Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Questions from a new owner Message-ID: <8909052310.aa16150@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 6 Sep 89 03:44:06 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: School of Business - U. of Connecticut Lines: 80 Message from AUGUST 15 arrives SEP 5! Did someone accuse the postman of being a tad slow? Ain't technology a hoot? On Tue, 15 Aug 89 16:04:09 GMT you said: >1. What magazines(s) should I subscribe to? (The kids are simply users, I > want to play). In spite of the recent invective, if your serious about Apple II's you can't live without A2-Central! I'm not up to a level where I can follow the majority of the stuff in there, but I've been so impressed with Tom Weishaar going back his DOS-Talk columns in the late, lamented Soft-Talk, that I've even ordered the (bound) back issues (with cross-references so you can *actually* find what you're looking for). $28 for one year, $54 for 2 A2-Central P.O. Box 11250 Overland Park, KS 66207 You're one of those people that speaks hex for a living, so you can benefit from a subscription to Call-A.P.P.L.E. You can subscribe to the magazine alone for $21 per year, but it makes sense to belong to the A.P.P.L.E. CooP (one-time application fee of $23 plus $26 per year which INCLUDES a subsription to the magazine). Call-A.P.P.L.E. 290 S.W. 43rd Street Renton, WA 98055 >2. Where do I find documentation on ProDOS(8/16)? I thought IBM was bad > but the lack of documentation for the GS is astounding... Apple has documentation out the ying-yang. So much so that they've been overwhelmed (threatening to become a publishing giant while trying to make and sell computers). They've turned almost the whole docs enterprise over to Addison-Wessley Publishing. You can get a decent deal on the titles from Barnes & Noble (and other discount bookstores). I expect other subscribers to comp.sys.apple will besiege you with suggested titles and Library of Congress numbers. >3. I have a Hayes 2400 modem (and the cable needed to make the external > connection to the modem port). Where can I find a reasonable > free/shareware terminal emulator? I'll be dialing into a protocol > converter so the terminal type that is emulated is less important > than the robustness of the code. It's hard to beat Kermit-65 for both price (free) and robustness of code (VT100 emulation works super with Yale ASCII; also will download software from PUCC as a bonus). You can get the files by anonymous ftp from cunixc.cc.columbia.edu or email to KERMSRV@CUVMA <--NOTE Spelling only one 'E' SEND APP385.1 SEND APP385.2 SEND APPLE.DOC the hard part is downloading or capturing the two APP385 text files onto a DOS 3.3 disk so you can EXEC them into a working Kermit program (the KERMIT385 'B' file can be copied to ProDOS where it can be BRUN under BASIC.SYSTEM). >5. How do you handle making a backup of copy protected disks? With much knashing of teeth. There are *bunches* of programs out there, but I've found the single most useful one to be Copy 2 Plus (available from mail order sources just about everywhere). I generally avoid copy protected stuff except when I can buy games for the kids from 'obsolete' stock at Applefest for $3 a copy (at those prices, if one gets trashed, that's life). Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] The opposite of artificial intelligence is genuine stupidity! -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)