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Meanwhile, see you on the board.9109-2     Uªÿ BOOT       ˆDIRECTORY  ÈADAM_X_BBSH:04HKS LEFTÜANN_REPORTH	éINSIGHTSATfutureADAMH ™BBoardAEFT4(03WrapUpAT6ÀBooks03AFT9ÃR+RcouponsA;öGalleryAFT<µJerryVAEFT=;DoorPrizeA@ DELEGATESADÀ123listAFTJSOUVENIRSAPÌSB1XINFOATQSWMODEMAFTYhile Geo. and others ran Press any keyahead of us slow pokes. Ron Collins HELPED Sol Swift win the game contest. ........... Herman and Geo. TOOK their room apart. I mean the phone, the TV, the VCR, the electrical oulets etc. so they could customize it for their Adam activities They had to KEEP the maid out of the room for the whole 4 days so she would not report them to management. ............. BJ showed and received Ron accepting for him a Gallery of Honour award. .............., Robx	EBJ: RN/RCN              Read (Y/N/Quit)>A842 22:30 Aug-06-1991TO: ALL                 FROM: Ron Mitchell         33   SUBJ: AC03 - What a BLAST!!Read (Y/N/Quit)>yJFROM THE ADAM X CHANGE BBS IN CLEVELAND HOME OF ADAMCON 04   COMES THE FOLLOWING.......TO: ALL                 FROM: Ron Mitchell         33   SUBJ: AC03 - What a BLAST!!Read (Y/N/Quit)>yJust got back to Ottawa, and have at least established thaåååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååå     -Ron Mitchell Press any keyA843 23:01 Aug-06-1991TO: ALL B.A.S.I.C       FROM: Barry Wilson         6    SUBJ: Congratulations     Read (Y/N/Quit)>yGeo & Herman and Ron brung home the bacon 04 is IN CLEVELAND (or Akron depending who has the GUN). ............. I know it will be great you guys sure deserve it and all those arms we had to twist were worth it. .............. We ALMOST got Herman a job in So.Bend as a dishwasher. Herman & I almost got run over crossing the street wSB2FIXAEFT]€binHEXAEFTa FILESHLEFTc¡ADAM_FIXHTeqLOGO_TRICKHigLefkoMAY91AkáENOUGH_edHoDTilson_MayHs‘COPX_revueHv%Scenes_MayH{ØHarris7_91HŠ#Bell_ANNAT‘hFLAGH LEFT“From_PJHHT–EREADMETWOAšŒBLOCKS LEFT Friedman pulled off another Gallery of Honour Press any keyaward and one he justly deserved even though he will be modest and say he doesnt. (HE DOES) .......... Zonker stole PJ away from me, the dirty rat. ........... Zonker was ZOnker was bonkers was fun was crazy dont trust him  with a camera., he took pics everywhere, I was afraid to go to the bathroom when he & his camerawere in there.    All in All a  typical Cleveland set of activities. GOOD SHOW on 04. Best from Barry Keep in d BBS the TP will be able to gather and dis- tribute all Press any keyinformation needed. I be assisting in the forwarding all that may arrive here.So if you can not reach the TP (216-791-4022) you can leave your questions here and pick up information here. SEE YOU AT O4, BARRY WILSON          59, fclee 34645, fclee 27134, GORDO 24547, LYLE M 0003 and ROB F. -3.  Now, I don't know how these three guys managed to get onto the computer while we were in a session, but at least Bart Ltacted HERE as ID#4 or Press any keyNATURALLY on the Trading Post bbs (216)/791-4022 3/12/2400 baud 24hrs a day. thanks....-HM Press any keyA845 03:58 Aug-07-1991TO: All                 FROM: Ron Collins          3    SUBJ: Addictus            Read (Y/N/Quit)>yWell, the anual contest at ADAMCON for the best all around champ at the ADDICTUS game from REEDY Software was held once again at ADAMCon 03.  Francis Clee was by far the highest scoring person registered at the convention.  Inmcon 04 will be just as great if not      great than the previous Adamcons.Cleveland which is the home of TWO ADAM BBSs has designated  the Trading Post BBS as the official BBS for Adamcon 04      information.  This is to take advantage of its Adam Echo     feature, which means information will ECHO to many other     Adam BBSs.Of course, the Adam X Change BBS will also have all the      uptodate convention information.The Trading Post BBS, Herman Mason Sysop:     (216) 791-4022)The Adam X Change BBynch go a picture of that game screen! * Ron * Press any keyA846 04:32 Aug-07-1991TO: ALL                 FROM: George M. Koczwara   1    SUBJ: ADAMcon 04          Read (Y/N/Quit)>yAs stated earlier by Barry, we here in the Cleveland area have the privilage to host AC04 next year. We have decided to designate the Trading Post BBS as the Official AC04 BBS. All information regarding AC04wl e available there. Naturally this BBS will have most of the same info available. As the disignateTouch Press any keyA844 23:48 Aug-06-1991TO: all                 FROM: Herman Mason         4    SUBJ: CLOCK BOARDS        Read (Y/N/Quit)>yI everyone that CLAIMED they wanted a clock, would get $50 together, and let me know it, we can get a LINGREL clock.  Seeing that I am BJ's fair headed chosen one, he promised that he wpuld build the clocks, if I got 10 interested people.. For those that want a OWARE or LINGREL serial board, also SPEAK NOW or forever hold your peace. I can be conx	E04 IN CLEVELAND IN 1992.Having spent a full day recently in Cleveland with the       leaders of the Cleveland AUG  (B.A.S.I.C.) I have full       confidence that Adamco               ADAMCON 04               l992 in CLEVELANDITS OFFICIAL.  ADAMCON 04 IN CLEVELAND IN 1992.Having spent a full day recently in Cleveland with the       leaders of the Cleveland AUG  (B.A.S.I.C.) I have full       confidence that Ada fact, she was even given an award for getting the highest scored!  There was, however, three names and scores on that practice Press any keygame system that had people scratching their heads. The folks went into the normal sessions and when we came out, the score board of high scores read SOL S 98659, fclee 34645, fclee 27134, GORDO 24547, LYLE M 0003 and ROB F. -3.  Now, I don't know how these three guys managed to get onto the computer while we were in a session, but at least Bart LS,  George Koczwara, Sysop:     (216) 883-9355.Call them for Adam information of any type including of      course, Adamcon 04 information.Besides Herman and George, some familar names making up the  Cleveland AUG including Ron Collins, Rich Drushel , John     Villar among others.I MISSED ADAMCON 0l & 02 AND AM VERY SORRY I DID.I MADE ADAMCON 03 AND HAD A GREAT TIME.I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ADAMCON 04 IN CLEVELAND.YOU should do what I did, put away $5-l0 each and every      week.This will give youby Patricia Herrington which was placed in a frame for those receiving this Honor.Lyle Marschand, Patricia Herrington, Guy Cousineau, Norman Catro, Alan      Neeley were present to accept their awards.  Ron Collins accepted for Big   John Lingrel, Patricia Herrington Accepted for Sol Swift, Gary Bowser       accepted for Syd Carter, Dean Roades & Barry Wilson accepted for Rob        Friedman, and Guy Cousineau accepted for Tony Morehand}DAVID COBLEY spoke on his duties as AUG COORDINATOR.  He gives assisxO Adamcon was kind enough to allow A.N.N. to make a report on its         activities at the convention.While A.N.N. did provide start-up money for Adamcon 03 (along with A.N.N. (ADAM NEWS NETWORK) CONVENTION REPORT.BARRY A. WILSON, EDITOR & FOUNDERThe Adamcon was kind enough to allow A.N.N. to make a report on its         activities at the convention.While A.N.N. did provide start-up money for Adamcon 03 (along withis panel.RON also gave a report on the Master Address list.  Ron needs help on this  and Herman Mason has now volunteered to help.  Jean Stone had some good     suggestions.  It IS IMPORTANT to let the Adam AUGS, BBSs and dealers know   that you would appreciate their participating in and cooperating with our   Master Adamite Address list.  {Basically we want the mail lists  so we can  use them to help Adam and Adamites}.DEAN ROADES, Co-Editor of A.N.N. monthly disks, spoke briefly on the        contio give to Adam the recognition and honor they so richly deserve.    That is is better to let them know now how much we appreciate them rather   than to mourn their passing later.  Rich indicated that all members of this years committee were turning this   function over to a new committee to be headed by JERRY VRANCKS.{This should make the former committee members eligible for the Gallery of  Honour for 1992}.{At the final banquet, the Gallery of Honour awards consisting of a         Certificate designed  between $250-500 by Adamcon 04 time.      That will cover your registration (Approx. $200) and leave a good amount left over for transportation costs, etc.LETS MAKE ADAMCON 04 THE BEST YET.Barry WilsonANN Editor  to take advantage of its Adam Echo     feature, which means information will ECHO to many other     Adam BBSs.Of course, the Adam X Change BBS will also have all the      uptodate convention information.The Trading Post BBS, Herman Mason Sysop:     (216) 791-4022)The Adam X Change BBtance   to new and old AUGS in keeping them alive and well.  He helps with          addresses of possible members, newsletters, PD library, etc.  Whatever can  be done to keep our AUGS doing well.  BUT they must ask for help and let us know when they need help.RON MITCHELL spoke on the EXPERT PANEL and Ron had prepared a very nice     handout on it.  We NEED MORE VOLUNTEER EXPERTS for the panel but are        functioning well with what we presently have.Please contact Ron to volunteer to participate on th Alan     Neeley of Adam Link),  and while the convention Chairman was Dean Roades,   the A.N.N. Co-Editor, its was 463 AUG that planned and put on the very      wonderful Adamcon 03.  Any and all credit for 03 goes to DEAN ROADES and    463 AUG. I gave a brief over-view of A.N.N. indicating that our biggest asset was    the members of A.N.N. speaking next and that they really made A.N.N.        successful, not myself.RICH CLEE gave a report on the GALLERY OF HONOUR and its purpose to give    those whnued growth of the monthly news and information service.BART (ZONKER) LYNCH, Telecommunications Editor spoke briefly about the      translation services he along with Bob Blair are offering.  The A.N.N. disk can be received in EOS, CPM ASCHII, or CPM Wordstar.   We now can receive   contributions to A.N.N. in any of the above three formats.  With the        cooperation of Jim Duffy & Al Fitzgerald of St.Louis AUG we are able to     handle some IBM translations also.MEL OSTLER spoke on the ADAM SURVIVAL  he created the program, made me  very happy.  Guy sold approx. l0 copies of this at Adamcon and that made    Guy happy.   In any case I have asked Guy to move this project under A.N.N. and to head it.     The Wish list idea originated with a column written by Dean Roades for A.N.N. and his 463-AUG Newsletter.LANI BRITO.  A.N.N. CONTEST EDITOR. Contests are progressing well,          certainly better than when I was running them. We still need dealers to     volunteer prizes and a greater participation.r the awards for the Gallery of Honour, start-up costs for         Adamcon, etc.MEL OSTLER also spoke on another A.N.N. project he is heading.  This is to  keep an index of hardware, including parts so that adamites having hardware to sell or exchange and those needing hardware or parts can find out about  each other.HERMAN CHERNEY a new member of A.N.N. spoke briefly on his project, ADAMITE ADVOCATE.  This is to be an informal private means of settling disputes     between adamites and dealers, etc.  IED PROJECT.  STANDARDIZATION OF HARDWARE & SOFTWARE.This project may be activated as time and interest permit.  There           eventually must be some standardization within the Adam community, so       Adamites can buy things and use them without going through all types of     manipulations to make incompatible Adam items finally work together.A volunteer could help get this activated.VOLUNTEERS:  A.N.N. is of course a non-paid, non-profit service             organization for Adam and we work through{NOT PART OF THE A.N.N. CONVENTION REPORT BUT TO BE PART OF A.N.N. WAS THE  FOLLOWING:}GUY COUSINEAU is establishing an Adam "Wish List" function.  Guy indicates  that many hardware & software  producers and programmers do not know what   the adam community wants developed and the adam community often does        without software or hardware because the producers/programmers do not know  what is wanted.  An example was an EOS Directory Sorter program I wanted    but did not exist.  I mentioned it to Guy,GUIDE.  It was out and sold at        Adamcon 03.  Sales were good. I think it is a nice looking book and         certainly crammed full of helpful information at 248 pages.  The cost now   that convention is over is $l6.95. In the USA add $3.05 for postage, etc.   In Canada there are various amounts to be added for postage & taxes         depending on distance involved.A.S.G. was Co-edited by Mel Ostler and Barry Wilson.Funds from A.S.G. sales will go to support other A.N.N. projects such as    paying foPart of the purpose of the contests are to give all adamites a sense of     belonging, something they can participate in.  Many Adamites do not have    the skills to ask complex questions or to use complex information made      available on A.N.N., BBSs or their Newsletters.  But we need them and want  them to be a more active part of the Adam community.   The contests are     such that anyone can enter and win.  We hope this helps bring more Adamites into the Adam family with a sense of belonging.PROPOSt is meant to resolve this matters     amicably and before they become public fights.   It is meant also to help   dealers, especially where they have a customer that nothing will satisfy.   The Advocate can verify that significant good faith efforts were made to    satisfy the customer and that the customer is being unreasonable.  Of       course, the usual functions of interceding for customers with dealers will  also be included.   We appreciate Herman Cherney's volunteering to help     A.N.N. and Adam. volunteers.Unfortunately there are too few volunteers and we have to keep asking the   same people to make the same sacrifices of time and money again and again.  We will burn out people eventually and lose them for the Adam world.We need more volunteers, even if it is nothing more than typing hard copy   to disk or mailing out form letters, or typing information into a data      base.There is something for all.In this respect I also need someone to keep track of the volunteers, their  interests andr about 2 1/2 years I finally      received a call from a CP/M sysop  at 11:30pm one night.  He  informed me that support was still available for    the ADAM   and gave me 4 different phone numbers of ADAM BBS 's to call and I  finally got back in touch with the world of ADAM. I first heard about ADAMCON3 through the BBS's.  Being the   skeptic that I    am, I thought to myself; what could a convention of ADAM users offer me and    what could they possibly   have to talk about or discuss that hasn't alreaTHE FOLLOWING INSIGHT INTO THE ADAMCON 03 AS SEEN BY A NEW COMER WAS SENT TO   US BY RICH COSSABOON.I had the plesure of corresponding with Rich prior to 03 and meeting/talking   with him there.A fine fellow with a splendid wife,  Diana, Rich is now giving back to Adam.   We were able to give to him and help him and he is repaying that debt by       giving back and helping Adam wherever he can.This is just what we all must do.  Help other adamites whatever their skill    level and as much or as little  through the    ADAMLink of Utah or The Connection catalogs. Then I read about certain people attending and wound up      wondering to      myself: Gee they're still around.  I wonder     why?  Most of the names were   new to me but some of the names caught my eye and curiosity.  So I asked a few questions to  people I did know and also read the upcoming agenda for the      convention.  That was the final trick.  I just had to meet   these people that I had heard so much about and find out     what's all a little      background on myself so       you'll know where  I've been and where I'm       coming from. I purchased an ADAM for  my son in November 1984.  He didn't use it, but I     did.  I was a member of Compuserve and    purchased most of  the Coleco        software available in my   area.  I had'nt realized that there was any user    groups in   my area, (until later) and so when my  modem went basically  I     lost touch with the ADAM Community. After having my ADAM   relegated to the    closet fo abilities and to match this with the needs of the various     A.N.N. people.This is basically the A.N.N. report given at Adamcon 03, with slight        additions by myself.BARRY WILSON, Founder & Co-Editor of A.N.N. and A.S.G. use them without going through all types of     manipulations to make incompatible Adam items finally work together.A volunteer could help get this activated.VOLUNTEERS:  A.N.N. is of course a non-paid, non-profit service             organization for Adam and we work throughdy   been      covered even if I wasn't aware of what had happened at the   other   two previous conventions? Well I haven't read anything about the other two conventions and other than    reading some of the names who attended,       really don't know what happened  at either of them. Then I decided NOT to attend.  I figured that any money I    spent for a       convention would be better spent on hardware or  software.  I hadn't seen any  DEMO's of any but had read all  the descriptions of them eitheras we are qualified to help. Every little bit helps.  Rich will also be doing some special projects for A.N.N.Rich is interested in hearing from Adamites in the Philadephia area .  AND NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT PART , RICH'S ARTICLE.=======================================================================Insights of a (NEWCOMER) to ADAMCON3by RICH COSSABOON I thought I would like to share with everyone exactly what  ADAMCON3 meant to  me, as a NEWCOMER to the ADAM Community.   But before  I do just the fuss about this      little 80K machine that would make so many people drive and fly hundreds if    not a thousand miles to attend a convention of other users. When we arrived at the Ramada to check in there were a few   people there      already and not one person that we knew.        Feeling a little out of place  and I guess being a little shy meeting new people we just sort of stood around waiting for  something to happen.  And happen it did.  Even though we     knew no one there, suddenly that afat. We then listened to the   various speakers  and I believe everyone learned something from them.  I know I did.  The        suggestions of ways to look for  other ADAM users in your area was great.  It  was one of the  reasons I was here.  I wanted to know why there were no ADAM   Users groups in my area.  I know that now.  It's because of  me.  What have I  done to look any one up or to try and start a group.  Philadelphia must have a population of 7 or 8      million people maybe more.  I don't know.  e        very,very nice. The second day started with breakfast and some good          conversation at   the table in a very pleasant atmosphere.     Just talking to people about the  same common interest items  was a joy in itself.  We then listened to what the various   speakers had to say and then it was time for classes.  I     almost  felt as if I was going back to school in a way.  But  this is where I really   learned something.  I know how to     transfer files.  I know how to format a  disk. I knoarn so   this is something new for me.   The second day ended and my wife and I went to dinner and    she asked? "Well  are you getting any of this?".  On that     remark I had to think to myself    Boy I'm sure glad I came.    I'm getting information that you can't even buy!! And at the price of it (FREE) it's the best deal going.  Frugal was a   word   often mentioned at the convention and I'm here to tell  you that if you missed it, you missed the best deal the ADAM has going for it right now!!  To coiich every one I attended I    learned something that I did not know before.  I just want to give you an idea of exactly the scope of these people who actually know how to do all    these  things that I didn't know was even possible except for maybe professonal       computer experts of which all the people   giving all the classes said time    and time again "I'm not an  expert".  Oh yes they are and with out these       people the rest of us would be in pretty sorry shape. Lunch on the second day was greternoon I met about 30    people and shook hands with all of them.  , introduced ourselves to each other and with-in about 10   minutes were having       conversations with people we didn't really know and  yet we   were talking like we had known each other for years.  Much   to my    surprise my wife and I were relaxing and starting to   have a good time.   At the reception that evening we really enjoyed ourselves    and yet at the    end of the first day all I could really say   is that these people werBut I do  know     that there   must be a lot of people in the same boat I was  in and I know that they would like to use their ADAM to its  full potential but I       haven't done a thing to try to contact  anyone or help anyone or start a       group.  Don't worry!  That  will be rectified now that I have some ideas to    start from. The afternoon sessions began and with the same results as   in the morning. I was really learning something.  Most      people who know me will attest to my inability to lew how to pull the reset.  I know how to print a file out.  I know   how to set up T-DOS.  So what was I going to learn?  A great     deal in fact. I learned although not all of it (honesty     folks) how to rebuild a          directory.  Did I learn it all?  No  but thanks to Guy I now know what to look for in the process though.  In truth I could not do this before but I now have the confidence that I could do it if I have to.  Without     going into every  class that was held during the convention   of whn a  phrase "It's the     best thing since popcorn" By the start of the third day my mindset was beginning to    change.  Instead  of being the skeptic I was upon arriving I  was beginning to see that all      these people were interested   in the same thing I was and were pulling        together to keep    this great machine alive.  To think that all these people  were pooling their knowledge to pass along to who ever       wanted it was     just a little more than I could fathom.   The third morning wn you say?Great. Fantastic. Unbeleiveable.   I'm not  very eloquent at most times and I wasn't at that particular  moment   either. But I had no better words to say than those.We then listened about the Linked Stack Development Program  from Ron Mitchell which sounds like a very good program for  me, not being a programer I just    might be able to write one  with it. We then attended the last remaining classes that there were  and Howard Pines  class on Basic Repairs paid for my trip to  the Convention information going    thru my head   and trying to remember all that was said.  (Sure wish I had     brought a tape recorder)!! The evening was spent in our room until about 7:30 when we   visited with      Bruce Walters and his wife.  There Bruce gave   me a demo of his new programs  while our wives talked.       Bruce went many times over my head on almost     every item and  then went back to put it all in what I like to refer to as     user's terms.  Never having done any programming I'm one of  the pmissed out on the great prices shame on you.  Even this skeptic learned some things here, along with picking up a few nice   programs that I've read   about and always wanted. We then proceeded on to the Cocktail hour and then the       Banquet where the first 10 inductees for the ADAM Gallery of Honour were inducted.  I for one    was very sorry that I only  knew about 4 of the inductees, but I did meet some of the    rest during the convention.  I also thought that everyone    there   should have been i    until recently had his ADAM put away up in the closet was    being asked my    opinion about something that by this time I   had just felt honored to be      invited to attend.  Well folks I guess I must be back in the ADAM Community    because its the   only place were PEOPLE do these things.  I must admit that I just felt awestruck!!  I gave them my opinion but I don't    know if I put it  in the best terms for I feel there are no   best terms to describe how I felt  at exactly that moment.    What cae spent attending classes and by the      afternoon I was   beginning to feel spent.  I'm glad we had    the afternoon off although I      attended a Demo of the LCHard   Drive given by Alan Neely which was great.  I  won't give all the particulars here except to say that I for one intend to buy one.  After the demo we visited the local shopping mall  and looked around     before going to supper.  Her being hungry  and my head just spinning from      everything going on I just    had the feeling of all this.  Having two ADAM's with the same symtoms I   can now fix both of them for I now know how.  Just   great.  I would have had to send them both out to be fixed and now I   can do  it myself for $4.00.  Yes you read it right.  Now     who's learning to be     frugal? We went to the ADAM store were I saw so many different items on display for    sale.  It looked like a Coleco Warehouse sale (except for better prices).      Anything and everything that    you wanted or needed for your ADAM was there.  If you eople that   uses programs and doesn't write them however Bruce must have had to lower      himself pretty far down to put  it on my level but yes even I understood it.   If I got it    anyone can. The fourth day started out with Breakfast and the same good  conversations     going on around the table.  My wife and I ate  breakfast with Joe Alford and   his wife Helen. While we sat   and talked they asked my opinion about how we   thought the    convention was.  They asked ME!!!.  The little guy who had  ncluded because it was these same    people, who being the   skeptic that I WAS, took me back into  the fold so to speak and treated me as  one of their own, as if I had never left.  I  may have been orphaned by old Ma and Pa Coleco but who could ever have better Brothers and Sisters than the     ones that I   met one weekend in South Bend Indiana?  The inductee's; they     deserve every honour they received or receive in the future. Everyone was      awarded door prizes, pictures took, and my wife and I evion.  The people that you'll meet become a part of your family.  Don't beleive me, check it out for yourself.  Remember I'm the     skeptic here, and I'm not skeptical        anymore.  I had to find  out and so should every ADAM user.  To experience it  is the  only way to go.  I for one (my wife included) won't miss     another   one.  I'll see everyone in Cleveland next year and   rest assured I'll be      there.  How about you??  In the         meantime until next year may the good  Lord Bless and keep   bringing up what I consider the most important aspect of the ADAM and the Convention.  That being the people.  I've never met a kinder, more considerate, more knowledge, more helpful, more, more, more, the list could fill this article  and then some but that is the    Future of the ADAM.  The       people I met at the Convention gave enough of   themselves to  me to last for years to come.  This is just a small way of      saying thanks. Last but certainly not least I'm sure everyone will agree    with mion.  The people that you'll meet become a part of your family.  Don't beleive me, check it out for yourself.  Remember I'm the     skeptic here, and I'm not skeptical        anymore.  I had to find  out and so should every ADAM user.  To experience it  is the  only way to go.  I for one (my wife included) won't miss     another   one.  I'll see everyone in Cleveland next year and   rest assured I'll be      there.  How about you??  In the         meantime until next year may the good  Lord Bless and keep  e talked with Pat Herrington used to just     look   over my shoulder is now interested in PowerPaint and    made a few suggestions to me that SHE wants to try.  I guess I have to set up my second ADAM for her. To any ADAM User: To miss a convention is a great loss for   you and all other ADAM Users.  I don't think that anyone who ever attended a convention ever     regretted going.  You just   can't buy the information that is given away for  any amount  of money and yet it's given freely without obligaten won the raffle      drawing prize (Which I had never done before).I am not a writer nor do I have any asperations to be.  I've never had a good  memory and if I've forgotten anyone it was  not intentional.  I just met so    many people this last        weekend I can't even remember them all but        they're listed on the sheets we were given as to who was attending.  I wanted  to thank every single person that I've met in the ADAM       Community and     wanted to close this little article by now      you all.  t Herrington used to just     look   over my shoulder is now interested in PowerPaint and    made a few suggestions to me that SHE wants to try.  I guess I have to set up my second ADAM for her. To any ADAM User: To miss a convention is a great loss for   you and all other ADAM Users.  I don't think that anyone who ever attended a convention ever     regretted going.  You just   can't buy the information that is given away for  any amount  of money and yet it's given freely without obligate that Dean Rhodes and the 463ADAM deserve a great     deal of praise.  I didn't make the  first two conventions but I'm sure this was the best.  Everyone owes them a    great deal of gratitude and thanks.  Great Job guys and gals.  I for    one    could not have asked for more. In closing this (used to  be) skeptic now       wished I had known about the other two       conventions and had been there.   There is just so many items that I could say that there just isn't room for.   My wife    who up until sh‚Nogram, I  decided to write one in FILEMANAGER style -- the birth of EOS DIRECTORY    SORTER.  I sent Barry a BETA test version, he thought it was ok or perhaps better thanTHE FOLLOWING IS GUY COUSINEAU SPEECH DELIVERED AT ADAMCON 03 ON THE       FUTURE OF ADAM.GUY MAKES MANY TELLING REMARKS AND COMMENTS ON ADAM'S FUTURE AND INVITIES  YOUR PARTICIPATION IN SEEING THAT ADAM HAS A FUTURE.GUY OUTLINES HIS "WISH LIST" PROnary audio cassettes for storage.  This machine   also played arcade games like its competitors and it was expandable:  if   you got enough boards for it, you could get BASIC to run with about 28K of usable memory. The VIC 20 flourished...but of course, the competitors were on the way.    Timex, Atari, Tandy, to name only a few.  Of course, Commodore was not to  be outdone as they were already working on their 64 which could be used as an upgrade to the VIC. But where was COLECO in all this?  They wer  At the beginning of this convention, Lyle Marshand gave us an overview of  ADAM's beginnings and the state of ADAM today.  In talking about ADAM's    future, I would like to go back to prehistoric time - the time before      ADAM!Sometime in the 1970's a new toy came to the market:  a machine that  plays ping pong, tennis or hockey.  This game, like so many others to      follow, attached to your TV set and had a glorious black and white         display.  Well it gained so much popularity that imitationsing their VIC 20's to buy a real computer.  Wether   it was an ADAM or not is unimportant.  What matters is that the VIC became obsolete and quickly disappeared from the stores.  The VIC did not die!    User's groups popped up all over.  It seemed the more it became difficult  to find hardware and software for the VIC, the stronger the users groups   became.  COMPUTE magazine was at first entirely devoted to the VIC 20.     Gradually, this magazine expanded to provide support for the COMMODORE 64  and latern module 1 so we could play the competitor's cartridges, and then expansion module 2 so  we could drive like the DUKES OF HAZARD.  We then saw the super controller and roller controller, which helped create faster and more complex action  on the game screen. While this was happening, COMMODORE was making its entry from a different  venue:  the VIC 20!  This wonderful micro computer came with a built-in    BASIC and a whopping 2K of memory, graphics capabilities, and a sequential tape drive that used ordiJECT AND A.N.N HAS ENDORSED THIS PROJECT   AND FULLY SUPPORTS.I ALSO PERSONALLY FEEL GUY IS ONE HELL OF A NICE PERSON, VERY KNOWLEDGIBLE AND VERY USER FRIENDLY.BARRY WILSON,  Editor A.N.N.========================================================================                             THE FUTURE OF ADAM                Notes for an address to the ADAMCON 03 convention  Permission is hereby granted to reproduce this expose in whole or in part  provided suitable credit is given to the author.  e making promises of the        expansion module 3 for the COLECOVISION...the ADAM computer.  Yes by then  it had a name.  Promises, production delays, more promises, and finally it came out...and in very small quantities. I was probably the first one in Ottawa to buy my expansion module 3 at     about $600.  What a bargain compared to the computer competitors who could only provide a fraction of what ADAM had for about twice the price.  This  was indeed the affordable computer. People started abandon quickly        followed in an attempt to get their share of the market. A little later, ATARI came out with its COLOUR video arcade game that you  could play at home.  And then Came INTELLIVISION and COLECOVISION.  Those  who say the graphics on all these and a few other minor competitors were   generally more impressed with the graphics quality of the COLECOVISION. COLECO had also made a promise:  COLECOVISION, the expandable home         entertainment system.  They fairly quickly delivered expansio the 128 and AMIGA.  By the mid 80's, it became virtually         impossible to find anything in print on the VIC 20 or the VIC 20 itself.   The VIC eventually died. Just when COLECO appeared to be topping the market in affordable home      computers, their marketing problems began to take their toll.  Faulty      operating systems (R57 R59), bad SMARTBASIC tapes, bad tape drives, faulty printers, instruction manuals with typos, and perhaps the worst of all,    waiting what seemed like forever for the fitional users groups are perhaps the most important support     networks.  Thanks to these, we have been able to help each other out.      ANN,(the Adam News Network), a very ambitious undertaking, has proven      effective in disseminating information of general interest.  You might     think I know a lot about ADAM; I don't know everything!  ANN has provided  me with additional information on my areas of primary interest, and also   on other areas about which I often receive questions. Yesterday, you heden of Adam, Nibbles and Bits.  Where are they  today? Why did they disappear? Another means of support came form third party software development.  Most of these are not large companies.  AJM Software, for example, is composed  of two people who work on developments for the ADAM in their spare time.   While their might be little overhead, there is also little profit to be    made from the sale of ADAM software....the market is just not that big. Third party hardware developments gave ADAM a good shotehensive source of information on ADAM.  Do you have your copy?  Will you encourage other ADAMites in your area to buy one? The support systems I have been talking about are all essential components of recipe for the survival of ADAM.  Unfortunately, support systems tend   to be ephemeral.  The users/clients must share the blame for the demise of suppliers and users groups. Rich Clee told us about MTAG (Metro Toronto Adam Group) and its exploits.  While several groups are diminishing in size, MTAG is  so much more. Third party repair outlets are an essential part of the support system.    After Honeywell (USA) and Dale Integrated (CAN) stopped repairing ADAM's,  we had nowhere else to go.  Some people gradually picked up the slack. But what will happen if no one wants to repair ADAMs any more?  I am aware of  2 major sources of repair at the moment.  When I read my SURVIVAL GUIDE I  hope to find a few more.  Are some of you interested in performing repairs in order to keep ADAM alive? Local and Narst disk drive.  Between these  problems and the bad press aimed at COLECO, they finally decided to drop   their TOY; after all if it came from a toy company it could only be a toy. Did the ADAM die?  No!  We had learned from the VIC people that users      groups were the  way to go.  FAMILY COMPUTING, to my knowledge, was the    only magazine to publish ADAM programs.  But eventually they stopped.  I   belonged to several pioneer user's groups via newsletter subscriptions:    Sprite Chaser, AUGment, Garard about what ANN is doing and proposing to do.  Their   new projects include an ombudsman and the management of a national         name/address list.  Are you willing to support ANN by volunteering a       bit...okay a lot of your time to one or the other of their activities? The ADAM SURVIVAL GUIDE is another product that would have been impossible without support networks.  Barry Wilson and Mel Ostler gathered            information from several sources of expertise to compile the most          compr in the arm.  We    now have high speed modems, 80 column interfaces, external printer         capabilities, hard drive capability, alternate sources of disk drives,     etc.You have probably seen most of these during the course of this         weekend; they help make the ADAM a powerful little computer.  There are    also some impressive plans for even fancier peripherals:  the latest       developments in the MIDI interface, sound digitizers, VGA compatibility,   formatting on 8 drives simultaneously, andgrowing.  I am very  impressed and we could all learn a thing or two from MTAG's dedication to  the ADAM. Our OTTAWA users group was founded by a zealous youngster who gathered an  amazing amount of technical information and software (not all legally).    The group almost collapsed when our founder left but it was revived by our current president Ron Mitchell.  Existing emmbers were reunited and we     made a membership drive which swelled our ranks to about 50.  This year,   our membership is down to haThis has usually been to no avail.   We have sponsored 2 contests -- nobody entered.  So what do they want?  It is your job in each of your users groups to determine the specific         requests and needs.  If you have any magical ways of determining that, by  all means let us know! I used to subscribe to several national newsletters.  For reasons which I  will not disclose at the moment, I dropped out for a while.  Now the time  is right to renew my memberships.  Continued subscriptions to these        unit which he gave me at no cost.    When I took it home, it was working fine.  So why was it in the garbage    and why did I not find out more?  Having forgotten at which of hundreds of garage sales I acquired this item, I could not get back to the owner. On another occasion, I came across a practically new ADAM system.  Frugal  to the limit, I examined this strange animal, pretending not to know what  it was.  The seller eventually appeared and asked for $500.  As I could    not get him to budge at alnk that a mouse or a scanner is a good idea and spend hundreds of   hours and dollars developing something for which there may be no market.   Are you telling the developers what you want? I had a lot of pirated software in my earlier days.  I have since cleaned  up my act either by deleting the pirated stuff I was not using or by       sending a contribution for those that I am using.  Prior to this weekend,  I had sold about 15 copies each of DISK DOCTOR and INDEXER.  Over the last couple of days I solnswer member's questions on the  spot.  We get questions like margins for SMARTWRITER, cell attributes for  ADAMCALC, changing colours in SMARTBASIC, random numbers, etc. I personally have asked our club on several occasions:  WHAT DO YOU WANT   TO DO WITH YOUR ADAM?  They say LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.  That is a hard       request to fulfill since there is so much to tell.  We have asked them for specifics like I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A TAXATION PROGRAM or another request which defines the scope of learning.  lf that number; we may lose another half by    next year.......why? Are people disappointed with the support they are receiving from the club? Are they leaving the flock to buy a REAL COMPUTER?  If so, what is         happening to their ADAMs? I recently picked up a power supply and joysticks for the COLECOVISION at  a garage sale.  Being a frugal person, I feigned ignorance and asked the   seller where these came form.  He said COLECO of course and produced fromt he garbage a non working COLECOVISION sources of information will ensure their survival.  You might think that   you are spending a lot of money to find perhaps one or two minor items of  interest in each newsletter.  But look at it this way:  if the newsletter  was not there, you would get NO items of interest. Now for the biggest problem....hardware and software development.  As I    mentioned earlier, there are very few big developers out there; they are   ill equipped to handle low distribution or piracy.  A hardware developer   may thil from that price, I left (this time I took note of the address).  I had someone else contact him and tell him about our    user's group.  He did not seeem interested and repeated his $500 price. How do you behave at garage sales?  How do you behave when you see one in  the want ads?  Are you an ADAM Ambassador? We've done our best in our users group to advise our members about new     developments and provide technical assistance.  We bring an ADAM to our    meetings, demo new products, and usually ad 7 of the 8 copies I had brought with me.  Obviously  I underestimated the demand for these programs. A few suppliers carry my products but I have received very little in the   way of royalties in the last year.  That says a lot about ADAMCON.  It     gets us fired up and people buy.  For that I wish to express my thanks to  those of you who will help encourage suppliers this afternoon at the       store. I figure that I get a net profit of about $1 for each $10 item I sell.  If I don't get that $1 oace.  If the current trends continue, I can only predict that the  bubble will eventually burst and that the ADAM will disappear in just a    few years.  It will become a relic like the VIC 20 --  If on the other     hand, we revise our way of thinking, we can survive a lot longer.  Rich    Clee perhaps said it best when he talked about an esprit de corps in his   users group.  We are a team and everyone should be an ambassador. When I spoke of the public disappearance of ADAM, I mostly meant the       dOccasionally, I come across an idea for a    program that may be useful to others.  If others wish to buy it then all   the better for me.  Although sales are not that important to me, remember  that other people depend on sales for their survival. So how do we stop piracy?  Keep reading about piracy and talking to others about it.  Another solution lies in the software developers.  An item at   $30 or $50 is more likely to be pirated than one at $10 or $20.  If we     keep our prices low we may reduce pe those not good enough?  Even from SMARTBASIC, it is possible to create such      intricate designs.  All we have to do is learn how.  If you want more,     what about VGA on the ADAM?  Why not! What else do we need for ADAM's survival?  From a hardware point of view,  I think we have just about everything we need.  What will real time        clocks,scanners, mouses or is it meeces, sound digitizers, etc., do YOU    need anything new in hardware?  Have you told anybody about it? What do we need in thht for revisions/upgrades    gives you first shot at revisions since developer has your address Another touchy subject is BETA TEST versions.  Developers will usually     send  a pre-release version of new software for testing.  These are        usually marked BETA - DO NOT COPY or have a version number like 0.9 --     don't copy and distribute these, even if public domain, without the        consent of the developer. SO WHERE IS ADAM GOING?  That's what I was supposed to talk about in the   first plnce in a while I will go out of business.  Although   pirated copies don't create a loss of inventory like shoplifting, I need a lot of $1 sales to subsidize long distance charges, stationery costs, the  mailing of public domain volumes, etc.  IS it worth it to you to save $10  or $20 on software acquisition if you run the risk of depleting your       sources of supply?  How many developers have disappeared in the last       decade?  Why do  you think they have disappeared? I use my ADAM for enjoyment.  isappearance of support networks, borderline users, and general           visibility. I forsee a retired Guy Cousineau still plugging away at his    ADAM, still learning more things about it and writing new programs. When I think of the uses that I have for a computer, there is nothing that I do regularly that I cannot accomplish on the ADAm.  Speed?  How much     speed do you really need at home?  Graphics?  You might have a point there but look at the pretty pictures that COLECO had in their games.  Ariracy and enjoy a greater legal         circulation of our products.  Register your software!  Most items come     with some sort of registration sheet.  After you have experimented with    your acquisition a bit, send it the registration along with your comments  about the program.  This accomplishes several things:     confirms that you have a LEGAL copy     or    alerts the developer of a questionable source of supply    tells developer what you like and don't like    gives developer food for thouge way of software?  Often, developers guess at what   might sell.  During one of my numerous exchanges with Barry Wilson about   the Adam Survival Guide, he asked me about sorting EOS directories.  He    had a program that worked some of the time.  I asked him to send it to me  and I'd have a look at it.  After a cursory examination of the program, I  decided to write one in FILEMANAGER style -- the birth of EOS DIRECTORY    SORTER.  I sent Barry a BETA test version, he thought it was ok or perhaps better t in some     semblance of order and priority based on the popularity of a request.  In  cases where the requested software already exists -- you might get a few   surprises there -- we will pass that information along to the requestor.   Where the rest of the wish list goes from there depends on the level of    support we can get for the development of the software in question.  I am  confident that the developers will be happy to go out of their way to      please you. In conclusion, think of what you h works?    More sound oriented software?    An ADAMCALC that handles bigger sheets                that prints in landscape format?    More graphics software?    More graphics games? Once you have made your wish list, ask yourself if you would be interested in participating in the development of such software.  Please indicate     your interests and abilities on your list.  You may think that you don't   have a lot to offer -- think again!  In 1985, I knew nothing at all about  machine language progrct your  investment?  ADAM's future is in all your    hands! Guy Cousineau 1059 Hindley Street OTTAWA Canada K2B 5L9    OTTAWA RCPM (613) 952-2289 t a few   surprises there -- we will pass that information along to the requestor.   Where the rest of the wish list goes from there depends on the level of    support we can get for the development of the software in question.  I am  confident that the developers will be happy to go out of their way to      please you. In conclusion, think of what you hence (on the wrong side).  Think of the gripes and  complaints you have heard and translate them into a positive and           meaningful request. Once we have our wish list, what do we do with it?  If you belong to a     user's group, pass it to them.  If you don't, you can send your list to    the ADAM NEWS NETWORK or to me directly.  Once way or another, I hope my   mailbox gets filled with hundreds of requests for new/improved software    for the ADAM.  I will compile the requests and try to put themhan ok and now it is on the market.  That's how it should be done! So make up your wish list; not a frivolous one.  What would you buy if it  was out there?  Do you want or need:     More documentation? On what topic?    SMARTBASIC enhancements: PRINTUSING?                             80 column compatibility?                             easier sprite animation?                             better use of expansion RAM?                             a BASIC compiler?    Something like SMARTFILER thatave invested in your ADAM.  My hardware  investment runs at about $2000; software...who knows?  If ADAM dies, so    does your investment.  How much more will you need to pay to get another   computer?  Don't think just of the computer, think also of the hundreds of dollars you'll  need to get a word processor, printer, spreadsheet, games, etc.  Think also  of the hours you will require to LEARN how to use all    that new software.  Is  it worth your while to spend a bit more time       and/or money to proteamming.  Just a couple of years later, I was writing complex machine language routines for SMARTBASIC, developing self booting  software, and writing parts of the TDOS operating system. ADAM's survival depends on supplying the support and development for those items of interest which will keep ADAMites USING their computer.  Once the user loses interest the game is lost.  Go back over your wish list and try to include the wishes of others, particularly those marginal users who are about to fall off the fFrom the 9-91 issue of 463 ADAM newsletter.ADAMCON 03  Bulletin BoardWe had the idea of a cork bulletin board which would function much like the electronic BBSs many of us are familiar with, a place to post messages, information, etc.  It was not as useful as it could have been, but we did learn a little more about each other.One of the sign-up sheets was about interests outside of ADAM. (I really thought the sheet would be blank, but I was surprised.)  Here are those who let us know a little more abthe past year.Thanks to all the members of 463 ADAM who contributed their time and efforts to make AC03 what it was.  I'm sure none of them had the slightest idea of what was in store for them when I returned from Toronto last year.  As the figurehead, spokesman, chairman, or whatever title you care to use, I received many compliments for the work we put in.  I accept these compliments in the name of 463 ADAM.  No one person was responsible for the convention.  We all shared the work, so we all share the  person.  Addresses are on page 7 + 8.er.ADAMCON 03  Bulletin BoardWe had the idea of a cork bulletin board which would function much like the electronic BBSs many of us are familiar with, a place to post messages, information, etc.  It was not as useful as it could have been, but we did learn a little more about each other.One of the sign-up sheets was about interests outside of ADAM. (I really thought the sheet would be blank, but I was surprised.)  Here are those who let us know a little more ab1. Provide a forum for information about the ADAM computer.    2. Excite ADAMites so they will want to attend the next convention.I feel we accomplished the first.  Only time will tell if we were successful on the second.So overwhelming was the support for AC03 that it left us a little embarrased.  Since 463 ADAM is such a small group, we were concered about having enough hardware to run the convention.  We asked everyone if we could borrow their hardware, if needed. Many delegates lugged ADAMs, disk dFrom the 9-91 issue of 463 ADAM newsletter.ADAMCON 03 - WRAP-UPDean Roades - Convention Chairman.It's over.  I type these words with a mixture of relief and sadness.  Relief because all of our work resulted in a succesfull convention, our goal for the past year.  But sadness because we will not see most of our friends again until we meet in Cleveland for AC04.This is not a review of the convention.  Others will write objective accounts of the days spent in South Bend.  This is just a reflection of out themselves:     Joe Alford - Chess,                Dungeons + Dragons     Helen Alford - Collectors Plates     Russ Burrows - Chess, Bowling,               Hat Pins     Neil Greenshields - Ham Radio     Pat Herrington - Science Fiction     Robert Miller - Coleco Game Carts               + other systemsJoe Alford has written a number of programs on his ADAM to assist in his other areas of interest.  If others have done the same, please let us know. If you have similar interests, write to thatcredit.  Joe, Helen, Jerry, Don, Ancil, Allen - Thanks.Another thank-you goes to all the delegates at the convention.  Without them, 463 ADAM would have been sitting around with the convention all to ourselves.  Several delegates, like Jean Stone, helped us whenever they could find a way.  Pat Herrington said it first and I have repeated it many times, ADAM is more than just a computer, it's PEOPLE.  And the people are what makes the work worthwhile.463 ADAM set 2 primary objectives for ADAMCON 03.    out themselves:     Joe Alford - Chess,                Dungeons + Dragons     Helen Alford - Collectors Plates     Russ Burrows - Chess, Bowling,               Hat Pins     Neil Greenshields - Ham Radio     Pat Herrington - Science Fiction     Robert Miller - Coleco Game Carts               + other systemsJoe Alford has written a number of programs on his ADAM to assist in his other areas of interest.  If others have done the same, please let us know. If you have similar interests, write to thatrives, printers, etc. on planes, cars, and vans, only to find we did not need some of it.  The response was so great, we had too much!  Thanks to all who brought hardware to put at our disposal, and apologies to those who brought equipment we did not use.One clear message should be read from the convention.  Many people sacrificed much to attend and support our ADAM.  Remember these people and -¯   SUPPORT THOSE WHO¯¯     SUPPORT ADAM!¯thwhile.463 ADAM set 2 primary objectives for ADAMCON 03.    u can buy one at the meeting.I have not had much time for reading, but have already learned from the Guide.  It is within arms reach so I can refer to it easily.  Get yours TODAY!TDOS MANUALJames Poulin, with the assistance of Pat Herrington and their group - MOAUG, donated 10 copies of the documents for TDOS to the convention for Door Prizes.  I was fortunate enough to win one.  IT IS WONDERFUL!  James indexed the sections to make it easy to find what you need.  Without this book, I would still be tryFrom the 9-91 issue of 463 ADAM newsletter.NEW BOOKSTwo new books surfaced at the convention.  Both are 'must haves' for anyone who wants to get more out of ADAM.ADAM SURVIVAL GUIDESeveral of our members were involved in this massive project.  Barry Wilson and Mel Ostler co-edited this desk reference book.  It is over 200 pages of ADAM information.  See pages 13, 14 and 15 of this issue for details.  If you do not have a copy yet, get one as soon as you can.  463 ADAM pre-purchased 10 copies so yoååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååing to figure out how to get my new modem up and running.James and MOAUG have given permission to copy and distribute this book.  If anyone is interested, let me know and I will arrange to have it copied.  (If you are serious about learnig TDOS, you need this book.)  þI estimate it would cost between $5.00 and $7.50 to make the copies, buy the index sheets, binder, etc.  463 will not be making any profit on this.  We will only recover costs.  þe as soon as you can.  463 ADAM pre-purchased 10 copies so yo1. Provide a forum for information about the ADAM computer.    2. Excite ADAMites so they will want to attend the next convention.I feel we accomplished the first.  Only time will tell if we were successful on the second.So overwhelming was the support for AC03 that it left us a little embarrased.  Since 463 ADAM is such a small group, we were concered about having enough hardware to run the convention.  We asked everyone if we could borrow their hardware, if needed. Many delegates lugged ADAMs, disk dFrom the 9-91 issue of 463 ADAM newsletter.R + R SoftwareR + R, who generously donated many door prizes to the convention, provided us with a catalog to include in the delegate folders.  In this catalog were coupons for special deals, scheduled to expire August 31st. Rich Salvati called to say he will honor them until the end of the year.  Most of us are a little short on cash after the ADAM Store, so it's great Rich is giving us more time.  (It should be very useful around Christmas time.)ååååååååååu can buy one at the meeting.I have not had much time for reading, but have already learned from the Guide.  It is within arms reach so I can refer to it easily.  Get yours TODAY!TDOS MANUALJames Poulin, with the assistance of Pat Herrington and their group - MOAUG, donated 10 copies of the documents for TDOS to the convention for Door Prizes.  I was fortunate enough to win one.  IT IS WONDERFUL!  James indexed the sections to make it easy to find what you need.  Without this book, I would still be tryFrom the 9-91 issue of 463 ADAM newsletter.GALLERY OF HONOUR¯The first 10 inductees into the ADAM Gallery of Honour were presented at ADAMCON 03 in South Bend.They are:Tony MorhenSoloman SwiftGuy CousineauPatricia HerringtonLyle Marschand'Big' John LingrelSyd CarterNorman CastroRob FreidmanAlan NeeleyIt is unlikely ADAM would exist today if not for these people.  All ADAMites owe them a great deal of thanks.The committee for 1992 inductees is being formed.  There are many more people ADAMCON 04 so I can continue my education on how to use my ADAM.I have refrained from mentioning any of the well known 'expert' delegates because they were all helpful.  I wouldn't want to slight any of them.  They made me feel like I was a part of the ADAM family.Again, I want to say I enjoyed myself, and so did my wife.  And she doesn't even know how to turn on the computer!  She enjoyed just meeting the people.  So if God be willing and the creek don't rise, I hope to see you at ADAMCON 04 in ClevelaFrom the 463 ADAM Newsletter - September 1991 - Dean Roades, Editor.     From: Jerry Vrancks     To: All ADAMites     Subject: ADAMCON 03I know there will be many articles written about ADAMCON 03 in the next few months, but I'm going to throw in my two cents anyway.I enjoyed the convention immensely.  Meeting some of the well known names in the ADAM community was alone well worth the price of admission.  I could only absorb a small portion of what they were showing us, but this was enough to neaADAMCON 04 so I can continue my education on how to use my ADAM.I have refrained from mentioning any of the well known 'expert' delegates because they were all helpful.  I wouldn't want to slight any of them.  They made me feel like I was a part of the ADAM family.Again, I want to say I enjoyed myself, and so did my wife.  And she doesn't even know how to turn on the computer!  She enjoyed just meeting the people.  So if God be willing and the creek don't rise, I hope to see you at ADAMCON 04 in ClevelaADAM if it is to survive.  Fifty well known ADAMites can't do it alone.  The novice ADAMite must be a large part of the game plan.  And we, the novices, must let the software and hardware developers know what we want.  They are not mind readers.Here I go getting off track, as usual.  Back to the convention.It was an experience I will not soon forget.  I was never made to feel out of place by any of the experts, even when I would ask what I'm sure they considered a dumb question.I'm looking forward to who belong in the Gallery.  If you want to make sure they are included next year, volunteer.  Give a little back to ADAM.  Contact Jerry Vrancks if you are interested in helping.ååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååånd next year.A fellow ADAMite,          Jerry Vrancksdo it alone.  The novice ADAMite must be a large part of the game plan.  And we, the novices, must let the software and hardware developers know what we want.  They are not mind readers.Here I go getting off track, as usual.  Back to the convention.It was an experience I will not soon forget.  I was never made to feel out of place by any of the experts, even when I would ask what I'm sure they considered a dumb question.I'm looking forward to rly double my knowledge about the ADAM.  Although I must say my biggest enjoyment was meeting people like Patricia Williams, Robert Jones, Sandra Schwering, Ena and Neil Greenshields.WHAT!  Never heard of these ADAMites?  Well, neither had I until ADAMCON 03.  Most are novices like you and I.  Just talking with some of them, sharing our experiences, our shortcomings, and what we use our ADAMs for made the price of admission a Blue Light Special for me.  These are the people who must continue to use their From the 463 ADAM Newsletter, 9/91DOOR PRIZE DONORS andADAM STORE SUPPLIERSThe following ADAM suppliers, AUGs, and other interested parties generously donated Door Prizes for the ADAMCON 03 Banquet.  Our thanks to everyone.  Those who displayed items for sale at the ADAM Store are marked with a '*'.*The ADAM Connection         Steve MajorPO Box 562 Mason Rd      Champlain, NY 12919     ADAM's House                Terry FowlerRoute 2 Box 2756                     Pearland, TX 77581                Rich CleeBox 165, 260 Adelaide    Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 1N0 *Omaha AUC                 Norman Castro809 W 33rd. Ave.         Bellevue, NE 68005        St. Louis AUG               Barry Wilson12967 Weatherfield Dr    St. Louis, MO 63146VISA                        David Cobley862 Shorewood Dr.Vancouver, BC, Canada V9P 1S6Hans Meyer            17 Pelham Park GardensToronto, Ont, Canada  M6N 1A7Tony Patterson                  OPA                          Gary Bowser432 Jarvis St Atascadero, CA 93422    *Eyezod Graphics          Pat Herrington1003 Oak Lane            Apopka, FL 32703          *AJM Software              Guy Cousineau1059 Hindley St.         Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2B 5L9     *HEXACE Software           Bruce WaltersRD #2 Box 51             Franklin, PA 16323        Kosowsky's ADAM Repair     Phil Kosowsky6067 Jerusalem Dr.       Cicero, NY 13039*NIAD                     Lyle MarschandPO Box 1317             Lisle, IL 60532           Oscar's Co  Rich CleeBox 165, 260 Adelaide    Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 1N0 *Omaha AUC                 Norman Castro809 W 33rd. Ave.         Bellevue, NE 68005        St. Louis AUG               Barry Wilson12967 Weatherfield Dr    St. Louis, MO 63146VISA                        David Cobley862 Shorewood Dr.Vancouver, BC, Canada V9P 1S6Hans Meyer            17 Pelham Park GardensToronto, Ont, Canada  M6N 1A7Tony Patterson                  OPA                          Gary Bowser432 Jarvis Ste, OR 97405*ADAM News Network          Barry Wilson12967 Weatherfield Dr.St. Louis, MO 63146       ADAM User Friendly Group    Ron Mitchell210 Gloucester Apt 1107  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 2K4Emerald Coast AUG             Faye DeerePO Box 4934                       Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32549463 ADAM User Group          Dean Roades8522 Hohman Ave.Munster, IN 46321        Metro Orlando AUG           James Poulin1146 Manatee Dr.         Rockledge, FL 32955Metro Toronto AUG                 *ADAM-Link of Utah           Alan Neeley2337 South 600 EastSalt Lake City, UT 84106  Bonefide Systems           Chris Braymen45280 S. Oakview Dr.Oakhurst, CA 93644Compuserve                  Rob Friedman3814 Ocean Ave T-2East Rockaway, NY 11518 Computer Monthly (Vulcan's) One Chase Corporate Center, Suite 300Birmingham, AL 35244Disks & Labels to Go      Lisa ClendenenRt 206 E. Hampton Business ParkMt. Holly, NJ 08060Elliam Associates              Bill RochPO Box 2664-A           .Toronto, Ont, Canada  M4Y 2H3          Barry Wilson12967 Weatherfield Dr.St. Louis, MO 63146       ADAM User Friendly Group    Ron Mitchell210 Gloucester Apt 1107  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 2K4Emerald Coast AUG             Faye DeerePO Box 4934                       Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32549463 ADAM User Group          Dean Roades8522 Hohman Ave.Munster, IN 46321        Metro Orlando AUG           James Poulin1146 Manatee Dr.         Rockledge, FL 32955Metro Toronto AUG            mputers           Howard Pines224 Eglin Pkwy, Mariner Plaza Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32548Practical Programs           Don Sobczak4318 Monroe Ave.Kalamazoo, MI 49002-2063*Roadrunner Publications      Mel Ostler3217 Mesilla Hills Dr.Las Cruces, NM 88005      R & R Software              Rich SalvatiPO Box 2081              Hanover, MA 02339        S. M. Video                Shon McCallumPO Box 3189              Oakton, VA 22124         Sydex                   Miriam St. ClairPO Box 5700EugenADAMCON 03 DELEGATESHere's a list of all the friends that met in South Bend:Joe Alford          5068 Stone Ave.          Portage,         IN   46368Helen Alford        5068 Stone Ave.          Portage,         IN   46368Robert Bair         6522 N. 400 East         Kendalville,     IN   46755Ken Batcher         530 Kelvendon Mews       Mississauga,     Ont. L4Z 1G4Guy Bona III        1824 Wesley Ave          Berwyn,          IL   60402Don Bueltmann       455 Skylark Dr.          Florissant,      MO08 Birdsong Ct.        Schaumburg,      IL   60194Thomas J. Keene     3141 E. Palmyra Ave      Orange,          CA   92669Alan Keltner        815 Dover Dr.            South Bend,      IN   46614George Koczara      4034 E. 52nd St.         Newburgh Hts,    OH   44105Jack Leamy          6 Arbordell Rd Apt 10    Rexdale,         Ont. M9W 4C5David Luginbuhl     105 Pleasent St.         Archbold,        OH   43502Bart Lynch          4511 256th St            Kent,            WA   98032 Steve Major               Ont. M6A 1H6David Cobley        862 Shorewood Dr.        Parksville,      BC.  V9P 1S6Ron Collins         529 Grandview Ave.       Barberton,       OH   44203Wayne Collins       529 Grandview Ave.       Barberton,       OH   44203Rich Cossaboon      6 West 5th St.           Marcus Hook,     PA   19061Diana Cossboon      6 West 5th St.           Marcus Hook,     PA   19061Guy Cousineau       1059 Hindley St.         Ottawa,          Ont. K2B 5L9Charles C. Cramer   HCR 72 Box 50            Cass Lhell        #1107, 210 Gloucester    Ottawa,          Ont. K2P 2K4Alan Neeley         2337 South 600 E.        Salt Lake City,  UT   84106 Mel Ostler          3217 Messilla Hills Dr.  Las Cruces,      NM   88005Mary Ostler         3217 Messilla Hills Dr.  Las Cruces,      NM   88005Howard Pines        1010 Gloria              Ft.Walton Beach, FL   32547Jason Pines         1010 Gloria              Ft.Walton Beach, FL   32547James Poulin        1146 Manatee Dr.         Rockledge,       FL   32955Jimmy pbell,    KY   42223Ena Greenshields    41 Guytoi Ct.            Dawn Mills,      Ont. M3C 1Y1Neil Milson         41 Guytoi Ct.            Dawn Mills,      Ont. M3C 1Y1Ron Griffin         5750 80th St #D-305      St.Petersburg,   FL   33709Pat Herrington      1003 Oak Lane            Apopka,          FL   32703John Jacklin        1201 Grignon St.         Green Bay,       WI   54301Robert Jones              c/o Susse Chalet    PO Box 17309             Esmond,          RI   02917Terry Kayser        23   63031Gary Bowser         432 Jarvis St. #502      Toronto,         Ont. M4Y 2H3Russ Burrows        McKishin Rd,RD4,Box 259  Elmer,           NJ   08318John Carroll        10848 Modena Dr          Philadelphia,    PA   19154Norman Castro       809 W 33rd Ave.          Bellevue,        NE   68005Herman Cherney      198 Sandcrest Rd Apt B   Albany,          NY   12205-1817Rich Clee           21 Rondale Blvd          Toronto,         Ont. M6A 1H6Frances Clee        21 Rondale Blvd          Toronto,   PO Box 562 Mason Rd      Champlain,       NY   12919-0562Nicole Ashline      PO Box 562 Mason Rd      Champlain,       NY   12919-0562Lyle Marschand      PO Box 1317              Lisle,           IL   60532Herman Mason        8912 Blaine Ave.         Cleveland,       OH   44106Christopher Matt    E. 1489 Hwy 54           Waupaca,         WI   54981Murray McCullough   RR 2                     Colborne,        Ont. K0K 1S0 Bob Miller          3154 East Blvd.          Bethlehem,       PA   18017Ron Mitcake,       MN   56633Ann Cramer          HCR 72 Box 50            Cass Lake,       MN   56633Marvin Davis        52560 Walsingham Ln.     South Bend,      IN   46637John Dougherty Sr.  3101 Albert St.          Omaha,           NE   68147Jim Duffy           4 Inverness Ct.          St. Peters,      MO   63376Pat Duffy           153 Shabbona Dr          Park Forrest,    IL   60466Al Fitzgerald       8747 Anette Ave.         St. Louis,       MO   63147Ricki Gerlach       1402 -A Werner Park      Ft. CamPoulin        1146 Manatee Dr.         Rockledge,       FL   32955Dean Roades         8522 Hohman Ave.         Munster,         IN   46321Eric Roades         8522 Hohman Ave.         Munster,         IN   46321Ancil Schilling     921-171st St.            Hammond,         IN   46324Geno Schilling      921-171st St.            Hammond,         IN   46324Sandra Schwering    3837 W. 116th St.        Cleveland,       OH   44111Bob Sebelist        PO Box 85                Waterford,       ME   04088Bob Slo    01Don       Bueltmann                 03Russ      Burrows             01 02 03Terry     Cairns    MTAG      01John      Carroll                   03Syd       Carter    Trisyd    01 02Norman    Castro    OAUC            03Ed        Cavanaugh MOAUG     01Douglas   Chappell               02Herman    Cherney   AAAUG     01    03Richard   Clee      MTAG         02 03Frances   Clee      MTAG         02 03David     Cobley    VISA      01 02 03Ron       Collins   AWAUG     01 02 03Wayne     CollinLynda Walters       RD#2, Box 51             Franklin,        PA   16323-9204Dale Wick           Box 47                   Brooklin,        Ont. L0B 1C0Neil Wick           Box 47                   Brooklin,        Ont. L0B 1C0Patricia Williams   3841 W. 116th St.        Cleveland,       OH   44111Barry Wilson        12967 Weatherfield Dr.   St. Louis,       MO   63146Don Woolston        2117 Ridgewood St.       Highland,        IN   46322    PO Box 85                Waterford,       ME   04088Bob Slo     Duffy     SLAUG           03Dennis    Feikert                02Al        Fitzgerald SLAUG          03Jay       Forman    MW Ruth   01Jock      Gairdner            01 02Ricki     Gerlach   Fam SW    01    03Mark      Gordon    Micro Inn 01Ena       Greenshields              03Ramen     Griffin   AAAUG     01Ronald    Griffin   AAAUG     01 02 03John      Harris    MOAUG     01Merlin    Harris    MOAUG     01Patricia  Herrington MOAUG    01 02 03David     Hill      MTAG      01 02Richard   Ô0 Ð52 Ì0 ×40¯ADAMCON DELEGATES¯Joe       Alford    463 ADAM        03Helen     Alford    463 ADAM        03Dave      Anderson               02Nichole   Ashline                   03Robert    Bair                      03Bob       Banham                 02David     Barnett                02Ken       Batcher   LAUGH     01 02 03Allen     Bell      MOAUG     01Larry     Boccioletti            02Guy       Bona                      03Gary      Bowser                    03Chris     Braymen         psema        1815 Camille SE          Kentwood,        MI   49546Jean Stone          3301 Mobile Ave.         El Paso,         TX   79930 Jack Stone          3301 Mobile Ave.         El Paso,         TX   79930 John Villilo        6676 Towline Rd. NW      Canal Fulton,    OH   44614 Matthew Villilo     6676 Towline Rd. NW      Canal Fulton,    OH   44614 Jerry Vrancks       2936 Evelyn St           Portage,         IN   46368Bruce Walters       RD#2, Box 51             Franklin,        PA   16323-9204s   AWAUG        02 03Rich      Cossaboon                 03Diana     Cossaboon                 03Guy       Cousineau GMC SW          03Rich      Covell    MOAUG     01Charles C Cramer                    03Ann       Cramer                    03Roy       Crawford            01Eric      Danz      ADAMZap   01 02 Marvin    Davis                     03Faye      Deere     ECAUG     01 02John      Dougherty                 03George    Drank     MOAUG     01Jim       Duffy     SLAUG           03Pat  psema        1815 Camille SE          Kentwood,        MI   49546Jean Stone          3301 Mobile Ave.         El Paso,         TX   79930 Jack Stone          3301 Mobile Ave.         El Paso,         TX   79930 John Villilo        6676 Towline Rd. NW      Canal Fulton,    OH   44614 Matthew Villilo     6676 Towline Rd. NW      Canal Fulton,    OH   44614 Jerry Vrancks       2936 Evelyn St           Portage,         IN   46368Bruce Walters       RD#2, Box 51             Franklin,        PA   16323-9204Himel     MTAG         02John      Jacklin                   03Ed        Jenkins   E & T     01Robert    Jones     Susse Ch        03Ed        Jorgenson           01Don       Kasch               01Terry     Kayser                    03Terry     Keenan                 02Tom       Keene                     03Alan      Keltner                   03George    Koczwara               02 03Phil      Kosowsky  ADAM Rep  01 02Harry     Lawrence  MOAUG     01Eunyce    Lawrence  MOAUG     01Jack      Leamycks   463ADAM         03James     Walters   Walt.SW   01 02Bruce     Walters   HEXACE    01    03Lynda     Walters   HEXACE    01    03Howard    Warden              01Harold    Weber               01Heinz     Weber                  02Dale      Wick                01 02 03Neil      Wick                01 02 03Patricia  Williams                  03Willie    Williams            01Barry     Wilson    SLAUG           03B. J.     Woodside               02Don       Woolston  463ADAM         03Ann              01 02 03Mike      McDermott              02Dave      McIntosh            01Bob       Miller                    03Neal      Milson                    03Ron       Mitchell  AUFG         02 03Dennis    Morgan                 02Tony      Morhen    AJM SW    01Monte     Neece     MOAUG     01 02Alan      Neeley    ADAM-Link 01 02 03Robt.     Niemeyer            01Al        Noble                  02Jim       Notini    NIAD      01Mel       Ostler                    03Mary      Ostler      - AC01; 51 - AC02; 74 AC03.     Not enough stats?  OK, here's more:       9 attended AC01 and AC02,       5 attended AC01 and AC03      10 attended AC02 and AC03     ¯MORE?¯       40 attended AC01 only      18 attended AC02 only      45 attended AC03 only    01 02 03Neil      Wick                01 02 03Patricia  Williams                  03Willie    Williams            01Barry     Wilson    SLAUG           03B. J.     Woodside               02Don       Woolston  463ADAM         03Ann        Slopsema               02 03Ed        Snow      MOAUG     01Dave      Snowden   LAUGH     01Ed        Steele              01 02Betsy     Stewart                02Robert    Stio      MOAUG     01Jean      Stone                  02 03Jack      Stone                     03Gerry     St. Peter              02John      Terry     MOAUG     01Ken       Tilly     MTAG         02John      Tilson    MOAUG     01John      Villilo   AWAUG     01 02 03Matthew   Villilo   AWAUG           03Jerry     Vran                  02 03Tom       Loftus              01David     Luginbuhl           01 02 03Bart      Lynch     PSAN         02 03Michael   Lyons     VISA      01Steven    MacKay                 02Steve     Major     Connect.        03Lyle      Marschand NIAD            03Jim       Marshall  MMSG      01Herman    Mason                  02 03Chris     Matt                      03John      Mattos              01George    McArthur  MOAUG     01Shon      McCallum  S+M Video 01C Murry   McCullough   Zajdowicz           01Ed        Zielinski              02Ernie     Zuidema   MOAUG     01¯ADAMCON DELEGATES¯I used the delegate lists from AC01, AC02 and AC03 to compile the list above.  For those of you who are more accustomed to looking at sports scores and stats, here's what I came up with:     141 people have attended at least one convention:     103 attended only one convention,      24 attended two conventions,      14 have attended all three!      Total for each convention:      68               03Tony      Patterson           01Howard    Pines     Oscar's   01    03Jason     Pines                     03Steve     Pittman   Pit.SW    01James     Poulin    MOAUG     01 02 03Jimmy     Poulin    MOAUG           03John      Prescott  MOAUG     01Dean      Roades    463ADAM   01 02 03Eric      Roades    463ADAM         03Ancil     Schilling 463 ADAM        03Geno      Schilling 463 ADAM        03Sandra    Schwering                 03Bob       Sebelist                  03Bob   From the 9-91 issue of 463 ADAM newsletter.ADAMCON SOUVENIRSThere is a limited supply of ADAMCON 03 shirts, hats and decals left over.  These will be sold on a first come, first served basis.     T-Shirts (XL only)     $12.00     Baseball caps            9.00     Banner decals       12/ 10.00Add $3.00 S+H per order for shirt and hat orders.  Decals include postage.  Order yours today.ADAMCON 03 c/o 463 ADAM8522 Hohman Ave. Munster, IN 46321ååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååor codes
*  the keyboard line buffer is 254 characters long instead of 128
*  control characters echo on the screen when typed
*  INSERT and DELETE keys replace ^N and ^O
*  the cursor is hidden unless waiting for typed input
*  LIST does not pad everything with extra spaces
*  LIST starts printing in column 2, so you can edit line numbers above 9999
*  the parser error reprint of a bad line starts in column 2
*  SmartBASIC 2.0-type parser errors--beep/sadface replacement of bad line
*  POS and VPO                         WHAT IS SmartBASIC 1.x?

     SmartBASIC 1.x is a major rewrite of the SmartBASIC 1.0 interpreter for
the Coleco ADAM computer.  SmartBASIC 1.x provides the programmer with 40 new
commands and 37 functions, and enhances the operation of 7 existing commands
and 7 functions.  SmartBASIC 1.x allows the programmer *COMPLETE* access to
the hardware and software capabilities of the ADAM, using simple, high-level
commands--without arbitrary PEEKs, POKEs, or CALLs, and without the pr

*  LOCATE line, column instead of VTAB line: HTAB column
*  BEEP instead of PRINT CHR$(7);
*  PUT x instead of PRINT CHR$(x);
*  CLS instead of HOME

     Lastly, SmartBASIC 1.x implements directly a few "miscellaneous" command
and functions which previously could be achieved only by multi-statement,
multi-line subroutines:

*  WHILE...WEND loops
*  HEX$(x) to return INT(x) as a hexadecimal string
*  Z80-type bit test/set/clear functions
*  Z80-type logical AND/OR/XOR/CPL functions
*  MOD fue EOS operating system functions without machine language subroutines
*  use larger disk drives, including hard drives
*  format floppy disks for any size drive
*  keep time and date with hardware and software clocks
*  communicate directly with Z80 I/O ports

     Additionally, SmartBASIC 1.x fixes some annoying bugs and oversights in
SmartBASIC 1.0:

*  parameters are range-checked for all commands and functions
*  repeated error trapping does not crash the system
*  ERRNUM returns rational errååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååS are 1-based instead of 0-based, and return absolute positions
*  dummy arguments are not required for ERRNUM, POS, VPOS, FRE, and RND
*  color commands and functions use TI color codes instead of AppleSoft
*  RANDOMIZE command gives true random numbers (seeds optional)
*  RESTORE, RESUME, and RETURN to any line number
*  values set by SPEED, ROT, etc. can be found without PEEKs
*  multiple programs can be MERGEd in memory

     SmartBASIC 1.x provides shorthand synonyms for a few common commands:ogrammer
needing to understand Z80 machine language.

     SmartBASIC 1.x makes it easy to:

*  read and write absolute disk/tape blocks
*  change screen colors
*  select 31, 40, or 80-column TEXT, complete with FLASH and INVERSE
*  define a scrolling TEXT window smaller than the physical screen
*  manage interpreter memory independent of absolute addresses
*  print to a parallel printer
*  initialize and communicate through serial ports
*  access all system RAM, ROM, and expansion RAM
*  invoknction to return remainder after integer division
*  SPC$(x) function to return a string of x spaces
*  STRING$(count,value) to make a string of count CHR$(value)'s.
*  LINPUT command to get a whole line of text up to the CR, ignoring commas

     All the enhancements of SmartBASIC 1.x take a little more than 8K of
extra RAM, leaving approximately 17K of programming workspace.  While this is,
of course, less than SmartBASIC 1.0, the compactness of SmartBASIC 1.x
commands and functions means that whoVRAM
in all screen modes (TEXT31, TEXT40, TEXT80, GR, HGR, and HGR2).

      I am not exaggerating when I say that SmartBASIC 1.x is the most
powerful EOS-based programming language ever developed for the Coleco ADAM!

     Regards, Rich Drushel  TP39  The Trading Post            (216) 791-4022
                              36  The Cleveland ADAM eXchange (216) 883-9355
                            TC30  The Connection BBS          (518) 298-4294
                            AN62  ADAMlink of Utah   2 serial board (both ports)
*  Eve SS/SC board (clock only)
*  Orphanware clock board
*  Trisyd SmartClocks ("no-slot" and Dyno-Mite digitizer versions)
*  Eve/Orphanware 80-column video unit
*  320K, 360K, and 720K double-sided disk drives
*  Non-256K tapes created by the MegaCopy tape formatter
*  Mini Wini hard drive
*  PowerMate hard drive

     The following hardware is not supported directly by SmartBASIC 1.x,
but may be accessed using the appropriate IN variable,port and OUT port,value
cortBASIC 1.X ORDER FORM


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processor control blocks (PCBs), device control blocks (DCBs), file control
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internal error codes 1-24; how to create external terminal emulations for use
in TEXT80; and complete memory maps of the SmartBASIC 1.x interpreter and le subroutines in older programs can be
replaced by a statement or two.

     The following hardware is supported directly by SmartBASIC 1.x:

*  Coleco ADAMlink modem (initialization only)
*  Coleco 64K memory expander (and clones by Orphanware and OPA)
*  Orphanware 256K and 512K memory expanders
*  Micro Innovations 1024K memory expander
*  Orphanware PIA2 parallel board (and all clones, including PowerMate)
*  Eve/Orphanware RS-232C serial board (all 4 possible ports)
*  Micro Innovations MIB         (801) 484-5114
                              75  Micro Innovations BBS       (703) 264-3908
                             rfd  The Cleveland FreeNet       (216) 368-3888
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                        Smammands:

*  Coleco ADAMlink modem (dialing and data transfer)
*  Coleco Autodialer
*  Eve SS/SC board (speech synthesizer)
*  MIDI interface board
*  Dyno-Mite sound digitizer

      SmartBASIC 1.x is available on either disk or digital data pack, at a
cost of $30.00 U.S.  It includes a comprehensive, 70-plus page, laser-printed
manual.  More than a simple programming reference for SmartBASIC 1.x commands
and functions, it includes 6 technical appendices for advanced programmers.
These include: 

                      Richard F. Drushel
                      3353 Mayfield Road
                      Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118 U.S.A.
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                        Sma      ;NO, so exit
******************************************************************************
(3) Load program through the ADAMlink modem.  Following the 2 check bytes are
the length of the program (2 bytes) and the starting address of the program
(2 bytes).  The program is loaded into successive RAM locations.
 4188 ED58     IN E,(C)         ;YES, so read DE in port 95 (modem data)
 4190 ED50     IN D,(C)         ;DE=number of bytes total we're going to read
 4192 ED68     IN L,(C)         ;readColeco ADAM SmartWriter ROM Revision 80
Disassembly and Comments (c) 1990 by Richard F. Drushel
******************************************************************************
ADAMlink Modem I/O routine.  Called by SmartWriter initialization routine.
What I THINK this is doing is trying to load a PROGRAM being sent from some
other computer via the ADAMlink modem.  There are 5 steps:  
******************************************************************************
(1)  Initialize the ADAMlink modem.
 4 so keep copying
******************************************************************************
(4)  Execute the loaded program by jumping to the first byte of code.
 4206 E1       POP HL           ;NO, we're all done; restore start address
 4207 E9       JP (HL)          ;jump to first byte of code
******************************************************************************
(5)  Exiit with no program load.
 4208 C9       RET              ;exit
*****************************************************re the check bytes used in EOS
directories (hex AA5500FF) and in game cartridge ROMs (hex AA55).  
 4170 3A7510   LD A,(4213)      ;A=95
 4173 4F       LD C,A           ;port in C
 4174 ED78     IN A,(C)         ;read port 95 (modem data)
 4176 FEAA     CP 170           ;is it 170? (1st check byte)
 4178 C27010   JP NZ,4208       ;NO, so exit
 4181 ED78     IN A,(C)         ;YES, so read port 95 again (modem data)
 4183 FE55     CP 85            ;is it 85? (2nd checkbyte)
 4185 C27010   JP NZ,4208 rtBASIC 1.X ORDER FORM


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Enclose $30.00 check or money order (U.S. funds only, please) payable to: HL in port 95 (modem data)
 4194 ED60     IN H,(C)         ;HL=start address in RAM to copy to
 4196 E5       PUSH HL          ;save start address
 4197 ED78     IN A,(C)         ;read the program byte in port 95 (modem data)
 4199 77       LD (HL),A        ;save it in RAM
 4200 23       INC HL           ;point to next RAM slot
 4201 1B       DEC DE           ;decrement byte counter
 4202 7B       LD A,E
 4203 B2       OR D             ;any more bytes to copy?
 4204 20F7     JR NZ,-9 (4197)  ;YES,156 ED4B7110 LD BC,(4209)     ;B=0, C=94
 4160 78       LD A,B           ;data in A
 4161 ED79     OUT (C),A        ;send 0 out port 94 (modem control)
 4163 ED4B7310 LD BC,(4211)     ;B=128, C=94
 4167 78       LD A,B           ;data in A
 4168 ED79     OUT (C),A        ;send 128 out port 94 (modem control)
******************************************************************************
(2)  Look for a program to load.  If first 2 bytes are hex AA55, then it's a
valid program; otherwise, exit.  Compa*************************
Port data
 4209 5E00     ;port=94 (modem control); data=0
 4211 5E80     ;port=94 (modem control); data=128
 4213 5F       ;port=95 (modem data)
       ;save it in RAM
 4200 23       INC HL           ;point to next RAM slot
 4201 1B       DEC DE           ;decrement byte counter
 4202 7B       LD A,E
 4203 B2       OR D             ;any more bytes to copy?
 4204 20F7     JR NZ,-9 (4197)  ;YES,te bug fixes
275IF a$="y" OR a$="Y" THEN 290
280POKE 17229, 200:REM fix sequence
290POKE 11943, 208:REM fix on/off USE 12454,208 in EXTMEM
295IF a$="y" OR a$="Y" THEN 400
298REM ---------------------
299REM 32 col.TEXT & SPRITES
300REM ---------------------
301POKE 16788, 1:REM change DRAW command to draw sprites
302POKE 17184, 7:REM aqua bkg
303POKE 17240, 244:REM blue screen & white text
304POKE 17251, 27:REM INVERSE yel bkg & blk text
305TEXT:?:INVERSE:? "                              ":? "  10REM SmartBASIC V2.0 enhancements
14REM by ADAMagic SOFTWARE
15REM put to public domain 11/10/87
16REM CATALOG to CAT change not made to preserve 100% compatability 
17TEXT:VTAB 10
18? " Install 40 columns? (no demo)  (y/n) "; :GET a$:IF a$="n" OR a$="N" THEN 180
19IF a$="y" OR a$="Y" THEN 21
20?:? CHR$(7); " y or n please!":GOTO 18
21REM 40 columns with INVERSE
22REM -NO sprites in 40 col. mode-
23FOR x=17205 TO 17287:READ a:POKE x, a:NEXT
30POKE 17302, 192:POKE 17291, 192:POKE 18176, 40:POKE 12:DRAW 3 AT x, 110
320HCOLOR =9:DRAW 4 AT x, 160
321NEXT:CALL 64809:REM erase sprites
322POKE 16788, 0:REM return DRAW command to normal
350?:?:? " LIST the program and read the           REM statements.":?:?:?:END
400POKE 17206, 244:REM blue screen and white text
440TEXT:INVERSE:? "                                       ":? "     SmartBASIC V2.0 (40 columns)      ":? "                                
450NORMAL:GOTO 350
500END
550REM --- MORE TO COME! ---
600REM anybody care to tackle a 40 column 7
164REM change the cursor:::::::::::::  poke 17350,201:TEXT will get back the   underline cursor
165FOR x=17350 TO 17357:READ a:POKE x, a:NEXT
170DATA 17,8,0,205,38,253,201,0
171FOR x=17183 TO 17188:READ a:POKE x, a:NEXT
172DATA 62,32,50,58,66,0
180REM correct the color tables
190FOR x=0 TO 15:POKE 25378+x, x:POKE 25360+x, x:NEXT
220REM get rid of poke limit
230POKE 1648, 255:POKE 1649, 255
240REM change ^C and ^S
250POKE 1633, 27:REM escape = ^C
260POKE 1634, 144:REM wildcard = ^S
270REM spri so keep copying
******************************************************************************
(4)  Execute the loaded program by jumping to the first byte of code.
 4206 E1       POP HL           ;NO, we're all done; restore start address
 4207 E9       JP (HL)          ;jump to first byte of code
******************************************************************************
(5)  Exiit with no program load.
 4208 C9       RET              ;exit
*****************************************************     SmartBASIC V2.0        ":? "                              "
306VTAB 12:? "     TEXT AND SPRITES!!!      ":NORMAL
307POKE 17339, 226:CALL 17338:REM normal size sprites
308FOR x=255 TO 0 STEP -1
309HCOLOR =1:DRAW 1 AT x, 50
310HCOLOR =3:DRAW 2 AT x, 70
311HCOLOR =2:DRAW 3 AT x, 90
312HCOLOR =9:DRAW 4 AT x, 110
313NEXT
314POKE 17339, 227:CALL 17338:REM double size sprites
315?:? "     & SIMPLE ANIMATION!"
316FOR x=0 TO 255
317HCOLOR =1:DRAW 1 AT x, 10
318HCOLOR =3:DRAW 2 AT x, 60
319HCOLOR =7339, 240:POKE 17323, 39:POKE 17326, 0
60POKE 18460, 205:POKE 18461, 121:POKE 18462, 67
100DATA 1,240,7,205,32,253,205,56,253,33,0,220,17,0,0,1,0,4,205,29,253,33,0,220,126,238,255,119
110DATA 35,62,224,188,40,2,24,244,62,0,245,87,30,0,33,0,0,1,128,0,205,23,253,241,238,4,87,30,0
120DATA 33,0,220,1,0,4,205,26,253,24,15,41,197,229,41,41,193,58,3,66,183,32,1,9,193,201
150FOR x=24512 TO 24538:READ a:POKE x, a:NEXT
160DATA 33,32,32,34,42,66,175,50,3,66,50,71,66,205,239,95,205,19,67,33,248,2,62,255,205,198,6driver for CP/M?
17339, 226:CALL 17338:REM normal size sprites
308FOR x=255 TO 0 STEP -1
309HCOLOR =1:DRAW 1 AT x, 50
310HCOLOR =3:DRAW 2 AT x, 70
311HCOLOR =2:DRAW 3 AT x, 90
312HCOLOR =9:DRAW 4 AT x, 110
313NEXT
314POKE 17339, 227:CALL 17338:REM double size sprites
315?:? "     & SIMPLE ANIMATION!"
316FOR x=0 TO 255
317HCOLOR =1:DRAW 1 AT x, 10
318HCOLOR =3:DRAW 2 AT x, 60
319HCOLOR =                            8,1000,9,1001,a,1010,b,1011,c,1100,d,1101,e,1110,f,11115HTAB 11:VTAB 3:? "BINARY TO"6?:HTAB 10:? "HEXADECIMAL"7?:HTAB 11:? "CONVERTER"8VTAB 10:HTAB 5:? "ENTER BINARY NUMBER":?:HTAB 5: a$=""9FOR c=0 TO 1510GET b$:IF ASC(b$)=13 GOTO 2011IF ASC(b$)<>8 GOTO 1412IF c<2 GOTO 813HTAB 5+c+1: c=c-2: a$=LEFT$(a$, c+1):NEXT c14IF b$="1" OR b$="0" THEN  a$=a$+b$:? b$; :NEXT c:GOTO 2015VTAB 10:HTAB 1:?:?:?:VTAB 10:HTAB 7:? "ILLEGAL CHARACTER"16?:HTAB 9:? "USE ONLY: 0 1"17?:HTAB 9BRUCE WALTERS OF HEXACE SOFTWARE was kind enough to give us  the following binary to hexadecimal converter program.  This will work with Bruce's system and version of basic and may   work with others.Delete from here to beginning of program before using.0REM Program written by Bruce L. Walters1TEXT:DIM h$(15), b$(15)2FOR a=0 TO 15:READ h$(a), b$(a):NEXT3DATA                                                        0,0000,1,0001,2,0010,3,0011,4,0100,5,0101,6,0110,7,01114DATA                            tter yet Bruce Walters at Hexace and       request them.  You will have to postage & disk cost of       approximately $l.00.  So include $l.00.Also let me know if you prefer this method for handling      larger size files  (sent on request) or if you would rather  see a file that took approx. 40 K on an ANN disk at the      price of removing some other files.Bruce says the large files are disassemblies of the 6801 ICs in the ADAM and the EPROMS in the disk drives. The EPROM,    that is part of the 6801 :? "PRESS ANY KEY":GET t$:IF ASC(t$)=27 THEN STOP18VTAB 10:HTAB 1:?:?:?:?:?:GOTO 820VTAB 10:HTAB 1:?:?:?21VTAB 10:HTAB 9:? "ANSWER = "; 22IF LEN(a$)<16 THEN  a$="0"+a$:GOTO 2223FOR a=0 TO 3:FOR d=0 TO 15:IF MID$(a$, a*4+1, 4)=b$(d)     GOTO 2524NEXT d25? h$(d); :NEXT a:?:GOTO 17L. Walters1TEXT:DIM h$(15), b$(15)2FOR a=0 TO 15:READ h$(a), b$(a):NEXT3DATA                                                        0,0000,1,0001,2,0010,3,0011,4,0100,5,0101,6,0110,7,01114DATA                            2:DRAW 3 AT x, 110
320HCOLOR =9:DRAW 4 AT x, 160
321NEXT:CALL 64809:REM erase sprites
322POKE 16788, 0:REM return DRAW command to normal
350?:?:? " LIST the program and read the           REM statements.":?:?:?:END
400POKE 17206, 244:REM blue screen and white text
440TEXT:INVERSE:? "                                       ":? "     SmartBASIC V2.0 (40 columns)      ":? "                                
450NORMAL:GOTO 350
500END
550REM --- MORE TO COME! ---
600REM anybody care to tackle a 40 column x	Ehexadecimal converter program.  This will work with Bruce's system and version of basic and may   work with others.Delete from here to beginning of program before using.BRUCE WALTERS OF HEXACE SOFTWARE has given ANN the following PD programs, some of the smaller programs may have previously appeared on ANN and the larger ones are too many  K to put on the ANN disks.  So if you want any of these      write to ANN or be                            8,1000,9,1001,a,1010,b,1011,c,1100,d,1101,e,1110,f,11115HTAB 11:VTAB 3:? "BINARY TO"6?:HTAB 10:? "HEXADECIMAL"7?:HTAB 11:? "CONVERTER"8VTAB 10:HTAB 5:? "ENTER BINARY NUMBER":?:HTAB 5: a$=""9FOR c=0 TO 1510GET b$:IF ASC(b$)=13 GOTO 2011IF ASC(b$)<>8 GOTO 1412IF c<2 GOTO 813HTAB 5+c+1: c=c-2: a$=LEFT$(a$, c+1):NEXT c14IF b$="1" OR b$="0" THEN  a$=a$+b$:? b$; :NEXT c:GOTO 2015VTAB 10:HTAB 1:?:?:?:VTAB 10:HTAB 7:? "ILLEGAL CHARACTER"16?:HTAB 9:? "USE ONLY: 0 1"17?:HTAB 9in the disk drive is NOT used.  The spearate EPROM (eraseable programabale read only memory) is  used instead for the program to control the disk drive.      Only about half of this EPROM is used, so much more could be done with this space.pr6801    38K       kbd6801   40K            mstr6801 41Ktape6801  44K       eprm160dsk 42K           eprm720dsk 43K eprm320dsk 43KAll lK files: HEXdecx ; DEChex; binDec; decBIN;binHEX;   hexBIN;   prime#;   Pokemin;       Dump;           8x8grid.  We thank Brucet work, the disk drive worked, etc.My son suggested we keep the monitor and disk drive          separated by the CPU; they had previously sat side by side,  disk drive and monitor , showing the brotherhood of computer parts or something.  Now they had separate (by the CPU) but  equal positions on each side of the CPU.All worked well.I consulted my Magical Computer Technician (otherwise known  as George Koczwara of the Adam X Change BBS) and he told me  that the RF (I think it means rotten f...ing intex	Et 03 and as soon as I  got home, I immediately hooked it up to see how it work.     This upset my wife who I hadn't seen for 4-5 days as she     thought she rated ahead ofREPAIR TIP:Dont repair it if it aint broke.I had purchased a used Amber monitor at 03 and as soon as I  got home, I immediately hooked it up to see how it work.     This upset my wife who I hadn't seen for 4-5 days as she     thought she rated ahead    approach as I did, swaping components but keeping each       clearly labeled so you know if it came from the original     problem system, etc.THEN call your NEAREST ADAM BBS.  There usually is someone   on the BBS who will be able to help you or will look around  on other BBSs until he finds someone to solve your problem.ANOTHER approach is to write Ron Mitchell of A.N.N. expert   panel and Ron will find an expert to give you, your answer.The above, despite some people's prejudice from my Greenmanniced.I immediately started swaping out parts and pieces.  I tried a different disk drive (same results), I tried a different   disk, a different disk drive power supply,  You guessed it,  same results.I tried chaning all the cables and connections, blowing them out with compressed air, changing the CPU, the Adam power    supply.  You name it and I changed it.   The cat actually    hid as she thought I might try changing her next.Still no results.I moved the monitor over to my other Adam setup and i Walters of HEXACE for these files.Be sure to let me know if you like this system for large     files which may not interest all etc.Best from Barry Wilson if you prefer this method for handling      larger size files  (sent on request) or if you would rather  see a file that took approx. 40 K on an ANN disk at the      price of removing some other files.Bruce says the large files are disassemblies of the 6801 ICs in the ADAM and the EPROMS in the disk drives. The EPROM,    that is part of the 6801 rference)   but I am told it might mean Radio Frequency or something     like that.  Anyway the RF interference from a monitor or a   TV can be sufficent to cause a disk drive to quit            functioning entirely.The moral of this story, call the Adam X Change BBS for      technical information.    Well while a good idea, it wasn't  the moral of the story.Keep your monitor (or TV) isolated from your other computer  components as best you can.IF you run into problems, don't panic.  Take a systematic of an amber monitor.   (Shows she    aint a computer person). In any case, as I tried booting a program to see how it      looked on the monitor, I found it would not boot.   I then   went to SmartWriter to get a directory  (I could) and then   tried to load a file from the disk (I could not).I did what any normal Adamite would do.  I STARTED TO PANIC. Now I DO have a couple (actually closer to 70) of the Adam   Survival Guide and I know it says on the Cover plain as can  be   DONT PANIC but still I pa  space story, the above is the truth.Barry Wilson, A.N.N. Co-Editor and adam computer technician  4th class.rom a monitor or a   TV can be sufficent to cause a disk drive to quit            functioning entirely.The moral of this story, call the Adam X Change BBS for      technical information.    Well while a good idea, it wasn't  the moral of the story.Keep your monitor (or TV) isolated from your other computer  components as best you can.IF you run into problems, don't panic.  Take a systematicsingle sided disk.DEPOSIT 25385 64.DEPOSIT 25386 1 for 5 l/4 double sided disk..DEPOSIT 25385 208.DEPOSIT 25386 2 for 3 l/2 disk.Other size tapes and disks may be done too, by using the proper values in   these two locations.To initialize the tape or disk, now, all you do is enter:INITIALIZE "(name) (number)Where (name) is the directory name. ANd a (number) from 1 to as many        directory blocks as you want.This seems to be a little easier than in Basic where you have to also poke  in the numxO ¹Œ$!Œ †¹Œ.¡Œ
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Bruce is an excellent programmer and  I daily use several of his programs. Bruce has joined the A.N.N. staff and will be a great addition and help     with our efforts.BARRY WILSON, CO-EDITOR A.N.N.ll initialize different size media, if you do the  following:.DEPOSIT 25385 0.DEPOSIT 25386 1 for tapes.DEPOSIT 25385 160.DEPOSIT 25386 0 for 5 l/4     approach as I did, swaping components but keeping each       clearly labeled so you know if it came from the original     problem system, etc.THEN call your NEAREST ADAM BBS.  There usually is someone   on the BBS who will be able to help you or will look around  on other BBSs until he finds someone to solve your problem.ANOTHER approach is to write Ron Mitchell of A.N.N. expert   panel and Ron will find an expert to give you, your answer.The above, despite some people's prejudice from my GreenmanThe following article by MOAUG columnist Richard Lefko was   originally printed under his column head, "THAT'S RICH!"     (subtitled "Ramblings") in the May, 1991 issue of the MOAUG  newsletter.                           ...........................................................THAT'S RICH!....by Richard Lefko....This Month: Ramblings     After all these years with my ADAM I still have people  telling me I should own an IBM, or a MAC!  Heck, one guy     even suggested I should get a COMMODORE like hisingle sided disk.DEPOSIT 25385 64.DEPOSIT 25386 1 for 5 l/4 double sided disk..DEPOSIT 25385 208.DEPOSIT 25386 2 for 3 l/2 disk.Other size tapes and disks may be done too, by using the proper values in   these two locations.To initialize the tape or disk, now, all you do is enter:INITIALIZE "(name) (number)Where (name) is the directory name. ANd a (number) from 1 to as many        directory blocks as you want.This seems to be a little easier than in Basic where you have to also poke  in the numh worlds.  I've got my    ADAM at home and access to MACs and IBM clones at work, but  isn't that WHY I don't want one of those at home??  I        figured if I had one of those machines at home I would       probably be putting in 14-hour days instead of 10-12!  The   heck with that.     Maybe you do need one of those machines at home, but I  wonder, do you admit you own, and even enjoy, your ADAM?  Or are you just a closet ADAMite?  If you are (I am at times)   it's probably because of the "toy" stigma CDAMites, send in your ideas...for the price of a 29 cent stamp you can tell programmers and hardware        developers what YOU want for YOUR ADAM!!! RICK LEFKO 20 ASHLEY DRIVE Milford, NH 03055RDL 4/11/91 available to users of other systems. I am sure that we  ADAMites are DAMN LUCKY to have people like Rob around to    help out!  My hat's off to you, Rob; THANKS!!     I also received a message from MOAUG's very own James   Poulin, who also offered DOCS and assistance.  This is not   t,  resident SYSop of the ADAM CP/M club.  I'm sure I sounded    VERY knowledgeable (especially about CP/M) in the half       asleep daze I was in as I spent Rob's long distance phone    money yelling, "Rob who!?!?" about 30 or 40 times into the   phone!!  (We've talked MANY times in the past!).       Anyhow, Rob's called me back three times since I left   the message on CIS and has shared his immense CP/M knowledge with me.  Kinda like DATA talking to a bug!  Rob's sending   me a bunch of disks and he's as to every issue," they always say.  But  that's an understatement.  People are very complex critters, with more facets than the Hope diamond.  In any human        interaction, there are PLENTY of "sides" to an issue.  When  we try to reduce things to black and white, we are           oversimplifying, to say the very least. In trying to understand what has gone wrong with Sol Swift's enterprises over the past two years, it's important to       realize that the complete story has never been told.         Moo suggest there aren't others out there offering help as    well; on the contrary, there are many out there waiting to   help us get the most out of our system.  Once again, I take  my hat off to each and every one...THANK-YOU!     Maybe ^Sthat's^T why I've stayed with the ADAM so long.============================================================WHAT THE ADAM REALLY NEEDS IS:     A way to load pixs and fonts and clips and things into  the RAM and be able to access them from POWERPAINT.     Come on AOLECO (remember   them?) bestowed upon our ADAM. I guess it's just one other   thing I was never able to thank COLECO for!!     On another subject:     Isn't the support we ADAMites get just fantastic?! Here I am, gonna take the plunge into TDOS and I got the CP/M     sweats almost immediately!  My arms locked up as soon as the A> prompt came on the screen.  So I left a message on        COMPUSERVE's CLUB forum and that very same night I was       awakened from a dead sleep by none other than Rob Friedman„	EUG newsletter)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ENOUGH'S ENOUGH       Mopping Up The Spilt Milk  by PJ Herrington "There are two sides toEditorial Comment on Swift/Patterson by PJ Herrington (first appeared in May, '91 MOAUG newsletter)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ENOUGH'S ENOUGH       Mopping Up The Spilt Milk  by PJ Herrington "There are two sidessured me that in two, maybe   three, hundred years, I'll understand TDOS as well as he     does!       Seriously though, I wonder how often we take folks like Rob for granted?  I'm not sure if this kind of support is    even available to users of other systems. I am sure that we  ADAMites are DAMN LUCKY to have people like Rob around to    help out!  My hat's off to you, Rob; THANKS!!     I also received a message from MOAUG's very own James   Poulin, who also offered DOCS and assistance.  This is not   treover, it never WILL be told. Nobody has all the pieces   of the puzzle.  Not even Sol himself understands all that    has happened, and certainly nobody else ever will. Two articles have been widely printed (though not in MOAUG.) The first is a piece of a doc file written by Sol Swift and  included on one of the Phoenix 2000 disks.  The article      includes some unflattering references to Tony Patterson, who had been Sol's partner for awhile.  The second article was   written by Tony Patterson in self-her believe that, under  less difficult circumstances, things could have gone very    differently; that their skills complemented each other well, and that if they had ever managed to get past the  hurdles,  there would have been no stopping them.  Neither Sol nor Tony really shares my opinion, and there is  no reason anyone else should, either; but there it is.  I    have spent many, MANY hours talking to each of them.  When I talk to them now, I make an effort not to mention one to the other.  What's the "information" (or even to choose sides at ALL.)     Both Tony and Sol have seen dreams turn to dust, and they    cannot recapture what was lost.  Trying to place blame is an exercise in futility.  Worse, it only decreases the chances  that any progress can ever be made in the future.   Yes, I have an opinion, just like everybody else.  My own    opinion happens to be that the gentlemen in question have    such different thinking processes that they misunderstood    each other much of the time.  I furt         by John C. Tilson, MOAUG  If you are anything  like  I am, you save all your MOAUG newsletters   and other ADAM material.  Those of you who have had your ADAM only a   year or so and find  yourself with a little  free time should get      them out and skim through them  every  once in awhile.  The articles   will  remind you of basic tips  you  forgot  (or ignored) be- cause    you hadn't encountered  the problem at the time  when  you  first      read them. Moreover, you will find that  things  e purpose in keeping old wounds open?  This is not the first time I have seen two people I care about    have a falling-out.  I seriously doubt that it's the last. I don't know why those unfortunate articles are still being  dredged up over a year later, but I hope we've seen the last of this.  Let's move on, shall we?ke everybody else.  My own    opinion happens to be that the gentlemen in question have    such different thinking processes that they misunderstood    each other much of the time.  I furtdefense.   For what it's worth, my opinion is that neither of those     articles should ever have been written in the first place,   much less published.  However, it would have been  worth it  if the gentlemen got everything off their respective chests. It doesn't work that way, of course.  Such public statements have the opposite effect: the bitterness escalates, and the  people who read the articles end up confused.  I hope most   readers are more discriminating than to choose sides based   on so littl‚	O are anything  like  I am, you save all your MOAUG newsletters and other ADAM material.  Those of you who have had your ADAM only a year or so and find  yourself with a liThe following article was first published in the May, 1991 MOAUG       newsletter.  It is of special interest to new users and may be amended as necessary.  This note to editors/sysops may be amended. --- PJHTIPS FROM TILSON     DOUBLE VALUE PLUS  her believe that, under  less difficult circumstances, things could have gone very    differently; that their skills complemented each other well, and that if they had ever managed to get past the  hurdles,  there would have been no stopping them.  Neither Sol nor Tony really shares my opinion, and there is  no reason anyone else should, either; but there it is.  I    have spent many, MANY hours talking to each of them.  When I talk to them now, I make an effort not to mention one to the other.  What's thyou did not           understand  the first time around now make sense to you. Program reviews which we may have glossed over because we did not have the program, may now be meaningful because we have it now.  This is    especially true of  public domain (PD) programs,  which  often lack    full documentation. Many beginners think  that,  because they have only the original ADAM  printer, they are stuck with only one  style  of print. Not true!!!    There  are  a number of dif- ferent type styles.... daDIA: A REVIEW OF COPX   PJ HerringtonI first read about COPX in the March issue of the 463 AUG newsletter. I didn't even finish reading the newsletter until I'd stopped, written out a check, and popped it in the mailbox.  Well, I can't say I got COPX in the mail before I   finished reading!  But it WAS pretty fast; maybe 3 days.^What's so special about COPX?  After all, there are PLENTY of copy programs    around.  Some of them are VERY good, and some pretty darned good ones are even in the Public Domainade to print in columns by  inserting        CONTROL q  (a non- printing character) in the fields of your record    AT THE SAME  LOCATION  FOR  EACH RECORD. Fields do not have to be the  same length, but the CONTROL q  must be inser- ted at the same         location in that particu- lar field (EACH RECORD.)" =========================================  This question came up at the May meeting. I knew it  was  possible  to line up  the fields by inserting spaces enough fo fill out the field;  SmartFILER doeype (that is, either two disks, or two tapes, would be preferable to one of each type.)^COPX is self-booting.  Once the program is loaded, all you have to do is       insert media in the drives you intend to use (so that the program will know    which drives are going to be active.)  Then you can choose a drive and copy    the entire medium into your RAM drive.  If you have a large RAM drive (I have  an Orphanware 512k memory expander) you can copy the entire medium, no matter  how many blocks are used.  ‚Ogton.  First appearance was in May, 1991 MOAUG newsletter.            =============================================================================            MASS MEDIAThe following article is a review of COPX (by HEXACE SOFTWARE) written by Pat  Herrington.  First appearance was in May, 1991 MOAUG newsletter.            =============================================================================            MASS MEisy  wheels  are available from ADAM  vendors  and  office supply stores: e.g., Pica,   Elite, Script, Courier, and Emphasis. Although I haven't seen one, I   believe that you can also get foreign  language daisy  wheels,  such   as Japanese.  Daisy wheels are also easy  to install.  Just follow     manual instructions and enjoy!!!!=========================================SMARTFILER TIP from Triple A (Albany ADAM Users' Group) newsletter,    Ramen Griffin, editor; April, 1991:      " SmartFILER can be m. But COPX has a feature that none of the others have.  It is the fastest way ever to make multiple copies.  Anybody can use the program, but the folks who get the most use out of it will be those who have to make a  lot of copies of the same disk.  In order to use it to its fullest capacity,   you need a RAM drive... the larger, the better... and at least two working     drives.  It doesn't matter whether the drives are disks or tapes, but the docs suggest that COPX works best with two drives of the same ts  recognize spaces.  However, this is the first I had   heard of the use of CONTROL q.    --- PJH=========================================  seen one, I   believe that you can also get foreign  language daisy  wheels,  such   as Japanese.  Daisy wheels are also easy  to install.  Just follow     manual instructions and enjoy!!!!=========================================SMARTFILER TIP from Triple A (Albany ADAM Users' Group) newsletter,    Ramen Griffin, editor; April, 1991:      " SmartFILER can be mI assume that if you have only 64k of expanded      memory, that you could copy any medium containing files of 64k or less.  That  IS an assumption, I admit; I haven't tried it because I don't have a computer  with a 64k card hooked up at the moment.^Okay, so far there's nothing new.  There are other programs that will copy     from RAM.  BUT!!!!! This is the FIRST program that will copy from RAM to TWO   DRIVES AT THE SAME TIME. That means, obviously, that you have cut your copying time neatly in half, i KNOW what that means!)  But, I tell you what.....   Whenever I can find a  program of this caliber for $10, I will do whatever it takes to fix it the doc file up for my printer.  My recommendation? ^O BUY IT.^P^*** HEXACE SOFTWARE   (Bruce Walters)  RD#2 Box 51 Franklin PA 16323-9204 ***ng me.  And I know I'm not the only ADAM owner    who is on a tight budget.  I sometimes worry that programmers will stop        programming because they think the market no longer exists.  It DOES, guys;    but $39 doe but I   haven't seen it with my own eyes before now... and this IS done in EOS.)^The other thing about COPX that absolutely wiped me out was the price.  Would  you believe TEN DOLLARS FLAT?  That's not ten dollars plus ninety nine cents.  Not ten dollars plus shipping and handling.  Not ten dollars plus shipping and handling and cost of a backup copy.  Ten dollars, PERIOD.^It's awfully refreshing to find reasonably priced software being produced for  ADAM in this day and age.  I suppose that Bruce coulcenes" by P.J. Herrington. Article may be amended as necessary, so long as spirit of article is not        changed.  This note may be deleted      and/or amended.````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````Elsewhere in this issue, you will find  a review of a program called "COPX",    just released by HEXACE Software.       HEXACE has two other new programs on    the market, too.  The first is called   "FORMAX".  According to the press       release, FORMAX allows for      sn't come easy to us these days!^The COPX docs leave something to be desired, I'm afraid.  Not that they aren't accurate, but if you have a dot matrix printer, you will find them impossible  to print out as they stand.  The docs are contained on a plain old SmartWriter file, but they have a hard return after each line... which is set at screen    width, about 32 columns... which wouldn't be too bad, except that they also    contain underscoring in SmartWriter mode.  (If you DO own a dot matrix printer youf you are making a number of copies at once.^There are many other features to COPX.  Some of them I've seen before, some I  haven't.  For instance, I have never seen a program that allows you to choose  criteria such as file attribute and alphabetical order to designate files to   be tagged for a batch transfer.  (I'm not sure whether such programs exist;    but I haven't seen them myself.  I suppose I will get letters from CP/Mers     telling me that they do this sort of thing six times before breakfast;|). and I am not sure how it's  been progressing so far.  The idea, as I un- derstand  it, is to  provide a  central clearing house of information,  as well as a sort of "reThis article first appeared in the May, 1991 issue of the MOAUG newsletter.     Read carefully before deciding to       reprint; some news may be stale or      inappropriate for other                 newsletters/BBSs.  Original title was   "Behind The Sd have added a few more    utilities and sold it for a lot more.  In fact, even without adding utilities, it would be worth a few bucks more.  But I would NOT have been able to buy it  on the spot; it would have had to go on my "wish list", like a lot of other    things I wish Santa would bring me.  And I know I'm not the only ADAM owner    who is on a tight budget.  I sometimes worry that programmers will stop        programming because they think the market no longer exists.  It DOES, guys;    but $39 doe        initializing, formatting, and even      putting a custom boot block on UP TO    EIGHT different disk drives at the same time.... AND it allows you to control   each drive independently, no matter     what you happen to have going on in the other drives.  Pretty snazzy.  The      second program is called "(SmartWRITER) HELPER", and it is especially for the   diehard SmartWRITER freaks.  (I happen  to be one of the people who use         SmartWRITER a lot, because I know that  ANYbody can read a Smart* * * * * * * * * * *          Gary Hoosier writes that he is ALREADY  organizing his notes in regard to       TAXHELPER, so that he'll be ready to    start work on the 1991/92 version.      Talk about getting an early start!  If  you are among those who bought this     year's volume, be sure to send Gary any feedback you think might be helpful.    (Come to think of it, ALL feedback is   helpful!)               Gary Hoosier                                        922 Devon Dr. Newark DE  19711            ver recognized disk     drive two.)  Each of the HEXACE         programs is priced at ten dollars.      (See address at the end of the COPX     review herein.)                        * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *R + R Software recently announced that  all GRAFTEX Software programs have been released into the Public Domain.  That  includes the volumes produced by Joe    Quinn of the Gulf Coast AUG to date:    The Abominable Snowman, Paint Palette,  and The SmartBASIC Construction Set.    No mention was mr such      projects.  He has authorized me to      continue to produce Phoenix 2000        software (Personal Calendar Utility and Swift's Label Printshop) with the same  provisions.  Alan and I will be in      charge of the nonprofit profit fund.  I have been trying for some time to think of just how to break this news.  Sol    knows that he has made some people very unhappy, and it doesn't appear at this  point that there is anything to be done about it.  He is not currently          programming for ADAMaphics is working on a number  of volumes, including some new options  in graphics lettering, new clips, and a surprise volume by Tony Patterson.      Maine ADAM Library is working on a      comprehensive package for owners of the Eve clock chip or the TriSyd INTERNAL   chip (not the cartridge type.)  The     package contains an appointment book,   address book, invoicer, and other       goodies; very nice graphics!  I hope to have some sneak previews in the July    issue.                        * * * * * WRITER file...  even if many people don't LIKE to.)     This program, according to the press    release, allows you more freedom from   within SmartWRITER.  Without leaving    the program, you can switch between dot matrix or ADAM printers, and you can    switch between tape drive one and disk  drive two (meaning that you can use two disk drives from SmartWRITER, which is  a big advantage.  Maybe because it was  designed by Coleco so early in the      game, SmartWRITER is one of the few     programs that ne            * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *ADAMLINK OF UTAH has received           permission from Solomon Swift to        produce all Digital Express software,   which will therefore continue to be     available from most ADAM dealers.       ADAMLINK had had temporary              authorization to produce DEI products,  but it is now permanent and official.   Sol has also authorized all the profits from his software to be channeled back  into the ADAM community via donations   to ADAM conventions and otheade of Joe's most       recent release, "Those Dawwgone Dogs",  so I don't know whether it is still     considered a commercial program or not. This is the first I've heard of ANY of  this!!! Hope Joe's okay... haven't seen a newsletter from Gulf Coast in many    moons. Presumably you can find out more about all this by writing R + R         Software at PO Box 2081 Hanover MA      02339.  Get their new catalog, if you   haven't already.                        * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *      EyeZod Gr, and has, in fact, lost his equipment somewhere between    moves.  That's not just his computer,   but also all his self-designed software and his customer records.  There does   not seem to be any way ever to satisfy  all disgruntled customers, but everyone in the community will see some benefit  from Sol's donation of any future       profits from DEI and Phoenix 2000       software to nonprofit community         ventures.                        * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Note that this does NOT meess!!!!! Check it out.  You can download it FREE.            * * * * * * * * *I do remember one important thing  that was missing from the original  FAST.DOC file.  I don't know if it's been  added or not, but I doubt it, because the guy who wrote it wasn't using SmartWriter!! Tim Nunes helped me figure it out. When you compose messages in SmartWriter  to be "uploaded" later (this is not a true upload, but a file transfer that  fools CompuServe into thinking the words  are coming from your keyboard... dide oldest and largest of all ADAM newsletters, and is one I couldn't do without.  If you will write a regular  column  (or series  of features) for the newsletter, they will provide you with a free subscription... a value of $20 or more. Everybody wins! They get articles, you get newsletters, and the rest of us get to read what you have written!  Contact Jim Notini at:                   NIAD               P.O. BOX 1317              LISLE IL  60532            * * * * * * * * *GO PRACTICE:  Are you a new   be- come interested (either because they're isolated in a community without a Users Group or because they just picked up an ADAM recently.)  Dean stresses that  he was nervous before attending ADAMCON 01 but that he hadn't even been there half an hour before he felt he'd known these people all his life.  (I'm paraphrasing here.)  He's right, too...  not only is a convention a  golden  opportunity  to "pick the brains" of the long-time ADAM users, but you can't help making  life- long friends at an ADAMCONt file that I down- loaded in 1985 from the Science Fiction Forum on CompuServe.  The file,  called Fast.Doc, was written by member of  the SF SIG and last updated in 1988. It can save you a lot of money, especially  if you have an ADAMLINK modem, by teaching you to answer mail and compose messages offline.  It's  so  easy to  understand that even I could use it... and I was a brand new modem owner at that time.  It costs a lot less to  "upload"  prepared messages than to type them in online. I mean a LOT lan that DEI   or Phoenix 2000 software is to be       considered Public Domain, now or in the future!                        * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Sol has also authorized Norman Castro   to reproduce copies of the first and    only ACT newsletter that was printed.   Norman is reproducing a number of other newsletters and instruction manuals.    See his ad for EXPERIENCE in this       issue.                        * * * * * * * * HOW WOULD YOU LIKE A  FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO NIAD?? This is one of th I word that correctly, Rob?) be sure that  you do not, repeat, NOT, use UNDERSCORING!!             * * * * * * * *Dean says that AC03  conventioneers in- clude so many experts on so many things that the main thing they need now is to find more people who want to learn what they have to show us!  In fact, Dean is making a special effort to interest the folks who have basic systems (and there are a whole lot of ADAMites who  do not have a bunch of fancy peripherals)  and the people who have just  recently subscriber to CompuServe?  Or have you been around awhile...  but would like to know  more about how everything works....  WITHOUT running up a huge bill online?  You can find answers to most all your questions FREE.  The Practice Forum costs nothing and contains so many helpful files that it would be impossible to list them. It also has sysops and areas where you can ask questions and practice leaving mes- sages, using all the various forum com- mands, and so on. Rob Friedman tells me that they have a tex. We've heard that "A stranger is just a friend" that we haven't yet met.  I never  put  very much stock in that quote, actually; but I'm here to tell you that it's true, if you and the stranger happen to own  the same little orphan ADAM!  It's too  bad EVERYBODY can't attend an ADAMCON... at least ONCE. "Times is hard", but TRY...            * * * * * * * * *We should really call conventions some- thing like: "ADAM.. the Family Computer ... A Family Reunion...."  <GRIN>            * * * * * * * * *THE everybody wanted shirts. One of the delegates  went out in town  and  found somebody to make one for  her.  By  the time the banquet rolled around, most of us had ordered our own. What I'm trying to tell you is... ORDER YOUR T-SHIRT IN ADVANCE.  If you don't, you may not get one at all.  (Caps will be available    again this year.)                 * * * * * * * * *Don't tell ANYBODY I told you this, be- cause they are supposed to be  reserved for delegates;  but I will try to order a T-shirt for any MOAUGre, I think, 35 chapters, on all aspects of ADAMdom from programming to hardware to software; where to find it, what to  do with it, how to fix it; and information on users' groups.  It's all here: CP/M, BASIC, LOGO, machine language, telecom- munictions, graphics, technology.  Ably edited (and that's an understatement!!) by Mel Ostler, it's due out by August.            * * * * * * * * *ANOTHER (Brand-New!) ADAMITE:  Mr. and  Mrs. Alan Neeley are the proud parents  of a new son  (their  second.)   Brycerry Wilson of St. Louis; and Guy Cousineau, of Ontario (AUFG.)   Most of the "regu- lars" from AC01 and AC02 will be there.            * * * * * * * * * *THE ADAM EXPERTS PANEL: This project is relatively recent... only a few  months old... and I am not sure how it's  been progressing so far.  The idea, as I un- derstand  it, is to  provide a  central clearing house of information,  as well as a sort of "referral service."  Thus, if you have a specific  question and do not know where to  turn  for help,   SURE  whether  or not I am allowed to tell you about the  terrific plans for ADAMCON 03 T-shirts, but  I'm pretty sure it's safe to tell you  this much: THEY ARE GOING TO BE SUPER!! I've seen the design and I can't WAIT to see the finished shirts!!  This year, it is possible to reserve shirts...  we NEVER have enough shirts to go around. At the first convention, we sold out in  about an hour.  Last year at AC02, they tried something new... they ordered ball caps instead of shirts.  The caps sold well, but ADAM SURVIVAL GUIDE is coming along nicely, too.  "Old-timers" will  remem- ber a book called The ADAM Resource Di- rectory, which contained ads, articles, and information.  It went into two edi- tions.  The new ASG publication is very loosely based on the same idea, but  it won't be anything like the earlier book because it will contain many more arti- cles and much less advertising.  It was planned to be around 200 pages and cost $20 or less.  Oddly enough, that's just what it's shaping up to be!  There a member who gets the money to me before the end of June, and pick it up at the convention.  This is a secret.  If Dean Roades finds out, he might just shoot me.  If I'm  lucky, he's so busy right now that he will not have time to read this page.            * * * * * * * * *Dean says that AC03 is picking up steam and that we are going to have folks who did not make it to either previous con- fention. Among them will be Mel Ostler, of New Mexico (Roadrunner Publications) and Norman Castro of OAC, Omaha;  Ba  Alan Neeley was born April 19,  weigh-  ing in at a healthy eight pounds even.  Older brother Dustin tells me he is  a  big help to his mother... he helps put  the bottle in the baby's mouth.              * * * * * * * * *  IS IT CATCHING? I don't know, but watch this space.  In several months, we will be running a similar announcement about another ADAM family we all know & love. No names... I don't really know whether they want the world to know just yet(?)            * * * * * * * * *  I'M ALSO NOTyou can contact the Experts Panel, and they will either answer your question or re- fer you to someone  who can.  Actually, it seems to be a logical  extension  of services that have always been provided by ADAM people, whose greatest strength has always been their willingness to do exactly this sort of  thing.  Usuaylly, if you contact almost any vendor or AUG you can get the information you need or at least find out where  to go next in  order to find it.  However, there  has  never before been an effort    hardware-phobic.  (This is what I used to call "Low Tech        Corner".)  This was first published in the July, 1991 issue of  the MOAUG newsletter, under John's usual column head ("The      Harris File".)  John also provided MOAUG with a nice diagram,   which made everything even clearer.  Anybody who wants the      diagram can photocopy it from the July MOAUG, or can write to   either John Harris or Pat Herrington. Alternatively, you might  consider photocopying the article as reprinted in the PSAN   anything  "up to" an ounce, and forty cents for an ounce. Sounds funny, but I guess they haven't  got the new rates fully integrated yet.            * * * * * * * * *Speaking of the  Post Office,  we  have been having some problems with the mail lately. The time we added an extra page to the newsletter, four people received copies that were mutilated (usually the back page) and one  member got ONLY the back page. There may have been some un- reported cases, too.  THIS  issue is so fat that I'm using envelharper,  crisper ADAM video display on the TV screen that serves as my   monitor.     Slopsema earlier outlined the fix needed to get the        "blurries" off our screen. And in the May/June l99l issue of    MOAUG came Luce's suggestion on how to do it even easier--by    using inexpensive adapters to eliminate the need for soldering  cables.     Luce's contribution was the clincher. If I didn't have to  solder, which I've never been able to do very satisfactorily,   then I'd go for it.     What the planvM" by Bob Slopsema (from Dec 90 MOAUG.)     This article incorporates later enhancements to the original    idea, and is written in terms designed to appeal even to the    The following article by John Harris is a follow-up on the      article "BLURRY EYED?" by Bob Slopsema (from Dec 90 MOAUG.)     This article incorporates later enhancements to the original    idea, and is written in terms designed to appeal even to the to organize the process. I hope this is successful. I suspect that, like most all community projects, its ultimate usefulness  will be determined  by  YOUR  participation. For more information, contact the head  of the project:                        RON MITCHELL               (ADAM USER FRIENDLY GROUP)                342 NAGEL AVE.        ORLEANS ONTARIO CANADA K1E 1R6^            * * * * * * * * * Remember that postage  to  Canada IS a  bit higher.  My  Post Office says that  it costs 38 cents for    newsletter... they did a superb job of formatting.  In any      case, please delete and/or amend this note as necessary... do   not publish it as part of the article.  Thanks.... PJH, MOAUG~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Random Access: THE HARRIS FILE"                                 by John Harris, MOAUG        This Month: CRISPER VIDEO DISPLAY          Using information provided by Robert Slopsema, MOAUG, and  John Luce, Portland, Oregon, I'm now operating with a sopes,  but that isn't feasible every  month.  The folks at the March MOAUG meeting asked  me to put a notice in here, reading:  "If you didn't  get this  issue,  contact us as soon as you don't receive it!" <GRIN>^he project:                        RON MITCHELL               (ADAM USER FRIENDLY GROUP)                342 NAGEL AVE.        ORLEANS ONTARIO CANADA K1E 1R6^            * * * * * * * * * Remember that postage  to  Canada IS a  bit higher.  My  Post Office says that  it costs 38 cents for  calls for is to place a TV signal amplifier  (also called a booster) between your computer console (CPU) and your TV.     The problem is that the amplifier has co-axial cable       connectors (like those on the back of your VCR), while your     ADAM console-TV cable uses RCA connectors.     But Slopsema and Luce tell how to do it easily and         inexpensively. You can get everything you need for under $20    total from your local Radio Shack store.      Here's what you'll need:     (A) One TV signalrom the "out"  port on the amplifier to the TV/computer switch box on the back of your TV, plugged into the same port where the original cable was plugged.     3. Make sure all connections are secure.     4. Plug the power cord of your amplifier into an           electrical outlet.     Now power up ADAM. You'll likely be pleasantly surprised   at the much crisper characters you see on your TV screen.     What it does, says Slopsema, is overcome most, if not all, the line interference between the ADAM anctor on your amplifier and the other onto the "out."     (C) TWO RCA to RCA cables.     One is to go from the TV outlet on the back of your CPU to the "in" connection of your signal amplifier.     The other from the "out" connection on your new amplifier  to the TV/computer switch box hanging on the back of your TV.     The length of the first section depends on the distance    you plan to place the amplifier from the CPU.     Length of the second depends on how far the amplifier is   from the back of use a regular coaxial cable from the amplifier "out" port   to the TV coaxial input. There's no need for a video/rf adapter on the amplifier "out" port in this case. The coaxial input to  the TV makes for a slightly better picture on the TV, he says.  My TV doesn't have a coaxial input so I didn't try this.    (So if your TV has a coaxial input port, here's what you'll need:    (One signal amplifier, Catalog No. 15-1118, $12.95.    (One video/rf adapter, catalog no. 278-255A, $1.29.    (One cable with R didn't have that little inch-long cylinder.   It didn't seem to make any difference that it was missing. But  you can unsnap the plastic casing on this little device, remove it from the original cable, and then re-snap it onto your new   cable.    Now that you've got everything hooked up, let's review:     1. You have a cable with RCA plugs on each end running     from the "TV" port on the back of your console (CPU) to the     "in" port on your amplifier.     2. You have a cable with RCA plugs running f amplifier (designed to insure optimum    picture quality by increasing signal strength), Catalog No.     15-1118, $12.95.     This is a little shiny silver box, measuring about 5       inches long, 2 inches wide, and 2 inches high. It can be        anchored to a wall or left setting on your desk or table.     (B) TWO video/rf adapters, Catalog No. 278-255A. These     enable you to connect RCA cable to co-axial outlets, $l.29      each.     Screw one of your video/rf adapters onto the "in"          conned the TV.     So if you too have decided to clear the blurries from your screen, here's your Radio Shack shopping list:     One signal amplifier, Catalog No. 15-1118, $12.95.     Two video/rf adapters, Catalog No. 278-255A, @$1.29.     Two cables with RCA plugs on each end, lengths to be       determined as stated above.Alternate method - for TVs with co-axial input...     (Slopsema says there's an alternate way to make the        connections if your TV has coaxial cable input on the back. You can the TV.     Use only the length of cable necessary for the connections in order to keep line interference to a minimum; don't have     extra cable coiled up behind the TV or elsewhere.     You can use your original ADAM RCA CPU-TV cable as one of  the two cables. But it may be longer than necessary.     You may have noticed that there's a little cylindrical     shielding(?) device on your original ADAM CPU-TV cable. I       replaced my original with two shorter cables to and from the    boosters and theyCA plugs on each end [unless you choose to use the long RCA cable which originally came with your ADAM for this purpose.]    (One cable with coaxial connectors on each end.)     --Your comments or suggestions welcomed: John S. Harris,   105 Burning Tree Lane, Boca Raton, FL 33431-3924.be       determined as stated above.Alternate method - for TVs with co-axial input...     (Slopsema says there's an alternate way to make the        connections if your TV has coaxial cable input on the back. You can A  9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,7,6,5,4,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3 1010 DATA  3,3,3,3,4,5,6,7,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,16,23,15 1020 DATA  24,14,25,13,26,12,27,12,27,11,28,11,28 1030 DATA  11,28,11,28,11,28,11,28,10,29,10,29,10 1040 DATA  29,10,29,9,30,9,30,8,31,8,31,7,32,7,32 1050 DATA  6,33,6,33,5,34,4,35,3,36,3,36,3,36,20,20 1060 DATA  20,19,18,17,16,16,15,15,15,15 1070 ENDHLIN x, y AT ro  170 NEXT ro  179 REM       ... Swing Clapper...  180 FOR q=1 TO 170  190 COLOR =5  200 PLOT a, 34  210 FOR t=1 TO 60  220 NEXT t    1 REM  *This is a nice little program for Fourth of July.   I     2 REM  *don't know who wrote it in the first place, but I   go t    3 REM  *from Dave McIntosh of London, Ontario 'way back in  ' 85    4 REM  *... in fact, this was one of the first BASIC        program s    5 REM  *I ever saw; it was on the first ddp I ever got in   th e    6 REM  *mail, and Dave was my very first ADAMite friend.    It' s     7 REM  *Dave who's to blame for my falling in love with the     8 REM  *whole business o COLOR=c:GOTO 90   90 PLOT x,y:NEXT:NEXT  100 FOR z=5 TO 1 STEP -2:FOR y=0 TO 38        STEP z+1:FOR x=0 TO 39 STEP z+1  110 GOSUB 150:NEXT:NEXT:FOR x=0  TO 39        STEP z:FOR y=0 TO 38 STEP z  120 GOSUB 150:NEXT:NEXT:NEXT  130 a=3:b=15:c=2:GOSUB 270:GOSUB 310  140 a=0:b=0:c=0:GOSUB 270  150 IF (x=0 OR x=2 OR x=4 OR x=6 OR x=8        OR x=10 OR x=12 OR x=14 OR x=16)        AND y<21 THEN 260  160 IF (x=1 OR x=3 OR x=5 OR x=7 OR x=9        OR x=11 OR x=13 OR x=15) THEN 170  170 IF (y=0 OR y=1   230 IF q/31<>INT(q/31) THEN 260  239 REM       ... Ring Bell...  240 ? CHR$(7);   250 n=-n  260 IF q<>155 THEN 340  269 REM       ...Break Bell...  270 COLOR =9  280 FOR ro=32 TO 21 STEP -1  290 READ co  300 PLOT co, ro  310 FOR c=1 TO 12  320 NEXT c  330 NEXT ro  340 COLOR =0  350 IF q<>170 THEN PLOT a, 34  360 a=a+n  370 NEXT q  380 FOR x=1 TO 500  390 NEXT x  400 ? TAB(2); "   HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA"  409 REM       ..Wait For Key Press...  410 GET k$  412 TEXT  420 END 1000 DATuse a regular coaxial cable from the amplifier "out" port   to the TV coaxial input. There's no need for a video/rf adapter on the amplifier "out" port in this case. The coaxial input to  the TV makes for a slightly better picture on the TV, he says.  My TV doesn't have a coaxial input so I didn't try this.    (So if your TV has a coaxial input port, here's what you'll need:    (One signal amplifier, Catalog No. 15-1118, $12.95.    (One video/rf adapter, catalog no. 278-255A, $1.29.    (One cable with R„.TO 320   30 HOME:a=3:b=15:c=2:GR   40 FOR x=0 TO 39:FOR y=0 TO 38:r=INT       (RND(1)*3)+1   50 ON r GOTO 60,70,80   60 COLOR=a:GOTO 90   70 COLOR=b:GOTO 90   80 CO       5 REM * AMERICAN FLAG   10 REM * Modified by Faye Deere, 3/91   20 ONERR GOTO 320   30 HOME:a=3:b=15:c=2:GR   40 FOR x=0 TO 39:FOR y=0 TO 38:r=INT       (RND(1)*3)+1   50 ON r GOTO 60,70,80   60 COLOR=a:GOTO 90   70 COLOR=b:GOTO 90   80f networking.  Delete these 8       lines- -PJH                 9 REM     ...Liberty Bell...   10 a=5   20 n=1   30 HOME   40 GR   49 REM     ...Draw Bell ...   50 COLOR =3   60 FOR co=2 TO 37   70 READ y   80 VLIN 0, y AT co   90 NEXT co  100 COLOR =10  110 PLOT 17, 3  120 PLOT 22, 3  130 COLOR =13  140 FOR ro=4 TO 32  150 READ x, y  160 HLIN x, y AT ro  170 NEXT ro  179 REM       ... Swing Clapper...  180 FOR q=1 TO 170  190 COLOR =5  200 PLOT a, 34  210 FOR t=1 TO 60  220 NEXT tOR y=3 OR y=4 OR y=6        OR y=7 OR y=9 OR y=10 OR y=12 OR        y=13 OR y=15 OR y=16 OR y=18 OR        y=19 OR y=20) THEN 260  180 IF x>16 AND (y=3 OR y=4 OR y=5        OR y=9 OR y=10 OR y=11 OR y=15 OR        y=16 OR y=17) THEN 240  190 IF y=21 OR y=22 OR y=23 OR y=27 OR        y=28 OR y=29 OR y=33 OR y=34 OR        y=35 THEN 240  200 IF x>16 AND (y=0 OR y=1 OR y=2 OR        y=6 OR y=7 OR y=8 OR y=12 OR y=13        OR y=14 OR y=18 OR y=19 OR y=20)        THEN 250  210 IF y=24 OR y=25 OR y CONSCIENTIOUS WHICH COMPELLED HER TO WRITE THE     FOLLOWING.BARRY WILSON, EDITOR, A.N.N.==================================================================DEAR ANN EDITORS, NEWSLETTER EDITORS, SYSOPS, AND OTHER      INTERESTED ADAMITES:  I apologize in advance for any         inconvenience that may have been caused by my tardiness in   sending MOAUG articles out to A.N.N. subscribers.  It always seems that there are too few hours in the day to accomplish  everything I wish I could do.  The issue is co:FOR y=0 TO 20:HLIN 0,17 AT        y:NEXT  300 COLOR=b:FOR x=1 TO 16 STEP 2:FOR        y=2 TO 18 STEP 3:PLOT x,y: NEXT:        NEXT:RETURN  310 PRINT:PRINT " Press <ESCAPE> to end        program":GET k$  320 TEXT:PRINT:PRINT " Program        terminated":END     OR y=27 OR        y=28 OR y=29 OR y=33 OR y=34 OR        y=35 THEN 240  200 IF x>16 AND (y=0 OR y=1 OR y=2 OR        y=6 OR y=7 OR y=8 OR y=12 OR y=13        OR y=14 OR y=18 OR y=19 OR y=20)        THEN 250  210 IF y=24 OR y=25 OR ynominator"; that is, since everyone can use         SmartWriter (though many abhor the necessity) I aim for      SmartWriter form that can be used with the ADAM printer.     That means that I need to spend extra time trying to         standardize the format... and you KNOW how rare "extra time" is!  So, sometimes I tend to let everything slide until I    have time... by which time, much of this stuff is stale      already.  If you have any suggestions as to how I can serve  you better, I am always happy to „	Eapologize in advance for any         inconvenience that may have been caused by my tardiness in   sending MOAUG articles out to A.N.N. subscribers.  It always seems that tYOUR A.N.N. EDITOR DOES NOT THINK IT WAS NECESSARY FOR PAT   HERRINGTON TO WRITE THIS APOLOGY, SHE DOES ONE HELL OF A     JOB, IS OVER LOADED WITH WORK, AND IS VERY CONSCIENTIOUS     ABOVE ALL SHE DOES FOR ADAM.  IT IS PROBABLY THE FACT THAT   SHE IS SO=26 OR y=30 OR        y=31 OR y=32 OR y=36 OR y=37 OR        y=38 THEN 250  220 IF (x=1 OR x=3 OR x=5 OR x=7 OR x=9        OR x=11 OR x=13 OR x=15) AND (y=2        OR y=5 OR y=8 OR y=11 OR y=14 OR        y=17) THEN 240  230 COLOR=0:RETURN  240 COLOR=b:PLOT x,y:RETURN  250 COLOR=a:PLOT x,y:RETURN  260 COLOR=c:PLOT x,y:RETURN  270 COLOR=a:FOR s=0 TO 39 STEP 6:FOR        y=s TO s+2:HLIN 0,39 AT y:NEXT:NEXT280 COLOR=b:FOR s=3 TO 36 STEP 6:FOR        y=s TO s+2:HLIN 0,39 AT y:NEXT:NEXT 290 COLOR=cmplicated by   the fact that some of our articles are of primary interest   to our own readers, and may not be appropriate for other     newsletters or bulletin board systems.  It is further        complicated by the fact that the articles are used in        several different formats, including CP/M versions, Speedy   Write versions, regular SmartWriter, and print formats with  varying margins and printer escape codes.  I try to send     them to you in what Rob Friedman terms "LCD", for "Lowest    Common De=26 OR y=30 OR        y=31 OR y=32 OR y=36 OR y=37 OR        y=38 THEN 250  220 IF (x=1 OR x=3 OR x=5 OR x=7 OR x=9        OR x=11 OR x=13 OR x=15) AND (y=2        OR y=5 OR y=8 OR y=11 OR y=14 OR        y=17) THEN 240  230 COLOR=0:RETURN  240 COLOR=b:PLOT x,y:RETURN  250 COLOR=a:PLOT x,y:RETURN  260 COLOR=c:PLOT x,y:RETURN  270 COLOR=a:FOR s=0 TO 39 STEP 6:FOR        y=s TO s+2:HLIN 0,39 AT y:NEXT:NEXT280 COLOR=b:FOR s=3 TO 36 STEP 6:FOR        y=s TO s+2:HLIN 0,39 AT y:NEXT:NEXT 290 COLOR=chear them.  If I do not     respond favorably, I may need to be reminded.  But rest      assured that I do try!  ... Further: I try to preface each   article with enough information to help you decide whether   or not a particular article is of interest to your own       people, and to give you a basis on which to choose which     articles to consider.  It seems as though some of you think  that it's necessary to reprint the notes I write to YOU. You do not have to do that.  It may confuse your own         3WrapUp   A   By Dean Roades - Convention Chairman.Books03    A   New books that were introduced at AC03.R+Rcoupons A   News from R + R Software on their special AC03 offers.Gallery    A   ANN Gallery of Honour Inductees.JerryV     A   Impressions of AC03 from Jerry Vrancks, 463 ADAM member.DoorPrize  A   A list of AC03 Door Prize donors and ADAM Store participants.DELEGATES  A   Updated list of AC03 delegates.123list    a   Liat of delegates to all three ADAMCONs.SOUVENIRS  A   How to orderunity.  --- PJ Herrington, MOAUG 1003    Oak Lane    Apopka FL 32703  (407) 788-6396      ...... and, by the way.... if there was something printed in MOAUG that  I have failed to deliver, and you are interested in having   it on disk, please let me know that, too.  I sometimes       forget what I've already sent in, and I sometimes fail to    understand that something I think of as purely of interest   to MOAUG members may also interest the community at large.   The whole ANN endeavor is an on-the-job traithe ANN disks, or give sources as in this case.  Read this file on how to get some large files from Bruce Walters.ADAM_FIX   H   Barry Wilson   A new problem that Barry was able to fix with the help of his ADAM friends.LOGO_TRICK H   Barry Wilson   Bruce Walters shows how to format and INIT disks in LOGO.From the May 91 MOAUG newsletter - Patricia Herrington, Editor.LefkoMAY91 A   Rich Lefko     Ramblings - IBM-Mac, Compuserve, "What ADAM really needs ..."ENOUGH_ed  H   Pat Herrington      Comment9109-2Early reports on ADAMCON 03ADAM_X_BBS H   Reports on ADAMCON 03 from the Exchange BBS in Cleveland.04         H   Barry Wilson   Information on ADAMCON 04.ANN_REPORT H   Barry Wilson   A report given at the convention on ANN activities.INSIGHTS   A   Rich Cossaboon      Insights of a newcomer to ADAMCON 03.futureADAM H   Guy Cousineau  Guy's remarks on the Future of ADAM presented at ADAMCON 03.  Courtesy Barry Wilson.BBoard     A   Learn a little more about some interesting ADAMites.0    subscribers/members/readers.  MOAUG certainly appreciates    your naming the source, but you can do this in some other    way.  We do not object to your using a different preface or  introduction to the article, or to amending ours.  Please    feel free to reformat according to your own needs.  Again,   if you have suggestions as to how I can make this clearer or more convenient to you, please let me know.  Thanks for your patience, your sharing, and your continued contributions to  the entire ADAM comm your souvenir ADAMCON 03 T-Shirts, hats and decals.-------------------------------------SB1XINFO   A   Information on the new SmartBASIC 1.x and how to order.SWMODEM    A   Richard Drushel     A disassembly and discussion of the SmartWriter ROM in regards to the modem.SB2FIX     A   SmartBASIC 2.0 enhancements by ADAMagic.  A BASIC program.binHEX     A   Bruce Walters  A BASIC program to convert binary to hex numbers.FILES      H   Barry Wilson   A request for feedback on putting large files on ning experience. We learn as we go, and feedback is vital.  Thanks. naming the source, but you can do this in some other    way.  We do not object to your using a different preface or  introduction to the article, or to amending ours.  Please    feel free to reformat according to your own needs.  Again,   if you have suggestions as to how I can make this clearer or more convenient to you, please let me know.  Thanks for your patience, your sharing, and your continued contributions to  the entire ADAM comms on the Swift/Patterson subject.Tilson_May H   John Tilson    "Tips from Tilson" on SmartWriter.COPX_revue H   Pat Herrington      Review of COPX by HEXACE Software.Scenes_May H   Pat Herrington      News from the ADAM World - FORMAX, Graftex sw, new software, TAXHELPER, DEI sw, NIAD, Compuserve, AC03, ASG, ADAM Expert Panel.Harris7_91 H   John Harris    Follow up to "Blurry Eyed?" article by Bob Slopsema.Bell_ANN   A   Courtesy PJ Herrington   A BASIC program with the Liberty Bell. 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