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Reply to:	GUBBINS@RADC-TOPS20.ARPA	Date: Fri Feb 19 16:46:23 1988
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To: koziarzw
From: Gern <GUBBINS@radc-lonex.arpa
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 88 11:53:32 EST
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Subject: Painter's Apprentice Now Available
Cc: 

Painter's Apprentice is a Z-100 'MockPaint' which is in most ways
superior to that on the Apple MAC.   It was written by Russ Nelson
at Clarkson University where it was made available to the 3000+ students
with Clarkson Issued Z-100s.   It was also written to prove that the
Z-100 capability was as good, if not better, than the MAC.   ZDS had
some sort of arrangement and was selling it for around $79 in the Heath
catalog - with zero description, no mention that a mouse is required,
and no Fan Fare that it richly deserves.   As silently as it appeared
in the catalog, it is now dropped.   It should be a crime the way ZDS
showed zero promotional effort to PA (and many other programs as well).
I only hope that ZDS lost money on the deal...

Anyhow ZDS's mess up is now our gain as the author is now able to
make it available directly by USnail.

I will step out on a limb and say that Painter's Apprentice is THE BEST
program I have ever seen written for the Z-100 to make use of the
video hardware and is a powerful design and drawing tool.   Every Z-100
owner should have it.   I will start putting PA Image files in the
PD LIB soon.  It is now at a price everyone can afford.

Send check or money order to:

Russell Nelson
11 Grant Street
Potsdam, New York  13676


You need a mouse (save yourself the software driver hassle with other
programs and get a REAL Microsoft mouse) to use it.   The package
also includes utilities, Fonts, and a mouse driven COMMAND.COM replacement.
Oh ya, you must get a Serial Mouse.  To run with Z-100 MS-Windows, the
mouse must be MS-Mouse HARDWARE compatible (ie. Built by Microsoft).

Cheers,
Gern

Disclaimer - I am just a very satisfied user of Painter's Apprentice
and have nothing to do with it.  Sure, I know Russell Nelson, he was
a Grad Student when I was an Undergrad at Clarkson.   He is now some
sort of advisory/assistant/something to the Dean of Educational Computing.
I would still make the same recommendations even if I didn't know
him - So There!
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Comment by:	koziarzw                      Date: Fri Feb 19 16:46:23 1988
It is not absolutely necessary to spend $100 + bucks for a 'real'
(EXPENSIVE) Bill Gates mouse.  The $49.95 Radio Shack SERIAL mouse
works fine with Painter's Apprentice!!  You will need to either acquire
a MicroSoft nine pin to 25 pin mouse cable or cut off the RS mouse's tail
and add a db25 connector of your own (I chose the cut and solder approach)
I include the following for your information --

DB-9           DB-25(Male)        RS-mouse wire color

pin 2           pin 3                 red
pin 3           pin 2                 orange
pin 4           pin 20                yellow
pin 5           pin 7                 green    (Logic Ground)
pin 7           pin 4                 brown

				      shield -- I connected this to Z-100
						chassis ground

Using the first two columns, a duplicate of the MicroSoft mouse converter
cable can be built.  The other columns will allow adventurous souls to
do it right, no extra connectors in my cables...
Hope I have conveyed this information effectively.

Cheers,

Walter A. Koziarz

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