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2. ee apples May 1984 ULTRAPLAN A Review by Scott L Ksander few months ago I reviewed the latest video board from VIDEX the ULTRATERM This board provides up to 160 colum video on an APPLE J or e in addi tion to the normal 80 column mode After several months of using the ULTRATERM I am still very pleased with its performance A key challenge of the ULTRATERM has been to explore uses of the greater than 80 colum capabilities and spreadsheets seemed a natural place to start Initially VIDEX provided a pre boot for VISICALC which configured it to use the ULTRATERM This seemed to work well but I never really liked the pre boot concept too much disk swapping and inconvenience and many previous articles have documented the shortcomings of VISICALC compared with other spreadsheets on the market The problem was that no other package supported the expanded capabilities of the ULTRATERM until VIDEX introduced ULTRAPLAN Although ULTRAPLAN is packaged under the VIDEX label the documentation indicates it was produced for VIDEX by ARTSCI Inc distributors of the MAGIC series of software and written by William G Graves The author and in fact almost the entire manual is the same as THE SPREADSHEET Version 2 except for th
3. appres May 1984 DOM 30 May 1984 by Steve George OM 30 is a compilation of programs submitted by the members of the Green Mountain Apple Club GMAC via the International Apple Corps IAC Most of the programs appear exactly as we received them however a few have had very minor changes made to them The minor changes include things like resetting the Applesoft pointers after exiting from a hires drawing routine etc And now on to the specifics The GMAC HELLO program is a nicely executed hires animation automatically RUN when the disk is booted SUPERDRAW continues the hires theme and is a program for creating and editing hires pictures Initially you can load in a hires pic or start off with an empty palette Color choices include the standard ones white black erase violet green orange and blue Modes of drawing include sketch like an Etch a sketch line moveshape type and edit Input is through paddles or joystick although a Koala type pad should work very nicely One thing that looks especially promising is the ability to type onto a saved hires business chart From the menu you can then save your composite graphic complete with titles Further details are available on disk ALPHANUMERICS is an interactive demonstration of how you can type directly to the hires screen lt Esc gt is used
4. VOLUME CALENDAR WHICH Pascal amp Apple Note 1 Dakota County Branch Note 7 Board Meeting Note 2 Educational SIG Medical SIG Note 13 Business Note 10 St Cloud Branch Note 15 User Info Faire Note 14 REGULAR MINT APPLES Note 2 Educational SIG Investment SIG Note 4 New Hope Branch Note 16 CP M SIG Note 5 Minnetonka Branch Note 8 Amateur Fair St Paul Branch Note 3 Pascal amp Apple Note 1 Dakota County Branch Business Note 10 REGULAR MINI SAPP LES Note 2 Map next month Educational SIG New Hope Branch CP M SIG Minnetonka Branch Notes 1 John Schoeppner 2 Scott Ueland 3 Fred Woodward 4 Eric Holterman VII No 5 WHEN Wed May 2 7 30pm Tue May 8 7pm 10pm Wed May 9 7 30 pm Wed May 9 Wed May 9 7 00pm Thu May 10 7 00pm Thur May 10 7 30pm Sat May 12 9 30am 8 00pm WEDNESDAY May 16th Prgm 7 30pm Wed May 16 Thur May 17 7 9 30pm Tue May 22 7 00pm Wed May 23 7 00pm Wed May 23 7 30pm Sat Jun 2 Tue Jun 5 Tpm 10pm Wed Jun 6 7 30pm Tue Jun 12 7Tpm 10pm Thu Jun 14 7 00pm WEONESDAY June 20th Prgm 7 30pm S 1GS 8 30pm Wed Jun 20 Tue Jun 27 Wed Jun 27 Wed Jun 27 iapp les apple computer user group newsletter CALENDAR WHERE Minnesota Federa 9th Ave S Hopkins St John Neumann Church 4030 Pilot Knob Rd Eagan Norwest Bank S Ist St Hopki
5. PAN OF THE BALANCE eee en s POKE 34 7 RETURN 240 PRINT PRINT IF IT TIPS TO 72 PRINT ooeene ee a THE LEFT PRESS L ETSI POKE 34 14 RETURN 242 PRINT PRINT IF T TIPS TO 74 PRINT THE RIGHT PRESS R mmml POKE 34 21 RETURN 244 PRINT PRINT IF IT IS 80 IF Z B THEN GOSUB 10 BALANCED PRESS THE B GOSUB 74 RETURN 246 PRINT PRINT IF YOU WISH 82 IF Z L THEN GOSUB 30 TO QUIT PRESS THE Q GOSUB 74 RETURN 250 GET X i 84 IF Z R THEN GOSUB 50 260 IF X L THEN GOSUB 30 GOSUB 74 RETURN GOSUB 70 GOTO 300 86 IF Z Q THEN 999 270 IF X R THEN GOSUB 50 88 RETURN GOSUB 70 GOTO 300 100 TEXT HOME PRINT PRINT 280 IF x B THEN GOSUB 10 THE KING SUSPECTS THAT ONE GOSUB 70 GOTO 700 OF HIS 290 IF K lt gt Q THEN 250 105 PRINT PRINT TWELVE SILVERSMITHS 295 GOTO 999 HAS BEEN DISHONEST 300 L A BEN RS c F I 110 PRINT PRINT EACH OF THE MEN 310 GOSUB 10 NAMED ALI BABA CALI GOTO 22 E CP M Compatible The Intertek System IV runs CP M Microsoft 2 20B using the Z80 A Microprocessor This capability takes the System IV personal computer into business and professional usage E Apple Ii Compatible The Intertek System IV is hardware and software compatible with the Apple II System IV users can choose from the enormous selection of Apple II compatible programs and peripherals E Computer 6502 processor 1 02 M
6. MN s largest swap show UNIX by Len Munson Pascal amp Apple Special Interest Group Meeting Note 7 Program to be determined Note 12 Note 16 Note 5 Note 8 See ad inside 9 Mike Carlson 10 Subir Chatter jee 11 Bil DeCoursey 12 Jane Chatterjee 13 Stewart Halght 14 Steve George 15 Frank M Ringsmuth 16 Jere Kauffman mini app les May 1984 Mini app les The Minnesota Apple Computer Users Group Ince P O Box 796 Hopkins MN 55343 Board Members INFORMATION President David E Laden 488 6774 1215 W Laurie Pi Mint dpe ties ihe eee FA Rete Roseville MN 55113 Computer Users Group Inc a l Past President Chase Allen 431 7278 non profit club Articles may be 15718 Hayes Trail reproduced in other User Groups Apple Valley MN 35124 ublications except where speci Vice President We Scott Ueland 623 3749 ically copyrighted by author 500 S E 6th St Questions Minneapolis MN 55414 Please i eRT J question to Ae appropriate oar member or Treasurer Ta a aek sata 890 3769 officer Technical questions should e recte to the echnica DO E MN A ai Coordinator ecretary Ken Slingsby 5 371 Membershi Route II Box 182 A p pplications for membership should Welch MN 55089 be directed to the Menbarokip Communication Dir Dan Buchler 890 5051 Co ordinator Ann Bell 544 4505 Software Director Pete Gilles 475 3916 8325 39th Avenue N Technical Dir Hugh Kurtzma
7. ULTRAPLAN is compatible with VISICALC data files while providing advanced commands not found in VISICALC Even if you don t own an ULTRATERM the ULTRAPLAN SPREADSHEET product is a big improvement over VISICALC I certainly feel I have found the solution to my spreadsheet needs The next challenge is to find a word processor that will support the extended features of the ULTRATERM But more on that some other time inal apples May 1984 Cermetek Info Mate 212A A review by Tom Vanderpool via IAC Bulletin board for newsletter exchange from an unknown Apple user group It was quite a step for me to get my modem Several years ago I decided that I wanted to be able to talk on the telephone with my computer and hoped that I could find someone that wanted to talk back to me Maybe I could find someone once in a while and then see what all this telecommunications talk was all about esoo Now I know how wrong you can really be At this point there are between 15 and 20 LOCAL bulletin boards that allow you to talk with a computer over the phone With this knowledge we can find new friends who has the latest software how can I whip this programming problem that I am having All this can be done with a modem and one of the local bulletin boards Then you can get into one of the time sharing systems and really get some things done Now that I have gotten comfortable with my original modem I have been looking
8. Glor ia 823 2811 Dot Matrix Printer with card and cable 300 Integral Data Systems Paper Tiger 460 Graphics Printer with Orange Micro s Grappler parallel card and cable Hayes Micromodem with several terminal programs 200 Prices are firm Call 822 8142 Very little used hardware C ITOH Prowriter 8510AP Printer 320 Wesper Wizard BPO 16K parallel graphics printer interface 120 1 Apple 16K language card with autostart ROM 60 1 Rana Systems 5 1 4 disk controller 60 1 Novation Apple Cat II modem with Hayes Firmware expansion module handset BSR module 330 Scott 623 3749 Brother HR 1 Daisy Wheel Printer used 2 hrs with card cable 675 823 3442 Thunderclock Plus Clock Calendar System compatible with Apple II s ProDOS remote control systems VisiDex etc Four months old 100 VisiDex Personal information and Calendar Manager a data base time planning amp scheduling program seldom used 90 Prices are firm Call 822 8142 May 1984 These ads are provided free to members for non commercial use and are limited to 10 lines Commercial ads will be charged at 20 cents word for members or 40 cents word for non members Contact the Advertising coordinator DEADLINE for ads is the second Friday of the month preceding the month of publication Ads will be repeated on request only Also please notify editor if Item is sold Unless otherwise noted all Items are For S
9. It can be used in any slot saving your Ram card for other uses Boot up your system and do the appropriate POKES POKE 42424 xxx POKE 42432 xxx Slot 1 144 145 2 160 161 3 176 177 i 192 193 5 208 209 6 224 225 7 140 241 Now initialize a disk Whenever this disk is boooted your ROM card will be used leaving the RAM card free 13 min app les May 1984 BRING IN THIS COUPON iit aie avail mane Don t Forget EXPIRE to enter the Elephant Safari Sweepstakes when you come in it for BUT LEAVE JUMBO AT HOME CITY DESK COMPUTER WAREHOUSE 612 933 1771 420 Excelsior Avenue Hast Suite 101 Hopkins MN 55343 14 saree n wk ae May 1984 BIT Twiddling An Assembly Language Technique by Steve George his article is but one example of a method of solving a specific problem Several methods might have been util ized but this is a recount of the thought process leading to problem solution Each month the club receives several newsletters in an exchange with other user groups One columnist recently posed an interesting question which I will relate to youe He had the need to reverse the order of the lower 7 bits of any given byte presumably the 8th bit should be preserved Samples INput OUTput DEC HX B INARY B INARY HX DEC 1 01 0
10. MN 55435 612 831 7444 mil apples May 1984 Puzzles and Prizes Carl Swartz wins by Ron Androff he third puzzle proved to be a The following table of tests show how a toughie The task was to write a defective coin in each position can be program that would determine which of detected _ twelve coins was defective heavier or three tests on a balance to deduce the Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Result coin EFGH CFI B The first and hardest part is to decide how to ABCD ABE A A Heavy arrange a set of tests that will expose the ABCD ABE A A Light defective coin where ever it is placed among EFGH CFL B the twelve coins Obviously we must discover EFGH CFI A a maximum amount of information with each test ABCD ABE B B Heavy if we are to solve the problem because ABCD ABE B B Light strangly enough three tests are the minimum EFGH CFI A number needed to solve it The following EFGH ABE I describes the procedure of tests and the ABCD CFI C C Heavy conclusions ABCD CFI cC C Light EFGH ABE I Label the coins A through L for the sake of EFGH ABE CFI G H discussion And for the first test always ABCD D Heavy balance coins ABCD on one side and coins EFGH ABCD ABE CFI G H D Light on the other side If the result of the first EFGH test is an imbalance then for test two always ABCD CFI balance coins ABE on one side and coins CFI on EFGH ABE C I E Heavy the other side If however the r
11. 3495 Silicon Salad 2495 24 08 important SIG Mini app les can provide an excellent umbrella for a MAC Special Interest group organizational support newsletter distribution system IAC support etc etc If you think you might come to a MAC SIG meeting or participate in the m ATR ar a SIG meeting please call Mike at 929 4120 A start up meeting will be held on Monday June Dollars Sense 10000 7335 con Fie Writer 149 95 12295 ia era ear E E R Multiplan 19508 15995 Fontrix 7520 6195 y Microsoft BASIC i5080 12295 Fontpak KSTP Computer Talk other software coming soon Vol L203 2000 1695 HH Reside dd tax Include 3 rd ippi Tune in to KSTP 1500 AM every Saturday at residente acd alie ta N 1 per order Tot shipping 5PM to hear Computer Talk Mini app les will Whatever n software needs B can ai ia it here Write us supply an expert for this show on the 2nd Saturday of each month If you have an Apple related question here s your chance to get on the air appien Announcements Continued from page 4 Educational SIG by Jane Chatterjee May Meetings Extra Meeting Wednesday May 9th 7 30pm Room 408 St Paul Vo Tech 235 Marshall Ave St Paul Hands on educational software lab Arranged by Daryl Dewar math instructor at the college Regular Meeting Wednesday May 16th after the regular Mini app les meeting at the same location Demonstration of the program Read and Underline
12. 440 450 460 465 470 475 480 485 490 500 510 520 530 540 550 560 PRINT PLACE THE COINS OF ALI BABA AND ELI PRINT PRINT ON THE LEFT PAN OF THE BALANCE PRINT PRINT PLACE THE COINS OF CALI FAFA AND ILI PRINT PRINT ON THE RIGHT PAN OF THE BALANCE PRINT PRINT PRESS L FOR LEFT R FOR RIGHT B PRINT PRINT FOR BALANCE OR Q FOR QUIT GET Y IF Y B THEN GOSUB 10 GOSUB 72 GOTO 600 TF Y L THEN GOSUB 30 GOSUB 72 IF Y R THEN GOSUB 50 GOSUB 72 IF X Y THEN 400 IF Y L OR Y R THEN 500 IF Y lt gt Q THEN 350 w A RS 3 n p GOSUB 10 PRINT PLACE ALI S COIN ON THE LEFT PAN AND PRINT BABA S COIN ON THE RIGHT PAN PRINT PRESS L Q mW GET Z GOSUB 80 IF Z B AND Y R THEN PRINT FAFA S COIN WAS HEAVY GOTO 999 IF Z B AND Y L THEN PRINT FAFA S COIN WAS LIGHT GOTO 999 IF Z L AND Y L THEN PRINT ALI S COIN WAS HEAVY GOTO 999 IF Z R AND Y R THEN PRINT AL S COIN WAS LIGHT GOTO 999 IF Z L AND Y R THEN PRINT BABA S COIN WAS LIGHT GOTO 999 IF Z R AND Y L THEN PRINT BABA S COIN WAS HEAVY GOTO 999 GOTO 450 L C S RM GOSUB 10 PRINT PLACE CALI S COIN ON THE LEFT PAN AND PRINT FAFA S COIN ON THE RIGHT PAN PRINT PRESS L R B OR R B OR ey GET Z GOSUB 80 IF Z B AND Y L THEN PRINT ELI
13. Printers PARAGRAPH I HAS HIGH END FEATURES AT A LOW END PRICE Distributed by Datrex Marketing 944 0770 Computerland Team Electronics All locations Southdale Ridgedale Computer King Maplewood 920 1154 Rosedale Burnsville Center Specialists In West St Paul 544 6219 NMA Inc Team Quannon Computer Q Soft 944 5616 922 5808 Computers of Woodbury Onyx Computers 731 1499 721 1234 Computer Exercise World 920 7500 Ye apples Puzzles amp Prizes Concluded from page 23 885 IF Z R AND Y R THEN PRINT KALI S COIN WAS HEAVY GOTO 999 890 GOTO 850 900 I 910 GOSUB 10 920 PRINT PLACE KALI S COIN ON THE K RS n L LEFT PAN AND 930 PRINT LALA S COIN ON THE RIGHT PAN 940 PRINT PRESS L R B OR tor my 950 GET z GOSUB 80 960 IF Z B THEN PRINT ALL COINS WERE OF EQUAL WEIGHT GOTO 999 970 IF Z L THEN PRINT LALA S COIN WAS LIGHT GOTO 999 980 IF Z R THEN PRINT LALA S COIN WAS HEAVY GOTO 999 990 GOTO 950 999 END Lines 10 through 74 print the text on the screen Small subroutines are called after each test to show the result scale balanced lines 10 22 scale tipped left 30 42 and scale May 19e4 tipped right 50 62 the screen s top effectively protect the Lines 70 72 and 74 move window pointer and text from being overwritten Control for all third tests is passed to lines 80 through 88 which chooses the s
14. the next issue published after receipt of your check money order Card Signature Expires PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY Name Address City State Zip lveleapopo les Networker Concluded from page 26 NetMaster Software is available either with the modem package called NetMaster Combo or as a separate software package for use with any modem NetMaster adds to your modem s capabilities by utilizing a 16k RAM card in slot 0 if available This is great because the program has more features and it takes up more memory But that is recoverable if you have a 16k card making the text buffer 43520 chars Again most of the general features are toggled The NetMaster Combo includes the upgraded software and a loose leaf manual describing its use Some of the upgraded features that are part of NetMaster are 1 the Receive Transmit Translation Tables 2 the ability to save your system s configuration to the NetMaster or a Data disk and A snap shot screen dump Invoked with a ctrl the captured text buffer can be sent at any time to a printer for hard copy or disk for storage and manipulation with a text processor Alternatively one can print the whole text trap There does not 3 appear to be any way of printing at the game time the communication is arriving at the computer CLEVELAND AVE NO FRO
15. to Comprehend a reading program written and demonstrated by Dave Wark U of M psychology professor This program is in the final stages of development and will be available later in the year Dave also has news of an educational computing conference he attended recently at New York University Minnesota State Software Evaluation Project The director of this project is interested in contacting classroom teachers who would like to participate with their students in evaluating software submitted to the project The evaluation will take a few hours and there is a small fee involved Also your school can be put on the project s mailing list through which you will receive copies of the evaluations every few months I have the application forms available or you can obtain them directly from Harold MacDermot Project Director Minnesota State Dept phone 297 2534 They are also interested in machines other than the Apple there I said it Jane do you mean the Mac Ed Magasines Journals April issues e Twin Cities Computer User Regular and timely listing of local computer classes levels from literacy to programming Creative Computing This is the biannual issue focussing on education It contains a number of articles on educational software and is definitely worth looking at Softalk Schoolhouse Apple feature article on educational computing projects for the handicapped Computing Teacher Theme Issue on Computer Equ
16. 0 media is also available each Olympic Decathlon See announcements Apple Adventure and Apple section Stellar Invaders 10 re each Call 888 6629 MPI 99G Dot Matrix Printer with cable and parallel interface 300 Clift 779 2207 days 777 0707 eves e 30 May 1984 minl apples AT TENTON o j Gmini opp tes PPP DIP DIP PD ED IDO DDD DLL DON WE HAVE YOUR PRINTER PAPER IN STOCK 11 X 9 15 or 207 Paper SMALL QUANTITIES TOO 250 500 or 2000 per carton l Also MANY OTHER SIZES AND TYPES OF PRINTER PAPER Stop in and see our selection DATA PROCESSING AND OFFICE SUPPLIES SNAP A PART FORMS AND WEDDING INVITATIONS OPEN MONDAY thru FRIDAY 8 30 5 00 NOTE New Hours ri P For more information call aeons 612 332 4866 ree ee m ee m ae me ee ee wm eee g SAVE THIS COUPON THIS COUPON ENTITLES MINI APP LES MEMBERS TOA 10 DISCOUNT of orms This Discount Will Not Apply On Sale Merchandise Or With Other Discounts of Orms 20 NO 1ST STREET o MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401 Geez Visa and a VISA MasterCard amp S Accepted 20 North First Strest l i l l i ON ANY PURCHASE AT ouse gt i l Minneapolis MN 55401 Expires June 30 1984 33i
17. 0000001 gt 01000000 40 64 5 05 0 0000101 gt 0 1010000 50 80 8 08 0 0001000 gt 0 0001000 08 8 9 09 0 0001001 gt 0 1001000 48 72 10 OA 0 0001010 gt 0 0101000 28 40 126 7E 0 1111110 gt O O111111 3F 63 254 FE 1 1111110 gt 1 0111111 BF 191 My initial reaction was Why in the world But my second was Hmm sorta sounds like hi res screen tweaking And my final reaction was to try to find a reasonable solution The article stated that Applesoft multiple divide routines etc were too slow Hi res screen let s see One of the fastest ways of tweaking the screen pixels has to do with Look up Offset tables This is where my solution started This problem doesn t specifically deal with the hi res screen but having thought of the technique I proceeded with a solution utilizing the look up table Later in the discussion a hi res screen is used simply to illustrate visually that things are indeed changing First let s create a short but slow Applesoft program to create a look up table of the desired values Because the hi bit remains unchanged we can limit the look up table to translation of bytes in the 0 to 7F range 50 REM CREATES LOOKUP TABLE AT 300 37F 100 ADDR 768 110 FOR INBYTE 0 TO 127 I INBYTE 115 REM LOOK UP ONLY THE LOWER 7 BITS 120 A 0 B 0 C O D 0 E 0 F 0 G 0 130 REM WASTEFUL CODING USED ONLY ONCE 140 IF I gt 63 THENI I 64 A 1 150 IF I gt 31 TH
18. 09 STORE OFFSET 03A1 85 OA STA SOA STORE ORIG BYTE 03A3 20 82 03 JSR 0382 LOOK UP TABLE 03A6 A4 09 LDY 09 sRESTORE Y 03A8 91 06 STA 06 Y STORE NEW BYTE 03AA E6 09 INC 09 INCR OFFSET 03AC A4 09 LDY 09 LOAD NEW OFFSET 03AE DO ED BNE 039D lt 100 BYTES GO 03B0 E6 07 INC 07 INCR HI RES HI 03B2 C6 08 DEC 08 DECR PAGES 03B4 A6 08 LDX 08 ANY LEFT 03B6 DO E5 BNE 039D lt 20 PAGES GO 0388 60 RTS RIN TO CALLER The assembly routines are so quick that it is difficult to time their execution accurately So out came the reference books and if the charts were read correctly the conversion of a byte w o Applesoft takes 30 clock cycles and the hi res byter routine takes 78 clock cycles plus 28 Assuming your machine runs at 1 023 000 clock cycles per second these routines are fast indeed Lastly here s a one liner sure to slow down even the fastest typist O GET A POKE 897 ASC AS CALL 896 PRINT CHRS PEEK 912 GOTO O PROGRAMMER permanent positions with High Tech Twin Cities firms Current needs are Real time Hewlett Packard e 8085 8086 Programming e Mini Micro Processors assembly Communications Systems Diagnostics e IBM 3270 3274 or 3279 Programming e CAD Programming electronics Please submit your resume or inquiry detailing hardware system language and application experience to TECHPOWER INC 4510 W 77th St Mpls
19. 44 230 POKE 945 620 POKE 946 198 POKE 947 630 POKE 948 166 POKE 949 640 POKE 950 208 POKE 951 650 POKE 952 96 655 REM PASS CONTROL TO 391 660 CALL 913 670 END Execute with RUN 430 9 00 00 n SONO OY N If you CALL 913 again the picture will revert back to normal Try a short loop to illustrate the point 680 FOR X 1 TO 9 CALL 913 NEXT 690 END Execute with RUN 680 This is what the above looks like when disassembled It s a bit hmm convoluted because it was entirely an afterthought and I wanted to utilize the routines already entered 0391 A9 00 LDA 00 0393 85 06 STA 06 0395 A8 TAY 0396 A9 20 LDA 20 HI RES LO ADDR STORE LO BYTE HI RES OFFSET HI RES HI BYTE DISK OF THE MONTH DOM Put Together cn NGI x Resular al Tuy Tabsdedet on HH Tm BAS 34 misii and Containing E Softyare Tas pas ig sotiwete SCIENTIFIC ef Local and National Origin Ct o3 dosel awb Herionsl arein Hel APPLICATIONS aiff is Public vii Donain ser ia dudito WEW dowein Contract assignments and Visit our counter to see all the taroen and BOM 3 avallable to menbars A a Es fisk For One Hawt HP we 17 HHI AMY HE IOUT WR a Rekulas aah Danrainine Fo Bee cij site uae i 3 Fishy ai Jouns HAM gy May 1984 0398 85 07 STA 07 STORE HI BYTE 039A AA TAX 3 20 2000 100 039B 86 08 STX 08 NUM OF PAGES 039D Bl 06 LDA 06 Y GET PIC BYTE 039F 84 09 STY
20. AL GET AS TAB 28 R 160 HOME PRINT PRINT I WILL 16 PRINT TAB 5 TAB 20 HELP BY TELLING YOU WHICH 1 TABC 28 165 PRINT PRINT COINS TO PLACE ON 18 PRINT TAB 6 LEFT TAB 20 THE BALANCE BUT YOU I TABC 29 RIGHT 170 PRINT PRINT MUST TELL ME WHICH 20 PRINT WAY THE BALANCE TIPS 22 PRINT RETURN 172 PRINT PRINT 30 HOME REM TIPPED LEFT 175 PRINT PRINT IF IT TIPS TO 32 PRINT TAB 28 RS THE LEFT PRESS L 34 PRINT TAB 18 3 CHRS 92 180 PRINT PRINT IF IT TIPS TO TAB 28 THE RIGHT PRESS R 36 PRINT TAB 5 Ls TAB 19 185 PRINT PRINT IF IT IS CHRS 92 TAB 29 RIGHT BALANCED PRESS THE B 38 PRINT TAB 5 190 PRINT PRINT IF YOU WISH TO TAB 20 CHRS 92 QUIT PRESS THE Q 40 PRINT TAB 6 LEFT 192 PRINT PRINT PRINT 42 PRINT RETURN 195 PRINT HTAB 15 INVERSE PRINT 50 HOME REM TIPPED RIGHT SPACE BAR NORMAL GET AS 52 PRINT TAB 5 L 200 L A BC D R E F G H 54 PRINT TAB 5 210 GOSUB 10 TAB 22 220 PRINT PLACE THE COINS OF ALI 56 PRINT TABC 6 LEFT TAB 21 BABA CALI AND TAB 28 R 225 PRINT PRINT DADA ON THE LEFT 58 PRINT TAB 20 oh Aaa PAN OF THE BALANCE TAB 28 ft ane 230 PRINT PRINT PLACE THE COINS OF 60 PRINT TAB 29 RIGHT ELI FAFA GALI AND 62 PRINT RETURN 235 PRINT PRINT HAHA ON THE RIGHT 70 PRINT
21. EN I I 32 B 1 160 IF I gt 15 THENI 1 16 c 1 170 IF 1 gt 7 THENI 1 8 D 1 180 IF I gt 3 THINI 1 4 E 1 190 IF I gt 1 THENT 1 2 F 1 200 IF I THEN G 1 210 OUTBYTE G 64 F 32 E 16 D 8 CA4 B42 A 215 REM CONSTRUCT BACKWARDS BYTE 220 POKE ADDR OUTBYTE ADDR ADDR 1 230 NEXT INBYTE 240 END Execute with RUN Now add these lines to create the working part of the routine adjacent in memory to the look up table 245 REM CREATES CONVERT CODE FROM 380 390 250 POKE 896 169 POKE 897 0 260 POKE 898 72 270 POKE 899 41 POKE 900 127 280 POKE 901 168 290 POKE 902 104 300 POKE 903 41 POKE 904 128 310 POKE 905 121 POKE 906 O POKE 907 3 320 POKE 908 141 POKE 909 144 POKE 910 3 330 POKE 911 96 POKE 912 0 340 END Execute with RUN 250 When disassembled it looks as follows 0380 A9 00 LDA 500 3 see below 0382 48 PHA SAVE A 0383 29 7F AND 7F DROP HI BIT 0385 A8 TAY TABLE OFFSET 0386 68 PLA RETRIEVE A 0387 29 80 AND 80 KEEP HI BIT 0389 79 00 03 ADC 0300 Y ADD TABLE VAL 038C 8D 90 03 STA 0390 STORE A REG 038F 60 RTS RETURN TO PGM 0390 00 BRK s STORAGE LOC Location 381 897 dec will be poked with the value we want converted The converted byte will be stored at 390 It is available to Applesoft through the use of PEEK 912 The following short Applesoft program will input all 256 possibilities and produce the resultant output in the variable OUT To
22. EST ON FITCH TO THE PARKING LOT THEN USE SOUTH ENTRY AT L CLASSROOM OFFICE T BUILDING NO 412 EEA PARKING AT Borron oF HILL MEETING ROOM NO E45 IS JUST INSIDE THE POOR ON GROUND LEVEL Tren Feort Mowat OKY TO FREE LOT a aa e rc RN COMMON WEALTH FROM RAYMOND OR HW CLEVELAND AVE NO FROM COMO ANO RAYMOND AVES GORTNER en __ amp COMMONWEALTH FROM STATE FAIR GROUNDS AND SNELLING AVE ANO 28 eee ee ee ge ee ee mini app les L May 1984 COUNTERPOINT SOFTWARE ING Producer of the Early Games Series is now hiring Apple programmers who can e Manipulate graphics provided by a computer artist e Create Smoot complex animation Work fluently in assembly language and BASIC _ Create concise well documented code Adapt skills to other machines Counterpoint provides e Excellent pay and benefits e Incentive stock options e Outstanding work environment Only the most highly qualified applicants need apply Please contact Director of Product Development Counterpoint Software 7807 Creekridge Circle Minneapolis MN 55435 QGervere tes lassified Want QUALITY SSDD 3M Scotch Diskettes 21 00 Box 10 tax Incl shipping extra Bob Pfaff 452 2541 WANTED used Accounting program for smal business Invoicing Inventory Sales Tracking Payables Disbursement etc
23. HZ Apple Mode Z80 A processor 4 00 MHZ CP M Mode Keyboard 64 keys including numeric pad and reset Dedicated function keys Apple and CP M Mode E Graphics Supports both high and low resolution grapics Memory 64K bytes of RAM Color 16 colors Complete System from 1149 Input Output 7 peripheral board connectors 6 available Joystick Game Paddle connector B Text 40 characters per line 24 lines 5 x 7 upper case characters 5 x 7 lower case characters Normal inverse and flashing characters Cursor control COMPUTER BUYING SERVICE 8120 PENN AVE SO SUITE 114 BLOOMINGTON MN 55431 612 884 5009 Dealer Inquiries Invited 2 E System IV Features 64K Memory Integer Basic Color High and Low Resolution Graphics Built in RF Modulator for direct TV hook up Standard Typewriter Keyboard Numeric Keypad Upper and Lower Case Shift Lock with Indicator Built in Function Keys Automatic Repeat on all Keys Game Paddle Joystick Ports Seven Peripheral Connector Outputs six available Speaker Power On Indicator OV 220V User Selectable AC Input Cassette Interface Built in Diagnostics Diagnostic Test Diskette Available optional EBrini app les Puzzles amp Prizes Continued from page 20 320 325 330 335 340 345 350 360 365 370 375 380 390 395 400 L 410 420 430
24. KE 923 134 POKE 924 8 The following uses the hi res screen and 520 POKE 925 177 POKE 926 6 alters its display simply to illustrate the 530 POKE 927 132 POKE 928 9 speed at which all 1024 bytes of hi res 540 POKE 929 133 POKE 930 10 display can be changed using our look up 550 POKE 931 32 POKE 932 130 POKE 933 3 table 560 POKE 934 164 POKE 935 9 GOTO 17 YEAR ROUND PERSONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MONEY MATTERS BB PERSONAL INCOME EXPENSE AND TAX ADJUSTMENTS ACTUAL amp PROJECTED W E PERSONAL NET WORTH BALANCE SHEET ACTUAL amp PROJECTED E E INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRACKING amp REPRICING E E ESTATE AND RETIREMENT PLANNING E E PERSONAL FINANCIAL UTILITIES E E MINNESOTA TAX WORKSHEET E E FEDERAL TAX WORKSHEET E Requires APPLE Il lle with 48K 1 or 2 disk drives 132 column printer or compatible system Complete with two system diskettes and a user manual 50 00 TEN DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE SEND YOUR ORDER TO POST Software Inc 4779 E Arlington Ave St Paul MN 55449 e 642 772 2545 O SHIP MY ORDER C O D VIA UPS NAME O ENCLOSED IS MY CHECK PLUS 6 SALES ADDRESS TAX AND 2 SHIPPING CHECK ENCLOSED FOR TELEPHONE 16 aa Ss See eet ee rarr les Bit Twiddling Concluded from page 16 au Ba as th of 570 POKE 936 145 POKE 937 580 POKE 938 230 POKE 939 590 POKE 940 164 POKE 941 600 POKE 942 208 POKE 943 610 POKE 9
25. KR 710 GOSUB 10 720 PRINT PLACE THE COINS OF HAHA AND ILI ON THE 725 PRINT PRINT LEFT PAN OF THE BALANCE 730 PRINT PRINT PLACE THE COINS OF JAJA AND KALI ON THE 735 PRINT PRINT RIGHT PAN OF THE BALANCE 740 PRINT PRINT PRESS L FOR LEFT R FOR RIGHT B 745 PRINT PRINT FOR BALANCE OR Q FOR QUIT 750 GET Y 760 IF Y L THEN GOSUB 30 GOSUB 72 GOTO 800 770 IF Y R THEN GOSUB 50 GOSUB 72 GOTO 800 COMPARE AND SAVE May 1984 780 IF Y B THEN GOSUB 10 GOSUB 72 GOTO 900 790 IF Y lt gt Q THEN 750 795 GOTO 999 800 L J R K 810 GOSUB 10 820 PRINT PLACE GJAJA S COIN ON THE LEFT PAN AND 830 PRINT KALI S COIN ON THE RIGHT PAN 840 PRINT PRESS L R B OR tat Wy 850 GET z GOSUB 80 860 IF Z B AND Y R THEN PRINT ILI S COIN WAS LIGHT GOTO 999 865 IF ZS B AND Y L THEN PRINT ILI S COIN WAS HEAVY GOTO 999 870 IF Z L AND Y R THEN PRINT JAJA S COIN WAS HEAVY GOTO 999 875 IF Z L AND Y L THEN PRINT KALI S COIN WAS LIGHT GOTO 999 880 IF Z R AND YS L THEN PRINT JAJA COIN WAS LIGHT GOTO 999 GOTO 24 23 THE QUESTION How can I print out graphics with my Apple THE ANSWER With the new PARAGRAPH card by Techport PARAGRAPH PARALLEL GRAPHIC PRINTER INTERFACE CARD for Apple Il II and Ile cable included for use with all popular Dot Matrix
26. M LARPENTER OR Hwy 36 an VAM St Paul Campus irs aa May 1984 Most of the local boards I ve been on send an excessive number of linefeeds ctrl J s It was a simple task to redefine the Received ctrl J as a space char which eliminated the double spacing when requesting a hard copy You can save your system s configuration which allows NetMaster to remember whether you have lower case capability what translations you have defined keyboard macros shift key mod printer snap shot ctrl key that you have a two drive system and much much more The variety of prices and modems available is i truly overwhelming The decision was to get a no frills lower priced modem As it turns out the Networker Modem does have a few frills but more importantly it even includes a few of the bells and whistles normally passed up at these prices For a price much less than its competitors you get a great modem and a very nice easy to use piece of software whose primary feature read bell is a HUGE char text capturing buffer This has got to be one of the best buys around modem software and a Source membership all for only 129 If you ve been considering a modem purchase you owe it to yourself to check out the Networker packages WHEN ON THE CAMPUS TAKE GORTNER T0 ILJ FITCH AVENUE THEN 60 BUFORD y 280 TROMMONWEALTH AVE 4 T W
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28. RA Inc P O Box 857 Hopkins MN 55343 minl apples May 1984 Minutes Board Meeting April 11 1984 by Hugh Kurtzman eading of the minutes was waived There were no corrections Treasurer s report Balance March 1 7369 77 Income 4824 20 Expenses 4075 92 Balance March 31 8118 05 John Hansen will be meeting with a tax accountant so we can settle with the IRS Dave Nordval reported that MECC has again backed out of our deal with them It seems that we were selling disks too cheap There was a discussion about STARTING the main meetings on time and also about the problems with members leaving during the presentation The suggestion was made that we have a pause during the meeting to let people leave Jere Kauffman suggested we ask that questions be written out for the Q amp A period As a counter proposal it was agreed that Peter Gillis will try to capture those questions and answers in a form suitable for publication in the newsletter Dan Buchler had a discussion with Ray Douglas the moderator of KSTP Talk about that talk show on computers which is aired every Saturday at 5PM He praised Pete Gillis for the great job he did on the show in March In exchange for a small ad in the newsletter we will be invited to the show on the 2nd Saturday of each month Dan will be contacting people to appear on the show There is s
29. S COIN WAS HEAVY GOTO 999 565 570 575 580 590 600 610 620 630 640 650 660 665 670 IF Z up AND Y R THEN PRINT ELI S COIN WAS LIGHT GOTO 999 IF Z L AND Y R THEN May 1984 PRINT CALI S COIN WAS HEAVY GOTO 999 IF Z R AND Y L THEN PRINT CALI S COIN WAS LIGHT GOTO 999 IF Z Y THEN PRINT YOUR WEIGHINGS ARE CONTRADICTORY GOTO 999 GOTO 550 L GOSUB 10 PRINT PLACE GALI S COIN ON THE LEFT PAN AND G RS a H T PRINT HAHA S COIN ON THE RIGH PAN i PRINT PRESS L R B OR Qto m i GET z GOSUB 80 IF Z B AND X L THEN PRINT DADA S COIN WAS HEAVY GOTO 999 IF Z B AND X R THEN PRINT DADA S COIN WAS LIGHT GOTO 999 IF z ng AND xs pR THEN PRINT GALI S COIN WAS HEAVY GOTO 999 GOTO 23 Get the answers from the experts on COMPUTER KSTP AM 1500 Saturdays 5 05 6 00 PM 22 Briere les Puzzles amp Prizes Continued from page 22 675 IF Z R AND X L THEN PRINT GALI S COIN WAS LIGHT GOTO 999 680 IF ZS R AND X R THEN PRINT HAHA S COIN WAS HEAVY GOTO 999 685 IF Z L AND X L THEN PRINT HAHA S COIN WAS LIGHT GOTO 999 690 GOTO 650 700 L HINsRS J
30. You will be able to see a bulletin board functioning a variety of PCs and other related items Mini app les will be there too Stolen Equipment The equipment listed below was stolen from Augsburg College Each piece has ID NMO27111147 engraved on bottom Apple e SN 1A2S2 360356 with 80 col card and Super Serial card Has circular hole in back for cable Apple Disk Drives SNs 1202161 amp 1204387 Apple Monitor SN 739725821 Please call Larry Copes at 330 1064 or 451 3720 if you have any information which might lead to the recovery of the equipment or identification of the thief GOTO 7 The Computer Supply Store in St Paul Minnesota stocks the Specializing in P C supplies The Computer Supply Store is dedicated to serving your needs with the right product quick service and very competitive prices Call 612 646 9412 for our catalog The Computer Supply Store 1603 University Avenue St Paul Minnesota 55104 imini app les Announcements Concluded from page 6 Investment SIG by Eric Holterman The next meeting of the Investment SIG will be on Thursday May 17 at the Hennepin County Library near Southdale We plan to spend part of the meeting looking at a demo disk of Omega Microware s Chart Trader Plus The remainder of the meeting will include a demo of another program program not yet selected As we did last year we will suspend our meetings during the summer so May
31. ale Ce ITOH Prowr Iter and PKASO Graphics Card New ORDER condition 450 offer peers oe Will seperate A reminder that Disks Of Steve 474 4356 the Months DOMs and a Mini tapp tes Software Disks MSDs are avallable Apple lit 64K disk by mail DOMs at 7 50 drive 12 BMC monitor each MSDs at 17 50 Keytronics extension each Send your order keyboard Koala Pad to joystick paddies 30 l current games 66 disks MINI APP LES DOM s total and miscl Box 241 accessories 1450 Inver Grove Heights Call 459 0316 Mne 55075 Usually the latest three Did you miss a free DOM s and all the MSDs are subscription to The Source available at club meetings with your modem or Because of the volume of software purchases DO disks distributed they NOT PAY 100 The SOURCE are not tested Club has a new member promotion members are asked to make until May 31 Cost to you every effort to get the is 20 including manual DOM or MSD running For Eric 454 5628 example occasionally the DOS on the disk will be bad but it will catalog OK and one can run the WANTED 16K RAM cards programs Master Create on WITT pay cash or trade for your System master disk i Snapshot card will fix up the DOS Of i Be Chadwick 934 1852 course If you have a disk with bad programs we will FOR SALE Parallel Printer cheertuliy Tepiaces IT card 40 Appie Hand Controllers RF modulator A wees A eur ie and Apple Writer 2
32. around to go faster and faster Isn t this always the case Well my most recent acquisition is a new 1200 baud modem It is the Info Mate 212A from Cermetek I have heard about smart modems for a long time but this is the first time that I have really run into one First the basics The modem will support the general run of the mill stuff like auto dialing auto answer 100 300 baud and 1200 baud This is a direct connect type of modem and requires an RS 232C type of interface for your computer Now for the frills This modem is smart enough to tell whether you are connected to the phone line or not Even though this sounds like a small item there are times that you think that you have a phone line and do not The example being at the club meeting last month before the demonstration we were trying to test the modem It kept telling me that there was no dial tone Sure enough we had a bad connection in the phone line extension cords coming in to the modem I have also forgotten to connect the line and then it is QUITE embarrassing to see the error show up on the screen when you just KNEW that all was well ASCII strings from the computer or terminal to control the different functions of this modem The control or wake up code can be changed to suit what your needs may be On power up the modem recognizes control N as being the controlling sequence but if you are comfortable with the MicroModem II and like the control A
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34. ds Terry May 1984 DOMs by Mail Continuing Service for Mini app les Members by Chuck Thiesfeld Now members can order DOMs not Mini app les Software using their own diskettes Here is the procedure Make up a package containing the following 1 Blank diskette or diskettes if more than one is desired 2 Mailer Diskettes will be returned in same protective device used to send the diskettes provided such will fit in the mailer 3 Send correct postage in stamps do not send money in lieu of stamps 4 Self addressed return label 5 1 00 copying fee per DOM or disk 6 A note indicating which DOMs are desired Send to C Thiesfeld 8416 Xerxes Avenue S Bloomington MN 55431 Please allow 60 days for delivery in USA Incomplete packages will not be returned DOMs 1 thru 26 except 18 EAMON 3 and 8 Pascal disks are currently available Mini app les Software disks MSD are not available General questions about DOMs should be addressed to Terry Schoeppner Questions on DOM content should be addressed to Al Peterman our DOM editor Please note that DOMs may also be purchased on club supplied media by sending 7 50 to the software sales coordinator See inside front cover The first 3 Mini app les Software Disks MSD 1 Mini scrip 2 Micro Mailer and 3 Higher Print Higher Word Processor Message Maker are available by mail from Terry for 17 50 Or the latest DOMs are availabl
35. e again I have to have one That brief taste of the communications world had whetted my appetite Boy what I d missed for the last 3 years We ve all seen the ads for the Networker Modem stating that for just 129 you get a modem and software to run it Well I m here to tell you its all true and more The specifics Networker Modem Networker software NetMaster Software manufactured by ZOOM Telephonics Boston Purpose to allow your Apple to communicate with other computers via the phone lines bulletin boards the Source friends newsletter editors etc Requirements A8k minimum Apple li Jit e or compatible The Product Networker Modem peripheral card which plugs into an expansion slot normally slot 2 an external switch to select Originate or Answer mode a 6 modular telephone cable a free Source membership and one of two software disks Networker software is included 129 and NetMaster Software included 179 The Networker Modem was designed with the casual recreational user in mind but it offers compatibility with expensive software such as ASCII Pro Data Capture 4 0 etc The Networker Modem card itself is Micromodem compatible and accepts direct keyboard control of its firmware Standard manual procedure _IN f2 lt CR gt ctri A ctrl F lt CR gt sets up the modem for Full Duplex reception dial the phone number set the Originate switch and a
36. e at regular meetings and at some Branch meetings for sale to members at 5 each and the MSDs for 15 each INFLATED PRICES DOES TRYING TO FIND THE BEST PRICES ON COMPUTER PRODUCTS SEEM LIKE TRYING TO NAIL JELLO TO A TREE We handle over 15 different computers over 20 makes of printers disk drives modems more than 200 software vendors with 3000 titles 10 makes of monitors 12 top selling diskettes and lots more If you need it we can get it for you Try Us and Save Your Money We sell at absolutely positively the lowest prices in town bar none Call for a quote or come in and see us Here Are Some Examples Retail Gemini 10X Printer 399 Okidata ML92P Printer 599 Epson RX 80 Printer 499 Panasonic KXP1090 Printer 499 Amdek 300 Monitor 179 Columbia Desktop Computer 3170 Mitsuba Super 5 Drive 299 Sentinel 5 4 Disks 10 45 00 PFS Series Software 125 Hayes Smartmodem 1200 699 CBS List 275 449 289 289 135 2460 209 21 00 85 489
37. e unique ULTRATERM enhancements For this reason I won t spend a lot of time describing the spreadsheet aspects of the package since they have been presented before I think it is worth reviewing however that ULTRAPLAN is menu driven provides variable colum widths protected and locked in data automatic support of APPLE Ile Titan and Legend extended memory cards and most importantly reads existing VISICALC data files in addition to DIF format files This means no conversion if you are currently a VISICALC user ULTRAPLAN also provides full upper and lower case support via the APPLE Ile keyboard VIDEX ENHANCER the ever famous one wire shift key mod or even using CNTL L to toggle the case on an upper case only keyboard Before I go on any further I should answer the question What if I don t have an ULTRATERM Well ULTRAPLAN can still be very useful to you It will support most other 80 column cards normal 40 colum mode and a special 70 column mode using the hi res graphics display Even in these modes I believe it is a superior product to VISICALC As I said before however there are other a packages available by the same author and you should compare prices if you don t need the ULTRATERM hardware support ULTRAPLAN lists for 189 but I have seen it available mail order for 130 140 so shop around The ability to produce 128 column spreadsheets on the screen and then print them either on a full 132 col
38. erececsoesceccsveveeld Proto PG o er 60 0 026 0 G30 eso c6Oe Bie WI OEE Techport cecccccccccccccsesesceseseds Techpower InCocceccccccccccvccesl Yukon Computer ProduCtS eseos sse BC May 1984 APPLE SERVICE AND PARTS e REPAIRS 9 Yrs Experience 24 Hr Service Avail Flat Rate Contracts Too e POWER SWITCH Replaced with Pro Mini Toggle only 15 00 e PARTS Every IC Instock Dealer and Club Inquiries Invited 64K RAMS 16K 64K STATIC RAM Call for Immed Quote e CABLES 4 Foot Disk Cables 3 M Gold Connectors 15 Ea 2 for 25 Printer Cables Too WE MAKE ANY CABLE CALL NOW PROTO PC inc 612 644 4660 2439 Franklin Ave St Paul Minnesota 55114 235 mint apples May 1984 BUSINESS SIG MEETING NEWS by Dick Marchiafava MAY MEETING BOOKKEEPING WITH BPI GENERAL LEDGER AND SPREADSHEETS Election Results usiness SIG has moved The Business SIG The following were elected Directors per the meetings will be moved from downtown to new bylaws Edina for May lOth and will be held at the Edina Community Center 5701 President Dave Laden Normandale Road the cross street is Vice President Scott Ueland Southview Lane Directions Hiway 100 e
39. esult of EFGH ABE E Light the first test is a balance then for test two ABCD CFI CI balance the IJ coins on one side and the KA ABCD ABE coins on the other side The following table EFGH CFI A B F Heavy shows the test results and the conclusions EFGH CFL A B F Light that can be made from them In the table ABCD ABE and mean respectively scale tipped apcp m left right or balanced EFGH ABE CFI G G Heavy EFGH ABE CFI G G Light test 1 test 2 conclusions ABCD H ABCD G ABCD EFGH ABE CFI A or B heavy EFGH ABE CFI H H Heavy or F light EFGH ABE CFI H Light ABCD EFGH ABE CFI C heavy or E light ABCD G ABCD EFGH ABE CFI D heavy or KA J G or H light ABCD EFGH IJ I I Heavy ABCD EFGH ABE CFI C light or E heavy ABCD EFGH IJ I I Light ABCD EFGH ABE CFI A or B light KA J or F heavy KA I ABCD EFGH ABE CFI D light or ABCD EFGH IJ J J Heavy G or H heavy ABCD EFGH IJ J J Light ABCD EFGH IJ KA I or J heavy KA I or K light IJ ABCD EFGH IJ KA Ior J light ABCD EFGH KA I J K Heavy or K heavy ABCD EFGH KA I J K Light ABCD EFGH IJ KA L light or heavy R IJ A There are five possible tests for test three ABCD EFGH TJI KA ut L Heavy namely A B C I G I J or L A For ABCD EFGH IJ KA L L Light example take case one in the table The A conclusions drawn are A or B is heavy or F is ABCD EFGH IJ KA L A ERROR light To prove which balance A and B and as t
40. he balance tips A or B is heavy or if it balances then F is light If C or D coins are suspect then balancing coin C a suspect with Rather than try to develop a program to solve this problem I think I will simply list the coin I known good will prove which etc GOTO 20 1 8 Axis 80 Column Card APPLE lit 120 00 80 Column by 24 line 7 x 9 matrix Inverse amp Graphics CP M amp Pascal compatible Upper Lower Case Videx Compatible Axis Z 80 Card APPLE II Ile 99 95 For CP M compatibility Take Advantage of the largest software base available over 2500 programs including Wordstar Supercalc amp Dbase Il Microsoft Softcard Compatible The Axis Modem APPLe II Ile 179 95 A Fully self contained Intelligent modem for the Apple It features e Micromodem lI compatibility e Auto Dial Auto Answer e Full Half Duplex operation e Utility Diskette Program Transfer amp Terminal Software Bell System 103 compatibility 300 BPM A One Year Warranty e Serial asynchronous binary data with options of 7 or 8 data bits 1 or 2 stop bits odd even or no parity Without prior knowledge the AXIS Modem can be installed and operated in less than 5 minutes Laser Micro Systems 1 2 High Disk Drive 224 95 e 1 2 High Direct Drive Mechanism by Teac e Directly compatible with Apple drives One year warranty Fourth D
41. his done is to have the number stored in the modem and tell the modem control code D A B 14 This will dial the number stored in A and if it is busy then dial the number stored in B and if it is busy go back and try Ae This wiil continue until one of them answers or we have tried each number 14 times The limit to this command line is 32 characters so you can try almost all the bulletin boards in the area until one answers Maybe you don t know 52 numbers that you can call on the modem or at least do so regularly enough to warrant saving the numbers then you can use the extra space in the modem memory to store passwords to the systems that you do call Here again you can store tp to 32 digits in this string and when you call the system we can then send it with a control code to the modem Now that you have all this information stored in the modem how do you remember what is where There is a command to show all the numbers passwords that are stored in the modem I can see that you are getting one step ahead of me You don t want anyone seeing your passwords so you can start them with the at sign and then that is the only thing that will show when the numbers passwords are listed The information is still there it just doesn t show How about when you send the password to the system that you are calling Nope it doesn t show then either You also have the option of telling the modem to not listen to any of the informa
42. ignated speed and how much farther before you actually stop and on 3 different road surface conditions Eat EAT EEAATT Tired of all those diet programs Want to indulge Well here s a data base program dedicated to food RECIPE FILE X allows you to selectively retrieve recipes add new ones and generally pig out Screen displays are very nicely done and the Help file sure comes in handy Output to screen or printer l There you have it a full smorgasbord of programs on DOM 30 Your best buy in modem history The Networker a plug in single slot direct connect modem for the Apple Il family of computers Send electronic mail to a friend or business associate use your school s computer access hundreds of computer bulletin boards or thousands of data bases for up to the minute news sports weather airline and stock information There s absolutely nothing else to buy You get the modem board communication software and a valuable subscription to America s premier infor mation service THE SOURCE For 129 it s an unbeatable value This is the modem that does it all and does it for less The Apple Communications Card is on board so no other interface is needed It s 300 baud the most commonly used modem speed And it comes complete with Networker Communi cations Software
43. imension 80 Column 64K Card Ile only 149 95 Fourth Dimension 80 Column Card Ile only 79 95 100 compatible with all Ile 80 Column software 1 year warranty The Axis Advantage Prodata Computer 612 541 9140 6009 Wayzata Blvd Suite 113 Minneapolis MN 55416 1 mile west of Hwy 100 on Hwy 12 19 20 riapp ies May 1984 Puzz 115 PRINT PRINT DADA ELI FAFA les amp Prizes Continued from page 18 GALT HAHA ILI JAJA winning solution submitted by Carl Swartz 120 PRINT PRINT KALI AND LALA The prize for this contest was provided by HAS GIVEN YOU ONE COIN Personal Business Systems at 4306 Upton Ave 125 PRINT PRINT YOU MUST NOW S PBS is a local firm that has supported our DETERMINE WHICH ONE COIN club in many ways for a long time I want to 130 PRINT PRINT IS DIFFERENT FROM express my appreciation to them I do not THE REST AND YOU MUST have another puzzle to announce at this time 135 PRINT PRINT DO IT USING ONLY If any of you have one to offer please contact A BALANCE AND YOU ARE i Mee 140 PRINT PRINT ONLY ALLOWED TO a O GOTO 100 USE THE BALANCE THREE 1 REM MINI APP LES PUZZLE 3 145 PRINT PRINT TIMES EXACTLY t SUBMITTED BY CARL SWARTZ ONE COIN IS EITHER DECEMBER 23RD 1983 150 PRINT PRINT LIGHTER OR HEAVIER 10 HOME REM BALANCED THAN THE OTHERS 12 PRINT 155 PRINT HTAB 15 INVERSE PRINT 14 PRINT TAB 5 L TAB 20 SPACE BAR NORM
44. ity including use of micros by girls minorities disadvantaged etc Classroom Computer Learning As usual full of educational computing articles for all levels If you are looking to subscribe to an educational computing magasine this is a good one to start with Address 5615 W Cermak Rd Cicero IL 60650 Computing Teacher March issue Update and software listing of project Softswap largest collection of public educational software domain May 1984 Networker Bulk Purchase by Steve George As stated in the front cover we do not endorse any retail computer related stores But we do have an obligation to members to pass on information which you will find beneficial I recently had the opportunity to evaluate the Networker Modem and software See review elsewhere in this newsletter This is a great package and the retail prices are very reasonable However a bulk purchase has been offered to Mini app les members by a local retailer Diskcover Software Diskcover Software normally offers Mini app les members a 10 discount on everything they have But a special price has been worked out so that you can save even more Networker Modem with Networker software reg 129 now 100 and NetMaster Combo Networker Modem and NetMaster Software reg 179 now 135 As bulk purchases go they need a minimum of 12 orders to do this When 12 orders have been received they will be filled and the next 12 requests col
45. lected So give them a call as they are handling all the details GOTO 6 Professional Service Get it done right the first time We give quality service on all Apple products and Epson printers Need on site repair Call us on site and maintenance contracts available hagen 801 WEST 77 STREET RICHFIELD MINNESOTA 85423 6866 3441 minl apples Announcements Continued from page 5 New Hope Branch by Jere Kauffman The New Hope Branch will meet on May 22nd at 7 00 pem in the Rockford Road Library County Road 9 in Crystal Dick Hreha will demonstrate his robot Hero All interested Apple users are welcome to attend and take part in our discussions MECC Disks by Dave Nordyall We are sorry to announce that the club will no longer offer MECC disks to members MECC will not provide them to us for sale at the special club prices You may of course order MECC disks directly from MECC at their advertised catalog prices April Classified Mix up The newsletter staff apologies to those who had classified ads to be run in the April issue Somehow we managed to rerun the March classified This issue includes those classified ads submitted April i supplies you need Dick West Supplies For Your Computer May 1984 Computer Fair The Science Museum of Minnesota in conjunction with the Twin City Computer User is sponsoring a computer fair at the museum on Saturday May 12
46. locked Changes are memory resident until the next boot If you d like to keep your changes exit the program and INITialize a blank disk with your altered DOS Finally it lists the DOS Commands to screen or printer is a lores game that teaches about orbiting a space vehicle You input velocity and orbit height With the right combinations you will achieve orbit Too little thrust you crash n burn Too much you escape the pull of the Earth Bees in your bonnet Got bats in your belfry SPELLING BEE III is a flashcard format to learning the correct spelling of wordse You can make up your own list to teach test others Or if you re really BATTY input them YOURSELF and then test YOURSELF The file OFTEN MISSPELLED includes some real humdingers Go for it MISTER MATH 3 appears deceptively simple You choose the arithmetic function and the difficulty level easy hard very hard and the number of problems If you choose division and very hard some of the problems are real sticklers to do in your head Appropriately titled cuz I MIST several of em Ever had to really jam on the brakes Ok ok I hear you you put jam on bread Hrumph But seriously STOP III lets you input a rate of travel with paddles joystick and then Measures your reaction time to a semaphore which changes from green to red It then tells you how long that took who far you would have traveled at your des
47. n 544 7303 New Hope SIG Director 1 John Schoeppner 455 8613 Minnesota 55427 SIG Director 2 Subir Chatterjee 330 7347 12 buys membership for one year Branch Director Ron Androff 452 5230 New members and persons renewing after letting membership expire pay Coordinators and Staff a 5 administration fee Members Beginners Consultant S K Johnson 869 3447 receive a subscription to this Blank Disk Purchases Peter Gilles 475 3916 newsletter and all club benefits Shows and conventions Steve George 935 5775 DOMs and MSDs Consummables Co tor Ken Slingsby 507 263 3715 The 3 most recent DOMs Disk of the DOM Editor Al Peterman 721 3295 Month are available at meetings for Education Co tor Arthur English 824 4131 5 disk or any DOM may be e aSed b MECC Disk Purchases Dave Nordvall 724 9174 mail for 7 50 disk MSDs ered Membership Co tor Ann Bell 544 4505 15 disk at moetia g an 17 50 disk Publicity Co tor A Michael Young 884 2841 Dy maii C ntact 8 4 Software Coordinator Chuck Boody 933 5290 st Oehoe poner Spel Int Apple Joe Horne 941 3411 Box 241 TapE Grove Heights Spel Int Business Dick Marchiafava 522 5051 MN 55075 455 8613 Spel Int Communic n Jay Warrior 489 8694 Members may have DOMS copied t i Spel Int Education Jane Chatterjee 888 9447 their awa eae Conca A Chuck Spel Int FORTH Mark Abbott 854 8304 thiesfeld details within this Spel Int Geneology Bill Decoursey 574 9062 newsletter Spel In
48. ns St Paul Vo Tech Health Associates Ctr 2221 University SE Rm 115 Edina Community Center 5701 Normandale Road Room 103 Waite Park City Hall 5th Ave amp 3rd St N The Sclence Museum of MN 30 E 10th St Paul UNIVERSITY MINNESOTA ST PAUL Room B45 Bldg 412 After Regular Mtg Henn Cty Lib at Southdale 7001 York Ave Rockford Rd Library County Road 9 Minn Fed Hopkins Hopkins MN Glen Lake Community Ctr 14300 Excelsior Blvd room E State Fairgrounds Mahtomed Fire House Hallam amp Sttltwater Minnesota Federal 9th Ave S Hopkins St John Neumann Church 4030 Pilot Knob Rd Eagan Edina Community Center 5701 Normandale Road Room 103 Lincoln Center old Lincoln High 88th amp Sheridan Ave Bloomington After Regular Mtg Rockford Rd Library Minn Fed Bank Glen Lake Community Ctr See page 2 for telephone numbers 5 Wae Scott Ueland 6 Dan Buchter 7 Bob Pfaff 8 Martin Thames WHAT MAY 1984 CALENDAR Pascal amp Apple Spectal Interest Group Meeting New Board Night All members are welcome Note 12 Educ Lab by Daryl Dewar Demo BP General Ledger by Henry Lewis Discussion of Spreadsheets Demo GPLE DOS BOSS Micro Wkbk Apple Graphics No meeting JUN JUL or AUGUST Adm 2 Members of Club Museum 3 All others if the hardware arrives Appte Ilc Demo by Mike Carlson PBS Otherwise Just a great presentation Note 12 Demo Read amp Underlinescoe
49. ome question as to what is happening to the IAC DOMs and other mailings from IAC The secretary will call IAC to find out A motion was passed that we as a club vote for Mike Carlson as IAC regional director The subject of PA systems was again discussed We are still trying to borrow one of the units proposed to try out at a meeting The Lincoln School site will have a PA system available for our use is APPLE COMPUTER DUST COVER ANTI STATIC FABRIC AVAILABLE FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT 612 445 1121 Productions Inc 4764 Martindale St N E Prior Lake Minn 55372 25 mini apples Networker May 1984 A Discussion and Evaluation of Networker Modem amp Software by Steve George ut first a short digression 3 years ago I just knew that the very first peripheral I would purchase would be a modem Why I wasn t sure I had no experience with them But I immediately called Ma Bell to either add call forwarding or cancel call waiting It was not to beeee For 3 years I got along swimmingly adding many peripherals but not a modem Then it hit again You KNOW that burning desire for that special peripheral Well 3 weeks ago I borrowed a great modem package from the local distributor My two week evaluation period was up last Monday and I reluctantly relinquished my grasp on it Today Thursday it hit m
50. on an Apple compatible disk giving you features no modem offers Like the ability to lock on screen messages into your Apple s RAM and then move the infor mation onto a disk for easy reference and review A terminal program that turns your computer into a communications command center with on screen help menus continuous updates of memory usage carrier presence and communi cation status The Networker supports both originate and answer modes so you can send and receive infor mation in full or half duplex modes Just plug it into any slot in your Apple computer and then into your phone jack Now you re part of a vast net work of computers i EXTRA BONUS FREE Telephone w Each Modem Purchased ODEM wel NETMASTER COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE For 179 we include with the Networker the Net master Communications Software for advanced users Netmaster will let you transfer games computer graphics programs sales reports documents in fact any Apple file of any size to another computer directly from disk to disk with out errors even through noisy phone lines For transfering information between com puters Netmaster s superb error checking and high speed are an unbeatable combination With a Netmaster on each end you can transfer informa tion three to five times faster than other communi cations packages like Visiterm or ASCH Express Error free But Netmaster s n
51. ot stuffy It will talk to those other communications packages but they don t work as fast and they don t check errors like Netmaster And Netmaster doesn t only work with the iver modem Even if you already have another modem for your Apple Netmaster is an outstanding value in communications software so we sell Netmaster by itself for 79 Netmaster requires 48k of RAM one disk drive and the Networker or another modem It can also be used without a modem when two Apples are hard wired together Compliments of DISKCOVER SOFTWARE 10 VERYTHING WE EVEN GIVE YOU SOMEONE TO TALK TO Your purchase of the Networker with or without Netmaster comes complete with a membership to THE SOURCE with its nor mal registration fee fully waived THE SOURCE will put a world of electronic information and com munication services at your fingertips instantly Electronic mail and computer conferencing Cur rent news and sports Valuable business and financial information Travel services A wealth of information about personal computing Even games All fully compatible with your equipment and ready to use at once DISKCOVER 3619 W 50th St Mpis Mn 55410 612 929 0551 SOFTWARE
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53. see the IN s and OUT s replace the REM in line 390 with GOSUB 420 to display the decimal values GOTO 16 15 rar les May 1984 Bit Twiddling Continued from page 16 345 REM POKE ALL 256 GET RESULTS W PEEK The hi res picture itself isn t reversed just 350 FOR IN 0 TO 255 the individual bytes comprising the display 345 REM POKE BYTE INTO ASSEM ROUTINE A little experimentation reveals that 360 POKE 897 IN geometric figures and hi res letters if each 365 REM PASS CONTROL TO ASSEM ROUTINE is a single byte work the best Notice in 370 CALL 896 the accompanying examples that the words are 375 REM GET RESULT WITH A PEEK still read left to right but that the 380 OUT PEEK 912 individual letters are reversed 390 REM PUT GOSUB 420 HERE TO SEE VALUES 400 NEXT IN 425 REM HI RES BYTER USES LOOKUP amp CONVERT 410 END 430 HGR 420 PRINT IN OUT RETURN 435 REM USE YOUR PIC IN PLACE OF MY PIC Execute with RUN 350 440 PRINT CHR 4 BLOAD MY PIC A 2000 5 445 REM CREATES ROUTINE FROM 391 3B8 As I originally wrote the program in 450 POKE 913 169 POKE 914 0 Applesoft it created the proper output in 460 POKE 915 133 POKE 916 6 approx 40 seconds for all 256 possible input 470 POKE 917 168 values With the substitution of this short 480 POKE 918 169 POKE 919 32 assembly program for the working part of the 490 POKE 920 133 POKE 921 7 routine the time is down to about 3 seconds 500 POKE 922 170 510 PO
54. sequence you can change to that with a simple command such as CONTROL N N CONTROL A This will set control A as the new wake up code You can also force the modem to answer a call even if the phone is not ringing This comes in handy if you are on the phone with someone and decide to transfer some information programs over the modem On the other hand if you need to originate a call the modem can handle that also Some services require that you send a BREAK code to their system to accomplish certain tasks This is built into the modem and can be accessed using the control code and a B You also have control over how many times to let the phone ring before answering the phone This also has a bearing on how long to let the phone ring when you are calling out to another system If you are set up to answer the phone on the first ring then the InfoMate will wait for the 5th ring when calling another system before giving up That brings us to the dialing commands Are these fun You can tell it to dial a number Ok maybe that is not so great BUT the modem decides for itself whether you have a dial or touch tone line OR you can tell it which you have OR you can switch while the dialing is in progress An example of this would be having to pulse dial 9 to get an outside line and then being able to touch tone from there say through a Sprint number The dialing command line will allow up to 32 characters so that it can accommoda
55. t Handicaps Steve Lyle 894 2991 Spel Int Invest nt Eric Holterman 454 5628 Dealers Spel Int Macintosh Mike Carlson 929 4120 Mini tapp les does not endorse any Spel Int Medical Stewart Haight 644 1838 Pee dealers but does promote l Spel Int Pascal John Schoeppner 455 8613 distribution of information which Spel Int Visicalc Mike Carlson 929 4120 may help club members to identify Spel Int CP M Scott Ueland 623 3749 the best buys and service Con Tech Adviser hdw Roger Flint 771 2868 peguen li the cte does pariter ate Branch Coordinators a is purenases 2 meca Dakota County Bob Pfaff 452 2541 AT harayore Ann pobltcati ona Minnetonka Martin Thames 934 3517 P New Hope Jere Kauffman 535 6745 Newsletter Contributions St Cloud Frank Ringsmuth 253 6032 Please send contributions directly St Paul Mahtomedi f Fred Woodward 426 4060 to the Newsletter Editor Hard copy Jim Schenz nary or text es are preferred i h 429 4931 bi fil f l but any form will be gratefully NEWSLETTER PUBLICATION STAFF accepted Deadline for publication is the ist Wednesday of p receding the month in which the E Avenug e heed might be included An article Assistant NL Editor Jo Hornung 922 7665 will be printed when space permits 1 if in the opinion of the Newsletter Contributing Editors Arsen Darnay 933 0399 Editor it constitutes suitable Director amp NL Editor Daniel B Buchler 890 5051 Steve George Composition L
56. te most if not all of the different common carrier control sequences Now a 32 digit phone number is not something that is easy to remember so Cermetek decided to build a memory into the modem It will remember up to 52 of these 32 digit numbers And it will remember which one you called last GOTO 13 12 mini apples Cermetek Concluded from page 12 if it is busy you can redial without much trouble The nice thing about all this is that the numbers that are stored in the modem can be accessed by using the control code D and the letter that they are stored under A Z and a z Now about that busy signal you just got The modem is smart enough to know if the line was busy or not and if you do get a busy signal you can tell it to redial There are two ways to do this Number one is to do a control code D and the firmware will cause the modem to redial the last dialed number The other easier way is to give the modem a number between 1 and 14 after you give it the number to dial in the same command string and it will automatically redial the number up to the number of times that you have told it or until it gets an answer Now that you have gotten all this done what if you have two numbers that you want to try Almost as easy You can type in the telephone numbers that you want it to try and once again give it a number of times to try them if they are both busy But the easiest way to get t
57. tion that it is passing if it is possible that it might contain the control code and get things all May 1984 confused There are three levels of this command The one is to listen for commands The next is not to listen until the modem receives a break character from the computer The last level is don t even listen to the break character The only way to reset this mode is to turn the modem off and then back on Now that you have given the modem all these commands you may have gotten yourself lost so there is a command to restore everything to the way it is on power up Now for the more technically inclined the modem even has 8 internal diagnostic test modes that can be activated if you feel better checking things once in a while These range all the way from self test to testing the modem on the other end and the lines in between Sure it s a nice modem but it must cost a fortune Not so The closest COMPARABLE modem is priced at 795 The Cermetek goes for 595 This turns out to be even cheaper than some of the other guys that don t do nearly as much So if you are in the market for a modem or are looking to upgrade to 1200 baud I would suggest that you take a close look at the Cermetek modem I think that it is quite a lot of value for the money re Keep that Card by Dave Nordvall f you have put put your Integer or Applesoft card away when you got a language or RAM card get it back out
58. to toggle between upper and lower case lettering CHARACTER CODE is an instructional program which shows you how to create your own characters to be used when printing to the hires screen as in ALPHANUMERICS above Illustrating the technique of moving a program up in memory from its normal location is SCREEN 2 The purpose here is to reserve some room for additional text pages which could be used as Help screens for a program Designed for use with Applewriter I files Add this method to your own programming if you wish Do I hear 1 000 000 You just might if you get involved with AUCTION This program allows you to keep track of legitimate bidders their bids and payments received Specifics on the program are documented on disk Another file AUCTIONSTARTOVER appears to be an emergency re start use with Caution A short subroutine which Auction uses is TRAP RESET KEY and could easily be adapted for your programs It traps the reset key and causes the program in memory to re run CAPECAN APPLE paint A little trav lin music if you please SOFIWARS is an Applesoft plus machine language program to create the Star Wars theme music Thorough documentation of pitches and timing is within the program s body DISK COMMAND EDITOR lets you change a portion of the DOS verbiage we ve all grown to love so dearly Such as DISK VOLUME 254 and for a locked file Now you can make them GAME DISK and for
59. ubroutine to print the result Line 100 is the beginning of the program with 100 155 printing out the first page and 160 195 printing out the second page of the instructions Lines 200 through 295 perform test one and pags control to line 300 if the result of the test is tipped left or right and line 700 if it was balanced Lines 300 395 perform test two and pass control to the proper line to run test three to solve for a defective coin in positions A through H I specified in the earlier discussion that test two would consist of IJ KA but Carl chose HI JK This means that the process will be slightly different but the result will be the same It also points out that there are usually several ways to do anything Anyway the second test is performed in lines 700 795 and control is passed to the proper line 800 990 to solve for the defective coin if it should be one of the coins I through Le 24 AMATEUR FAIR 84 Minnesota s Largest Electronics amp Computer Swap amp Show For Personal Computer Users Electronics Hobbyists and Amateur Radio Operators Saturday June 2 1984 6 00 a m to 5 00 p m Outside Market Starts at 6 00 a m Inside Activities Start at 8 00 a m At the Minnesota State Fairgrounds Dairy Products Building and Surrounding Area Commercial Exhibitors Giant Flea Market Club Activities and Demonstrations Dealer enquiries Write or call 612 420 6000 What Sponsored by _ NA
60. umn printer or in condensed mode on my EPSON is extremely valuable ULTRATERM makes composing them easy and the page formatting capabilities of ULTRAPLAN makes printing them easy Unfortunately ULTRAPLAN does not support the 132 and 160 colum modes of the ULTRATERM I don t quite understand this but I suspect it has something to do with the fact that these modes cannot be displayed on all monitors due to the full screen scan requirements Even so it would seem that the package built explicitly for the ULTRATERM should support all its modes This is probably a good place to repeat the caution that the ULTRATERM requires a monitor with high persistant phosphor such as the APPLE III monitor or the AMDEK 300A The APPLE II monitor is not recommended When in doubt test before you buy A very strong plus for ULTRAPLAN in my case is that it uses standard DOS This means that it can take advantage of any DOS enhancements such as file dating and hard disk support Unfortunately very unfortunately the ULTRAPLAN program itself is copy protected Data files can reside on any device supported by your DOS As a hard disk user I really dislike not being able to put both the program and my data files on the hard disk A backup copy of ULTRAPLAN is also not provided in the package A backup may be ordered for 20 shipping included from VIDEX In summary ULTRAPLAN is a very good product for ULTRATERM owners who use spreadsheets
61. way you goe But when software s included why bother 26 The Networker software is sheer simplicity to use One menu 13 choices Selection is with the arrow keys and a lt CR gt The primary feature of the software is its massive 32 000 character text trap all in a plain vanilla 48k Apple You can easily capture your conversation or bulletin board information such as the list of commands the board supports Also you can capture downloaded programs After receiving an APPLESOFT program I simply output the received information as a TEXT file to the disk exited the software re booted and EXECed the TEXT file into memory Voila a workable program for free Note that any program that is downloaded must be treated as a TEXT file Networker software was designed primarily for use in accessing bulletin boards The bottom 3 lines of your screen continuously display the status of your modem software Besides the on screen display the carrier status is monitored by a red LED on the Originate Answer switch GOTO 28 BRUI APPLES We re a fully authorized Apple service center offering fast convenient and affordable repairs for Apple II III I Plus and Ile models We also service Epson Okidata NEC and Comrex printers Extended service contracts available at reasonable rates for on site or in shop service Use your Dayton s charge MasterCard Visa or Ameri
62. will be our last meeting until September We will be in the Ethel Berry Room Doors open at 7 PM and the meeting starts at 7 15 PM adjourning by 9 15 PM The library is located at 7001 York Avenue South It is on the east side of the street across from Target Plenty of free parking Mini tapp tes Software Disks MSDs 3 Great Disks MinitScrip Checkbook Financial System MSD 1 A home and small business checking and accounting package by Leighton G Siegel Micro matler MSD 2 Mail list program by Juris and Paula Ozols of Prairie Microsystems Inc Magic Window though not requlred works well in conjunction with Micro mailer Higher Text Extensions MSD 3 Contains Higher Print by Dan Buchler Message Maker by Charles C Boody and Higher Word processor by Don Hagberg high density print Higher Print provides capability with a selection of fonts and more a if you own Higher Text from A P P L E The newsletter headers and logo are printed with Higher Text Message Maker requires that you own HIGHER TEXT It serves as a tool to create and display on your screen messages which scroll up and down left and right and d other useful things l Higher Word Processor Is a easy to use line oriented text editor suited to letter writing and everyday home use It integrates with Higher Print Alt MSDs are available at meetings to members only for 15 or by mail from Schoeppner for 17 50 See classified a
63. xit Treasurer John Hansen at 50th Street Turn east then turn south on Secretary Ken Slingsby the frontage road which is east of Perkins Communication Dan Buchler Software Pete Gilles The meetings are in Room 103 which is on the Technical Hugh Kurtzman first floor west Meetings start at 7 00 PM SIG Director 1 John Schoeppner with RANDOM ACCESS the question and answer SIG Director 2 Subir Chatterjee session where members seek solutions and share Branch Ron Androff experience The program starts at 7 30 PM Calendar Announcements The May program is about Bookkeeping and k Accounting A demo of the BPI GENERAL LEDGER Please submit all calendar dates changes the most popular accounting package for the etc to Ron Androff Ron has volunteered to Apple computer will be presented by Henry be the calendar maker for the newsletter As Lewis of Henry T Lewis amp Associates an for all newsletter items timely submission accounting professional The second part of helps us all the program will be about accounting GOTO 5 applications on spreadsheets If you are having difficulty with a spreadsheet application bring it along There will be help available at the meeting Everyone is welcome and bring your questions to store your Mac Users diskettes How about forming a MAC SIG Mike Carlson of PFS File 12500 3 PBS who is currently also the VisiCalc SIG fig Pe ae i 1 k coordinator has offered to help start up this Beagle Basic
64. yout Joan Kistner material for publication Advertising Eric Holterman 454 5628 Advertising Mailing Coordinator Hugh Kurtzman Direct Advertising inquiries to our co ordinator Eric Holterman at PO Box 21 425 Circulation this issue 2250 Eagan MN 55121 612 454 5628 rarr les IN THIS ISSUE Announcements ATE E EE AETERNA el TEE Bit Twiddling Cermetek InfoMate 212A by Tom Vanderpool ssssoesosoosooool2 Classified E E E E E E E A 6 80 86 OO Keep that Card by Dave Nordvall seosssesossoosooool3 DOM 30 by Steve Georgecscccccccasccscvescseed Map of Meeting Place cscscccccccsvceseeeed Minutes by Hugh Kurtzmanececscccecscevvcceseend Networker A review by Steve Georgercrrcssccccccccecveses20 Puzzles amp Prizes by Ron Androffaessseasocoossooooo oos o 20 Ultraplan by Scott Le Ksandereccceccccccecceeell ADVERTISERS Amateur Fair VBA be eierere ece ere aie wre are DG City Desk Computer Warehouse 14 Computer Buying Service 8 amp 21 Computer Supply StoresscecccsccessO Counterpoint Softwareercecscccsee odd Dayton s Repaireccccecsccsscevcee20 Diskcover SoftwareccecscccccceceelO Hagen Office Equipment cscescsoeed House of FormSeccccoccesvesscesveedl KSTP be etalSierere We E OSS bee OLE MA Productions Inceocsececccccsceedd Micro 13 Fo il Dr rarer me Mini app les Softwareecscccecccceel NLDB 1 Civico c csi 60e scienter slisloele SOL POST Softwareeccevcseccnsesvcocvseeeld Prodata Comput

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