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December 1989
Volume 9 Number 6
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Variable List for Apple ll’s
HyperCard Novice Corner
The Human Interface
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Maple Orchard is published by LOGIC, a
non-profit Apple user group incorporated in the Maple Orchard Volume 9, Number 6
province of Ontario. Editing and layout is per¬
formed exclusively on the Apple Macintosh. Table of Contents
4 From the Editor
Maple Orchard is mailed to all LOGIC
members as one of the benefits of membership.
6 SIGs, LOGIC Help List
Maple Orchard is a bi-monthly publication.
ISSN 0827-1755 8 Apple II and Macintosh Questions and Answers
10 The Human Interface: According to Tog and According to Brown

LOGIC
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14 “Must Have” Utilities: Getting Started on your New Macintosh
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16 Adventure Games: Uniquely Computer-Based Entertainment
Our Volunteer Staff: by Rob Whitelock
MANAGING EDITOR
Jim Ferr 18 Computers in Education, by Glen Denyer
18 The Children’s Writing and Publishing Centre, by Kathy Aubrey

EDITORS
Peter Cameron
20 Apple II Evangelism, from A2-Central
Glen Denyer
Rob Whitelock
21 A High Performance Low Cost Hard Drive for the Apple II
by Kevin Martyn
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ADVERTISING 23 CRS Responds re: “Is EDUCORP Stealing...” Article

Call (416) 323-0828
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29 LOGIC Disk Library Update

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From the Editor by Jim Ferr
Well folks, this is the last issue of spent a great deal of time on the phone for Tognazzi, and LOGIC Member Stephen
Maple Orchard I will edit. After sixteen LOGIC, selling advertising to offset the Brown. I’ve printed a letter from CRS in
months and eight issues, I’m “retiring” as cost to produce Maple Orchard. This issue, response to the EDUCORP article in the
Managing Editor. Our new baby has placed for instance, cost $233.28 for Linotronic last issue, and my letter in reply.
greater demands on my personal time lately, pre-printing, and $1641.60 for printing Jim Low has written a Christmas poem
and I’d like to devote the personal time I 1000 copies. (Prices include costs plus for the computing populace (page 22), and
have left over to other interests, such as Provincial Sales Tax). Ad revenue from all we have several game reviews, mainly
completing a new version of Warp Six sources will be $575.00, leaving $1300 to written by the editorial “staff’ of Maple
BBS with Xmodem capability. There is no be paid out of LOGIC’S bank account. Orchard. If that’s not enough, there is a
need to bore you with all the detailed Most of logic’s revenue comes from program for Apple II owners to list all the
reasons for my decision — I just want to membership fees. Approximately $20 per variables in your Applesoft programs.
make it clear that my decision was a per¬ member, per year (the subscription price of Sid Stulberg has contributed another
sonal one. Maple Orchard) is ostensibly to be used for “Our Members Speak Out” column, as
As editor, I introduced LOGIC to “pre¬ Maple Orchard production costs. I hope well as a reprinted article from A2-Central
printing”, where Maple Orchard, in a each of you will make it clear to LOGIC’S regarding Apple II evangelism.
PageMaker file, is printed on a high reso¬ newly elected Board of Directors that you I ran out of space once again, and have
lution Linotronic 300. At either 1250 dots want Maple Orchard to continue in its several good articles that couldn't make it
per inch or 2450 dots per inch, Linotronic present form. It may be that LOGIC can’t into this issue; maybe next time.
output is much more clear and sharp than support the current cost to produce Maple Finally, the yuletide drawing on the
LaserWriter output, which prints at 300 Orchard — why that might happen is a cover of this special Christmas edition of
dots per inch. very good question. Certainly it has not Maple Orchard is courtesy of Chris
More recently, I arranged for the two- been due to the valiant efforts of LOGIC’S Desormeaux, a Grade 13 student at Bruce
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Apple II and Macintosh
Questions and Answers
Apple II Q&A by Stephen Brown. Macintosh Q&A by Jim Ferr
Apple II Q&A II Plus, but some multiple block files were home. I know Apple File Exchange can do
Q: How do I install and use NBAs and only I block long on the destination disk. this, and the manual describes doing this
CD As my Apple IIGS? They copied perfectly when I used the with Apple 5.25” MS DOS drives attached
A: With a ProDOS/16 or GS/OS disk, Finder on System Disk 5.0. What hap¬ to the Mac. However, my employer has
put all CDA and NDA files into the subdi¬ pened? converted to 3.5” MS DOS drives. Is there
rectory called “DESK.ACCS”. This sub¬ A: Some files on System Disk 5.0 (all any way I can transfer directly from MS-
directory is optional; if it doesn’t exist, the CDEV’s, and the files DOS 720k 3.5” disks to Mac?
create it in the SYSTEM subdirectory. SYS.RESOURCES and CTLPANEL. A. Apple File Exchange (AFE) can
Beware! Some CDA’s and NDA’s that NDA) are of a new file structure called a indeed transfer files from Mac to IBM and
worked perfectly under ProDOS/16 or “forked file” or “extended file”. They have back. However, you must have the MS-
System Disk 4.0 may not work under two sets of data blocks, each with their own DOS files available to be transferred while
System Disk 5.0. set of File Index Blocks. There is no AFE is running. Macs without the new
The situation is slightly different under support (yet) under ProDOS/8 for files of FDHD “SuperDrive” cannot read or write
ProDOS/8. Presently, NDA’s cannot be this structure, so for the meantime, they MS-DOS disks, so unless you buy the
made to work. However, there is a way to can only be copied with the new Finder. No DaynaFile, a third party solution, or Apple’s
get CDA’s loaded, though there is no software is available yet to pack or trans¬ PC Drive, which can only read 5.25 inch
guarantee that they will work. Obtain the mit/receive forked files. 360K DOS disks, you have to use another
Shareware (not Freeware) program Q: Will memory cards that worked in method. You can transfer the file by modem
P8CDA.SYSTEM (by Dave Lyons, of the original IIGS work in the ROM 03 or cable, with terminal software on both
DAL Systems). Copy this file into the main version (ie. I Megabyte) IIGS? ends, then translate the file in AFE.
directory, and arrange it so that it is the first A: Apple’s card works. The RAM on it Q. Can I leave my Macintosh ''on” all
“.SYSTEM” file in the directory (even is mapped above the motherboard RAM, the time without causing it any harm? Is it
before your program selector or BASIC). expanding the RAM up to 2 Megabytes. likely that this may shorten its life span like
Then create a subdirectory called SYS¬ Other cards, which decode the address bus it would with a light bulb? My mac is a
TEM in the main directory. In the SYS¬ directly, instead of using the signals that PLUS which is really an upgrade from the
TEM subdirectory, create a subdirectory are intended for deciding which bank of original 128 I bought in 1984. It has no
called “DESK.ACCS”. Copy the CDA’s RAM to activate, will not work. I have internal drive, and thus has no fan. On the
you want loaded into DESK.ACCS. been advised that the Applied Engineering other hand am I doing more damage by
When ProDOS is booted, P8CDA. GS-Ram Ultra works, but the other Ap¬ turning the machine on and off depending
S YSTEM will first try to load all the CDA’s plied Engineering cards need a new PAL when I need to use it. I remember vaguely
it finds in DESK.ACCS. Then it will run chip to work. reading something like that a long time
the next “.SYSTEM” file, which is usually ago. By the way, I have a screen saver "Fade
the program selector program, or BASIC. Macintosh Q&A To Black”.
I have SETSPEED.CDA (an easy way to (Source: TechLink Toronto) A. You can leave your Macintosh on 24
change speed), TYPEWRITER.CDA (a Q. I understand how the developer hours a day without fear of damaging it or
quick’n’dirty typewriter), and system works with Apple in the states, but shortening its life. I always recommend
CALENDAR.CDA (a monthly calendar) I was wondering if a similar system exists you have AppleCare, however, but the
in DESK.ACCS, and they work flawlessly. here in Canada. choice of whether or not to buy it is yours.
As a rule, a CDA will work if it doesn’t A. There is a certified developer pro¬
expect ProDOS/16 to be present, or the gram running in Canada under the direc¬
Quickdraw II toolset to be initialized. tion of David Smardon, the Third Party
The CDA menu is activated by the Product Manager at Apple in Markham. Do you have any Apple II or Macintosh
open-apple/control/escape key combina¬ questions you'd like answered? Send your
To inquire about become an authorized
questions to LOGIC Q&A Column, Attn. Maple
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Orchard Editor, P.O. Box 696, Station B, Wil-
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The Human In my column, I am not pawning off
opinion and vague impression as fact. I
really have waded through the studies I
Interface by Bruce “Tog” Tognazzi

reference so cavalierly. I do generally save
my formal cites, however, for my aca¬
demic books and scientific papers, where
the goal is, after all, to bore and confuse the
reader, rather than inform.
Editor s Note: In the last issue of Maple Or¬ only fair to warn you that you shall be
Since you are obviously dealing with
chard, I printed an excerpt from an article hearing from my copyright attorneys:
people with a great deal of extra time on
called 'The Command-Key Quandries , by “Printed an excerpt” indeed!
Bruce Tognazzi, Apple employee number 66,
their hands, perhaps you could have them
Criticism 1: You said, "we’ve done a
under the heading ‘The Human Interface' ,from do some cite searches.
cool $50 million of R & D on the Apple
his column in Apple Direct, a developer publi¬ Criticism 3: One critic complains about
Human Interface.’’ The critics doubt this
cation from Apple Computer, Inc. your use of the words, "True Facts," and
statement and contend that the $50 million
The uproar that ensued on the LOGIC BBS the capitalization that implies these "True
quoted were probably marketing dollars,
will be remembered for some time. Many Facts" are somehow elevated above nor¬
critcisms were directed at the article and the
not research dollars. As well, they say
mal data. He implies your "evangelism" is
“editorial support” attributed to my introduc¬ there are no published "papers’’ of the
not based on facts at all.
tion. After reading these messages on the research you have indicated and want some
This person needs a humour transplant.
LOGIC BBS, I immediately sent Bruce an sort of proof that your "studies" were sci¬
Criticism 4: You claim that "selecting
AppleLink outlining the criticisms as I under¬ entifically conducted.
a command key requires high level cogni¬
stood them, asking himfor a response. A couple While Apple doesn’t choose to dis¬
of days later Stephen Brown submitted an ar¬
tive engagement. ’’ The critics contend that
close the exact amount we spend on every
ticle in response to the original article. selecting an item from a menu with the
aspect of R & D, I think you may rest
I was surprised to find that Bruce Tognazzi mouse will require "high level cognitive
assured they have spent $50 million and
replied to my AppleLink. (He doesn t answer all engagement", because (and they quote from
more on human interface and the hard¬
his letters due to their sheer volume.) A few your own definition) it requires "deciding
ware/software systems that directly sup¬
days later, Bruce sent me a revised reply (after among abstract symbols", namely decid¬
he'd had more time to think about it) and in¬
port it. And the money did not go to mar¬
ing among menu items composed of words,
formed me he will be printing my letter in his keting weenies, either. It went to weenies
i. e., abstract symbols.
column. Here is his revised reply, including my like me.
This, of course, is silly. Once text items
original questions, in italics. Stephen Brown's There are comparatively few published
have been absorbed, they are no longer
article immediately follows it. (Stephen has papers because Apple considers our find¬
“read,” but rather seen as objects akin to
read Bruce's reply to my AppleLink and has ings to be an important asset, as evidenced
elected not to modify his article. I have no doubt
pictures. Studies show. (Really!)
by the length of time it has taken others to
he'll be writing about it in the next issue.) Users also reference menu items by
even begin to catch up.
position, and if you don’t think that’s real,
We maintain some of the top profes¬
I leave it you, the reader, to distinguish try changing the position of two items in an
sionals in the world in the fields of soft¬
between fact and fancy in this debate. application’s menu and give the result to
ware engineering, human factors, and ex¬
— Jim Ferr experienced users of that application.
perimental psychology. Your mob may
Criticism 5: You claim, "it takes two
rest assured that our studies are “scientifi¬
seconds to decide which special-function
cally conducted.” You may also rest as¬
Hi Bruce, I work for Apple Canada's key to press"... The critics say that the ex¬
sured I will not be offering any “proof.”
Technical Response Group (Tech Support) perienced user has memorized the physi¬
Criticism 2: You continually use the
but also edit a user group newsletter called cal movement of hitting the appropriate
phrase "studies show..." What studies?
Maple Orchard. In a recent issue of Maple command key combination, and it will be
Conducted by whom? Were they accepted
Orchard, I printed an excerpt from your faster than grabbing a mouse. The 2 sec¬
by the scientific community at large? Were
article '‘The Command-Key Quandries". ond delay, they say, will only apply to
they even published?
The result was instant uproar. I was won¬ novice users.
The studies I reference are published
dering ifyou could address these key criti¬ Oh, yeah? Then why, almost six months
and accepted by the scientific community
cisms directed at your article. (Brace your¬ after the column appeared, has not one
at large. I just can’t always remember who
self, these guys didn’t hold anything back.) single reader offered up one single study
did them. (I’m very good at remembering
that indicates that the keyboard is even as
concepts, but not isolated data, such as
Usually I don’t respond to my detrac¬ fast as the mouse, let alone faster? Plenty
names.) I am given exactly one (12 hour)
tors, Jim, since it only makes them froth at have written with their opinion, and one
day to write each column. Rather than
the mouth even more, but I decided to even had a friend who had a vague recol¬
spending most of it down in the bowels of
make an exception in this case, in the lection such a study existed, but couldn’t
the Apple library looking for cites, I spend
(perhaps false) hope that I might be able to produce it. Talk is cheap! Let’s cite some
it writing what I hope to be useful informa¬
guide your readers toward mending their properly documented scientific studies!
tion. (I await Desktop Information Re¬
ways. However, before I begin, I feel it -Tog (Of course, ignore my comments
trieval for The Rest Of Us.)
vis-a-vis lawyers.) 'V-.q
Our
productivity increase with the mouse in Flin Flon, Manitoba. MBR: Much more on
spite of their subjective experience.” the lie (otherwise you ll lose members!!)
But what of Tognazzi’s “user amne¬ J.K. Toronto, Ont.
sia”, his stopwatch proof, and his “cool $50 GM: Maple Orchard’s content de¬
million of R&D [research and develop¬
ment] on the Apple Human Interface”?
Strangely enough, there is not even one
Members pends largely on articles submitted by
LOGIC’S members. We would indeed
welcome a much greater number of articles
scientific study that corroborates
Tognazzi’s story. Any scientist can tell
you that $50 million will buy one mighty
Speak Up by Sid Stulberg,
from a greater number of members which
would, in turn, produce a greater variety of
topics. Yes, you can order disks via the
big research study, or lots of tiny little BBS with a VISA card. Simply enter
LOGIC General Manager
ones. Yet no references are listed in the (I)nformation at the main menu and you
article, in the Social Sciences Citation Index will be given a choice of either a disk order
or in hundreds of recent psychological MBR: Too much emphasis on Macs form, a membership renewal form or a new
research paper abstracts (Bill Bryant, thank and Ilgss. You have separate meetings for membership application form, to complete.
you for checking!). Could Tognazzi really each maybe you could have separate MBR: Make special offers available
be talking about “a cool $50 million” in magazines as well. If you can renew via mail to out-of-town members (like the
promotion and advertising of the Apple memberships via the BBS and a VISA hard disk ojfer). N.K. Saskatoon, Sask.
Human Interface? It is suspicious when a number can you order disks that way? I GM: We made a modem offer avail¬
paper mentions so much R&D but does not enjoy your articles on hardware and short able in the previous issue of Maple Or¬
cite even one bit of it. programs. Hope you keep them up. S.P. chard and we are planning to get more
And what is this “Apple Human Inter¬ dealers to make special offers available to
face” (AHI) anyway? This term refers to LOGIC members. Check this issue for
what Apple likes to call the mouse-driven, makes the objectivity with which Mr. specials from our advertisers and a “buy 4
graphics-based user-interface first designed Tognazzi writes questionable, and the and get a 5th disk free offer” from LOGIC.
by Xerox but adopted wholeheartedly by amount of credence automatically due to MBR: Stick to Apple II!! R.D. Mon¬
Apple in the design of Macintosh and what he calls “True Facts” even more so. treal, Que.
Macintosh products. Since Apple expects “True Facts” (or the slightly less im¬ GM: We’re sure trying - APPLE II
the AHI-dependent Macintosh-line to be portant “true facts”) are like “free gifts” FOREVER. There is a reprint of an article
their mainstay product in the business often referred to on Television: unneces¬ from A2-Central (formerly Open-Apple)
market for the next few years, there are sary redundancies intended to emphasize a in this issue of Maple Orchard which I’m
billions of dollars at stake. Whether the point. Facts are by definition, true, as gifts sure all Apple II owners will find to be very
keyboard is better than the mouse, or vice are by definition, free. Capitalizing his interesting.
versa, Apple’s immediate future strongly “true facts” to produce the weightier “True MBR: More software on its library.
hinges on the premise that “mousing” is Facts” makes them no more believable. Latest news from other BBS’s about Apple
superior. Thus, even in the face of irrecon¬ Yet, the contents of this article are revealed products. H.R. Don Mills, Ont.
cilable contradictions and incontrovertible to be “true facts” by the Editorial support GM: I’m not sure H.R. whether you are
proof that “keyboarding” was superior, preamble as well. referring to software in the BBS’s free
Apple would still have to side with “mous¬ The “religious wars” that this Apple download area or the software in our public
ing” until they came up with something Evangelist refers to with such fervour and domain freeware and shareware disk col¬
better. It is not surprising that their em¬ conviction are really a “tempest in a tea¬ lection. Although there are hundreds of
ployees so blindly and passionately em¬ pot”. The truth is (and I say this with my new programs every week on the major
brace Macintosh and the AHI. tongue well affixed to the inside of my commercial BBS’s, and we download them
Finally, I find it offensive when anyone cheek) that arguing one interface is better all on a regular basis, relatively few end up
claims to have found “facts” in an area of than another is akin to arguing that one’s being judged suitable for distribution to
study which is still in its infancy. I am left computer is better than another. There are our members. I am sure your request for
empty-handed looking for any “facts” at no absolutes; these things depend on many news about new Apple products has been
all in this article, rather I find scientific- factors, not the least of which being the noted by our editors.
sounding jargon designed to justify an user, the software, the computer, or the MBR: I would like to see a list of
argument. Perhaps this is not so surprising. application. . members names and addresses with spe¬
Bruce “Tog” Tognazzi is one of Apple’s cial expertise and familiarity with specific
original employees (#66 to be exact), hav¬ Stephen Brown program know-how - both for pay or for
ing distinguished himself ten years ago as Contact him on the LOGIC BBS: E-mail to hire. R.U. Willowdale, Ont.
an author of cassette-tape based programs SBROWN GM: Although we have a LOGIC Help
for the ancient original Apple II. Now, his Also: ProLINE: sb@pro-generic List in Maple Orchard, I agree that it is very
job description is listed (in the article’s AREA : crash IpnetOl ! p r o - limited in scope. We are very grateful to
generic! [email protected] those members who are already on the list
epilogue), as “an Evangelist whose job it is
INET: [email protected]
to keep the Human Interface faith”. This and I agree, that we should have many
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more. I must point out that we’re talking they are generally unable to avail them¬ time to write to us regarding their com¬
about VOLUNTEERS which simply boils selves of the monthly meetings, the bene¬ ments, suggestions and criticisms. It is
down to “no volunteers - no names”. We fits of LOGIC membership are still very only through your input that we are able to
would really appreciate hearing from any substantial. I’m sure that we should be able learn what you want and how you feel.
of our readers who would like to share their to get an article on MIDI and someone on With this information we can take steps to
knowledge and experience by helping our the LOGIC Help List with experience in improve our meetings, our articles, and our
other members. If you are willing to help this medium. How about it, members? club in general. There were several mem¬
us, please send me e-mail to my BBS MBR: Keep using Kodak Datashow bers who expressed the need for help with
address which is [LOGIC] or drop me a projectors at the meetings. R.A.F. equipment and software and I was able to
line, Sid Stulberg, c/o LOGIC, Box 696, Richmond Hill, Ont. get help for them by phoning members
Station B, Willowdale, ON M2K 2P9. GM: Amen! You were probably at the who I knew would be more than willing
Please don’t be shy. Let’s hear from you. meeting where the topic was presented by and able to be of service. After all, that’s
MBR: I would like more MIDI music Apple Canada or Claris, who supplied their what LOGIC is all about. We would also
info. For those of us in the boonies^, every¬ own equipment. Vastly improved projec¬ like to see you support a “Letters to the
thing seems oriented to the Toronto local tion is our most urgent priority and I can Editor” column. By expressing your con¬
users. W.L.G. Manitouwadge, Ont. assure our members that we are doing cerns in an open forum of this kind, not
GM: Although LOGIC has a substan¬ everything possible to achieve this goal as only will you be helping yourself, but you
tial number of members who reside from quickly as possible. will find that you may not be the only one
coast to coast, outside of the Toronto area, As General Manager, and on behalf of with the same problem or concern and that
I have no doubt that, aside from the fact LOGIC, I want to thank all who took the the answer will help others as well,
“Must have” Utilities:
Getting Started on your new
Macintosh by Kenneth Cohen
One of the lawyers in my office bought you have kept your original program disks I’m a lawyer, and whenever I create a
a Macintosh almost one year ago, includ¬ hidden safely away, you should only need document for a new office file, I like to put
ing an external 60 megabyte hard drive. to back up your data files. The first time the it in its own folder so that most of my office
When I bought my Mac SE several months program is used, then, a complete backup files have corresponding computer fold¬
ago, I asked his advice about hard drive is done. After that, subsequent backups are ers.
utilities. The blank look which he gave me short and sweet, using a system called MS Works cannot do this. So, just to
said it all: He had never backed up his drive “incremental backup” which backs up only satisfy this one simple need, I bought Disk
and hadn’t heard of disk defragmentation. those files that have been modified or added Tools Plus (Batteries Included, now dis¬
It was time for me, a refugee from the since your last backup was made. The tributed by Electronic Arts), a package of
Apple II kingdom, to educate my friend program works flawlessly, and you will seven desk accessories.
before he learned his lesson the hard way. learn to use it in about ten minutes using The most comprehensive of the seven
I explained to him the need to back up his either the excellent manual or the online DAs in this package is DiskTools II, which
hard drive on a regular basis, and taught Help menu. You can buy DiskFit for in effect is a Finder in a desk accessory.
him Gaherty’s axiom to Murphy’s Law, $98.95. Thus, many of the Finder functions which
which states that the only time your hard you could otherwise only access by first
drive will crash will be the time you didn’t
back it up. We began a joint investigation
Disk Express exiting from your application (functions
such as creating new folders, for example)
into Macintosh utility programs, and sev¬ Disk Express (by ALSoft) is a disk can be performed without having to return
eral months later I have purchased a num¬ defragmentation program. Its job is to to the Finder. Groups of files or folders can
ber of these which I can recommend and optimize hard drive performance by reor¬ be moved, copied, deleted or renamed
will describe briefly. ganizing the files on your hard drive. If you quickly from within MS Works or any
do not use a program such as this on a hard other application. You can also launch
[Editor s note: All prices were obtained in drive periodically, you can expect your other applications the same way, from a list
Canadian dollars, from Arkon Electronics in drive ’ s ability to read files to become gradu¬ which you create and which DiskTools II
Toronto, in October 1989, and may have ally slower over time, and you can expect maintains. This DA also has excellent file-
changed since then.] that eventually some disk space will “dis¬ locating capabilities using various selec¬
appear”. Defragmentation of a disk in¬ tion criteria — so the next time you forget
DiskFIt volves the “reuniting” of files which, for
various reasons associated with the func¬
where you put a file, you’ll be able to track
it down easily. This DA can do many other
DiskFit (by SuperMac Software), is a
tioning of disk drives, have been stored in useful little jobs for you as well. It’s worth
program which creates backups of your
small fragments at different locations on the price of the whole package.
hard drive. It will back up any Macintosh
the disk. A client of mine, an architect who DiskTools Plus includes a perpetual
hard drive onto 3.5 inch disks (400K or
has used a Macintosh II and a large hard calendar desk accessory that conveniently
800K), or onto tape, or onto another hard
drive for about two years, found that Disk lets you enter notes every day, search notes,
drive.
Express freed up almost one megabyte of dial telephone numbers which appear in
With some backup programs, hard drive
space on his hard drive that had previously notes, and print notes. An accompanying
backup is a long, dreary chore. Backing up
not been there. More frequent use of the application called Calendar Manager will
a 60-megabyte hard drive can use as many
program will of course produce less dra¬ print notes for any range of dates using all
as 75 800K 3.5 inch disks and can involve
matic results. Highly recommended for Macintosh printing functions, archive
upward of two hours of wasted time.
heavy users of hard drives. It sells for notes, and remove them from the calendar
DiskFit reduces the time loss dramatically,
$78.95. files.
and that is what makes this utility worth¬
while. Phone Pad is a 250-page note pad DA
The first time DiskFit backs up a hard Disk Tools Plus which can be used as a large name/address/
drive, you are offered the choice of back¬ Near the top of my wish list for Micro¬ telephone number list which will dial tele¬
ing up the entire drive (including applica¬ soft Works is the simply ability to create phone numbers. Search and organizational
tions) or just the data files. Assuming that new folders wherever I specify. features make it easy to find and use quickly

the information you want.
DiskTools Plus includes two Reverse
Polish Notation (RPN) desk accessory
calculators, one being a comprehensive
scientific calculator, the other a simply
For Sale
“subset” version. The manual does not
explain RPN very well, but it’s easy to use
once you figure it out, and can save time
when performing lengthy calculations. Asking Loaded PC Transporter for the Ilgs — mint
Another DA, called “Print Text”, is a $1000 or condition, with two 5.25 inch drives, 8087-
programming utility which prints ASCII
will consider ^ Intel co-processor (speeds calculations up
text files to an ImageWriter or LaserWriter
printer with formatting options provided. trade. tjnies!), 768K RAM in Apple mode;
Finally, a DA called “Windows” lets
640K in DOS mode, and Ilgs adapter kit
you bring any open window (including
other DAs) to the front by selecting it from video.
a menu. This DA should not be used with The Applied Engineering PC Transporter
MultiFinder or with applications (such as
.MS Word) that have their own Windows runs all MS-DOS software as fast as the
menu. Price of the DiskTools Plus pack¬ IBM PC/AT and compatibles. It uses an
age is $62.95.
NEC V30 cpu that is 20% faster than the
8086. Since the new OS/2 from IBM and
SuperSpool
This desk accessory by SuperMac
Microsoft still runs MS-DOS software in
Software is another major time-saver. One- its “compatibility box”, you are assured of
megabyte Macs are not generally capable
a very long life. Works with all Apple
of “background printing” (printing while
you do something else with the computer). peripherals. Comes with manuals.
Superspool will print to an ImageWriter II
For Sale
while you work. It stores your document
on your hard drive, and then proceeds to
print it one page at a time. Any use by you
of the keyboard or mouse will interrupt
printing as the system in effect returns to
your control. You can preview pages be¬ $1000 value, Also selling: Mix C compiler (DOS), Mix
fore they print, and change the order in asking $400 Editor, Borland Quattro (1-2-3 workalike),
which queued documents will print. Highly for all, or
recommended. Available for $79.95. A DSR Diversitune (Apple), ProTERM 2.1,
will trade or
laser version called Super LaserSpool also
sell
Macintosh French keyboard, Rixon 1200
is available for Apple laser printers.
separately. Modem (Hayes compatible). Gravis Mk IV
joystick, complete set of IIGS Technical
TypeNow
This remarkable little DA published by
Manuals, including language development
Mainstay lets you use an ImageWriter II sets, and many other Apple II and MS-DOS
printer as an electronic typewriter. The
games, utilities and accessories. All
obvious use for it is pre-printed forms.
Typenow lets you fill in forms, and will programs in mint condition and include
record and “play back” typing. Simple, manuals.
inexpensive ($42.95): A convenience item.
Summary Call Richard Kay, Mon, - Fri, during the

All of the utilities I’ve described will
pay for themselves several times over in
day at (416) 497-0579, or evenings and
terms of time saved. They’re all reasona¬
bly priced, have good manuals, and func¬
weekends at (416) 769-5777.
tion flawlessly.
December 1989 Vol. 9 No. 6 MAPLE ORCHARD 15

lent shareware offerings. Many of these have personally found the characters in the
are based on World Builder. A very note¬ Ultimas to be rather ‘wooden’ compared to
Mixed Text and
worthy exception is Theldrow, a share¬
ware Wizardry play-alike that is available
Wizardry, as Wizardry permits a great deal
of control over each character, while Ul¬
Graphics
in the LOGIC disk library (Mac 229). tima generally does not. Adventures
The Wizardry series goes a very long
Recently a number of games have
way towards capturing in a graphic way the
appeared that have tried to merge the best
excitement of surviving in a maze that
Infocom creates in their text adventures.
Unfortunately, qualities of text adventures with automatic
mapping and graphic images that are re¬
Rather than working alone, you control a trying to be all lated to the graphic adventures in one
party of up to six adventurers who traverse
package. Mediagenic, through Activision
a maze in search of some defined goal. things to all people and Infocom, has been active in this area.
Many monsters block the way. Battles win
gold, experience points and a chance to has its price... Beyond Zork and Zork Zero, sequels to
Infocom’s classic Zork series, fall into this
move further in the maze. Players some¬
bracket. Quarterstaff, also from Infocom,
times find objects in the maze, which can
is a Macintosh adventure game that epito¬
be identified by a bishop, or in town (for a Somewhere between Wizardry and
mizes this genre.
price). Wizardry’s first three scenarios Ultima are the Bard’s Tale adventures from
Unfortunately, trying to be all things to
required the party to return periodically to Electronic Arts. They occur within a town,
all people has its price: I have found
town in order to rest: The later versions and involve the traversing of mazes and
Quarterstaff to be almost unplayable due to
apparently get around that (sometimes) maze-like castles within the town. The
its complexity. One of the problems asso¬
annoying requirement. The graphic com¬ B ard ’ s Tale adventures are more Wizardry-
ciated with very complicated games is that
ponent in Wizardry is sufficient, but not like than Ultima-like, in that more charac¬
the programmers seem to spend their en¬
wonderful. The maze is defined by lines, ter control is possible than in Ultima, and
ergy on driving the program, and the play
and special events (like encounters with the interface permits more character op¬
suffers. Quarterstaff has a number of mile¬
bad guys) are marked by small images tions. The graphics are much richer than
stones in it that are almost impossible to get
appearing on the screen at the appropriate Wizardry’s, however.
past. All good challenges must be a little
time. Another completely different kind of
tougher than the player’s skill level to be
The Ultima series from Lord British is graphic adventure is the hi-res adventure,
stimulating, and should help the player get
in many ways similar to Wizardry. Differ¬ most notably from Sierra On-Line. These
better. A game that is suddenly impossible
ent scenarios (there are at least five) have adventures use large numbers of detailed
to advance in usually loses its place on the
different rules for movement, travel and drawings with small quantities of descrip¬
hard disk quickly: Quarterstaff is no longer
fighting, but each involves a quest. The tive text to provide the story. The player
on mine.
territory in the Ultimas is much larger than responds with short phrases in English,
A very recent development in this area
that of Wizardry, involving sailing, riding, somewhat like in a text adventure. The
has been the HyperCard-based adventures.
walking, time travel and space flight at Space Quest, Police Quest and King ’ s Quest
The Manhole and Cosmic Osmo. These
times, over very large territories, while series, available for both the Apple II and
adventures are so large that they are being
Wizardry occurs within a single maze. I the Macintosh, are examples of these games.
offered on CD-ROM as well as on a stack
of disks. They are the first to try to com¬
bine sound, quality graphics and text on a
very large scale. Time will tell if they have
done it successfully.
Afterword
I have not tried to name, or to recom¬
mend, all of the available adventure games.
There are just too many available after
nearly a decade of production, especially
on the Apple II. Adventures can be an
extremely enjoyable pastime, and can even
be a worthwhile educational experience
for young readers and problem solvers.
More importantly, they’re fun, and a very
unique computer related form of entertain¬
ment.
"Edu fidventurers (f^rom "Wizardry)

Computers graduate from high school and go on to
post-secondary education either in a col¬
lege or a polytechnic or a university. These
so. The end result is that it is left up to the
energies of teachers of Art, Music, Eng¬
lish, History and others subjects to try to
in
days, if she wishes to be competitive even become proficient in the use of computers
in a community college she must have five and to introduce their kids to the applica¬
or six OAC’s (Ontario Academic Credits, tions. Unfortunately, when they truck on
the new name for the former grade thirteen
Education
down to the Computer Lab to see if they
courses). Let’s further assume that she is can get some time there for their class, nine
prudent, and so she plans to take six courses hundred and ninety nine times out of one
at the OAC level. We will assume that this thousand, they will find a notice: - Com¬
by Glen Denyer
young woman is a bit of an all-rounder who puter Class in Progress: Do Not Disturb.
does acceptable work in most subject ar¬ —-Q
In my last article, I talked very briefly eas. Given all of this, she will most likely
about how few teachers ever use comput¬ plan to take something like 1 English, 1
ers at all, let alone use them in their classes.
In this article, I want to talk a bit about what
actually is offered to students in Ontario
Mathematics, 1 Science, 1 History, 1
Modem Language (most likely French)
The
classes with respect to computers, and to
try to suggest why so few of them graduate
and 1 more subject which will most likely
be another Science or Mathematics course,
or something like Theatre Arts, Music,
Childrens’
from high school with much exposure to a
device that could, if properly used, trans¬
form education into something very differ¬
Urban Studies (Geography), Economics
or Business Education. Now, if she wishes
to take Mathematics, Science, English and
Writing
ent from what it is today.
To begin with, we have to leave the
realm of computers and examine educa¬
a Modem Language, then she will have to
take each of those subjects in all five grades
and
tion in Ontario, specifically the credit sys¬
tem. If you have children yourself, you
of high-school. What this means is that she
will be locked in to 25 of her 30 credits
already. Add to those 25 the necessary
Publishing
may be aware that, under OS:IS (Ontario
Schools: Intermediate and Senior), the old
distinction between the former grade twelve
Arts, Business/Technical and Physical
Education credits, and it becomes quite
clear that she has very few options indeed.
Centre
and thirteen diplomas has been eliminated. Now what happens to computers in all The Learning Co. (Requires 128K,
The long history that lead inevitably to this of this? Well, under OS:IS, a computer Me or later)
change is interesting in itself, but this is not studies credit counts towards the one by Kathy Aubrey
the place for such a digression. It is enough mandatory Business credit. And so what
to know that all students currently entering would this girl take? Most likely one of two Peak your child’s interests and develop
high school (i.e. grade nine) must earn a things: Introductory Keyboarding (if she is his/her creative skills with a terrific junior
total of 30 credits in order to receive what smart) or Introductory Computer Studies. desk top publishing program. If you judge
is now called the Ontario Secondary School Keyboarding is simply a computerized form a program by its ease of use before you
Diploma. Of these 30 credits, there are 16 of the old Typing class; and most courses have to read the instructions, then this is the
which are compulsory, as follows: 5 Eng¬ that serve as introductions to the computer program for you.
lish, 1 French, 2 Mathematics, 2 Science, 1 are a mish-mash of the history, design and Click on a menu bar at the top of the
Canadian Geography, 1 Canadian History, uses of the computer along with some screen, select a heading (2 columns or
1 credit in the Arts, 1 credit in Physical and elementary programming. Most kids still single column), and fill your page with
Health Education, 1 credit in Business or see Keyboarding as a secretarial subject, text, or even insert a graphic. Text wraps
Technical Education and 1 additional credit and they avoid it with great energy. And so around automatically and this program
in the Social Sciences (in the senior divi¬ our graduate, our hope for the future, a prop doesn’t need a text editor as it accepts
sion). And that is it. That means that the in our dotage and our protectress from the keystrokes much more rapidly than the
student can choose another 14 optional future, ends five years of high school with more sophisticated programs.
credits and graduate. And so it should be a single survey course in computers which Although there is no built in paint pro¬
simple to find room to get to know the will equip her to handle the complexities of gram, graphics can be imported from vari¬
computer, right? that machine as about as well as an Intro¬ ous other picture libraries, and the word
Wrong. It just isn’t that straightfor¬ duction to Internal Combustion Engines processor has the features you really need.
ward. Now, to simplify matters, I am going would equip her to compete in the Indian¬ Any child fortunate enough to have
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one who is taking classes at the Advanced Quite simply put, the Ministry of Edu¬ colour printouts, and will have a personal
(as opposed to General or Basic) Level. Let cation is still working in the nineteenth story book started in no time.
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Apple II lack of talent for Apple II projects, but
rather a purposeful impetus within the
company to take revenue from its Apple II
Apple is trying to convince these compa¬
nies to develop Apple II products and fail¬
ing, it may be because the Apple II user
Evangelism customers and give priority to investment

in the Macintosh. It’s not surprising that
the Macintosh is now successful in light of
base has not convinced the third-party
company that there is interest in such a
product. Although we like to know what
The following article comes from the Oct. the scope of this disinvestment of Apple II readers are interested in and usually echo
'89 issue of A2-Central and is Copyright ©1989 revenue; what is amazing is that Apple can such requests when talking to the compa¬
by A2-Central. Reprinted with permission. so thoroughly ignore the 5 million custom¬ nies, we are only one voice in the wilder¬
ers that paid for what Apple blithely refers ness; we also can’t serve as a clearing
to as “Macintosh” technology. house for all such “wish lists” if we’re
Sigh... once every few months a letter If you look at the features that Apple going to get a newsletter out each month.
arrives from someone who has decided to itself has not elected to support on the For a company to be interested in develop¬
abandon the Apple II due to our “pessi¬ Apple II and find it lacking, it seems more ing a product, they must know that there is
mism”. Maybe we should clarify our view sensible to invest in a non-Apple machine a market for it, and the only way they will
of the situation. rather than to switch to a Macintosh and realize this is if a large number of people
The whole purpose for A2-Centrars simply start what may be the same cycle write and request it. Also send a copy to
existence is evangelism for the Apple II again. Apple’s commitment to the Apple Apple to let them know that you want
through support of the Apple II user. Any II customer is the barometer by which the Apple to aid the company in bringing the
of our complaints about the state of the company must be measured; that’s not product to market. This is how the Macin¬
Apple II do not arise from a belief the “pessimism” but a strict fact of consumer¬ tosh population finally started getting prod¬
computer is failing the company, but be¬ ism. ucts equivalent to (or even better than)
cause we believe a disproportionate pro- Most complaints we hear are in terrhs those for the MS-DOS world.
Macintosh bias in the company is failing of the lack of certain types of hardware or The same general rule applies to soft¬
the computer and therefore its customers. software support. For Apple products such ware products; companies tend to allocate
This bias is almost wholly contained in the as the AppleFAX modem, SCSI tape resources based on what markets they
marketing strategy and marketing support backup, FDHD drive, Apple Scanner, etc., believe will generate the most revenue.
of the Apple II line; in many other ways, the finger has to be pointed squarely at Unless you can convince a company that
the Apple II line and Apple’s commitment Apple. Apple should also not be let off the an Apple II program will generate more
to it has never been better. It is fair to say hook for providing software features revenue than one for the Amiga, all other
that the Apple IIs of today are the best that equivalent to those that are provided for the things being equal, the company will proba¬
have ever been built. Macintosh where possible; for example, bly work to bring the Amiga product to
This isn’t to say that the marketing the Mac System Software includes a hard market first. When the Apple II’s time
problem can be overlooked. In fact, the disk backup utility that is much better than comes up, if the company believes the
Apple II Developer’s Association is being the Backup II program Apple provides for market is “soft”, then an Apple II version
formed exactly because Apple II develop¬ ProDOS 8 (Apple currently has no backup may remain “on hold” indefinitely.
ers believe that the problems with Apple’s program compatible with Ilgs System The differences in hardware for the
marketing commitment to the Apple II are Software 5.0). If you see shortcomings Apple II and II-Plus, Apple Ile/IIc, and the
so ingrained into the company that the only then make it a point to write Apple and Apple Ilgs may make the implementations
solution is to initiate an organized evangel¬ complain; Apple cannot fix shortcomings of the software different, or may prevent
ism effort for the II outside of Apple. It is that it doesn’t know about. And if features certain types of software from being devel¬
pointless to invest in such an effort without don’t seem to be arriving in a timely man¬ oped for all computers. For example, full-
our belief that the engineers of the current ner, don’t scream at the technical people; featured compilers for some computer
Apple II models have demonstrated the our experience is that they are working as languages have appeared for the Ilgs but
commitment and talent to keep the ma¬ hard as they can. Instead pointedly ask not other Apple II systems. However,
chine competitive. Apple’s upper-level management (such as applications such as AppleWorks 3.0,
In light of “pessimistic” comments, it John Sculley and Jean-Louis Gassee) why Publish-It!, and DB Master Professional
should not be forgotten that the five mil¬ the company is not directing more resources do exist for the Ile/IIc, and in some cases
lionth Apple II rolled out of Apple this into the Apple II line. Ilgs users actually prefer to work with the
spring; this is not a machine that is “lan¬ For third-party products the process is same products, so quality applications are
guishing” except in the eyes of Apple’s more complicated, and we’ll use the ex¬ feasible across the product line. In some
pro-Mac marketing bias. The Apple II has ample of printer support from the previous cases, applications for the Apple II are
paid for development of the Apple III, “Printer Wishes” letters,. If Apple is leaner, meaner, and more productive than
Lisa, and Macintosh. With such excellent bombarded with as many of these types of their bloated MS-DOS, Macintosh, etc.
engineering achievements as Ilgs System complaints as we are, someone from Apple cousins. The Ilgs has the advantage of
Software 5.0; the problem with Apple should undoubtedly be beating on Hewl¬ being able to run either these “lean and
developing wider product support for the ett-Packard’s (as an example) door asking mean” programs or the more powerful
Apple II series is obviously not due to any them to develop a Ilgs driver. Assuming (and possibly perceptibly more lethargic)

Desktop-based applications. If you see
something for another computer that you
Apple II — AppleWorks Users
want, write the company and ask for an
Apple II (or Ilgs) version, and ask Apple to TAX ANALYSIS for 1989
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suggested a Ilgs version.
Finally, no company is going to con¬
tinue making products if it doesn’t make
money, and software theft through piracy
A High Performance Low-Cost Hard Drive
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for greener markets. There are more MS-
DOS machines than either Macs or Apple
The variety of hard drives available to few slots. It was a tough decision that in the
IIs, and if we assume the percentage of
Apple II users has really increased in re¬ end got easy, as I decided I could not justify
theft in each market to be equal then the
cent months. A larger selection has re¬ throwing out a perfectly good Apple power
nod will probably go to getting the MS-
sulted in a more competitive market, bring¬ supply and violating my Apple Warranty.
DOS product to market first. If theft is
ing prices down to the point where I could I turned my attention to the only low cost
rampant enough, machines with a rela¬
finally afford to buy one. Those of you still external drive I could find, the OverDrive,
tively small share of the market may never
sitting on the fence or saving your pennies from Applied Ingenuity and I purchased
see a version. The profit on the number of
might be interested in my experience with one in early August.
legitimate copies that are sold will not be
the low cost drive I selected. Applied Ingenuity currently offers three
perceived as justifying the development
My wife runs a small consulting busi¬ external drives for the Apple II series. The
expense. This is one factor quoted in the
ness on our Ilgs, and generates a lot of text, 10MB Falcon at $299 U.S., a 20MB Over¬
current dearth of certain Apple Ilgs prod¬
so doing the floppy shuffle was really Drive at $399 U.S. and a 40MB OverDrive
ucts.
getting to be an aggravation. This was for $599 U.S., with several additional drives
Apple has finally made the discourage¬
complicated by the fact that she chose to be introduced soon. I chose the middle
ment of copy protection official by refus¬
WordPerfect as her word processor (I tried offering and have been more than pleased
ing to support it in their products; this is a
talking her into AppleWorks). If any of with it’s performance. Please keep in mind
decision that puts a great deal of faith in the
you use WordPerfect from a single 3.5 inch that you will have to pay foreign exchange,
honesty of the user community. The great¬
disk drive you will know what I mean. It shipping and 13.5% Federal sales tax on
est weapons against theft are a refusal to
demands a second drive. I could not see top of these prices. By the time I paid all
accept any justification or rationalization
buying another Apple 3.5 drive now that a these charges my 20MB drive(21.29MB
for it, and a concerted effort to educate
hard drive can be purchased for less money. actually) ended up costing $542 CDN.
other users as to its ultimate implications.
Being on a limited budget I first looked Though even at this price it was cheaper
One thing we’d like to see is a clear sum¬
at the two internal drives available for the than build-it-yourself drives, if you buy all
mary of the implications prominently
Ilgs: the InnerDrive from Applied Ingenu¬ the pieces.
placed in all Apple user manuals. Some
ity and the recently introduced Vulcan In addition to it’s low price, the Over¬
new users assume that because a disk is
from Applied Engineering. Both these Drive is compact and fast. Size is only 4 x
copyable that it is free to distribute. The
drives replace your He or Ilgs power sup¬ 13/4x8 1/2 inches, so it takes up a less
reasons for copyright and the legal ramifi¬
ply. The InnerDrive is a proven performer room than Apple’s 3.5 inch drive. The
cations of its violation should be made
having been out over a year, and has re¬ OverDrive is based on a Western Digital
apparent to every computer owner before
ceived excellent magazine reviews. It is drive mechanism, using the IDE commu¬
he first starts using the system.
also less expensive. The Vulcan on the nication standard used with IBM comput¬
And maybe we’d better end on a decid¬
other hand is from a company with an ers. The interface card efficiently trans¬
edly optimistic note!
excellent reputation. Applied Engineering lates SCSI information to this format. The
— DID
dealers were also starting to heavily dis¬ Vulcan drive uses a similar approach. The
count this drive. The only difference I interface card is also very compact, meas¬
could see between these two drives, other uring about three inches in length. The
For further information on A2-Central
than colour, was that the OverDrive vented cable from this card connects to the drive
(formerly Open-Apple), feel free to send
its heat out the top of the drive, while the with a plug in connector, simplifying in¬
inquiries to: A2-Central, P.O. Box 11250,
Overland Park, KS 66207, USA. Vulcan blows heat on the cards in the first stallation and making it easy to move the

drive to another Ilgs. If you are going to use
the drive on more than one computer, I
suggest you purchase an extra interface
Virus checkers, program launchers, and
files explaining how to remove protection
from protected programs so they can be
Christmas
Byte
card, so the change can be made without transferred to a hard drive.
opening the computer. This is the same Most of the OverDrive utilities were
drive they package with a power supply written for A.I. by Joe Jaworski, well known
and call the InnerDrive. The InnerDrive for his SCSI Hacker, Disk Timer and
by Jim Low
was tested by InCider (May 1989) and Vaccine programs. The exception was the
found to be one of the fastest drives avail¬ back up utility which was Apple’s stan¬
able,. Since then. Applied Ingenuity has dard. This back up utility does have some
'Tis the night before Christmas
improved it by developing a custom driver nice features in that it does incremental
And all through his house
that operates in fast RAM and performs 16 backups, can restore individual files or
All the helpers are stirring
bit data transfer rather than the eight bit directories and will restore to a different
Around Santa's mouse.
transfer used by most others. You can if hard disk or one that has had it’s partitions
For the last minute duty
you like use Apple’s Standard SCSI driver changed. The popular ProSEL 16 backup
Of famous St. Nick
provided on GS/OS System Disk 5.0, utility also recently added this capability
Is his checking of listings
though I do not recommend it as it is much (version 7.9). I think I will likely settle on
With each little click.
slower. However you cannot, at present, the ProSEL backup as I am already using
As his elves do the running,
use both Applied Ingenuity’s and Apple’s this program for its launcher and utilities.
And filling his sack,
driver at the same time. This presents a Other utilities provided are diagnostics,
Santa tells them exactly
problem if you have another SCSI device disk verification and software for format¬
What goes - with his Mac.
that requires Apple’s driver. A.I. promises ting and partitioning (up to 8 volumes).
The good little children
to resolve this conflict shortly. The drive comes with an easy-to-fol-
Our Santa will bless
low seven chapter manual which explains
With the best little present:
all the basics but does not offer much
In addition to it’s low beyond that. It covers both the He and Ilgs
An Apple - gs.
To those less than perfect
versions.
price, the OverDrive is The warranty is one year and the ship¬
Who make Santa cross
He gets the greatest of pleasure

compact and fast. ping carton is well designed for reuse, in
From giving MS-DOS.
the unlikely event you have to return the
At the time for departure.
drive.
He pulls up his tarp
You get some additional features when I called Applied Ingenuity’s technical
And hitches new reindeer
using the A.I. driver. Two I like are auto support before purchasing the drive and
Equipped with Transwarp.
head park on shutdown and an on-screen found them interested and helpful. You
On Joystick! On ZipChip!
drive access indicator that duplicates the can call just after 6pm Toronto time and
Modem and Kinder!
LED on the front of the drive. The drive still catch them during working hours, for
Go Keyboard! Go Chooser!
indicator is convenient, as I have mounted an inexpensive call. Many new products
Laser and Finder! n
the drive behind my GS where it can’t be are now available or coming soon from
seen or easily heard. It provides a nice Applied Ingenuity. These include “C
sense of security to see the on-screen drive Drive”, an internal hard drive for the lie,
light come on when you save a file. The and a replacement IBM style keyboard for In Maple Orchard, your ads reach
speed improvement with this driver is also the Ilgs with macro software. One that hundreds of Apple II and Macintosh com¬
significant. really caught my attention was a VCR puter enthusiasts.
Installing the drive is a snap. Simply based tape back up that could store up to
plug in the interface card and boot. It 240MB on a standard 6 hour tape. Full page 7.5 X 9” $125
comes pre-formatted. The interface card After several months of use, the aspect Two thirds 5 X 9 or 7.5 X 6” $100
installs in any slot, though they recom¬ I like the most about using a hard drive is Half page 3.25 X 9 or 7.5 X 4.5” $80
mend slot 7. Remember to go to the control the speed improvement. Ilgs programs seem One third 7.5 X 3 or 2.5 x 9” $60
panel and set the appropriate slot to read to use a lot of disk access and have fairly Quarter page 3.25 x 4.5 $45
“Your card”. Setting it back to it’s default long loading times. Hard drives load and or 4.5x3.25”
is a convenient way to turn the drive off. If save much more quickly than floppies. I Eighth page 1.625 x4.5 $40
you plan to be turning the drive on and off may be able to put off that purchase of a or 4.5 X 1.625”
this way you should leave your start up slot Transwarp GS a little longer. I would rec¬ Bus. card 2 X 3.5” $35
set to “Scan”, so your other drive will boot ommend this drive to anyone considering a Camera-ready copy is required for
when you disable the hard drive. In addi¬ hard drive for the He or Ilgs.
commercial ads. Call Sid
tion to a full set of utilities it also contained
Stulberg at (416) 245-1597 for
about 6MB of public domain software and Applied Ingenuity, I4922M Ramona Blvd.
shareware which included such things as Baldwin Park, CA 91706 (818) 960-1485 complete details.

CRS Responds re: EDUCORP
A letter to the Managing Editor of Maple Orchard, dated October 1,1989
Dear Sir:
As you are aware, we represent Educorp, and we note with interest the article ”Is EDUCORP Stealing from Software
Developers?”, and your "Afterword from the Editor”. We were a little surprised to find the afterword in our monthly issue,
without so much as a call from you either prior to or after publishing the article. I have forwarded a copy of the article to Educorp
to ensure that they also are aware of the issue.
Companies such as Educorp are in the business of collecting and redistributing software - typically public domain and shareware.
The relatively small per disk fee allows them to print catalogs, and provide the widest possible distribution of the author's
shareware products. Companies such as Educorp, PC-SIG, PDE and Canada Remote use the distribution fee to offset advertising,
collection costs, and technical support. They usually offer immediate delivery, toll free ordering and accept credit cards. In other
words, they provide a value and a service that clubs and user groups do not.
Educorp holds a 'compilation copyright' on their disks. They do not hold a copyright on the individual programs. That copyright
remains the property of the author. The 'compilation copyright' covers the form and content of a disk collection. It does not cover
the disk itself.
The Association of Shareware Professionals supports strongly firms such as CRS, PC-SIG and Educorp. Most reputable
shareware distributors belong to the ASP and adhere to their principals, [sic]
Shareware distributors provide a valuable service to users that require printed material, organized collections and timely service.
Clubs, User groups and Bulletin Boards can rarely measure up to this level of service.
The relatively small distribution fee is clearly stated to be just that - a distribution fee, and virtually all shareware distributors will
advise the users to register the programs if and when they continue to use them. In fact, the distribution fee charged by CRS is
less than that charged by many user groups, including Logic.
I trust this clarifies the issue.
Your truly,
CANADA REMOTE SYSTEMS LIMITED
Judson Newell
Vice President
My reply to CRS, sent October 7,1989
Thank you for your letter dated October 1, 1989, regarding the article in Maple Orchard entitled "Is EDUCORP Stealing from
Software Developers”. It is unfortunate that you simply found the article with no warning — I did intend to call you or write you,
AFTER the article was printed, but as you may be aware, my duties as editor are on a volunteer basis, and I've been busy taking
care of a new member of our family.
With that aside. I'd like to point out that [Maple Orchard] is an independent publication. The "opinions, statements, positions and
views stated [therein] are those of the individual authors”. This disclaimer is found beside the Table of Contents [in each issue].
Further, in my "Afterword from the Editor”, I have remained completely neutral on the issues discussed, adding information the
author of the article neglected to include. Finally, the article is reprinted from another source.
I understand the concept of copyright on "compilations”, and I can appreciate the fact that some (all?) of your compilations are
sold for less than LOGIC sells similar ones. However, LOGIC is a non-profit organization; EDUCORP, and CRS are not.
At any rate, I personally do not wish to become involved in the debate over the issues. I will faithfully quote your response in the
special Christmas issue of Maple Orchard.
Sincerely,
Jim Ferr, Managing Editor of Maple Orchard

[volunteer]

Variable & location (PTRLO/HI) by the fixed OFF¬
SET of seven ($07).
In the case of arrays, the FLAG is set to
sponding elements of the array start. If the
program is already beyond the array start
(failing the less than and equal tests) it
Array four, rather than two, so that four bytes are

read, the first two being the naming letters
jumps to the READ section. If it is at the
start (arrays) it falls into...
Lister by Frank H. Sweet

and the next two the local OFFSET to the
next array. Since the OFFSET LO/HI loca¬
tion follows the NAME 1/2 locations, the
Lines 73 - 75: where the message
‘Arrays: ‘ is produced, and the FLAG is set
to 4.
OFFSET is automatically read in with each Lines 81-87: Depending on the FLAG
pair of array letters. setting, 2 or 4 bytes are read.
If you are in the habit (and it is a good Finally, a brief reminder of the storage Lines 89-109: The variable is assumed
one) of documenting your BASIC pro¬ of and reference to two-byte addresses. In to be real. NAMEl is tested for positive or
grams, it’s aggravating when you’re done the Apple II series, an address such as negative ASCII. If negative, indicating an
(or think your are!) to discover that you $3 A42 consists of two hexadecimal groups integer variable or array, the type is altered,
have forgotten to include a particular vari¬ of numbers, 3A and 42 (ie. two 8-bit with the carry being set. If it is positive
able or array. This program should help bytes), stored in the form 42 3A, with the (real or string), the carry is clear and $80 is
you to avoid that problem. lower byte (lobyte) first and the higher byte added to produce -ASCII for display pur¬
As you can see from the pointer list in (hibyte) second, hence many references to poses. NAME2 is tested and a branch to
the program listing, the zero page in the “low and high”. STR is made if it is negative. Otherwise it
APPLE contains the beginning address of
the simple variable space (VARLO/HI) at Subroutines is converted to - ASCII and the carry, which
is clear, forces the branch to the PRINT
$69^ $6A, of arrays at $6B, $6C (RAYLO/ Monitor subroutines used are: segment.
HI) and where this all ends (ENDLO/HI), HOME - as in BASIC. Lines 111-117: The name and type are
$6D, $6E. COUT - print the character in the printed, followed by three blanks.
In Applesoft, all simple (ie. non-array) Accumulator register. Lines 119-127: The pointer is updated
variables are stored in seven-byte form. CROUT - print a carriage return. to the next item and the program jumps to
For our purposes, only the first two are of PRBLNK - print three blanks. CHKEND to determine if the process is
any interest, the last five being used to give STROUT - prints out a string. Prior to complete.
numerical data (for reals and integers) or printing, the A register is loaded with the
lengths and pointers (in the case of strings). low byte of the address of the string and the Using the Program
The two-byte ASCII code (which gives the Y register with the high byte. A and Y get If you have no assembler, enter the
name of the variable) is determined as trashed in the process — in some programs monitor and put the code in by typing the
follows: they should be saved. hex code listing (Table 2) like this:
See lines 129 - 30. The 8D builds in a 300:20 58 FC <Retum>
real +ASCII +ASCII carriage return without using CROUT, Afterwards, you should BSAVE
integer -ASCII -ASCII thereby saving some bytes of code. The VAR.ARRAY.LISTER,A$300, L$B3.
string +ASCII -ASCII string must terminate with quotations or To use the program, BLOAD
$00. I always choose $00. Incidentally, VAR. ARRAY.LISTER and after you have
(Positive, or normal ASCII means the STROUT does not distinguish between LOADed or RUN your own BASIC pro¬
element has a value less than $80 (128). normal and high ASCII. NORMAL is gram simply CALL 768. If you are in the
Negative, often referred to as “high” ASCII always used, unless the INVERSE flag is monitor enter 300G.
means the value is greater than or equal to turned on. Assembly was done using the Merlin
$80. Negative ASCII may be derived from
positive ASCII by adding 128 or $80 to the The Program Pro, on an He.
Have fun, and since this is the holiday
normal ASCII code). Lines 40 - 48: ‘Variables: ‘ is printed, issue, 8D 87 D3 C5 Cl D3 CF CE A7 D3
Thus, for example, the text “AB” is the OFFSET is loaded with $07 and the FLAG AO Cl D2 C5 C5 D4 C9 CE Cl D3 A1 87
stored as $41 $42 in memory, while CD% is set to 2 (for variables). 8D.
is stored as $C3 $C4, and E$ is stored as Lines 50-53: The pointer to the current Variable & Array Lister
$45 $80 (“E” plus a null). The method for location is set to the beginning of the vari¬ Frank H. Sweet
naming arrays is identical. able space. KANACOMP
The basic technique for listing vari¬ Lines 55 - 62: These check as to whether Box 64 / 29 Point View Drive
ables is to start at the beginning of the the end of the variable and array space has Fionas Head, ON NOHIWO
variable space, read in the two variable been reached, and if so it returns to the Canada
letters, identify the type of variable, change References

caller (RTS). Otherwise, it branches to...
Kamins, Scot, Applesoft BASIC
the ASCII codes, if necessary, so that both Lines 65-71: where the current loca¬
Programmer's Reference Manual - Volume 1
are high ASCII (and hence will print in tion is tested to see if the array space has
Luebbert, Wm, F., Whafs Where in the
NORMAL, not INVERSE on screen), print been reached. This is done by comparing APPLE, MICRO INK, Chelmsford, Mass.
the result and then proceed to the next the hi/lobytes of the pointer with the corre¬ Bredon, Glen, Merlin Pro Assembler, Roger
variable by incrementing the current base Wagner Publishing, Santee, Calif

Table 1
*************************** 105 STA TYPE
* VARIABLE & ARRAY LISTER * 106 BGS PRINT
*************************** 107 *
* by 108 STR LDA #"$"
* Frank H. Sweet 109 STA TYPE
* KANAGOMP 110 *
* Box 64 / 29 Point View Drive 111 PRINT LDA NAMEl
* Lion's Head, Ontario, Ganada 112 JSR GOUT
* NOH IHO 113 LDA NAME2
*Gopyright (c) 1989. All rights reserved. 114 JSR GOUT
* 115 LDA TYPE
NAMEl = $F9 /First element of NAME 116 JSR GOUT
NAME2 = $FA /Second element of NAME 117 JSR PRBLNK
OFFSLO = $FB /OFFSET (= 7 for variables, 118 *
/ = bytes 3,4 for arrays) 119 GLG ;Now find new location
OFFSHI = $FG 120 LDA PTRLO ;by adding offset to old
TYPE = $FD 121 ADG OFFSLO ;location
* POINTERS 122 STA PTRLO
VARLO = $69 /Start of single variable space 123 LDA PTRHI
VARHI = $6A 124 ADG OFFSHI
RAYLO = $6B /Stazrt of array space 125 STA PTRHI
RAYHI = $6G 126 *
ENDLO = $6D /End of array space 127 JMP GHKEND
ENDHI = $6E 128 *
PTRLO = $06 /Points to next or current item 129 VAR ASG "Variables
PTRHI = $07 130 ARR ASG "Arrays: ",
FIAG $08 ;2 = vari2ible; 4 = array

GOUT $FDEI> Table 2: Hex Code for Variable and Array Lister
GROUT $FD8E
STROUT $DB3A
HOME $FG58 300: 20 58 FC A9 9C AO 03 20
PRBLNK $F948 308: 3A DB A9 00 85 FC A9 07
38 ORG $300 310: 85 FB A9 02 85 08 A5 69
39 JSR HOME /Set up for displaying varicibles 318: 85 06 A5 6A 85 07 A5 07
40 LDA #<VAR
320: C5 6E 90 07 A5 06 C5 6D
41 LDY #>VAR
42 JSR STROUT 328: 90 01 60 A5 07 C5 6C 90
43 LDA #$o 330: 19 A5 06 C5 6B 90 13 DO
44 STA OFFSHI
CM
o
LDA
338: 11 20 8E FD 8E FD A9
45 #$7
46 STA OFFSLO 340: A9 AO 03 20 3A DB A9 04
47 LDA #$2 348: 85 08 AO 00 B1 06 99 F9
48 STA FLAG
49 *
350: 00 C8 C4 08 90 F6 A9 AO
50 LDA VARLO /Point to start of variable space 358: 85 FD A5 F9 C9 80 BO 10
51 STA PTRLO 360: 69 80 85 F9 A5 FA C9 80
52 LDA VARHI
53 STA PTRHI
368: BO OC 69 80 85 FA 90 OA
54 * 370: A9 A5 85 FD BO 04 A9 A4
55 GHKEND LDA PTRHI 378: 85 FD A5 F9 20 ED FD A5
56 GMP ENDHI /Are we done?
57 BGG MORE /NO 380: FA 20 ED FD A5 FD 20 ED
58 LDA PTRLO 388: FD 20 48 F9 18 A5 06 65
59 GMP ENDLO 07
390: FB 85 06 A5 65 FC 85
60 BGG MORE /NO
61 * 398: 07 4C IE 03 D6 El F2 E9
62 RTS /YES! 3A0: El E2 EC E5 F3 BA AO 8D
63 *
3A8: 00 Cl F2 F2 El F9 F3 BA
64 *
65 MORE LDA PTRHI 3B0: AO 8D 00
66 GMP RAYHI /At start of arrays yet?
67 BLT READ /NO
68 LDA PTRLO Table 3
69 GMP RAYLO
70 BLT READ /NO 10 REM VARIABLE AND ARRAY LISTER DEMO
71 BNE READ /Beyond start of arrays
72 * 20 :
73 JSR GROUT /YES - handle array start 30 REM by
74 JSR GROUT
75 LDA #<ARR
40 REM KANACOIP
76 LDY #>ARR 50 REM Frank H. Sweet, prop.
77 JSR STROUT
60 REM Box 64 / 29 Point View Drive
78 LDA #$4
79 STA FLAG 70 REM Lion/s Head, Ontario, CANADA
80 * 80 REM NOH IWO
81 READ LDY #$o
82 READl LDA (PTRLO),Y 90 :
83 STA NAMEl,Y / = NAME2 if Y = 2 100
84 / = OFFSETLO/HI when Y = 3,4
85 INY
110 HOME
86 GPY FLAG 120 PRINT "VARIABLE AND ARRAY LISTER DEMO"
87 BLT READl
130 PRINT : PRINT
88 *
89 LDA #„ n 140 XA = 5:Y$ = "KANACOMP" :ZB% = 8
90 STA TYPE 150 DIMAB$(10)
91 LDA NAMEl
92 GMP #$80
160 FOR KK = 1 TO X
93 BGE INT / = BGS (- NAMEl) 170 AB$(KK) = Y$
94 ADG #$80 /Need neg ASGII for NORMAL
95 / characters in PRINT
180 NEXT KK
96 STA NAMEl 190 INPUT "TO QUIT, ENTER A NUMBER LESS THAN 5 ';NU
97 LDA NAME2
200 IF NU < 5 THEN END
98 GMP #$80
99 BGE STR / = BGS (+,- NAMEl,NAME2) 210 DIM CF%(8,5,3),DE(15,5)
100 ADG #$80 /Need neg ASGII for PRINT 220 FOR LL = 1 TO 3
101 STA NAME2 / carry is clear here
102 BGG PRINT / (+,+ NAMEl,NAME2) - always 230 PRINT "GOODBYE"
103 * 240 NEXT LL
104 INT LDA #"%"

A you take moves the game closer to one of
many endings.
The object is to save the land from the
monitor.
Input is mostly with the joystick, but
some navigation is handled with keyboard
commands. It’s fairly easy to get a handle
Different traditional evil force by finding seven stones

and taking them to the wizard Astrix. To
reach the one “best ending” you must solve
on in a short time.
The game isn’t copy-protected (sort of)
and it ’ s required that you copy the data side
Kind of all the problems in the right way and make

all the right decisions along the way... not
an easy task. The puzzles get harder as the
game progresses.
of the disk since this is altered as you play.
The boot side of the 5 1/4 disk also can be
copied. Never play with an original disk if
Role In spite of what Infocom says in the

documentation, I recommend a lot of saves.
If you have the game in RAM this won’t
you can help it, it only invites disaster. The
files can also be copied to 3 1/2 disks.
Back to the sort-of copy-protection.
Playing slow you down much.

If you need hints they are available, but
only after you reach an ending. The hints
Each time you restart a saved game (one
save allowed per data disk) the program
asks you for a word from a specific page in
Game are called “musings” and allude to better or

more complete solutions to key puzzles.
A few hints. UsePraxix’s spell-casting
the manual. Don’t lose the manual (I don’t
like any form of copy-protection, but this is
preferable to the uncopy able disk kind).
wisely, but don’t be afraid to save and The game also includes a game-within-
by Peter Cameron
experiment. And read carefully: Those the-game. The Hive is an arcade game that
who have played Zork and Enchanter will can become addictive... watch you don’t
If you’ve been looking for a different
know author Marc Blank gives you all the drop too many credits into the machines
kind of role playing game (RPG), you’re in
clues you need... you just have to recognize found in every bar in the galaxy.
luck. Infocom and Origin have released
them. Some hints: write down all the infor¬
some RPGs that offer something other than
Verdict: this is fun and will give you mation you can (you don’t really need to
hundreds of hours of monster bashing and
many enjoyable hours. map), read the manuals (there’s a lot to be
spending all your spare cash on graph
gained there), don’t dismiss the map sup¬
paper and pens to map seemingly endless
caverns.
Space Rogue plied with the game (it’s more useful than
The next time somebody says you can’t you might think at first), use several data
Journey do much with a 64K Apple, show them disks if you want to try different careers
Infocom, the folks famous for their Space Rogue. Once again. Origin proves and above all learn to fly the ship under
interactive fiction such as the Zork series, there ’ s a lot that can be done with the “plain both kinds of drive before you start the
now offer Journey. Infocom calls this a Jane” Apple. game seriously.
Role-Play Chronicle. And this is a game Space Rogue can best be described as a Verdict: this one can be fun on a few
you can bring to a conclusion in an evening cross between Firebird’s Elite and levels. You can boot up and blow a few
and finish before you lose interest. Accolade’s Sun Dog. The game casts you credits on the Hive, fly around for an eve¬
The game features a new graphic inter¬ as the owner of a small space ship. You ning of reckless piracy in open space (this
face that accepts input from the keyboard, start out with a few credits and the rest is up usually gets you blown away fairly quickly,
mouse or joystick. I recommend mouse to you. You can build your own reputation, but is good for improving combat skills) or
operation... you just have to click on the good or bad, through the actions you take give it a serious play on what is sure to be
action you want your character to take. It in the game. a long and eventful trip.
comes on five sides of three 5 1/4 disks, As you gain ability and knowledge you
requires a 128K He, lie or Ilgs and is not
copy-protected. This means you can move
the game to 3 1/2 inch, hard or RAM disks.
can better arm your ship and improve your
leverage with characters you meet in the
game. You can trade in legal goods and
My
If you don’t have 3 1/2 inch drives, I
recommend using a hard disk or RAM
disk... otherwise you’re looking at a lot of
make a life as a merchant, trade in contra¬
band for a quick credit, become a bounty
hunter or prey on ships you meet as a
Favourite
disk swapping.
You see the story through the eyes of
Tag, the gofer of the four-member party,
pirate... or a bit of all four. Your repute in
the galaxy increases with the number of
kills and eventually the goal of the game
Games by Geoff Gaherty
but you control the actions of all members. will become apparent, no matter what role
You also can add other members to the you take.
For this Christmas issue of Maple
party through the course of the game. This game will run on any 64K Apple.
Orchard, I’ve decided to tell you a bit about
As mentioned before, the emphasis of Two drives are a must. A joystick and a
the games which my family and I enjoy
this game isn’t on monster-bashing. No colour monitor are recommended, although
playing most on our Macintoshes. They
mapping is necessary, and every action I’ve used it happily with a monochrome
fall into several categories:

Current Favourite: Seahaven Towers Best Adventure Game: Wizardry revolutionary, low-priced, blazing fast
Seahaven Towers is a spectacularly Let me confess, I hate adventure games, Plymouth sedan equipped with suspension
good version of a solitaire card game which largely because they almost all come down modifications, wide tires, and Chrysler’s
I had never encountered previously. The to “try to outguess the programmer.” But 426 cubic inch (that’s over 7 litres of en¬
game is subtle and difficult and, like all Louise and I loved Wizardry on the Apple gine displacement, for you metric types)
good solitaire games, highly addictive. The II, and played it for over a year until we had hemi-head, 425 horsepower, twin 4-barre-
colour graphics are extremely well done, completed all three scenarios available at led, V-8 engine, the state of the art in 1969.
the sound effects wonderfully understated that point. The Mac version has a vastly The Roadrunner did the quarter mile in
(solitaire is, after all, a quiet game). The improved user interface over the Apple II under 15 seconds, right out of the show¬
bad news is that this game requires Colour version, but it still is quite un-Maclike in room. Its price was a true bargain, far less
QuickDraw and a large screen, and so will many ways. I worked my way down to than those of other muscle cars of the day.
only run on a Mac II (it will run on an SE/ level 6 on the Mac version before the “deja Why am I writing about the Plymouth
30, but you’ll need an external monitor to vu” got too much for me. Strongly recom¬ Roadrunner in 1989 in a magazine devoted
see the whole tableau). My only complaint mended, if you haven’t already played the to microcomputers? Well, in this 20th
is that you can’t save different players’ Apple II or MS-DOS version. From Sir- anniversary year of the Roadrunner ’ s birth,
games from within the program: Games Tech. Apple Computer introduced the Macin¬
are stored in a file called “Indexor” in the tosh SE/30, a computer which, in my mind,
System Folder, which must be renamed Best Shareware Game (other than is the Roadrunner’s equivalent in the Mac
whenever someone else plays. Seahaven Seahaven Towers): 1000 Miles world.
Towers is shareware and can be found on One of my favourite time-wasters on The SE/30 looks exactly like the “eco¬
LOGIC disk Mac II10. the Apple II was Milestones, a computer¬ nomical” Mac SE, complete with the 9-
If you don’t own a Mac II but want ized version of the French card game Mille inch black and white screen. Size and
good solitaire games, check out Mike Bomes. 1000 Miles is a very accurate Mac weight are virtually identical to the SE.
Casteel’s shareware series, Klondike, version of Mille Bomes, its only limitation You can lug your SE/30 around in your SE
Canfield, and Golf, available on various being that it doesn’t play quite as tough a carrying case. It has the same ports on the
LOGIC disks. The latest versions offer strategy as the old Apple II version. But I back. If its logo were not displayed on the
colour graphics and improved animation, still play it a lot, even though I can beat it front of the computer, you wouldn’t be
but at the cost of speed on older Macs. most of the time. On LOGIC disk Mac able to distinguish it from the SE — until
250. you switched it on.
Best Backgammon Game: You turn on the SE/30, and the Finder
NewGammon Best Kids Game: The Manhole loads from the standard 40-megabyte inter¬
I first learned to play backgammon This also wins in the categories Best nal hard drive in about four seconds.
from an Apple II computer program called HyperCard Stack and Best (Only?) Ex¬ Windows snap open instantly. Microsoft
Gammon Gambler. When the Mac first ample of a Good Use for HyperCard. David, Word loads in about two seconds. Twenty-
came out, I bought a number of commer¬ my three-year-old, and I have played this page Word documents load in about two
cial backgammon programs, and also tried regularly for the past year. He helped me seconds. Microsoft Works loads or saves
a PD version (a new version of which has discover locations that I had missed com¬ 100 kilobyte spreadsheets in about five
just come out on LOGIC disk Mac 255). pletely in my own exploration. With this seconds. Response times are instantane¬
Despite varying degrees of sophistication game, “exploration” is the operative word: ous. Word processors and spreadsheets
in their graphics, all these programs played It is a graphic adventure game without scroll so fast that you’ll think you’re run¬
terrible backgammon. Then I discovered treasures or monsters, but full of interest¬ ning a text-based computer instead of a
NewGammon, which is a commercial ing sights and sounds, and humour which graphics-based one; so fast, in fact, that
program but only available from the pub¬ appeals to both David and I. Takes up more you’ll probably begin to ignore the paging
lisher: The only place to find his address is than 4 MB on my hard disk, but David and feature of the scroll bar which you’ve come
in the MiniFinder section of MacUser. I think it’s worth it. From Activision. to rely on so heavily with the SE in most
Even though this was written in 1984, its applications. The 40 meg hard drive is
programmers followed the Mac guidelines almost inaudible, making only a very sub¬
so well that it still operates just fine on
modem Macs. It plays a vicious game, has A Roadrunner dued clicking sound.
The SE/30 may look like an SE on the
very good graphics, plays excellent music surface. Open it up, however, and inside
when you win or lose, and comes with a
very complete help system and a whole
for Christmas you’ll find major differences. The CPU is
a Motorola 68030 running at 15.6 mega¬
slew of backgammon puzzles. Well worth by Kenneth Cohen hertz. Having a built-in “paged memory
the difficulties of tracking it down! From 1989 marks the 20th anniversary of the management unit”, this CPU is ready for
NewSoft. (Editor’s Note: NewSoft, P.O. introduction by Chrysler Corporation of its the virtual memory capabilities announced
Box 3046, Newport Beach, California, fondly remembered Plymouth Roadrunner by Apple as part of its forthcoming System
92663. MacUser lists NewGammon at muscle car. The Roadrunner, for those of 7.0 software. A Motorola 68882 math co¬
$39.95 from the publisher.) you under 35 years old, was a somewhat processor chip is also a standard item. The

SE/30 can use up to eight SIMM’s, com¬ so low you may not believe your ears. each for the two extra slots in the Ilex. If
pared to the SB’s four, and the SE/30 will You’ll be hard-pressed to find a similar you don’t need them, why pay for them
use now-available 4-megabyte SIMM’s. deal on the much sought after Ilex, with no when you can buy a Mac Roadrunner in¬
This means that you can expand its 1- monitor at all. (Rumour has it that the Ilex stead?
megabyte memory up to 32 megabytes if has been heavily back-ordered since its
your bank manager will tolerate that. The
256K ROM is virtually identical to that in
introduction last spring due to initially
limited production facilities.) HyperCard
the Ilex, and thus includes colour and gray¬ You want a larger screen, you say? No
scale video support.
The SE/30, like the SE, sports a single
problem. For about the “real world” price
difference between an SE/30 and a Ilex
Novice Corner
expansion slot, but the SE/30’s expansion without monitor, you can buy a larger by Phil Wyman
slot is unique in the Macintosh line. Called external monitor, including interface, for Reprinted from Windoid #9,
the “030 Directslot”, this expansion slot the SE/30. That way, you’ll have all of the A publication of AHUG.
supports full 32-bit addressing and data advantages of the larger monitor, together
lines using a 120-pin connector. It is unique with the luggability of the SE/30 and its This Novice Comer should be fun and
to this computer, and therefore requires built-in 9 inch screen. You’ll have to buy easy for us HyperCard novitiates. We’ll
unique interface cards, a feature which that monitor for the Ilex no matter what — put a picture on a button! The hackers call
could prove to be a drawback in terms of with the SE/30, you only buy that large these pictures “icons,” so if you want to
future peripheral availability. monitor if you want it. pretend you’re not a novice when you’re at
The SE/30 uses Apple’s 1.4 megabyte You want a colour SE/30? Also no a party or something, definitely call it an
high density 3.5 inch disk drive (called the problem. A well-established company “icon.” Choose “New Button” from the
“Superdrive”), which can read400K, 800K, called Raster-Ops sells a colour interface Objects menu. A new button should appear
and high density HOOK Macintosh disks, for the SE/30 (the Colorboard 264) which on your screen with marching ants around
as well as MSDOS-formatted 3.5 inch disks. displays 24-bit colour using Apple’s new it. Choose “Button info” from the Object
Using high-density 1.4 megabyte 3.5 inch 32-bit colour Quickdraw. This interface, menu and click on the button that says
floppy disks lets you almost cut in half the in 24-bit mode, will display your choice of “ICON”.
number of such disks you’ll need for hard over 16 million colours with Apple’s high Now, you are given a series of pictures
drive backup. The ability to read MSDOS resolution 13 inch RGB colour monitor, or that are available to you. Click on one of
data files adds even more flexibility to the anyone else’s. It’s a wonderful device for these pictures to select it. Your selected
computer. displaying colour photographs on screen. picture should now be highlited. Click on
The usefulness of the Superdrive goes Or you can run the Colorboard 264 in 8-bit the “OK” button.
beyond simply reading MSDOS data files, mode for the usual Macintosh colour capa¬ Now your button will look differently.
however. A Macintosh program called bility found in all Macintosh II models. It will have a picture on it!!! You will
Softcopy PC (list price of US$400.00, less This board can also run two monitors probably have to reshape your button to see
by mail order) is available which will allow simultaneously, and can output 8-bit gray¬ the whole picture. To do this, click on a
an SE/30 with sufficient memory to emu¬ scale video to a VCR. The Raster-Ops comer of the button and hold the mouse
late an IBM PC-XT microcomputer and Colorboard 264 interface for the SE/30 down and pull to make the button bigger.
thereby run MSDOS applications. I don’t lists for US$1,295.00, but can be had by Along with seeing your entire picture, you
know why you would want to do this, mail order for less than US$ 1,000.00. That should see the words “New Button” below
unless you have a highly specialized may sound like a lot of money, but large- the picture, which is the actual name of the
MSDOS program for which there is no screen (1024 X 1024 pixels for 19-inch button. Let’s change that name.
Mac equivalent. Seeing the MSDOS A> monitors) Macintosh colour interface cards Choose “Button info” from the Objects
prompt on a Macintosh screen is the stuff typically list for up to US$6,000.00, which menu. On the ensuing window, which is
of a very bad dream, not of a Christmas makes the Colorboard 264, with its 13- called a “modal dialog box” by non-nov¬
wish list. But the program is available if inch screen (640 x 480 pixels) 24-bit dis¬ ices, type in your new name. The new
you must have it. play capability, seem like another Road- name should go directly into the top of the
What’s so special about all of this, you runner-like bargain. window. Click the OK button.
ask? After all, any of the computers in the So, for a good deal less money than a Now when you look at your button, you
Mac II series will do the same thing. Macintosh Ilex, the luggable SE/30 in¬ should have a new name below your pic¬
That’s true, I answer — but compare cludes its own built-in 9-inch screen; will ture.
prices. The Canadian list price of a Macin¬ use the same monitors as the Ilex, in black Let’s try to reposition the button to a
tosh Ilex, without a monitor, is $8,215.00. and white, gray-scale, or colour; will run different place on the screen. The trick is to
The SE/30 lists at $7,425.00, with its 9- MSDOS software; and actually runs a tad point to the center of the button with the
inch monitor. And you can buy the SE/30 faster than the Ilex. When you buy a Ilex, mouse, then hold down the mouse button,
from Apple dealers at substantial discounts. you pay a high price for its three NuBus and move the mouse around. Try it!
I’ve seen them for sale in Toronto for as slots and the expandability which those If you’ve gotten this far, have a JOLT
much as 22% off the list price. One Buf¬ slots imply. Since the SE/30 has one ex¬ cola and a twinkie, and stay up all night
falo, N. Y. Apple dealer sells them at a price pansion slot, you’ll pay about $1,000.00 with HyperCard.

Disk Mac II17: PixelPaintings 2
This contains two labeled anatomical
drawings. Abdominal Aorta and Heart 2, a
on an AppleTalk network. ChiTown is a
laser version of the Chicago font. Delete
Registration 1.2b is a HyperCard stack
Library
Ferrari Modial, and Keith’s Trip #1, a which allows you to modify the registra¬
snapshot from a Caribbean vacation. I’ve tion data on many commercial programs.
also included five nice Giffer documents File List 1.2 is a disk cataloguing program;
including three stunning versions of Disney it works with floppies and hard disks.
Update favourites: Fantasia, I’m Late, and Jiminy.
Mac 254: CDEV’s, INIT’s, Games and

Floppy Fixer 1.0 will repair damaged flop¬
pies. Neko is a DA cat and mouse game
from Japan. Public Folder is a free Chooser
Humour document from Claris which allows shar¬
Macintosh Another disk from Rob Whitelock, ing of files on an AppleTalk network.
containing three groups of files: SaveOn HD Disks tells you how to format
Netii User Tips... 1. CDEV’s and INIT’s: AltCDEF pro¬ 400/800K disks to 1.4 MB in FDHD drives;
Product Reuieui... vides dual directional arrows at the comers not for the faint of heart but can save much
of the standard window. AWinDEF lets
Feature Rrticie... money! SCSI Probe shows you the brand
you shrink windows to folder size. Black of your hard disk and will allow you to
Disk Library Update... Box 1.1 provides NeXT-like features, in¬ mount it; it goes in your System Folder.
cluding a power strip on the right side of Shpfltnot is a laser music font which fixes
Mac II13: Image Files & Applications the screen that permits launching of Appli¬ some of the problems with Sonata. Turbo-
This disk includes two animated mov¬ cations and DA’s. Enhances the system in View is a DA which can open a variety of
ies which demonstrate some of the capa¬ a variety of ways, and provides an on¬ different graphic format files. XVT-Draw
bilities of Image (on Mac II 12) as well as screen clock. Boomerang 2B82 is the is a good shareware draw program, com¬
a number of applications. StarMapper newest, much more powerful version of plete with a detailed Help file.
generates accurate star maps, Picture Col- this very useful addition to the standard file
orizer lets you add colour to graphic im¬ dialog box. Daylight Savings is a cdev that
ages, and MandelZot is yet another mathe¬
matical graphic generator. There is also a
will adjust your internal clock due to
Apple II
changes in Daylight Savings time.
collection of helpful tips for Mac II users FlashWrite is a hybrid NotePad replace¬ Neuj User Tips...
compiled by Kevin Aids. ment that thinks it’s a text editor. Permits Product Reuieui...
editing on the clipboard, and 32K per note
Mac II14: Sounds, DA’s, and Other page. Can import text docs. In Use flashes
Feature Article...
Resources a small box left of the Apple in the menu Disk Library Update...
This disk includes a wide-ranging as¬ bar to indicate hard drive access. SafeEJect
sortment of sounds to be used in place of causes the head of the internal floppy drive
the standard sounds available in the Con¬ to centre before ejecting a disk, preventing ProDOS-87 AppleNET version 1.3
trol Panel. There are also a number of head damage: This is a flaw that has been
Here are SOME of the features of
useful and interesting DA’s, INIT’s, corrected on the FDHD. Temperment 2 is
AppleNET version 1.3: THE SELEC¬
FKey ’ s, and other resources such as: Cache an updated version of this temp file killer -
TION MENUS: Completely menu-driven,
Control, Color Puzzle, Color Puzzle, Col- it now can handle files from many pro¬
pop-up menus THE CONFIGURATION
orDreams, ColorTrails, DeskPict, MaCube, grams. watchCursor is the best substitute
EDITOR: Completely menu-driven, pop¬
M0ire, Player, Screener, Switch-A-Roo, for the System watch.
up menus, intelligent ProDOS path pars¬
and System Cicns 2. Games: Backgammon 2.0, Check¬
ing, easy entry of data, even easier multiple
ers, Euchre 3.1 (updated version), Klon¬
choice selection, printer-supportive, four
Mac II15: Sounds dike 4.0 (updated version), Lembracs (a
Another huge assortment of sounds, screens of configurable information.
word mix-up game), and Fifteens (a soli¬ THE USER EDITOR: Completely
including Dragnet, Bridge Noise, Shall taire card game). menu-driven, pop-up menus, intelligent
We Play a Game, and Warp. Also included 3. Humour: Burning Fuse blows your
creation of the user database, search op¬
is a set of utilities for converting and using Mac on shutdown or restart; an animated
tions, easy maneuverability throughout
sounds: SD->AlertSound, Sound->Snd, bomb. Eyes watches your cursor no matter
userlog, printer-supportive, quick-valida¬
Sound->Beep, and Soundoff ][. where it is! Toontown! replaces your hard tion option, complete (not partial) user
disk icon with Roger Rabbit. information editor. MODULE EDITOR:
Mac II16: PixelPaintings 1
Two colourful cartoons from Bloom Completely menu-driven, pop-up menus,
Mac 255: Assorted goodies
County, Caution and Color Opus, a highly intelligent ProDOS filename parsing, edits
A wide-ranging collection of useful
detailed street scene, and Circle, a graphic ALL FOUR modules in one program (no
things: Blackout is a screen saver cdev.
using the Apple logo. PixelPaint Viewer is switching from program to program),
Broadcast is a Chooser document which
included. printer supportive, "goof-proof error
lets you send three line messages to others
checking, copying, insertions, deletions.

sorting, and adding are all implemented. pact than a complete Monopoly game, and at least one 800K 3.5 inch disk drive. For
MESSAGE BOARDS: Up to 45 may be almost as good! use with AppleShare, a minimum of 768K
defined, complete security over reading is required.
and writing, several types of messages in ProDOS-90 Z-Link (4/29/89)
each board (such as public, private, anony¬ Z-Link is a moderately powerful termi¬ GS-75 RavenFORTH
mous), maximum number of messages nal (communications) program written by RavenFORTH is a full 16 bit FORTH-
definable (up to 999 in each board), up to David Whitney. According to the instruc¬ 79 implementation for the 65816 proces¬
two moderators for each board may be tions, it will work on Apple lie. He (128K, sor. All the standard FIG-79 words are
defined, intelligent message threading, with a Super Serial Card) and Ilgs comput¬ there (type VLIST for a list) plus impor¬
replying, deletion, and scanning. FILE ers connected to a Hayes Smartmodem (or tant ProDOS 16 and GS specific exten¬
BASES: Up to 45 may be defined, com¬ compatible) modem. I have found that it sions. In the base RavenFORTH there are
plete security over uploading and down¬ also seems to work with the Ilgs serial port. more straight assembly words than in stan¬
loading, up to two moderators for each Though it doesn't have all the “bells and dard FORTH systems. My rationale for
board may be defined, individual assign¬ whistles” of commercial packages, it still this was to optimize speed while sacrific¬
ing of storage directories, file searches by can emulate a variety of terminals, and do ing some dictionary space. When I had my
keyword, download time estimations. XMODEM-protocol file transfers. A few first RF development version done, written
ONLINE PROGRAMS: Up to 45 may be options in the menu don’t work, probably in a FIG standard manner, the total space
defined, complete security on program because this is not the final version, never¬ consumed was roughly 7.5K, leaving a full
operation. Nearly ANY Applesoft BASIC theless, this is still a good package. A 64-7.5 K for program code. This rather
program can be used online. BULLETINS documentation file is included on the disk stunned me, and I decided to try and get
AND ARTICLES: Up to 45 may be de¬ with a text-file reader program. even more speed out of the implementation
fined, complete security on read access, while giving up some of that code space,
intelligent page-pausing routine. BBS GS Disks and I converted many of the words to
FEATURES: System log, menu-driven assembly. When I was done, the base
wait-for-call options, page bell toggling, GS-73 GS/OS System Disk 5.0 Disk 1 system had expanded to its current 10.5K,
caller alarms, easy chat interrupting, back¬ but the compile time and run time speed
ground tasks (change configurations, defi¬ GS-74 GS/OS System Disk 5.0 Disk 2 increases more than made up for the lost
nitions, user status', and even take the user The Apple IIGS System Software dictionary space. You'll find that compila¬
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happened, all while online!), hot-key menu- predecessor with the introduction of an 10% faster than other GS FORTH's and
driven, -NO- possible way for the user to improved Finder, a new graphic control run time is at LEAST 25% faster, often run
break into BASIC without being escorted panel and a number of performance en¬ speed has increased 30%-35%. I sincerely
by the SysOp, subscription system avail¬ hancements. believe the space increase is worth the
able. The Finder has been enhanced to make speed increase, and you will certainly be
it easier, faster and more informative. pleasantly surprised by the applications
ProDOS-88 YO YO Duck Diagnostics Information about files and folders is avail¬ you can develop in the 54K available to
This disk contains a collection of diag¬ able in a new menu selection. In addition, you. Also along these lines, you'll find that
nostic programs to test different parts of the Finder now allows access to AppleShare many double number operations ( 2DUP,
your computer. The programs will test server volumes from the desktop. 2SWAP, etc. ) have been included in the
everything from your monitor to your disk A new graphics-based control panel base. Again, including these as standard
dr^^cs. There is a complete set of docu¬ has been added to the Apple menu. Users was a decision based on the machine. The
mentation on the disk. This version is meant can now graphically select the colour of GS, with its 24 bit addressing and heavy
for use on the Apple He, lie, IIc+, or Ilgs. their computer display, set the time and toolbox usage, demands that these words
date on their system, configure their ex¬ be present anyway to do even the most
ProDOS-89 Monopoly v2.00 pansion slots, set the parameters control¬ basic toolbox operations. The heavy usage
Here is a computer version of Monop¬ ling their printer and modem ports and of these words in your code will surely
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Summary Call Richard Kay, Mon, - Fri, during the

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Array four, rather than two, so that four bytes are

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letters, identify the type of variable, change References

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FIAG $08 ;2 = vari2ible; 4 = array

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Different traditional evil force by finding seven stones

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Update favourites: Fantasia, I’m Late, and Jiminy.

Mac 254: CDEV’s, INIT’s, Games and

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