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Article-I.D.: pixar.238
Posted: Tue Nov 11 17:04:14 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 12-Nov-86 04:47:52 EST
Organization: Pixar -- Marin County, California
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Keywords: apple
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Can someone tell me the pin-out of my Videx 80-column card for the Apple II?
Mine has six pins on a vertical connector near the edge.
The ones in the computer stores all have an RCA plug,
so that doesn't help me very much. It's a few
old without any documentation at the moment, but it did work at some point
in the past.
Thanks,
H.B. Siegel
ucbvax!pixar!hb
]]>1986-11-11T22:04:14-00:00Re: IWM
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Article-I.D.: apple.282
Posted: Tue Nov 11 12:11:39 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 12-Nov-86 00:46:09 EST
References: <7993B5U@PSUVMB> <557@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU> <8083B5U@PSUVM>
Reply-To: lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein)
Organization: Advanced Development Group, Apple Computer
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In article <8083B5U@PSUVM> B5U@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>
> As far as I can find, it is NOT in the Mac, and, if you think about it, why
> would it be? The disk drive set up in the II series and the Mac are completely
> different (can someone verify/disclaim this, as I know not much about the
> innards ofmy Mac +).
According to Inside Macintosh, the IWM is in the Mac.
--
Larry Rosenstein
Object Specialist
Apple Computer
AppleLink: Rosenstein1
UUCP: {sun, voder, nsc, mtxinu, dual}!apple!lsr
CSNET: lsr@Apple.CSNET
]]>lsr1986-11-11T17:11:39-00:00Re: The Woz and the Apple IIGS, //x
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Article-I.D.: reed.4504
Posted: Tue Nov 11 01:25:19 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 11-Nov-86 20:31:50 EST
References: <7993B5U@PSUVMB> <557@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU> <8083B5U@PSUVM>
Reply-To: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath)
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
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In article <8083B5U@PSUVM> B5U@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>
> In article <557@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU>, ee161abt@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU (Grobbins) says:
>
>>
>> The IWM is also in the Mac, as memory serves, so it's not a design
>> for the IIc/e/GS. And Woz wasn't on the Mac team.
>>
>> Grobbins.
> As far as I can find, it is NOT in the Mac, and, if you think about it, why
> would it be? The disk drive set up in the II series and the Mac are completely
> different (can someone verify/disclaim this, as I know not much about the
> innards ofmy Mac +).
Oh, dear sir, yes, I open them every day, and I tell you there is indeed
a space marked IWM with a little chip there. If you have ever used
something like copy // mac you will see a menu with the option "Chang
header bytes" with the default set to: D5 AA 96!!! Yes!!!! In fact,
the Mac disks are indeed VERY VERY much like the Disk ]['s. WHy throw
away all that knowledge. The unidisk 3.5 is the one that has evolved
more. It interfaces with the protocal converter, but the addressing
scheme is still the same!
Read a book on software protection on the make. Most of it is straight
out of Apple ][ books.
________________________________________________________________________________
Sean Kamath
UUCP: {masscomp, decvax, allegra, psu-cs, ucbcad, ucbvax,
purdue, hplabs, hp-pcd, sequent, uw-beaver, ihnp4,
cbosgd, gatech, nsc-pdc}!tektronix!reed!kamath
CSNET: reed!kamath@Tektronix.CSNET
BITNET: reed!kamath@Berkeley.BITNET
ARPA: tektronix!reed!kamath@Berkeley
reed!kamath@hplabs
DECNET: RHEA::DECWRL::"decvax!tektronix!reed!kamath"
US Snail: Box 395 Reed College,
Portland, OR 97202
(503) 239-7458
These are not the fastest or best paths, just the easiest to use.
I hope they work. (Most notably the US Snail Service :-)
]]>1986-11-11T06:25:19-00:00Re: ProLine
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Article-I.D.: bass.8611101658.AA26167
Posted: Mon Nov 10 10:51:54 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 12-Nov-86 02:06:49 EST
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: The ARPA Internet
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> Some people on bulletin boards that I visit have inquired about BBS
> software. May I load your long description (Tues., Oct. 14, 14:03 edt)
> from the Info-Apple mailing list onto those BBSs for their information?
Sure, feel free to spread it around to whomever will read it. That goes for
anyone else out there in net land.
UUCP: [ akgua, hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, noscvax ] !crash!pnet01!pro-sol!mdavis
ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-sol!mdavis@nosc
]]>mdavis1986-11-10T15:51:54-00:00net.micro.apple is being renamed comp.sys.apple
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Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2998
Posted: Fri Nov 7 15:04:29 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 8-Nov-86 05:46:10 EST
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Oh
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Xref: watmath net.micro.apple:3423 comp.sys.apple:1
This newsgroup is being renamed from net.micro.apple to comp.sys.apple.
This renaming will gradually take place over the next few weeks.
More and more messages posted to this newsgroup will be aliased
into the new newsgroup as they pass through the net, and people
will begin to post to the new group. After a few weeks, the
old name will be removed.
This note is to inform you of the renaming so you can begin to
read the new group as well as the old group.
Mark Horton
Director, the UUCP Project
]]>1986-11-07T20:04:29-00:00Re: Re: Running II software on a ///
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Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8611110917.AA16326
Posted: Fri Nov 7 08:46:00 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 11-Nov-86 20:27:01 EST
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: The ARPA Internet
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The best way I know to obtain one of the emulator boards is to
contact the TAU president, Lavona Rann at the address
I posted yesterday. Titan was having financial difficulties,
and might not be doing business as normal. The TAU had obtained
several of these boards at reduced prices (bulk order), and I
think the Rann's (Lavona and her husband) would be the best
source of information and/or boards.
Mark
]]>1986-11-07T13:46:00-00:00RE: franklin ace 1000
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Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8611102257.AA07439
Posted: Thu Nov 6 11:19:18 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 11-Nov-86 06:23:08 EST
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: The ARPA Internet
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+ Can anyone tell me how compatible a franklin ace 1000 is with the
+ apple II+? Any major hardware/software incompatibilities would be
+ appreciated. Thanks.
+
+ Tom Wanuga
+ wanuga@xx.lcs.mit.edu
The franklin Ace 1000 is basically a clone of the early Rev ]['s. The
same problems that exist for early rev apples to the later rev 7's and
RFI motherboards apply. One problem I have found to be fairly major
is a small timing incompatability between the early and late rev models.
Some manufactures' cards simply do not work in the early revs. An example
which has been killing me lately is the Passport MIDI card. I have been
told that certain cp/m cards also malfunction. A possible solution is
to replace the data bus drivers (8T28's - I believe) with an LS245. After
studing the schematics, I believe these chips are the source of the
problem. This solution requires a small piggyback board. If you
want to play with the Ace character set ROMS, you will notice that the
display bits are mirror imaged from that of the apple.
That's all,
Rob Ginn (eraps1@nadc)
]]>eraps11986-11-06T16:19:18-00:00Re: X-10 Powerhouse software missing
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Article-I.D.: mitre-be.8611061524.AA13127
Posted: Thu Nov 6 10:24:56 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 11-Nov-86 07:24:20 EST
References: <1596@k.cc.purdue.edu>
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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Colin;
I also have the X-10 controller hanging off my II-e. I use the
utility software (supplied with the controller) to effect real-time control of
several things in my home. The real-time commands are communicated to the
controller over the same cable one uses to "program" the controller for timed
events. I just leave the cable connected all the time. One can ( and I
have!) drop lots of bucks for the various X-10 modules but the overall effect
of being able to control everything from lights to your kids t.v. viewing
hours is fantastic! There are, however, well known problems which occur with
the X-10 system, e.g., falsing, controller location sensitivity, etc. You
might also look at Ciarcia's "Circuit Cellar" (either the stand-alone books or
old issues of "BYTE" for further home control articles. My II-e has been in
24 hour service doing home control with BSR devices for two (2) years now and
is doing fine! Have fun....
Jim
]]>jrt1986-11-06T15:24:56-00:00SOS-ProDOS compatability
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Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8611102040.AA04271
Posted: Wed Nov 5 23:01:32 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 11-Nov-86 06:27:46 EST
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: The ARPA Internet
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Re: Apple /// SOS and Apple // ProDOS
Software written on one of the operating systems will not run on the
other without a change in the format of the operating system calls
and a recompilation on the other OS.
ProDOS uses a 4 byte sequence in this format :
JSR MLI ; goto the OS entry point.
; byte specifying what is to be done.
SOS on the other hand uses a two byte sequence as follows:
BRK ;Jump to the OS through the interrupt routine.
; byte specifying the OS operation.
The OS opcodes are the same between SOS and ProDOS, so the only changes
needed to switch OS's is to change the JSR MLI to a BRK or visa-versa.
The above can be found in the ProDOS Technical Reference Manual ( I don't
remember what pages, It's not here ) and in the SOS Technical Reference
Manual ( I was remembering from SOS 1.3 ).
Eric Schnoebelen
F1.EGS%ISUMVS.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA
Standard Disclaimers apply -- I work for no one, except maybe myself.
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