Author: Bill Martens
Press Release 10 April 2002 Jef Raskin Interview in June 2002 Issue of the New Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine Seattle—Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) released it’s second issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine since its return in March 2002. The latest issue of the magazine includes an exclusive interview with the father of the Macintosh, Jef Raskin. Jef speaks candidly in this interview about his days at Apple Computer, Inc. and his relationship with Steve Jobs during the years he was developing…
Over the last several months, I have entertained several requests for information about Apple to PC transfers and vice-versa. Though several packages are available to perform this task, there is only one that we think is as seamless as it gets. Apple Disk Transfer (ADT) by Paul Guertin is one of the simplest packages to use. Although many Apple II web sites still have software in Shrinkit (.SHK) format, the .DSK format is catching on. There are currently 3 packages…
In 1981, I worked with a group of people who had begun a journey of amazing proportions. This particular group had managed to provide much of the information about the Apple computer available at the time. This information came in many forms. Software. Documentation. Even Hardware. It was only available through Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange or A.P.P.L.E. for short. The brainchild of Val J. Golding, the group started in December 1977 as an idea due to the fact that…
Press Release Date: 20 March 2002 News: A.P.P.L.E. to publish Call –A.P.P.L.E. magazine again. The premier Apple computing magazine available once again. Seattle, Wa. – 20 March 2002 — Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.), one of the worlds largest user groups will be releasing the first issue of Volume 14 of it’s magazine Call-A.P.P.L.E.. This will be the first issue of the magazine after a twelve-year hiatus. The last issue released by A.P.P.L.E. was Volume 13, Number…
Press Release Date: 1 March 2002 News: A.P.P.L.E. to re-establish users group in Seattle. A.P.P.L.E., The world’s largest users group returns to the Apple community Seattle, Wa. – 1 March 2002 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.), one of the worlds largest user groups from the 1970’s and 1980’s has been re-established. Former A.P.P.L.E. employees, directors, and authors decided to revive the users group with the focus of the group being the entire line of Apple computers…
By Sean Nolan This year, Christmas comes in June. The TERC BASIC Enhancements, an Applesoft enhancement package, are being dumped (pardon me, I mean released) into the public domain. The TERC BASIC Enhancements add over 50 additional BASIC commands to Applesoft which allow: • Mixing text and graphics anywhere on the screen.• Labeled subroutines with parameter passing and local variables. Improved INPUT commands which simplify catching of user errors.• IF I THEN I ELSE.• Hi-Res SCRN and XPLOT commands.• Non-destructive…
By Cecil Fretwell Telecommunications is not a new subject. A way of defining telecommunications would be “communicating over long distances.” The Indians in a sense telecommunicated information using smoke signals, while their jungle counterparts used drums to relay their messages. Those of us who work with personal computers have become the modern day natives and need to have the ability to communicate between computers. This article will concentrate on the software aspect of the telecommunications process by reviewing several packages….
The Catalog Our new catalog should be sent to you around the first of this year. It will contain our latest products for the Apple II, Macintosh, Amigo and MSDOS compatible computers. We also want to remind you of the questionnaire that will be included with the catalog. The purpose of the questionnaire is to determine whether or not we should publish a catalog of products for all the computer systems we support or should we publish separate catalogs for…
in the lead: Communication has changed through the years. The Greeks were known for their runners, who hand delivered important messages. Our native Indians used smoke signals, Africans used drums, and then … Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Today we use computers and telecommunication packages to send words and graphics across the wires. Although this subject has been covered in Call-A.P.P.L.E. before, things have changed considerably with the passage of time. Cecil Fretwell’s Telecommunications Software Review examines five products:…
WHAT AN APPLE /// CAN DO? Wave this Apple Computer publication under the nose of those who ask. For $3.00 you get 96 pages of product descriptions, software supplier names and addresses, and a list of software by application category. Available from your dealer or Apple Computer. Make sure you get the latest issue, released in April, which added more software and hardware. MOUSE, MICE, MEECE If you haven’t heard, Apple Computer has announced a mouse and driver board for…
By Dave Lingwood In Journalism classes long ago I had drilled into me the five “W”s of reporting: “who, what, where, when, and why?” Since my purpose here is to describe /// Cheers, I figured what the heck … Here goes: WHO? /// Cheers is brought to you by A.P.P.L.E., Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange, which is, as you no doubt know, the world’s largest Apple users’ group. We grew beyond the functions of a local club years ago —…
Text by Dave. Lingwood Programs by Brian Matthews (Action-Research NW) BASIC COMPARISONS Most Apple /// Business BASIC users also work with Applesoft, either from earlier ][ days, or through emulation mode. Business BASIC (hereafter “BB”) has all the professional features you need, but it lacks the flexibility provided by the openness of the ][. This article and attached programs recount some of the pitfalls we encountered and useful tricks devised in transferring a large statistical analysis package from Applesoft to…
Robert Plamondon How the EAMON Adventure System Works. COMPUTERIZED adventure games have been surrounded by an aura of mystery that has nothing to do with their story lines. Simply stated, the mystery is this: no one knows how they work. Like most mysteries, adventure programs are pretty straightforward once the hidden parts are revealed. To bring these secrets to light, let’s look at the EAMON adventure system by Donald Brown, which is a set of BASIC programs for the APPLE…
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 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…
Dear Call-A.P.P.L.E. I am writing to say I am very impressed with the Call-A.P.P.L.E. newsletter. It is not only informative, it is also very useful, particularly the section dealing with the System Monitor and Mini-Assembler, since I am especially Interested in Assembly Language. How about making an Assembly Language Tutorial tape. Also, how would I go about getting a copy of the listing for Integer BASIC? Linda Egan 6471 E. Nixon Street Lakewood, CA 90713 Dear Linda, if…
Dear Mr. Golding I recieved my July issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. after joining the group. I think you are doing a great job on Call-A.P.P.L.E.! In Stopwatch (Library Pak 1A), the display flickers, this can be fixed by changing line 190: Change POKE 34,22 to POKE 34,24. I also have a question that others might be interested in too: How do you use HI-RES with Integer Basic >LOAD without asking the operator to manually enter >HIMEM: 8192? By listing your program,…
