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CHANGESby Dean Roades, Co-Editor, ANNIn an effort to re-distribute the ANN workload, Barry Wilson will be taking a break from editing the ANN disks.  I have been writing the READMETWO file for some time and will add the editing duties in 1992.  Barry Wilson will continue to lead ANN with his ideas and drive.  The collection of material for ANN will change a little.  Any EOS items can be sent directly to me.  CP/M-TDOS format items will go thru the same channels as always.  Barry and Bart 'ZONKEReep duplicate files out, but they slip by at times.2. Make sure the authors name appears in the article.  When I make out the READMETWO file I want to credit them.3. David Cobley includes a README file in his submissions.  This helps me tremendously.4. Keep files small.  40k files are difficult to work with.5. Make a special note of any file which is not a text file. (graphics, programs, etc.)6. ANN is happy to include information on new products or promotions, but we cannot run advertisements on a regcond, I would like to ask for your help in keeping ANN the great service it has become.  The most important is to keep the information coming in as it has in the past.  I would like to propose a few guidelines.  These are guidelines ONLY.  If there is a time problem, don't worry about it, just continue what you have been doing in the past.  I do not want to alienate anyone by making them think I am putting unreasonable demands on them.1. Please do not send in anything taken from ANN.  We try very hard to kr own private mailbox that can be accessed from this area (each user's mailbox can hold a totalof 5 messages). You can also go to this area to find out who the other users are that call the system, and to create and sendmail to another user's mailbox. Upon first logging on to the BBS, you will be notified  if you have any mail waiting. This happens at a point just before you are sent to the MAIN area of the BBS. If you have any mail waiting, a message is sent that tells you how many messageular basis.Again, please do not take this as a requirement.  It will make it easier for me to serve the ADAM community, but I will take information in any way you see fit to send it.propose a few guidelines.  These are guidelines ONLY.  If there is a time problem, don't worry about it, just continue what you have been doing in the past.  I do not want to alienate anyone by making them think I am putting unreasonable demands on them.1. Please do not send in anything taken from ANN.  We try very hard to k' Lynch will continue to monitor the BBSs and send items to me.We hope ANN will continue to serve the ADAM community for a long time, but we could use more dedicated ADAMites to devote their time.  We will need a new Co-Editor to take over the editing duties for 1993 so we want to start looking now.  ADAM will live as long as we keep it alive.A special note to all who contribute to ANN:First and foremost, THANKS.  Without your support, ANN would be a small collection of articles by Barry and myself.SeFROM ALAN NEELEY'S ADAM LINK OF UTAH BBS COMES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON HOW TO USE AN ANET BBBS.  {Sorry about the split words, this is some problem with the  download or so other technical aspect beyond my              understanding}   Using the SLC ADAM-LINK BBS             (Part 5)       The PRIVATE MAIL AREA          By Alan Neeley Continuing on with my discussion of the SLC ADAM-LINK BBS, I will now move on to the PrivateMail Area. Each user who has an account with the BBS, has theieep duplicate files out, but they slip by at times.2. Make sure the authors name appears in the article.  When I make out the READMETWO file I want to credit them.3. David Cobley includes a README file in his submissions.  This helps me tremendously.4. Keep files small.  40k files are difficult to work with.5. Make a special note of any file which is not a text file. (graphics, programs, etc.)6. ANN is happy to include information on new products or promotions, but we cannot run advertisements on a regs are waiting in your mailbox. If youdon't have any mail, no message will be displayed. To get to the Private Mail Area, you must first be at the MAIN prompt (or central point of the BBS). Then, entering a M and pressing RETURN, will take the user to the Private Mail Area. When you first arrive at the Private Mail Area, you are again informed if you have any messages waiting. The prompt that is displayed once you are in the mail area is: EMS: (that stands for Electronic Mail Subsystem). W reading the message at any time by pressing the SPACEBAR.  DELETING MAIL If you were observant when reading the list of commands I provided earlier, you would have noticed that there is no commandlisted for deleting your mail.Actually, The Q for Quit command has a feature built into it that prompts you to delete yourmail. If you enter a Y at thisprompt, all mail in your mailbox will be deleted. If you enter a N, it will be saved for future use. Please delete the mail if it is not needed mmands: RETURN - reads next message SPACEBAR - aborts all text reading CONTROL S - pauses text display Commands available from any level: F        Feedback to system operator O        Logoff system +        Fast logoff U        Re-Read system rules I        System ConfigurationsQ        Quit from subsystem TD       Local time/date information ST       Your current call status H        System Help file           READING MAIL It is very easy to read your mail. All you need to do is gone through and readeach of them. You could easilyrespond to the first message read by entering R1 and then pressing RETURN. After you have selected eithermethod of the above RESPOND command, you will be prompted to enter the subject of the RESPONSE. Type in a brief subject (without any COMMAS in it) and then press RETURN. At this point, you will be taken to the A-NET text editor (previously discussed in an earlier issue) where you can type in your actual reply message.     SENDING MAIL  prompt, press RETURN, and the 3rd message will be displayed. When reading your mail, you will notice that each message is 'stamped' with a heading. This heading contains such information as: the handle of the user who sent you the message, their ID#, The time & date it was left, and the subject of the message. The heading is then followed by the actual message. Keep in mind that you can always PAUSE the screen display so you can read your message by entering CONTROL S. You can also aborthen this prompt is present, you can always enter a ? to bring up a menu of the commands that are available in the Private Mail area. We will discuss each of the commands available in this area but first, here is a list of the commands (as they currently appear in the menu on the BBS): Electronic mail subsystem: S        Send mail to another user R        Reply to last messageread Rx       Reply to message x x        Read specific messagex UI       User information subsystem Special cofor future use.   RESPONDING TO MAIL If you decide that you would like to reply to a message that has been left in your mailbox, this is EASY too! At the EMS: prompt, You can simply enter a Rand press RETURN if the message you wish to reply to was the last one read. If you wish to reply to a specific message (whether it was the last one read or not), you canenter the message's number after the R and then press RETURN.For example, say you have 3 messages in your mailbox and you have just press the RETURN key and the first message left in  your mailbox will be displayed. After that message has been read (if you haveany more mail left), you can continue to press the RETURN keyto read the next message in line. You can also read a specific message by simply entering its number at the EMS: prompt and pressing the RETURN key. For example, say you have 3 messages inyour mailbox and wish to skip over messages 1 and 2 and beginreading #3. All that is neededis to enter 3 at the EMS:The S command is used to Send mail to another user. Although it is similar to the R command that we just discussed, you must at least know the user's Handle or ID# before you can send them mail. After you have entered the S command from the EMS: prompt, you will be asked to enter the handle or ID# of the user you wishto send mail to. After a moment, you will be prompted to enter the subject of the message. Enter the subject, press RETURN, and you will be taken to the A-NET text editor so m. The programs and files are UPLOADED to the BBS by the users and system operators so that the other users can DOWNLOAD them for use on their computer. Programs found in a Data Library are usually Public Domain (unless stated otherwise) and can be freely distributed amongst friends and other computer owners. Unfortunately, The A-NET BBS'sweakest point is its Data Library. This is mainly due to the ignorance of the author of the program (also the author of this article) towards the subject obeen previously discussed.In the next WorkSHOP, we will talk about the A-NET BBS's DataLibrary. PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE at least know the user's Handle or ID# before you can send them mail. After you have entered the S command from the EMS: prompt, you will be asked to enter the handle or ID# of the user you wishto send mail to. After a moment, you will be prompted to enter the subject of the message. Enter the subject, press RETURN, and you will be taken to the A-NET text editor so nications program). Other weaknessesinclude the fact that uploading is extremely slow and that ADAMLink II is the only program available to ADAM owners that cansuccessfully upload a file. Despite these weaknesses though, A-NET's data library is functional and there are a lot of good files and programs that canbe taken from there. The remainder of this article will be dedicated to providing information that will help you get the MOST out of this area. Like we have learned with all the otheFROM ALAN NEELEY'S ADAM LINK OF UTAH BBS COMES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON HOW TO USE AN ANET BBBS.  {Sorry about the split words, this is some problem with the  download or so other technical aspect beyond my              understanding}6   Using the SLC ADAM-LINK BBS            (Part 6)         The DATA LIBRARY          By Alan Neeley For those of you who aren't familiar with what one is, a DATALIBRARY is a place where text files and programs can be shared by the users who call the systethat you cantype in your message. There are two ways you can ABORT sending a message that you have started (whether you use the R or the S command). First, when asked for the subject of themessage, you can just press the RETURN and you will be taken back to the EMS: prompt. Second,if you have already entered the A-NET text editor, you can usethe dot command '.A'  to return to the EMS: prompt. That's all there is to know about the Private Mail Area. All the other commands on the menu have f File Transferring and its internal workings. Hopefully, someday I will be successful in providing all of the standard features that so many would like to see! A-NET's main weakness is that it DOES NOT offer XMODEM file transferring. This protocol is one of the standards used in thetelecommunications world and almost every BBS and telecommunications program offers it. The only file transfer protocol offered by A-NET is the ASCII protocol (the same protocol used bythe ADAMLink II telecommuthat you cantype in your message. There are two ways you can ABORT sending a message that you have started (whether you use the R or the S command). First, when asked for the subject of themessage, you can just press the RETURN and you will be taken back to the EMS: prompt. Second,if you have already entered the A-NET text editor, you can usethe dot command '.A'  to return to the EMS: prompt. That's all there is to know about the Private Mail Area. All the other commands on the menu have r areas that the A-NET system has to offer; to get to the Data Library, the user mustfirst be at the BBS's main prompt (known as the central pointof the BBS). Once there, type in UD and press RETURN to be taken to the Data Library Area. If you've visited the Data Library before and know a specific UD board that you would like to godirectly to, you can do so by entering the board's number after the UD command before pressing the RETURN key (Ex. enteringUD3 will take you directly to UD board 3is protocol before files can be downloaded (most of those available for ADAM do offer this feature). The D command is used to startthe DOWNLOAD process. After this command has been entered, you will be asked to enter the number of the file that you wish to receive (see the section in this article labeled FINDING FILES). After entering the number, a brief explanation of the file that has been chosen will be displayed along with a prompt asking if the correct file has been chosen to receive.  x is a number that represents which UD board you are currently visiting). You can switch to any of the other available boards by entering its number at the UD/x: prompt. By entering ? (and pressing RETURN) at this prompt, a menu orlist of commands available in the Data Library Area can be displayed. Here is an example of what this menu looks like: Data Library Commands: D    Download a file UF   Upload file Ax   About a specific file S    Scan current library section L    List availablchance to abort the process by entering anA at this prompt. If the user is sure that this is the file that they wish to receive, then THIS IS THE POINT where they must go tell their telecommunications program to get ready to receive the file (each telecommunications program has its own methods to start this process so I won't go into this - refer to the program's manual). Once the user has the telecommunications program ready to receive the file, the RETURN key is pressed (while in terminal Area. These include the commands that are used for downloading and uploading files as well as some others. We will not discuss the general commands thatcan be accessed from any level(they were discussed in Part 3of this article found in issue#10).            DOWNLOADING The DOWNLOAD feature gets usedthe most in the Data Library Area. Keep in mind that A-NET's Data Library only supports the ASCII or 'TEXT capture' file transfer protocol so the telecommunications program used must offer th). Upon arrival to the Data Library Area, the user is notified what UD board they are entering (if just the UD command is usedwithout a number, the BBS defaults to UD board 1). The user is also informed who the SubOp isand how many files there are on the particular board that is being entered. Here is an example of what could be seen: U/D-Board #1 ADAM General: "LEEPER": SubOp (10 files / -7318 Kilobytes free) UD/1: Notice that the prompt used bythe Data Library Area is UD/x:(whereIf it is not, a N can be entered and theprocess will be aborted returning the user to the UD prompt. If it is the correct file, a Y is entered and the process willcontinue on. As the download process continues on, the user will get a message that says STAND BY and then another that says OPENING BUFFER. Next a prompt is displayed like this: (A to abort) Press RETURN whenready: This is the final step before the file that has been chosen will actually be sent. The user is given their last e libraries Special Commands: CONTROL S  pauses downloads CONTROL X  saves uploads CONTROL C  aborts uploads/downloads Commands available from any level: Q    Quit from subsystem O    Log-Off system +    Fast log-off F    Feedback to System Operator I    System configurations U    Re-read system rules TD   Local Time/Date information ST   Your current call Status H    System Help file Let's go through and take a look at the commands that are used specifically for the Data Library mode). The file then begins to be transmitted by the BBS. If for any reason the transmission needs to be paused, the CONTROL and S keys can be pressed to stop the text display. Pressing any key will continue the transmission again. If the download process needs to be aborted after the file transfer has begun, theCONTROL and C keys can be pressed. If the transfer is completed or aborted, the RETURN key will need to be pressed to return to the UD prompt.             UPLOADING The UF commaning them for the upload and the file will beadded to the Data Library.    FINDING FILES So how do you determine what files are available in the Data Library? There are three commands that are useful to find out more about what is available. First, the L command is used to List the UD boards that are available to the user. When this command is entered, the number of each board is listed along with the name of each board (thename helps the user decide what type of files can be found there)mpted to enter the name of the file that will be uploaded. The maximum amount of characters that can be used in the filename is six. The RETURN key is pressed to enter the filename. The system will then check to see if the filename that is used is OK. If it is, the process will continue on(if not, the user is returned to the UD prompt). Once a successful filename hasbeen entered, the user is asked to enter a P if the file to beuploaded is a program or S if the file is a text file. This is n be found on a single board is ten. If the user would like to findout additional information about a file, the A command can beused. This command requires that you include a number after it (the number of the file that you wish to have more information on). When this command is used, the name and type of file are included as well as the handle and ID # of the person who uploaded the file. The date that the file was uploaded is also shown along with a brief descriptionof the file.  IN CON file is completely transmitted, the user must press the CONTROLand X keys to tell the BBS to save the file. IMPORTANT: sometimes the above CONTROL commandsmust be entered several times in rapid succession to get themto perform. With the UPLOAD completed and successfully saved, the user will then be prompted to enter a brief description of what was uploaded (a maximum of 40 characters). After a description has been entered and the RETURN keypressed, the user's record will be updated creditd is used to start the UPLOAD process. The ONLY telecommunications program that is currently capable of successfully uploading a file to an A-NET BBS is the ADAMLink II software. If any other software is used, it is not likely that theupload will be successful. Only an 'A type' of file should be uploaded to the BBS (this type of file includes: SmartBASIC programs, ADAMCalc Spreadsheets, SmartLOGO programs, and most types of text files). After the UF command has been entered, the user is pro. A prompt is also displayedthat tells the user to enter the number of the board that is desired at the UD/x prompt. The S command is used to Scan or list the files available in the current board the user is visiting. When using this command, the number of each file is displayed along with the name ofeach file. Other useful information is included like the sizeof the file (in bytes), and what type of file it is  (P for program or S for sequential textfile). The total amount of files that careally not vital to the process but is simply there to let others know what kind of file it is. After this choice has been made the following message is displayed: CONTROL X saves transfer CONTROL C aborts transfer Start transfer in 15 seconds... At this point the user should go tell the ADAMLink II software to begin transmitting the file. If something goes wrong duringthe process, the user can abort the upload process by pressingthe CONTROL and C keys. If everything is successful and theCLUSION... There! That's all there is to know about how to make use of the Data Library. In fact, this article concludes a series of articles that I have included over the past six issues on how to get the most out of the A-NET BBS system. I hope you have enjoyed it and have found what wasshared useful. As time goes byit is imminent that there willbe changes made to the A-NET system. Most minor changes will be posted on the BBS but if anymajor changes should happen, it is most likely that I             would really be drive E:! This way, a BBS owner  could                 conceivably  protect his sensitive files  from  ANYONE                 ever getting to them by moving the drive  temporarily.                 Yep... the change is NOT a permanent one.  PATH13.COM          Displays  and sets the T-DOS path.  The  path  is  the                 route you direct T-DOS to follow when searching for or                 running programs. SORTDR10.COM    Sortdir   will   sort   all   directory   ‚OےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےThis  article originally appeared in the March 1991 MOAUG  newsletter.   This  header may be deleted.                          TINKERING WITH TDOS                           by James Poulin                      An Introduction to T-DOS                            the  manual. Basically, it's a program to  extend  the                 power  of  the  submit processor. The  XSUB  Tony  has                 supplied is simply one that is now T-DOS compatible. I  am  not  in  the habit  of  spreading  mis-information.   In  fact,         everything I have reported in this series of articles has been used or  at     least  tried by me for the purpose of proving to  my  satisfaction  that  what I write here is correct.  Last month I mentioned  that  tes.                 Then,  using  T-DOS  as if the hard disk  had  only  4                 logical  partitions, it would allow you to  substitute                 one of the drive areas in the position of another. For                 instance,  I could (if I had a large working drive  of                 this  type)  take partition E: and tell TDOS  that  it                 should now become drive B:. Drive B: would be gone and                 from  then  on, whenever I logged onto  drive  B:,  it     will include additional articles on this system in the future. PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUEn about a file, the A command can beused. This command requires that you include a number after it (the number of the file that you wish to have more information on). When this command is used, the name and type of file are included as well as the handle and ID # of the person who uploaded the file. The date that the file was uploaded is also shown along with a brief descriptionof the file.  IN CONentries   in                 alphabetical  order  and pack the  directory,  filling                 empty and deleted entries. TDIR1-14.COM &  This  file displays a time directory and is useful  if  TDIR2-14.COM    you  have a clock/calendar card.  Comes in two  forms,                 one and two columns. UNDEL12.COM     Recovers files that have  been deleted. XSUB.COM        There is an XSUB.COM program that comes with     your CP/M                 2.2 package. It is described in detail on page C37  of                   part 5 Last  month  I began a brief explanation of the T-DOS  utility  files.   I'll  go over the remaining files and begin a more in-depth explanation  of the most useful  files.   But  first, I would  like  to  thank  Ron  Collins  for       providing his technical support in  the  preparation  of  these articles. The remaining files are: MOUNT11.COM     MOUNT11.COM was written to allow      folks with LARGE hard                 drives to partition into say.. 5 or 6 logical  drivhe  "Z" in the center of filename extensions such as BD.DZC indicated that  the  file had been       zipped.  I knew better when I wrote it  but  didn't  catch the mistake.        However, Rob Friedman, sysop of the ADAM forum  on  Compuserve did.  He called me and suggested that I might want to print  a  retraction.   Well,  I don't   really want  to  print  a  retraction,  rather,  a clarification.  It seems    that Zipped files are used on  DOS  machines  and  have a .ZIP filename        extension.  PKZIat  makes  tighter  files  than  Crunch, but  is slower <though  not  as  slow  as  Squeeze>  Also, UNCRLZH will UNcrlzh     automatically, and upon  request,  Uncrunch, and Unsqueeze.  Finally.. to get files out of a LBR file in one shot.. you have a  few         options.  An  easy  version is QL41 <Quick Look>  which  can  view  or         extract  .?Q?  and  .?Z? files <but not  .?Y?>.  Also..  the  Z-system         program VLU will do it too.  But, LT29 can extract all types of  files         directlhniques not discussed below.  The first is  FREEZE.   It uses  the CRLZH type compression technique but is full  of  bugs and is rarely used.  This type of file is characterized by an "F"  in  the  center of the filename extension.   The  ARKive compression technique, .ARK, which is for CPM,  will  grab  files,  compress them (about the same but slightly less than  CRUNCH),  and put them  into an ARKive file.  An ARK is the same as an MSDOS ARC,  we simply use ARK   to refer to CP/M files.  UNARC16 is us407) 853-4775    Home: (407)    631-0958    Fax:(407) 730-3025  used when you  install  one  of  those                 overlays mentioned earlier.  It is very seldom used. Next  month  I'll finish the brief explanation of  the  T-DOS  utility  files  and begin a more in-depth explanation of the most useful files. If you have any questions or need help with T-DOS, you can contact  me (James  Poulin) at the following phone numbers: Work:   Crunched  is by far the most common.. and the fastest. It makes  files         tighter  than Squeezed.. but not as tight as Crlzh.  One  disadvantage  was    thought  to be that the library program, NULU , since it  had  an  unsqueezer,  you would need to programs to extract. First  NULU,  then  UNCR.  But.. the   program LT <Library Typer> was modified not  to  just  show the text in the    files, but to extract them too <the last  version  like this was LT28>.  Crlzh is based on a newer technique  thP and  PKUNZIP are  used  to make and extract these compressed files in DOS.   Adam  files  can  be  ZIPPED  in DOS, transferred to Adam CP/M  and  unzipped  with  UNZIP.COM.   I  asked Rob to put a brief explanation in my mailbox so I could  pass  it on  to the readers of the MOAUG newsletter.  I am doing this because  there  is  a lot of confusion, misunderstanding and  general  lack  of  information         regarding these compression techniques.  Rob mentioned two  additional         compression  tecy from the .LBR.   ex:         LT29 Libraryname D0:*.* <cr> that will extract ALL files from Libraryname.LBR to whatever drive D0:  is.    Easy, eh? Also..  another  program is EXL.  It will show what's in  a LBR, view,         extract, or <if it is a doc file> print directly to a printer  without  first  extracting and uncompressing the file to disk. Hope that helps. If you have any questions or need help with T-DOS, you can contact  me (James  Poulin) at the following phone numbers: Work: (ed to  extract  them. This type of file  is characterized by a .ARK filename extension.   The following is word-for-word Rob's explanation.  James,  Here's the scoop. the 3 types of file compression (other than  ARK/ARC  for    CP/M) are         Squeezed <which uses the designator *.?Q?>         Crunched <which uses the designator *.?Z?>         Crlzhed  <which uses the designator *.?Y?> Squeezed  is hardly used anymore. It was very slow.. and not all  that  tight  as far as a compression.‚OےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےThis  article originally appeared in the April 1991 MOAUG  newsletter.   This  header may be deleted.                          TINKERING WITH TDOS                           by James Poulin I  want to thank our MOAUG newsletter editor and  residenLT29.COM - Library Typer and Extractor SD138.COM - Super directory.. use /L to see inside LBR Z80MR.COM - excellent Z80 assembler <uses .AZM files> ZDE16.COM - ZDE editor..successor to VDE ZDENST16.COM - Install file for ZDE The  third set of programs is called MODEM.GIV, the list of  files  is  too    long to include here.  I'll discuss them in next month's column. MOAUG  is  compiling  a T-DOS library of files that we  hope  will  be  useful  and will run under both the T-DOS and CP/M odman's  FREE  software.   There  are  three         packages Rob has compiled. The three packages are TDOS.GIV,  MODEM.GIV  and    EXTRA.GIV.  This is Rob's nobel attempt to get good quality  FREE  software    into  the hands of ADAM users.  The first  is  TDOS.GIV,  it  contains  the    TDOS operating system and is configured for use  on  the                       Lowest-Common-Denominator ADAM system.  By that I mean that the  basic  ADAM   system  can run this version of TDOS right out of the  box.   If eceived a long distance telephone call  from  an         ADAMITE who had purchased the Micro-Innovations hard drive system.  He  was    looking for a dumb terminal to connect to one of the free  serial  ports  on   his interface card.  I told him that I  would  ask  around.   Well,  it turns  out that Jim Howard, president of the AWAUG  group  in  Alexanderia,  Virginia  has  been  helping  club  members  find  these  terminals  for quite some     time.  Now that the very  reasonably  priced  MIB2  is  avai they are present.  It   must be installed on a bare bones system to  run  on a bare bones system. EXTRA.GIV  is  full of useful programs, here is a list  with  a  brief         explanation of each file: DDTZ27.LBR - a full replacement of DDT that's TDOS compatible FC05.COM - a TDOS-compatible EOS2CPM and CPM2EOS program           >note! works on ADAM screen..but not all 80 cols. KER403. - a short description of Kermit 403 KERM43AL.COM - Kermit file transfer program for the internal Modem t  POWERPAINT  EXPERT Pat Herrington for designing the new column header for me.  She  has  used     some newly created fonts that will be available  soon  from  IZOD  Graphics.   Pat  has been working hard  to  complete  this  next  addition  to  her long   list of POWERPAINT support products.   I'm  not  sure why she chose TINKERING  with TDOS as a title, maybe she is trying  to tell me something. I  have  some very good news for MOAUG members.  MOAUG  has  become  a         distributor  for  Rob  Frieperating  systems.   The  first   of these are the aforementioned three disks donated by  Rob  Friedman, SYSOP   of ADAM CP/M in the Compuserve CLUB forum.  All  T-DOS  Library software will  be available from me at the following address.                         James Poulin                        1146 Manatee Drive                        Rockledge,  FL   32955 All I require is that you send me two disks or one Digital Data  Pack,  a      reusable mailer and return postage. Several  weeks ago I r your system  has more requirements than this is set up for, you can run  the install        program and reconfigure to match your system. Rob  has gone to a lot of trouble to make up these packages,  he  even         disconnected everything from his system including removing the  Minnie  Winnie  hard  drive  interface  so he could  set  it  up,  now  that's  dedication.   He  had  to do that because  T-DOS  surveys  the  system  components  and      includes things like hard and floppy disk  drives  if lable and just     happens to have a parallel port  and  two  serial  ports, it may be            advantageous for new MIB2 owners to  add  the  dumb terminal and experience 80 column operation on the ADAM.  Believe  me,  it does make a difference, and    you'll enjoy all of the free  CP/M  software  much  more than you can imagine.  Jim can  be  contacted  at  (703)  960-5315.   His  pricing  is very          reasonable  and  he  is  most  accommodating and helpful.                            SOFTWARE U407) 853-4775    Home: (407)    631-0958    Fax:(407) 730-3025  used when you  install  one  of  those                 overlays mentioned earlier.  It is very seldom used. Next  month  I'll finish the brief explanation of  the  T-DOS  utility  files  and begin a more in-depth explanation of the most useful files. If you have any questions or need help with T-DOS, you can contact  me (James  Poulin) at the following phone numbers: Work: y         interchanged. SYDEX  has  added another ADAM disk format for a total  of  six.   The  newest  disk  format  is the E&T 3 1/2" 720K  (It  is  surprising  how  similar  it   is to the Orphanware format).  This  completes  the  ADAM  collection which    now consists of 160K SSDD, 254K DSDD, 320K DSDD, 360K  DSDD, 3 1/2" 720K       (Orphanware Format), and 3 1/2" 720K (E&T format). Sydex has been very receptive to the ADAM community, there software is         classed as Shareware and is very reaks is MODEM.GIV.  The following  is  a  list of files included in the package: 1. -Readme.1st - This Information File 2.  Crunch.Com - a file compressor using the LZW algorithm 3. Crlzh11.Com - a file compressor  using the LZHUF algorithm.   Usually                   makes smaller files  than Crunch 4.  Dirchk.Com - a breakdown of the blocks assigned to the various files 5.    Lasm.Com - excellent PD Linking Assembler 6.    Lt29.Com - library  typer  and extractor. Now includes  the  LZHUF          If  you  already  own a registered copy of 22DISK,  you  can  download         Version  1.34 by calling their data line.  I urge you to support  this         company who has been so supportive of the ADAM. If you have any questions or need help with T-DOS, you can contact  me  (James Poulin) at the following phone numbers: Work: (407) 853-4775    Home: (407)    631-0958    Fax:(407) 730-3025 PDATE                                22DISK I  have recently extolled the virtues of 22DISK, a program  that  runs  under  DOS  and  converts CP/M files and  programs to   the  DOS  disk  format  and   back into any of the 318 recognized  CP/M  disk  formats,  therefore  allowing ADAM users to import programs written  for   other  CP/M  machines.   Data     files can also  be  transferred  between   ADAM   and DOS machines for use in  Wordstar, PC-File, SuperCalc2 and  others,  allowing data to be freel‚OےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےThis   article  originally  appeared  in  the  May/June   1991   MOAUG         newsletter.  This header may be deleted.                          TINKERING WITH TDOS                           by James Poulin .OP The last of Rob Friedman's free dissonably priced.  SYDEX maintains a  BBS    for the purpose of upgrading  programs.  Unregistered versions can  also  be   downloaded.  Registered copies of 22DISK can be  ordered  for  $25.00 from:                       Miriam St.Clair                                c/o SYDEX                                      P.O. BOX 5700                      Eugene, OR  97405                       Voice:  (503) 683-6033                         FAX:  (503) 683-1622                        Data:  (503) 683-1385          algorithm (Use LT29<cr> for help) 7.   M7fnk.Com - Madam7 function key program 8.   M7lib.Com - Madam7 phone library program 9.   M7lib.Doc - M7lib.Com doc file 10.  MADAM7.COM - CP/M Xmodem Telecom     program for Adam's internal modem 11.  Madam7.Dyc - Compressed doc file for    Madam7. (Use UNCRLZH) 12.     Mex.Hyp - Mex114 on-line-help file (use UNCRLZH) 13.  Mex114.Dyc - Mex114 doc file (use UNCRLZH) 14. MEX114C.COM - CP/M Xmodem  and CIS-A Telecom program with scripting 15.   Mload.Com - Persion 2.07     07/17/1984       (c) Dave Rand, 1983,  1984           Edmonton, Alberta A - Retag files         | Q - Squeeze/Unsqueeze tagged files B - Back one file       | R - Rename file(s) C - Copy file           | S - Check remaining space D - Delete file         | T - Tag file for mass E - Erase T/U files     | U -  Untag file F - Find file           | V - View file L - Log new disk/user   | W - Wildcard tag of files M - Mass file copy      | Y - Set file status P -      Print file          | ? ou the available TPA 25. Unarc16.Com - File to read,        extract, and display ARC and ARK files 26.    Uncr.Com - Program to uncompress crunched files (those with "Z") 27. Uncrlzh.Com - Program to uncompress files  (those with "Y" or with "Z") 28. Undel12.Com - Smart unerase program that only recovers files that are good 29.Undelete.Doc - Documentation for Undelete.Com  30.  Vde266.Com - Excellent PD editor (this file was done with VDE266)         31.Vinst266.Com - Install file for Vde266.Com Includeding as  the  value  displayed is always  rounded up to the minimum file size allowed by the  drive  you are using.      Floppy drives are 2K (I think), the hard  drive  is  4K.  In other words, the  minimum file size that will be  shown  on  this  5 1/4" disk is 2K even if the file is less than 1K in size.   To  add  to  the confusion, when you tag       files, the correct file  size  is  displayed  in  the parentheses.  Don't let  that bother you,  the  file  size confusion carries through to virtually all very useful if  you  accidentally  erase the wrong file or if you used  the  *.*  file  designator by accident.   An  interesting program called TPA32.COM will report the size of  your  TPA    (Transient Program Area).  You get the following report: TPA Version 32 -- 03/11/88 55046 bytes total TPA space 52998 bytes before overlaying the CCP Another  very  useful  program  that I have  used  for  years  is  included,   NSWP.COM.   The  following is what the HELP screen looks like.   NSWEEP  -     VD Load and         overlaying program 16. Nswp207.Com - Versatile file manager program  17.       Nulu152.Com - Library program creator & manager  18. Recover.Com - Easy to use file unerase program 19. Scnchop.Com - 30 col screen chopper (not for use      w/TDOS)   20.   Sdcpy.Com - Single drive file copy program - TDOS compatible   21.   Sdcpy.Dyc - doc for Sdcpy.Com (use UNCRLZH) 22.   Sd138.Com - Super      directory (use ? for the command list) 23. Split45.Com - File splitter  24.    Tpa32.Com - Tells y- Display this help X - Exit to CP/M        | cr, sp - Forward one file 280K in 31 files    24K free Tagged files = 0K (  0K) 1.  F0:!README.1ST  4k The  previous  display  shows  the help  screen  and  some  additional         information.  This was used with the MODEM.GIV disk.  File information  is     given  as  well as the number and size of  files  that  have  been  tagged.    The last entry shows the first file in the directory list and  includes  the   file size.  The filesize can be confus  on  this disk are several utility programs.  There  are  the  file   compression/decompression programs I talked about in an  earlier  article.     In  addition, there are a couple useful programs  that  can  make  your  life  easier  when  it  comes  to  manipulating  (copying,  renaming, etc.) files.   One  useful file is RECOVER.COM.  This program searches your disk  for  all    of files that have been erased and reports back all of the  files  that can be successfully recovered (unerased).  This is   programs that displays  file size. This  program is especially useful for mass operations like file  copy  and    deletion.  To copy a file or group of files, tag them as you  move  through    the  list of files in the directory by pressing  "T"  or  "t"  (without the    quotes, also CP/M is not case sensitive) when the  cursor  is  next to the     file you want to copy.  You can also press "W" if  you  want to tag all of the files.  After tagging the files, press "M"  for  mass  copy.   The TAG                     LONG & LOUD This  month  I want to discuss an applications program that  solved  a         problem  that  has bothered me for a long time and I  imagine  it  has         bothered  others too.  I worked with ADAMCalc for years,  the  program  has    many  fine  features  and  some  tragic  limitations.   The  most              discouraging  of  those is that of printing out the  spreadsheet.   My         spreadsheets  are  always wider than 80 columns and  require  multiple  block  printingr  is required.  You can search the disk    for a specific  file  by  pressing "F" and supplying the filename (wildcards   are  acceptable  here).  The remaining space on the disk or on any drive in    your system  can be determined by pressing "S" and supplying the drive         designator.   A very useful feature for those so inclined is that a files      Attributes  can be set easily by pressing "Y" and inputting the proper         attribute.   As you can see, this is a useful file utility, it works withMost of these programs have a Print to  Disk  option  that outputs  your file in ASCII format.  In Wordstar you  have  to  open a file in          non-document mode, I always use the ^QU  to  format  the document, and save it with a .TXT file extension.  After making up  the ASCII file, then run         LONG.COM to print the file sideways. Installation  of  LONG & LOUD is easy, copy all of the  files  onto  a  newly  formatted and sysgened disk.  Log onto the new disk and run  the  INSTALL.COM  program. ‚OےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےThis  article originally appeared in the July 1991  MOAUG  newsletter.   This  header may be deleted.                          TINKERING WITH TDOS                           by James Poulin                            SOFTWARE REVIEW                 technique also works for  squeezing/unsqueezing,  deleting,  and erasing.  A   very useful feature is that you  can  Retag  the files after an operation by   pressing "A", a time saver as well  as  a  convenience.  A file can be printed for quick hardcopy  viewing  by  pressing  "P" or viewed (printed to the       screen) by pressing "V".   The  program supports the multiple drive/user       feature employed by both CP/M  and  T-DOS  by  use  of the "L" selection or    at  any  point  a  drive  designatos  to get the whole thing printed out, then  comes  the  cut-and-paste session to put it all together. LONG  & LOUD consists of two programs that allow you to use  your  dot  matrix printer in the Sideways mode.  The object of this discussion is  LONG,  it     prints any ASCII file in the sideways array, this  file  can  come from a      spreadsheet, a database, a word processor, or any  program  that  has the      capability to output an ASCII file (Note: ADAMCalc  does  not  have this       ability).   any  size  floppy drive, hard drive, and a RAM drive. There is no formal  written   manual that I am aware of for this program.  It is so easy to use that  you    can get rid of PIP.COM and COPY.COM if you are using CP/M. I  have  found  it  more reliable than either of those programs  and  it  works  perfectly  under  T-DOS  and can save you a great  deal  of  time  and  heartburn, especially if you are into file management.   If you have a hard drive, copy all of the  files  into  the same     user area (ie. C2:), then run the INSTALL.COM  program.   Set  the system for  your printer (you can scroll thru the  list  until  you see your printer).  If your printer isn't listed, select a printer  that your printer emulates.  Most printers have an EPSON mode.   Next,  select the computer type, since ADAM     isn't listed, select HEATH, if it  doesn't  work  just  right,  you can rerun  the  install  program  and  reselect a new termmber now, we are printing  the document sideways, Form     Length actually refers to the width of the  printed page as it is printed in   the sideways form.  This is confusing  and the manual explains it like this;   "this setting allows you to tell  LONG how many 11 inch pages each slice of    the printout should occupy".   Form Width tells LONG the width of the paper    you are using.  There are  only  two settings allowed here, 8.5 inches for     standard width  paper  and 14 inches for wide paper. ChOM is on A0: and SAMPLE is on B0:). A>LONG 12/B:SAMPLE<cr> This prints a file that is located on drive B: and in user area 12. In the Menu mode, you can set up all of the default print  parameters.   This  allows you to configure LONG to run in its most effecient  mode.   The         following is the menu that is displayed upon start-up: *** LONG ***  (c) 1987 JTB Computer Works Printer: Epson & Compatible (9pins) (LPT1:)   Characters/inch  10.3  (Chars/form  113)   Lines/inch        6.0  (sents.   To         accurately  print  files containing tab characters, you need  to  tell  LONG   how many characters are represented by each tab.  The manual says  that 8 is   the typical value. Double  Strike  is the equivalent to Bold print that most  dot  matrix         printers are capable of.  This causes the print time to be doubled but         produces a very nice final copy. Top, Bottom, and left Margin settings allow you to adjust the  margins  for a  good final appearance.  This can be oneour selection: As you can see, all of the parameters are displayed and can be changed  to     meet your needs and your system's configuration.  The top  of  the  display    lists the printer that the program is set up to use.  This, of  course, can be changed by running the INSTALL.COM program.  All  other  parameters can be     changed from this menu.  The first two, Form  Length  and Form Width set up    the size of the document as it will be  printed.   The terminology here can    get confusing.  Remeinal. There are two ways to use the LONG program; from the 'command line' or  from   the  menu.  In the command line mode, you can print  a  file  by  typing  LONG followed by the filename.  Here are several  examples  of  running LONG from   the command line: A>LONG SAMPLE<cr> This prints the file SAMPLE that is located on the same disk and  user  area   as LONG.COM. A>LONG B:SAMPLE<cr> This prints the file SAMPLE that is located on drive B and in the same  user   area as LONG.COM (ie LONG.Caracter Font, Character spacing, and Line spacing set up the look of  the    printout.   Font can be set to four  different  settings,  Small,  Normal,     Large, and Extra Large.  Small corresponds to what we normally  consider  as   Condensed printing.  This gets the most information on  a  page.  If you are   trying to squeeze more onto a sheet, adjust the Line  spacing  and  Character  spacing until you get it to look the  way  you  want it. Tab Size lets you tell LONG how many characters a Tab repreLines/form   48) (a)  Form Length          11.0 inches (b)  Form Width           Standard       (8.5") (c)  Character Font       Normal (9x5) (d)  Character Spacing    2 dots (e)  Line Spacing         1 dot (f)  Tab Size             8 spaces (g)  Double Strike        OFF (h)  Top Margin           0.0 inches (i)  Bottom Margin        0.0 inches (j)  Left Margin          0.0 inches (k)  Line Count           0  (l)  File to Print (p) Print file LONG ways (s) SAVE menu settings (q) QUIT (exit)  ENTER y of the handiest settings  as many      programs don't have the ability to set the margins.  In  cases  like that you  may have to adjust the paper in your printer to get  the  margins to come out  where you want them. Line  Count is a parameter that doesn't relate to  anything  tangible.   As    it turns out, some programs produce files that are segmented  into  'printer   size' pieces.  LONG needs to know how many lines are  written  into  each      piece so it can correctly print your file.  It  turns following  numbers:      Work: (407) 853-4775, Home: (407) 631-0958 FAX: (407) 730-3025 ed until  this  option  is  cancelled. To  get  a  hard copy of this HELP file, simply type CONTROL P  (which   would   show  up as ^P on your screen)  followed  by  your command  of  TYPE HELP    <return>.  It is easy to see that this is  a very  efficient  operating        system.    MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: As I began to study that CP/M 2.2 user's guide, I began to lears  to  user  areas   than  does  T-DOS.   If the file  to  be  printed  is  on  B12:(different      from LONG's location), then the user area comes  first  followed  by a forward slash and the drive designator.  The  following  is an example:            12/B:FILENAME.EXT don't forget the filename extension or LONG won't be able to find  the  file. As  you  can see, this program is pretty easy to work with and  has  a  great  deal of  flexibility. I purchased the program primarily as a companion toth  I have gotten off onto one of those tangents that  we  so  often  find  ourselves  involved  in.  True, it  is  not  fully  T-DOS  related,  but  T-DOS  does  play an  important  role  in  the  overall  operation. Last year at ADAMCON 2 in Toronto I witnessed a demonstration of  Clip  Art    Viewer by Walters Software.  The software was purchased and sat on  my         computer desk until about a month ago.  I decided to try to convert  some      clips  from Print Master Plus, a graphics program  in heets are long,  I  walk away from the computer and give it some     time to complete the job. The program comes with a 16 page illustrated manual that will help you  with   just about any problem you may encounter. This  program  is available in a DOS version for use on your  IBM  and         compatibles.   I  have run the CP/M version on my  DOS  machine  using  22NICE  from SYDEX as a CP/M emulator.  It is was slow  and  sluggish,  but it        worked.  If you have any questions, contact me at the  out  that  Super  Calc  II is one of those programs that requires  the  Line  Count to be something    other than 0.  If your spreadsheet has 35  lines  of data including headings,  then input 35 for this value. The  last  parameter  is File to Print.  Here, you  simply  input  the         filename  of  the file you want to print.  If the file is  located  on         another  drive  or in another user area, this is where you  tell  LONG  where  to find it.  LONG has a different convention when it  come‚OےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےThis article originally appeared in the August 1991 MOAUG  newsletter.   This  header may be deleted.                          TINKERING WITH TDOS                           by James Poulin                          CLIP ART CONVERSION This  mon Supercalc II.   It  took   me a long time to make the move from ADAMCalc to  Supercalc  and  this program is the "icing on the cake".  I purchased LONG & LOUD from  Elliam  Associates  for $34.95.  It came on a SSSD disk.   Installation  was so easy and intuitive that it was over before I knew it, painless,  as  they say.  All I have to do  when I get ready to print  a  sideways  spreadsheet  is to print the file to   disk (a SuperCalc  option),  then  run LONG (I prefer the Menu mode).  Since   my spreads DOS  that  makes cards, signs and posters.  The following is an account of how  I  did it and a list   of problems that I encountered during the operation. First  off,  Clip Art files are contained in large Library  files  and  must   be separated into individual Clip Art files.  The  documentation  that comes   with Clip Art Viewer tells you this much but not much more,  it's  up to the   user to figure out how to separate the Clips from  the  large Library files.   I tried several approaches but the o program to convert the Clip Art  file(s)  into  the    EOS environment.  CPMADAM.COM works well if you are using CP/M 2.2  that was   originally sold for the ADAM.  I use a file called  FC05.COM,  a program       provided with the T-DOS package.   I ran into a problem with  the FC05 program that is easily overcome.  The program displays  files  to  be converted in a   two column format, 32 files per screen.  If  you  have more than 32 files on   the media to convert, MORE is displayed  at  the  bottom of t     CUSTOM.SDR is  created  and  is  16 bytes in size, it is a directory file that  PM+  uses  for  retrieving  clip  art from the shape file  Library.   When    separating  clips from the library, the directory file (CUSTOM.SDR) must be    erased  and the shape file (CUSTOM.SHP) must be renamed.  If this isn't  done,  PM+  simply continues to add clip art files to the two  aforementioned  files and they are unusable for conversion by Clip Art Viewer.  If the  user thinks  he might want to modify the Clip   those files already converted, the next 32 files will be accessible. We finally have the clips in the EOS operating system and can run  the  Clip   Art Viewer to convert the clips for use in the ADAM  environment.   Clip Art   Viewer is not a particularly User Friendly program and leaves  a  lot  to be   desired as far as being a good conversion  program.   It  does do the job      though but could be improved upon.  After loading  the  clip to be converted   into the viewing window, only four position picture that will undoubtably have a  portion  missing.  Obviously it is       easier to edit a clip that is all there than  one with a portion missing. Now  that  we have separated clip files from their  libraries,  it  is         necessary to transfer them to a disk format that can ADAM can read.  I  use  a  program  called 22DISK that has 7  different  ADAM  CP/M  disk  formats to    choose from. After  converting to one of the CP/M formats, we then go to our  ADAM,         execute  CP/M and run anly one that  worked is a multiple step    and time consuming procedure.  After loading  Print  Master  Plus  (PM+), load the Drawing Pad,  a  graphics  editor  provided  in  PM+ for the user to       modify and create  graphics.   Next,  load a clip art graphic into the Drawing Pad, make your  modifications  and  save  it to disk.  At this point the user  must realize  that  PM+  stores your modified graphics in a file called        CUSTOM.SHP that is  577  bytes  in size.  In addition to the shape file,  he screen.  Just  push the down arrow and the HOME  key  at  the same time to get to subsequent  screens.  The problem shows  up  when  you TAG files on more than one screen,  after the first 32  files  are converted, the 33rd file is displayed as        garbage.  What I mean  by  that  is you can't read the name as anything        recognizable.   Also,  if  you  attempt to mark only files on screens past     screen one, you get  a  similar  display.   I found that if you abort the      program  and  deleteArt at a later date, then  he/she  should     also rename the directory file to the same name as  the  shape  file.   By     doing this, a mini 1 file library  is  created  for  future editing. At this time I should point out that it is much easier to edit a  clip  art    in PM+ than it is in any of the ADAM graphics editors.   This  is  due to the  fact that ADAM clips are 64 X 64 pixels in size, IBM  clips  are  88 X 52.  An unedited clip comes across into the ADAM world as  a  distorted wide and shorts  are  allowed  and  are  invoked  by pushing one of  four  Smart  Keys.   The  positions  are  left,             left-center, right-center, and  right.   Why  no  Center?   This is of little  use if the clip you are converting is  not  centered  properly.  You wind up   cutting part of the clip off  in  the  process  and  must edit it later.  A    better idea would  have  been  to  allow  adjustment via the arrow keys a      pixel at a time.  This way  you  could adjust the clip exactly where you       wagraphic         4.  Save graphic         5.  Exit from PM+         6.  Rename the two files CUSTOM.SDR/.SHP to the desired Clip         Art title          7.  Repeat steps 1-6 for each clip Art to  be converted     8.  Transfer clip art .SHP files to an ADAM CP/M disk format          using your favorite program, I use 22DISK  On the  ADAM:      9.  Load the CP/M operating system (or TDOS) and transfer the           files to an EOS disk using CPMADAM.COM or FC05.COM     10. Run Clip art Viewer ar messages are like this  and  there are 24 of them, so         remember to keep your manual handy.  Also, to  recover from this error, you    must go through a sequence of  operations  that  take  you  back to one of the menus  you  encountered  prior  to  loading the clip for conversion.  You must therefore reload the  clip,  reposition  it and resave under a new filename.   I would like  to  see  this  operation  fixed  so that you can rename the file  and  save  it  without going through the lengthy ope 5 minutes.  I found  that  many  clips  were  unusable      because they appeared distorted  or  substantial  portions  were missing due   to the difference in size of the  two  clip  formats.   I  therefore           recommend  that  you  edit  the  clip  before  transferring  begins, I have    found a 100% success rate this  way  with  all clips coming out recognizable   and useable. Additional features I would like to see in Clip Art Viewer are a ZOOM- In  and  ZOOM-OUT  capability.  A very nice feata  file,  there  are 11 underlines provided for the characters in the  filename,  as  you       know,  ADAM  only  allows 10  characters.  If  you  input  11  characters  per the screen display you get  an error  message  "Device  Error 14".  Again,     look it up in the manual. To  recap  the  conversion  sequence, here is  a  list  of  the  steps         required.  On an IBM Compatible DOS Computer:         1.   Load  and run Print Master Plus         2.  Select Drawing Pad     3.  Load Clip Art nted it before saving. Another shortfall of the program shows up when you try to save a clip  to  a  filename that already exists on the media.  You  get  an  error  message  in   the form of a code number and you must look up  that  code  number in the back of the manual to find out what you have done wrong.   Seams like a plain word  error message would have been more  desirable.   I sometimes wonder if         software authors test their software long enough  to spot these irritants.     All of the errond convert the clips to a 1K or 2K          format.  Most ADAM graphics programs use 1K clips. There  it is, simple isn't it?  Each clip takes 2 to three minutes  to         complete  steps 1-6, as you can see, a lot of time can be expended  in  the    process.  The first clip library I converted had 145 clips in  it.   You  must be dedicated to what you are doing and a little  persistence  helps  too.      Total time expended from start to finish for  steps  1-10  above  on each clip is estimated to beration just described.    Also, why  not  have  the option to overwrite the existing file?   I  found    that  after  I saved a clip, I decided to reposition it and save it only  to   get  that &%#* error message.  You have no idea how frustrating it  is  to     find yourself fighting the program you are using because the author  failed    to build in all of the convenient features you have  grown  to  expect to see  in well written software. A comment about saving a file in Clip Art Viewer, when saving ure  provided  is  the  ability  to    print the clips on your media in a nice page  format  for  inclusion in a      notebook.   rtBASIC.  Have  you ever wanted to boot a program  ...  let's  call it      HELLO, and failed to spell it correctly?   Perhaps  you  typed run hello       <return>.  As we all know, SmartBASIC doesn't care  if  you type "run" or if   you type  "RUN"... it ADAM, just like any other computer, has a great deal of capability    wrapped up in that box of electronics hardware!  It can perform untold    thousands  of tasks far quicker than the best of us could do by           hand.   It    can  out compute Einstein, out think Newton, track  your    finances  with  a    degree of accuracy far greater than any accountant   and  even  turn on your TV set!   Unfortunately, no computer knows how to do  any  of these tasks on it's own, you must first tell it what and how FROM                                                                     the January 1991 MOAUG newsletter.                                                             ADVANCED CP/M                            by Ron Collins                             ADAM CP/M 2.2                               Part One INTRODUCTION: WHAT  IS CP/M?  I suppose this is a very basic question many who  have    never  used CP/M might have.  As a simple yet accurate answer, let's go   to  the      basics.  When you .   When  we  use    SmartBASIC,  AdamCALC, SmartWriter, etc., we are using the EOS.   CP/M    is  an  alternative operating system with different  capabilities  and    opens up new  ways of using the ADAM.   Thousands  of useful programs and software packages have been  written    commercially  for use under CP/M and give even greater capability  and    flexibility  to  those  computers  like the  ADAM  that  can  use         the         Operating  System.  Many of these programs have been released to  lls the    ADAM  how  to  "operate"  is the  well  known  EOS  "The  (E)lementary    (O)perating          (S)ystem" covered in detail by Faye Deere in her     articles.   EOS is stored on  a PROM (Programmable Read Only Memory) on   the  mother  board.  CP/M is an      alternative to the EOS operating     system which  runs  SmartBASIC, AdamCALC,     SmartWriter and much more.  CP/M is loaded  from  disk  or tape and tells the  ADAM how to run        programs other than  those  available to the EOS. The all means the same to  it.   Why then doesn't  it know   that "hello" is the same as "HELLO"?   The reason is obvious to even a casual SmartBASIC user.  You are  able   to    store a wide variety of DIFFERENT programs of the same name if  you  spell it  different.  You could name it "hEllo" or "heLLo" or any other  combination.    SmartBASIC sees them all as different  programs.   Now,  suppose  you  wanted  to see all of the various spellings of  the  word  hello in your catalog.  How do you go about th. In the case of a computer, the PROGRAM tells the computer all that  it    is     expected to do.  The OPERATING SYSTEM directs the computer how  to carry  out these operations while the MICROPROCESSOR does  the  actual    work.   All       three of these elements must be in place if that  box   of wires and chips is  to do more than just sit there.  There at the      top,  of course, is YOU telling the program what you want it to do for    you.   It  seems  the  ADAM  can run more than just  one  OSlook at your computer, no matter  what     the  brand or        design, it's easy to forget that it's really just a  glorified  calculator.  To be sure, there have been a lot of advancements made to  it since the days of   the abacus, but a device to perform       calculations  is all that it is. Now,   consider  that  a  "computer"  is  just  a  piece   of   rather    sophisticated electronic hardware that can do nothing until it is told    HOW to do it by an Operating System (or OS). The system that tethe  Public Domain or as Shareware. Next  month  we'll  discuss  the built-in commands  and  some  of  the    programs that come with the CP/M package.                                                                           All       three of these elements must be in place if that  box   of wires and chips is  to do more than just sit there.  There at the      top,  of course, is YOU telling the program what you want it to do for    you.   It  seems  the  ADAM  can run more than just  one  OSur files.  The only   drive that  stays the same no matter where  you boot CP/M from is drive M>,  the memory expander if you have one. The correct syntax for directory is as follows: A> DIR<cr>        Prints  the   directory of the current (logged) drive. A> DIR B:<cr>     Prints   the          directory of drive B. A> DIR b:*.COM    Prints  the          directory of files with   only  the  .COM                   extension.       A> DIR TEST.*     Prints  a directory  of    all files starting with  TES This article appeared in the in  the  February   1991   MOAUG            newsletter.                                                          ADVANCED CP/M                            by Ron Collins                             ADAM CP/M 2.2                               Part Two This  month we will discuss the built-in or Resident commands.   These    are    commands that Digital Research included in the  operating  system  and  are    available  just  by typing in  the  command  or  pressing  a  later.  For     now, keep in mind that all you have to do to      ERAse  a  file is to hit the ERA  SmartKEY (or type in E R A) and follow  it  with  the  filename   that you want erase.  To erase a file by the    name  of  JUNK.COM you would type ERA JUNK.COM and  press the RETURN key. It's  that easy!  Press the DIR SmartKEY and  hit the RETURN again to     verify  if  you want.  Either way, JUNK.COM is GONE!  Be   very careful   because  it's all to easy to  ERAse EVERYTHING on the disk or    data     prives; A, B, C, D and M.  The thing I  had    trouble  getting  used  to at first was that CP/M  was   adaptable  to    where  it was booted from.  Unlike SmartBASIC which HAD to  be  loaded    from  tape  drive 1 to know where the HELLO file was,  CP/M  could  be    loaded  from       ANYWHERE.  If you loaded from tape drive  1, that      became  drive A>. If you    booted from tape drive 2, then THAT became    drive  A>.   Everything else just   moves down one place  and you have    access to  all  of  yo.   When  we  use    SmartBASIC,  AdamCALC, SmartWriter, etc., we are using the EOS.   CP/M    is  an  alternative operating system with different  capabilities  and    opens up new  ways of using the ADAM.   Thousands  of useful programs and software packages have been  written    commercially  for use under CP/M and give even greater capability  and    flexibility  to  those  computers  like the  ADAM  that  can  use         the         Operating  System.  Many of these programs have been released to  T                   on the logged drive (drive A for this example). Note:   Wildcards (*) are permitted with the DIRectory command The  next  resident  command is the ERA cammand,  it  is  assigned  to    SmartKey  II.   This key label is just a shortened  form of  the  word    ERAse.  The obvious use of this  CP/M command is to erase a file.  You    can ERAse a   file from any  drive that  you have online and logged  in.  I'll  go into     logging  in  a drive and why you would want to do  so   a  bit  preprogrammed    SmartKey.  These commands are easily  recognizable  and  most are self         explanatory. DIR  is  the first resident command and is programmed on  SmartKey  I.    The   DIR key was set up to print the command DIR when pressed so  that   you  can    get  the equivalent of SmartBASIC's CATALOG.    DIR  is  the  command CP/M     looks for to print the directory. A space is also        printed so that you can     enter the drive you want  a directory of.   With  CP/M, we are given 5 dack!  The  third  resident command is REN and is assigned to  SmartKey  III.    This  one turns out to be a short form  of SmartBASIC's RENAME command.   Renaming a file  is  easy once  you learn how.  In CP/M, you have many    different types   of files.  Files that run without anything else  being  loaded are all command files.  These files are listed in the directory    with  the  file's name        (called the FILENAME). This is  followed    by  a period and then the file's    type (called the FILETY   to keep all of your different .COM  files  together, USER   will   let  you do  that.  CP/M is designed in such a way  that it is able  to   support 16         different places you can store files. At boot-up,  you are  placed into user  area "0".  This is your  first user  area.  The    16th  area  is "15" (remember "0" is your  first).  I  like  to keep all  of  my utility programs on user    area  0:,  my modem programs in user   area 1:, my new files on 2: and so on. The   biggest advantage to prois where the  next   letter you   type will appear.  Okay, that means that RENaming  COPY.COM  to  MOVE.COM      would look onscreen as:  A>REN  MOVE.COM=COPY.COM       (then  press the RETURN key to do the rename). The  next  built-in  command is the USER command and  is  assigned  to    SmartKey  IV.  This is a useful  type of command if you know  what  it    means  and how to use it.  To begin the  explanation, let me first look   at           something  we  are all  very  familiar  with:  SmartBASIC.  is    to     press the USER SmartKey (or just type U S E R) and  a number from  0 to 15.    To move from USER 0 to USER 15, the command line would        appear as:  A>USER 15 <cr>.  Moving between user areas is simple.  Moving a  file  from  one user  area to another is another  matter.   I'll       talk  about moving files from one user area to another at another time. Next  month  we'll  finish up the built-in commands  and  discuss  the    transient commands that Digital Research provided with CP/M it's self.  How would you  do  it?   Go   even  further.    Suppose  you wanted to put your "A" files  one  place, your  "H" files    someplace else, your "a" files yet another  place and finally your        "h"  files  in yet another catalog area?  The only answer is that YOU     CAN'T!   The  EOS    system is not designed to keep files segregated in   any  way.   You have only  one directory area to work with and no more.   CP/M  uses the USER function to allow program  organization.  If   you    wantPE). A program such  as  COPY  (CP/M's program to copy files from one  drive  to         another)  would be listed in your directory as:    COPY.COM. To change    the name of COPY.COM to...say MOVE.COM, you would use      CP/M's         built-in  REN  command.  Now, there are  two ways  you  can  REName  a    file.   You  can  either press SmartKEY III or  you can  type  in  the    simple three letters R E N.  Either  way, on your screen you will  see    A>REN  _    The underline is just your cursor.  This gram segregation by user  areas is  that    you    can  keep "like" programs in one place.  You can   even  have  15  files  of   the same name (such as README.TXT) that are   all  different  files that just  happen to have the same name.  The  way to  keep  them   on the same drive and  still be able to use them  is to put each one on   a  different  user  area.    You effectively are  in  possession  of  16  different directory areas!   Logging into a different user area is simple.  All you  have to do   Under             SmartBASIC,  if  you type CATALOG and press the return, you  will  be         presented  with a list of all of the files stored   on the current  disk  or     data pack.  There are  no surprises with     your directory if you know  how  it   is  set up. BASIC shows 4 types of  files A, a, H  and  h.   A  catalog  will   show all of these types       because there is no way to  keep  them separate. Now,  suppose  you wanted to place all of your "A" type  files  on   a    catalog   by .                                                                          n one place.  You can   even  have  15  files  of   the same name (such as README.TXT) that are   all  different  files that just  happen to have the same name.  The  way to  keep  them   on the same drive and  still be able to use them  is to put each one on   a  different  user  area.    You effectively are  in  possession  of  16  different directory areas!   Logging into a different user area is simple.  All you  have to do          Next, type:    DISKCOPY A: B:<return>  ...... and then put your double sided ADAM disk that you want to copy in the   A: drive and follow the on screen directions using the PC formatted disk as    the DESTINATION disk.  DISKCOPY will make an exact duplicate of your double sided ADAM formatted or   any other double sided ADAM disk.  It will not work on UNFORMATTED double      sided disks.  DISKCOPY will work with UNFORMATTED single sided disks.  For making copies of any SINGLE sided ADAM di‚Ogives step-by-step instructions for using an IBM or clone to format      and/or copy disks for use on the ADAM.  Tom wrote the article in response to a column by John HarrTO EDITORS/SYSOPS: The following article by Tom Ozretich of the East Bay ADAM  Group gives step-by-step instructions for using an IBM or clone to format      and/or copy disks for use on the ADAM.  Tom wrote the article in response to a column by John H                          "formatting while copying"     Finally it prints:    "Copy another diskette (Y/N)?"  The reason that a PC computer can be used for formatting or copying ADAM disks is that ADAM disks use the same format as the original IBM PC DOS 1.1 which    has an 8 sector per track format.  Newer PC's use 9 sectors per track, but     newer versions of DOS retain the ability to FORMAT and DISKCOPY these older    version diskettes.   The main difference between ADAM and DOS disks is in the   It will print          approximately one page, discounting line-and-a-half space bug.  Please delete  or amend this note --- PJH MOAUG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Formatting DOUBLE sided ADAM disks is really easy. Just use any 360, 720 KB or 1.2 MB 5-1/4" drive and DOS. Only one drive is required.                  Type:    FORMAT A: /8 <return>   ......  and follow the on screen instructions.  This will format the disk to   hold 320 KB of files in about 1 minute.    is    to     press the USER SmartKey (or just type U S E R) and  a number from  0 to 15.    To move from USER 0 to USER 15, the command line would        appear as:  A>USER 15 <cr>.  Moving between user areas is simple.  Moving a  file  from  one user  area to another is another  matter.   I'll       talk  about moving files from one user area to another at another time. Next  month  we'll  finish up the built-in commands  and  discuss  the    transient commands that Digital Research provided with CP/Msk, you can use ONLY a 320 or a   360 KB 5-1/4" drive.  You only need one drive.                  Type:    DISCKOPY A: B:<return>  Computer will prompt:    "Insert SOURCE diskette (your ADAM disk) in drive A:                          press any key when ready - - -"        Then it prints:    "copying 40 tracks"                         "8 Sectors/Track, 1 Side(s)"        Then it prints:    "Insert TARGET (a blank disk) diskette in drive A:"                         "press any key when ready - - -" arris (HARRIS FILE, February 1991 MOAUG) which posed these     questions.  Tom's reply, which follows, first appeared in the October, 1991    MOAUG newsletter under the title "DON'T BE SPOOKED BY IBM" [subtitled, "The    Real Story of Formatting or Copying ADAM disks with an IBM PC (or Clone) Using MS-DOS"]  Note: the "spooky" title was used because it was printed close to    Halloween.  Change it if you like.  In its present form, the article uses      margins that are both longer and taller than standard.first 31 blocks where DOS puts information about its Boot record, File Attribute Table, Root         Directory and file area. ADAM uses Block 0 as its Boot Block, Block 1 as its   Directory Block and the remainder of the blocks as the file storage area.  DISKCOPY copies over the first 2 blocks, putting them into the ADAM directory  format.  Address any comments to:  Tom Ozretich (East Bay ADAM Group)                          6097 Slopeviw Ct.  Castro Valley, CA 94522"press any key when ready - - -" I know that I am just at the beginning of learning all  the wonderful things you can do with the ADAM, and      SmartLOGO has got my creative juices flowing!  I hope   that in the future I will be able to develop my own     sophisticated graphics programs like those of the great Patricia Herrington, but I've still got A LOT to learn.   Take a tip from a newbee:  If you own SmartLOGO, please don't allow it to collect dust.  It is an engrossing    and entertaining tool that is fun for young and old     alikx8Pat Herrington first       appeared in the October, 1991 MOAUG newsletter.  If     default margins are used, it's about 2 pages at 10cpi   or one page at 15cpi.  Delete orThe following article by Jose Quiles (a beginner's look at LOGO) and the response by Pat Herrington first       appeared in the October, 1991 MOAUG newsletter.  If     default margins are used, it's about 2 pages at 10cpi   or one page at 15cpi.  Deletet, I hardly surfaced for three days.  I        learned to make a reindeer by editing seven different   turtles (one for the head, four for the body, one for   each set of legs, and a red one for the nose) and       placing them together; then I learned to tell all those turtles to move at once.  I had one invisible turtle    drawing red lines around the nose and then erasing      them, so that the nose appeared to glow.  Then I        learned to draw the background and fill it in, and then I made all the otrounds of video games.  But   one evening I decided to sit down and have a nice long  "talk" with my ADAM, and I soon discovered just how     enjoyable this program really is.  I began creating different lines and shapes.  Then      learned to draw my own pictures. Eventually, I was      making nice (but primitive-looking) cartoons with this  program.  By using SmartLOGO's turtles and the EDITSHAPE feature, I was able to create birds flying across the screen,    see-saws moving, and faces shivering!                            "formatting while copying"     Finally it prints:    "Copy another diskette (Y/N)?"  The reason that a PC computer can be used for formatting or copying ADAM disks is that ADAM disks use the same format as the original IBM PC DOS 1.1 which    has an 8 sector per track format.  Newer PC's use 9 sectors per track, but     newer versions of DOS retain the ability to FORMAT and DISKCOPY these older    version diskettes.   The main difference between ADAM and DOS disks is in the e.  If you would like to correspond with me about SmartLOGO (or ANY good programs for beginners like me) please     write:  Jose Quiles4338 Pine Bark Ave.Orlando, FL 32811                  EDITOR'S RESPONSE      Thanks for the hyperbole, Jose! <GRIN>  Well, I don't   know about "great", but I started out exactly this way: learning how to place pixels with EDITSHAPE to make a   (sort of) recognizable shape.  I got LOGO for Christmas one year.  I did manage to make Christmas dinner, but   after tha or amend this note.=======================================================                    NEWBEE NEWS by Jose Quiles      When I first got my ADAM, one of the many programs      included in the package was SmartLOGO.  I had heard of  LOGO being a good programming language for children.  I never realized that I would find it such a wonderful    learning tool.  I have only begun to learn the many wonderful uses of   this terrific programming tool.  At first, I only       played with it in between her turtles into snowflakes and had    them flying all over the screen.  I'm still fond of     that program, which was donated to the Public Domain    and is available from many sources.  (I made it slow    deliberately; you can speed it up quite a bit by        changing the "WAIT" instructions.)  To me, the best thing about LOGO is that it makes it so easy to add the "bells and whistles"... animation, for  example, and sound.  And you can change your mind as    you go along, adding the instructions in an====================================TIPS FROM TILSON:   CROSSED WIRES AND THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF ADAM                      by Jack Tilson  The January, 1990, issue of the MOAUG newsletter contained   an article I wrote about trouble I had making a printer      patch program work and a fuzzy picture on the TV I use for a monitor.  I advised all to keep wires separated, as much as  you can, because the inductive current they give off can     affect  wires to other parts of the system.  I also pointed  oAt ADAMCON 03, he showed me some chart     paper with designs that his wife drew, which he then    enters into the shape editor.  (That's why his company  is called Gerlach FAMILY Software!)  I was impressed,   to say the least.  Another idea: try to find people who do needlepoint and check out their patterns!    --- PJH                                                         and whistles"... animation, for  example, and sound.  And you can change your mind as    you go along, adding the instructions in anut 5 lines after each pass across the paper.  And the     funny thing was that the printer spacing worked fine in      SmartWriter.  What a bummer!  Naturally, I suspected that I had a bad program copy or that my printer just couldn't handle fancy stuff.  Wrong!  Wrong! After about two days of fooling with it and consulting       fellow ADAMites, I finally noticed that the power cord for   the printer was lying across the interface ribbon cable to   the printer.  Eureka!  When I untangled the spaghetti-li€	Eirregular series by MOAUG vice       president Jack Tilson called "Tips From Tilson". It first    appeared in the October, 1991 MOAUG newsletter.=========================The following article is mostly about checking for crossed   wires.  It's part of an irregular series by MOAUG vice       president Jack Tilson called "Tips From Tilson". It first    appeared in the October, 1991 MOAUG newsletter.======================y order.  It has its limitations, but it's a FUN language.  LOGO turtles are essentially the same as sprites in     BASIC.  Once you know how to edit turtle shapes, you    will be able to transfer that knowledge to designing    sprites and fonts.  (There are a number of shape        editors around, some of them Public Domain, which use   essentially the same techniques as LOGO.)  In fact, Ricki Gerlach still uses LOGO to design most   of his delightful work, and then transfers it over to   PowerPAINT.  ut that ADAM old timers sometimes make mistakes by thinking problems are much more complex than they really are.  Well,  gang, I guess I don't practice what I preach, because recently I had a problem and I didn't even think of my       previous advice to you.  I wanted to use EyeZod Graphics' Yule Tools software to      embellish some Christmas letters.  Everything went fine      until I attempted to print the "Clip Art" I had selected.    Though my dot-matrix did print the picture, it would roll up aboy order.  It has its limitations, but it's a FUN language.  LOGO turtles are essentially the same as sprites in     BASIC.  Once you know how to edit turtle shapes, you    will be able to transfer that knowledge to designing    sprites and fonts.  (There are a number of shape        editors around, some of them Public Domain, which use   essentially the same techniques as LOGO.)  In fact, Ricki Gerlach still uses LOGO to design most   of his delightful work, and then transfers it over to   PowerPAINT.  ke   mass of wires and tried again to print the Christmas pics,   everything worked like a charm.  So again, fellow ADAMites, keep your wires separated and     check out the simple stuff first.  Also, if your system      freezes on you, TURN IT OFF AND LET IT REST AWHILE.  One     night I used my modem program to get something off of        CompuServe and, because of a procedural error, the system    froze.  Neither rebooting nor turning the system off worked. My screen was blank and keyboard dead.  I wen------------------------------------------------                       LANI'S NOTES        A Review of The Official ADAM Survival Guide^T                     by Lani Brito  I received a copy of the ASG at our MOAUG meeting about one  week after ACO3.  When I was first handed the book, I was    VERY surprised at the size of it.  I was not expecting it to be a very big volume. Nor was I really expecting it to       contain anything that I, as a beginner, would be interested  in.  Boy, was I wrong!  As aper.     --- PJH ]                      the Christmas pics,   everything worked like a charm.  So again, fellow ADAMites, keep your wires separated and     check out the simple stuff first.  Also, if your system      freezes on you, TURN IT OFF AND LET IT REST AWHILE.  One     night I used my modem program to get something off of        CompuServe and, because of a procedural error, the system    froze.  Neither rebooting nor turning the system off worked. My screen was blank and keyboard dead.  I wenthe third day (yes, I was STUCK to it!) my  husband and I were already using the guide to find tips on how to repair   one of my broken printers (Ch.24 ADAM SERVICE AND REPAIR).   We were able to get it up and running the same evening!  After reading Chapters 13-15 (CP/M & TDOS) I am no longer at a total loss over this very powerful operating system.  Tom  Keene was right when he said that the ADAM CP/M 2.2 manual   reminded him of Japanese operating manuals for VCRS.  That   manual was one of the reasonsz	E first appeared in the October, 1991 MOAUG newsletter.  It runs somewhat more than one page at    10cpi/standard margins.  Amend or delete this note... PJH---------------The following article by Lani Brito of MOAUG is a review of  ADAM SURVIVAL GUIDE.  It first appeared in the October, 1991 MOAUG newsletter.  It runs somewhat more than one page at    10cpi/standard margins.  Amend or delete this note... PJH------------t to bed        believing I had blown the system (and maybe CompuServe too)! My bed time prayer must have worked, because when I turned   my sweet ADAM on in the morning, all was well. Praise the    Lord!  As my Jewish friends often say, "Try it, it couldn't  hurt!"===========================================================    [And as ADAMCON attendees know, one good way of avoiding a spaghetti-like mess is to separate wires by placing them   inside the cardboard tubes left over from rolls of toilet    psoon as I got home, I began skimming through the book.    When I read the table of contents, I saw that the first few  chapters were divided into different categories for the new  user, the medium experienced user, and the advanced user.    GREAT!  So there WAS something in there for me after all!  For the next two days I was glued to the book.  I found it   JAM PACKED with very useful information on everything from   the history of the ADAM News Network to software, hardware,  tech tips, and MORE!  By t to bed        believing I had blown the system (and maybe CompuServe too)! My bed time prayer must have worked, because when I turned   my sweet ADAM on in the morning, all was well. Praise the    Lord!  As my Jewish friends often say, "Try it, it couldn't  hurt!"============================================================    [And as ADAMCON attendees know, one good way of avoiding a spaghetti-like mess is to separate wires by placing them   inside the cardboard tubes left over from rolls of toilet    p why I strayed from learning    CP/M.  Thanks to the ASG, I've discovered that it's not so   complex after all.  And now I look forward to learning more  about CP/M and TDOS!  (Sorry Barry!)  There was also a very informative chapter on PowerPAINT by   Patricia Herrington.  It was great!  I should be getting     PowerPAINT soon, and this chapter has "prepped my            creativity"!  I didn't realize that my lil' ol' ADAM was an  excellent graphics computer!  Other topics of interest covered were: telrm; ANN editors please note and check before distributing as   first printing, after which please delete or amend this note.  ---PJH-----------------------------------------------------------------------------You can't beat these programs --nor the price ...          Here's an offer you'll find hard to refuse: A super program for ADAM absolutely free, thanks to the combined efforts of two devoted and talented    ADAMites -- both of whom deserve nominations to the ADAM Gallery of Honor. ^I  [Editor's Nthe ASG and find out!   I found this book to be great reading, and a very valuable   tool for anyone who owns an ADAM.  My thanks to all those    who worked so hard to get this book to us...I LOVE IT!!! ------------------------------------------------------------Available from A.N.N.: 12967 Weatherfield Dr. St Louis, MO   63146$20 includes shipping, and supplies really ARE limited, so   hurry!lize that my lil' ol' ADAM was an  excellent graphics computer!  Other topics of interest covered were: tele drives).          To get this T-DOS super update, all you need do is send Rob your     disk or datapack along with a SASE return mailer.           Rob started this generous give-away last fall. But since then, he's  added even more to his offering.          Send extra disks (up to 4) or (up to 3) datapacks and Rob will send  you the following programs in addition to your T-DOS 4.58:          EXTRA.GIV          MODEM.GIV I          MODEM.GIV II          Game: Classic Adventure 350: The Colossal CavexOa discussion of the TDOS.GIV project; it first appeared in this form in  the October, 1991 issue of MOAUG.  However, it may have been submitted to ANN  in some other form;The following is the October, 1991 HARRIS FILE by MOAUG columnist John Harris. It is a discussion of the TDOS.GIV project; it first appeared in this form in  the October, 1991 issue of MOAUG.  However, it may have been submitted to ANN  in some other foecommunications,   music (yeah!), programming ideas, hardware and software for  the ADAM, software and book reviews, starting your own AUG,  and LOTS more!  Why, even the dealer ads were informative!  Do you know      where you can get:        ...One month of ANN disks FREE...                ...The Hacker's Helper Series (books about   ADAM)...                ...expansion modules...modems...hard         drives... data                    packs...monitors...printers......and all at GREAT prices?!?  Get ote: This turned out to be prophetic! -- PH]^J          They are Tony Morehan and Rob Friedman. Tony developed the super     CP/M-based program T-DOS and placed it in the public domain. Now Rob offers to provide you with the latest version, T-DOS 4.58 free.          Rob's version is very user-friendly. Insert it in your disk or tape  drive, pull the reset, it self-boots and immediately gives you a readme file.  Rob has configured it so that those with even the most basic setup can use it  (two datapak tapecommunications,   music (yeah!), programming ideas, hardware and software for  the ADAM, software and book reviews, starting your own AUG,  and LOTS more!  Why, even the dealer ads were informative!  Do you know      where you can get:        ...One month of ANN disks FREE...                ...The Hacker's Helper Series (books about   ADAM)...                ...expansion modules...modems...hard         drives... data                    packs...monitors...printers......and all at GREAT prices?!?  Get . (for disk only --    not datapak).                  So when you send your media, tell Rob which programs you want.          "The four-disk package (T-DOS, Extra, and Modem I & II) is designed  to give you everything you need including utilities and extraction files to    get going in T-DOS," he says.           Don't send flippies (disks formatted for use of both sides in a      single-sided drive). Rob says he uses a double-sided drive that doesn't work   well with flippies. And if you send flippies, y a BBS using ADAM link 3++. The modum made the first connect, but after that I got a bunch of funny characters and the a hang up. The modum is 1200 baud. Anybody have an explaination? Press any keyA11217 20:41 Oct-20-1991TO: Mike Myers          FROM: Peter Hartzler       2    SUBJ: Old Modem           The possibilities are several - First, you might have a dead modem.  Try usin it on someone else's machine that has a working 1200 baud modem, and see if you can get yours to work. Secoave and see if there's any they would    like. After all, it costs no more to mail a disk or tape with a PD program on  it than it does to mail a blank one. And it would be a nice gesture.               So contact:               Rob Friedman, 38l4 Ocean Ave. T-2, East Rockaway, NY 11518.               If you're a modem maven, then you can also download the         programs via CompuServe, where Rob is ADAM CP/M sysop.               And if you need help or additional information you can leave    him a mebits, 1 stop bit, and No parity checking.  Your friend may have other settings, you should check. characters and the a hang up. The modum is 1200 baud. Anybody have an explaination? Press any keyA11217 20:41 Oct-20-1991TO: Mike Myers          FROM: Peter Hartzler       2    SUBJ: Old Modem           The possibilities are several - First, you might have a dead modem.  Try usin it on someone else's machine that has a working 1200 baud modem, and see if you can get yours to work. Secox	E              FROM: Mike Myers           189  SUBJ: Old Modums          I bowerowed an old Hayse modum from a friend. I connected it to my ADAM and went to log on a FROM THE AWAUG BBS, (202) 561-2475             A11216 15:02 Oct-20-1991TO: ALL                 FROM: Mike Myers           189  SUBJ: Old Modums          I bowerowed an old Hayse modum from a friend. I connected it to my ADAM and went to log onou'll get a program on one side only, so there's no advantage in sending flippies.               Do include your phone number. Rob is a friendly fellow who      likes to speak with other ADAMites.               It will help Rob if you'll send a self-addressed, stamped       return mailer instead of just postage.               I didn't think of it until later, but next time anyone is kind  enough to offer me free programs, as Rob has, I'm going to first send them a   list of the public domain programs I hnd, it is possible that you haven't told your software that you're using a 1200 hayes modem.  I'm not familiar with alink3+ (That is an understatement),  but perhaps you need to run Press any keysome setup somewhere.  You may also have a problem with your serial port.  The test woul involve swapping in one that is known to work.  Finally, you should have your "communications parameters" set the same as the machine you're calling. For example, most bulletin boards these days use 8 data ssage on CompuServe, or give him a call at 516-593-8798 (but never     after 11 p.m., Eastern time please).your phone number. Rob is a friendly fellow who      likes to speak with other ADAMites.               It will help Rob if you'll send a self-addressed, stamped       return mailer instead of just postage.               I didn't think of it until later, but next time anyone is kind  enough to offer me free programs, as Rob has, I'm going to first send them a   list of the public domain programs I hx	Eےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےtےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے                   IN PRAISE OF TAXHELPER 1991                   By Robert B. Akell                   1506 Fresno Road                   Wilmington, DE 19803                   It was my priviledge to assist  Gary Hoosier in his          developmenand payments.Thus I use this program each quarter to get estimated tax    payments and calculate these as married, filing singly for   each of us to identify individual liability and married,     filing jointly to make the payment.  Considering the final   return, this makes at least 15 times per year.  This does    not count other occasions when I am trying to determine the  tax consequences of a financial decision.The point of all this is that this program should not be     thought of as simply a one  updated this as          TAXHELPER 1991.My interest was even greater.  I use it at least 15 times a  year!  First, I am retired so my income is from pension,     Social Security, interest, dividends, capital gains (or      sometimes losses) on stocks, rental income, and income from  a private consulting business.Second, I am in a second marriage where my wife has her own  income and deductions.  With changes in investments and      practically no payroll deductions, we must make quarterly    estimates ONET V ADAM NET)BW> Jim I am told the Fidonet automatically transfers new messages DAILY.BW> The DAILY and the AUTOMATICare real advantages.Hi, Barry.  Most FidoNet systems belong to a network of systems which are  within localcalling distance from each other.  Each network usually has one  system which picks picks up and delivers messages from some regional hub.  The regional hubs pick up and deliver messages to the FidoNet"backbone" (a smallnumber of 'super' mail-only systems which trantime useage.  It may have more    applications for some ADAM owners than they may have         realized.                                                    ion,     Social Security, interest, dividends, capital gains (or      sometimes losses) on stocks, rental income, and income from  a private consulting business.Second, I am in a second marriage where my wife has her own  income and deductions.  With changes in investments and      practically no payroll deductions, we must make quarterly    estimates t of TAXHELPER 1990.  I was happy to use my own    tax situation to run through his program as a check.         Fortunately, my tax situation was complex and served as a    good test.  The ultimate use was to prepare my own return.I was pleased that all the NEWSLETTERS gave his program      favorable reviews and helped to promote sales of a valuable  program.  This was even though each reviewer expected to use the program just once to calculate a final return.  We       should all be pleased that Gary hasx	Ecvd)Subj: REPLY TO MSG# 37008 (RE: FIDONET V ADAM NET)BW> Jim I am told the Fidonet automatically transfers new messages DAILY.BW> The DAILY and the AUTOMATICare reFURTHER INFORMATION ON THE FIDONET ADAM ECHO.This shows how quickly it is transferred and the quick       response time involved.Msg#:38328 *ADAM NAT'L*10-25-91 19:55:00From: JAMES YOUNG  To: BARRY WILSON (Rcvd)Subj: REPLY TO MSG# 37008 (RE: FIDand payments.Thus I use this program each quarter to get estimated tax    payments and calculate these as married, filing singly for   each of us to identify individual liability and married,     filing jointly to make the payment.  Considering the final   return, this makes at least 15 times per year.  This does    not count other occasions when I am trying to determine the  tax consequences of a financial decision.The point of all this is that this program should not be     thought of as simply a one sfere the messages across the  country. In addition to being the Adam conference moderator, I also amthe  coordinator for our local network AND the echomail coordinator for our net.  Keepsme busy!I pick up and deliver messages three times a day from my regional hub (which  is locatedin Memphis, TN).  He picks up and delivers messages twice a day  from the FidoNet backbone.I appreciate your efforts to encourage the Adam community tomake more use ofthe Adam FidoNet conference.            UT "What is your      house number, and street name?   ";n,st$, where n is the house    number, and the st$ is the       street name.  To print this as a string, the syntax would be 20   PRINT "Your address is           ";STR$(n)+" "+st$.  The "STR$(n) allows the number of your house  to be printed as a string.  When the program is RUN, it looks     like this:\\\    What is your house number,  and street name?  You then enter "n", which is the number of your house, and st$, which is the     name of your stz$e "string handling functions".  The MID$ function   is used to give you a portion of a string out of the middle of    that string.  Using the strings  that we were working`11~03,37\N\C\\SMARTBASIC WORKSHOP\\\A\\\    This month we will give you the last of the "string handling functions".  The MID$ function   is used to give you a portion of a string out of the middle of    that string.  Using the strings  that we weree it takes the     numbers that are written as      strings and converts them back   to numbers.\\.            -Faye B. Deere\\\\  To print this as a string, the syntax would be 20   PRINT "Your address is           ";STR$(n)+" "+st$.  The "STR$(n) allows the number of your house  to be printed as a string.  When the program is RUN, it looks     like this:\\\    What is your house number,  and street name?  You then enter "n", which is the number of your house, and st$, which is the     name of your st   fourth letter and/or space of    the a$ string, which will give   you b$ = "THING".\\\    You may encounter a         situation where you want to      convert string data into numeric data, or vice versa.  This could happen when a function is being  used that will accept only a     certain type of data as its      argument.  The STR$ function is  used to convert numeric data to  a string equivalent, and the VAL function is used to convert      string data into numeric data.   For instance:\\\    10 INP            Jim                        Adam EchoMail Conference Moerator --- QuickBBS 2.75 * Origin: Baker Street Irregular * Panama City FL (1:3608/2)ost FidoNet systems belong to a network of systems which are  within localcalling distance from each other.  Each network usually has one  system which picks picks up and delivers messages from some regional hub.  The regional hubs pick up and deliver messages to the FidoNet"backbone" (a smallnumber of 'super' mail-only systems which tranreet with a comma between the two pieces of        information.  If I entered 411,  Washing-\\ton Street (RETURN), the program would go on to print "Your       address is 411 Washington        Street".  The STR$ function      converted the value of n so it   could be printed with the string st$.\\\    Next month we will go into  the functions VAL, CHR$, and ASC to show you more ways that       string data can be manipulated.  Remember that the VAL function   is the opposite of the STR$      function, sinc working with last   month, a$ = "I LOVE "; b$ =      "YOU"; and c$ = "I LOVE YOU".\\\    If you wanted a formula to  return the string d$ = "LOVE"    from the c$ string, type "d$ =   MID$(c$,3,4)".  For example, let a$ = "WORTHINGTON".  If you      wanted to get b$ = "THING" from  the a$, the formula, or syntax   would be "b$ = MID$(a$,4,5)".    This means that you are skipping the first three letters of the   a$ and going to the fourth.  You are then extracting five         letters, starting with the    z$ng everyone to         consider a disk drive for their  ADAM computer.  I realize that a lot of you purchased your        computer for less than $200 when Coleco liquidate`11~03,37\N\C\\THE PRESIDENT SAYS\\\A\\\    For a long time now, I have been telling everyone to         consider a disk drive for their  ADAM computer.  I realize that a lot of you purchased your        computer for less than $200 when Coleco liquidME:PRINT:HTAB               12:INVERSE:PRINT "\\\    ADAM.40":NORMAL\\20 PRINT:PRINT " This program    gives you\\\    a very light blue (cyan)    screen with"\\30 PRINT " black text.  It also  gives you\\\    40 columns instead of       the"\\40 PRINT " regular 32            columns."\\50 PRINT:INPUT " Would you like  the 40\\\    column mode? (y/n) "; an$\\60 IF an$="Y" OR an$="y" THEN    100\\70 IF an$="N" OR an$="n" THEN    200\\90 END\\100 LOMEM:28400\\110 DATA                         1,23or for it as     well as a word processing        program.  A printer would cost   you over $200.  By owning an     ADAM, you have already saved     yourself over $700.\\\    Are you going to continue   using a computer?  If so, it     seems to me that spending $200   for a disk drive to save wear    and tear on your data drives,    and speed up LOADing and SAVEing files and programs, makes a      whole lot more sense than going  to another system.  What would   you gain?  Nothing, and in the   end, I feel180 POKE 18272,205:POKE          18273,80:POKE\\\     18274,66\\185 TEXT\\200 PRINT:PRINT " Your screen    now has a\\\     40 column display.":END\\n with"\\30 PRINT " black text.  It also  gives you\\\    40 columns instead of       the"\\40 PRINT " regular 32            columns."\\50 PRINT:INPUT " Would you like  the 40\\\    column mode? (y/n) "; an$\\60 IF an$="Y" OR an$="y" THEN    100\\70 IF an$="N" OR an$="n" THEN    200\\90 END\\100 LOMEM:28400\\110 DATA                         1,23z$ BASIC screen display from a 32 column screen to a 40 column  screen.  Try it.  You might like it.\\\\3 REM * Modified by Faye Deere,  7/89\\5 ONERR GOTO 185\\10 HOME:`11~03,37\N\C\\40 COLUMN SCREEN DISPLAY\\\A\\\    This little program changes your BASIC screen display from a 32 column screen to a 40 column  screen.  Try it.  You might like it.\\\\3 REM * Modified by Faye Deere,  7/89\\5 ONERR GOTO 185\\10 HOated, and that some of you received your ADAM for    next to nothing.  This means     that the first thing that pops   into your head is "That's more   than I paid for the whole        computer!".\\\    But, consider for a moment. If Coleco had not been so        stupid, you would be paying a    lot more for that computer.  It  was, and still is, a darn good   computer.  If you bought another computer system, not only would  it be more expensive, you would  have to immediately go out and   purchase a monit,7,205,32,253,24,14,41,\\\     197,229,41\\115 DATA                         41,193,58,112,66,183,32,1,9,\\\     193,201\\120 FOR x=0 TO 7:READ d:POKE     17114+\\\     x,d:NEXT\\125 POKE 17177,192:POKE 17166,   192:\\\     POKE 17988,40\\130 POKE 17215,240:POKE          17199,39\\140 FOR x=0 TO 14:READ d:POKE    16976+\\\     x,d:NEXT\\160 DATA                         17985,18036,18098,18162,18174,\\\     18188,18401,18410,18430\\170 FOR x=1 TO 9:READ y:POKE y,  190:\\\     POKE y+1,109:NEXT\\ that you would lose, and spend a lot of money in the  process.\\\    If you aren't going to use  your computer anymore, don't     stick it in the closet to gather dust.  I know someone who would  love to spend the $200 for a     disk drive.  That way, he would  have a computer that is just as  good as many on the market       today, and a lot better than     most.\\.            -Faye B. Deere\\\\ system, not only would  it be more expensive, you would  have to immediately go out and   purchase a monit3REM Modified by Faye               Deere, 7/895ONERR  GOTO 18510HOME:?:HTAB 12:INVERSE:? " ADAM.40":NORMAL20?:? " This program gives you a very  light blue (cyan) screen with"30? " black text.  It also gives     you 40 columns instead of the"40? " regular 32 columns."50?:INPUT " Would you like the 40 column   mode? (y/n) "; an$60IF an$="Y" OR an$="y" THEN 10070IF an$="N" OR an$="n" THEN 20090END100LOMEM :28400110DATA   1,23,7,205,32,253,24,14,41 ,197,229,41115DATA   41,193,58,112,66,183,32,1,9,arallelboard (which serves the same pur-pose).  To do this you solder thethe  access wire  attached to thelarger boards  to the proper ter-minal (on the solder side) on theAddresser or Parallel boards. Thenewer boards  usually have a wireor clip already in place, to con-nect the  access  wire.  Instruc-tions come with MegaRAM.   So, you need  to have at leastan Addresser board for any memoryexpander  over  64K.  However, wealways suggest  that you  buy theParallel board instead.  It costsabo„%find  three slotsThese are for the Modam, a Paral-lel Printer  board (or  Addresserboard--more later  on  this), andthe 64K (or other) memory expand-er board, in that  A PEEK INSIDE THE ADAM CONSOLE    When you look inside your Adamconsole, you'll find  three slotsThese are for the Modam, a Paral-lel Printer  board (or  Addresserboard--more later  on  this), andthe 64K (or other) memory expand-er board, in tarallelboard (which serves the same pur-pose).  To do this you solder thethe  access wire  attached to thelarger boards  to the proper ter-minal (on the solder side) on theAddresser or Parallel boards. Thenewer boards  usually have a wireor clip already in place, to con-nect the  access  wire.  Instruc-tions come with MegaRAM.   So, you need  to have at leastan Addresser board for any memoryexpander  over  64K.  However, wealways suggest  that you  buy theParallel board instead.  It costsaboe opposite withthe  component side  facing left,and the smooth side to the right.   Most users  can get along withthe 64K board, but the MegaRAM isan  interesting option.  It comeswith one SIP installed, with 256Kof memory.  There are  sockets toplug in three more SIPs above thefirst one.  Each  gives you  256Kmore memory, for  a total  of onemeg, or One Meg in the RAM.   However, with  any  memory ex-pander board, you can only access64K; unless you  connect it to anAddresser  board, or  a  P193,201120FOR x=0 TO 7:READ d:POKE 17114+x, d:NEXT125POKE 17177, 192:POKE 17166, 192:POKE 17988, 40130POKE 17215, 240:POKE 17199, 39140FOR x=0 TO 14:READ d:POKE 16976+x, d:NEXT160DATA   17985,18036,18098,18162,18174,18188,18401,18410,18430170FOR x=1 TO 9:READ y:POKE y, 190:POKE y+1, 109:NEXT180POKE 18272, 205:POKE 18273, 80:POKE 18274, 66185TEXT:?200? " Your screen now has a 40 column         display.":ENDut  twice  as much; but if yougo to a parallel printer you willneed the  Parallel board, and theAddresser card isn't any good forthis application.                         -----NJDwith one SIP installed, with 256Kof memory.  There are  sockets toplug in three more SIPs above thefirst one.  Each  gives you  256Kmore memory, for  a total  of onemeg, or One Meg in the RAM.   However, with  any  memory ex-pander board, you can only access64K; unless you  connect it to anAddresser  board, or  a  Phat order, from theleft to right.  I  usually  referto them  as  "boards", some referto them as "cards"; same thing.   All you have to do is fit themto the slot, and press  them intoplace.  The  Modem goes  with thetop phonejack facing to the rear;the Parallel (or Addresser) boardgoes in with the  components fac-ing to the right, and the smooth,solder side to the left; the  64Kboard goes with the components tothe right, and the smooth side tothe left  also; but  the  MegaRAMboard goes just thŒ%eir  data drives,regularly, because  you  haven't,as yet, procurred  a  disk drive;you may  be interested  in how toclear the formatted datapaks thatyou filled with s---------WORD PROCESSING---------   If you are one of the Adamiteswho still use their  data drives,regularly, because  you  haven't,as yet, procurred  a  disk drive;you may  be interested  in how toclear the formatted datapaks thatyou filled witou  end up  with  ablank tape and a blank directory.   Of course, this takes a bit oftime; but you can "clean" off allyour datapaks, of files  that youno longer need.  And, you can useyour  copy program  for many morethings.  They are great.   When you "get a directory"  onyour disk or datapak, you see tworows of 15 blue & white blocks inwhich the name  of the files thatyou  store  appear (if you have acolor TV or monitor).  This givesyou a total of 30 file names.  Ifyou fill these, you  havethe "copy" program inthe drive and BOOT it.  When it'sloaded, remove the "copy" datapakand proceed  to  where (dependingon the program  you are using) itenables you to make a BLOCK COPY.   What you are doing is making acopy of the  BLANK FORMATTED tapeto  the  formatted tape  that youhave  "filled"  with data.  Thus,you end up with a blank formattedtape, once again.   When you copythe  blank formatted tape  to the"filled" tape, it wipes  the tapeclear of everything  but the for-matting; and yentioned before, thenyou can store 160K  on each side,or a total of 320K on both sides.   Now that the new  ADAMnet diskdrives, by Micro Innovations, areavailable; you can store  160K oneach side, or 320K on both sides,without notching and punching thedisk case; because these  ADAMnetdisk drives are double-sided diskdrives.  They  have a  read/writehead on  the top, and the bottom;and if you have  a program, or anitem, that is too long  to fit onone  side  of a disk (over 160K);it will write  30 morespaces available.  How  many  youcan use depends on how many filesyou store, and the  length of thefiles that you save.                         -----NJDou to make a BLOCK COPY.   What you are doing is making acopy of the  BLANK FORMATTED tapeto  the  formatted tape  that youhave  "filled"  with data.  Thus,you end up with a blank formattedtape, once again.   When you copythe  blank formatted tape  to the"filled" tape, it wipes  the tapeclear of everything  but the for-matting; and yh stored files overthe months.   You have to have a "copy" pro-gram, such  as  "Backup+ 3.0", or"File Manager 2.0", which  I havementioned before. You should haveone (or both) of these anyway, ifyou are going  to do much of any-thing with your ADAM computer.   Just remember, if you have anyfiles  on your  datapak  that youwant to keep  for later, you mustfirst copy these files to anotherdatapak or disk.  Next, you  needa  BLANK FORMATTED  datapak (withnothing at all stored on it.   Now, put Œ%e before.  The ADAMdisk drives are single-sided diskdrives.  That means you can store160K of data on one side.  If younotch and punch the disk case, ashas  been  ment---------WORD PROCESSING            We have  mentioned  the optionof a disk drive before.  The ADAMdisk drives are single-sided diskdrives.  That means you can store160K of data on one side.  If younotch and punch the disk case, ashas  been  mou  end up  with  ablank tape and a blank directory.   Of course, this takes a bit oftime; but you can "clean" off allyour datapaks, of files  that youno longer need.  And, you can useyour  copy program  for many morethings.  They are great.   When you "get a directory"  onyour disk or datapak, you see tworows of 15 blue & white blocks inwhich the name  of the files thatyou  store  appear (if you have acolor TV or monitor).  This givesyou a total of 30 file names.  Ifyou fill these, you  haveit on one side, andthen continue  to write  the restof it  on the  other side  of thedisk.  Therefore, you can  copy aprogram  from a  datapak, that isover  160K, on  an  ADAMnet  diskdrive; whereas, you can't  copy aprogram over 160K to an ADAM diskdrive, because it won't fit.   Remember, INSERTing  is alwaysfaster than DELETEing, so you canoften write-over, or INSERT some-thing quicker than you can DELETEit.  And, if you happen to have alarge  amount  to  DELETE,  it isoften quicker, and ea, but youcan use a 19", or  larger, if youwish. ADAM was originally design-ed to use a  TV set as a monitor.This saves cost, as a  good moni-tor will run you  several hundreddollars.   If you don't have  a switchboxand RF cable, you will need them.The RF cable is  one small, roundcable  with  an  RCA (male) plug,on each end.  This plugs into theround  hole  in the  rear  of theconsole,  that  has  "TV"  markedabove it.  (The other  round holeis  marked "Monitor").  Don't putit in  the wrong CLEAR the screen, the RETURNs andall, are gone.  If the  text thatyou wish to  get rid of is in themiddle  of an  article, with  notquite  enough  lines  to fill thescreen; get the  top (first) linethat  you wish  to get rid of, atthe top  of the screen, by addingRETURNs  after  the last  line ofunwanted  text.  Then  CLEAR yourSCREEN, and it's gome.  A  littlepractice will make perfect.                         -----NJDu happen to have alarge  amount  to  DELETE,  it isoften quicker, and eause  the TV towatch any program.   Most  TV's have  two screws onthe back marked VHF.  Just fastenthe two prongs  to these  screws.If you have a TV with a round VHFconnector, instead; you will needan adapter.  Just connect the twoprongs  to the two screws  on theadaptor, and then  plug the round(male) plug  onto  the round  VHFconnector, on the TV.   Any  Radio Shack carries theseswitchboxes.  They sometimes havea couple of types, with the otherconnections  on them.  But  usingthe adaptor, wŒ%er,   theleast costly, and  most practicalmonitor, is  any  TV set (black &white or color) that you may have(or get one on sale somewhere).   A 12" or 13" is  fine, b         ---A MONITOR?---   As  to  what "monitor" to  usewith  your  ADAM  computer,   theleast costly, and  most practicalmonitor, is  any  TV set (black &white or color) that you may have(or get one on sale somewhere).   A 12" or 13" is  finesier, to usethe CLEAR SCREEN feature.   With a  screenful, or more, toget rid of just  press the  CLEARkey, then  V  (CLEAR SCREEN), andthe  screenful  of data  is gone.You can repeat this as many timesas necessary, and get  rid of  asmany screensful as necessary.  Ifyou have less than a screenful toclear, you can  usually  maneuveryour text upward, or downward, onthe screen; and then CLEAR it.   You may have to INSERT severalRETURNs to position  the text theway you  want it.  Then, when youhole.  The otherRCA  (male) plug, goes  into  thefemale plug receptacle on the topof the  switchbox, which you willattach to the rear of the TV set.(You can use a composite monitor,but the TV is just as good.)  Theswitchbox  is a  2" by 3", by  1"metal box with a slide-rod on thefront that selects either "Compu-ter" or "TV".  Put  it on "Compu-ter", and it becomes your monitor(the TV should be on  channel #3,although some rare  ADAMs work onchannel #4, instead).  Put  it on"TV", and  you can sier, to usethe CLEAR SCREEN feature.   With a  screenful, or more, toget rid of just  press the  CLEARkey, then  V  (CLEAR SCREEN), andthe  screenful  of data  is gone.You can repeat this as many timesas necessary, and get  rid of  asmany screensful as necessary.  Ifyou have less than a screenful toclear, you can  usually  maneuveryour text upward, or downward, onthe screen; and then CLEAR it.   You may have to INSERT severalRETURNs to position  the text theway you  want it.  Then, when youhich they will alsocarry, works fine. They only costa few dollars.   If you can't locate the cable,we can always get you one.                         -----NJDa composite monitor,but the TV is just as good.)  Theswitchbox  is a  2" by 3", by  1"metal box with a slide-rod on thefront that selects either "Compu-ter" or "TV".  Put  it on "Compu-ter", and it becomes your monitor(the TV should be on  channel #3,although some rare  ADAMs work onchannel #4, instead).  Put  it on"TV", and  you can fine  when hooked up to the ADAM with  one of Mark Gordon's MIB2        interface boards. How-\\ever, the interface board is     patched for use with T-DOS only! This means that you will have to become comfort-\\able with the CP/M modem         programs that are used with      T-DOS to use this higher baud    modem.  Your phone bills might   indicate that learning T-DOS is  worth it.  The CP/M modem        programs really aren't that hard to get used to.\\\    You might be interested in  a new program byz$lls us the   problems with the E & T MegaRAM  memory board have been           identified and corrected.  The   problem was with the new SIPPs   that replaced the early ve`11~03,37\N\C\\THINGS I THOUGHT\\YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW\\\A\\\    Terry Fowler tells us the   problems with the E & T MegaRAM  memory board have been           identified and corrected.  The   problem was with the new SIPPs   that replaced the earlyputer as a sophisticated Z80     machine with distributed         processing architec-\\ture using 6801-C based embedded device controllers.  Sounds      alright to me.  How about you?\\.            -Faye B. Deere\\\\ the CP/M modem         programs that are used with      T-DOS to use this higher baud    modem.  Your phone bills might   indicate that learning T-DOS is  worth it.  The CP/M modem        programs really aren't that hard to get used to.\\\    You might be interested in  a new program by out. Coleco engineered them to   withstand up to 10,000 inser-\\tions before the edge of the     connecting board wears out.      However, remember to turn off    the power before removing or     inserting any game cartridge.  A power surge could occur that     would damage the microchip       containing the game.\\\    The Sept. 91 issue of The   463 ADAM newsletter tells us     that Barry Wilson purchased an   Atari 1200 baud modem, and took  it to the convention. Herman     Mason found that it worked use  the TV towatch any program.   Most  TV's have  two screws onthe back marked VHF.  Just fastenthe two prongs  to these  screws.If you have a TV with a round VHFconnector, instead; you will needan adapter.  Just connect the twoprongs  to the two screws  on theadaptor, and then  plug the round(male) plug  onto  the round  VHFconnector, on the TV.   Any  Radio Shack carries theseswitchboxes.  They sometimes havea couple of types, with the otherconnections  on them.  But  usingthe adaptor, w Guy Cousineau   of Canada called Directory       Sorter V.1.  It sorts your       directory alphabetically; shows  file sizes; formats and          initializes both disks and       DDP's; verfies the formats; and  creates directories of up to 8K. All this for only $10 plus       shipping.  Check it out. Storing your directory alpha-\\betically could save you a lot   of time when you are trying to   find something.\\\    In the STLAUG April 91      newsletter, Peter Hartzler       described an ADAM com-\\ version  previously used in making the    MegaRAM board.  The new SIPPs    would not retain memory in the   same manner as the old ones did. Therefore, the MegaRAM is again  being produced with the old type SIPPs, and the boards again work correctly.  The 256K MegaRAM can be purchased from Terry for      $99.95 plus shipping, for a      limited time.  Additional SIPPs  can be purchased for $39.95      each.\\\    A little trivia from Terry  Fowler.  Video Game Cartridges   have no moving parts to wear    z$at there was no ADAM   NEWS in the October issue of the Vulcan's Computer Monthly.       Several were concerned, and      wrote to me about it.\\\    It made me feel good`11~03,37\N\C\\THE PRESIDENT SAYS\\\A\\\    A number of my readers      noticed that there was no ADAM   NEWS in the October issue of the Vulcan's Computer Monthly.       Several were concerned, and      wrote to me about it.\\\    It made me feel g    continue:\\\    30 b$=" My address is "\\\    40 c$=" Amber Street"\\\    50 d$=b$+a$+c$\\\    60 PRINT d$\\When you RUN this program, it    will produce the following       result:\\\    "My address is 534 Amber    Street".\\\    The VAL function does just  the opposite by converting       string data to its numeric       equivalent.  In this case, if    you wanted the string value (a$) converted back to a numeric      value, you would add the         lines:\\\    70 a=VAL(a$)\\\    80 PRINT a be        edited, arranged, set up, proof  read, and published.  It seems   like a long time, but that's the way it is.\\\    I want to thank all who     were concerned, and let you know everything is back to normal,    such as it is.  Be sure to pick  up your November issue of the    Computer Monthly.  My article on ADAMCON 03 will be in that one.  I wasn't there, but everyone was kind enough to send me notes,    fliers, brochures, tapes, and    pictures, so it almost felt like I HAD been there.  I WAS t is that the ASCII value for the first letter of the string   "Amber" is a value of 65.  This  stands for a capital "A".\\\    The CHR$ function does the  opposite of the ASCII function,  and converts an ASCII numeric    code to an equivalent text       character.  For example, if we   add the following to the above   little program: \\\    40 a=65\\\    50 b$=CHR$(a)\\\    60 PRINT b$\\When the program is RUN, the     result on your screen would      be:\\\    65\\\    A\\If lines 40 and 50 had reaz$rt numeric data to its   string equivalent.  For          example:\\\    10 a=534\\\    20 a$=STR$(a)\\This means that the number 534   now reads a$="534".  To          `11~03,37\N\C\\SMARTBASIC WORKSHOP\\\A\\\    The STR$ function is used   to convert numeric data to its   string equivalent.  For          example:\\\    10 a=534\\\    20 a$=STR$(a)\\This means that the number 534   now reads a$="534".  To      ood that   so many noticed the fact that my column was missing, but don't    worry, it will be there next     month.  If you'll remember, I    missed the ADAMCON 03 convention due to a sudden trip to the      hospital.  Well, that trip to    the hospital also made me miss   the magazine deadline for the    October issue.\\\    In the world of magazines,  the article I write at the end   of July does not reach the       consumer until October, three    months later.  It takes that     long for everything to\\Now, when you RUN the program,   it will produce this result:\\\    My address is 534 Amber     Street\\\    534\\Although this doesn't seem to be of much use, believe me, there   are cases where you need these   two functions.\\\    The ASC function is used to convert a single character to    its ASCII numeric equivalent.    For example:\\\    10 a$="Amber"\\\    20 a=ASC(a$)\\\    30 PRINT a\\In this case, when the program   is RUN, your screen would show   the number 65.  The reason for   thishere   in spirit, and look forward to   ADAMCON 04!\\\\.            -Faye B. Deere\\\\ be there next     month.  If you'll remember, I    missed the ADAMCON 03 convention due to a sudden trip to the      hospital.  Well, that trip to    the hospital also made me miss   the magazine deadline for the    October issue.\\\    In the world of magazines,  the article I write at the end   of July does not reach the       consumer until October, three    months later.  It takes that     long for everything tod: 40  b=97, 50 b$=CHR$(b), the result  would have been:\\\    65\\\    a\\ More next month.\\.            -Faye B. Deere\\\\s doesn't seem to be of much use, believe me, there   are cases where you need these   two functions.\\\    The ASC function is used to convert a single character to    its ASCII numeric equivalent.    For example:\\\    10 a$="Amber"\\\    20 a=ASC(a$)\\\    30 PRINT a\\In this case, when the program   is RUN, your screen would show   the number 65.  The reason for   thisprinter reaches the CONTROL 6,   it skips only the one line       instead of 1 1/2 lines.\\\    There are a couple of       things to remember, however.     There must be a character in the space above the CONTROL 6.  If   you have indented the line above the CONTROL 6, you must indent   the CONTROL 6 the same amount of spaces.  Also, the 1 1/2 space   bug only happens when you are    using an ADAM printer.  With a   dot matrix printer, you don't    have to worry about it.          Therefore, if you want tz$as mentioned some time ago, but so many new   people have joined the club      since then, that I thought we    should go over it again.\\\    Some of the Coleco ADAM    `11~03,37\N\C\\THINGS I THOUGHT\\YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW\\\A\\\    The following was mentioned some time ago, but so many new   people have joined the club      since then, that I thought we    should go over it again.\\\    Some of the Coleco ADAM s one of   those things we just take for    granted.\\\\.            -Faye B. Deere\\\\\    There are a couple of       things to remember, however.     There must be a character in the space above the CONTROL 6.  If   you have indented the line above the CONTROL 6, you must indent   the CONTROL 6 the same amount of spaces.  Also, the 1 1/2 space   bug only happens when you are    using an ADAM printer.  With a   dot matrix printer, you don't    have to worry about it.          Therefore, if you want t also a fix for the famous 1 1/2 space bug in the    SmartWRITER mode when you are    using an ADAM printer.  It seems that the ADAM leaves 1 1/2 lines between sentences when you       indicate that you want to skip a line of printing.  This can very badly mess up your spacing.\\\    To correct this, simply add a CONTROL 6 before pressing      <RETURN> to indicate a line      skipped.  This leaves a          character resembling an upside   down "L" sitting in the line you want to skip.  When your ADAM     is that the ASCII value for the first letter of the string   "Amber" is a value of 65.  This  stands for a capital "A".\\\    The CHR$ function does the  opposite of the ASCII function,  and converts an ASCII numeric    code to an equivalent text       character.  For example, if we   add the following to the above   little program: \\\    40 a=65\\\    50 b$=CHR$(a)\\\    60 PRINT b$\\When the program is RUN, the     result on your screen would      be:\\\    65\\\    A\\If lines 40 and 50 had reao print  out a file that has been marked  with the CONTROL 6 for your ADAM printer, you must remove them    before you try to print the file on your dot matrix printer.  If  your dot matrix printer runs     into a CONTROL 6, it will        protest wildly with a bunch of   total gibberish.\\\    I hope these two little     items help in using your ADAM.   If you run into any other        problems that you cannot readily find a fix for, let us know.     Since we've been using our ADAMs for so long, maybe it'    modems seem to have a quirk in   them.  Not all, but a few.  The  problem is...when you connect    with certain BBS's, the modem    will disconnect before you have  a chance to log on.\\\    To avoid being              disconnected, simply press the   WILD CARD key as soon as the     modem connects with the BBS.     Slowly count to five, and then   press WILD CARD again.  I don't  know what that does, but it      allows you to stay connected to  the BBS until you are ready to   log off.\\\    There is`11~03,37\N\C\\TRAPSHOOT\\\A\\\    This is one of the games on Public Domain volume ECAUG #18   that is reviewed in this         issue.\\\\1 REM * Trapshoot\\2 REM * Downloaded from ADAM     SmartLINK\\5 REM * Modified by Faye Deere,  9/91\\8 ONERR GOTO 1060\\10 g=19:u=39:l=39:sc=0:TEXT:GR\\100 FOR z=1 TO 21:IF z=21 THEN   1000\\110 y=INT(5+25*RND(1))\\120 FOR x=0 TO 39:COLOR=11\\130 PLOT x,y:IF x=39 THEN        COLOR=0:PLOT\\\      x,y:NEXT z\\134 IF l<4 THEN COLOR=0:PLOT     b,l:\\\      lLOR =7:PLOT g, u150LET fi=PDL(7)160LET gu=PDL(5)170IF fi=1 THEN GOSUB 500180IF gu=8 THEN GOSUB 600190IF gu=2 THEN GOSUB 700195IF l=0 THEN  l=39:GOSUB 400196IF l<39 THEN COLOR =0:PLOT b, l: l=l-1:COLOR =7:PLOT b, l197COLOR =0:PLOT x, y200VTAB 1:? " Score "; sc210NEXT x400?:? " You missed!!!":FOR t=1  TO 1000:NEXT t410HOME415COLOR =0:PLOT x, y420GOTO 210500IF l<39 THEN RETURN505 b=g: l=l-1510? CHR$(7):COLOR =7520PLOT b, l:RETURN600IF g=1 THEN RETURN610COLOR =0:PLOT g, u620 g=g-1:COLOR =7:PRINT " You            missed!!!":FOR t=1\\\     TO 1000:NEXT  t\\410 TEXT:COLOR=0:PLOT x,y:GOTO   210\\500 IF l<39 THEN RETURN\\510 b=g:l=l-1:PRINT              CHR$(7):COLOR=7\\520 PLOT b,l:RETURN\\600 IF g=1 THEN RETURN\\610 COLOR=0:PLOT g,u\\620 g=g-1:COLOR=7:PLOT g,u\\630 RETURN\\700 IF g=38 THEN RETURN\\710 COLOR=0:PLOT g,u\\720 g=g+1:COLOR=7:PLOT g,u\\730 RETURN\\800 PRINT CHR$(7):l=39\\810 PRINT:PRINT " You got a      hit!!!":FOR\\\      t=1 TO 2000:NEXT t:TEXT\\820 sc=sc+1:COLOR=0:1050GOTO 10301060TEXT:?:? " Program           terminated":FOR t=1 TO 2000:NEXT t1070? CHR$(4); "run Catalog" THEN GOSUB 700195IF l=0 THEN  l=39:GOSUB 400196IF l<39 THEN COLOR =0:PLOT b, l: l=l-1:COLOR =7:PLOT b, l197COLOR =0:PLOT x, y200VTAB 1:? " Score "; sc210NEXT x400?:? " You missed!!!":FOR t=1  TO 1000:NEXT t410HOME415COLOR =0:PLOT x, y420GOTO 210500IF l<39 THEN RETURN505 b=g: l=l-1510? CHR$(7):COLOR =7520PLOT b, l:RETURN600IF g=1 THEN RETURN610COLOR =0:PLOT g, u620 g=g-1:COLOR =7:1REM * Trapshoot2REM * Downloaded from      ADAM SmartLINK 5REM * Modified by Faye          Deere, 9/918ONERR  GOTO 106010 g=19: u=39: l=3911 sc=015TEXT:GR100FOR z=1 TO 21:IF z=21 THEN    GOTO 1000110 y=INT(5+25*RND(1))120FOR x=0 TO 39:COLOR =11130PLOT x, y131IF x=39 THEN COLOR =0:PLOT x, y:NEXT z134IF l<4 THEN COLOR =0:PLOT b,  l: l=39:GOTO 400135IF l<39 THEN COLOR =0:PLOT b, l: l=l-1:COLOR =7:PLOT b, l136IF x=b AND y=l THEN GOTO 800137IF SCRN(b, (l-1))<>11 THEN    GOTO 140138GOTO 800140CO=39:GOTO 400\\135 IF l<39 THEN COLOR=0:PLOT    b,l:l=l-1:\\\      COLOR=7:PLOT b,l\\136 IF x=b AND y=l THEN 800\\137 IF SCRN(b,(l-1))<>11 THEN    140\\138 GOTO 800\\140 COLOR=7:PLOT g,u\\160 LET fi=PDL(7):LET            gu=PDL(5)\\170 IF fi=1 THEN GOSUB 500\\180 IF gu=8 THEN GOSUB 600\\190 IF gu=2 THEN GOSUB 700\\195 IF l=0 THEN l=39:GOSUB 400\\196 IF l<39 THEN COLOR=0:PLOT    b,l:\\\      l=l-1:COLOR=7:PLOT b,l\\197 COLOR=0:PLOT x,y\\200 VTAB 1:PRINT " Score         ";sc:NEXT  x\\400 PRINT:PLOT g, u630RETURN700IF g=38 THEN RETURN710COLOR =0:PLOT g, u720 g=g+1:COLOR =7:PLOT g, u730RETURN800? CHR$(7)805 l=39810?:? " You got a hit!!!":FOR   t=1 TO 2000:NEXT t815HOME820 sc=sc+10825COLOR =0:PLOT x, y826COLOR =0:VLIN 0, 39 AT x827 l=39830NEXT z1000? " Game over.  Your score   was "; sc:FOR t=1 TO 3000:NEXT t1005IF sc>hs THEN  hs=sc1015? " High score "; hs1020? " Press * to play again "1025? " Press (ESCAPE) to END"1030LET c=PDL(13)1040IF c=10 THEN GOTO 101045IF c<>10 THEN 1050PLOT x,y\\825 COLOR=0:VLIN 0,39 AT         x:l=39:NEXT z\\1000 PRINT " Game over.  Your    score was\\\      ";sc:FOR t=1 TO           3000:NEXT t\\1005 IF sc>hs THEN hs=sc\\1015 PRINT " High score ";hs\\1020 PRINT " Press * to play     again "\\1025 PRINT " Press (ESCAPE) to   END"\\1030 LET c=PDL(13)\\1040 IF c=10 THEN GOTO 10\\1045 IF c<>10 THEN 1050\\1050 GOTO 1030\\1060 TEXT:PRINT:PRINT "          Program\\\      terminated":END\\\\TAB 1:PRINT " Score         ";sc:NEXT  x\\400 PRINT:A New ADAMite !by Jerry Vrancks - 463 ADAMI talked my son into buying his oldest daughter an ADAM computer for Christmas rather than a typewriter.  I honestly believe this will be a good investment on his part.  It's also a way to keep the ADAM alive.  I'm hoping with what I can show her she will become a third generation ADAMite.  Where will it all end?  I have seven more grandkids.-----------------------------------EDITOR'S NOTE:  Jerry has been VERY active in the ADAM community for a couple of yeaia Herrington, John Lingrel, Lyle Marschand, Tony Morhen, Alan Neeley and Soloman Swift.  Voting for your candidates could very well put their names along side these other deserving inductees, but you must take the time to vote.     Every ADAM owner is eligible to cast one ballot with three votes for prominent active ADAMites and one for a no-longer-active ADAMite.  Your three active ADAMite votes must be for different candidates.     The committee will accept votes from Jan. 1st until May 31st.  You can e about a new ADAMite is the most important news any of us can hear.) The reason for the time shortage is that Jerry did what most of us have wanted to do for many years.  He created a Vrancks Family Calendar.  Jerry Sol Swift's Personal Calendar Utility to print calendars with everyone's birthday, anniversary and other important dates, and distributed them to everyone in his family.  What a wonderful gift!  Jerry has used his ADAM for the reason it was created - a FAMILY HOME computer.Thanks, Jerry.  Your ballot.       Gallery of Honor      / Honour Committee        2936 Evelyn St.       Portage, IN 46368                    USAput their names along side these other deserving inductees, but you must take the time to vote.     Every ADAM owner is eligible to cast one ballot with three votes for prominent active ADAMites and one for a no-longer-active ADAMite.  Your three active ADAMite votes must be for different candidates.     The committee will accept votes from Jan. 1st until May 31st.  You can GALLERY of HONOR HONOUR VOTING     It's time to start thinking about who you would like to see inducted into the Gallery of Honor in 1992.       In 1991 there were ten inducted to get things started.  For 1992 the number has been lowered to five.  There are more then five ADAMites that deserve this prestigious award therefore your votes could have a drastic effect on who is inducted into the 1992 Gallery of Honor.     The 1991 inductees were Syd Carter, Norman Castro, Guy Cousineau, Rob Friedman, Patricrs.  When he joined 463 ADAM he sat back and kept saying he was a novice and didn't have anything to contribute.  After some coaxing, Jerry began to write a few articles and create some terrific graphics.  He now contributes regularly to 463 ADAM and all his articles are added to the ANN disks.  Many newsletters around the continent have picked up these articles and published them.  "Nothing to contribute"????This month Jerry apologized for not having time to write a lengthy article.  (Acually, any articlsend your ballot to the Gallery of Honor Committee or use one of the participating BBS's as your polling place.  There will be more published on BBS and CIS voting as soon as it has been finalized.     There has been some concern expressed that by using BBS's for GofH voting some unscrupulous ADAMite may try and vote more then once.  If it is found that someone has cast more then one ballot, none of their votes will be counted.  The GofH committee will accept only one ballot per voter and only one voter pe show us all how we can get more out of ADAM. Dean Roades was a novice and didn't have anything to contribute.  After some coaxing, Jerry began to write a few articles and create some terrific graphics.  He now contributes regularly to 463 ADAM and all his articles are added to the ANN disks.  Many newsletters around the continent have picked up these articles and published them.  "Nothing to contribute"????This month Jerry apologized for not having time to write a lengthy article.  (Acually, any articlSPEEDYWRITE CATALOG     PROBLEMby Dean Roades  Co-Editor, ANNI wrote an article for the November ANN disks about a problem I had with cataloging disks with SpeedyWrite.  All the file names would not appear on the screen, but I was able to load the files that did not appear if I knew the exact file name.  I received responses from several people with ideas as to what the problem was and how they corrected it.  Thanks to all of you who took the time to write.  I think we have found the problem, but I am noser to the first entry.  Any other ideas? Send them to ANN, Dean Roades, 8522 Hohman Ave., Munster, IN 46321.------------------------------------------- "03", it stops and looks for the next file, ignoring the file with the "03".Now we know how it happens, the next question is how to fix it.  The way I have been getting around it is to print out the catalog with BASIC.  I can 'load' the file in SpeedyWrite if I know the file name.  This is not a solution, just a way around the problem.  The file namhad a peculiar number like "2E/xx/xx". David Moore in Alberta, Canada also looked at the file dates and found all the offending files to have the same date "2E 02 03".  He used FileMANAGER to change the dates to "00 00 00" and was able to read all the entries.The final piece of the puzzle was put in place when David Cobley called the other night.  He discovered, with the help of Bruce Walters, that the problem is caused by a glitch between HEXACE Software's 'HELPER' (which Barry Wilson uses to prepare tnctuated by handshakes and conversations and promises          of,"Yes,I'll get you a copy of that,see me later on...." that sort of     thing. Francis Clee,who is I suspect the real President of MTAG and who   hasn't seen me in a year,wondered how I'd managed to gain so much weight. Before we knew it,it was 2 am. - Ron Mitchell,September/October AUFG  Undoubtedly every one who chose to attend the convention learned        something new, and relatively unskilled ADAMites, such as I, learned a    great e is listed correctly in the READMETWO file, so if you print this out, you can do the same thing.A permanent solution?  We will wait and see what develops.  Many thanks to all who jumped in to look into this situation.If someone is interested in making modifications to SpeedyWrite, we should start making a master list of things that need changing.  Jerry Vrancks wrote last month about needing the ability to load large dictionary files.  I would like to see the STORE/GET menu adjusted to put 'catalog' clot sure if there is a permanent solution.Dan Ryan of Atlanta GA wrote to suggest Jim Walter's SpeedyWrite mod, published in the May/June A.I.M., may fix the problem.  I was not able to check this out.David Cobley of VISA in Vancouver, Canada wrote to say he was having the same problem. He used FileMANAGER to copy the files to another disk and was able to read all the directory entries on the October ANN, but this was not completely succesfull on the November ANN.  David found the directory date entries   The ADAM community is spread all over the country and it is difficult   to communicate due to this situation. Local user groups,newsletters and   conventions are the only ways to reach groups of people and we must       continue our work to do so. Communication is the key to keeping the ADAM  alive and well. - Lyle Marschand,July/August NIAD  It's the greeting people and the setting up,and making sure that all    the equipment you brought survived the trip. There's such a flurry of     activity puhe ANN disks) and SpeedyWrite.  It seems that Bruce wrote into HELPER the number to use when dating files.  This number included "03".  When SpeedyWrite finds "03", it stops and looks for the next file, ignoring the file with the "03".Now we know how it happens, the next question is how to fix it.  The way I have been getting around it is to print out the catalog with BASIC.  I can 'load' the file in SpeedyWrite if I know the file name.  This is not a solution, just a way around the problem.  The file namdeal. I hope to be able to brief our own group at future meetings   on some of the things I learned. As long as we have ADAM users who are    able to attend future conventions, and some that are willing to share     their expertise, ADAM will survive. - David Cobley,October ANN   The lobby was filled to overflowing with my fellow Adam owners! As I   tried to make my way in,a female body lunged from the crowd,nearly        sweeping  me off my feet. Who else but PJ Herrington,giving me a big      welcome?BS   216/791-4022           216/883-9355   24hours 7 days         24hours 7 days   300/1200/2400 baud     300/1200/2400 baud  or write to AdamConIV              Attention:Herman Mason              8912 Blaine Ave.              Cleveland,OH 44106  or call voice: 216/231-8813 and ask for Herman Mason.single room.) and ALL meals for all days. AND the staff of AdamConIV has made paying for this convention even easier. They have instituted a monthly payment schedule. Just pay a small amount each mng as you were an  ADAMite, interested in ADAM, that was all that counted. - Barry           Wilson,September MOAUG  What's all the hub-hub,bub? what are all these quotes? All of the above are quotes concerning AdamCon03 held in South Bend,Indiana in 1991. As you can see,a fine time was had by all. But soon,it will be time for a new gathering of the clans!  That's right,it's not too early to start making your plans to attend AdamConIV,to be held July 23-26 in Cleveland,Ohio. This years host is the BeA   Part 5begintdos6 A   Part 6begintdos7 A   Part 7begintdos8 A   Part 8begintdos9 A   Part 9advanced01 A   Ron Collins   ADVANCED CP/M  Part Oneadvanced02 A   Part TwoOZR_10_01  H   Tom Ozretich    Instructions for using an IBM or clone to format and/or copy disks for ADAM.NewB_10_91 H   Jose Quiles    A beginner's look at LOGO with response by Pat Herrington Ttips_1091 H   Jack Tilson    Crossed Wires and the Spiritual Side of ADAM Lani_10_91 H   Lani Brito     A Review of the ADAM SURVIVAonth and they will  put this towards your full purchase price. This way,you don't have one big payment to write out at once! And as always,you may pay for any day that you choose to attend if you can't make it for the full convention. PLUS if you pay in full by April 15th,1992 you will recieve the official ADAMCONIV T-shirt FREE!!  So please come and join the fun. AdamConIV promises to be bigger and better than ever before! For further details you may contact...   Trading Post BBS       AdamExchange B That       REALLY made my day! She was quickly followed by       Herman Mason,George Koczwara   and Barry Wilson among others. - Bart      Lynch,October ANN  I found that EVERYONE was warm and friendly, whether they knew you      before or not; whether you were interested in CP/M, TDOS, or EOS; whether you were a hardware person or a software person; whether you were like    me, knowledgeable in no area, a real novice in all areas; whether you be  from Canada, the USA, north, south, east or west. As lo9201ANN-1ACIVADBBRT A   Bart Lynch     Latest information on ADAMCON IV in Cleveland.NewANN     A   Dean Roades    Changes in ANN.  Please Read.=====================================ANET_HOW25 A   Alan Neeley    Using the SLC ADAM-LINK BBS (Part 5) The PRIVATE MAIL AREA ANETHOW26  A   Alan Neeley    (Part 6) The DATA LIBRARY =====================================From the 'TINKERING WITH TDOS' series by James Poulin. Originally published in the MOAUG newsletter. Pat Herrington - Editor.begintdos5 st Adam Support In Cleveland or B.A.S.I.C. These men and women are dedicated to continueing the fine traditions of past AdamCon's plus adding a few surprises of their own.  The price for the entire convention is only $220.00 (US). This price includes your room(based on double occupuncy. $80.00 extra gets you a single room.) and ALL meals for all days. AND the staff of AdamConIV has made paying for this convention even easier. They have instituted a monthly payment schedule. Just pay a small amount each mL GUIDE.HarFIL1091 H   John Harris    Information on how to obtain TDOS, FREE.  This has appeared in the past, but bears repeating.DC_BBS     H   An exchange between Mike Myers and Peter Hartzler on hooking up a modem.taxhelper  H   Robert B. Akell      Information on TAXHELPER 1991=====================================FIDO_ECHO  H   Barry Wilson   More on FIDONET=====================================From the Oct 91 AUGER newsletter from IEAUG.  Our thanks to Norman and Faye Deere.Written by Fayeههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههrman Deere   What type of monitor to use with ADAMPrez11/91  H   ADAMCON 03 + Vulcan'sBasic11/91 H   SmartBASIC Workshop - StringsThings11/9 H   Important ADAM information.TrapshootS A   BASIC program - Public Domain, in word processing for use in newsletters.Trapshoot  A   BASIC program, ready to run in BASIC.=====================================GofHONOUR  A   Committee      Latest press release on the 1992 Gallery of Honour.NewADAMite A   Jerry Vrancks  Info on a new ADAMite with comment byهههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههه Deere unless noted.BWork10/91 H   SmartBASIC Workshop - StringsPrez10/91  H   Disk drives40Colum.Sh H   BASIC program - Public Domain, in word processing for use in newsletters. 40 column screen display.40Columns  A   BASIC program, ready to run in BASIC.PkInAdmCon H   Norman Deere   A look under ADAM's cover.WdProcng18 H   Norman Deere    SmartWriter TipsThing10/91 H   Important ADAM information.From the Nov 91 AUGER WdProcng19 H   Norman Deere    'Clearing' data packsA_MONITOR  H   Noهههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههه Dean Roades.SPWload    A   Dean Roades    The reasons behind the SpeedyWrite catalog problem.=====================================main, in word processing for use in newsletters. 40 column screen display.40Columns  A   BASIC program, ready to run in BASIC.PkInAdmCon H   Norman Deere   A look under ADAM's cover.WdProcng18 H   Norman Deere    SmartWriter TipsThing10/91 H   Important ADAM information.From the Nov 91 AUGER WdProcng19 H   Norman Deere    'Clearing' data packsA_MONITOR  H   Noهههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههه