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mini~pp'lesapple! compu~r user group newsletter
VOLUME V NC) 11 NOVEMBER 1982
CALENDAR
WHICH WHEN
CALENDAR
WHERE
CALENDAR
WHAT
PascalNote 1
Dakota CountyBranch
Board MeetingNote 5
InvestmentNote 4
BusinessNote 10
Wed Nov 3 Minnesota Federal7:30pm 9th Ave S Hopkins
Tue Nov 9 St. John Neumann Chch7pm-l0pm Pilot Knob Rd, Eagan
Wed Nov 10' President's Residence7:30 pm
Thu Nov 11 Minnesota Sch o-f Bus's6.00pm 11 S 5th, Mpls
Thl.t Nov 11 Minnesota Sch o-f Bu.'s7.00pm 11 S 5th, Mpls
Regular P.scal SpecialInterest Group Meeting.
General meetingNote 7
General club business
First MeetingConsecutive with Bus SIG
,7ohn Hexl eron PFS
REGULRRMINI'APP'LESNote 2ALSO NOTECHANGE INTOPIC.
VisiCalcNote 9
St. Pau.lBranch
MinnetonkaBranchNote 8
PascalNote 1
Dakota CountyBranch
St. PaulBranch
REGULRRMINI'APP'LESNote 2
Map ne),t month
WEDNESDAYNOV 17thPrgm-7:00pmSIGs-8:00pm+
Tue Nov 237.00pm
Tl.te Nov 237pm-l0pm
Wed Dec 17pm-l0pm
Wed Dec 17:30pm
Tl.le Dec 67pm-l0pm
Thu Dec 87:00pm
Tl.\e Dec 147pm-l0pm
WEDNESDAYDEC 15thPrgm-7:00pmSIGs-8:00pm+
UNIVERSITVMINNESOTAST. PAULRoom B45 Bldg 412Near State FairMap inside
PBS4306 Upton Ave S.
Minnesota FederalWhite Bear Lk Shp Ctr
Minnetonka High SchCa-feteria
Minnesota Federal9th Ave S Hopkins
St. John Neumann ChchPilot Knob Rd, Eagan
Minnesota Sch o-f Bus's11 S. 5th St., Mpls
Minnesota FederalWhite Bear Lk Shp Ctr
PENNCOMMUNITVCENTER84th 8< PennBloomington
The LOGOLanguag••••••••••••••A new way o-f learningand a power-ful tool.D.Buchler 8< J.White +Apple & Terrepin Logo
Jim Schenz onAssemblers - Note 3
Apple III demoby Mike Carlson, PBS
Regular Pascal SpecialInterest Group Meeting"Apple III users, seeMinnetonka branch above
General MeetingNote 7
Topic will beCompuServe
Dave Schur onPie Writer- Note 3
ProgramTo be determined.
Note 1. Contact- John Schoeppner2. see pg 2 Chase IH 1 en3. -for tel. Pete Halden4. nos. Eric Holter.an5. Ron Pmdroff
6. Dan Buchler7. Bob Pfaff8. Martin Tha~es
9. Mike Carlson10. Subir Chatterjee
.ini'app'les Novetnbe,. 1982
MINI~APp~LES
Users' Group, Inc.796
55343
INFORMATIONThis is the Newsletter ofMini'app'les, the Minnesota AppleComputer Users' Group, Inc., anon-profit club. Articles may bereproduced in other User Groups'publications except where specifically copyrighted by author.
QLlt='!St i e::::::trl!SPlease direct questions toappropriate board member or anyofficer. Technical questionsshould be directed to one of theTechnical Advisers listed here.Mt='lTlbt='r-!ShipApplications for membership shouldbe directed to the MembershipCo-ordinator. $12 buys membershipfor one year. Members receive asubscription to this newsletterand all club benefits.DOM!SThe 3 most recent DaMs (Disk ofthe Month) are available atmeetings for $5/disk or any DaMmay be ordered by mail for$7.50/disk. Contact SoftwareSales coord'r.Dt='a.1t='r-!SMini'app'les does not endorse anyspecific dealers but does promotedistribution of information whichmay help club members to identifythe best buys and service. Consequently the club does participatein bulk purchases of media, software, hardware and publications onbehalf of its' members.Nt='"",!S1t='ttt='rCe::::::trltr-ibLltie::::::trl!SPlease send contributions directlyto the Newsletter Editor. Hardcopy binary or text files areprefered, but any form will begratefully accepted. Deadline forpublication is the 3rd Wednesdayof the month preceding the monthin which the item might beincluded. An article will beprinted when space permits if, inthe opinion of the NewsletterEditor, it constitutes suitablematerial for publication.Ad"'t='r-ti!SirlgDirect Advertising inquiries toour co-ordinator Eric Holtermanat:19 S 1st St., B1704Minneapolis, MN, 55401612-332-8460
Circulation this issue: 3000
544-7303
332-8460933-5290475-3916
432-6245
890-3769
922-7665507/263-3715
788-0728872-7669452-2541934-3517770-6624489-8321636-4865
Al PetermanA. Michael YoungKeith MadonnaSubir ChatterjeeBill DecourseyKen FossJohn SchoeppnerMike CarlsonRick Gates
Chuck Thiesfeld 831-0009Dave Nordvall 724-9174
(after 5pm)721-3295884-2841474-3876330-7347574-9062774-7772455-8613929-4120735-0373
Jo HornungKen SlingsbyLarry LarsonMarilyn Thomas
Bob PfaffMartin Th;lmesPete HaldenDave LadenJim White
Treasurer
Secretary
Newsletter Editor
Advertising Co' torBibliographerBlank Disk BulkPurchases Co' tor
Education Co' torMECC Librarian
MembershipCo-ordinator
The Minnesota Apple ComputerP_O_ Be::::::tx
He::::::tpkirl!S", MNMINI~APP~LES OFFICERSPresident Ron Androff 452-5230
1725 Crest Ridge Lane,Eagan,Minnesota, 55122
Past President Stephen K.Johnson 869-34476053 Wentworth Ave S.Minneapolis,Minnesota, 55419
Vice President Chase Allen15718 Hayes Trail,Appl e Vall ey,Minnesota, 55124
John L. Hansen38 Birnamwood Drive,Burnsville,Minnesota, 55337
Hugh Kurtzman11622 Live Oak Dr.,Minnetonka,Minnesota, 55343
BOARD MEMBERSAnn Bell 544-4505
8325 39th Avenue N.New Hope,Minnesota, 55427
Daniel B.Buchler 890-505113516 Grand Avenue S.Burnsville,Minnesota, 55337
Software Distr. - Mail Terry Schoeppner 455-8613and Software Sales Box 241
Inver Grove HeightsMn., 55075
Eric HoltermanChuck BoodyPeter Gilles
Program EditorPublicity Co' torSpcl Int. Apple 1/1Spcl Int. BusinessSpcl Int. GeneologySpcl Int. - NibbleSpcl Int. PascalSpcl Int. VisicalcSpcl Int. Z80/CPM &Meeting Hdw SupportAssistant NL EditorBoard members
at large:Branch Co-ordinators:
Dakota CountyMinnetonkaSt. Paul
Technical Advisers:
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Subir
Hugh Kurtzman,Schoeppner, and
Handouts
Booth constructionKeith Madonna, JohnTerry Schoeppner.
Business SIBChaterjee.
Reference card material, research andtype-in ••• Ken Slingsby.
Reference card review ••• Chuck Boody,Steve Johnson, Chuck Thiesfeld andyours truly.
Hugh Kurtzman and Eric Holterman smilingfrom our Applefest (Minneapolis) booth
EDITORIAL
.m.n.'G1Pp'les ---------------------November 1982
IN THISISSUE
As I write this its ex~ctly 4 weeks I
since App1 E:!'-FE:!'Ei-t - seems likemonths. I believe some specific creditsfor putting on the show at the clubbooth are in order, but not in anyparticular order! (Note also'Presidential Pen' elsewhere in thisnewsletter.)
Announcements •••••••• 5Ask for Help ••••••••• 9Classified •••••••••• 25DOM #16
by Rl Peterman ••••• 6Editorial
by Dan Buchler .•••• 4Epson News
by Dan Buchler •••• 28Home Projects (4)
by Roger Flint •••• 14NL Ads
By Eric Holterman.24Personal Secretary
by Tony Meirovitz.16President's Pen
by Ron Rndroff •••• l1Ref Card Errata
by Dan Buchler••••• 4Screenwriter ][
by Men Slingsby ••• 14Spreadsheet
by Dan Buchler•••• 17Videx Enhancer II
by Chase ~11en••••• 7
Mini'app'les sign ••• Ron Androff.
The continuous-running slide show withmarvelous graphics ••• Jim White.
Arrangements for eq~ipment loaners andall the advertising in the newsletter••• Eric Holterman.
posters and generalTom Edwards.
Booth personnel ••• Chase Allen, RonAndroff, Ann Bell, Doris Benson, PegBohanon, Dan Buchler, Lucille Buchler,Juliet Buchler, Chuck Boody, JoeCarroll, Subir Chaterjee, PeterGilles, John Hansen, Eric Holterman,Stephen K. Johnson, Hugh Kurtzman,Dave Laden, Dave Nordvall, ErniePavlisich, Al Peterman, JohnSchoeppner, Terry S~hoeppner, KenSlingsby, steven Struss, ChuckThiesfeld, Ben Wilson and MichaelYoung
graphic
Beautiful boothbooth layout
Display of 3 dimensionalphotos ••• Steve Saliterman.
Booth services ordering andjack-of-all-trades (including a Pascalprogram to track the money, but,unfortunately the media went bad so wecould'nt use it!) JohnSchoeppner.
GOTO 4
We wish also to thank Daytons forloaning us 2 complete systems.
I thank you all and hope you enjoyedApplefest? I did!
ReproductionBoody
PreparationPeterman.
of
of
400 DOMs
DOM#15
Chuck
Al
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'Fest finances •••
Counter layoutnewsletters and••• Yours truly.
John Hansen.
of user groupgeneral organization
Many people site Word Star as theCadillac of WPs. There's no doubt thatWord Star is good. But, in order to useit, you need a Z80 board, CP/M and lotsof money. If you buy all the mail-listand other support software, you couldend up spending nearly $1000! Thespecifications for Word Star with all ofthe supporting software are not a lotdifferent than those for Screenwriter orPie Writer.
_mini/app/les ----------------------N@vembell" 1982
Edi tori al Continued froll page 3
NOV NEWSLETTER
This newsletter contains reviews of twomore word processors <WP>:P~"-S:;c:Jo"""'<3.1 S~c:..-~t<3."-Y byTony Meirovitz and Sc:..-~~....... ""..-:i. t~..- I I by Ken Slingsby. Wehave been publishing a steady diet of WPreviews and I feel obliged to make somecomments.
by '!Jan Bu.chler
REFERENCE CARD ERRATA
You must make the choice!
If anybody finds any more, let us know!
CARD
members want a copy,be placed in the handsmembers. Copies may bemain, branch or SIG
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REFERENCE
If any clubquantities willof all boardpicked up atmeetings.
The club put together and printed over10,000 copies of an Apple II referencecard containing some useful BASICoriented material including some 'Usefultricks', some of which had not beenpublished before in our newsletter.
The cards were handed out at the 'fest.We do not plan to mail them to membersas the envelope stuffing, labelling andstamping would take about 20person-hours <unless somebody willvolunteer to organize such anundertaking).
The errors in the ASCII table are:Column 2 and 3 headers should be HEXnot ASC.Decimal code 3 is an ETX not STXKey for Decimal code 29 is a CTRL SftMHEX codes for Decimal 58 thru 63 are3A thru 3F, not 4A thru 4F.Char for decimal 64 is @ not *.
Unfortunately, during the phototypesetting phase, due to the failure ofa communication link, it was necessaryto re-key in all of the material. Thiscaused a deadline problem which resultedin poor proofr~ading of the ASCIItable. Consequently there are severalerrors in that section and a fewelsewhere.
Under DOS RELATED THINGS at $9DBF, read3DOG, not 3DOOG
Under BEGINNERS, to Boot Disk is 6 CtrlP ( the P is missing>.
All of the above WPs are excellent, butall will not be suitable for you. Forexample, Word Handler is undoubtably theeasiest to use, but in so doing hasImposed certain restrictions whichprevent it being used effectively tomake full use of printers like the EpsonMX80 which have many features.
Whether or not you like a particular WPis a very subjective thing. People'sneeds vary. If you are thinking ofbuying a WP, I suggest that you readmore than one review on each. PeelingsII a month ago published an extensivecomparison of several WPs in whichP:i. ~ W..-:i. t~..- came out top andScreenwriter II was a close 2nd. In theMay Sof tal k, Z <3...- d c:Jo k , anAustralian written WP, was reviewed. InNi bbl e Vol 3, No 4, Wc:Jo..- dH<3. ....... d 1~..- received a glowingreview. Last year, Call Apple reviewedabout 8 WPs. At Applefest, the Englishauthor of Fc:Jo..- fn<3. t I I was presentdemonstrating his product. According toSoftalk, Screenwriter has beenconsistently the best seller of WPs.
Word Handler is in the class of WPs thattries to present the text on the screenas you see it on the paper. Xerox WPsfollow the same philosophy. Other WPsdo not attempt to format the screen likethe paper, but instead, provide printercontrol commands to allow maximumflexibility in use of the hard copyoutput device. Pie Writer andScreenwriter are in the laterclassification.
I use Pie Writer, which offers the a lotof flexibility for work like thenewsletter production. It alsointerfaces easily with standard textfiles and files produced by other WPs.But some people might find it difficultto work with under certaincircumstances. Screenwriter II issimilar to Pie Writer having beenmodelled on the same software as was PieWriter. It lacks some flexibility, butprovides the 70 character screen.Personal Secretary, in my opinion again,is a compromise between ease of use andmaximum flexibility. M<3.g:i. c:W:i. ....... d c:Jo"" offers yet anotherapproach. (See Mini'app'les OctoberNewsletter) And so it goes on.
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_mlnl/app/les ---------------------Novembell'" 1982
ANNOUNCEMENTS
TIME:PLACE:
J: NVESTMENT S J: G/by Eric Holterman
Over the past several months I have beenat a loss to figure out why someone elsedidn"t start an Investment SIB. I havecome to the remarkable conclusion thatthe time would be better spent gettingone started, just like many others inour club have started other SIBS! Maybeits my turn to take the plunge.
It is up to those who join the SIB todecide what to cover. I am suggestingthat we hold an organizing meeting toget to know each other, select a meetingplace, time and determine areas ofinterest. I believe that we can attractothers outside the club with expertiseand experience in this area for somepresentations at meetings. However mostof what we do must come from within.
My own interests include the stock andoptions markets. I plan to try the DowJones services shortly. My Apple hasbeen useful to me but I suspect I amjust scratching the surface on itspotential. I hope to share myexperiences and learn from others,including those in such areas ascommodities, in which I am not currentlyactive. Learning more about timesharingservices, software, etc. is moreimportant to me than" investmentstrategy.
What I look for and what you look for inan Investment SIB may differ and it isimportant to get new perspectives anddiversity. So, don"t wait 40r six monthsto check out the Investment SIB, get inon the ground floor. We will hold ourorganizing meeting on:
Thursday, November 11, at 6pm,one hour before the Business SIB meetsat the same place. The time and locationof other meetings will be decided then.If you can 7 t make it, give me a call formore information. My number is 332-8460.Remember, the first meeting will be at:
6 PM, NOVEMBER 11Minnesota School of Business11 South 5th StreetDowntown Mpls-just off the Mall
MINNETONKA BRANCHby Dave Onan and Hartin Thames
The general meeting will be in theregular place at the regular time but onDecember 1st, a compromised Wednesday.
The subject of the meeting will be AppleIII and new applications. Ademonstration will be provided by MikeCarlson of PBS. We would like to invitepeople from anywhere who have not seenthe Apple 11/ work in a business way.
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BL.\s.:i.rlt=s.s. SIGby Subir Chatterjee
The Business Special Interest Broup metat the Minnesota School of Business onOct. 14th. The SUbjects being reviewedwere :
MicrolMailer, a mailing list program,reviewed by Paula Ozols; File Cabinet, adatabase, reviewed by Alan Peterman.File Cabinet is availible on DOM 2.
MicrolMailer was reviewed in the Octoberissue of Mini'app 7 l es and is designed tobe compatible with Magic Window ( alsoreviewed in last month's magazine >.Paula is the author of MicrolMailer andit is being marketed by PrairieMicrosystems.
File Cabinet is a simple, yet useabledatabase with an easy report generator,which is menu driven. The program isdesigned to be used for files of around200 records and offers an extremelyrapid search routine. One of itshighlights is the price whatever youcan pay for an old DOM!
Our thanks to both of them for theirpresentations.
The Business SIB directory is nowavailible for members! For theothers, I have plenty of blank forms.Please see me at the main meeting or atthe next SIB.
As a result of the AppleFest, we wereapproached by Dynacomp, manufacturers ofC.O.R.P. - a database program generator
and asked if we wished to review theprogram. This has now been received,and Dick Marchiafava and I are planningto take the program through its paces.I would be interested to know of otherswho are either familiar with the programor are interested in evaluatingsoftware. There is no free lunch ••• anarticle on your experiences will beappreciated!
I have also received information thatTouche Ross, the CPA firm, will behelping start a Financial ModellingInterest Broup. This will be basedaround, but not be limited to, MicroDSS/F. For more information, contactMitch Joulson at Touche Ross on 333-2301or call me on 330-7347. From ads in theSunday newspapers, it seems that bothTouche Ross & Arthur Anderson areemphasizing seminars on the Business Useof Micros. I also saw an ad for theCollege of St. Thomas, offering a twoday seminar on the same subject. Itsure makes a $ 12 membership fee seemeconomic!
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In addition to these goodies, holda key down and it repeats automatically
So, you might ask, HOW do I selectbetween upper and lower case? Well,simple~ The RTN-RESET actually puts youin the Typewriter mode, exactly as ifyou were on a typewriter. Type a keyand it is lower case. Hit a SHIFT keysimultaneously with another key, andpresto... UPPER CASE! Now comes theneatest trick of all.... Hit CTRLalone, and you are in SHIFT-LOCK!Depress the SHIFT key and you return tolower case.
A r'e:!'V:Leo"""by Chase IHlen
I recently acquired the VIDEXKeyboard Enhancer II, and would like torecommend it to anyone who does a lot ofWord Processing. It also has severalfeatures which make program entry choreseasier, and finally it has somereal-time considerations which are anasset when it is important that youaccount for all keys pressed, regardlessof what other functions are taking placeconcurrently.
In order, lets look at thesefeatures. But first here's a commentabout the hardware compatibility. TheEnhancer II is not compatible directlywith pre-REV 7 Apples. By that I mean,if you have the original keyboard youare probably not compatible. However,by this time many of the older stylekeyboards have been replaced by the onethat has the encoder on a small boardwhich fits on the back of the keyboard.In such cases for this discussion theupgraded system will be considered to bein the REV 7 or later category. Sincethe Enhancer replaces this encodercircuit board, you can see the concernin this area.
Finally, we get to the 'type-ahead'buffer. The Enhancer has a 128character hardware buffer that holdscharacters typed until requested (andacknowledged). from the operatingsystem. This means that the charactersare not lost during disk or otherperipheral equipment operation as is thecase in the standard Apple environment.This has important implications if youhave real-time processing withinterrupts, or other conflictingactivity.
(after a 3/4 second delay) at a 15character per second rate. So what isthe REPT key good for now? Nothing, ifyour hands are as slow as mine. Youspeedies can use it as before, but beready to hop off it quick~ It repeatsimmediately at 50 characters persecond! So now if you want to return tothe old familiar Apple, simply hit theRESET key, alone. (Don't worry youwon't lose all that text - remember theCTRL-RESET Configuration?) All it doesis return to the upper case only mode.
So ..• What else did I promise? Ahyes, the Program Entry enhancements.Well, the keyboard can hold 'Macros'.That means that you can press a keywhich can stand for a word, or words ofyour own choosing. As you are enteringtext, you shift to the originalkeyboard, press a key and 10 and beholdthe entire word 'program' (or whateverelse you loaded) is entered. This ismost useful for those Pascal users inthe crowd, because Pascal uses numerous'Key' words like WRITELN, READLN, BEGIN,END, IF •• THEN •. ELSE, etc., etc. If youuse the convention as I do that all keywords are full caps, and the rest ofyour local variables are capitalizedlower-case, this feature cuts downconsiderably on the keyst~okes
required. These macros can be enteredas you need them, or can be 'downloaded'at boot time from a specially prepared'HELLO' type program.
In all I am very happy with theEnhancer, and recommend it highly, butwith a couple of reservations. Namely,the documentation leaves a lot to bedesired. I think it is all there, butnot very well organized. Also, I havean early version which does have someconflicts with the game paddles, andgames in general. As the Enhancer is aninstallation which is not easilyremoved, you have to be sure you knowwhat the trade-offs are. (In fairness,I have been told that there is a new ROMwhich takes care of the conflicts, and Ithink it is possible to program aroundthe problems.) If anyone has anyquestions, or wants to see ademonstration of the installation, as Ihave implemented it, feel free tocontact me and we will get together.
I IENHANCERVIDEX
Now to the features. For a wordProcessor, most users would like to seea more normal typewriter-like keyboard.With the Enhancer you have about asclose to a typewriter keyboard as youcan get and still use the Applehardware. The Enhancer turns the AppleKeyboard into a two mode device. Thefirst mode, directly on cold boot, isunchanged from the familiar upper caseonly, standard Apple board (VIDEX hasplayed games with the RESET key - youalmost certainly want to go to theCTRL-RESET configuration to effect are-boot) and RTN-RESET initiates theTypewriter keyboard mode. A lower-casechip is supplied, which gives you lowercase letters on your display. Theselower case letters can come from theEnhancer.
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mi81li'app'Ies ----------------------November 1982
Part 2by DaD Bu.ehl fU'
So, here is your chance! Get thequestions rolling and we'll try to findthe answers for you.
In this space in the coming monthswill be a new column intended to answeryour questions. At the meeting eachmonth there will be a box with preparedforms to help you present yourquestions, and the column editor willattempt to find the answer, and includeit in the column for the followingmonth. This is not to compete with thequestion and answer session at themeeting moderated by our past President,Steve Johnson. Instead, questions notsufficiently answered there, questionssubmitted anonymously, or questions youd?n't feel comfortable presenting orallywlil be accepted. The questions maycover literally anything in the realm ofcomputer science, hopefully with someapplication to the Apple.
Part :1by Chase IH 1 en
If you are interested in any of thesejobs, please call me at 890-5051. Weare a volunteer organization and we allbenefit from such activities. Appleclubs elsewhere in the USA have fallenapart because of lack of commitment oftheir members. Don't let that happenhere.
MClrlth1. y CCl1. UllTlrl writers.Many clubs have regular columns onsubjects like VisiCalc, AssemblyLanguage, Pascal, Books, WordProcessing, etc., etc. Some of youmust have some pet subjects whichyou would be willing to share withothers. Please step forward! Alittle effort can be veryrewarding. The research makes onemore knowledgeable in ones's areaof interest.
Newsletter P...-CldUlCt i.. Clrl assistants. The putting together of thenewsletter on the weekend prior toprinting is a big job, but quiteinteresting. Some volunteers wouldmake the job go much faster.Requirement is to come toBurnsville on a Saturday orSunday.
HELP-forASK
Your newsletter editor also needs help.As the size of the club has grown, sohas the volume of advertising, and hencethe size of the newsletter. It istaking between 30 to 50 hours now to puttogether the newsletter and that is inaddition to any specific articles Imight author.
I am asking for volunteers for thefollowing tasks:
N e:!' "'" P...- Cl d LU::: t Col urnn Ed i tor:This person would read all of thenew product announcements which wereceive and extract those whichseemed important. Then theextracts would be keyed-in via aword processor and mailed ordata-phoned to myself.
Ca 1. e:!'rl d a...- C CllTlp Cls;.ter: Thi sperson would compile all of theSIG, branch and main meeting timesand topics, key it in and mail copyto Twin City Computer User and tomyself.
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"Makes assembly language programming on the Appleas easy as programming in BASIC." Chuck Carpenter,Carrollton, Texas
"It's great! I can now cease my quest for that greatassembler in the sky." Rip Kemp, Miami, Florida
"Great job. This new assembler is what I've been waiting for. It makes my work twice as efficient." Peter J.Okos, Chatsworth, California
"Excellent Software. I've never used an assembler before, but this one made me feel right at home." DaleSullivan, Glendale Heights, Illinois
SoC Macro Assembler, the easiest to use yet mostpowerful and complete assembler for the Apple, is only$80. We accept Visa, MasterCard, and American Express.
Rte ...... i.. te"'" Edi tor: Thi s person woul dreceive program and hardware reviewcopy, edit it for consistancy, andforward to myself.
C 1. as;.s;. i.. -f= i.. ted ads coordinator.The job is to collect classifiedads, put them onto a disk in astandard format and mail tomyself.
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timlnl'app'le• ......--------------------Novembe... 1982
Applefest is now in the past, and allthose diligent workers, who made ourbooth such a success, have had a chanceto rest-up. I wish to take thisopportunity to thank all of them fortheir efforts. There were several majorcomponents that had to be done right forus to look professional, and we looked,I think, very good.
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PENby Ron 'mdroff
PRESIDENT'S
The newsletter was excellent, in contentand form, and the numerous ads werevital to our financial success. Welldone.
The technicaFdata cards that we gaveaway at the Applefest were very welldone. We had several requests foradditional copies, and they were notinferior to the cards being sold atanother booth. We can be proud of thateffort.
The graphi display was, I noted,watched bymany,and there was often acrowd watching during the two days I wasthere. . It was all I'd hoped for andmore. Congratulations. I suggest werevamp it a little and use it in ourorientation sessions each month.
The DOM was popular at the 'fest, and Ithought there were some very goodprograms offered~ Bravo.
Finally, the overall organization of theclub's booth was deserving of praise.Ample supplies were available, manpowerwas where it was needed and the boothwas well designed. I am well pleased.Does it show?
disk drives and the othermonitor. The project goesYou should easily be able toin one night.
One holds 2holds thevery fast.complete it
If you have some projects that mayinterest Mini'app'les please contact me.The Applefest was great. I came homewith many new ideas. The robot armdisplay really got my attention! Ifanyone WOUld. like. plans on any of theprojects done so far, just send me aself-addressed stamped envelope and anote tell ing me which one you want. Sofar the list goes like this:
joystickpower control center
write protect bypass switchcomputer desk
disk storage boxcomputer standprinter stand
computer carrying case Applekart II.
I also have one extra 16K language boardI built for $65.00 if anyone isinterested.
As with all of my projects f this is notintended to be a complete constructionarti cl e. It is intended to. be. a groupproject. You are encouraged to call mebefore and during the constructionperiod. Take the measurements to thehardware store so they can cut thepieces to size and it will save a lot oftime. See figure below•.• I found aplace to buy plexiglas fairlyreasonably.
Almac Plastic Inc.,1725 Terrace Drive,St Paul. 636-7160.
The cost is about $5.81 per square foot.The glue I used was a product calledSEAL-ALL which seems to be holding up. Iunderstand that there are other gluesmade just for plexiglas which you maywant to try instead. The stand will putthe monitor right at eye level whichhelps eliminate those stiff neckproblems.
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Another month has passed, and it neverseems to leave me enough time for allthe projects I would like to do. Wehave started on building a key pad forall of those VisiCalc™ people outthere, which we hope to have ready fornext month. Anyone who may have built akey pad already and would like to sharethe plans with all of us, please contactme.
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THE SpreadsheetA reo ......... :i.eo.....,
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With little fanfare, Call A.P.P.L.E.released 'THE Spreadsheet' at theHi ni ' app' I es Appl efest. I f you are anA.P.P.L.E. member, you can buy thisprogram for $22.50. If you are not amember, you can join for $45 and thenbuy it for $22.50 (a total of $67.50).
What is THE Spreadsheet? You get 2program disks and an 80 page manual.Inside the manual you see:
Copyright 1982, ~pple Computer. Inc.Reproduced with permission by ~.P.P.L.E.
andTHE Spr-e.a.ds.he:!'e:!'tbyR.a.~ay W~gg~~gt~~
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Rahdy Wiggington is a well known Appleprogrammer and Wozniak is no less thanSteve the . 'Woz', cofounder of Apple,Designer of the Apple II and maker ofthe US Festival!
Get to the point, you say! OK. THESpreadsheet is a VisiCalc™look-a-like It's not identical, butamazinglysfmilar. The scree!'" is almostidentical. The funny thing is that inmost ways it's bett.er> than VisiCalc™.
I did learh1:o/.useTHESpreadsheet in acouple of evenings,so<itcan.'t be toohard to learh. One person told me thathe was al ways cOhfused by.the .Vi si Cal C™manual, and thatTHE.Sj:Jreadsheet manualwas much less confusing. I found themanual a little brief·. It ....elies on thefact that you will experiment a lot, butdoes assume the reader is an absolutenovice.
There are some interesting operationaldifferences. THE Spreadsheet uses thestandard Apple 11+ cursor control ofI,J,K and L. Personally I find thatmuch easier than the spacebar flip-flopof upldown leftlright in conjunctionwith <> keys. Commands are immediatelyavailable without the preceding 'I'.However, the VisiCalc™ label concept isreplaced with a Control T followed byText for Text field and Values must bepreceded by Control V. Arrows work likein BASIC. If you have alot of values toenter a Value Stream mode may be invokedwhereby it is not necessary to hitControl V before each value entry.Thefore the number of keystrokesrequired for data entry into THESpreadsheet is probably less than for
·VisiCalc™.
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The 2nd THE Spreadsheet disk contains'VCConvert' to convert VisiCalc™ filesto THE Spreadsheet.
THE Spreadsheet also provides a TextFile format (which is what VCConvertconverts to). It is claimed to be about75% more space efficient than theVisiCalc™ DIF files. Incidentally theTHE Spreadsheet Text files are simplycommand strings just as if they had beentyped through the keyboard. Ittherefore is fairly easy to convertother data, such as Word Processingfiles into THE Spreadsheet Text filesjust using the Word Processing editorand liberal use of Search and Replace.
There seems to be more capability tocontrol your printer. For example,options are provided for specifying top,bottom, left and right margins andwhether or not to issue a forms feed atbottom of page. It should also bepossible to use the Text file inputfeature to define any specific printerset-up which might be desired.
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A Word Proc::essorReovieowby Ken Slingsby
SCREEN WRITER ]( is a word processor forthe Apple ]( by On-Line Systems. It hasmany features found in most wordprocessors and several unique featuresnot generally available.
My system includes a Saturn Systems 32KRam board, a single disk, an Epson MX-80printer, and a surplus black and whitemonitor. The additional memory is notrequired for the SCREEN WRITER; howevera second disk drive would be nice. Theword processor will automatically useextra memory if it finds more than 48Kavailable, but not all 32K in my case.
I have been using SCREEN WRITER for amonth or so and am still trying to learnall its capabilities. That is not tosay that the processor is overlycomplicated, just that there are so manycommands that one most likely will notuse them all at anyone sitting. Priorto using SCREEN WRITER, I used an earlyversion of SuperText extensively. Ihave also tried the Programma version ofApple Pie, Applewriter, and MagicWindow, all for short periods of time.
When you boot up the processor, you aregreeted with a main menu which willallow the user to select the editor,"EDITOR"; the printout portion,"RUNOFF"; the program which customizesSCREEN WRITER to your configuration,"CUSTOMIZE"; or exit. The EDITOR andRUNOFF are both offered in Ram card ornon-Ram card versions. If the userselects the non-Ram card version and hasa language board, the system uses theextra memory to hold more text in theApple's memory. If a 16K memory boardis present and the Ram card version ofeither EDITOR or RUNOFF are selected,both will be loaded into memory, makingboth available instantly.
features this program hastoo numerous to mentionhighlight some of the more
The number ofare almosthere. I willunique ones.
Like many of the better word processorson the market today, SCREEN WRITER hasmany features. To implement the largenumber of commands that support thefeatures, nearly every key on thekeyboard is used. Most commands are usedwithin the EDITOR which has threemodes. The Command mode allows cursormovement within the file, loading andsaving of the file, and parameterdefinition. The Change mode allows onefor one character replacement. TheInsert mode allows character insertionwherever the cursor is located. Each ofthe three modes allow character, word,or line deletions, search and/orreplace, and block moves, for instance.The same key or keys are used in thethree modes. This is done by using thecontrol key with the command key in theinsert and change modes and only thecommand key in the command mode. Inaddition, the direction of the affectedtext (either before the cursor or afterit) is determined by the shift key orlack of it, respectively, (assuming theone wire shift key modification isinstalled. Otherwise, the Escape keycan be used). One nice thing here tonote is that almost all the commands areavailable in the insert or changemodes. This eliminates the bother ofhaving to get to the command mode tomove the cursor, as some processorsrequire.
The Apple's hi-res screen is used todisplay all text. This allows a specialcharacter set which includes upper andlower case and symbols for all controlcharacters. This makes it unnecessaryto spend the $30 or so for a lower caseadapter. The manual gives instructionsto change the font to whatever the userwants. This new font would be used onlyfor display on the screen and would notaffect the printed copy. As new text isinserted, the old text is scrolled aheadof the cursor. This makes updating thescreen very slow if characters are addedat the top of a full screen. SCREENWRITER compensates for this by providinga type ahead buffer implemented insoftware. I have not been able to typefaster than the system can acceptcharacters, although sometimes it takesseveral seconds for the letters toappear on the screen. But then, mytyping is not all that fast.
By using the hi-res screen, SCREENWRITER allows one to view the text in aseventy column format. This is done byredefining the characters of thecharacter set to be three pixels wideeach. The resulting text is somewhat
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The manual has four chapters devoted toa tutorial to guide the first-time userthrough the package. I found this partof. the manual to be very readable andeasy to follow. The remainder of themanual was not meant to be easy readingand is more like a reference manual.There are many examples to make firsttime setup easy for the less mundanetasks such as reports and form letterscomplete with mailing lists. The earlychapters cover the system in generalwith later chapters going intoprogressively more detail. Almost all.ofthe typos that Superscribe (the earlIerversion of SCREEN WRITER) was noted forhave been corrected. I have found oneerror. The people at On-Line Systemswere most helpful in correcting it overthe phone.
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The program, with all its whistles &ndbells, is considerably longer than thetypical utility or game. Apparently, noattempt was made to use any of the fastloading schemes that are around. In anycase the program loading is quitelengthy. Thank goodness that, with theRAM card, the program loading isrequired only once.
As you can see, I am well satisfied withthe capabilities of SCREEN WRITER. Ithas a lot more features than I havedescribed here. This may make thesoftware somewhat difficult for thosenew to word processing. My advice to apotential customer of any word processoris to skim the instruction manual andtryout the program in the store beforepurchasing the software.! did and I'mglad for it. GOTO 16
The error handling leads one to believethat every possible error is covered. Ihave not been able to crash theprogram. Pressing reset brings up theapprQpiate ·menu or puts you at thebeginning of the current document. Ifyou then select any other option, youwill find all previously entered dataintact. If a disk error occurs, thecurrent output file is deleted and youare given the opportunity to save itagain on another disk.
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I have found some problems withpackage. It was disappointing tothat two drives were requiredprinter spooling. It would seemfor files of less than half of thein length, one drive wouldsufficient.
The manual repeatedly warns the user tomake backup copies of his work. Onealmost gets the feeling that the datawill disappear at any moment. While Iwill not dispute the wisdom of thewarnings, their frequency gives me anuneasy feeling. One sure way to trash afile is to name the output and input·files the same, especially if the inputfile is too long to fit in memory at onetime. I found this the hard way a fewtimes and had to resort to olderversions of the files. There is onewarning about this in the manual. Thereason given leads one to believe theproblem might occur if there was a powerfailure or hardware glitch. I believethe reason for the problem is that the'old' copy of the output file is deletedbefore it is saved. Thus if the inputand output files have the same name, thefile is lost before it is saved. Thebest safeguard would be to have theprogram prohibit both ~iles having thesame name. In any event, it pays tokeep backup copies of important work.
_mlni1a pp1.es _ Novembell'" 198.
difficult to read compared to the normalforty column text, but not all thatbad. I usually enter text in the fortycolumn mode and switch to more columnsif I want to get an idea of how thefinished text will look. Any number ofcharacters per line may be selectedbetween ten and seventy.
Any key on the key board can beredefined to be any other key or aseries of keys. These Macros, as theyare called, can be very helpful if arepetitive phrase needs to be enteredinto the text. For instance, the name"SCREEN WRITER" was entered as a controlo in typing this review.
One of the most unique features ofSCREEN WRITER is its ability to generateindexes while printing the document.The user can define up to four indexeswhich mayor may not be alphabetized, asdesired. In addition the index entriesmayor may not be printed in the body ofthe text. A non-printing index which isnot sorted can become the table ofcontents. The index entries are definedby the user in the EDITOR. RUNOFF fillsin the page numbers while the documentis being printed. .. SCREEN WRITER canalso handle footnotes~ reserving r09mfor them at the bottom of theappropriate page.
Pri riter •• spooling is anothefseldolllfoundfeatUl··eiiQCILl<:le~iinSI:AFFN\WRI,.ER••••... Thisrequi e!:i\tfflP<diBk\(jr*.....7.Ba.s th7tE!xt tobe • p intedi"'iisent>tothe secl:)...~dri vebefo....e.pri ,.,.ting ••. occ:l.I.... B. ... 9nC:7.< thetransfer hClBiiP.7E!"'/II.Cl~E!!I~hE!U!:i7rcanreturn ..• to •• th7iJ F~*t:l:)rJ~l:»ffll:)r kJl:)'" anotherfi lewtli let..,eip.... intE!.... c:ontiQues.
SCREEN WRITER has a feature calledvirtual melllorYfflhic., allows files to beup to 65, 535.charactefslong. The diskis used to holdthe.tektthat ..overflowsmemory. At.firstitis disconc7 ....ting.tohear the disk start as yl:)uarE!itypingalong. I feel that I must sl0.ffI thetyping .when t.he drive starts so as notto lose characters. I am not sure ifthis is required as the type aheadbuffer is supposed t.o take cafeClf thispfoblem.
On-Line Systems provides SCREENWRITERon a copy protected disk with a backupdisk at the time of purchase. They use astrange protection scheme which allowsone to catalog the disk from plain oldDDS 3.3 and even copy the files usingFlO or COPYA to a regular DOS disk.However, the copied programs will notrun. The input, output, the on-linehelp file, and macro table ~iles arestored in normal DDS 3.3 format. Thetext is stored in standard sequentialtext files. An option allows the outputof RUNOFF to be stored on disk.
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.mlni/app/les ---------------------November 1982
A W~rd Pr~c~~~~r
R~vi~w
by Tony Meirovitz
PERSONAL SECRETARY and printed. There are hundreds ofthings you can do with the card fileprogram. Whatever suits your needs.That's why they call it The PERSONALSecretary.
That's a brief description of the wordprocessor. It is, for the money, a verynice program. I used Apple WrIter II,which is about the same price asPersonal Secretary, and in my opinion,Personal Secretary has it beat cold.The card file program is the icing onthe cake. The Personal Secretary andExecutive Secretary are both comptiblewith Sof/Sys's program -The ExecutiveSpeller. This program will proofread adocument for errors. Another plus forthe Secretary series. The author, JohnRisken and his gang down at Sof/Sys andPersonal Business Systems have been likea second family to me for the past 2years. Believe me, for the amount oftime I've known them, they have alwaysbeen the best, and The PersonalSecretary, Executive Secretary, andExecutive Speller show for that.
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-The editor. I think this is by far theeasiest editor I have ever used. It·s.r _just beautiful. It keeps up withprofessional typing speed, supportsmanual global search, and user-definedprinter abbreviations. The act of usingprinter codes is the most elementary andstraightforward I have seen. The blockoperations include move, transfer anddelete, and character/word/line: delete,insert, replace.
The Personal Secretary Word Processor,made by Sof/Sys, Inc., is an idealat-home word processor. The programitself is a "stripped down" version ofSof/Sys's other marketed word processor,The Executive Secretary. In other words,it doesn't have as many features asExecutive Secretary does. The PersonalSecretary carries a retail price of$100.00. With it, you get a lower casechip, and shift key modifier, and a veryeasy to follow manual. Also included isa certificate that allows you $50.00credit toward purchase of the ExecutiveSecretary, if you find you need it inthe long run. It has three main parts:the editor, the printer, and the cardfile program. Below, I will explaineach of these parts.
-The printer. This important partallows mail-list merging with thebuilt-in card file, integrates keyboardinput, and allows conditional printingbased on the IF command. It alsosupports left and right justified tabstops, margin control andjustification. This looks very nicewhen you are printing out an importantdocument, and you want both marginsjustified. It does it quickly andeasily. Specifications for regularindenting, justification and centeringcan be easily embedded in the document.
-The Card File. I feel this is the mostvaluable part of this program. The cardfile program is another way of saying itis a 'mini' data base. It allows 1 cardfile per disk, with up to 299 recordsper file and 7 lines per record. Thinkof the the card file as being the recipecard box, and the 299 records are therecipes. The file may be rearrangedbased on alphabetical sortingprincipal. This card file program isuseful if you have a mailing list, andwant mailing labels printed. You justenter them in, and they can be saved,
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Example: To print "VisiCalc™'', thefollowing sequence is used:
the word processors do their owncharacter counting.
There is one fine point buriedsomewhere in the TRS-BO instructionsof the new Graftrax manual whichconcerns Super/Sub-scripting. If youuse either Super- or Sub-scripts, youwill enter a mode similar to'Condensed'. You may remember thatyou cannot output in Condensed modeunless you turn off 'Emphasized' (EscF). The same is true for the Superor Sub-scripts.
Also, after you have finished printingSuper- or Sub-scripts you will be in'Double strike' mode just as if youhad issued an 'Esc G'. Therefore ifyou don't want to be in 'DoubleStrike', turn it off!
One other observation about Graptrax +:Gary Mariash, a club" member, wrote anEpson Hires dump program about a yearago. It worked fine on his machine, butalways inserted a vertical white line,onmy Epson. I thought he had a bug. Wellsince installing Graftrax + the problemhas gone away!
You can get around the problem byissuing an Epson RESET.
Esc @
Note VisiCalc is in Emphasized mode asare •• the words that follow it!
VisiCalc I: S@ I: FTMI: SA I: EI: H
Where:I: is an Escape or CHR$ (27) ,@ is an Ascii 0 or CHR$(O) andA is a ~trl ~ or CHR$(l).
I fo~nd one minor glitch. If you usethe!;jei: High Order Bit
Esc>followed by text which mayor may notinclude the line graphic characters, youwill probabI y use the CI ear Hi gh OrderBit-
Escto\t:!nd the sequence. This may result ina problem if you next do some graphics.It seems as if the High order bit ispermanently cleared by the 'Esc ='.After the 'Est: =', you can'i: utilize anyg,."'ilhics sequence wl1ichresults in a.dotcount that requires that high orderbit. Fore:xample, if i,t is desired tosend a graphic sequence of 129 dots innorm",l density graphics, you wouldoutput:
Esc K A 0where A is-the character the Ascii codeof which is 129 and 0 is the characterthe Ascii code of which is zero. Insidethe Epson the 129 seems to get convertedto 1 (the high order bit is stripped).
When you switch modes, with the oldGraftrax the print head would alwayshome to the left margin. Now it backsup just far enough so it canaccelerate uo to speed.
If you use the column width feature,Esc 'Q', n
Example: Esc Q (will set column width to 40 characters{( has ASCII code of 40}. Then youwill find that the Epson assumes youmean the space occupied by 40 regularcharacters. The Epson again counts·dots, so whatever mix of charactersyou have (including imbedded graphics)will be limited to the number of dotsthat correspond to 40 characters.
Unfortunately most word processorswill be unable to take advantage ofthis printer hardware feature because
Another nice feature which goes alongwith graphics is that the printer nolonger hangs when you tell it to printgraphics that run off the page.
One very important change in Graftrax~ concerns forms control. Theprinter will count dots not linefeeds. If you use graphics, the linefeed upspace (in number of dots) isoften changed. Previously the If theline feed value changed during theprinting of a page, the Epson wouldlose track of top-of-form, because itcounted line feeds. If you werereally crafty you could compensate forthis, but that was usually moretrouble than it was worth. Now inboth the character count mode and theinch mode the form length isremembered in dots. If you specifyforms length as 66 lines, it willassume 12 dots per line and rememberthe forms length as 66 * 12 = 792dots.
If you use graphics a lot, the setforms length in inches is reallyuseful.
Esc C @ nwhere @ is the character whose ASCIIcode is 00 (Ctl SH~FT M, SHIFT P withPie-Writer) and 1 <= n <=22, n alsobeing a character, the ASCII code ofwhich is n. This will set form lengthto n inches. Note that
Esc C nwhere n>22 will set forms length inlines.
timinl/app/les ---------------------Novembell'" 1982
EPSON NELJSby Dan Bu.chler
I finally got a set of Graftrax ~ chipsinstalled in my MX-BO. Besidesperforming all of the functions reportedin last month's newsletter and earliereditions, there are some really niceless obvious features.
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N~vetnber 1982by ~lan Peterman
DOM #16 Since no DOM would be completewithout a few games, there is a newgame, APP-MAN, from Kevin Bradley andJeff Merth and some old INTEGER gamesthat WILL run under the RAM INTEGER onthis disk.
The November DOM contains someuseful utilities for HI-RES work and theoften asked for INTEGER BASIC in RAM forthose of you without a 16K or ROM card.As always, the disk has a distinctivelogo to start it off, but this month'sdisk has a NEW logo that uses shapetables and the DRAW command. Thisprogram is a good example of how to useSHAPE TABLES (pages 92-100 in theAPPLESOFT manual).
In addition, Dr. Fine has given usanother fine tax program to do the workon IRS Form G (income averaging) or theor the other tax rate schedules. He hasalso given us a nice cryptology programthat makes code breaking moreconvenient. Included are a few samplefiles of codes to work on. Please DO NOTcall me for the answers. I don't knowthem.
Under the miscellaneous category isa sales program by David Lau forrecalling sales data and printing outreports. For the golf set there is aprogram to analyze scores. It comesfrom Dana Lonn, along with his golfscores for the '82 season.
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725 IF LEFT$(B$,19<>"Y" THEN RETURN760 N=N-1: IF N=O THEN PRINT
D$;"DELETE ";ZA$:F$ = ....Also make the following changes tocorrect some file name problems:
880 PRINT D$;"APPEND ";A1$:PRINT D$;"WRITE ";A1$
1550 A1$=F$1580 PRINT D$;"OPEN ";A1$;",D";D1590 PRINT D$;"READ ";A1$2990 PRINT D$; "CLOSE ;'; A1$: CALL768:
IF PEEK (222) <> 5THEN PRINT "ABNORMAL ERROR":END
3000 IF I > N+1 GOTO 16303010 IF I = N+1
THEN PRINT D$;"DELETE ";A1$3020 IF 12 =1 THEN F$="": GOTO 16303030 A1$= F$ + "MAIL LIST: 12 =1
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Hopefully these changes will makeprogram more useful. At any rate,are the detailed descriptions ofprograms on the November DOM:
APP-MAN VER 6.1A deceptively interestingBLOCKADE that allows oneout-maneuver the computer onKevin Bradley ~ Jeff Merth.
GRAPHICS UTILITVA graphic utility by Dana Lonn and LarryTrottochau. It allows one to draw oneither HI-RES screen, lines, circles,colored areas, etc. It{ will allowBLOAD's from disk and will merge screen1 and 2 for a composite. It also has atext add feature to put text onto theHI-RES screen. The program is menudriven and deserves some study. It usesthe files 'PAGE COMBINE and 'HI-RESDUMP.EPSON MX-80'.
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NEW CRVPTDA cryptology program that allows savingand recalling of partially completedproblems. It has the ability to quicklylet one try different substitutions andsee what happens to the puzzle.Contributed by Sam Fine.
INTEGER BASIC-DISKIf you who don't have INTEGER BASIC,this is the integer in RAM that youneed. Just 'BRUN' it and you will be ininteger. It may not work for very largeprograms or programs that use HI-RESgraphics.
TAX_S2T./SCHED""G""A program by Sam Fine that will computethe tax owed on federal tax rateschedules. It will allow you to saveand recall the data from disk and hasrates for married and single taxpayers.It is tenatively current for 1982rates.
SALES PROGRAMA modification of the PHONE NUMBERprogram on the DOS MASTER disk by DavidLau. While it leaves somethings to bedesired, it is a good example of how tomodify a program to get one that bettersuits one's needs.
G/NIGHTMARE GAMEPAKFrom the old library and CALL A.P.P.L.Ecomes this set of games and garbage thatwill perhaps prove interesting to somegame players. As a guess this is forages 8-15 although one of the gamesmight be entertaining for any agegroup. In INTEGER BASIC.
I DARE VOUAnother INTEGER game from the 'OLDLIBRARY'. It j~ based on dice throwingand will pl~y for one or two players.It will teach the probabilities involvedin dice games by defeating you if you gofor 'SUCKER' odds!
CURVE FITTERAnother 'OLD LIBRARY' program that willfit data to the best curve and analyzeit for consistancy=
GOLFAnother Dana Lonn program. This willkeep track of your golf games and letsyou analyze them for consistancy as wellas handicap, etc.
WORD MACHINETHE N 1FT V WORD PROCESSOR
Word Machine is friendly, affordable and has many advancedfeatures. Home users will find Word Machine handy for maintaining a personal inventory, car maintenance records and warrantyinformation. Create your own mailing list, store recipes,picture captions, vacation stories or any other information ondisk and merge it with your correspondences.
THE ASSEMBLER ...Word Machine keeps-up with even thefastest typist. The unique "free form"of the assembler is easy to learn anduse. The text buffer (work area)consists of 2 pages of 250 lines perpage (40 column). Word Machine allowsrapid access to any part of the text.Printer control commands are easilyembebed. These commands and allparameters as well as the editor keysare easily re-assigned by the user.
THE ED I TOR ...Global find, replace, edit, and delete.Insert and delete characters or lines.Move blocks of text. Adjustable marginsallow printed line lengths of 40 to 132characters. The inspection of text tofind end of lines, end of paaes andwords which you may want to hyphenaterequires only a second. Page length andthe hyphenation alert criteria are'adjus table.
P R I NTIN G... DISK CONTROL ...Any part of your text can be selectedand printed without storing to disk ordisturbing other text in memory.selectable parameters include the numberof copies, margins, right justify (on oroff), all upper case or normal, and autopaging with its related parameters. Tohelp align labels and forms the printouthold feature lets you abort, restart, orcontinue printouts as desired.
Text is stored as normal DOS 3.3 binaryfiles. Files can be accessed by name orcatalog number. Any part of your textcan be selected and stored withoutdisturbing other text in memory. Whenreloaded, the text resumes its originallocation in the buffer without disturbing text in other locations. Many filescan be locked, unlocked or deleted in asingle operation.
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The next meeting of the Business SISwill be held on Nov. 11, whem JohnWexler will review PFS and PFSReport. I have also received ananalysis of 3 major databases DBMaster, PFS, VisiFile conducted byPrairie Microsystems. If anyone wishesto obtain a copy, please let me know andsee me at the SIS meeting.
The December meeting will be held on the9th. when CompuServe will bedemonstrating the business and financials~rvices .offered on their system. Iftime permits, we would also like toreview 70me Income Tax programs - ifanyone Wishes to offer their services,or knows of an outstanding package,please contact me.
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4. Page 76 of THE Spreadsheet manualclaims that SIN, COS etc. will beconverted correctly when usingVCConvert! This probably means thatthe conversion takes place without anerror, but you will have to find analternative way of doing thecomputation before you execute thealgorithm. Maybe one could calculatetrig. functions from a 'series'? Ihaven't tried it! SQR can beemulated by EXP10(.5*LOG10(value».CHOOSE can be emulated with aLOOKUP.
5. Allows input of text stream withoutregard for column start and ends.You simply start typing at left edgeof a specific column and you cancontinue typing text right throughall subsequent columns within thatrow. This makes it very easy toenter long descriptions acrossseveral columns. The Edit modeprovides for corrections although youcan't Edit more than one cell at atime.
6. There is also a single cell widthcontrol.
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Please let me say that I am not knockingVisiCalc™. It is a marvelous programand came out first. Lots of people havelearned VisiCalc™ and shouldn't try tochange. They might find it difficult tobreak well-entrenched operator habits.My only point is that if you are apersonal computer user on a tightbudget, the high cost of VisiCalc™makes THE Spreadsheet a fantastic buy!And, as we said, it's better in some~ays. At the $22.50 price, A.P.P.L.E.IS effectively giving the softwareaway. The $22.50 just covers thedistribution and advertising costs of 2disks and a manual!No(4)
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SIN, COS, TAN }ASIN,ACOS,ATAN}LN,EXP,SQR }CHOOSE }
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High speed programload
High speed model loadCopyable programStandard DOS files63cols by 254 rowsRecalculationReplicateSplit WindowFormat:
FP, Integer, $Left/Right JustifyCenterHistogram
Operators:,<, :>, =, -< )-, >=, <=AND, OR
Functions:
V:i. s-:i. C <3.:1. c: TI'1
THE Sp_~<3.ds-h~~t
COMPARISON
Below is a quick run-down of thedifferences between VisiCalc™ and THESpreadsheet. Don't hold me to absoluteaccuracy, for I'm not really anaccomplished VisiCalc™ user. The listcompares THE Spreadsheet with theregular VisiCalc™ and the new AdvancedVisiCalc™, which lists for $400. Myinformation on advanced VisiCalc™ camefrom their brochure.
Notes:1. You can use Locksmith 4.1 to make
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effectively identical to VisiCalc™.In order to use Replicate, you musthave a 16k RAM card. You can specialorder a 48k version of THESpreadsheet for an extra $5.
3., In many cases the logical operatorsAND and OR may be simulated withappropriate use of the arithmeticoperators +,_,A,* and /.
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