Month: September 1978

The last 90 days or so have seen a tremendous influx of peripheral equipment available for the Apple II, much in the form of plug in cards. Cliff Gazaway of ComputerLand has told us numerous sad tales of  mishaps that have occurred while changing cards. Here are two prime rules to follow: 1. NEVER plug a card in or out while the power is on. 2. Wait a  minimum of 10 seconds after the power is off,  before pulling a…

The September meeting will be held on the second Tuesday of September instead of the usual third Tuesday.  The occasion for this being an appearance “on the scene” by Mr. Randy Wiggington of Apple Computer, Inc.  We would like to take this opportunity to thank Randy for his interest in the group and also to Bob Huelsdonk who was instrumental in arranging for Randy to appear. We are not certain just what will go on at the meeting, other than…

The Aldrich brothers strike again.  Remember, folks, you read it first in Call-A.P.P.L.E..  “Convert”, by Ron Aldrich using the disk, will create a text file from an Integer BASIC program listing, call Applesoft, and presto, your program has been converted.   After Conversion, list it out and note all the lines that need to be changed to conform to the Applesoft format. This means that the Integer commands that are not compatible with Applesoft must be changed.  For example:  TAB must…