Print/Higher Word Processor/MessageMaker are available by mail from Terry for$17.50. Or, most DOMs, EAMON disks and someother public domain software are available atregular meetings, and at some Branch meetings,for sale to members at $5 each, and the MSDsfor $15 each. , cr

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ONEPart 2 of a Review~ Eric Holterman

.July 1984

oney Matter$ is a program designed toaid the user in financial planning andinvestment tracking. In the April,1984 issue of Mini'app'les I reviewedthe Finances part of the program which

contains sections for establishing a personalbudget, net worth, investment goals, taxplanning, and income and expense records.This part of the program fulfills its promisesvery well. I feel it is by far the moreimportant part of the program and if youmissed that review and are interested in thisarea, I suggest you pullout your April issueto read it (you did save it, didn't you?).

The program is available from' POST Software(see ad elsewhere in this issue) for $50.00.It comes with a Finances disk, Investment diskand a 50 page manual. Operation requires 2data disks which you provide (one if you useonly the Finances part of the program).Back-ups are $5 for each program disk,replacements for defective disks are at nocharge for 30 days and $5 each thereafter.The program requires any Apple ][ seriescomputer (I have not tried it on a Ilc but theprogram does not seem to have anything in itthat would create a problem), 48K, 1 diskdrive (2 is better), and a printer that candeliver 132 columns (an 80 column printer incompressed mode is fine).

The Investm.ents portion. of .. th~. pr()~I'13Illmaintains investment recordsiwhi.chinc;t.p~eth~

original basis .of th~iny~st\1l.ent, intere.standlor dividend income, sale of all or part ofan investment and qalqu;t.(ltesa ra..1:e of returnon each investment either from the inceptionof the investment or from the beginning of thecurrent year based on the original basis ofthe investment even if it predates the currentyear. You make the selection of the type ofyield calculation for each investment.Investments may also be divided into differentportfolios which can be set up to matchinvestment goals in the Finances part of theprogram. A detail report can be generated foreach security or a sunnnary report for allinvestments on a disk, broken down byportfolio, including both individual portfpliototals and totals for all portfolios.

Reports also include tax information, keepingtrack of long and short term gains (bothrealized and unrealized), interest anddividend income and the effect of taxes on therate or return for each security andportfolio. A year to date capital gainsworksheet can also be produced. The incomeand tax information generated by these reportscan be used in the Finances part of the

program but is not transfered automatically.You must enter the information yourself fromthe reports when using the Finances program.

A Market Watch section is also included whichallows you to track up to 50 securities for ayear, assuming one weekly price is recorded.Information is provided in table form with alisting of each' price entry, date, high andlow and a 'watch' price you establish as areminder for action on your part. The marketwatch section will update the prices in theinvestment records area. Prices are alwaysentered manually, they cannot be retrieved bymodem.

I feel the Investments portion of the packagedoes have drawbacks. Some may be unfair tobring up since the program is not intended tobe a complete record keeping system for thevery active or demanding investor. That'ssort of like downgrading a Boeing 737 becauseit doesn't have the load capacity of a 747.FOr example, provision is not made forhandling cash (both credit and debit) as apart of a portfolio. Long positions instocks, bonds and mutual funds work well butshort positions take special handling (when'sthe last time you sold short?). Stock splitscan be accomplished, but the procedure is notCOVered in the manual. Data entry is somewhataY7l<ward, not good for the daily or weekly.trl'l~er.....Options, .fut\lFe13 and. . marginreql.1:i,reI1llS!nts aren't.. c()Ye.r~4io:r••• ihandled atall... •. So if you are .•• iIn •.• ~heffi9.:r~et.. for aprogra.lll to handle these areas, you need tokeep looking since this program was notwritten with you in mind.

On the other hand, if you stick to longpositions and don't do a lot of trading, your,needs'may be met here. The problem you aremost likely to encounter will be the manual,which I found to be confusing for theInvestments area of the program. I understandthe author plans revisions to the manual, butthese are not now available. There are someother tricks you may need to learn too, suchas giving a particular security a different IDfor each portfolio it is in. Apple might beAAPL for one portfolio and APLE for another.The other side of this coin is that youprobably will not have the same security indifferent portfolios and therefore notencounter this problem. Mutual funds arehandled well, with provision for reinvestmentof dividends, or taking them in cash. Bothlong and short term capital gainsdistributions are accounted for, eitherreinvested or in cash.

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He s fro far..July 1~'4

or Current Rumors!?Y. Dan Buchler

UIOOrs have been a way of life in thepersonal computer business ever sincethe first Altair hit the streets. Thiscolumn has appeared intermittently inthe newsletter since the early days of

Mini' app 'les • During the last two years wehave not made it a regular feature figuringthat most Apple owners read about new productsboth in the national press and in the variousApple and non-Apple microcomputer magazines.

Last month I put an announcement. in the"Announcements" section about the IBMcompatible Rana drives. The announcement isstill there! I received many calls frompersons who did not know what they were. Iguess most of you are like me. Even if youreceive a magazine, you just don't have timeto read everything. Well, I am being vainenough to assume that you may read theMini' app 'les newsletter. So,.I am making anattempt to revive, at least for one month, theNews' from Afar column.

Rana 8086/2

It is rumored that the system will run Lotus1-2-3, although whether this is a customizedversion or a standard IBM PC version, we donot know. The system has been seen at severalcomputer shows. The delay in shipping may bedue to the MicroSoft Window software which hasyet to become generally available in the pureIBM form.

The list price is $1800. Now, before yourhead hits the ceiling, realize something aboutIBM PC and compatibles. You are not dealingwith home computer prices. If you go out andbuy an IBM compatible PC, you fork out about$2500 at discount prices for a 2 drive systemwith 128 or 256k. You may get some software,but usually not what you want. I figure thepricing on this unit as follows. Assume a 15%discount which brings the Rana price to$1530. DOS 2.0 and Windows are worth at least$150 (at discount prices) and theexpandability to 512K is worth $100 in cardsavings. So, for $1500+ you get what youmi.ghtqthe:rwise have to pay $2800 for.

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This product was announced about 6 months agoand scheduled for shipment in early 2ndquarter. Like most new products, it didtl'tcome out on schedule. Now, it is supposed·· toship around July 1.

What. you get is this:e A box aplm}x:imately

drives containing \.L\.JlLUL·J...LY

drives.e Each drive will read either a double-sided

360K byte IBMcompatil:>ledisk, or, any Applecompatible disk. With Rana software thesecond side can be used in Apple format.

e Inside the box is disk controllerelectronics and an 8086 coprocessor chipwith supporting logic. The box is connectedto the Apple through a cable and board whichplugs into the Apple bus. The 8086 is the16-bit version of the microcomputer used inthe IBM PC. That means it runs faster! Thebox: also contains 256K byteS •of (}f qndomaccess memory, expandable to S12K bytes, and16K of ROM. Finally there .. is video logiccompatible with the IBM which provides lowand high resolution black and white andcolor output, up to 640x40Q pixels in blackand white, text or graphics, and, 80 x 25characters in RGB color or black and whitetext mode.

e Software includes MS-DOS 2.0, GW Basic,MicroSoft Windows and Rana enhancements toPRO-DOS, DOS 3.3, CP/M 56 and CP/M 60.

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What are the disadvantages:

1. You tie up your Apple.2. You use up an Apple slot.3. You must use the Apple keyboard wherein

control combinations have to be substitutedfor IBM PC compatible function and otherspecial purpose keys which are notcontained in an Apple keyboard. It isunderstood that, in order for the Rana tobe compatible with the H+, the system doesnot make use of lIe keyboard features.

4. You get no IBM PC compatible expansionslots.

5. $1500 is still $15001

Unknown at this time is how, if·· at ali,. youcan use other Apple peripherals, such a.s .1'1modem or other disk drives ,with the>~?86.Also unknown is how really compatible the unitis with the IBM PC.

Anyway, if anybody thinks they might beinterested in a bulk purchase, once the thingcomes out and we have a chance to evaluate it- let me knowl

Chatterjee. It seems that Epson are about torelease a board which plugs into your FX-80 orFX-I00 which allows the. Epson to both talkserially. and to be compatible with the. AppleImage Writer printer. To this day if youwanted to print from a Mac, you had t~ have anImageWriter (made by C. Itoh).

Use an Okidata with a Macintosh.There's also something in the wind fromOkidata. Maybe you can use your Okidataprinter with a Mac. It will probably bedelivered in the form of new ROMs for theprinter.

Macintosh software developments.If you area Mac.owner or are thinking ab9ut aMac, you probably know that Apple published adocument .about one a month .. listing.· thosecODlPani~sdeveloping·softwarefor the Mac,theproduct·.•..00 which they are working and ·.theprojected release date. Those release dateshave proven to be rather optimistic (but thatis a norm for the industry). At any ra.te ,there are companies developing Unix.and xenixoperating systems and lots of other goodies.

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Increasin~Disk Stora~e (Part 7)Eliminating Redundant Data

~ Steve George

To use these programs, simply RUN theApplesoft program HIRES SCREEN SCRUNCHER andfollow. the prompts for either compressing orde-compressing a hires picture ~ Cr

This method of scrunching is more efficient(storage-wise) than the scruncher back on DOM#14. The illustration below shows the storagerequirements for the first 9 pictures we usein the Mini'app'les Slide Show (numbered0-8):

In the same storage area as 9 normal pictures(306 sectors), our Slide. Show bas 18 sectorsof'stllrt"'up' programs and 16 compressedpictures! This is sti.ll too much to be fullym~~?0Xr:~sident.JJl48k,butwith tbe he.lp ofsome> extra RAM it all fits nicely, and avoidsconstant disk access.

HIRES SCREENSlideSCRUNCHShow DOMI/14----------------------------------------Picture storage storage % saving overNumber It sect. # sect. norm. 34 sect.---- ------ ----- ------------

0 8 5 85%1 23 11 68%2 28 19 44%3 20 13 62%4 20 17 50%5 23 20 41%6 21 15 59%7 9 6 82%8 14 14 59%

(Even this last one which requires 14 sectorsfor storage for either crunched version, isactually shorter in length by 8 bytes).

When compared to normal storage, the HIRESSCREEN SCRUNCH version saves an average of 61%for the pictures sampled above. Incidentallymost of the pictures listed are awash withbrilliant colors. These routines shrink andthen expand to produce an EXACT duplicate ofthe original picture. They do NOT 'average'any bytes as some routines do, nor do theyallow for a 'percentage error' allowance.

nother a.rea for saving disk storagespace is not really a space-savingtechnique, but rather data compressionwhich results in storing the sameinformation in a smaller space.

Last winter I contributed a set of programs tothe software coordinator which would, compress' and.' decompress'. a hires picturealong with an Applesoft .driver. Parts of theprograms have been used for loading in thecompressed DOM logos since February. Theprograms are: HIRES SCREEN SCRUNCHER,HIRES.PACK, and HIRES.UNPACK. They arecopyrighted but we rec~ived permission .. to.usethem from the publisher of .Hardcore Computist(Charles Haight). The progr~s were writt~n byRobb Canfield.

Canfield's routines will condense theinformation contained on a hires screen savingstora~e>.~Pllceon disk and in memory; and theyare fast to load and space-efficient.

The process .is as follows: a hires scr~en isscannedverl:ically looking for recurring setsof bY:E:!s ...Whenever adjacent ( top-to-bottom)byt~smatch>for 4 positions or more, they areencoded· by the program into a 3-byte string.This is essentially the method forcompacting.

This 3-byte string c()ntl3.ins .• l)a special hexnumber to tell HIRES. UNPACK that what followshas been compacted, 2) the number of times torepeat the byte of compacted material, and 3)the byte which represents hires screeninformation which is to be repeated.

~A·second immediate use for these routines waswith the club's Slide Show used at everycomputer show. The' slides' are a series of15 hires pictures which explain: who we are,what we do, when we do it, how often, and howto join in on all the fun. (Never quitesounded so inviting before, eh?)

first obvious problem is t1tat 15 pictureswon't fit onto a single disk (a decidednecessity) • Secondly, in a vanilla 48k Appleyou only have memory from about $800 to $9AOO(with DOSAoaded and MAXF • That's $9200

~s~~$1000 by ure = 4 hires~--' . pictures in memo iven time (plus//room for a progr the memory moves to

display the desire icture).

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Networker UpdateA Crash Course in Software

~ Steve George

ince the article appeared describingthe Networker modem and 2 softwarepackages, it has come to light thatthe lesser expensive piece of softwarehas a fatal flaw in it. It CRASHES on

any disk error when trying to save the TextBufferll

I first pointed out a problem with disk errorsto ZOOMTelephonics last February at whichtime the software re-booted, effectivelywiping out your Text Buffer when the hirespicture was loaded. They assured me that .. th~problem. was fixed in the latest version(1.1) • . THAT problem was resolved, but. anotherone cropped up: crashing.

But, all is not lost! Just because theprogr81llc.rashes , don't conclud~ tha.tyour datais lost forev~l:'. In fact,giyenthe (poor)choice. betwEjellretx>0tillg CJ,nd •••. cral;lhing, itsbetter toc.rashin this instance. USUALLYyou'11 crash> .ill~o . the • monitor • (DON'TPOWER-DOWN!).In~.ert a. disk:. with. a .short ornon-e)l:~l:ltant>'Greetings' program on it. andboot from the * prompt with '6. ctrl-P'<Return>. When the program below is RUN, youcan.re~over Y9urText. Buffer.

The BAsIC program (rea.d: sl§\'1),l18.sp~~~g:l.\tetito Diskover Software to givEj<~8t=h.e~Ejiwhowant/need it. It .•. will.al~8'be9i']'EjJJ.to>thesoftware coordinator forposl;ltbl~ in.~lusion ona DOM.

If you Just can't ·wa:l.t> .•. tha.t ·.long, it isrepr9d\lced .. pe!9Wiito f\lrtherte~t YO\lr typingskills. • (See, Type Attack was useful.)

100 POKE 222,0: ONERR GOTO 320110 D$ = CllR$ (4):BETA$ = "": TEXT :

HOME : PRINT " * S. GE:ORGE' SBUFFER RETRIEVAL *": PRINT: PRINT"WORKING";: FOR LOC = 2816 TO 34815:BYTE = PEEK (LOC): IF BYTE = 141THEN PRINT "*";

155 IF BYTE = 255 THEN POKE LOC, 160160 IF NOT BYTE THEN LOC = 34815: GOTO 175170 LNGTH = LNGTH + 1175 NEXT :SECT = INT (LNGTH / 256) + 3:

PRINT : PRINT : PRINT "1) INSERT ANINITIALIZED DISK WHICH HAS "CRR$ (7); SECT" FREE SECTORS": PRINT: INPUT "2) SAVE UNDER WHAT NAME: ";NAME$: .PRINT : PRINT D$''MONCIO'':PRINT D$"OPEN "NAME$: PRINT D$

"WRITE "NAME$230 FINISH = 2816 + LNGTH: FOR LOC =

2816 TO FINISH:X = FRE (O):ALPHA$= CHR$ ( PEEK (LOC»: IF ALPHA$ =

cHR$ (141) THEN PRINT BETA$: BETA$ =Ill': NEXT

300 BETA$ =BETA$ + ALPHA$: NEXT320RR,= PEEl< (222): POKE 216,0: PRINT

: PRINT D$"CLOSE": PRINT D$"NOMONCIO":IF RR THEN ERR = PEEK (222): PRINTD$"DELETE"NAME$: PRINT : PRINT CHR$(7)"ERROR tt"ERR". FIX IT AND RUNAGAIN": ENJ)

325 PRINT: PRINT Ni\ME$" HAS BEEN SAVED!"

There is room for this much and nothing more,so don't add to. it. .The Applesoft program andvariables storage ends just 4 bytes beforeyour data. If yeti c~re .tore-write it keep inmind. that data. (yeurText)·is stored beginningat $BOO.

If you simply need a printout and no more, dothe follOWing (innnediate mode is fine):PRill : FOR 1= 2816 TO 34815: PRINT CllR$( PEEK ( I » ;: NEXT <Carriage Return>When the text has finished, garbage (unusedText Buffer characters) may follow, so justhit RESET to quit printing. cr

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Com unlcations.July 1984

frotD.' BYTELlNES ,-V. 2 1f3via the LAC Compiler (7/83)

~ Dave Crounse

ith our recent program on modemcommunication it might be appropriateto discuss how the communicationprocess works. Ian H. Itten coveredthe subject quite well in a rec~nt

article titled '~e1come to the StandardsJungle" (Byte, February 1983). If you didn'tread his article, I'll try to synopsize it.

There are many standards in use forcommunication between computers and terminals:RS-366 , RS-423-A, RS-499 , V.10, V.24,Current-Loop to name a few. Those with an RSprefix come from the Electronic IndustriesAssociation (ELA) , the V or X prefixes comefrom Comite Consu1tatif InternationalTe1ephoneique et Te1egrphique (CCITT). The RSstandards are US recognized while the CCITT"standards" are world wide recommendations.

For a serial printer the Received Data Line isnot needed but:

*Data Set Ready (DSR)is added. This allows the printer to tell thecomputer that it cannot accept any more data.The DSR line actually has other purposes. Inmodem applications, it can tell that the modemis on and ready to accept data fortransmission.

Another data control technique is to transmitASCII (American National Standard Code forInformation Interchange) control code DC 1(Device Control 1 or XON)· and DC 4 (DeviceControl 4 or XOFF). These correspond toControl Q and Control S. In this case theReceived Data line is connected instead of DSRand the printer transmits the appropriate codewhen full or ready to accept data.

Modem

As you can. see, the first application assuresdir~ct cpnnection between the computer and theprln.ter..while the second can be applied overtel~phpne lines. You could drive a printer ata remote locatipnover the phone assuming thatthe. computer oPTrating system can shut off thedata flow fast enough to prevent overflow atthe printer.

The Received Line Signal Detector, oftencalled Carrier Detect, says in effect, "I hearsomething like a .modetD. tryln.g;to talk to me."This can signal.the comput~r that someone istrying to make contact.

In Full-Duplex Private-Lineapplications, the lines used are:

*Protective Ground*Signal Ground*Transmitted Data*Received Data*Received Line Signal Detector*Data Set Ready (possibly)

In Half-DUplex Private-Line Modemapplications, two lines are added to theFull-Duplex lines:

*Request to Send*Clear to Send

These lines control the direction of thehalf-duplex operation. The request indicatesthat the computer is ready to send. The clearindicates that the modem is ready to receivecharacters for transmission. The requestcauses the modem to turn on. its transmitter.When the computer is finished with datatransmission it turns off the request linecausing the modem to turn off thetransmitter. As you can see, this approachrequires that the two devices attached to themodems (it takes two to tango and totransmit/receive) cooperate in choosing thedirection of transmission. ~

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The RS-232 uses 21 different signals lines.In the minimum configuration such as a videodisplay terminal, only three lines arerequired (although a line called ProtectiveGround is recommended to connect the chassisof the two items for a fourth line). Therequired lines are:

*Signal Ground*Transmitted Data*Received Data

The RS-232-C standard is .~he lllOE1J:. usedcurrently for home computer. apPJ..i,.cations (andprobably for other . applications). Itsofficial title is "Interface Between Da.taTepnina1 Equipment.. .•. .81\,1 <DataCircuit-Terminating Equipment. EmP1.pying •. Ser~a1Binat:"Y Interface". The standard consists offour parts: electrical signal characteristics,interface mechanical characteristics,functional description of signals and a lil;ltof i staruiard subsets of signals ifot:".l;lpeC.ifi.cinterface types.

In our applications, the computers involvTdina connection are call.~d Data ..Te:p1llinalEquipment (DTE) and modeUlS.a.re <caJ.)...edDataCircuit-Terminating EquiptD.~nt (DCE). TheRS--23~ stan<ia"t"(iwasi:rlot<<iesig;p.edJ()rd~r~.~tconnection of two •c.omputers ora· computer <anda terminal •.. and. if used in those. applications,most of the electrical connections areunnecessary. The standard was designed fortransmission distances of less than SO feetand speeds of less than. 19,200 bits persTcond(bps). 9600 bps is the maximum practical ratefor most applications, and switched telephonenetworks are even lower (110 to 300 bps). Thevoltage (transmitter) of the standard is >5volts for a space (0) and <:::5 volts for a mark(l ). This is not compatable with standardcomputer circuit voltages, 0 to 5 volts. '

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PrinterlDaisy Wheel Printers

As promised in the last issue, I am going tooutline some of the basics of daisy wheelprinters. Because of space restrictions, theglossary of printer terms will have to waituntil the next issue.

Daisy wheel printers are derived from thedevelopment of typewriters. Earlytypewriters used individually controlledmechanisms for each letter .. (or 2 includingthe 'shift'). This kind of arrangement wasinherently slow, and the standard 'QWERTY'keyboard was designed deliberately to limitthe speed of typists. (I' understand that the/ / c uses optionally the 'D VORAK'arrangement, which is designed for maximumspeed of input).

Early electric typewriters used thismechanism which limited not only the speed,but also the typestyle to that of theoriginal manufacture. IBM intr?duced. the'golfball' syste rTl .. which allowed f~sterspeeds and the changing of the typeface.· Themechanism was still quite complex, with asurprising number of moving parts. The daisywheel is a direct descendant of this ideCl•. Itis so called because of the shape of thewheel on which the characters are held. (TheNEC Spinwriter Uses a . 'thimble' rather thana wheel, but the principle is the same.) Thewheel. itself is normally removable, allowingfor different sizes and styles of print.

The advantage of the daisy wheel printer isthat it allows extremely high quality. Hardcoreis produced using a daisy\Vhe.el print~r togive the highest possible quality of print.j\swith all engineering, in order to ~chieye .thishigh quality, there are some trade~offs.These

are versatility, noise and speed. Because anew wheeLis needed for each..style .\Vithaprice of, typically,. tI2-t18..eac:p, .. rt?tmany styles tend to be used. The style thatis used for Hardcore is called Madeleine. Otherstyles you may spot from time to time are :-

This is 10 pitch Courier

This is 12 pitch .Letter Gothic

The Madeleine font is what is called a'proportional' font, that is, the width ofeac:hcharacter. is. different, as opposed to a'monospac~d' font,where ~Clch character has ~approximately the same width. Proportionalspacing is generally considered to be easieron the eye because the words are more solid. Italso allows· more letters. to be put .in thesame space. e.g.

iiiiiiiiii (proportional)iiiiiiiiii (monospaced)mmmmmmmmmm (proportional)mmmmmmmmmm (monospaced)

Some word processors such as Wordstar claimto support proportional spacing, when whatthey actually use is proportional wordspacing. This means that the 'white space'between words when fill-justifying a line isevenly distributed between the words.

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Here is a sample paragraph, printedfirst as Applewriter would printit, monospaced and fill-justifiedwith whole spaces. Next onWordstar, with monospacing butproportional word spacing, andfinally in the style that we use inHardcore, with full proportionalletter spacing, and word spacing.

Here is a sample paragraph, printedfirst as Applewriter would printit, monospaced and fill-justifiedwith whole spaces. Next on Wordstarwith monospacing but proportionalword spacing,and finally in thestyle that we use in Hardcore, withfull prop?r~ionClI letter spacing,and word spacing.

Here is a sample paragraph, printed first asApplewriter would print it, monospaced andfill-justified .. with whole spaces. Next onWordstar, with monospacing but proportionalword spacing, and finally in the style that·we use in Hardcore, with full proportionalletter spacing, and word spacing.

Word processors that support fullproportional spacing on daisy wheel printersinclude Form.at 80 and Gutenberg. Two thatinclude proporti()nal justification are

Wordstar (if you have CP/M). and LetterPerfect. This degree of control of theprinter is available because the Qume andDiablo models which are the most importantfor software support, allow absolutecarriage movements in units of 1/120th of aninch. Most Dot Matrix printers do not havesuch commands. One honourable exception· isthe Centronics 737/9 on which Hardcore usedto be prepared,. another being Epson's newLQ1500, and of course Apples ownImagewriter. Printers such as the Epson FX80have a proportional character set, butwithout very complex programmingproportional justification cannot beachieved.

Because very small movements of the head canbe made, graphics can be producell of a veryhigh quality,> .although the aspect ratio isusually wrong, and it can be very slow, aseach dot is produced by. printing a full stopcharacter. The character set of the AppleLQP, which is an Apple modified Qume 11, isspecially designed to allow faster printingof graphics than most daisies. Intensive usefor printing graphics means a lot of wear onthe full stop character, so on some machinesthese are made of metal.The di~grarTl of thedaisy wheel was produced on·. Logo, andprinted on the Ricoh RP1300. You may Mticehow the picture has been stretched sidewaysin printing.

Ribbons are normally of one of three types,fabric, carbon single-strike and multi­strike. Fabric ribbons are the cheapest.touse and consist of a loop of ribbonsaturated with ink. Their life is limited. bythe faintest image that you can accept. Theyare good for first drafts and 'in-house'use. Single strike ribbons consist of a finetransparent backing with an even coating ofcarbon. The impact of the character transfersthe carbon to the paper, and the ribbon ismoved on by the width of the character. Thisgives the highest possible quality, but at

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Printers Concluded from page 23

the highest price. Multi-strike is acompromise. The same basic principle isinvolved, but the coating of carbon isthicker, and the advance after printing acharacter is smaller, typically about 1/4 ­1/6th of the width of the character. Whilecosting slightly more than single-strikes,they last many times more. Specialistribbons include red or red &. black forpr inters tha t support two colour effects,and correctable types for machines that canbe used as typewriters.

The use of typewriters that can be used asprinters and vice versa is increasing withcompanies such as Brother and Silver Reedwho have made typewriters for many years. Whenlooking at printers that can have keyboardsattached, it is imp~rtant to cheCk that thekeyboard can com municate fast enough withthe printer. One or two models cannot keepup with a fast typist. '

Notice

The above articleappeared in the June,1984, edition of 'HardCore', the journal of theBritish Apple SystemsUser Group (BASUG) ­Volume 4, No.3, Page38. BASUG is the Appleuser group in the U.K.

3 Great Disks:

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that you own HIGHERtool to create and

messages which scrol Iright and dq other

at meetings, to membersby rna II from TerrySee c'lasslfled ads.

AI I MSDs are availableon I y , for $ 15 , orSchoeppner for $17.50.

Higher Print provides a high density printcapability with a selection of fonts and moreI f you own Higher Text from A.P.P.L.E. Thenewsletter headers and logo ,are printed withHigher Text.Message Maker requiresTEXT. I t serves as adisplay, on your screen,up and down, 'eft anduseful things.Higher Word Processor I s a easy to use II neoriented text editor suited to letter writingand everyday home use. It Integrates with

Higher Print.

• MlnllScrlp Checkbook Financial System - MSD#1. A home and sma I I bus I ness check I ng andaccounting package by Leighton G. Siegel.

• Micro-mailer - MSD #2. Mal' list program byJuris and Paula Ozols of Pr,alrleMlcrosystems Inc. Magic Window though notrequired works well In conjunction withMI c ro-ma I I er •

• Higher Text Extens Ions - MSDHigher Print by Dan Buchler,by Char les C. Boody'Word-processor by Don Hagberg.

As with dot matrix printers, so p~per feedis important on letter • quality printers. Allmodels, as far as I know, hllve frictionfeed, which means that printed stationarycan be used. It does mean that each sheethas to be put in by, ha.nd. Tractor feed, ,sothat labels and forms c~n be aCC:\lrately fed,are normally. available as an option (oftenmore than t.l 00). Single sheet feeders,which will automatically feed a new sheet ofpaper when necessary, are again extra - asimple one will cost from l.220(for aBrother HRI5) up to over 1500. Moresophisticated feeders incorporate more thanone hopper, so that a choice can be made forexample between headed paper,sheets and envelopes. The cost, ofvery high.

The major disadvantages of> this typeprinter are speed and noise. Typicallyspeeds vary from 10.-12 ch<.\racters per secondup to a rnClximl.lm of ,65..70••'. The actualthroughput is' often faster" than dot-matrixprinters because" there is often a facilityto skip over spaces at high speed, and theyoften have faster Line/Form Feed.

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inutesJune Board Meeting

~ Ken Slingsby - Secretary

resident Dave Laden called the meetingto order. The secretary's report wasapproved as written in the newsletter.The treasurer's report was not avail­able.

The resignations of Scott Ueland and SubirChatterjee as Vice President and SIG Director,respectively were accepted by the board. MarkAbbott and Dick Marchiafava were appointed tofill their .ul1expired terms. The motions weremade, seconded and carried. The position ofCP/M SIG Chairman is . unfilled at this time.The Club is asking for volunteers to stepforward.

The board •. also accepted the appointments ofthe Newsletter Publication staff as made byDan Buchler. The appointments of TechnicalSupport director, Bibliographer, andCommunication SIG Chairman were tabled.

authorized to get the Club's CP/M boardrepaired.

• President Dave Laden asked that all budgetsbe presented to him by July 3 so that theymay be discussed at the July 11 boardmeeting.

The meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,Ken Slingsby

ZapperA Public Domain ZapperPerforms Lightning Fast~ Steve George

ust 20 minutestigo th~ sun was . shiningand the neighborhood kids weregleefully> tearing> uPiYOu.r newly-mowedlawn with. theirdirt<bikes and gettinggrass stains EVERYWHERE while

practicing their form .of 'dancing'. Notwanting ••. to ... sound like YOPJlPfr~nts,ypupu:ttheir.antic~.outiofyour lllind./whilefiAishingthe latest newsletter article.

Meanwhile,theIlowlUud"'bikes were trashed in ahurry. to. fvoid.~hepelting rain. The poloshirts ..• were j\lst starting to lose theirlawn-shaded colors in the wash, . whensudcienly.... IKaBOOMI Th-that was a c-closeoneIl

Close enough to startle you out of yourconcentration(wondefi~g.wherethe Sunday hadgone), to realize that there you were: sittingat your computer during the raging lightning.Quickly you save-off your latest rendition andunplug your Apple. No sense not having amachine to load it back into, right?

At least two members have had their Appleszapped and in both. cases totalled (from thepoint of view of the insurance companies).One of these cases was unusually severe.Metalized wallpaper in the bathroom fell offthe wall I The point is that lighting can, andwill, damage sensitive electronic equipment.Surge protectors will only protect from surgescaused by distant strikes. Only totaldisconnect may protect your investment duringa direct strike on your house or apartment I

• The'lWiri City <Computer Show will be heldOctober.. 25-28 in the MinneapolisAuditorium. The show is now under newma.nage~Iitiandpromises to be better than wesaw in previous years. Dan Buchler andSteve George will coordinate the Club'sactivities at the show.

• The Club·will purchase two disk drives and aHayes Micromodem for the Club's third Applesystem. The money had been previouslyalocated but not spent for this equipment.For the time being, all club Apples will becontrolled by Hugh Kurtzman.

• All disk software (DOM's, Eamon Adventures,As-Is Public Domain, and IAC disks) will besold at meetings for $5.00. Mail orders ofsame will be sold for $6.00. This. reflectsthe club's ability to more efficientlydistribute the disks. The MSD software willcontinu~tobesoldatthe curreJ:'l,t prices.'

• Dan Buchler was authorized to purchase amaintenance agreement for the Club's letterquality printer. Hugh Kurtzman was Now, did you also unplug the modem? BZZzzt.tt

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• The withdrawal of Dennis Foster as papersales vendor was accepted. Increased costs()$30%) were cited as the reason.

• Business cards for the Club officers.

The following items of business Were approved:• Name tags for all persons· listed on the

Newsletter masthead will be purchased. HughKurtzman was appointed to investigate thepurchase of "generic" tags.

Classified

CW"~N OM THe CAMPUS,

These ads are provided free to members for non-eommerclal use, and are limited to10 lines. Commercial ads will be charged at 20 cents/word for members or 40cents/word for non-members. Contact the Advertising coordinator. DEADLINE for adsIs the !:iecond Friday ofthe month/prec:~dln.gth.emol"lth()fpubllcl'ltl()n.iAdswill berepeated on request only •.•• AlsQ, .. plel:l~~<I"lQtl.fy edltqr>lflt~fll I!; sold. Unlessotherw Ise noted, .al I.. It~fllS Clre FQr$lBItt.

Want QUALITY? .SSDD 3MSCotch Dlskttttes; $21.09Box 10, tax Incl.,shipping extra.Bob Pfaff 452-2541

IBM PC, 512K, 2 DS/DD diskdrives, monitor, colorgraph Ics board, para I Ie II& serial/clock card,printer cable. $2600 orbest offer.Paula 941-8299 (eve)

Mycrotek Buffered DumplingGX card, $145. Haye MachIII Joystick, $42.Prometheus 300/1200 modem,$370. 1/2 HT Teac DiskDr Iva , $220 • AII new,never used.Bob 770-30 10

Macintosh MS-BASICprogram. Comp Iete withreg Istrat Ion card, etc.For sale at $80.Mike (507) 263-3801

TELEC<M4UNICATIONS-cHEAPIZoom Networker/NetmasterCombo comp Iete • 3 mon thsold, perfect condition.$120.Tim 938-1561

Applell+, 64K, 2 padd les,Joystick, BMC monitor,disk drive, upper/lowercase ROM. $900(negotiable).Steve 631-3682 (home)

835-7007 (work)

MicroSoft Z-80 - $100Mountain Computer CPS ­$135Mounta In Computer SuperTalker - $125Peter Gilles 475-3916

ULTRATERM card. Vldex 80columns &8 other formats,$270 • APPLEWR ITER Ilpreboot for above, threeformat choices & Inverse,$20.Dave 432-0913 (aft 4:30)

16K RAM Card, $35. IDS445 . Dot Matrix withInterface &cable, $325.Mark 333-9177 (days)

NUMERIC KEYPAD, new $135;$70 or best offer.Gloria 457-2828

Vldex Enhancer II Boardfor Apple 1(+.Intelligent Interface.Gives upper/1 ower case,macro capability and muchmore.Dr. Z. 920-4263

New Twin Cities privateHigh SChool needs AppleComputer for computerInstruction. Yourdonation Is fully taxdeductible. Contact Gary,school principal at377-3907 or 377-3895. Orcontact Dr. Z.,· schoo Iboard, 920-4263.

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INI '.APP'LES DOM'sPO Box 796HopkinsMN., 55343Attention DOM Sales---

Most COM's and all theMSDs are available at clubmeetings Because of thevolume of . disksdIstr Ibuted, they are nottested. Club members areasked to make every effortto get the COM or MSDrunning. For example,occasIonally the DOS onthe disk will be bad, butIt will catalog OK and onecan run the programs.Master Create on yourSystem master disk wi IIf Ix-up the DOS. Ofcourse, If you have a diskwith bad programs, we willcheerfully replace It!

A service to copy DOMs(not MSDs) to your ownmedia Is also available.See announcementssection. ~

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(612) 935-1038CONTINUE YOUR EDUCATION WITH EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE YUKON PRICE$

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C\lLFffiJ:NJm1ATIOO Qlro~i~wrnIJmI..T-lN lOJ(ABlE DISKEl'IE SIOOAGE II

Kidwriter by SpinnaJ<er..ch:lldren can create their own storybocl<There's pictures. characters, end IIllSic

~teor I1.t1tipUcation by Ihve10prental l.earning-a fascinatingway to brush up the tiIres

furoUtion Division by' Ihve10prental l.eai-ning;s flID way todiY1de'end conquer

PenkStreet Writer by BroderbWld-en excellent end popular I-.tlrdprocessor used by llEll1y of the schools

Spe1licopter by Ihsignware-an educational way to use thecanputer end learn those difficult ones

Advanced Black1ack by ~1lse-one of the fTOSt popular programsfor learning the fine art of winning

D:lllar$ & $ensa by ~bnogram-quick1y becaning the fTOSt popularof the hcm3 aCCOWlting; gra~ too I

Hands on I'esic Progranming by FcltHo.are-6 tutorial to let thecanputer teach you to teach it

Dragon Nix by Ihve10prental l.earning-ages 8 yrs end up protectthe city by IIlJ1tiplying end dividing

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SYSfEM SAVER by~gton 69.95the right waytl) cool your Apple

KOALA PAD wrnIl1I~II.llSIRA'lm 78.45ask about Koa4li~ftware

GEMINI lOX ~"I20 cps 299.00areal bestbIJy"'for lie tool

64K .8JCXX,l}.N~/.APPLE lie 119.~Jrcm Micro-Soi/a·kn<l\I'n leader

SElUALlNIERFACE ..R:n Ga-IINI-IOX 71.95needed for •the IIc

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Nn. residents add 6% sales tax; add $2.00 for C.O.D. orders; CALL FOR DAILY SPECIALS IWe will credit you 5% of your order if we donlt ship in 10 business days

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