Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!POMONA.BITNET!MAINT From: MAINT@POMONA.BITNET.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: BITNET mail follows Message-ID: <8704222119.aa03257@SPARK.BRL.ARPA> Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 19:58:00 EST Article-I.D.: SPARK.8704222119.aa03257 Posted: Wed Apr 22 19:58:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Apr-87 03:40:40 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 80 ========================================================================= Received: by POMONA (Mailer X1.23b) id 1380; Wed, 22 Apr 87 09:54:13 PDT Date: Wed, 22 Apr 87 09:47:36 PDT From: Network Mailer Subject: Undelivered mail To: MAINT@POMONA Your mail was not delivered to some or all of its intended recipients for the following reason(s): Transferred files not allowed(Check if it was a bad RSCS node). --------------------RETURNED MAIL FILE-------------------- Received: from BRL-SMOKE.ARPA by wiscvm.wisc.edu on 04/21/87 at 04:51:00 CDT Received: from BRL-SMOKE.ARPA by SMOKE.brl.ARPA id aa27862; 21 Apr 87 1:25 EDT Received: from BRL-SPARK.ARPA by SMOKE.BRL.ARPA id aa27838; 21 Apr 87 1:07 EDT Received: from UCBVAX.Berkeley.EDU by SPARK.BRL.ARPA id aa02692; 21 Apr 87 1:02 EDT Received: by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (5.57/1.23) id AA10994; Mon, 20 Apr 87 21:47:43 PST Received: from USENET by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU with netnews for info-apple@brl.arpa (info-apple@brl.arpa) (contact usenet@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU if you have questions) Date: 20 Apr 87 20:23:19 GMT From: SilvaNT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Denver, Co Subject: Re://GS questions, comments Message-Id: <713@drune.UUCP> Sender: info-apple-request@BRL.ARPA To: info-apple@BRL.ARPA >1. When I hit a certain series of keys it drops me into an assembler >monitor. How do I go about learning what commands the monitor >understands? I have done some experimenting but this is rough at best. >Would like a good reference source. A good tech manual would be nice. >Does anyone know how to get one? The same is true for Applesoft(is this >basic really as weak and archaic as it appears?) as well. Speaking of >programming, what is the best language to get for the //gs? I like pascal >basic is okay and have been trying to learn C. But which ever I get I >would want it to be able to compile. Of course it should take advantage of >the newer //gs features. While the monitor commands are similar to those of the old mini-assembler there are some differences for 16 bit mode and there are some new commands. At this time the only source of information on the monitor is found in the //gs Firmware Reference manual (not yet released but available in draft form to APDA members). Applesoft has been around for a while, so you should be able to find a (many) manuals at any bookstore. As for languages, the 'official' languages will be 'C' or 65816 assembly running under APW, but there are already two native code Pascal compilers availabe (even before apple C) and a BASIC compiler. To my knowlede, only TML pascal takes advantage of the GS's toolbox calls. >2. I just installed a AE gsram card and have a question or two about this. >First, I have found that when I installed a ramdisk the ramdisk became slot >5-2. I have two 3.5 inch drives and they were 5-1 and 5-2. Now my second >3.5 inch drive is 2-1. Why would it do that? The explanation for this could also be found in the GS firmware ref. manual. >I have had the Ramdisk lock >up on me a couple of times when I was playing around with dos and putting >files in the ramdisk. Not sure why that is happening. And last, when I >copied all of the dos files to ramdisk set the control panel to start from >the ramdisk then reset the machine it came up saying error with startup >device. Can't you run dos from ramdisk? First, if by dos you mean dos 3.3, it won't work. If Prodos, first make sure you have formated the ramdisk, and that you include Prodos and possibly a Startup file on the ramdisk. Nick Silva AT&T-IS ============================================================================ Disclaimer: My opinions are my own, the company doesn't pay me enough to give those away too! ===========================================================================