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From: des@druhi.UUCP (SalyerDE)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Re: Apple //e dial-up to Unix.
Message-ID: <996@druhi.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 10-Sep-86 11:04:03 EDT
Article-I.D.: druhi.996
Posted: Wed Sep 10 11:04:03 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 11-Sep-86 19:25:14 EDT
References: <150@endot.UUCP> <1937@ecsvax.UUCP> <15569@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <2015@ecsvax.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Information System Labs, Denver, Co
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Summary: Warnings Softerm Paddle Port stuff

In article <2015@ecsvax.UUCP>, ranger@ecsvax.UUCP writes:
> > I use Softerm II and find it to be one of the better products I use on
> > my Apple //e: reliable, acceptably fast, ...

	... more text about using up a slot in the apple

> > I am slot starved!
> 
> Yes!  Upgrade to the IIe/IIc version.  It no longer uses a slot card.
> The new version has a 3 button keypad that plugs in the 9-pin joystick
> port.  Open Apple and closed Apple can be used for S1 and S2, ....  

	One slight 'problem' (unless you remember this) is that other things
might be plugged into the joystick port, and you know about 'out of sight,
out of mind'.  I had a problem with Softerm II (the //e version) the other
day, it was acting very erratic.  I finally figured out what was wrong.
Recently I bought a voice recognition/recording system which uses the 
joystick port for voice input.  Whenever the noise level in the room changed
it would exceed the threshold of the system, and 'push' the 's1' button!
So of course, Softerm was getting confused! 

	So watch out what you have plugged into your joystick port when
you use the new Softerm II !

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