íEíCfÃçü       Initializing Media      ives that were D1, D2, D3, and D4.  I'm not at all sure where Coleco intended to put the third and fourth data drives, but I would guess they were planning to put them in some sort of a box to be connected to the CPR. When the Coleco single-sided disk drive became available, that drive was designated as D5.  D6 was available for a second disk drive, and the RAM drive, or Random Access Memory, was designated as D7.  I don't know if Coleco intended to release a double-sided disk drive, but independenFIRST DIR  Uªÿ BOOT       DIRECTORY  ØBASIC1192A“DIWI2MODEMAwMARKGORDONA
LMGORDONSPWAÃPJHRESIGNSATHINGS1192A[THNGSSPDYWATROBLSHOOTA"ùWORDPROCESA(0OAUC1292p1A,OAUC1292p2A/OAUC1292p3A2<OAUC1292p4A5)SUPERZAP01A8XSUPERZAP02AKúGLEANING93A[¤SPEDYWRITEAqand have a disk in your disk drive, in order to get a directory of the disk, you simply type: CATALOG,D5 or CATALOG D5Either way will get you the directory you want, and you can use CAPs, small letters, or a combination of both. If you would like to rename a file on the directory, the RENAME command allows you to do this.  If you have a file named EXPLORE and you would likd to change it to FOUND, all you have to do is type: RENAME EXPLORE, FOUNDAfter you press the <RETURN> key, you will hearSMARTBASIC WORKSHOP There are some fundamental facts about the ADAM computer in general and SmartBASIC in particular, that some of us tend to forget.  I am going to give you some of the BASICS of SmartBASIC, in case you have forgotten them. The ADAM computer was originally set up so that the digital data (tape) drive that came with the ADAM was designated as D1 (Drive 1).  If you added the second tape drive, it was designated as D2.  The original plan was to supply the ADAM with four data/tape drt developers began releasing disk drives to be used with the ADAM shortly after Coleco abandoned the ADAM. To get a listing of a directory, you type: CATALOGThis will give you a directory of the tape or disk in the drive that you BOOTed from.  This is called the default drive.  If you BOOTed from the first data drive, you will get a listing from the tape in that drive.  If you BOOTed from a disk drive, you will get a directory of the disk in that drive. If you BOOTed from the first data drive ^ACON4RCLEEA|5EASYCOMEGOA”ÇSWRITERTIPA˜îREADME01A$šÏWBLOCKS LEFTžBLOCKS LEFTž activity on the drive as the computer changes the name of the file.  However, if a file named FOUND is already on the disk/tape, you will still hear the drive activity, but the file name will NOT be changed.  You will not get an error message telling you the file was not renamed, either!  For some reason, SmartBASIC has a bug that makes it fail to check the RENAME command, and tell you if it has not done what you wanted.  Check your directory to see if the file EXPLORE is still on the directory.  Ir <RETURN>).  If you make a mistake when typing a command, this could cause BIG trouble!  For instance, if you type: CATALOG]and then hit the carriage return, you will get an error message that reads RANGE ERROR.  That's all.  Nothing else seems to happen.  However, if you have a program in memory that you are working on, when you try to LIST the program, you will find that it is GONE, and chances are, you will get a FATAL ERROR message.  Needless to say, you will now have to re-BOOT, and any chaou want the action to take place.  However, remember that the drive you designate to have the action take place on will be your default drive from that point on.  In other words, if you BOOT from D1, then ask for a CATALOG D5, the next time you type a command, the action will take place on D5, not on D1 where you had originally BOOTed from. When I'm in a hurry, I tend to be a sloppy typist.  If you look at your keyboard, you will see that the "]" character is right above the carriage return (<CR> o need two of the phone line connectors, plus a 25 foot telephone cord.  This is the long cord that you use to move your phone to a more distant location.  Both items can be gotten from any dealer who carries telephone supplies. Instead of plugging the cord from the modems into the wall, plug one into one end of the phone line connector, and then plug the other into the other end of the connector.  Now you have both modems connected together by a phone line connector.  If they are in separate roomsnges you had made to the program will be lost.  I try not to make this mistake too often.  It can be costly.  More next time.  -Faye B.  Deerem that point on.  In other words, if you BOOT from D1, then ask for a CATALOG D5, the next time you type a command, the action will take place on D5, not on D1 where you had originally BOOTed from. When I'm in a hurry, I tend to be a sloppy typist.  If you look at your keyboard, you will see that the "]" character is right above the carriage return (<CR> of it is, the name was NOT changed, and another file named FOUND is already stored on that directory. With the RENAME command, you can also work with more than one drive.  If you BOOTed from data drive one (D1), you can rename a file on a disk in D5 simply by typing: RENAME EXPLORE, FOUND D5Here again, check to make sure there is not a file named FOUND already existing, and that the computer did, indeed rename the file. Most, if not all, of the BASIC commands can designate the drive on which y DIRECT WIRING OF TWO ADAM MODEMS--------------------------------- You can have two ADAM computers in the same room, or you can have them in two different rooms. If they are close, in the same room, you only need a phone line connector.  That's the small rectangular connector with a female receptacle in both ends, so that you can plug the modem lines into it.  These are the lines from the modem that you plug into the wall phone outlet. If you connect to an ADAM computer in another room, you willr <RETURN>).  If you make a mistake when typing a command, this could cause BIG trouble!  For instance, if you type: CATALOG]and then hit the carriage return, you will get an error message that reads RANGE ERROR.  That's all.  Nothing else seems to happen.  However, if you have a program in memory that you are working on, when you try to LIST the program, you will find that it is GONE, and chances are, you will get a FATAL ERROR message.  Needless to say, you will now have to re-BOOT, and any cha, use the 25 foot phone cord with a phone line connector on each end of it, and plug one modem cord into one end, and the other modem cord into the other end.  Again, you have both modems connected together with the same line.  Nothing is connected to the wall phone outlet, so you are not usihg the telephone lines. Operate the system just as if you were plugged into the phone system lines.  BOOT each computer system with ADAMLink II, as you normally would.  Set your OPTIONS this way: DUPLEX = Halmuch more, at reasonable prices! Today, we can purchase ADAMnet FLOPPY DISK DRIVES any way we want them.  We can get 5 1/4" 320K double sided disk drives for $199.95, 3 1/2" 720K disk drives for $249.95, and 3 1/2" 1.44Mb disk drives for $299.95.  If you are considering a 3 1/2" drive, bear in mind that the 1.44 Mb drive can read and write the 720K disk format and offers double the storage capacity for only $40 more than the 720K drive.  This could be more cost effective for you. As for hard driv  Set your second computer's modem to "ANSWER", then press "ON LINE".  (There will be NO phone 'ring' to alert you, since you are not connected to the telephone lines. Both computers will now be connected in the TERMINAL mode.  The information typed on either keyboard will appear on both of the screens at the same time. Switch over to COMMAND mode and change each modems setup, and practice communicating and sending files back and forth.  Have fun using your ADAM modem!---------------------------ATE H/P HARD DRIVE configuration comes with either a 20 or 40Mb IDE Hard Disk Drive that transfers data at 28ms and has a built-in 8K cache, a Hard Disk Interface that plugs into Expansion slot #2 and supplies a Boot Prom Socket, a 9 or 24-pin Parallel Port and Addressor function, a hard drive cable and power transformer; plus operating system software and public domain software already loaded.  The 20Mb Hard Drive version sells for $349.95 and the 40Mb version is $499.95. As you can see, there areA LIFE PRESERVERFROM MARK GORDON Mark Gordon of Micro-Innovations, made it possible to continue using our ADAM computers when much needed peripherals became difficult or impossible to get.  This meant that we could replace or add to our ADAM as we saw fit, and ensured that the ADAM could grow and prosper instead of facing an almost certain demise.  Mark produced the disk drives that we desperately needed, and went on to supply us with hard drives that many of us had long wished for.  All this and f DATA BITS = 7 STOP BITS = 1-1/2 PARITY = Even AUTO LINE FEED = On WORD WRAP = On AUTO REDIAL = Off CHAR FILTER = On You will note that this is the same as it would normally be, except for STOP BITS.  You normally use 1 (one), but in this case you need to use 1-1/2 (one and one half) in order to operate properly.  If you are curious, try 1 (one), and see what happens. Have one modem ORIGINATE, and dial an imaginary phone number of "1".  This will initiate the modem, and send out the carrier.es, Mark has two different configurations available.  The PowerMATE L/C HARD DISK DRIVE configuration comes with either a 20 or 40Mb IDE Hard Disk Drive that transfers data at 70ms, a Hard Drive interface only card that plugs into Expansion Slot #1, a hard drive cable and a power transformer; plus operating system software and public domain software that is already loaded on the hard drive for you.  The 20Mb version of this hard drive sells for $$299.95 and the 40 Mb version is $399.95. The PowerM------ An article in "High Lights" by D.  Zimmerman about connecting two modems prompted me to experiment. -----NJD = On You will note that this is the same as it would normally be, except for STOP BITS.  You normally use 1 (one), but in this case you need to use 1-1/2 (one and one half) in order to operate properly.  If you are curious, try 1 (one), and see what happens. Have one modem ORIGINATE, and dial an imaginary phone number of "1".  This will initiate the modem, and send out the carrier. a few differences in these two hard drive configurations.  The L/C Hard Drive plugs into Expansion slot #1, and the H/P Hard Drive plugs into Expansion slot #2.  If you go with the L/C version, bear in mind that it plugs into the slot usually occupied by the ADAMLink 300 Baud modem.  If you don't have a modem, or have an external modem set up with a Dual Serial I/O card (described below) installed in Slot #1, this is no problem. In addition to the Floppy drives and Hard drives, Mark has developedle prices to offer you.  Isn't it exciting? ADAM LIVES!  -Faye B.  DeereHard Drives.  Also, you no longer have to plug in an adaptor to the power connector on the right of the memory console for each serial port to be used, as Mark has added a voltage regulator to the MIB 3 card.  Included with the MIB 3 card is the latest version of TDOS, two EOS patches for using a dot matrix printer with SmartWRITER, SmartBASIC, etc.  and a number of CP/M or T-DOS compatible telecommunications programs.  This cfor the use of Micro-Innovations serial ports.  This card sells for only $49.95 and serial cables are sold separately for $14.95 each. The other interface card now available is the MULTI-PURPOSE INTERFACE 3 Card.  This is an enhanced MIB 2 card that plugs into Expansion slot #2.  It provides one 9 or 24-pin compatible Parallel Port, two RS-232 Serial Ports, Addressor function for memory expanders larger than 64K and a Boot Prom Socket.  A number of program eproms can be plugged into this socket, su to get.  This meant that we    could replace or add to our ADAM as we saw fit, and ensured that the    ADAM could grow and prosper instead of facing an almost certain demise. Mark produced the disk drives that  we desperately needed, and went on  to supply us with hard drives that  many of us had long wished for. All this and much more, at reasonable   prices!\\\    Today, we can purchase ADAMnet FLOPPY DISK DRIVES any way we want  them.  We can get 5 1/4" 320K       double sided disk drives for        $1ard is $74.95 with serial and parallel cables selling for $14.95 each. This is an impressive array of products that Micro-Innovations is offering.  It means that we don't have to go to an IBM compatible computer to take advantage of the advances being made in the computer world today.  We now have them for the ADAM, and new products are being produced even as we speak.  Get in touch with your favorite vendor to help decide which system would best suit your needs.  He might even have some special sa two interface cards that allow us to use many added perpherals.  The DUAL SERIAL I/O CARD plugs into Expansion Slot #1 and provides two RS-232 serial ports.  One port is set up for a CRT terminal, serial printer or X-10 Control Interface and the other port is set up for an external modem.  The serial ports are not compatible with the EVE and OBS serial ports but they do include software that allows access to them.  Also, the ADAMLink V program now being sold by your favorite vendor ($24.95) allows x	,          Micro-Innovations, made it possible to continue using our ADAM          computers when much needed          peripherals became difficult or     imposs-\\ible to`11~03,37\N\C\\A LIFE PRESERVER\\FROM MARK GORDON\\\A\\\    Mark Gordon of                 Micro-Innovations, made it possible to continue using our ADAM          computers when much needed          peripherals became difficult or     imposs-\\iblech as ADAM's Desk Top, SmartWRITER Elite or Operating System software for Hard Drives.  Also, you no longer have to plug in an adaptor to the power connector on the right of the memory console for each serial port to be used, as Mark has added a voltage regulator to the MIB 3 card.  Included with the MIB 3 card is the latest version of TDOS, two EOS patches for using a dot matrix printer with SmartWRITER, SmartBASIC, etc.  and a number of CP/M or T-DOS compatible telecommunications programs.  This c99.95, 3 1/2" 720K disk drives    for $249.95, and 3 1/2" 1.44Mb disk drives for $299.95.  If you are     considering a 3 1/2" drive, bear in mind that the 1.44 Mb drive can     read and write the 720K disk format and offers double the storage       capacity for only $40 more than the 720K drive.  This could be more     cost effective for you.\\\    As for hard drives, Mark has   two different configurations        available.  The PowerMATE L/C HARD  DISK DRIVE config-\\uration comes with either a 20 or  ows for the use of Micro-Innovations serial ports.  This card sells for only    $49.95 and serial cables are sold   separately for $14.95 each.\\\    The other interface card now   avail-\\able is the MULTI-PURPOSE INTERFACE 3 Card.  This is an enhanced MIB 2  card that plugs into Expansion slot #2.  It provides one 9 or 24-pin    compatible Parallel Port, two       RS-232 Serial Ports, Addressor \    function for memory expan-\\ders  larger than 64K and a Boot    Prom  Socket.  A number of program  eprors data at 28ms and has a \  built-in 8K cache, a Hard Disk      Interface that plugs into Expansion slot #2 and supplies a Boot Prom    Socket, a 9 or 24-pin Parallel Port and Addressor function, a hard      drive cable and power transformer;  plus operating system software and  public domain software already      loaded.  The 20Mb Hard Drive        version sells for $349.95 and the   40Mb version is $499.95.\\\    As you can see, there are a    few differences in these two hard   drive configurations.  T/M or T-DOS compatible  telecommunications programs.  This  card is $74.95 with serial and      parallel cables selling for $14.95  each.\\\    This is an impressive array of products that Micro-Innovations is  offering.  It means that we don't   have to go to an IBM compatible     computer to take advantage of the   advances being made in the computer world today. We now have them for   the ADAM, and new products are      being produced even as we speak.    Get in touch with your favorite     vendor to heus to use many added          perpherals.  The DUAL SERIAL I/O    CARD plugs into Expansion Slot #1   and provides two RS-232 serial      ports.  One port is set up for a    CRT terminal, serial printer or     X-10 Control Inter-\\face and the other port is set up   for an external modem.  The serial  ports are not compatible with the   EVE and OBS serial ports but they   do include software that allows     access to them.  Also, the ADAMLink V program now being sold by your    favorite vendor ($24.95) all 40Mb IDE Hard Disk Drive that       transfers data at 70ms, a Hard      Drive interface only card that      plugs into Expansion Slot #1, a     hard drive cable and a power        transformer; plus operating system  software and public domain software that is already loaded on the hard  drive for you.  The 20Mb version of this hard drive sells for $$299.95  and the 40 Mb version is $399.95.\\\    The PowerMATE H/P HARD DRIVE   configuration comes with either a   20 or 40Mb IDE Hard Disk Drive that transfems can be plugged into this     socket, such as ADAM's Desk Top,    SmartWRITER Elite or Operating      System software for Hard Drives.    Also, you no longer have to plug in an adaptor to the power connector   on the right of the memory console  for each serial port to be used, as Mark has added a voltage regulator  to the MIB 3 card.  Included with   the MIB 3 card is the latest        version of T-DOS, two EOS patches   for using a dot matrix printer with SmartWRITER, SmartBASIC, etc. and a number of CPhe L/C Hard Drive plugs into Expansion slot #1, and the H/P Hard Drive plugs into   Expansion slot #2.  If you go with  the L/C version, bear in mind that  it plugs into the slot usually      occupied by the ADAMLink 300 Baud   modem.  If you don't have a modem,  or have an external modem set up    with a Dual Serial I/O card         (described below) installed in Slot #1, this is no problem.\\\    In addition to the Floppy      drives and Hard drives, Mark has    developed two interface cards that  allow lp decide which system  would best suit your needs.  He     might even have some special sale   prices to offer you.  Isn't it      exciting? ADAM LIVES!\\\\.              -Faye B. Deere\\\\ower connector   on the right of the memory console  for each serial port to be used, as Mark has added a voltage regulator  to the MIB 3 card.  Included with   the MIB 3 card is the latest        version of T-DOS, two EOS patches   for using a dot matrix printer with SmartWRITER, SmartBASIC, etc. and a number of CPfor them. Some say the ADAM community is slowly dying.  If it does, this could be one of the main reasons for it's demise.  I hope my friend and MOAUG can come to some sort of agreement so we don't lose her.  We need people like her.  -Faye B.  Deereesigned from the club due to a disagreement concerning piracy!  We are losing a great source of instruction and guidance, as far as graphics is concerned.  She is tops in that field.  She says she will continue to write for the 463 ADAM newsletter, buPIRACY REARS ITS UGLY HEAD It has always amazed me that someone who would not steal the hub caps off of someone's car would steal (yes, I said steal) a software program.  I have heard the rationale that the reason people pirate IBM compatible software is that it costs so much.  Have you ever considered that piracy might be the reason the software costs so much!  The people who PAY are paying for those who don't.  The high cost of software certainly doesn't apply to ADAM software.  In most cases thel working on the ADAMnet Hard Disk Drive and a 5 1/4" 1.2Mb ADAMnet Floppy Disk Drive.  He is trying to get these two new items on the market before Christmas, so if you are interested in making a gift of one to your favorite ADAM user, get in touch with an ADAM vendor for the latest update.  You might also check on Scott Gordon's new adventure/role playing game, DRAGON MASTER.  Scott hopes to get it finished in time for the Christmas season. Eric Danz is back in the ADAM business, and has releasedt once the pressure of writing for a newsletter every month is gone, those articles may be few and far between. As well as informed articles on graphics, we are losing a terrific source of graphic software.  My friend has written quite a few well done graphics volumes for the ADAM.  She did these volumes mainly out of love, since she certainly didn't make a bundle of money on them.  Piracy robbed her of a lot of the sales she would have made, had the people that stole the programs bought and paid /M or T-DOS compatible  telecommunications programs.  This  card is $74.95 with serial and      parallel cables selling for $14.95  each.\\\    This is an impressive array of products that Micro-Innovations is  offering.  It means that we don't   have to go to an IBM compatible     computer to take advantage of the   advances being made in the computer world today. We now have them for   the ADAM, and new products are      being produced even as we speak.    Get in touch with your favorite     vendor to heTHINGS I THOUGHTYOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW Bob Sebelist, of the Maine ADAM Library, P.O.  Box 85, Waterford, ME 04088, (207) 583-2338, has released the ADAM PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE.  This 133 page SmartBASIC programmer's guide gives you lots of information on implementing graphics and text in HGR and HGR2, as well as making and using sequential and random access files, PEEKs, POKEs and CALLs, and much more.  It is selling for $15.95 from Bob or a local ADAM vendor. Mark Gordon of Micro-Innovations is stil ADAM program dosen't cost that much.  None of the ADAM software programs that I know of costs more than $40 and most cost much less. A friend of mine, who is a member of the ADAM community, will no longer be writing for the MOAUG newsletter, and has resigned from the club due to a disagreement concerning piracy!  We are losing a great source of instruction and guidance, as far as graphics is concerned.  She is tops in that field.  She says she will continue to write for the 463 ADAM newsletter, bu some new games and utilities.  Some of the new programs are ZORAN 4, WISHING WELL, MICROTALK V2.0, THE NAVIGATOR, and THE COMEDIAN.  I can't tell you much about them yet, but Eric has always given us well done programs.  Prices range from $9.95 to $15.95.  We will have reviews on these programs as soon as we can.  In the meantime, write to Eric at ADAMzap Software, 17 Capstan Road, West Milford, NJ 07480-4816, for his Network ADAM News/INFO letter. If you are using T-DOS, or would like to try it he March 1992 Reader's Digest, quoted by Penney Harper.  It was originally written by James Young, the Moderator of the AMAM FidoNet Echo.  Jim was an original ECAUG member. SPELLBOUND I have a Spelling Checker, It came with my PC. It plainly marks four my revue Mistakes I cannot sea. I've run this poem threw it, I'm sure your please too no, Its letter perfect in it's weigh, My checker tolled me sew.This just goes to prove that a computer is only as accurate as it's operator. Terry Fowler rom a GLEANINGS column, written by David Sands for the VISA newsletter in Canada.  I'm not sure what month this particular item was printed.  "Where else but with the ADAM could you get the programmer to change a game for you? ADAM BOMB, a maze game by Steve Pitman of Cincinatti, Ohio, was reviewed in the St.  Louis AUG newsletter by Joe Alford.  Joe's review concluded that 'ADAM BOMB is far-and-away the best game I've ever seen for the ADAM.  NIAD offers it at $19.95.  Get one today.  You won't be he March 1992 Reader's Digest, quoted by Penney Harper.  It was originally written by James Young, the Moderator of the AMAM FidoNet Echo.  Jim was an original ECAUG member. SPELLBOUND I have a Spelling Checker, It came with my PC. It plainly marks four my revue Mistakes I cannot sea. I've run this poem threw it, I'm sure your please too no, Its letter perfect in it's weigh, My checker tolled me sew.This just goes to prove that a computer is only as accurate as it's operator. Terry Fowler  will send any owner of the game a revised version if they send him $5.00, proof of purchase and the game serial number." If you have ADAM BOMB, and would like to have the revised version, contact Steve Pitman, 3705 3705 Church Street, Cincinatti, OH 45244.  If you are a maze fan, and would like to have the game, try ordering the game directly from Steve.  He will probably send you the revised version right from the start, but just to make sure, let him know which version you want. This is from tout, Jim Notini of NIAD, 8125 W.  Catherine, Chicago, IL 60656, (312) 775-0409, now has the latest version (T-DOS V4.59) for sale.  It can be obtained for $6.00 on two 160K flippys, with documentation selling for another $4.00.  If you have never used T-DOS, or are only marginally familiar with it, I recommend that you get the documentation.  Even if you have used CP/M 2.2, there are a lot of changes and additions to T-DOS that you will need to know about to use it efficiently. This is an exerpt ftells us that George Ekman has submitted a schematic and instructions for using ONE FLOPPY DRIVE WITH TWO COMPUTERS.  If you would like this information, get in touch with Terry at ADAM's House, Rt.  2, Box 2756, Pearland, TX 77581, (800) 999-5040.  All the parts needed to make this possible are available at Radio Shack.  -Faye B.  Deereectly from Steve.  He will probably send you the revised version right from the start, but just to make sure, let him know which version you want. This is from tsorry.' But Alford points out that it has a few problems for the player.  ADAM BOMB has 30 screens, and as it's a maze game, you have to map your way through because you have to start at the beginning every time! Or do you? In the same issue, Norman Castro reported that he wrote Pitman and asked for a change in the program to let him start at any screen.  Norm feels that since he's 56, life may be too short to keep going back through the mazes.  Castro says Pitman made the changes he asked for, andx	,f the Maine     ADAM Library, P.O. Box 85,          Waterford, ME 04088, (207)          583-2338, has released the ADAM     PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE.  This 133 page  SmartBASIC `11~03,37\N\C\\THINGS I THOUGHT\\YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW\\\A\\\    Bob Sebelist, of the Maine     ADAM Library, P.O. Box 85,          Waterford, ME 04088, (207)          583-2338, has released the ADAM     PROGRAMMER'S GUIDE.  This 133 page  SmartBAS by David  Sands for the VISA newsletter in    Canada.  I'm not sure what month    this particular item was printed.   "Where else but with the ADAM could you get the programmer to change a  game for you?  ADAM BOMB, a maze    game by Steve Pitman of Cincinatti, Ohio, was reviewed in the St. Louis AUG news-\\letter by Joe Alford.   Joe's       review concluded that 'ADAM BOMB is far-and-\\away the best game I've ever seen   for the ADAM.  NIAD offers it at    $19.95.  Get one today.  You won't  be sorry.'mas, so if you are interested in making a gift of one to your     favorite ADAM user, get in touch    with an ADAM vendor for the latest  update.  You might also check on    Scott Gordon's new adventure/role   playing game, DRAGON MASTER.  Scott hopes to get it finished in time    for the Christmas season.\\\    Eric Danz is back in the ADAM  business, and has released some new games and utilities.  Some of the   new programs are ZORAN 4, WISHING   WELL, MICROTALK V2.0, THE           NAVIGATOR, and THE COMsked for, and will send any     owner of the game a revised version if they send him $5.00, proof of    purchase and the game serial        number."\\\    If you have ADAM BOMB, and     would like to have the revised      version, contact Steve Pitman, 3705 3705 Church Street, Cincinatti, OH  45244.  If you are a maze fan, and  would like to have the game, try    ordering the game directly from     Steve.  He will probably send you \ the revised version right from the  start, but just to make sure, let   h the latest version (T-DOS   V4.59) for sale.  It can be \       obtained for $6.00 on two 160K      flippys, with documentation selling for another $4.00.  If you have     never used T-DOS, or are only       marginally familiar with it, I      recommend that you get the          documen-\\tation.  Even if you have used CP/M 2.2, there are a lot of changes and additions to T-DOS that you will    need to know about to use it        efficiently.\\\    This is an exerpt from a       GLEANINGS column, writtenIC programmer's guide gives you lots of information on          implementing graphics and text in   HGR and HGR2, as well as making and using sequential and random access  files, PEEKs, POKEs and CALLs, and  much more.  It is selling for       $15.95 from Bob or a local ADAM     vendor.\\\    Mark Gordon of                 Micro-Innovations is still working  on the ADAMnet Hard Disk Drive and  a 5 1/4" 1.2Mb ADAMnet Floppy Disk  Drive.  He is trying to get these   two new items on the market before  Christ  But Alford points out   that it has a few problems for the  player.  ADAM BOMB has 30 screens,  and as it's a maze game, you have   to map your way through because you have to start at the beginning      every time!\\\    Or do you?  In the same issue, Norman Castro reported that he      wrote Pitman and asked for a change in the program to let him start at  any screen.  Norm feels that since  he's 56, life may be too short to   keep going back through the mazes.  Castro says Pitman made the changes he aEDIAN.  I     can't tell you much about them yet, but Eric has always given us well   done programs.  Prices range from   $9.95 to $15.95.  We will have      reviews on these programs as soon   as we can.  In the meantime, write  to Eric at ADAMzap Software, 17     Capstan Road, West Mil-\\ford, NJ 07480-4816, for his        Network ADAM News/INFO letter.\\\    If you are using T-DOS, or     would like to try it out, Jim       Notini of NIAD, 8125 W. Catherine,  Chicago, IL 60656, (312) 775-0409,  now hasim know which version you want.\\\    This is from the March 1992    Reader's Digest, quoted by Penney   Harper.  It was originally written  by James Young, the Moderator of    the AMAM FidoNet Echo.  Jim was an  original ECAUG member.\\\C      SPELLBOUND\\\A\    I have a Spelling Checker,\\\    It came with my PC.\\\    It plainly marks four my       revue\\\    Mistakes I cannot sea.\\\    I've run this poem threw it,\\\    I'm sure your please too no,\\\    Its letter perfect in it's     weigh,\ make sure the TV is turned ON, and that it is tuned to channel 3.  (In a rare instance, you might have an ADAM that comes in on channel 4, instead of 3.  However, you would still get some lines or whatever, on the screen.) The important thing to do right now, is to make sure the TV works, and that IT is not the trouble.  (Try it by itself plugged into another wall outlet.) ALWAYS make sure that plugs to ALL units are plugged into a live outlet. If, by chance, you are using a monitor with your ADAM     -Faye B. Deere\\\\want.\\\    This is from the March 1992    Reader's Digest, quoted by Penney   Harper.  It was originally written  by James Young, the Moderator of    the AMAM FidoNet Echo.  Jim was an  original ECAUG member.\\\C      SPELLBOUND\\\A\    I have a Spelling Checker,\\\    It came with my PC.\\\    It plainly marks four my       revue\\\    Mistakes I cannot sea.\\\    I've run this poem threw it,\\\    I'm sure your please too no,\\\    Its letter perfect in it's     weigh,\ however, you still should get "something" on your screen, if it is working correctly. Also, on the REAR of your console, to the right of the two round sockets, is a small square opening with a tiny switch in it.  It is DEEP in the hole so that it won't get moved accidentally.  This switch is marked 4 & 3.  To the LEFT puts your ADAM on Channel 4, and to the RIGHT puts it on Channel 3.  Whichever one it is set on, is probably correct, and your TV must be set on that channel.  However, you can check -TROUBLESHOOTING ADAM- First, I assume that you are using a TV set for a monitor, since most beginning ADAM users do.  If so, you have a converter box hooked to the VHF terminals of your TV.  This box has a slide on it.  When it is DOWN, you can play the TV; and when the slide is UP, it says "computer", and you can use the TV as a monitor. Make sure the terminals are tight, and make sure the cable, from the converter box to the computer console, is plugged in securely. Before going any further,\\    My checker tolled me sew.\\This just goes to prove that a      computer is only as accurate as     it's operator.\\\    Terry Fowler tells us that     George Ekman has submitted a        schematic and instructions for      using ONE FLOPPY DRIVE WITH TWO     COMPUTERS.  If you would like this  information, get in touch with      Terry at ADAM's House, Rt. 2, Box   2756, Pearland, TX 77581, (800)     999-5040.  All the parts needed to  make this possible are available at Radio Shack.\\\\.         , make sure that it's plugged in properly and check to see that it is working and that it is turned ON. On the rear of your console, there are two round sockets for the cable to the TV set, or monitor.  They are side by side, right about the center, and are marked.  Looking from the front of your console, the one on the LEFT is for a monitor, and the one on the RIGHT is for a TV set connection.  Depending on which you are using, make sure the cable is plugged into the correct socket.  If it's not,\\    My checker tolled me sew.\\This just goes to prove that a      computer is only as accurate as     it's operator.\\\    Terry Fowler tells us that     George Ekman has submitted a        schematic and instructions for      using ONE FLOPPY DRIVE WITH TWO     COMPUTERS.  If you would like this  information, get in touch with      Terry at ADAM's House, Rt. 2, Box   2756, Pearland, TX 77581, (800)     999-5040.  All the parts needed to  make this possible are available at Radio Shack.\\\\.          by moving the switch to the other position, and turning your TV to that channel.  So much for that! Be sure that your keyboard is securely plugged into your con- sole.  The cable has a plug like a telephone cord on each end of it.  The one plugs into the left rear of the keyboard and the other into the bottom right of your ADAM console.  The power supply for ADAM is contained in the rear of your ADAM printer.  Therefore, if your printer isn't plugged into the wall, and the other cord connected tolso, if you have a disk drive (or two), make sure there are NO disks in the drive, and that the drive doors are open.  If the disk drives are turned ON, the red light at the bottom, by the ON-OFF switch, should be lit.  If they are turned OFF, it won't matter.  However, if you intend to use your disk drive(s); always have them turned ON, before you power-up your ADAM.  If you DO NOT, and turn them ON after ADAM is turned ON, they will not be recognized by ADAM, and you won't be able to use them.  (Tut, on the lower right corner of your keyboard.  It should glow RED.  If it does not, you are NOT getting power; and your power supply is not plugged in, not switched on, or it is burned out, and it needs replaced.  This very rarely happens, however.  More often, the printer wears out first, and your power supply remains good.  Incidentally, you can purchase a separate power supply, and use it to run your ADAM, thereby saving your printer.  This will also enable you to use a dot-matrix printer, withoback and turn the switch on your outlet strip ON, and everything comes on line.  When you are done turn the switch OFF.  Always unplug the cord from the wall outlet, if you are not going to use ADAM for a while, going away, or if there is a storm in your area.  Lightning COULD wipe out your ADAM computer system!  Why the small FAN? To keep ADAM from overheating and locking-up on you.  Anything, to just keep the air moving across the top of your console, will be appreciated by ADAM. -----NJDm.  (Tuthe TV or monitor checks out OK, then there must be a problem in your ADAM console. One more thing.  When your printer is plugged in and you've turned the power switch ON, the printer should "initialize".  It will make a buzzing noise, and the printhead, with the ribbon cartridge, will move to the left and then bump out slightly to the right.  It is then in the PRINT position.  If nothing happens, you have a printer problem.  This should not affect the power supply to the ADAM console, however. A the bottem left side of the console, you will NOT have any operating power.  The power ON switch, is mounted on the bottom center (rear) of your ADAM printer.  It is between the two cables.  Looking from the front of the printer; when the switch is to the LEFT it is OFF.  When it is to the RIGHT, the power is ON.  Nothing will work until this switch is ON.  If your printer switch is ON, and the printer is plugged into a live wall outlet, your ADAM will come alive.  Look at the small "power ON" lighrn ADAM OFF, turn the drives ON; and then turn ADAM back ON.) It is a good idea to buy one of those multi-plug boxes that have six or seven outlet receptacles in them, plus an ON & OFF switch; and a cord to plug into your wall outlet.  Then plug your printer, your TV or monitor, and your disk drive and power-supply cords into the outlet strip (also your separate power-supply, dot matrix printer, and a small fan); then plug the strip into the wall outlet.  Now, when you want to use ADAM, just reach ut burning up your ADAM printer.  (Of course, if you are going to be printing out your work on the ADAM printer, it has to be connected.  So, use the separate power supply only when you are doing work that doesn't require immediate printing.  You can save it on tape or disk; then connect the printer and bring the work back up, and print it out later.) If you have checked all of this, your system should be hooked up correctly and the power should be turned ON.  If the keyboard power light is ON, and       ---WORD PROCESSING---   SmartWRITER is the name of the ADAM computers built-in word proessing program.  There it is sit- ting there, ready at your fingertips, waiting for your command.   All you have to do is turn the computer on, and press ESCAPE/WP, and lo and behold, you are in the ADAM  word-processing  mode.  The "WP" stands for "word processor".   Since you  may or may not have noticed, the ADAM printer is also labeled "SmartWRITER" on its name plate.  Therefore, it could cause some V", and you see your top and bottom margins.   The default (or standard) margins, when you turn ADAM on, are 10 & 70 across the page,  and 6 & 60 up and down.  This gives you  60 characters  across, and  54 print lines up and down  the  page.  You  can change these  margins to anything you want, by pressing  I, II,  or V; and following the SmartKEY instructions.  You use the  "arrow" keys to make the change.   These "arrow" keys  also  move the cursor (and the text), up and down, and  back and fortons can be made at any time, so don't worry  if you make a  mistake  or two.  When you are done, just go back  and make  the corrections.   You don't  have to be an  expert typist  with  ADAM.  If you want to insert a title, or anything at any point, you can do it with the  INSERT  key.  If you want to delete or remove anything anywhere, you can do it  with the DELETE  key.  The six  SmartKEYS, (numbered I to VI),that sit along the top row of the keyboard, make all the difference in ADAM's word procing  of your line, and your  cursor  moves  to the next line.   Watch the  scale at the top of your screen.   You see the margin settings in  RED.   You can watch your cursor as you  type, or move across the page; and it shows you right where you are on the page.                         -----NJDpressing  I, II,  or V; and following the SmartKEY instructions.  You use the  "arrow" keys to make the change.   These "arrow" keys  also  move the cursor (and the text), up and down, and  back and fort?   Because, if you went to  INSERT  something, or to DELETE  something, or pressed the CLEAR key  and then  changed your mind, or found that you had pressed the wrong key, or pressed the key by mistake;  you just have to press ESCAPE and  everything will return  to  normal.    Everything goes back  to the way  it was before you aborted the procedure.   Sometimes  you  want  to check the margins before you start.  So press SmartKEYS  I & II.  You see what your left and right  margins are.  Press "confusion  among the uninitiated.  Whenever anything is said to be  "in SmartWRITER", it means "in word processing".   The  ADAM printer is  usually if not always referred to as "the ADAM printer"    So let's "take a look" at this word processor, in order  to give our newer and uninitiated members the  lowdown on it.  It positions itself very logically between the keyboard and the printer, and al- lows you to change your text just about any way  you  want to, with the greatest of ease.   Correctih  across the screen.  More on this later.   Remember to ALWAYS put a "carriage return" at the end of every paragraph.  Just press the RETURN key to the right  of the home row of keys.  Also remember  to place a  carriage return  at the end of anything  you  type, even  though you have one after the  last per- iod of the  last paragraph.  This can save you  problems  later on.  Anytime you want to  leave a vac- ant line in your text, press  RETURN and a  carriage return  will appear  at the beginnessing system.  Just read the SmartKEYS as they change and tell you just what to do.   When you have  everything just the way  you  want  it, press the PRINT  key (don't  forget  to put the paper  in the printer),  then read the SmartKEYS.   Press PRINT WK-SPACE and it changes to PRINT.  Then press  PRINT, and your  ADAM printer  will print  exactly what you have typed on the screen.   The  ESCAPE/WP  key is  one of the  most used  keys on the  key- board.  It's also one of the most valuable.  Why OMAHA ADAM USERS CLUB NEWSLETTER DEC/JAN 93 # 51 The oldest active ADAM newsletter in the USA Established 11 July 1984 by Norman R.  CastroThanks for your confidence and support.  The OAUC is a local club with fees of $20 per 6 issues (PKGS w/prgms) received.  NOTICE:  I will sell to any "Paid Up to Date" local member any six back issues (1 years worth $20) w/programs (on your media) for $15.SUBSCRIPTIONS:  This newsletter is published 6 times a calendar year.  $5 to any US address; $7 to Canad. ATARI 5200, FAIRCHILD,INTELLIVISION, ODYSSEY 500 game unit & VECTREX.  Just send TWO First Class Postage Stamps ONLY for samples of your choice of system/s.I also offer reduced size reprints of the following ADAM newsletters at $3 each PostPaid.ADAM COMPUTING TODAY (ACT)ADAM-LINK of UTAH issues 1 thru 7 ALL 7 ISSUES $17 Foreign $19ADAM TECHNICAL JOURNAL ALL 3 ISSUES for $8 Foreign $10ColecoVision EXPERIENCE Mag ALL THREE ISSUES $8 Foreign $10EXPANDABLE COMPUTER NEWS Any 6 issues for $14GARD staff.  OAUC has no affiliation with Coleco Industries.  Unless stated otherwise, all correspondence shall be considered as "open to public review".  Attempt hardware projects and/or repair at your own risk.  If you or anyone wants a FREE copy of this newsletter just send me TWO First Class postage stamps ONLY to:  Norman R.  Castro, 809W 33rd Avenue, Bellevue, NE 68005.  Tell others of this offer ThanksI now support 7 Game Systems with game instructions reprintsADAM/COLECOVISION, RCA STUDIO Iaccess to most of the good MOVIES that I would like to keep.On 26 Aug 92 I filled up my very first tape and as of 27 Nov 92 I now have 106 tapes that I have filled up.  Never mind the ones that I bought already with a movie or special on it.  I have been using up one tape for each day that passes by.  This takes a GIANT chunk of my time and it gets harder to continue with a four page ADAM newsletter.  Something has to give and I may have to be satisfied with only a two page newsletter in the near fEN OF ADAM (The only issue issued) INCLUDES 2 inserts BACK ISSUES:  Back issues of this newsletter are available.  Any 6 issues (1 years worth) $4.25.  Two years $8.  4 years $15.  SPECIAL sale 6 years $20 PostPaid Issue #1 was in July 1984.TRADES:  OAUC is happy to trade newsletters with any other ADAM organization:  Address inquiries to Norman R.  Castro.OAUC is a member of ADAM NEWS NETWORK (A.N.N.).  For info contact:  Dean Roades, 8522 Hohman Avenue, Munster, IN 46321 $35 year for 24 disks +a (Dollars, US currency), and $10 Foreign (in US funds).  Cost per issue $1.50DISCLAIMER NOTICE:  The editor(s) & publisher have exercised due care in the preparation of this newsletter.  Neither the OAUC staff, not OAUC, nor any contributor(s) of any capacity make any warranty either express or implied with regard to information contained herein, either by interpretation, use, or misuse Reviews & opinions submitted by the readership at large do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editor orThe VCR bug has bit me real hard.  Since I have had my Lionel and American Flyer layout built, I wanted to repair my own trains as there are no train repair shops within 18 miles and then they are limited to what they can do.  Since there are 4 LIONEL REPAIR volumes on VCR I bought a VCR to update my knowledge.  But then I noticed the following that I WANTED to have.  I Love Lucy, Lucy Show, Alfred Hitchcock, Dennis The Menace, Simpsons, Addams Family plus I subscribe to four premium channels & have I, ATARI 5200, FAIRCHILD,INTELLIVISION, ODYSSEY 500 game unit & VECTREX.  Just send TWO First Class Postage Stamps ONLY for samples of your choice of system/s.I also offer reduced size reprints of the following ADAM newsletters at $3 each PostPaid.ADAM COMPUTING TODAY (ACT)ADAM-LINK of UTAH issues 1 thru 7 ALL 7 ISSUES $17 Foreign $19ADAM TECHNICAL JOURNAL ALL 3 ISSUES for $8 Foreign $10ColecoVision EXPERIENCE Mag ALL THREE ISSUES $8 Foreign $10EXPANDABLE COMPUTER NEWS Any 6 issues for $14GARDuture.The good part is that I have been working on VCR skeletons and Labels.  I have set up a one page skelton (form) that can accept anywhere from 1 movie to 12 short shows, complete with enough information for me to find a Lucy Show that does not use titles with a four line summary.  I have good control of what I have and where.  I have not had time to complete my OAUC FORMS 4 yet but when I do it will have mostly VCR form control and crosschecks.The following will only appear in my newsletter ore "H" type files.  How did I read these files when preparing the disks? I used Speedy Write.A short explanation of file types is in order.  If you catalog an ANN disk in BASIC there will be 3 pieces of information on each file, the file type, size of the file, and filename.  SmartWriter saves files under an "H" file type.  SpeedWrite (SW) uses an "A".  The SmartWriter "H" file uses part of the first block of the file to store margins, tabs and other information.  The "A" type file does not.  SW nThe next traffic light is at LINCOLN ROAD about two blocks on the right.  Turn Right on Lincoln Road and look to the Left and there is the BELLEVUE PUBLIC LIBRARY at 1003 Lincoln Road (Phone 293-3159).  If you past this the next building is the Bellevue East High School on the Left side of the road set way back.  Park in the parking lot and go into the meeting room on the right, near the rest rooms.  The meetings start at 1800 (6 PM) and last until at least 7 PM or 8 PM or later if we need the time. FL 32549-4934.  THE ADAMLink Modem allows you to access another modem or BBS.  The original ADAMLink program did not enable you to upload or download files.The ADAMLink II version does allow you to upload and download.  After the 2nd version came out, it became known as ADAMLink II, and the first version as "I"; but your media may not say if it's I or II.  Instruction booklets which came with your Modem just say ADAMLink Modem and Item No.  7818.  If the booklet is Guide No.  42752 (upper righthanThis is from Saint Louis Adam Users Group $19 for 6 issues, JIM DUFFY, #4 Inverness Ct., St.  Peters MO, 63376.  FILE PROBLEMS by Dean Roades - ANN.  A small problem cropped up recently with the ANN disks.  While the solution applys directly only to ANN subscribers, I thought others could learn from what we discovered.The problem was that many files on side 2 of the April ANN disks could not be loaded into SmartWriter.  A "Cannot Edit This File" message would show on the screen, even though they wence each year, so keep this issue.  Directions to get to the Omaha Adam Users Club meetings at the Bellevue Public Library.From Omaha take 73-75 South past the Southroads shopping center.  Approximately one mile later you will come to Nebraska 131, also known as HARVEL ROAD.  Go to the left turn lane on 131 and continue up over the hill and down past the 1st traffic light at the corner of Galvin Road and 131 (Harvel Road which you are on).  Continue straight ahead and move over to the Right lane.  ormally looks for an "A" when loading a file, but has the ability to load other types.  All you need to do is type "filename(H)" to load a SmartWriter file.  You get some garbage at the beginning of the file, but it is easy to delete it.You can fix the disk using FileManager or any utility program that allows you to change the file type.  Change the "H" to an "A" and the file can be loaded into SmartWriter.This is from AUGER, EMERALD COAST ADAM USERS GROUP, (ECAUG0, PO Box 4934, Fort Walton Beach,The meeting dates should be:  2 Feb, 6 Apr, 1 Jun, 3 Aug, 5 Oct, 7 Dec.  If you forget they are on EVEN MONTHS and on the FIRST TUESDAY of that month.  In case you get lost you can call me at home (402) 291-4405.  However I usually leave around 5:15 or so to get the ADAM set up.to the left turn lane on 131 and continue up over the hill and down past the 1st traffic light at the corner of Galvin Road and 131 (Harvel Road which you are on).  Continue straight ahead and move over to the Right lane.  d corner), you probably have the first version that cannot upload or download.You should have the booklet marked Guide No.  300307 in the upper righthand corner.  With this booklet, & the ADAMLink II program you can then upload or download the text files from a BBS or another ADAM.We have ADAMLink II, on tape or disk, in our price list.  This is only the program; just in case someone needs a replacement, or a backup copy.  If you need a copy of the booklet (Guide No.  300307) we can supply it fored a glossary of computer terms & definitions.  Each definition is easily understood by the novice, and there are many terms that even the more knowledgeable of us might find useful.  I understand that NIAD, 8125 W.  Catherine Street, Chicago, IL 60656, (312) 775-0409, is selling these new glossaries for only $4.95!TAXHELPER 1992 I know you probably think it is way too early to think about filing your 1992 Income Tax returns, but it really Šisn't.  Gary Hoosier's TAXHELPER program has been around fOn Screen I:  Underwater-Joe the diving turtle can give Frogger a free ride on his back.  He will be safe & the two together can even wrap around the screen without killing Frogger.Watch out for Larry the eel on all levels except one at the bottom of the screen.  Frogger can reach the next screen in two ways: 1.  By jumping onto a log berth that's already filled. 2.  By jumping on the ends or wooden underside of any log.On Screen II.  Baby ducks can give Frogger a lift, but watch out for Mama Du1, Franklin, PA 16323-9204, phone (814) 432-3563.  Bruce gave Gary permission to use this ability for his TAXHELPER program.This is from Norman.  The address for Gary Hoosier is, 922 Devon Drive, Devon Place, Newark, DE 19711NORMAN CASTRO, 809W 33rd Ave., Bellevue, NE 68005 (402) 291-4405lossaries for only $4.95!TAXHELPER 1992 I know you probably think it is way too early to think about filing your 1992 Income Tax returns, but it really Šisn't.  Gary Hoosier's TAXHELPER program has been around flva whose name I recognize with the Colecovision, Adam and other systems.  He does like game playing and these game tips/instructions are very well done and appreciated.Things I thought you might like to know by Faye B.  Deere.  Have you ever come across a computer term you weren't sure about? ADAM, and computers in general, have a language that is quite different from the words we use every day.  To help those of us who are relatively new to the computer world, ANN (ADAM News Network) has publish $2.00 (postage included) per copy.FROGGER II INSTRUCTIONS by Jeff Sylva via ANN.  To advance to the higher difficulty levels, Frogger must fill all the berths on all three screens.  You can go from one screen to the other at any time however.  Floating off screen to the right will kill Frogger so watch out!"I"; but your media may not say if it's I or II.  Instruction booklets which came with your Modem just say ADAMLink Modem and Item No.  7818.  If the booklet is Guide No.  42752 (upper righthanor several years now, and is largely responsible for making this yearly chore a lot easier for many ADAM users.  Gary has been diligently working to improve his program.  $20 PPTAXHELPER 1992 will include the ability to use any override, including a zero, and the program will be in "binary load" format.  This means that the program will run in seconds from disk instead of a couple of minutes.  The binary load ability is a direct result of work done by Bruce Walters of HEXACE Software, RD #2, Box 5ck!  Mama Duck will fly Frogger to the Cloud screen if you jump on her back.  Your aim on this screen is to fill the life preserver holes.On Screen III.  On this cloud you start bouncing Frogger up & down by holding the joystick up to bounce higher & higher, moving it down to stop the bouncing.  Butterflies are good for Frogger to eat but everytime he does, a piece of the cloud falls out.  Watch out for the Dragon and on higher levels, the airplane.This is from Norman.  Public thanks go to Jeff Sy INTRODUCTION TO SUPERZAP. BY THOMAS.  J.  KEENE.(The following article was originally published in the Inland Empire ADAM Users Group (IEAUG) newsletter.  This version is the result of laborious transcription by David Sands, to whom we express our sincere appreciation.  In order for us to accommodate the graphical representations, of the screens displayed by Superzap it was necessary for the article to be printed in full page format.  Let me know if you prefer this layout to our regular double cmplexity with ED.COM or the dozen or more variations of ED.COM.  Another CP/M transient command of substantial complexity is DDT.COM.  It combines assembler and disassembler functions and is generally viewed askance by most CP/M users.However, even powerful word processors such as VDE, Word Perfect and WordStar may not provide all of the editing features needed to create the kind of text files we require.  I have been writing about the problems encountered in extending our ADAM to take advantage ofstly for our own pragmatic reasons.  It was a means to an end and of little or no concern as a procedure.  The active pursuit, of an ideal technique is of academic interest only, and probably futile as well, because "best" is contingent upon our definition of the term.  Who is to say what the relative merits of various program features are? So, it is with some trepidation, that I propose yet another way to edit files. There are many devoted ADAMites who maintain that FILEMANAGER is the best Utilitd George Havach often praised the virtues of SUPERZAP but in its orginal form is was far from ADAM friendly.  George configured it for the ADAM and posted it on the Compuserve and Genie boards.  It was accessed only a few times and so the program is almost unknown among ADAM users.  I have found that the ADAM version of SUPERZAP works quite well and is a worthy candidate for everyone's file collection.The documentation ranks among the poorest I ever recall reading.  To begin with, the program is se purpose program is QUICKCOPY.  It is probably the fastest copying utility extant but that is all it does!Word processors are basically file editors.  ADAM CP/M 2.2 comes with a collection of transient commands, one of which is is a word processor of sorts.  That is the ED.COM file.  It has been vilified far and wide for being so extremely difficult to use.  I share that view myself.  I have been told that Irv Hoff used ED.COM as a word processor.  It is true that you could edit files of great coolumn format.  BDC.) Often, there is a better way to do something, than the way we have been doing.  And, just about as often, we are reluctant to change.  Although different is not necessarily better, there is something to be said for expanding one's horizons with a little variety.  I can remember, in the early days of the ADAM, there were many of us intimidated by CP/M.  The manual that came with our CP/M 2.2 was awesome!  Ultimately, most of us bit the bullet, and came to terms with CP/M, but mo the capabilities of modern dot matrix printers.  As I have pointed out, there are printer codes that just can't be incorporated into our text, for a variety of reasons.  I have discussed the use of DU-V87.COM as a companion tool to VDE to achieve that objective.I have long been aware of a great file editor named ZAP and the upgrade, SUPERZAP.  I tried ZAP several years ago but I discarded it as being too awkward.  I found that other programs like DU-V87 were much more user friendly!  My good frieny ever presented to the ADAM community.  I have often contended that honor indisputably goes to JKL Utitilies.  Both are extremely versatile and for the most part, easy to use.  But for a number of applications, I find that there are other disassemblers that are far easier to use.  I have often extolledthe virtue of DU-V87.COM but I contend that versatility is of little importance, if another program performs a single task appreciably better than a jack-of-all-trades kind of program.  One such singltill not user friendly and there are a few strange quirks in the use of the file.  But once you become familiar with it, it does have some advantages.  For example it has a search function which permits you to search for an ASCII string (up to 20 characters long) or a sequence of hexadecimal bytes.  For that matter, so does DU-V87.  But SUPERZAP searches much faster than DU-V87.  Another advantage it has is that it can search for a string by file (instead of by sector as DU-V87 does) or it can searc confusing but it interferes with the functioning of the program.  If you don't remove these two lines, you will not be able to access the entire sctor when you are in the edit mode.  Another manifestation of this malfunction is in the location of the string you are searching for.  It will always point to a location directly beneath the location of the string you searched for.  In a search for a word, the program displays a small arrow that points to the start of the word.  If you haven't removed thf a grave accent character, this can be done by simply repeating the search by hitting one keyboard key.  Even if the blocks containing the file are not contiguous, it proceeds directly to the next block in its search, no matter where that block may be.  This is a major advantage of SUPERZAP.  Incidentally, the ADAM version of SUPERZAP is called ZAPADAM.There is another outstanding feature of SUPERZAP, which no other disassembler I know of has.  And that is, you can often repair a program that is igital data, there is a row of numbers that identify the bytes in a line.  This makes it easy to know which byte is being edited.  However the find function of SUPERZAP minimizes this advantage because it points an arrow to the target rather than telling you its location.Like DU-V87, you can search for a character or string by ASCII text or by hexadecimal notation.  If you request an ASCII search, the arrow will point to the string in the ASCII section of sector information.  If you request a hexaance, the arrow keys are not implemented and to move the cursor down you must hit Control-C (^C).  To move the cursor up you use Control-F (^F) and to move the cursor left you use Control-E (^E) and to move the cursor right, you use Control-D (^D).There is another VERY IMPORTANT admonition I should make that is most significant.  As soon as you load SUPERZAP, you should hit Shift-UNDO.  If not you will be plagued with two lines of meaningless garbage at the bottom of your screen.  This is not onlyh every file on the drive.This ability to search for an ASCII string by file is very similar to the FIND.COM file by Irv Hoff, except that in SUPERZAP this is a built-in feature of a disassembler which permits you to search for a string (ASCII or Hexadecimal) and then immediately go about modifying the file.  One terrific advantage this has, over the block search of DU-V87, occurs when your file is scattered all over the disc as frequently happens in CP/M.  If you are searching for each occurence oose two lines with Shift-UNDO, the arrow will be on the wrong line.  Much worse, if you change th contents, it will appear that you are doing it correctly, but in fact it will make the change in the line above it.  It looks OK, but believe me, it wont't be.  It is easy to avoid this problem by use of the Shift-UNDO maneuver.When you are in the edit mode, your screen presentation of the sector is virtually identical to the screen pesentation of DU-V87, with one nice improvement.  At the top of the dinaccessible because of a CRC error or other corrupted control information.  This is because SUPERZAP will read and write sectors to and from the disc, using BIOS functions directly, thus bypassing the BDOS safeguards and restrictions.  In this way, you can modify the contents of sectors, that will cause normal CP/M disc operations to fail because of a BDOS error condition.One of the things I DON'T like about SUPERZAP is the unconventional commands used to perform very prosaic functions.  For instdecimal search, the arrow will be in the digital section of the sector display.  But even better than that, you may toggle the arrow from one area to the other.  Suppose you had requested an ASCII search for a grave accent, which happens to be located at byte 69.  The arrow will point to the grave accent character in the ASCII section of the data.  If you toggle it to the digital section (with the tab key) the arrow moves over to byte number 69 in the digital area and will be pointing to 60 (which itor modes.  You can enter and exit the Edit mode from either the Directory or the Sector mode, but once in the Edit mode, you can only leave it by returning to the mode from which you entered it.  That is, if you entered the Edit mode from the Sector mode, you can't go directly to the Directory mode.  You must first return to the Sector mode and then go to the Directory mode.The commands vary in the different modes, for example the B command in the Sector mode is used to find a designated block, bu basic command.  If you start the program with: A>ZAP B:  <CR>You will be operating on the B:Drive is what is called the Directory mode.  The screen will appear something like this: SuperZap 5.1D Cursor left    N Next directory page      D Change Drive^E Cursor right  P Previous directory page  S Select track/Sector^F Cursor up     M Set directory Mask       E Edit file^C Cursor down   U Change User Number       T Type fileTAB Next file     (current: 0)              Z Exit from SuperZapDirectoe context it is used here, it means to hide files from access other than the ones you are specifically interested in.  You can be in the Directory mode and mask certain files from being displayed (and accessed) or conversely, you can use a mask to make only certain files accessible.  If you want only "COM" files to be accessible, you can use a mask to make only certain files accessible.  In the directory above there are several files that have a filetype of "BAK." A mask can be invoked that will conded in a previous article on the use of VDE, these will appear as black characters surrounded by a bright yellow background all on a deep blue screen, which makes them highly visible.There are three operating modes of SUPERZAP; the Directory mode, the Sector mode and the Edit mode.  Actually the authors of SUPERZAP refer to the Edit mode as a "sub-mode".  Each of these modes has a different screen presentation and each provides a special function.  You may move freely between the Directory and Secs the hexadecimal code for the grave accent).These are some of the salient features of SUPERZAP.  Now let's consider how to make use of this fine program.  I suggest that you rename the program from ZAPADAM.COM to ZAP.COM.  It is 2K larger than DU-V87.COM (which is 8K) and can be located on an editing utility disk with other appropriate files.  To execute "ZAP" you may type ZAP and a carriage return.  This will bring you to the basic screen of ZAP; you may also invoke a couple of variations of thet in the Edit mode it means to go to the bottom of a files.  When in the "Typing mode" (not actually a "mode") the B command means to page backward.  But there is one command about which there is no ambiguity.  That is the Z command.  This always means to exit SUPERZAP back to CP/M.SUPERZAP uses terms that are unique.  At least some that I haven't encountered in any other program.  And the documentation blithely uses the terms with a minimum of clarification.  There is a term called a "mask." In thry List - B:  ????????.???>CPSVO614.91A    >CREDIT.BAK      >CREDIT.TXT SD.COM>WORDPRC3.BAK    >WORDPRCE3.TXT   >NEWFILE.BAK NEWFILE.BASThis display of files is the directory of the B:Drive.  The cursor will appear in the upper left corner.  The legend that appears at the top of the screen is very useful.  The characters (such as ^D, ^F, TAB, Z) appear as control characters--that is they are in inverse video.  This makes them rather hard to see, but if you have your system configured as I recommenceal all files other than "BAK" files from access.  Similarly, there are a couple of CREDIT.??? files that can be chosen for access.  Also a couple of WORDPRC3 files.  This directory "masking" operation can also be invoked in the command line that executes SUPERZAP.  I noted above that there were several ways to initiate the SUPERZAP program.  Two have already been mentioned (ZAP <CR> and ZAP B:  <CR>).  You can also designate a specific file to be edited on the command line.  The filename may be amimplest place to start a discussion of the use of ZAP would be with the Directory mode.  This is the mode that you would most likely use to enter the program and it probably the simplest to use.  Earlier in this article is the screen presentation when using the ZAP B:  command.  In the left column at the top of the screen are the cursor control commands I don't care too much for this, so I used my QUIKKEYS program to make a macro key assignment to my arrow keys.  I assigned Control-D (^D) to my leftlso use the command line to execute in the Sector mode.  This command line will start the operation in the Sector mode on the B:Drive: A>ZAP B:DSK:  <CR>That colon after DSK is important!  If you omit it, it will think you are searching for a file named DSK and you will enter the directory mode with a diagnostic that the file was not not found.  None of these command enhancements are necessary, because the simple ZAP command will put you into the directory mode on the default drive, from which pohe top of the screen.  The TAB key moves the cursor one file at a time.  But it is just as easy to use the arrow keys.  If the cursor is pointing to the file CPSVO614.91A and you hit the right arrow key the cursor will jump to CREDIT.BAK.  If you hit the down arrow key, it will jump to WORDPRC3.BAK.  Similarly, the left arrow key jumps, to the filename to the left (not a character at a time, but a filename at a time).  So I find the TAB key to be less convenient than the arrow keys in locating the fen ZAP51.DOC with VDE and when it is loaded use the find command Control- Q F (^QF) to search for the word "mask".  The beauty of this is that you can view every occurence of the word and you can read it in its exact context, as it appeared in the documentation.This is fast, easy and sure beats a random visual search for some reference or other.  And you will not miss or skip over any oblique application of the tern which could easily be missed in a visual search. USING THE DIRECTORY MODE The sbiguous or specific.  A command line that will open a specific file on the B:Drive named CREDIT.BAK is as follows: A>ZAP B:CREDIT.BAK <CR>A command line that will mask our all files from access except BAK files (that is, an ambiguous filename) would appear thusly: A>ZAP B:*.BAK <CR>I haven't found this masking technique particulary useful.  If you just select the ZAP B:  command you will enter the Directory mode in which all of the files on the B:Drive may be accessed quite readily.You may a arrow key; Control-E (^E) to my right arrow key; Control-F (^F) to my up arrow key and Control-C (^C) to my down arrow key.  In this way I use the arrow keys in their normal function.  The last command in the left column is the TAB key.When your cursor has been moved down to the files in the directory list, you can move it to point to the next file in the list.  Whenver you want to perform some operation on a specific file, you move the cursor to that file and then select the operation listed at tint you can readily move to any drive and then either, select a file or select the sector mode.   A UNIQUE USE FOR VDE266 There are times when you are plowing through a DOC file, trying to find a discussion of some term or other, and you go nearly blind trying to locate the term.  Such might be the case in trying to locate each description of the term "mask" in the rather awkward documentary on SUPERZAP.  VDE266 can make this chore a breeze.  The doc file for SUPERZAP is named ZAP51.DOC.  Just opile I want to work on.So if you have a large number of files on your B:Drive, they won't all appear on the first screen, so you will have to hit N to bring up the next directory page of filenames.  Similarly if you are on the second page of the directory, you must hit P to go back to the first page.  The third option in the second column is "M Set directory mask".  I discussed the mask term above.  If you select the M option (just hit M; no carriage return needed) then you will see this screen: SDELETE key.  SUPERZAP is easy to use but it is also very limited in the things it can do.  One serious shortcoming is the failure to provide for printing a hard copy of your work.  DU-V87, on the other hand.  will print out all of its operations.  To me a hard copy is essential.  So if that is what I need, I'll just have to use DU-V87. and tried to edit the file, you would get a diagnostic comment that the file was not found.  While in the alternate mask mode, there are a couple of other commands.will move down to the first question mark in the file type.  If you have entered your file type and hit a carriage return (or if you hit a carriage return with the cursor at the first question mark in file type--that is, you want a filename but no file type) then you will be immediately returned to the screen mask that was displayed before you hit M.  This is the normal screen of the directory mode.  A change will have occurred in this screen.  Instead of the ambiguous question marks in the line "DiI Next track        A Find ASCII stringO Previous track    H Find Hex sequence  E Edit SectorC Clipboard operations  Clipboard :- EmptyCSelect option ==>_     File Name      Access    Current Sector     File OffsetB:WORDPRC3.BAK       R/W          0000             000000Offset  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F | ---- ASCII ---- |000000 1B 40 1B 57 31 1B 77 31 1B 71 03 1B 45 1B 47 1B |.@.W1.w1.q..E.G.|000010 43 42 1B 4E 08 1B 6B 01 1B 61 01 0D 0A 53 41 59 |CB.N..k..a...SAY|000020   The ESC command refers to the escape key and it will return you to the normal directory mode screen immediately.  The TAB key toggles you from the file name line to the file type line, back and foth with each tab key operation.  The DEL command is not often used in normal ADAM CP/M.  There is no DEL key on our keyboard as in some computers.  You can get the DEL function with a Control-DELETE if you feel it necessary .  Or you can suse the QUIKKEYS program to put the Control-DELETE function on the uperZap 5.1^D Cursor left ^V Insert on/off TAB Toggle name/type^E Cursor right DEL Delete character ESC Use Current MaskFile name ==>????????? <=File type ==> ??? <=The cursor will be found under the first question mark in File name (as shown).  The use of ^D, ^E and ^V are self explanatory.  You may type in a filename at the location of the question marks (indicating ambiguous characters).  If your filename is less than the allotted eight characters, just hit a carriage return, and the cursor SUPERZAP Continued:                                  EDITING A FILE In the directory mode, you may select a  file for editing by placing the cursor at the appropriate filename and then hitting E. As an example, let's select the file WORDPRC3.TXT  for editing.  After  executing  the  "Edit file" command you will get the next screen:                                SuperZap 5.1N Next sector       T Top of file        L Return to file ListP Previous sector   B Bottom of file     Z Exit from SuperZaprectory List" you will see the file name of the file you just entered in the directory mask operation> If you had typed in TEST.TXT then this would now appear in the directory list postiion of the normal directory mode screen.  All of the other files that appeared before will be missing.Suppose that you had entered a fictitious filename and tried to edit the file, you would get a diagnostic comment that the file was not found.  While in the alternate mask mode, there are a couple of other commands.20 49 54 20 57 49 54 48 20 56 44 45 32 36 36 0D | IT WITH VDE266.|000030 0A 1B 57 30 1B 77 30 1B 71 00 1B 46 1B 48 1B 67 |..W0.w0.q..F.H.g|000040 1B 6C 0A 1B 51 76 1B 61 03 0D 0A 0D 0A 20 20 20 |.1..Qv.a.....   |000050 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 |           This |000060 69 73 20 61 20 63 6F 6E 74 69 6E 75 61 74 69 6F |is a continuatio|000070 6E 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 6F 75 72 |n of the discour|While the main data section has a familiar presentation, the commands are rack    H Find Hex sequence  E Edit SectorC Clipboard operations  Clipboard :- WORDPRC3.BAK                                Select option ==>_     File Name      Access    Current Sector     File OffsetB:WORDPRC3.BAK       R/W          0000             000000Offset  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F | ---- ASCII ---- |000000 1B 40 1B 57 31 1B 77 31 1B 71 03 1B 45 1B 47 1B |.@.W1.w1.q..E.G.|000010 43 42 1B 4E 08 1B 6B 01 1B 61 01 0D 0A 53 41 59 |CB.N..k..a...SAY|000020 20 49 54 20 57 may  search  for  an  ASCII  or  Hex  string as you can in the sector mode. One difference that has already been noted  is  that  you can search the entire file without taking any notice of the  non-contiguous storing of the sectors of the file. This is of inestimable value in  searching for strings or bytes. Once you have located the item to be  edited,  you may use the "Edit sector" command to make changes. Both the find commands  and  the  edit  command  function  the same  as  in  the  sector  mod sector that you placed in the clipboard. But the file that you are now viewing is actually the clipboard file and NOT the original file . Anything you do here will have no effect on the original file, until you exchange the edited clipboard file back to the original.  You may edit away to your  heart's  content. When you have finished, just hit C again and you will go back to the  clipboard  screen.  At  this  time  you  may exchange the edited clipboard with the original  sector  or you may escape    Select option ==>_Current    :-B:WORDPRC3.BAK Sector 0000Clipboard  :-EmptyAt this time the  clipboard  is  empty.  You may copy the current sector to the clipboard by hitting the command C (copy  current  sector  to  clipboard). This returns you to a previous screen display:                                SuperZap 5.1N Next sector       T Top of file        L Return to file ListP Previous sector   B Bottom of file     Z Exit from SuperZapI Next track        A Find ASCII stringO Previous ta bit different. The  second  column  has  two  that should be noted. If you select T (Top of file) the cursor will move to  the  first  byte  in  the  entire  file. Likewise, if you hit B (Bottom of file) you will immediately move to the end of the file.  These  are  extremely  useful  commands. Just above the data section there is a display that tells you what file  is being edited and whether or not it is READ ONLY or READ/WRITE 9as it is in this example).  Also the file offset is displayed.You 49 54 48 20 56 44 45 32 36 36 0D | IT WITH VDE266.|000030 0A 1B 57 30 1B 77 30 1B 71 00 1B 46 1B 48 1B 67 |..W0.w0.q..F.H.g|000040 1B 6C 0A 1B 51 76 1B 61 03 0D 0A 0D 0A 20 20 20 |.1..Qv.a.....   |000050 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 69 73 20 |           This |000060 69 73 20 61 20 63 6F 6E 74 69 6E 75 61 74 69 6F |is a continuatio|000070 6E 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 64 69 73 63 6F 75 72 |n of the discour|The only apparent difference is  that  the clipboard is now seen to contain the file ande.  I  haven"t mentioned the use of the Clipboard command.  This is an interim storage provision  which  creates  a separate file for editing purposes. The authors consider this a safety feature. Executing the Clipboard  operations  command  from  the  directory  mode  will  give  you the following screen:                                SuperZap 5.1     C   Copy current sector to clipboard     X   Exchange current sector with clipboard     ESC Return to sector display                             with none of the editing inserted into the  original file. You can see how this is a safety feature.  You may edit your data  from either the directory mode or from the sector mode.  If  you  prefer  to  edit your file by sector (the way DU-V87 does) then you should chose the sector  mode.  This  works  very  well.  But if you want to edit by file, then choose  the directory mode. It is this directory mode of editing by file that gives SUPERZAP  one of its strongest appeals. As I mentioned above thiDU-V87 which only identifies the bytes of the sector being examined.  If  that becomes confusing to you, you can refer to the line of  information  immediately above this. Here you can see the sector number, the block number as well as the drive name.The legend at the top of the screen is almost  self  explanatory. The command L (Return to file List) will return you to the initial directory mode screen shown earlier. In fact, you  can  toggle  back  and forth between the sector mode and directory mo:                               SuperZap 5.1N Next sector       T Select Track       A Find ASCII stringP Previous sector   S Select Sector      H Find Hex sequenceI Next track        B Select BlockO Previous track    D Select Drive       Z Exit from SuperzapC Clipboard operations  Clipboard :- Empty                     E Edit sectorC Select option ==>_   Current Track   Current Sector  Current Block    Current Drive    0000           0000           0000               B: Offset  0  1  2  3  ncel changes Current Track   Current Sector  Current Block    Current Drive    0000           0000           0000               B: Offset  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F | ---- ASCII ----|000000 00 53 44 20 20 20 20 20 20 43 4F 4D 00 00 00 0A |.SD      COM....|000010 02 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|000020 00 47 4F 4F 44 20 20 20 20 42 41 4B 00 00 00 00 |.GOOD    BAK....|000030 04 05 06 07 06 09 0A 0B 0C 16 17 1A 1D 1E 21 22 |................|0000404F 4F 44 20 20 20 20 42 41 4B 01 00 00 31 |.GOOD    BAK....|000070 23 24 28 29 2A 2B 2C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |#$()*+..........|This presentation  should  appear  somewhat familiar to anyone who has used DU- V87. The heading is different but the data presentation is quite similar.  Note the difference that I mentioned earlier; this line just above the data has that row of numbers that identify the byte  number.  And  notice  that  there  is  a column labelled "Offset". This  is  different from s  is  particularly  useful when your CP/M file is scattered all over the disc, which is very often the case.                           USING THE SECTOR MODERefer to the screen presentation shown  earlier  in  this  article. This is the first screen of the directory mode.  If  we immediately select S, we will go to the sector mode and will enter this mode with the first block of the directory. This will be Group zero, (or Track D of  the  B:  Drive).  The  new screen will appear something like thisde by hitting S in the directory  mode  and  L  in the sector mode. Note  the  Z  command  which  will  return  you  to CP/M. When you are ready to explore  the  editing  features  of  SUPERZAP,  hit E and you will get the next screen. You may then try your hand at editing.                               SuperZap 5.1^D Cursor left              CR New line ^E Cursor right             TAB Toggle hex/ASCII ^F Cursor up                ^W Write changes to disk ^D  Cursor down             ^Q Quit and ca4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F | ---- ASCII ---- |000000 00 53 44 20 20 20 20 20 20 43 4F 4D 00 00 00 0A |.SD      COM....|000010 02 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|000020 00 47 4F 4F 44 20 20 20 20 42 41 4B 00 00 00 00 |.GOOD    BAK....|000030 04 05 06 07 06 09 0A 0B 0C 16 17 1A 1D 1E 21 22 |................|000040 00 57 4F 52 44 50 52 43 32 42 41 4B 00 00 00 00 |.WORDPRC2BAK....|000050 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 1B 1C 1F 20 25 |...............%|000060 00 47  00 57 4F 52 44 50 52 43 32 42 41 4B 00 00 00 00 |.WORDPRC2BAK....|000050 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 1B 1C 1F 20 25 |...............%|000060 00 47 4F 4F 44 20 20 20 20 42 41 4B 01 00 00 31 |.GOOD    BAK....|000070 23 24 28 29 2A 2B 2C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |#$()*+..........|You  may  experiment  with  editing  this  sector without causing any permanent changes. There is a command that causes  the  changes  to  be  written  to  the disc and until you exercise that command, no harm can comeck       A Find ASCII stringP Previous sector   S Select Sector      H Find Hex sequenceI Next track        B Select BlockO Previous track    D Select Drive       Z Exit from SuperzapC Clipboard operations  Clipboard :- Empty                     E Edit sectorC Select option ==>_   Current Track   Current Sector  Current Block    Current Drive    0000           0000           0000               B:                                                        NEXT? (Y/N)Offset  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8II area with the  TAB  control.  Your  cursor  will  now appear in the ASCII area in the  same  byte position that it was in the digital area.Just as an exercise, suppose you want to  change  the  characters  "COM" in the first line to "BAK". Use the  TAB  key  to toggle the cursor to the ASCII area. Now move the cursor to the  character  C.  Just  type  in  the  new  characters "BAK". To make the change permanent hit  Control-W  (^W).  But  since  this  is just a practice you will  avoid  permanent20 20 20 42 41 4B 01 00 00 31 |.GOOD    BAK....|Š000070 23 24 28 29 2A 2B 2C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |#$()*+..........|ŠŠLook at byte 48 in the digital area. You  will  notice  a  greater-than  Šsymbol pointing to the byte "32". If you  had  used the ASCII find command, Šthat arrow would be pointing to the character 2 in WORDPRC2, like this: ŠŠ |.WORDP->2BAK....|ŠŠThis digital search makes finding the  target  byte  an  easy  process  in Šwhat would  otherwise  be  a  dismal  chore.  Having foube easier to edit the ASCII section by putting our cursor at 2 and  change it to 3. But I have a reason for suggesting a digital area edit.I want to demonstrate the use of the H  command  (Find  hex  sequence).  At the Select option (where  your  cursor  will  be) enter H and a carriage return. It will prompt you with "Find" and you  enter  the  number  "32"  and  a  carriage return.  Now the screen will appear like this:                                SuperZap 5.1N Next sector       T Select Tra.Again, some of these instructions are  self explanatory. The TAB command is one of the very useful features of SUPERZAP.  As  soon  as  you  begin to edit this sector, your cursor will be  placed  in  the digital area at the first byte (as shown). You may move this around the digital  area with the cursor controls. If you  move  the  cursor  to  the  extreme  position  in  the  data  area it will recirculate back to the other end.  It  is often easier to edit the ASCII area; you can move to the ASC  9  A  B  C  D  E  F | ---- ASCII ---- |000000 00 53 44 20 20 20 20 20 20 43 4F 4D 00 00 00 0A |.SD      COM....|000010 02 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|000020 00 47 4F 4F 44 20 20 20 20 42 41 4B 00 00 00 00 |.GOOD    BAK....|000030 04 05 06 07 06 09 0A 0B 0C 16 17 1A 1D 1E 21 22 |................|000040 00 57 4F 52 44 50 52 43>32 42 41 4B 00 00 00 00 |.WORDPRC2BAK....|000050 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 1B 1C 1F 20 25 |...............%|Š000060 00 47 4F 4F 44 20  changes. If there are to be multiple changes in this sector, you  can  withhold  the  Control-W  command  until  all changes have been completed. If you have  finished your editing in this sector, either the Control-W or  the  Control-Q  will return you to the previous screen (Sector Mode).Now suppose you would like to make a digital  area  edit. An easy example would be to change the  byte  "32"  to  "33".  What this will really do is change the ASCII entry WORDPRC2 to WORDPRC3. Sure,  it  would  nd the byte, there Šwill be a prompt that asks if you want to find the  next occurence of the Štarget. This is seen just above the  word  ASCII  in  the  header. The next Šinput from you must be an answer to the question:ŠŠ NEXT: Y/NŠŠIf you respond with "Y" it will search for  another  but an "N" will return you to the Select option prompt. Note that the arrow that points to the target will be  in  inverse  video.  This  makes  it  much easier to spot. Make note of the position of this target byt that takes a bit of know-how. It might be that the repair will consist of limiting the battle damage  rather  than  a  precise  surgery.  But  I  can  assure you that damage control is a lot better than losing everything!Thomas J. KeeneIEAUGile will be a total  loss if you can't recover from a CRC error.  This is one of  the  most  devastating failures you will ever encounter with your ADAM. It sometimes occurs  when  you  have  apparently  done  nothing yourself to have brought it on. When yourch.  In  the example I use frequently (a search for the "grave" accent), it is easier to use the directory mode, select a filename, and search for each occurence of the ASCII the "grave" accent.  Once the search stops in a sector where it finds a "grave" accent, you can readily spot it, invoke the edit operation and change it.Actually the search and edit operation of  SUPERZAP  is extremely easy once you have tried it a few times! In  the  next  article on SUPERZAP I will delve into the repair of aAMphiles newsletter ADVISA and distributed via the ADAM News Network.Time, to be perfectly original  about  it,  marches on. Leaving most of us scrambling to catch up, too.Gleanings  is  now  being  written  in  its  third word processor.  It  started  out,  as did we most of us, in SmartWRITER, progressed only  about a year or so ago to SpeedyWRITE, and now it's being done in VDE266. This is largely because of the  example of the ADVISA's editor, who, as we all know, is a trendy  sort of fellow   have  been  typing  a  long  document and  bring  it  up  with  your  word  processor to add more to it, and the word processor can't access it because of a  CRC  error,  it's  enough to bring on a panic attack. You probably  have  no  idea what the error might be, because you can't even view it.  Much worse than that,  you  can't  make  a copy of it with JKL Utilities or PIP.COM or COPY.COM in  order to analyse the problem. It isn't too difficult to locate the sector that  has the problem, but evene. At the select option prompt,  you will choose "E" (Edit  sector) and you will get the edit screen (the screen just before the one above). Move the cursor to byte number 48 and change it to 33. It might be more comfortable to hit the TAB as soon as the cursor is at byte 48.  This will move the  cursor over to the ASCII area, and ut will then point to the number "2" in WORDPRC2. Now you may edit the 2 to 3 in ASCII characters.  Most frequently, in editing text files it is easier to make an ASCII sea                        GLEANINGS.                       BY DAVID SANDS.Gleanings is a column of information, rumour, quotation and opinion gathered  from  exchange newsletters, other miscellaneous sources and Fidonet  correspondence.  All sources are cited and  interjections from within quoted material are in square  brackets.  Readers  who  desire more information should contact  their Editor. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Gleanings is written for the Vancouver  Island  Senior AD CRC error. This is one of  the few utilities that permit you to even view a sector with a CRC error, much less repair it. It is not a procedure for the faint hearted. But  there  are  times when a lot of precious time which was spent creating a file will be a total  loss if you can't recover from a CRC error.  This is one of  the  most  devastating failures you will ever encounter with your ADAM. It sometimes occurs  when  you  have  apparently  done  nothing yourself to have brought it on. When youalways following  the  latest  yuppie  crazes.  And the second reason is that since  David  Cobley has transformed the nl into one produced almost  entirely with TDOS and VDE and  allied  programs,  it  seemed  like a good idea to submit  the  following  contribution  in an appropriate format. There really is  no  lack of good stuff for the ADVISA, David keeps on mentioning,  with  of  course no suggestion that  Gleanings  might not always be dear to his heart.And of course, actually working  wit store  ADAM files.  Joe Alford is one of many ADAM owners to also own an IBM, and who was recently 'volunteered' to make  copies of the ADAM News Network  disks.  He'll  use  this  program. Joe says it allows you to transfer  ADAM  files to a hard drive and then produce ADAM disks on the IBM machine. The program is   ADAM<-->DOS.   And  the  aforementionned  Patricia Herrington is also a programmer.  Her  latest  work  is Fontasy. Two disks, Vol 1A  and 2A, contain fonts (type faces) for use with ge or  average again.  Instead, of course, we are mobility challenged,  or  similar.  This abstract line of thought  arose from a Vancouver Sun TV columnists' observation that  a lot of the folks we see on  the  tube  are,  in  the  current newspeak, 'highly existance  challenged.'  That  is  to  say,  dead!.  He mentioned reruns like "The Fugitive', 'I Love Lucy' and 'Bonanza.' But the ADAM is merely  challenged, and when you read the  Fidonet  correspondence, the various ADAM newsletters, the cated a map  in  the  Sept.'92 MOAUG nl showing the location   of  Miami  at  the  tip  of  the  state  and confirming no damage to anyone  well  known to the ADAM community..  All the ADAM user groups were much further north and well out of the path.It's interesting that most  user groups aren't in major metropolitan centers in the  US  or  Canada.  Now maybe Orlando is a major center--Tupperware comes from there, after   all--and   Anaheim   is  certainly  large,  and Cleveland is a garden spot  ofe Gleaner says,  from  the  middle  of  a  chaotic  pile  of ADAM newsletters and stuff.Three programs introduced at ADAMCON IV are reviewed in the  Sept.  92  463-MOAUG  nl.  Francis  Clee  (wife of Toronto  VISA  member  Richard)  wowed a session at the 'Con with her LOGO Demo.  It's now a public domain item available through the  ADAM  News  Network.  And  Chris Braymen, the ADAM MIDI programmer, has written a public domain program that allows  the  IBM  (MS-DOS or clone) computer to copy and h  a  program  is a fantastic  way  to  learn  everything  you need to know about it.  I've already  forgotten everything I used to know about SpeedyWRITE. Well,  most  of  it. I can tell you that  a  lot  of  its  control codes are useless in VDE266, reducing  my  keyboarding  speed  to  Underwood manual   level,   and   my  mental  processes  to  pre- SmartWRITER.Challenged, that's the current  'in'  word, and none of us, thank you Lord, need ever be handicapped, disabled, crippled, lame, overaPowerPaint  and  Sol  Swift's Label Printshop programs. One  interesting font is ERIE. With it, instead of your words resting  flat on an invisible straight line, you can  have  type that rises and falls as it crosses the page. The Fontasy disks are available from NIAD.September's huge Hurricane Andrew  is only a memory for most of us, but it's still real in Florida. One feature of the media attention to  the damage was an outpouring of concern for ADAM users in  the state. Pat Herrington publishalogs from  ADAM's  House and NIAD, you realize that, like  someone in a wheelchair or with a brace or an aide, it's what  ADAM  can  do,  and  can contribute to us, that's  important, not the handicaps, whoops, challenges it faces.And I can't help but mention  the contribution Orlando, FL.  nl  editor  Patricia  Herrington  has made to this whole  concept.  She  discovered, via Fidonet, that she wasn't messy or chronically surrounded by disaster: she was 'organizationally challenged.'  Me too, th the universe, I am told, but where is the New York City  ADAM User Group? Or the Boston  or  Atlanta,  Los  Angeles or Chicago ADAM User Group?Metro Toronto ADAM User Group is probably the only "big city" one we have.(I just know I'm going to hear from St. Louis.)Tom Keene of  the  Inland  Empire ADAM User Group nl is doing something interesting in his publication; using a program that tells him how  many  "distinct"  words  he uses.  Some of the  results  are interesting. In a 4693 word arti a  fun  maze-type  game  for one or two childen searching for letters. On  Cartridge, disk or datapack. MONKEY ACADEMY is an  excellent  math  arcade  game  on Cartridge, Disk or  Datapack.  FRACTION  FEVER  teaches older children the relationship  between  fractions and object  representations.  It  is  on cartridge, disk or datapack.  Also  available  on disk or datapack: SCHOOL DAZE teaches math skills in  a  cheery environment--for grades   1   to   4.  EASY  AS  A,B,C  AND  1,2,3  with alphab probably familiar with their own spouse's habit of getting the  last word. The last word on ADAMCon 04 goes to Kathi Vrancks, "A Computer Widow" writing in the 463-MOAUG nl about her experience of the convention:"One thing I  did  learn  at  ADAMCon 03 was not to let Jerry have all the money when  the ADAM store was open. If we hadn't lived so close to last years convention we wouldn't  have  had  enough  money for gas to get home. (And they say women  spend  money  foolishly.)  What  a feeling able  Flashfacts  can  be  used  covering HISTORY, VOCABULARY   and   TRIVIA   (Flashcard  and  FlashFacts available    on    datapack   only)."   Terry   Fowler, 'Educational   Software',   ADAM  International  Media, August 92.  [capitals  and  syntax per original] ADAM's House, I  should  hardly  need  to  add,  has  a  great selection of cartridges. Route  2,  Box 2756, Pearland, TX. USA 77581-9503."I thought  I  was  doing  a  good job at making backup copies of my software until  my one and ctible. But many good  titles  are available on disk or datapack, too.  For  the two year old or older, RICHARD SCARRY"S WORDBOOK is  an  excellent  visual and musical format to learn  word/object association. It is available on Datapack only, however.  FACEMAKER is also popular with young  children,  on  Cartridge,  Disk  or Datapack.  DR. SUESS: FIX UP  THE MIX UP PUZZLER is fun for children  and  teaches,  too.  ALPHABET ZOO teaches children how to spell and associate  objects and words. It  is cle on indexing, only  887  are distinct words and the others are repeats  of some of the 887. Now Tom has a fine vocabulary, and no  doubt a really good CP/M Thesaurus, but some  words,  like index, don't have any useful synonyms.  A program  like his helps show us how much  repetition  there  is  in  most of the writing we read.   And   write.   Reminds  me  of  the  old  joke: "Repetition is the first sign of senility. If I've said that once I've said it a hundred times."Married ADAMites  are etical   and  number  drills  that  teach  number concepts and picture association; MATH MENTOR uses game incentives   to   keep   child's   interest,   valuable information   and  tips/tricks,  plus  more;  EXPERTYPE teaches the entire  family  how to type, each at his or her own pace. You pick up where  you  left off the last time; and, FLASHCARD  MAKER  and pre-made sets of cards called, FLASHFACTS. With Flashcard Maker your child can be drilled on subjects and answers  you  create, or the availof power this year  when  he  came  to me. 'But honey, I need it, it's a good price and I don't have to pay  shipping  and  handling.  Please  can  I  have the money.' This alone made the convention well worth it.""One way ADAM scores  big  against Nintendo is with the variety of  educational  software  that  is  available. Educational software is is contained  on both Cartridge Game  Format  and  Digital  Datapack  or  Disk formats. Cartridges are easy  for  children to use and virtually indestruonly disk drive developed a bad case of amnesia. I then discovered most of my more  used  software  was on disk and so were the backups. I copied most of my data packs to disk but not vice versa. I couldn't even  use  my  DM  [dot  matrix] printer,   all   the  printer  patches  were  on  disk. Needless  to  say  from  this  point  on every piece of software WILL be backed  up  on disk and datapack. This wouldn't have been such a major  catastrophe  if  I had two disk drives, or had been a little marks the size of the program (in K) on the back of the pad  of paper so that when he has another program of that size,  or  smaller,  he can use the other side of the  paper, knowing that the printout will fit. That's recycling,  economy  and good thinking all in one idea, and from a really great guy, too.  Did I mention he likes the Gleanings column?Tom Keene has saved me a lot of time with one great tip that originally appeared in  the Mar/Apr.92 ADVISA (you could look it up). In CP/M-TDOS, therajor programs for other computers that will run on your ADAM.In a previous edition of Gleanings, the writer made the point that it's incumbent on  information  providers to be  accurate.  In  that  vein, I must point out that in yet another column I referred  to  a  "humdinger"  of a controversy   in   the   ADAM  world  and  named  three individuals.  In  connection  with that item, I wish to make it clear  that  while  the  quotations  cited  are accurate,   the   conclusions   reached   and  opndications  that things   are  changing  in  the  ADAM  world.  Software suppliers will be fewer, and  the  broad  selection  of overlapping  and  competing  programs  we've  taken for granted will be gone."Most software vendors are purging their stocks of out- of-date software titles. These have no place in today's hi-tech world and  ADAM  software, keeping up with more modern computers as usual, is  no exception.  Here is a list of  titles  you  may  be  glad to see the back of. Their replaceme  disregarded. Considering what you see here, that may surprise  you,  but there really is  some  selection.  One  great  little glimmer that I didn't want to pass up  is  from Bart Lynch of Seattle, one of nature's noblemen. Bart  is  a truly fine fellow who's high opinion of  Gleanings has nothing to do with all of this flattery (NOT!) Bart--clever fellow that he is--prints out his programs  on  dot  matrix paper, but doesn't tear the pages apart, just takes it off the end of the roll. Then, he more foresighted. Thought I  would  just  pass  this tip along so someone else doesn't make my mistake."  Jerry  Vranks  'Tips on Making Backups ( Yes, AGAIN!)' in Edmonton ADAM's Leaf, via ANN, 'Sept.'92. [capitals in original]Elliam Associates, P.O.  Box  2664, Atascadero, CA, USA 93423, has a 30-page catalog of CP/M programs for $1.00 (US) and is one of the ADAM world's premier sources for software.  One thing ADAM  users  sometimes  forget  is that   there  are  versions  available  of  many  me's a great little command called GO. It  lets  you  jump  back  into  the program  you  were  using  before  you  exited  to  the operating system (CP/M or TDOS.)  For example, I wanted to  print  out  the  directory  of the disk I'm storing Gleanings  on,  so  I  exited  to  TDOS from VDE with a Control-KX,  did  a  Control-P  and  SmartKEY VI (DIR), printed out  my  disk  directory, and then, at the TDOS 4.58> prompt, typed GO, and I was right back in VDE.From  two  different  sources,  some  iinions expressed are mine alone, and  it  is  possible  that I have  misrepresented  some  identities.  In  short, all opinions  expressed  in  Gleanings  are  those  of  the writer, Dave Sands, and  anything presented in "quotes" is a direct transcription from  the source credited.I attempt to be fair,  and  generous, and to the extentthat I am not, I am sorry.Somewhere,   in   the   vast  cornucopia  that  is  the information base for Gleanings, marvelous ideas glimmer briefly and somehow, getnts are  far  better  and  contain  more useful utilties suited to the ADAM user of today.  Some members may still be using these  old titles so we will print   a   list   of   convenient  replacements  right alongside." ADAMLink 2 & 3     ADAMLink V Intel Best 3.3     SmartBASIC 1.x Intel Load         See Public Domain PACKOPY V1.0       File Manager 3.0 PACKOPY V1.1       File Manager 3.0 PrBOOT             ADAM'S Desktop SHOWOFF II         SmartWRITER ELITE or                    SmartWRITER  considerable features added.Keith Marner reports in his  ADAMCon IV coverage that a major problem affecting  ADAM hard drives was solved at the convention: "That night in the hotel bar I saw Tony Morehen and Mark Gordon looking very pleased and it had nothing to do with the beer  they  were drinking.  They called me  over  and  explained their delight. You see, these two had never met  except  for  phone  calls  and letters yet Tony wrote the software  drivers for Mark's hard disks. [The Micro  l and confuse  the  purchaser's  selection process.  Ramdisk  software  is  the perfect example of this." Notini goes on to say "Previously I thought that quantity and quality of products was the best thing for the ADAM,  but  I  have  come  to realize that only the quality of the product is  what  matters."  NIAD's  new operator concludes "By the  way,  the  ramdisk programs that have survived the cut  down are ADAM'S DESK TOP by Walters Software Co. and MEMDISK  FOR  LOGO  by  Hexace Software."he  disk,  whether it started as sector zero as the first or sector one as the first. As I understand it, the manual  was totally unorthodox and had  thrown  both  of  these  men  off  track  (no  pun intended)." 'The 4th ADAM  Convention',  UKAS  Journal, Aug/Sept '92.I'm pretty sure the following  message is good news. It appeared  on  FidoNet  as  you  see  it,  and  seems to indicate the birth of a new BBS and ADAM interest group here in the Great  White  North. The enthusiam Hurst is displayissue (Sept.'92) also announces  two  new programs from Walters  Software  and  one  from  Maine  ADAM Library. Screen  Saver  blanks  your  TV  or  monitor  screen or changes colors by preset  intervals, when you're not at the ADAM but want to leave it  on,  and Post-it creates 12-line notes,  158  to  a  disk, for refrigerator-note style reminders.  Both are  apparently  designed  to be ramdisk programs.  And  SmartPRINT PLUS (from Maine) is an    updated    modification   of   SwiftPRINT,   withHELPER SmartDISK          ADAM'S Desktop SmartDISK III      ADAM'S Desktop SwiftBASIC 80      SmartBASIC 1.x TurboDISK 1.0      ADAM'S Desktop TurboDISK 2.0      ADAM'S Desktop--Keith  Marner  'Deleted  Stock',  United Kingdom ADAM Subscribers JOURNAL, Aug/Sept '92.And Jim Notini of NIAD is now also reducing stock;"Over  the  years  there  have  been  so  many  similar programs developed by different companies and sometimes even the  same  company  that  it doesn't make sense to carry them alInnovations line of hard drives for ADAM] The latest batch of drives would not work for a reason that had eluded Mark  for nearly a year. These drives kept on  locking  out  sectors of the disk as if they were bad until eventually  the whole disk would be rendered useless.  This  amounted to a huge investment, on Mark's part, going down  the  toilet.  Now  they had discovered that  a  notation  in the drive's manual was misinterpreted. The notation  referred to the numbering of  the  sectors  on  tThis stock reduction  process is one that will continue as the ADAM market shrinks:  it will be survival of the fittest, or most popular, in the marketplace. If you've been thinking  about  buying  a particular program, now might be the hour as the clearance sales start.  On the other hand--you could wait and  hope  it becomes public domain.  NIAD has  announced  that the Superior Sofware programs Pro Golf Champ, LinkBuilder,  AFL Football and SuperiorBasic 3.0 are now  public domain. Yet, the same ing is certainly refreshing  and welcome and the Gleaner hopes it continues.Message #3790 - ADAM Date: 12-09-92 09:16 From: Michael Hurst      To: All Subject: 888 DUPONT(Mike Hurst) To All ADAMites...!! Please feel free to write or call at : (416) 531-7894 OR WRITE 888 DUPONT Michael Hurst 888 Dupont Street,Suite 301, Toronto, Ontario. M6G 1Z8 With any information that you feel  would be important for the CANADIAN  ADAM NEWS AND DISSCUSION ASSOCIATION...C.A.N.A.D.A.  being  as  it's I haee: 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 alike" Jose Quiles "Newbee News" in  the Albany (N.Y.) AUG nl, Sept. 92,  via ANN.And Bart Lynch--where have you heard of this guy before  ---has discovered a brand-new way to automate his ADAM.In a fascinating story coming  soon to a newletter near you, he tells how, through sheer, unadulterated  genius and a lot of luck and coincidence,  he  was able to rig u8)(syntax,  capitals,  etc.  per original) I'm not really sure about the sole proprietorship of the name CANADA-- does Brian Mulroney  know?  After  the  referendum,  he might not be ready for this.Yet more news from the electronic postman:Message #3558 - ADAM Date: 06-10-92 14:30   From: Ron Collins     To: Barry Wilson Subject: AdamCON V (five?)Barry, just wanted to pass along a little info I picked up  from  Alan  Neeley  Sunday  night  on  CompuServe's Computer Club Forum.  Each week, at )  reports  that  Micro Innovations is  now  supplying Hard Drive Boot programs on PROMs with their HD  Interface  cards  for  the  H/P PowerMATE, and the  Walters  Software  programs  ADAM's DESK  TOP  and  SmartWRITER  ELITE  are  now  available ($29.95 ea. U.S.) as PROMs  for  MI  parallel interface cards.Last  Word  Dept.  From  'Sorting' by Joe Alford, which appeared in the St.Louis ADAM  User  Group nl, Oct. 92; "The  programs  are  from  Richard C. Adams (I like the name!) SCIENCE WITH COMnge for sitting  around  talking,  and  will only cost in the proposed range of $220 to $240 for the full delegate package.Alan  said  that  other  packages would be available as well.  He's even looking at the possibility of a little ride into Wendover for the banquet. This should be SOME convention!!!!I hope we can look forward to  seeing YOU there, Barry! Please, please?  * Ron * --- QM v1.00  * Origin: Buckeye Hamshack  Akron,Ohio (216)867-6984,  HST (1:157/507.0)"Take a tip from a newbve gone and got a sole prop.ship  with this name I can know use it with out worry about others  using  it... I need any and all you have to give  when it comes to the ADAM and I think that all of you will  find that I not only wish but am trying to keep ADAM alive as we all want him  to be in the community.... So WRITE PHONE MAIL FIDO it all take all that you can sent myway!! THANKING ALL ADAMites IN ADVANCE 888 DUPONT(mike Hurst) 11091992 09:30 --- Maximus 2.00 * Origin: Marantha BBS (1:250/71p his ADAM to turn itself on,  boot itself up in TDOS, dial up a BBS, get files, store  them,  and turn itself off. 'A Little  of  Dis,  a  Little of Dat' Puget Sound ADAM Newsnet, Oct.  '92PROMs--you might remember them  from  high  school--are different   today.    Programable   Read   Only  Memory ancronyms to PROM  and  more  and more ADAM software is becoming available as these  little  chips. You already know about PROMs if you  have a cartridge game, because that's what it is. NIAD (Sept.9210pm EST, we have a conference in room 18 (and  anyone  is  welcome!)  This week,  Alan  dropped  in  to  give  us an update on the progress of the planning of  our next convention.  What I jotted down is this:* * * * ADAMCON V * * * *   JULY  22,  1993 to JULY 25, 1993 Salt Lake  City,  UTAH  at the former Best Western Hotel now known as the OLYMPUS  HOTEL.  This  place has terrific food, 13 floors, is only about 10 minutes from the  airport,  has  a  wonderful view, 24 hour pool and cafe, a louPUTERS:  An Experimental Science Series  book,  Franklin  Watts, New York, 1987. It is a book for children. No I did not get it for my child. (I wish he WOULD read such  books!)  I  got  it  from  the library myself. Why was I reading  a book for children? Well, I was a public school teacher for twelve years. I am  interested  in  how  children  are  educated.  More importantly,  I  have  found  that  books  for children explain complicated  topics  without assuming any prior knowledge   of   the   other.Assuming you have a good reason  to  learn  how  to use SpeedyWRITE, and a learning  frame of mind, let's start with the  basics  of  mastering  the  program.  If  you haven't   got  a  good  reason  to  learn  how  to  use SpeedyWRITE,   I  suggest  that  the  almost  universal satisfaction with the program  that  its  users  report would be a  good  place  to  start. This is a complete, fully featured word processor  that  runs  on  the ADAM exactly as  does  every  other program you are  OMAHA ADAM USERS CLUB NEWSLETTER                  WORKING WITH SPEEDYWRITE.           FIRST IN A NEW SERIES: BY DAVID SANDS.(David Sands has undertaken,  on his own initiative, to expand on his previously published SpeedyWrite reviews, by writing this all-new series of articles to encourage inveterate SmartWriter users to try this fully-featured word processor for themselves. Here is Part One of that series. Fortunately, being David's "home" group, we get the opportunity to print his work first The layout of the manual may not meet your needs and my outline for this  series  is  to teach SPW on a project basis; we will learn each  command  we  need  when  the project requires it.SpeedyWRITE is sold on disks or datapacks. With either, insert it  after  the  ADAM  has been turned on and the 'Electronic TypeWriter' screen  is  up.  Pull  Computer Reset switch and  the  SPW  graphic screen will appear. This will be replaced by a  green  box  frame  on  your white screen, (assuming you are  processor a natural,  efficient  process.  With  a  willingness  to learn, a clear, calm mind,  and the documentation close to  hand,  any  word  processor  can  be  mastered.  If there's a single most important  factor,  however, it's that clear calm frame of mind. It does not hurt to have a good reason  to  learn,  either. Since most of us are adults, we've got a lifetime  of  practice  in learning behind us--and most of what  we learned best we learned because we had to, for some good reason or subject.   They   are  great  as introductions.   For   example,  this  particular  book explains standard deviations  in such simple terms that I was astounded. Oh! is that all there is to it?  User- friendly, remember,  is  ADAM's middle name." (capitals in original).With all the deviations found  in the world today, it's nice to know  that  at  least  some have understandable explanations. Thanks, Joe., Oct. 92; "The  programs  are  from  Richard C. Adams (I like the name!) SCIENCE WITH COMused to, does   not   require   anything  special  in  terms  of peripheral equipment, and will,  when mastered, produce a more satisfying result with less time invested.My  comparisons  throughout  will  be with SmartWRITER, which will be abbreviated SW, ( and SpeedyWRITE will be abbreviated SPW ) and will be made to show how to adapt your SW skills to SPW, or where the differences lie.SPW  comes  with  a  comprehensive,  detailed,  17 page manual.  It's worth reading through, and keeping close..  Our thanks to David for all his invaluable support. BDC.)Making the transition  from  one word processor program to another is  basically  a  process  of  learning  new commands and forgetting old habits.If there's a single  determining  factor  for  success, it's your frame of mind.It's a truism in the teaching  business  that  students learn best  when  they're  ready to learn. I think it's the same with developing the combination of instinctive and mental skills that make  using  a  wordusing a color TV).The top line of the box is  the command line. The first of these  is  the  question  "D'ya  Wanna  Configure  A Parallel Printer?" whose syntax  probably  reflects the youth of the  program's  author. Assuming you are using the ADAM printer, (and this  series  will  be  based on that printer) the response is 'n' on your keyboard. 'N' (capital or uppercase 'n') is also accepted.Most command line responses in SpeedyWRITE are not case sensitive, a jargon phrase  meaning  they  needle'; nothing changes on the screen.Assuming our paper has a  letterhead that is quite deep, we need to have our return address  and date start lower on the page  than  SPW's  default settings would put it. The ADAM printer will print  six  lines to the inch with its standard  printwheel.  Therefore a setting of twelve would give us two inches from  the  page  top.  Pressing Control  V  creates  a  command line on the top frame of "Enter Formatting Variable".  Since we want to alter the Top  margrrived at the word processing screen and  can  begin work. In reality, loading SPW, entering  'n'  and  'y' and getting to a working screen is a brief routine.Since one of the most common uses of word processors is writing  letters,  we'll  write  a  letter. By the time we're finished, it'll be a  very complex letter, but we will have used many of SPW's features.SpeedyWRITE does not use SmartKEYS. Your memory, or the SPW documentation, has to replace  them. Keep page 6 of your SPW manual  handy: ,  appears  on  the screen.With the top margin set, the first item in the letter is our return address and the date. And to practice more of SpeedyWRITE's formatting commands why don't we make this information flush right? -- that  is, the three lines of type will each end  at  the  right hand margin. However, and this is an important point  to  remember,  you won't see the effect on the screen, but it will print out.Again, Control-V  is  required for any formatting, then, the R key, then,  withfectly useful for many chores and you may never need to change them. For our purposes, we do.When we set the margins  in  SpeedyWRITE, or issue other formatting commands, we see only  a letter on the screen with a block of the box color behind it, or an 'inverse' screen   display.  Further,  with  some  exceptions,  we don't see the result we  want. Lets take our letter as a first example.Pressing Control-V results in  the  top  or command line changing  to  the  words  'Enter  Formatting  Variab  not be only   in   uppercase,  for  example.  There  are  some significant  exceptions,  which  we'll discover when we need them.Even if you've entered 'n',  the next command line will appear as "Loading Config Files."  This  can be ignored and will be  replaced  by  "Load Help Screens?' Respond 'y' here. The command line will  now read 'Loading Help Screens,' and then will change to a line reading ; 'SW2 -Column 0 Bytes 24062.'The major significance of this at the moment is that wehave now ain,  and  most  of  the  formatting  codes  are mnemonic, we enter a T and then 12 with the number keys. The T will appear on the screen in an inverse block, the 12 will be normal.SPW requires that  all  top  margin changes be the first thing at the top of a page. If  you want to start a page lower than the default setting of one inch, you must use Control-V-Tnumber. Do not  use a space between a control mnemonic and a number in SpeedyWRITE. You'll notice too, that only the inverse T,  not  the  V it  lists all control codes in alphabetical order.In SW, SmartKEY I is Margin/Tab, and pressing it cues a new set of  Keys  I  to  VI  which  allow  setting  and changing  horizontal  and  vertical  margins  and  page length. In SPW, all of these  are  set  by  Control-key combinations which are mnemonic, or memory-triggering.Control-V is the  SpeedyWrite equivalent of SmartKEY I. Pressing it immediately allows  you to vary the margins SPW   normally  offers.  These  'default'  margins  are perout  an  intervening  space,  your return address material. In SPW,  or any word processor, a space is a character just like any letter. When typing in your right justified  material, make sure your Return symbol is abutting the last  character,  or a space will be printed, and your justification will look wrong.The Return key will  insert  lines and advance the paper when printing, just as in SW. Let's insert four or five, and type an address. Since  the  address  will  be  left justified--lined difficult to remember,  and  complicated  to  execute: it is mostly a matter  of  practice.  The  results  are what counts and SpeedyWRITE will give you  control, over your formatting and printing, you do not have in SmartWRITER.Assuming now that  the  quotation  is  transcribed;  "Go placidly amid the noise and  haste,  and  remember  what peace there may  be  in  silence." We can, ourselves, go placidly on. When we want to  return  to  'normal'  left justified,  full  width  typing  on  our pagetype Control-V and U again because the 'U' is a 'toggle'  --that  is it turns underlining on and  then  off. Any 'toggle' must be used twice. Centering is not a toggle,  and  only  one  C  is needed--and this is  important--but every line that will be centered must be preceded by a Control-V C.We've now reached the body of our letter. Let's continue to assume  things.  We'll  do  the  first  paragraph  in standard flush left form. No control keys will be needed.The second paragraph, however,  for,  and  other  useful functions of the program, will  be  part  of the next in this series. The  results  are what counts and SpeedyWRITE will give you  control, over your formatting and printing, you do not have in SmartWRITER.Assuming now that  the  quotation  is  transcribed;  "Go placidly amid the noise and  haste,  and  remember  what peace there may  be  in  silence." We can, ourselves, go placidly on. When we want to  return  to  'normal'  left justified,  full  width  typing  on  our paget margin, and then 15  without  any space between the two: L15. SPW sets the  right  margin  by  setting  the  page width, hence, the second mnemonic  is  W, for Width. Our new width will be 50 so the  command will appear W50. We want this quotation justified,  so  the  next command is again, Control-V J. Each of these three separate Control- V commands  is  separated  by  one space, and the set of commands, no matter how many,  is  ended  with  a Return key.  This  may  well  strike  you  as both up  with  the left hand margin--it will not need any Control codes.Assuming we are writing a formal, business style letter, following   the  address,  we  need  to  insert  a  line specifying the subject, something like Re: Your File No. 92-01234 or Regina vs. Sands  or  Per  Your  Final Final Notice. To center and underline this item, we will again type Control-V then C and  then Control-V and U. It will look like CU in an inverse block. Then type your subject line. At the end of that line we'll , we insert another set of margin  commands: L10 W60<Return> and SPW resumes typing as it did in the  first paragraph. Having changed standard  margins,  we need to change them back. This will allow  us  to  finish  our  letter,  and  this installment, in the usual manner.  Once written, printed out and reviewed  for  content, proofread for errors and neatly folded, it can go into  an  envelope.  How we can transfer the address on  the  letter to the envelope and print that out through  SpeedyWRITE  our  good  reasons, will  be  a  quotation  from  something or someone. Suit yourself, the possible range  is  from the Desiderata to Chairman Mao or  beyond.  Let's inset the quotation, and full justify it, that is, make it end with even lines on both left and right sides.To do this we alter SPW's standard  margins of 10 and 70 for a page width of 60. (Margins are always set from the left hand edge of the page).  Let's make them 15 and 65. Again, Control-V and then type  L, the mnemonic for LefTHE ADAMCON EXPERIENCE - ONE DELEGATE'S VIEWSBy Rich Clee Wonder when  Alan  Neeley  will choose to stage ADAMcon 05? the Salt Lake City area  of  Utah can be desperately hot  and  muggy  in  summer,  but cools off very quickly after Labour Day. For those who  drive there, across the majesty of the Great  Plains  to the magnificence of the Rockies, it's going to be critical  that  we  escape the baking heat yet don't  get  caught by an early snowfall. And any of the nearly 100 delegates who attelizing the household ADAM to upgrade and modify the programs she would use as part of her demonstration. Both activities  involved  about a full work week's  worth  of  hours, and we still had the business to run, the trailer  to  fettle  and  load, the normal  run  of  family  crises  and  just plain routine dutires.  By  the  time  we  rolled  out of the driveway Monday  morning,  we  were  pretty  wiped.  Fortunately, Cleveland was a relatively short drive from Toronto. One nice aspect of traile ADAMcon and took  an  active participant's part in two more.  Everyone there had his own background and  agenda;  what  all  had  in  common  was a sense of fulfillment and  contentment  at the end -except perhaps for a slight feeling  ti  should  have  been  two  weeks longer! I'm not sure I should say that.  Despite  taking things very easy, I was totally  drained by the end. Of course, the couple of weeks leading  up  to  attendance had been hectic. We  all  have  our  extra chores leading upconceptions  about  Cleveland.  These  got  corrected pretty quickly and thoroughly - we're impressed.ADAMcons let you learn about more  things than computers. We also took  a  short  drop  off  the  highway  to  locate  the convention motel and scout out the surroundings. Wednesday we again went to  the  motel, where the staff proved  very  helpful  in  assigning  us a safe place to leave  the  trailer.  Since  registration  had  been  so unexpectedly high for ADAMcon they had run out of rooms, sng speakers. No way, I was informed; it was  to  be  one  of a number of unlisted activities on Saturday afternoon. And oh yes, I was expected to stand up there and spout for 90 minutes. By the time my wife had revived me, Herman had escaped, so there was nothing  to  do  but sit down and write out enogh text to carry a  focussed  discussion  through  an hour and a half.  The  only  problem  was,  Frances  had agreed to do a session on a  beginners'  introduction to Logo graphics, and  was  monoponded ADAMcon could hardly bear the thought of missing it. ADAMcon 01 ended in a charge  of  buoyant exhilaration. With 02 came  solid  satisfaction. The departure from 03 was a sea of tears at the thought  of  having  to wait a whole year for the marvel to repeat. To these 04 added a sense of great accomplishment. Like every ADAMcon it was an event to attend and remember. Each of us who  went  will  have a separate perception. What follows are the reactions of one individual who co- organized oner  travel is that your evening tend to be pretty free. Since we had had to cram an ADAM and stock of the ADAM Survival  Guide  into  an  already crowded 18' lightweight travel trailer, even TV had gone by  the  board.  So  we  slept  early and well and awoke refreshed. Accordingly Tuesday we were  in  good  shape  to wander down to Cleveland to  see  the spectacular Amenhotep III exhibition at the Cleveland  Museum  of Art. We who live where the Blue Jays are at Home in the Dome have certain pre to a major trip. Way back last fall,  Herman  Mason had asked me to do a more or less repeat of a short presentation I had done at ADAMcon 03, and I had agreed. I subsequently nagged him by letter  forfor  details as to just what he wanted, but the Cleveland group  seem  to  have problems handling correspondence.  Finally about two weeks before 04 we got an agenda and I wasn't  on  it. Hoping for the best, I phoned Herman to ask if that meant I was off the hook in favour of  other,  more interestio  we  had  agreed  with  Herman  to use the motel that shares the parking  lot  complex. The management of this motel was very gracious, reserving us a room facing onto the   lot   and   overlooking   the   trailer.   Errands accomplished, we drove along  the  Lake Erie shore road, eventually ending up  investigating the historic harbour at Ashtabula.   Thursday,  with  ADAMcon  to  officially  begin  with registration at 6 p.m. and  a  reception  at  9. When we hauled in at noon activities were ing  contribution.  Dale  and  Neal  Wick  lurch in, almost afraid to  open  their  road-map eyes for fear of bleeding to death after working  all day and driving all night  to  arrive  in  time.  Jack  Leamy and Tom Keene, always ready to talk  with  anyone about anything, wide- ranging, interesting minds. The Stones from Texas. A new crowd, recruits from Rich Cossaboon's newly founded club in the Philadelphia area. The  list  goes  on, a hundred names and more. You thought ADAMcon was  about semown to the height of the rest of us standing). Finally get to meet Chris Braymen,  young, cheerful and engaging.  Our  first  meeting  too with Jim Notini, and admiration for his taste  in  female companionship. Then the big, long awaited thrill:  Keith  Marner,  our first delegate from overseas, with his wife and a six year old daughter who had the whole convention charmed within ten minutes of arrival. Keith brings up terrific kids. These meetings are the essential stuff of ADAMcon. Some are  ry evident. After hearing Bruce Walters patiently explian what  machine  language is and how it works, I no  longer  turn white and start shaking when someone uses the term.  In  fact, maybe I'll take a look at the books he recommended. I do hope the hardware and  software  developers  sitting in on Ron  Mitchell's lively, humourous  yet  dead  serious  session  on  "Pet Peeves" took the handout home to study - hard. By the time I had helped Frances  set up her session on Logo graphics I had  miss of Gillam - but they do in the  hamlet  18  miles  down the path.  But  Don's  made  the  demanding  trek,  and  how fascinating to meet him in the flesh. The regular  friends  are  there - Ron Mitchell and Guy Cousineau   from  Ottawa  having  a  reunion  with  Tony Morehen, now moved to Edmonton.  The  engaging  Slopsema family from Michigan. 463 ADAM out in force, Dean Roades and  Jerry  Vrancks  barely  squeezing  through the door frames,  Joe  Alford  and  wife  making  their quiet but tellalready in full swing. By the  time  we  registered  and occupied our room, ate lunch and tidied up we were starting  to miss things. Up to the hospitality room and  a big hug from that dearest friend to all of us, Pat Herrington.  A  big  high  five with Bart  Lynch  -  technically a normal handshake, but someone stretched Zonker when  he  was  a  kid.  (Later, trying  to  take  photos  at  dinner,  he  tried  to  be inconspicuous by wandering  around on his knees. But all that did was bring him dinars, about learning things?  Yes, there were sessions.  Rich  Drushel  would make  a  great  college  fullback,  if  he didn't wander around wearing a  perpetual  grin so wide he could eat a banana  sideways.  But  he's  a  doctoral  candidate  in biology at Case Western Reserve,  and  when he stands up in front of a room and explains the relative virtues and drawbacks of all the  versions of SmartBASIC - 1.0, 2.0, 1.x   and   all  the   subvariants,  his  well-developed teaching skills become vedear  friends  from  common  experience of previous conventions, folks you  haven't had a chance to meet and share with for a whole year.  Others  are those you know by   reputation,   signatures  on  Fidonet,  bylines  in newsletters,   addressees  on  orders,  brand  names  on products. I'd exchanged  letters with Don Malinowski for a couple of years. But he's from  Gillam, Manitoba, last stop on the  railway  (there's no road) to Hudson's Bay. They don't shoot polar  bears  in  the  main  street ed  the first session Saturday, but Howard Pines' demonstration  on  simple ADAM repairs more  than  made  up  for  that.  Exquisitely organized, absolutely  straightforward,  Howard can put across more information in 90 minutes than  most  people  can  in  a week. Saturday  afternoon  was free, but if I ever begin to understand TDOS enough to use it properly, it will be by grace of sessions such as  Guy  Cousineau's on Sunday morning. And the following  comparison and discussion of the various woranguages, operating systems,  reapir  tricks,  programs and  more  will  be  discussed,  but  so  will politics, economics,  technology,  travel, hobbies, child care and just about anything else on which  someone might have an opinion.  Some  delegates  have  claimed to have learned more at  ADAMcon  meals  than  they did in the seminars, even   though   they   found   the  seminars  themselves enormously helpful and well-tailored to their needs. The action never stops. On Sunday morning I caught ed  operating system, TDOS. Chris Braymen  and  Ron Collins showed how to make use of ADAM's  advanced musical powers when used with a MIDI interface and keyboard.  The hardest part of ADAMcon was choosing  which  session to attend, all were so useful and so expertly presented. Looking at an ADAMcon schedule,  it's  easy  to get the impression   everything  is  organized  around  learning sessions  punctuated  by  breaks  for food, with a final general celebration. But  in  fact, that isn't what g. But with all the main actors sitting  in  one  room sipping on an ale, volunteers  jumped  forward, duties were reassigned and agreed on, and when the  transition  occurs  in  all likelihood the  only  evidence will be a new postmark on the mailings. I had managed to get another batch of ADAM Survival Guides printed, had  enough  to  meet demand at the convention (since  no  postage had to be charged, we could sell them at  $15  instead  of  the  usual  $19.95 postpaid to the U.S.), and assured    wander  over  to  park at the nearest table with an empty seat. So there  are few meals where anyone has  the  same  table  companions.   The  result  is  an interchange of information, opinions and confidences, as the  solution  to  a  problem  long  ago  figured out in Cleveland  is  communicated  to someone from Florida who has just encountered it, a recipe  from  the  midwest is swapped  for  a  quilt  design  from  Ontario,  a Perrot enthusiast  encounters  a  committed Democrat. Yes, ADAM ld processing  programs  available for the ADAM  headed  by  Dean  Roades  and  Joe  Alford  gave a detailed  guide  to  how  to  fully  exploit  our ADAM's greatest strength. While I was looking in on  these events, Pat Herrington and Zonker were running repeated  small  group, hands-on demonstrations   of   graphics   and  telecommunications respectively.  Guy Cousineau, Tony Morehen and Bob Blair all gave us  greatly  expanded knowledge of the uses and capabilities  of  ADAM's  most  sophisticat sight  of myself in a hotel mirror, and wondered who the creaky old octogenarian was peering  back  at  me.  Physically I looked a wreck. But mentally I was on such an adreniline high I felt bright- eyed and ready for anything. What was going on? The electric atmosphere, the synergy that builds when willing workers  get  together  face to face to work for  a  common  cause. First there had been the ANN meeting. ANN had problems;  the  workload on the monthly discs  had  become  too much to handleoes on at an ADAMcon at all. The  reality and the meaning of an ADAMcon is quite different. Take, for instance,  the  meals. The crowd doesn't just sit and eat. Yes, there are always a few who come with a group   and  stay  with  the  group  through  the  whole convention. But as  the  individuals  are  separated  by sessions that end at different  times,  different chores and   errands  and  agendas,  most  drift  casually  and informally  into  the  dining  room  to  line  up at the buffet, andthe group that I had enough in stock to meet current demand, and can print up more when those  run  out.  Jim Notini had the brand-new ADAM glossary on sale, and has  provided me with masters for a Canadian edition.  Guy  Cousineau had also brought along his new EOS Programmer's  Manual,  and  is  in the process of forwarding  the  main stock to me for sale on behalf of ANN ($10.95  postpaid,  U.S.  or  Canada).  He also left a stock with Jim Notini  so U.S. residents can order from NIAD if they wieir favourite game in the back yard.  Then  a  new kid on the block wanders in - and surprise, it's not only  his favourite game too but he's got  some  fresh  ideas they like as much as he likes the ways they're showing  him. It's a perfect fit, like finding that last  correct piece that completes the jigsaw puzzle. That  was  the  atmosphere  of  what  was billed as a vendors meeting.  Well,  Alan Neeley and Jim Notini and  Shon  McCallum  and I were there, but it was quickly evident there was on. One of the greatest  needs  is  a common mailing list, so ADAM users can find ADAM users for mutual help. ANN is working on this internally for now, but when your club is asked  to  send  in  its list of members and all other ADAM owners you know of, do respond. We can't help people if we can't even find  them.  In  the  same  way, software  and  hardware  developers  can't  produce what users want if  the  users  won't say what they want. Guy Cousineau (1059 Hindley Street,  Ottawa, Ont. Canada Kon  exactly  which areas of memory and which   input/output   ports  would  be  used  for  each producer's products. It just  demanded the resolution of eight  years  accumulation  of  individual,  conflicting decisions,  that's  all.  And  to  be  fair to users, it couldn't    disable   such   widely-used   programs   as Powerpaint, either. The sandbox effect took hold. All the producers present knew, or knew of, each  other. But now they were face to face and digging into a  common  project  togBut  written communication can be slow, and can lead  to  omissions and understandings. Face to face the eagerness,  sincerity  of  purpose  and willing understanding become  clear.  Details are tossed out for comment and settled in  half a minute.  Everyone is kept informed. More  progress is made in half an hour than is otherwise gained in  half  a year - and the ADAM community is better served for it. Visualize  two  neighbour  children, perfectly adjusted long-term buddies, happily playing  thsh.  Other  ANN  problems  were  also  threshed out. Is ANN getting   the  attention  it  deserves  as  the  binding framework of  the  ADAM  community? If not, why not, and what can we  do  about  it?  The  right  questions  were formulated,  and  strategies  devised  to  answer  them. Everyone took a big swallow of ale. ADAM community needs were discussed, and ways ANN could help fill them. The Gallery  of  Honour is a significant success; a manager will be  recruited to handle the 1993 votinge  main  topic  on everyones mind: let's get all those ADAM add-ons to work together. The first voice  to  prevail  was Mark Gordon's, but he was quickly drowned out by agreement  from Tony Morehen, Guy  Cousineau,  Chris  Braymen,  Bruce Walters and many others. It took  about  ten  minutes to decide that what ADAM needs is a new operating  system,  a  sort  of TDOS 5.0. No real problem - all that was necessary was to get all  the  hardware  manufacturers  and  all the software writers to agree  2B 5L9)  volunteered  to  coordinate the "wish list". He is looking for statements from  all  ambitious  ADAM owners along the lines of "if a developer can provide me with a (desideratum) at a  price  of  ($Be real!) or less, I am prepared to place an order  with  my  dealer  within  30 days".  He will also be seeking to establish liason with dealers  to  hear  what  feedback  they are getting from their customers.  The  ANN  volunteers  tend  to be among the worlds few remaining letter writers. ether.  The impossible task was tackled.  Instant  agreement - there would be  a  developers  conference on Mark Gordon's BBS and everyone would access it  regularly. Conflicts would be resolved and remedial  strategies developed. Meantime there would be preliminary discussions  through what was left  of  ADAMcon.  Could  such  a massive, intimidating project be completed in a  year? They were determined to try. But they overlooked the ADAMcon influence. Don't be surprised if the new,  integrated   term.  One  way  or  another,  almost everything that happens is meaningful. Of course not everything is always sweetness and light. There were  complaints  of  organizational glitches. The revised timetable was never  circulated,  so I showed up to give a session no one knew was scheduled. So I waited ten  minutes,  posted  a  cancellation notice, then went over to the ADAM  store  to  sell  copies  of  the  ADAM Survival Guide, which I should  have  been doing anyway. But like another moderatoruch  a quantity. But if a gruop of  dealers  get  together  and cooperate, then maybe  the  things you want can become a reality yet.  So  far  there's  only  good  feeling,  an understanding of  everyones  common  interest,  and  the intention to take further action. But don't be surprised if a formal system, perhaps a dealers' conference within ANN, becomes a reality in the near future. All sorts of side happenings  take  place.  Frances did her   Logo   seminar,   then   went   off  to  copy  h  to  cover.  (This was, however, fairly quickly sorted out). There  was  an  ADAM  in  the lobby running a very elaborate video-text sort of showpiece; a dynamite  example  of  how  elaborate a program ADAM can handle. Unfortunately it was  interactive, if there were instructions posted they weren't visible, and even if we remembered it was supposed  to be an information source, working through the successive  screens  took  more time than  was  usually  available.  Before  the  convention, acknowd  to  Radio Shack, adding a piece  of  hardware  here,  upgrading a component there. Howard Pines and his entourage laboured away constantly; they must have restored half a truckload of ailing ADAMs over the course of  the  conference.  Tips,  techniques, help,   ideas   were   exchanged   from   individual  to individual, from group to group.  Every  ADAM  club that had a representative at  the  convention should see some immediate benefit; the community  gains will show in the slightly   longer operating  system  is already available  when  you  read  this.  At  ADAMcons, important things happen - fast. The vendors did get together  too, privately. And again a strong spirit of cooperation was evident. For instance - all know that there is still a demand for Syd Carter's Megacopy  machine.  But  Megacopy requires a custom-made circuit  board,  and  if  the  product  is  to  have  an affordable price,  these  boards  must  be  produced  in quantity. But  no  dealer  can  afford  to  buy  s who found himself unannounced and  scheduled  against  the  ADAM  store, my nose was a little out  of  joint,  especially in view of the time I had wasted sweating over a treatise  no  one would hear. Registration went  less  than  smoothly, and there was a last-minute shuffling of plans for one of the dinners. I mentioned   that   the   orgainzers  had  made  overflow arrangements with the adjacent  motel;  however  when  I checked in they still not had made the agreed payment so I  was  requireder demonstration disc for  some  participants who asked for it. But in the process Joe Alford  suggested a couple of worthwhile upgrades. Then the Wick brothers came in, and Dale added a  fractals  program from memory on the spot. Result: the disc,  treated  as  public  domain,  is  now widely available and better  than  the  one shown in the demonstration. All up and down the halls  these contacts and exchanges were   taking   place.   Little  groups  could  be  seen constantly headed up the roaledgement of  correspondence and payments was very slow and often erratic. And  while  no  one  goes  to an ADAMcon  for  gourmet  delights,  the  organizers  might better have quoted  a  $10  higher price and added it to the   food   budget,   to  bring  it  a  bit  above  the institutional cafeteria level. That doesn't mean there  weren't  triumphs  too.  Every delegate got a coffee mug with  unique ADAMcon graphics, and big enough  to  even  moderate PJ's morning caffiene deficit. The T-shirts,well, wish I had heard  that  seminar,  or  could have shopped at the ADAM store, or would have liked  the  afternoon off when they went out  to  investigate Cleveland. But that isn't what an ADAMcon is about. It's  a  gathering of dear and distant friends, and a  renewal of the faith. It's being on the scene when important and  exciting things happen. It's  finding  the  answer  to  the  problem that's been bugging you for the  past  five years. It's watching Tom and Jack hold forth in the lobby. n terms of cosmetics,  it  was the slickest, most professional convention presentation yet.  The  most  sentimental  moment?  The Gallery of Honour presentations.  From  the  past:  Sharon  McFarlane,  as little known as she  has  greatly contributed. Among the currently active: Barry Wilson,  who  should  have  been there  but  just  couldn't  attend; Dean Roades - surely every   ADAMcon   organizer   (03)   deserves  automatic election; Terry Fowler, for  whom  Gary Hoosier attended to accept; Rwell, wish I had heard  that  seminar,  or  could have shopped at the ADAM store, or would have liked  the  afternoon off when they went out  to  investigate Cleveland. But that isn't what an ADAMcon is about. It's  a  gathering of dear and distant friends, and a  renewal of the faith. It's being on the scene when important and  exciting things happen. It's  finding  the  answer  to  the  problem that's been bugging you for the  past  five years. It's watching Tom and Jack hold forth in the lobby.  Danz. Phil Kozowski. We missed  you; let's hope Salt Lake City works out. Funniest moment: Guy Cousineau's  presentation  of  the "ADAM   Smoke   Detector"  -  complete  with  label  and carefully printed  instructions - to Zonker. What was it all about? Look  on  your  local  Fidonet  BBS,  or  ask someone who was there. It was hilarious. There was much more yet. But an ADAMcon is a physically and   emotionally   exhausting   experience.  It  is  so deceptive to look at an agenda  and  think,  available to all and an effective bribe for early registrations,  were  smart, spectacular in design,  and  in  enough  sizes to fit almost anyone. Each convention kit was personalized with the delegate's name.  Special  requirements  -  like  parking  for  the Slopsemas motorhome - were neatly  met.  A  cash bar was available in the  dining  room. The organizing clubs put an ad in the local paper that  brought  in  a  number of local ADAM owners,  half  a  dozen of whom joined before they left. IIt's roaming the halls after, swapping progams with  a buddy here, seeing a new development  demonstrated  for the first time elsewhere. It's meeting new friends, new ideas, new experiences. At least  that  was  this  delegate's  experience.  You shoulda' been there.igned 
and agreed on, and whsomeone who was there. It was hilarious. There was much more yet. But an ADAMcon is a physically and   emotionally   exhausting   experience.  It  is  so deceptive to look at an agenda  and  think, on Collins, of Orphanware and the host club, everyones  guru  on  telecommunications,  CP/M, TDOS and MIDI music, and Mark Gordon  who has done nothing except cheerfully design and  manufacture  all  those  hardware bits we need to keep ADAM alive. It was enriching to see these  most  deserving  individuals  receive  their  due rewards.  Most  missed,  of  those  who  wanted  to  attend  but couldn't:  David  Cobley  -  everyone  wanted  to  know, "where's David?". Barry Wilson.  Mel  Ostler. EricNote: I wrote this article for the AWAUG Newsletter around 19 87 when the price for the program was at $19.95.  Since then th e price has dropped.  NIAD is currently selling it for $15.95,  a great price for a great program.   Bob Blair################################################################## SOFTWARE REVIEWTitle:  "EASY COME, EASY GO"     Manufacturer:  MMSG                                 P.O.Box 1112, Broomfield, C o.Price:  $19.95 (a little high)   80020-8112 (includes instructions) when I went shopping for cars and needed to know the most I could spend without going over the monthly amount I determined I could afford to pay for a loan.  I also use the loan calculation to help me determine how long it will take to pay off my home equity loan based on different monthly payment amounts, and conversely, how much I need to pay per month to get the thing paid off by the end of the year.  In summary, if you make money decisions, chances are you will find this program helpful.  I wg feature is the ability of the user to select between sending the calculations to the ADAM printer or a "parallel" printer (if one is attached).  The only reason I did not rate the product at a "10" level is because it does not offer a SAVE option to store personal loan and savings data, which would enhance its utility by adding a recordkeeping function.  At $19.95 it would then be an outstanding bargain.  In addition, the program cannot be backed up ($7.50 will get you a replacement).Yes, but wha when I went shopping for cars and needed to know the most I could spend without going over the monthly amount I determined I could afford to pay for a loan.  I also use the loan calculation to help me determine how long it will take to pay off my home equity loan based on different monthly payment amounts, and conversely, how much I need to pay per month to get the thing paid off by the end of the year.  In summary, if you make money decisions, chances are you will find this program helpful.  I we:  1) how much you will accumulate based on different deposit amounts, frequencies and interest rates; 2) how much you need in a savings account now for you achieve a future financial goal (e.g.  retire on an interest payment of $$$$.$$ per month); 3) the compound interest rate on a savings account; 4) the present value of a future worth; and, 5) the future worth of a present value (I couldn't understand the last two either until I saw the calculation).I used the loan calculation printout recentlyOverall RATING on a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high) = 9There are probably less than a dozen programs available for the ADAM that I would put in the "PRACTICAL VALUE IN HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT" category, and this is one of them.  It is a well developed product with color and sound effects, easy to read printing and excellent use of highlight, format and other screen display techniques.  The program is completely menu driven and uses smart-keys and is unusually "friendly" to operate.  One unique operatinould like it more if it were a couple of dollars less.  But then, hey, easy-come easy-go!y per onth  to get the thing paid off by the end of the year.  In summary, if you make money decisions,  retire on an interest payment of $$$$.$$ per month); 3) the compound interest rate on a savings account; 4) the present value of a future worth; and, 5) the future worth of a present value (I couldn't understand the last two either until I saw the calculation).I used the loan calculation printout recentlyt does it do, you ask?   Well, with it you can perform a total of ten (10) types of calculations:  five loan calculations and five savings calculations.  For LOANS it will determine:  1) the actual interest rate on your loan; 2) interest rate for a loan with "points"; 3) the principal remaining on a loan; 4) the term of an installment loan; 5) monthly payment, interest paid and total paid where you provide amount borrowed, interest rate and number of years for the loan.  For SAVINGS it will calculatThis is a contribution from the SLAUG newsletter of several years ago. SMARTWRITER TIPSD.  ZIMMERMAN --> We all know by now that ADAM will add an extra 1/2 line feed on the printer when it encounters a line with nothing but a carriage return.  This will cause the printer to print closer to the bottom of the page or spill over to the next page.  If there is any thing besides the carriage return on the line the printer will advance only one line as it should.  I solved this a long time ago by cuttiggestions on our selections, or files that you would like to contribute for ANN publication, please send them to me.  To help offset your cost of contributing to the ANN, during 1993, for each 160K disk with new text and/or program files that you send me, I'll send you a 160K "flippie" disk in return.  Bob Blair361 Eden DriveEnglewood, Florida  34223(813) 475-4219I can also be reached on the FIDONET ADAM Echo, the ADAM Exchange BBS (216) 883-9355 and the AWAUG BBS (703) 960-5315.  Note: you cars on the screen.  This character will not print on the paper and it WILL bomb the printer if it is NOT followed by a SPACE so be sure to add one space. MIKE KEITH REPORTED ON THE SAME PROCEDURE AS FOLLOWS:I have read in several places that the best way to avoid the extra 1/2 line feed is to cut a character off of the daisy wheel.  It seems that people are saying that other methods will not work in all situations.  I have found an easier way.  If you hold down the control key and press 6 at the MARKGORDON A    Faye describes the hardware developed by Mark                 Gordon of Micro Innovations.MGORDONSPW A    Same as above, but in SPEEDYWRITE.PJHRESIGNS A    Pat Herrington (one of the best ADAM Newsletter                Editors, ever) has resigned from MOAUG.THINGS1192 A    Things I thought you might like to know, by Faye DeereTHG1192SPW A    Same as above, but in SPEEDYWRITE.TROBLSHOOT A    ADAM on the fritz?  A fundamental step by step trouble                shooting guide by                   ADAM NEWS NETWORK, DISK #1                          January, 1993#################################################################A sincere HAPPY NEW YEAR to all ANN subscribers and their families!!!We are starting out 1993 with the objective of continuing to provide you with an excellent selection of text and program files for your personal use and to enhance the newsletters and Public Domain libraries of the ADAM User Groups which you support.  In this regard, if you have sung off the tilde from the plastic printwheel with a scissors.  I press this key before I enter a carriage return on a line with no text.  The small sideways "s" appears on the screen but will not print because it was cut off.  If the tilde is ever needed, I simply change the printwheel.  I did not think it was possible, but I see where Irwin Singer came up with a better way.  He uses the CONTROL plus the 6 key followed by a single space.  When the CONTROL 6 keys are pressed, and upside-down "L" appean leave program/text files for me on the latter two BBS'.#####################################################################Now for the contents of Disk #1:Faye and Norman Deere of the Emerald Coast ADAM User Group (ECAUG) provided the following articles from their Dec/Jan '93 edition of the AUGER Newsletter:BASIC11/92 A    An article on the basics of Smart Basic by Faye                DeereDIWI2MODEM A    Norman Deere describes how to wire two ADAMs                with modems to one line. same time, then hit the space bar and then the carriage return you will then have the correct spacing.  There are two "catches" to this.  First, this must be done with the cursor under the first character of the preceeding line.  If that line starts with one or more spaces, indent the above procedure the same number of spaces.  The second "catch" is that there must be a space between the symbol on the screen and the carriage return symbol.  I have found that this works everytime.side-down "L" appe Norman Deere.WORDPROCES A    An introduction to ADAM Wordprocessing by N Deere.#################################################################Norman Castro, President and founder of the OMAHA ADAM USER CLUB, OAUC, provided us with four files containing his latestoutstanding, newsy newsletter article.OAUC1292p1 AOAUC1292p2 AOAUC1292p3 AOAUC1292p4 A################################################################David Cobley of the Vancouver Island Senior Adamphiles, VISA,provided the follåååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååå goings-on.SPEDYWRITE A    The first in a series of articles on SPEEDYWRITE                by David Sands.ACON4RCLEE A    Richard Clee's report on attending ADAM                 Convention #4 last summer.#################################################################EASYCOMEGO A  An article I wrote about one of the most useful              programs made for the ADAM; EASY COME, EASY GO.SWRITERTIP A  Uniquely helpful tips on how to defeat the              extra line spacing on the ADAM printeååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååowing articles from their newsletter, the ADVISA.SUPERZAP01 A   The best introduction to the powerful CPM/TDOS    &           program editor, SUPERZAP.COM, I have seen.  SUPERZAP02 A    Written by Tom Keene and originally published                 in the IEAUG Newsletter, it was transcribed                 from hardcopy by VISA's David Sands.GLEANING93 A    Another of David Sands wonderful articles                providing comments and extracts from his                 extensive grapevine of ADAMåååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååååår.              From a St Louis ADAM User Group newsletter              of several years ago.#################################################################               README01 A    This file. eene and originally published                 in the IEAUG Newsletter, it was transcribed                 from hardcopy by VISA's David Sands.GLEANING93 A    Another of David Sands wonderful articles                providing comments and extracts from his                 extensive grapevine of ADAM