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DICEPROGRMH&GLEAN993H (€MODEMARTH >€OAUC-893H DOAUC8932H GOAUC8933H KOAUC8994H OPOWERUSERHS€PRESAYS993HWPROTOCOLSHZ€README1STHnta Charles     Cramer                    Cass Lake, MinnesotaBart Lynch                        Kent, WashingtonHerman Mason                      Cleveland, OhioMurray McCullough                 Colborne, OntarioBill Miller                       Sandy, UtahMike Miller                       Sandy, UtahRon Mitchell                      Ottawa, OntarioAlan Neeley                       Salt Lake City, Utah Bryce       Neeley                      Salt Lake City, UtahDiane Neeley                      Salt ‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےADAMCON 05 ATTENDANCEFULL DELEGATESNAME                              CITY/STATEBob Bair                          Kendallville, Indiana Edith      Berry                       Tremonton, UtahBob Blair                         Englewood, FloridaGuy      Omaha, NebraskaRich Drushel                      Cleveland Heights, Ohio Clayton  Gerow                     El Cajon, CaliforniaPatricia Herrington               Apopka, FloridaEbenezer John                     Cleveland, OhioTerry Kayser                      Schaumberg, Illinois Tom Keene                         Orange, CaliforniaMaurice Kendrick                  Sumter, South Carolina George    Kocswara                   Newburgh Heights, OhioAnn Cramer                        Cass Lake, Minneso€SPDYWRTEH p€THINGS10H ~VIDEOLOG-1Hپ€WHHAPPNGH گWRDPRO10H •BLOCKS LEFTکBLOCKS LEFTکlLake City, Utah Dustin      Neeley                     Salt Lake City, UtahBob Sebelist                      Waterford, MaineSylvia Sebelist                   Waterford, MaineJack Stone                        El Paso, TexasJean Stone                        El Paso, TexasBob Stroud                        Victoria, British Columbia Dean  Wall                         West Bountiful, UtahMichelle Wall                     West Bountiful, Utah Ed Walton                         Wendover, UtahGene Welch      some of their accomplishments  within the ADAM community. All awards were accepted by their recipients    except were noted.Active:Bob Blair - Driving force behind A.W.A.U.G. and now S.F.A.U.G. A current   BBS SYSOP. Plays major role within A.N.N. Next year's ADAMCON chairman.Chris Braymen - Creator of the MIDI-MITE musical interface, accompanying   software, SEQuel, ADAM Home Automation Software. Proprieter of Bonafide    Systems.David Cobley - Editor of the V.I.S.A. ADVISA newsletter. Author of sJohn Ricci                        Salt Lake City, UtahMike Ricci                        Sandy, UtahSam Ricci                         Salt Lake City, UtahADDITIONAL GUESTS (Non-Delegate Spouses, Children, etc.)Virginia Bair                     Kendallville, Indiana Jeanene    Bona                      Berwyn, IllinoisMidge Cobley                      Qualicum Beach, British Columbia Laura Kayser                      Schaumberg, Illinois Irene       McCullough                  Colborne, OntarioJenae Cal. (Award accepted by Pat Herrington)Ron Mitchell - Editor and Club President of the A.U.F.G. in Ottawa.        Participant in A.N.N. and FIDONET. BBS Sysop.Monte Neece - Founding father of the ADAMCON tradition and chairman of     ADAMCON 01. (Award accepted by Pat Herrington)Jim Notini - Editor of the N.I.A.D. newsletter. Author of several ADAM     related articles. (Award accepted by Pat Herrington)InActive:Ben Hinkle - Co-authored the Hacker's Guide to ADAM volumes I and II.      (Award accep‚KےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےAWARDS GIVEN OUT AT ADAMCON 05GALLERY OF HONOR INDUCTEESThere were 11 inductees into the ADAM Gallery of Honor this year. Eight of them are active ADAMites and two are inactive. Here is a list of the       inductees along with a brief description of                   Daly City, California Dale Wick                         Brooklyn, OntarioNeil Wick                         Brooklyn, OntarioLOCAL DELEGATES (Not Attending Full Time)Dave Beck                         Holladay, UtahRay Bennett                       West Valley City, Utah Rob       Buttle                        Sandy, UtahCliff Clunkle                     Salt Lake City, Utah Link Goeltz                       Salt Lake City, UtahJoe Ricci                         Salt Lake City, Utah everal good ADAM related articles. Participant in A.N.N. and FIDONET.Faye Deere - One of the driving forces behind E.C.A.U.G. and the AUGER     newsletter. Edited ADAM articles for Computer Shopper and Vulcan's Guide.  (Award accepted by Pat Herrington)Bart Lynch - A member of P.S.A.N. A staple in the world of ADAM            Telecommunications. Participant in A.N.N. Do I dare say Clown of the       ADAMCON's?Keith Marner - Organizer of the United Kingdom A.U.G. and Editor of ADAM   Subscriber's Journook                        American Fork, Utah Jerri Cook                        American Fork, UtahJodi Cook                         American Fork, Utah V. Cramer                         Cass Lake, Minnesotacellent    candidate. Another data transport layer is MNP.  MNP operates in much the     same manner as X.PC:  Feed it data and it gets it where you want    it, error free.  It is, however, completely proprietary.  The  only thing going for it is that thted by Alan Neeley)Hank Szretter - Proprieter of Eve Electronic Systems (the first hardware   developer on the scene after Coleco dumped the ADAM). (Award accepted by   Alan Neeley)All of this year's inductees are VERY deserving. Congratulations to you    ALL! There are still several more ADAMites out there who are deserving of  this award. The best of luck to you next year!THE ADAMCON GRAND SLAMMERSHonorable mention was made to those ADAMites who have managed to attend at least 4 ADAM conventions. nated by ADAMCON 02 c/o Rich Clee3 coupons for ANY Hexace Software product. Donated by Bruce Walters 1 IBM    Clip Art set. Donated by Maine ADAM Library1 Publish-It PIX. Donated by Maine ADAM Library2 Newsletter subscriptions for the A.D.V.I.S.A. publication4 $10 coupons good for any Walters Software Product4 SmartPAINT reference guides donated by Gene Welch1 SmartBASIC 1.x donated by Rich Drushel2 E.C.A.U.G. memberships2 EOS Utility Packages donated by AJM Software2 A.U.F.G. newsletter subscripties who have graduated to ADAMCON ALLSTAR STATUS. These   dedicated people have managed to attend all 5 ADAM conventions held to     date! Each one was honored with a special shirt at the awards banquet that delcares them an ADAMCON ALLSTAR. These people are:Patricia Herrington, Murray McCullough, Alan Neeley, Dale Wick, and Neil   Wick. Congratulations!At future ADAMCONS, all those ADAMites who manage to attend 5 ADAM         conventions will also be given the ADAMCON ALLSTAR status. That means that ther memory expanders, 1 256K memory expander, a  MIB3 multi-interface card, a dual serial interface card, and aprinter card.The 463 ADAM User's Group donated several ADAMCON 03 shirts and hats. Jerry  Vrancks donated a memory console cooling gadget that he made up.O.A.U.G. contributed a coupon good towards a copy of Norm's Railroad         graphics utilities, and a year's subscription to their club's newsletter.Shon McCullum from S.M. Video donated several prizes including a Micro       Innovations 5 1/‚MےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےDOOR PRIZE LIST FOR ADAMCON 05Several ADAM vendors and developers donated some GREAT doorprizes for this year's ADAMCON.Here is a list of prizes that were donated:1 ADAM Printer Repair courtesy of Kosowsky ADAM Repair 10 ADAM Survival Guides. DoHere is a list of those people mentioned  that   were in attendance at AC05: Frances Clee, Rich Clee, David Cobley, George  Kocswara, Bart Lynch, Herman Mason, Ron Mitchell, Bob Sebelist, Sylvia     Sebelist, Jack Stone, and Jean Stone. Ron Collins, David Luginbil, James   Poulin, and Dean Roades should also be included. They didn't make it to    AC05 but they did make it to all 4 previous conventions. All of you have   ADAMCON GRAND SLAMMER status. Congratulations!THE ADAMCON ALLSTARSThere are 5 ADAMitons1 box of 5000 graphic printer labels donated by Eyezod Graphics Several      packages of colored, flippy disks donated by Disks and Labels To GoEveryone who attended the banquet dinner received a complimentary Compuserve Introductory Subscription.HLM & GMK Hardware and Software Co. donated an Orphanware serial card, 1     copy of the ADAMLink V telecommunications software, and two ADAMCON IV       memorabilia packages (consisting of 1 hat, 1 shirt, and 1 coffee cup).Micro Innovations donated 2 64Ke are 15 ADAMites who could be eligible at the next convention.ADAMCON 06So what about the next convention? Who was awarded it? Where will it be?   When is it? Well... Bob Blair was awarded the job of convention chairman   for ADAMCON 06. This event is tentively planned to be held in Sarasota,    Florida on October 7th-10th 1994. It will be hosted by S.F.A.U.G.,         E.C.A.U.G., M.O.A.U.G., and Oscar's Computers. I hope to see you there!4" floppy drive, an ADAM memory console, several disk copies of the Zaxxon super game and some new ADAM Joysticks.N.I.A.D. donated a 1 year subscription to their newsletter, a complete set   of newsletter back issues, and several ADAM game tapes.M.T.A.G. donated a SmartCLOCK, and a few ADAM accessory packs (consisting of Digital Data Packs, ADAM printer ribbons, and Daisy Wheels).ADAM-LINK of Utah donated a X10 CP290 control interface, a X10 lamp module,  and an ADAM printer. Bonafide Software donatedroached  Salt Lake City. The   landscape we were overflying certainly looked different.   To see the expanse of the  Great Salt Lake for the first   time from the air, with the  salt  flats  extending  for   miles around, was a new visual experience for me.On arrival at Salt Lake City  airport I was surprised by   it's size. That's probably because  it  is a major Delta   Airlines hub city.Outside the terminal  I  found the Olympus hotel shuttle   bus waiting, and I was soon delivered  to the conventionk I've remembered all those who donated prizes - even those that were  added at the last minute. If I've forgotten someone, I'm truly sorry! I'd    like to thank ALL of the ADAM vendors and others who made these very         generous donations for ADAMCON 05. I'm sure all of the recipients are even   more thankful!ose ADAMites who manage to attend 5 ADAM         conventions will also be given the ADAMCON ALLSTAR status. That means that theran's wife, and two children.I was soon being introduced, and shaking hands with many   people whose names were known  to  me,  but  that  I had   never met face to face  before. This was quite a thrill,   as without any doubt, I knew that we shared at least one   common interest, thus it was  easy to make conversation.   A real plus factor for a  natural introvert like myself. At the pre-convention session  that  evening  I met many   more Adam enthusiasts for the first time, and I was made   to feel ve‚;ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے                     IMPRESSIONS OF ADAMCON5. I must admit that  I  had  some hesitation in making the   decision to attend my first  ADAM  computer  convention. And that feeling of  uncertainty was still with me as my   flight on Delta airlines app a X10 HomeAutomation cartridge.The Grand Prize this year is a Micro Innovations 20 MEG Hard Drive!          Donations for this prize came through the Sol Swift Fund.Jean Stone made a very generous contribution of an 80 column card, monitor,  serial card, phone modem, and a complete copy of WordStar 4.0. This was all  packaged together with a 'quillow' (Quilt/Pillow combo) that was donated by  the Dougherty's. It was raffled off with proceeds going towards helping with costs for the convention.I thin   hotel.  My room  was  ready,  and I found that David and   Midge Cobley had arrived before me by car, and they were   in adjacent rooms, so I knew  I  would see some familiar   faces at least. A good beginning.Pleasant  experiences  continued the next day, which was   the pre-convention day. I found  that  Alan  Neeley, the   convention chairman had  recruited the assistance of his   whole family, and there was a  table set up in the hotel   lobby to welcome the  incoming conventioners, staffed by   Ale are 15 ADAMites who could be eligible at the next convention.ADAMCON 06So what about the next convention? Who was awarded it? Where will it be?   When is it? Well... Bob Blair was awarded the job of convention chairman   for ADAMCON 06. This event is tentively planned to be held in Sarasota,    Florida on October 7th-10th 1994. It will be hosted by S.F.A.U.G.,         E.C.A.U.G., M.O.A.U.G., and Oscar's Computers. I hope to see you there!ry welcome.It was soon obvious that the convention itself was to be   a very relaxed affair. But, in looking at the convention   schedule though, it was also  obvious that the hard part   would be making up my mind what  sessions  to  attend. I   think all of them would have  been of interest.  However   as many ran concurrently, it  was  impossible  to attend   them all.Spread over the three  convention dayswere presentations   by a variety of  well  known  ADAM  personalities.  Just   about every topi   Cousineau  and  Rich  Drushel,  two  really high-powered   experts, I  could  not  help  posing the question:- Why?   with such brain power, were their  programming interests   still directed toward  the  ADAM computer, rather than a   more current computer. I think it was Rich who responded   that it was so refreshing, to  him anyway, to be working   with the ADAM.  Because  of  the very fact that ADAM has   been orphaned by it's manufacturer, and because it has a   more limited boundaries in terms  of e in this column, detailed accounts   of the sessions I found of particular interest.  However   because I had to try and meet our newsletter publication   deadline, and because  I  am  trying to write this while   away from home, and without the notes I took while I was   attending the sessions, I shall  just have to be content   with general  impressions.  My memory is not good enough   for more detail without the notes.One common characteristic that  prevailed throughout the   whole convention,  both  to write programs for ADAM. Now there   is a switch. Because of this, and because I alternate my   usage between ADAM and an IBM, I found the session given   by Dale Wick, particularly interesting. In it Dale dealt   with various ways of passing information between the two   computers. I hope to deal with this topic at some future   date in more detail.I would be remiss if I  did  not make further mention of   our host for the convention,  Alan  Neeley.  For him and   his wife and family,  and  the membery derived  pleasure from the more formal   presentations, I also enjoyed  the  time we spent in the   dining rooms at the meal  tables. There the conversation   proved sometimes even more enlightening, especially when   I was fortunate enough to be  seated  at  a  table where   several of the  experts  might be discussing the further   exploration of the capabilities  of  our  little  orphan   computer. I learned  a  whole  lot just by listening. On   one occasion when I was at a  meal  table  with both Guyc relating  to  the  ADAM  computer that   could  be  of  possible  interest, was covered in one or   other of the sessions. Also these topics were covered at   varying levels of expertise,  so that both beginners and   experts could pick an entry  level. Some of the sessions   I personally attended included,  -  Machine language for   the beginner, Graphics, Use of the modem to connect with   BBS's, Fidonet, Compuserve, and Communicating between an   ADAM and IBM compatible computer.I had hoped to includ available hardware   etc.  Thus it presented  a  greater challenge to explore   its many capabilities and to learn its ultimate secrets.   Newer systems would not provide these finite boundaries.Another thing that impressed  me  was that although most   of these expert  ADAM  users  often were required to use   IBM or other modern computers  in  their  everyday  work   place, instead of giving  up  on ADAM, they use the more   sophisticated computers as development  tools  in  their   continuing efforts during the presentations and at   the ordinary level of general  conversation  at the meal   table, and elsewhere,  was  the readiness of everyone to   share knowledge. I was especially  impressed with people   such as Guy Cousineau,  Rich  Drushel, Bob Sebelist, Pat   Herrington, Bart Lynch and Dale  and Neil Wyck, who gave   some of  the  presentations  which I attended. They were   all willing to spend unlimited  time and effort to get a   point across so that everyone could understand.While I certainls of his user group   who assisted, it must indeed  have been a gruelling four   days.  Throughout the whole time, despite various little   glitches, that  seem  to  occur whenever computer people   get together, I never saw Alan  lose his "cool". Somehow   he always managed to work things out in his good natured   way, and insert a little humour into the situation.On Sunday, the last day of  the convention, time was set   aside for the ADAM store. Several  tables  full  of ADAM   hardware  and  software met, secure in the future.I also came away secure in the  knowledge  that the ADAM   community will  survive  for  some time to come. I shall   certainly think seriously about  attending  ADAMCON6  in   Florida, in October 1994.                              Bob Stroud™>أ,™>أ,™>لرء·ةإصهح„™‏تE™‏ت^™¯أ€™:#Oح‰*U#	"U#ح‘عN™أ{™:#O*U#	"U#{•ozœآd™}!¾زd™ِے2#لرءة*w#ë*U#{•ozœ>ط>ہ}!¾>ذ¯n David Cobley, founder of the V.I.S.A.   user group, was one of those  elected, and I think David   was moved in such a  way  that he was almost speechless.   Such   was   the   sentiment   of  several  others  too. Afterwards the general level  of  excitement grew as the   door  prizes  were  drawn.  There was such an impressive   array of these that I think almost  everyone present won   at least two prizes.  The  items drawn got more and more   desirable as Alan worked his way through them. The final       offering suggestions to adam programmers for things that would be  nice to have on adam and perhaps they will be kind enough to give  us these gifts and (2) to see if you, the adam community are       interested in some of these items, in which case you should        contact the adam programmers, let them know you are interested     and more importantly that you would buy such a product from them   if available.Now also many of you will remember that I HAVE NO TECHNICAL        SKILLS OR BACKGROUND,  up   and passed to the next year's convention chairman. Very    impressive.Subsequent to this everyone was  asked to appear dressed   in the official ADAMCON5 T shirts for group photographs.   Another ADAMcon  tradition,  which originated at ADAMcon   01 in Orlando.So closed a very successful and memorable ADAMCON5.For myself I must admit I came away very glad that I had   attended my first ADAM convention,  and  with  a renewed   interest in keeping  those  bonds, with other ADAM users   that I had  were  available  with items for   sale. I did find it a little  disappointing that many of   the well-known dealers were not  represented. However, I   found a used double sided disk drive at $75, and several   pieces of new software, to take home with me.On the final evening of the  convention came some of the   most exciting events of all.  First the closing banquet,   an very impressive meal indeed. This was followed by the   announcement of the  people  elected to the ADAM Gallery   of Honour. Our ow‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےBETWIXED AND BETWEENAs some of you know, I have had a clone since early in l993.       What some of you don't know is that I still have three adam        setups, up and working and in use.I am writing this article/column for the dual purposes of (l)  highlight came when a Micro-Innovations  hard  drive was   awarded to the lucky winner, Richard Clee.Then came the final two  events. First, the announcement   of the location for ADAMCON6,  to be hosted by Bob Blair   of SFAUG, ECAUG, MOAUG  and  Oscar' Computers, and to be   held in Saratosa, Florida, in  October  1994. And second   came the passing of  the  ADAMCON banner, a regular ADAM   convention tradition, where  the  banners that have been   produced for all the  previous conventions are rolledso I am not saying these things are even     possible on an adam, I trully do not know.  If they are not fine,  if they are then lets tell the programmers that we want them and   will buy them if they appeal to us.I do not intend to get into a technical debate over possibilities  or reasons that things are not possible.  Thats not the purpose    of this article nor the area of my expertise.  With the above in mind, I will tell you of some things I like and  use on the clone and would like to have availa your      disks in the background (you are able to work in other programs    in the foreground).  This allows you to use your computer for      other things while the disks are being formmatted.  It sure beats  sitting there and watching the disks go round and round.  (See     previous ANN issues for my article on how to make a merry-go-      round for mice out of an adam disk drive).4.  I am soooo forgetful but I now have a REMINDER to help me.     When I boot my clone up each day, a small reminder progo if I          mistakenly format a disk, I can UNFORMAT it using this stored      info and undue my blunder.  I believe you lose less than l K to    save the former directory info).  Anyone who has accidentially     formatted a disk with info they really wanted will understand      this.2.  Those of you who look at your letters, at least in the USA     will notice a bar code (similar to those used on products in       grocery and other stores) being added to the envelope by the Post  Office to allow themlly reminds me of   national holidays and other built-in standard such items.Well here is but a few of the things I wish I had for Adam.  More  in upcoming articles.  No special order, just as I think of them.Read something you like, let our programmers know that you WANT    and WILL PAY for such an item.Best from Barry  the very fact that ADAM has   been orphaned by it's manufacturer, and because it has a   more limited boundaries in terms  of in front of a zip code and that tells  my printer to print out those digits in bar code form.  All that   I am required to do is use an extra line in the address which is   ^zipcode.  For those of you who do not believe anything can make   the post office work less slowly (double negative as I did not     feel right in using the word faster in juxiposition to post        office), but to those who do not believe it possible, this will    be of no use.3.  Back ground formmatter.  A program which will formatble on the ADAM for  my use.  Hopefully some might be of help to you and you will       appeal to our adam programmers to make them available (subject to  technical possibilities, etc.)------------------------------------------------------------(Some items were be covered in this article, more in future        articles).(This are in no particular order, just off the top of my head).l.  Either an operating system or a format program which will      SAVE THE DIRECTORY INFO ON THE NEW FORMATTED DISK sram         automatically checks the date shown on my clone's clock against a  reminder list I have previously created.  If the dates match up,   it automatically reminds me of the various items.The reminder program which is simple enough that even I can use    it, lets me input a date, a description, how many days in advance  I want to be reminded (lets say I say 7) and then the program      automatically reminds me starting 7 days in advance and each day   upto the actual date.  As a bonus it automatica to make further use of automated processing   procedures (whatever that means).In any case IF YOU do NOT have these on your envelope, an          additional processing step or two is required for THEM to pull     the piece of mail from the normal distribution, then send it to    the bar code adding person, who must then send it back to the      normal processing flow, etc.  It takes EVEN MORE TIME that it      normally takes for your mail to move.  So I have a small program   which allows me to type a ^ ‚DےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےADAPTED FROM Tonkin's First Computer Dictionary Acknowledgements to Bruce Tonkin, T.N.T.  Software Inc., 34069     Hainesville Road, Round Lake, IL, 60073 (312)-223-8595, for his     article in COMPUTERPEOPLE Monthly, from which this is copied.       ives         misleading answers.  Also see:  menu, bug.Diagnostic:  (n.) a test foolishly but often believed to  determine the reason for a particular failure.  Competent professionals prefer the I Ching or phrenology.Digital:  (adj.) of or pertaining to the fingers, esp.  to          counting on them.  See:  Binary, Hexadecimal, Octal.Documentation:  (n.) a novel sold with software, designed to        entertain the operator during episodes of bugs or glitches.DOS:  (n.) Acronym.  a program which o to compare hardware or   software, but actually used by manufacturers to misinterpret or     quote out of context in advertisements.Binary:  (n.) a two-valued logic especially susceptible to          glitches and bugs.  It originated as a way of counting on the       thumbs, since programming managers usually find fingers far too     confusing.  See:  Hexadecimal, Octal.Bug:  (n.) any program feature not yet described to the marketing   department.Bus:  (n.) a connector you pluf money into, somethingof controlling a  program, much des- pised by academics and others whose brains have been ruined by over- exposure to TDOS.  Hard Disk:  (n.) a rapidly spinning platter divided into sectors.   See:  Sector, Glitch, Bug.Hardware:  (n.) anything prone to physical failure.Head:  (n.) the part of a disk drive which detects sectors and      decides which of the two possible values to return:  'lose a  turn' or 'bankrupt.'Hexadecimal:  (adj.) of or refering to base-16 numbers - binary     numbers grouped(n.) acronym for Central Purging Unit.  A device which        discards or dis- torts data sent to it, sometimes returning more    data and sometimes merely over-heating. Crash:  (v.) to terminate a program in the usual fashion, i.e.   by locking up the computer or setting a fire at the printer.   (n.)    the process of such termination.Data:  (n.) raw information, esp.  that supplied to the central     purging unit for transformation and disposal.Data Base Manager:  (n.) any fast filing system which gThis file may be freely distributed, but not for profit, etc.  Advanced:  (adj.) doesn't work yet, but it's pretty close.  See:    bug, glitch.Analyst:  (n.) one who writes programs and doesn't trust them.  A   cynic.Assembler:  (n.) a minor program of interest only to obsessed       programmers.BASIC:  (n.) a computer one-word oxymoron.BBS:  (n.) a system fo connecting computers and exchanging  gossip, facts, and uniformed speculation under false names.Benchmark:  (n.) a test written ostensiblyutpes questions given         answers, putting users in jeopardy.Emulate:  (v.) to simulate hardware glitches with software bugs.    Emulator:  (n.) a program which emulates.  See:  Virtual.Engineer:  (v.) to build somethign with bugs (software) or          glitches (hard- ware).  (n.) One who engineers.Format:  (v.) to erase irrevocably and unintentionally.  (n.) The   process of such erasure.Glitch:  (n.) an undocumented design feature, esp.  of hardware.GOTO:  (n.) an efficient and general way  like a slot   machine.Byte:  (n.) eight bits, or one dollar (in 1950 terms).  Presently   worth about two-tenths of a cent and falling fast.Chip:  (n.) a stylized picture of a logic diagram on refined and    alloyed sand.  See:  glitch, bug.Code:  (n.) a means of concealing bugs favored by programmers.      (v.) the process of concealing bugs by programming.Copy Protection:  (n.) a means of circumventing various rights      granted by the Constitution so as to artificially inflate  profits.CPU:   four digits at a time so as to quadruple the        opportunity for glitches and bugs.  Originated as a means of        counting on the fingers of one hand, using the thumb for the        'carry.' Purists who don't like to use the thumb at all prefer      'octal.' See:  Octal, Binary.Joystick:  (n.) a device essential for performing business tasks    and training exercises esp.  favored by pilots, tank commanders,    riverboat gamblers, and medieval warlords.K:  (n., adj.) a binary thousand, which isn' or repressed all moral values.Portable:  (adj.) that which can be physically moved more than a    hundred yards by an unaided olympic athlete without permanent       damage to that individual more than 50% of the time.Printer:  (n.) a small box attached to a computer and used to       start fires in cold weather.Procedure:  (n.) a method of performing a program sub-task in an    inefficient way .  Processor:  (n.) a device for converting sense to nonsense at the   speed of electricity, or (rarely) ing has    been pur- chased and that no refund, support, advice, or            instruction may be anticipated and that no resale is permitted.   A modern way of saying "Thanks for all your money and goodbye,"  far  less crude than "Stick 'em up" but even more effective since  the   purchaser will often borrow the funds requested.Macro:  (n.) a series of keystrokes used to simulate a missing  but essential command.Megabyte:  (n.) more than you can comprehend and less than you'll   need.  Megaherz:  (n.mer.Prompt:  (n.) a computer request for a random operator error.       Also a game where the computer plays the part of Vanna White and    the operator, a contestant.  There are no prizes for winning.Register:  (n.) a part of the central purging unit used to  distort or destroy incoming data by arbitrary rules.  Relational:  (adj.) purchased from, or sold to, blood kin.          Sector:  (n.) a disk arc on which is inscribed 'lose a turn' or     'bankrupt.' See:  Hard disk, Head, Glitch.Software:  BS)  or the process of transmitting data between or among computers,  esp.  for those unable or unwilling to speak.Monitor:  (n.) a sort of television with exceptionally poor         picture quality and limited to a single very local station.Mouse:  (n.) an input device used by management to force computer   users to keep at least a part of their desks clean.Pirate:  (v., n.) to steal software, or one who is such a thief.    True pirates see nothing wrong with thievery, having successfully   forgottent a decimal thousand    or even really a binary thousand (which is eight), but is the       binary number closest to a decimal thousand.  This has proven so    completely confusing that is has become a standard.Keyboard:  (n.) a device used by programmers to write software  for a mouse or joystick and by operators for playing games such  as     'word processing.'Leading Edge:  (n., adj.) anything which uses advanced  technology.  See:  Advanced.License:  (n.) a covenant which tells the buyer that noththe reverse.Program:  (n.) that which manipulates symbols rapidly with          unforseen results.  Also:  a bug's way of perpetuating bugs.Programmer:  (n.) 1.  one who writes programs and trusts them.   An optimist.  2.  Any employee who needs neither food nor sleep  but   exists on large quanti- ties of caffeine, nicotine, sucrose,  and   machine-vended preservatives thinly disguised as foodstuffs.Programming Language:  (n.) a shorthand way of describing a  series of bugs to a computer or a program) a way of measuring how well your computer matches   the fre- quency of your local television channels.  Most  computers perform exception- ally well on this test, especially  the          higher-quality foreign-made ones.Menu:  (n.) any list of choices, each of which is either            unsatisfactory or in some fashion contradictory.Micro-:  (prefix) anything both very small and very expensive.Mode:  (n.) a way of forcing glitch or bug.Modem:  (n., v.) a device used to connect computers (see:  B(n.) anything other than hardware.  That which  hardware manufact- urers can blame can blame for physical failures.Sort:  (v.) to order a list of data in such a way as to destroy     all relation- ships between the items.  (n.) The process which      accomplishes this, esp.  if it takes a very long time.Source Code:  (n.) a record of a programmer's thought for a  period of time.  A stream-of-consciousness novel or short story.Spreadsheet:  (n.) a way of forcing repeatable answers from         insuffiTAB(tb); pm$ 70 FOR n = 1 TO 4: PRINT CHR$(162): NEXT n 80 PRINT " Hit Paddle FireButton to Play"; CHR$(160) 90 iv = 0: r = 0 100 NORMAL: IF iv = 1 THEN INVERSE 110 PRINT " HIT"; CHR$(160) 120 c = 0 130 c = c+1: r = r+1: IF (PDL(7) = 0) AND (PDL(9) = 0) AND (c  < 40) THEN 130 140 IF c = 40 THEN iv = 1-iv: GOTO 100 150 r = RND(-r): NORMAL: CLEAR 160 GOSUB 250 170 GOSUB 600: GET a$: IF a$ = "q" OR a$ = "Q" THEN GOTO 1060 180 GOTO 170 200 REM * Set color; draw dice 210 COLOR = 9: s = 6 220 x = 1 in one minute by some combination of machinery   or explosives.  The meanings are equivalent.User-friendly:  (adj.) trivialized, slow, incapable, and boring.  User:  (n.) one who knows from experience that programs cannot be   trusted.  A realist.Warranty:  (n.) a list of vendor's promises with carefully-worded   exceptions which cancel each of the promises in turn.  See:         License.00 610 x = 10: y = 10 620 GOSUB 400 630 GOSUB 450 640 tl = r: x = 18: y = 10 650 GOSUB 400 660 GOSUB 450 670 tl = tl+r: HOME 680 PRINT " TOTAL:"; tl 690 PRINT " Press <ESCAPE> to roll dice" 700 PRINT " Press 'Q' to quit" 710 RETURN 1000 DATA 1,1,99 1010 DATA 0,0,2,2,99 1020 DATA 0,2,1,1,2,0,99 1030 DATA 0,0,2,0,0,2,2,2,99 1040 DATA 0,0,2,0,0,2,2,2,1,1,99 1050 DATA 0,0,0,1,0,2,2,0,2,1,2,2,99 1060 TEXT: END 1070 FOR t = 1 TO 2000: NEXT t: PRINT CHR$(4); "run Catalog"‚@ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے 1 REM * (c) 1984 By Brian Sawyer 2 REM * Modified by Faye Deere, 7/93 5 TEXT 8 ONERR GOTO 1060 10 pm$ = "INSTRUCTIONS FOR DICE" 20 POKE 18607, 4: POKE 18711, 240 30 FOR n = 1 TO 4 40 PRINT CHR$(162): NEXT n 50 tb = 16-INT(LEN(pm$)/2) 60 PRINT cient data for superficial purposes.  Also, a game played    during office hours by bored or restless yuppies.Standard:  (n., adj.) a design target which manufacturers may       embellish, improve upon, or ignore as they wish, so long as it  can be used profitably in their advertising.Transportable:  (adj.) said of software - that which can be put  on a new machine in less time than it took to write in the first       place.  Said of hardware - that which can theoretically be moved    more than ten feet0: y = 10: GOSUB 350 230 x = 18: y = 10: GOSUB 350 240 RETURN 250 GR 260 DIM xc(6, 6), yc(6, 6) 270 FOR n = 1 TO 6: FOR m = 1 TO 6: READ xc(n, m) 280 IF xc(n, m) = 99 THEN 300 290 READ yc(n, m): NEXT m 300 NEXT n: dc = 15: bk = 7 310 RETURN 350 FOR by = y TO y+s 360 HLIN x, x+s AT by: NEXT by: RETURN 400 r = INT(RND(1)*6+1) 410 RETURN 450 COLOR = dc: FOR n = 1 TO 6 460 IF xc(r, n) = 99 THEN 500 470 dx = xc(r, n)*2+x+1 480 dy = yc(r, n)*2+y+1 490 PLOT dx, dy: NEXT n 500 RETURN 600 GOSUB 2تق‌حl/حئ@تâœ<:"·آï›أù›حëX2"G¯2|!حئ@تâœه½#حOFل:y#2آ#:u#2ہ#x2ء#·<تے›هëھ#حذ
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Pat gave them names and addresses  of many    current ADAM support services.It is a testament to ADAM that, 10 years later, there are still     people out there who have been able to use their ADAM forhe        VOLUME record and the size in the DIRECTORY record.  The  directory size should be kept between 11-8 blocks because most programs designed to work with the EOS [Elementary Operating        System] directory can handle this range.  The ADAM Technical        Manual states that up to 127 blocks may be allocated for the        directory, allowing a maximum of 4953 file entries at 39  directory entries per 1K block.  In most cases you shouldn't need  a          directory any larger than 8K to be able rtWRITER chip  sets.  The chip sets that were received are Revision 81 and 84,  both of  which have proven so far to fix a number of very irritating SmartWRITER R80 bugs.  Slowly but surely we are          plugging away at each of these revision chip sets to find out as    much as we can about them.  What we need to know from our           membership, as well as other ADAM owners, is what kind of  interest there would be in purchasing the better of the two chip  sets or    even both.  If you are interestedbeing able to store    more files on a media will save you money by not needing so many    tapes or disks for storage.' Alan Neeley, "The ADAM EOS  Directory" The ADAM Informant, March 93.  And the Gleaner adds that there are many different ways to make larger directories on    your media, but the best is probably to use Filemanager, a  utility program available in Canada from A.D.A.M.  Services, 21  Rondale    Blvd.  Toronto, ON.  M6A 1H6, and in the Excited States,  from      either of the Big Two mail oterial are in square brackets.  Readers who  desire more information should contact their Newsletter editor.   Opinions not within quotation marks are those of the author.Gleanings is written for the Vancouver Island Senior ADAMphiles     newsletter and distributed by the ADAM News Network.  (Gleanings    may be shortened, improved or updated by editing irrelevant         items.)'To change the size of a directory, simply change the attributes    that make up the 1 byte that holds the directory size in t this      long without knowing about the ADAM community.' "Still Calling      After All These Years", 463 ADAM, July 93.  A better SmartWRITER? Your current version is most likely an R80.   It was the one being produced when Coleco -and the ADAM--died.      However, Jim Notini of NIAD (8125 W.  Catherine, Chicago, IL.       60656 (312) 775-0409 has 'verrry interesting' news:  through an     ex-Coleco hardware designer contacted by another NIAD member, he    has acquired ' a number of very interesting Smato make use of all of a     media with no waste of space.By increasing the block length of the directory you can store  more than 35 user files on a medium.  A 2 block directory permits  74    user files.  A 3 block directory permits 114 user files.  The       reason you want to extend the directory is because most of the      time you fill up the directory before you fill up a tape.  The      extended directories allow you to fill up all the wasted space at   the end of a tape or disk.  In the long run,  please contact us immediately, either by phone or mail, so that we may create a       master list.' Jim Notini, "NIAD News and Updates" April/May '93.  Freedom of speech, some comedian said, means everybody is  entitled to his own stupid opinion.  Even in the ADAM world, strongly held views can lead to vast amounts of heat.  In           reviewing the recent ADAMLink V program, in the MOAUG nl, Feb.      '93 Peter Ames opened by saying "ADAMLink V was not all that        great." and he concluded "It is    laudatory, I've often expected return criticism.  (Not the Dump     From A Great Height that Ames got, just a response.)It hasn't come.  I hope that we will see more review, rebuttal  and just plain emotional response to ADAM issues in the years  ahead.   It'll at least prove somebody cares.I think I'll frame this and put it on the wall:  "The computer is   very fast, very accurate and very stupid.  It responds when told    specifically what to do in a language it understands, but it can    not reasased, SmartKEY interfaced telecommunications program for the       Coleco ADAM.  This does not mean that such a program could not be   improved.  However, I feel that most of Mr.  Ames' criticisms are   a result of technical ignorance and failure to read the ample       documentation.  He also laments missing program features as if      their absence were a calculated deception--i.e.  promised but not   delivered.  This is untrue and highly insulting.' Now, Ames, who has recently modified many ADAM progras I was making this tape I said to myself, 'self, wouldn't it  be neat to have a tape that showed me how to use LOGO, a tape on  TDOS or telecommunication?' A tape made by a real expert that I  could   play over and over until I got it right? 'Oh yes, how nice  it      would be.'" Well, Jerry, and for that matter, everyone else,  there must be something to the idea of 'simultaneous invention'  because  from the ADAM User-Friendly Group nl of July/August '93,  comes     this item:"Did you know...That we haystem configuration.  If the end user states a need of assistance in      operation or installation, we are and have been readily  accessible for this aid.  We are unable to aid an individual with  his reading comprehension and subsequent use of written instructions." All quotations from NIAD, April/May 93.This kind of mutual denunciation is, the Gleaner thinks, the kind   of thing we need more of.  Most ADAM products get generous          reviews, and as one of the few reviewers who isn't consistently  my opinion that ADAMLink V was  not adequately tested before it was made available for sale; or  that   whoever tested the software did not test all of the features." Ames had listed nine 'problems and shortcomings that I   found within the first six hours of owning the ADAMLink V           software." Not about to take any of that lying down, the programmer, Richard   Drushel, responded to Ames' criticisms with a few of his own, to    wit:  'In my opinion, ADAMLink V is the best available E.O.S.       bon or infer meanings or intentions." L.C.Austill, "Basic    Programming Course," ADAM User-Friendly Group nl, via ANN,          July/August 93.It's strange how things work in the ADAM world.  In the April '93   463 ADAM nl, Jerry Vrancks writes about using his ADAM to create    some graphics and titles for his VCR tapes.  Jerry says you plug    the VCR input cable into the CPU monitor jack.  Then, record what   you've created, on the ADAM, with the VCR.  But that's not the      point of Jerry's piece:"Ams so that     they can be used on hard drives, is not short of talent, but he     may be running short of friends.  It was his efforts to modify  the copyrighted programs that led to the departure of Pat  Herrington   from Metro Orlando ADAM User Group in a related dispute.  To cap off the controversy, NIAD nl also ran 'A Note      from the Distributor' of ADAMLink V.  In that, Herman Mason  and/or George Koczwara say "Due to the registration format we  use, each   copy is set up for the purchaser's own sve a sister group in Winnipeg,  Manitoba.  Paul Elshoff's Keystone ADAM Users Group has been going for some years, and would you believe we've only just  become aware [of] their existence? Paul has just made it onto the  ADAM    Fido Echo, and the CP/M Technical Echo, and we're glad to  have him aboard.  Paul tells us that his group has been busy preparing a series of instructional videos on various ADAM  topics.  When they're ready, he'll be making them available." So, now, are you not amazed at the co    Hiroshi Yamauchi, chairman of Nintendo, and all their various       retainers was set up immediately:  "Arnold Greenberg, a distinguished-looking man, gray at the         temples, ready to celebrate because of the computer ADAM's          apparent success, asked where Yamauchi was.  Yoko [Yamauchi's daughter], assured him her father would be there   in a moment.Yamauchi entered the room abruptly and, without addressing  anyone, stood at the end of the table.  He became, as one of those present puone named David Cobley, in Qualicum Beach, B.C.  It's always    nice to see the kids make good, the Gleaner says.  And since  Keith Marner, of the United Kingdom ADAM Subscribers, and the  Empire's   bastion of ADAM, has also been elected, maybe we could  sneak in an occasional mention of Honour, rather than Honor:  Guy  certainly    did.The ADAM History Cupboard--it doesn't get its own department, the   way universities are cutting staff these days.  From a new book     with a jaw-breaking title; "Game Opeople     weren't aware that they had messed up Nintendo's lucrative Atari    deal--millions of dollars were in the balance--but they could see   that they had somehow incurred Yamauchi's unfathomable wrath.In fact, Greenberg, who must have thought he was suddenly living    one of those l940's prisoner-of-war movies, was blown away and  was sure Coleco was roadkill financially and legally.The outcome of the story has several very funny twists of the       truth-is- stranger-than-fiction variety:Yamaunfortunately, Nintendo, which had licensed the game to Coleco,     had not sold them the floppy-disk computer game rights, just the    cartridge game.  And Nintendo was in the middle of a deal with      Atari to sell its new Famicon computer, complete with computer      games.  Atari would get world-wide rights to the Nintendo  product.  Remember that Atari was the heavyweight in the games  biz--which   was a 3-billion dollar industry then.  So, a meeting between Arnold Greenberg, president of Coleco, andincidence and impressed with   the mutuality of thought throughout the universe? Or does the       thought of doing anything with your VCR remind you, as it does  me, that you still have to learn how to program the !@#$%&*=!   thing? Subscription rates for the ADAM News Network discs have been        dropped to $25 annually, Guy Cousineau reported on FidoNet after    ADAMCon.  He also reported that two Canadians have been named to    the ADAM Gallery of Honour:  Ron Mitchell, of Ottawa, ON., and      somet it, 'unglued.'He began with a breathy, high pitched tirade in a Marlon Brando     monotone and quickly became loud and abusive.  With a piercing      cry, he swung his arm in an arc in front of him, shooting his       outstretched index finger towards Greenberg.Yamauchi's diatribe, all in Japanese, completely stunned everyone   in the room, with the possible exception of the Arakawas  [Nintendo executives].  Howard Lincoln [Nintendo's American lawyer] says, 'It scared the hell out of me.' The Coleco ver:  How Nintendo Zapped an      American Industry, Captured Your Dollars and Enslaved Your          Children" (Random House, 1993) some interesting insight into the    big money, big business game Coleco was playing in with the ADAM.  In 1983 Coleco introduced the ADAM at the Consumer Electronics      Show in Chicago.  It's the big buying event for the trade and for   Christmas, and the ADAM was a hit, partly, author David Sheff       says, because Coleco had Donkey Kong playing on the ADAM.           Uchi, at dinner later, asked lawyer Lincoln, "What did you      think about that performance?," explaining it as a negotiating      tactic, and the Atari-Nintendo deal, which had been all private     jets and boardroom high finance, dropped dead because the end of    the boom in the video game market killed the financially rocky      Atari.  And Nintendo changed its mind about suing Coleco, because   the ADAM, for a while, did very well.  And of course, Nintendo...SmartWRITER--and other ADAM printer users-nl    to an ADAM club to see one produced just because it's important.  You may be interested to know of the Canadian connection to         FidoNet.  As Pat Herrington described in her ADVISA (via ANN)       article on INTERNET, sometimes big, useful things come from small   intentions.  These excerpts are from FidoNet messages reprinted  by Keith Marner, Aug/ Sept 93 UKAS nl, James Young, ADAM Echo          moderator wrote:  The international ADAM EchoMail Conference was begun by Bill        Freads, frr mode when     printing more than a few pages.  Instead, use fan fold paper with   the normal mode.  This will force it to stop after each page and    give you a chance to adjust the page if needed.  Press the key  for RESUME PRINT to continue.  This is still much easier than  having   to insert a new sheet each time." no author credited, 'Tip  Sheet'  via ANN, Albany AUG nl, July '93.  Economy is big with us ADAM users, and Ed Pruitt, writing in the    July '93 Puget Sound ADAM Newsnet nl, says EBONIZE im of the  interest   of some folks in the beginning of the ADAM Echo and asked if he could provide some comments on it.  Here's a lightly    edited version of what he told me.  He mentions that the ADAM TEK   echo was merged into the ADAM GEN echo.  That merged echo became    known as ADAM.  From:  Bill FreadsTo:  James YoungWell, lemme see.  I started when I bought my ADAM machine.  I       wanted to put up a BBS that dealt exclusively with ADAM related     material, so after many frustrating hours g (US$) from EAP  Co., P.O.Box 14, Keller, TX.  USA 76248.  Phone is (817) 498-4242  and   they take Visa and Mastercard.  The phone number being distributed for the Inland Empire ADAM  User Group BBS is wrong and there won't be a right one until the  system is set up, Larry Overman, secretary, IEAUG, says in the  club's     August nl.  Club members got together to produce the nl  because    regular editor Tom Keene was at ADAMCon.  While the Keene-less nl is different, it's a tribute to the value of an -may want to use this     tip to speed things up:  Using fan fold paper without a tractor     feed does have some problems.  The platen is not firm enough to     prevent the paper from slipping slightly in the printer every  time it turns.  This means that if you type many pages the top  and      bottom margins will creep farther south each time.  This is  no     problem typing basic programs but if you type a chapter for a  book or report it is crucial.Do not use the Fan Fold command on the word processoom Toronto, Ontario, Canada (for those of you who         flunked geography!) As Bill relates below, he actually started      before EchoMail was invented and the ADAM echos were among the      first EchoMail conferences when EchoMail came along in 1985.  In    late 1988, Bill asked for a volunteer to take over as moderator  of the ADAM Echo when he got ready to move on to other things and  I   volunteered and got the job.  Bill still operates a BBS, and  his   system is still a member of FidoNet.  I told hInk Spray is     what we need.  "I now pay less than a dollar for a re-inked         ribbon.  The ribbons I use on my Diablo daisy wheel printer         normally cost about $5.95-6.95 each.  With a can of EBONIZE Ink     Spray, I can re-use the same ribbon over several times.  I have     not kept up with the actual re-use I can get from one cartridge,    but I believe it to be about twenty times before the cartridge      beings to get cranky about hanging up." Ebonize ink spray is $14.95 and $2.00 shippinwith Coleco, here and  in the US, I decided to go via another machine and created the  ADAM   Net, (change from the clubs of that time).  I created local  areas  for ADAM TEK, ADAM GEN, and ADAM PRG.  I used to call  another      board in the US, Tony's Corners in Net 120 (still there),  so when  Echomail was invented, Tony asked me if I was willing to  try.      Well, I could see the possibility of this sort of media and  so the very first Canada/USA echomail transfer was made.  For  that        matter, ADting          dropping attendance, lack of response, surveys not returned, no     articles for nl's--you've heard it all before.  So let's get some   new people in here to do all the work!  Here's Herrington:  "Three days ago I received a letter from an Ontario woman who, on   a trip through Florida, saw some ADAM component at a flea market.   She inquired about it and was given my address.  She needed help    with a tape drive, and was not even aware that MTAG (one of the     most active groups of all) w    about it.  [Hill had resigned as editor of the MTAG Express nl]     Why did Dave leave? It adds up to this.  Dave was given his ADAM    as a gift just before Coleco pulled the plug.  Stuck with an        orphan, he felt he had to do his learning on his own--though of     course as Brian [Reid] mentions it didn't take him long to tap      into the support network in Toronto.  Dave is a guy with a lot of   initiative and drive, so he soon became a force, sharing his        knowledge as generously as he inFiction Club Exposition,  for   the specific purpose of learning more about the World SF            Convention (MAGICON) to be held here in September.  But I wore my   ADAMCON 03 t-shirt, just in case one of the SF folks had an ADAM.   Guess what? Yep!  I ran into a classic computer collector who was   fascinated to learn that there were AUGs." Pat goes on to say  that she had copies of nl's with her, that she gave to others as  part   of her networking for ADAM.  It's simple enough to contact  others  and  company downsizes, he has a secure job and a good shot at promotion.  Where would he be if it   wasn't for his ADAM? ' Probably on the cargo dock, waiting to get   laid off.'Give me some who are stout hearted men, and I'll soon give you  ten thousand more"--was that Sigmund Romberg, or Rose Marie, or  where  does it come from?..The refrain came to mind when I read this bit from Pat  Herrington.  It's a little old now, but then so's the song.  The message is still important today, when clubs are reporAM TEK and ADAM GEN were the very first echomail          connections made between USA/Canada."The How the ADAM Changed My Life Dept.  returns after many moons.   Richard Clee, a member of VISA, and a prolific writer--that is to   say, he writes even more than me--tells this story in a Letter to   the Editor published in the 463 ADAM nl of May '93, but it's a      good one:"First, yes we are losing some very high quality ADAM people.  In   fact, I was over at Dave Hill's home last weekend and we talked as right in her back yard.  I was       delighted to be able to direct her to the Toronto group.  JUST      IMAGINE:  a woman from Canada just happens to see something in      Florida, and the person she talked to just happened to know a       person who just happens to be my ribbon salesman, who just  happens to pass on information about MOAUG...and we just HAPPEN  to know    about a group in Canada.  Well, this is not strictly chance.  I try to spread the word.   Two weeks ago I went to a local Science creased it.The trouble is, his boss found out.  So more and more he was  taken off the 'joe jobs' at work and asked to figure out and run  their   new computer equipment as it was introduced, because he  'knew      about computers.' Next thing he knew he was being sent to  head     office to learn about new equipment so he could clue in his  fellow workers.  Then he was re-assigned to help full-time in the  company computer training program.  Now with his immediate boss  eyeing a   golden handshake as theto let people know about our groups and ourselves.   Let's do   more of it, and maybe we'll be more than a few good men- -and some  very good women.  Last word department.  We started --20K aago!--with directories.    Let's finish with some more directory advice.  From the IEAUG nl,   some comparative wisdom from Tom Keene:  "When a CP/M file is erased (deleted) from a disc, the file  itself is not removed immediately.  At first, only the directory  is       changed.  Later on, as CP/M stores more filesters to talk      with each other by sending digital electronic impulses through     the phone lines.  It is also possible to transfer the data in      files digitially as well.  This is called DOWNLOADING if you are   getting the information from the remote computer and collecting    it in a directory on your own computer; it is called UPLOADING if  you are sending the information from a file in your upload         directory to the download directory of the remote computer!  The   speed at which the transfmay see that there is plenty of storage space          available, but when you try to store a file you may get a 'No  More Room' comment.  The space isn't being used, but it also  isn't      available.  There are easy ways of making that space available.  For example, the KRUNCH command of JKL Utilities is     perfect for that." e.  promised but not   delivered.  This is untrue and highly insulting.' Now, Ames, who has recently modified many ADAM progra characters    of information, that's a lot of typing!  Or, a file to be          transferred has 145 K or 145 kilobytes.  It takes about 10         minutes to download 100K at 2400 baud.  So 145K would take about   14.5 minutes. So who do I call with my modem? Well it depends on what you want  to do!  You could call in Interpersonal Computer Service like      PRODIGY.  And for a relatively low monthly rate you could access   a lot of information which includes the latest news, weather,      sports, stock‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےTHE MODEM There is a "device" that can be plugged into an Adam expansion    slot or attached to a card which is plugged into an expansion      port or the side port wich has phone jacks built into it. This is called a modem.  And it allows two compu, the file space  of   the erased file is available for storing new files.  In this,  it   differs from EOS.  [ADAM Elementary Operating System] EOS also      makes a notation in the directory that a file has been erased,  and like CP/M, the actual data of the file is intact.  The big          difference is that this erased file space is not made available     for further storage.  That is one of the nettlesome aspects of      EOS.  If you check the file space with the SmartBASIC Catalog       command, you ers can take place is very varied from    300 bps baud to 14.4K and even higher than that. BPS means bits per second or how many times per second switching  off and on can occur thus transferring the information. Just a note here on some terminology: 1 byte = 8 contiguous bits of information 1000 bytes = kilobyte or K = 1024 bytes 1000 Kilobytes = 1 megabyte or M = 1,048 kilobytes You will hear terms like 40 MEG Hard Drive:  that means the hard  disk in the adam computer can hold approx 40 Millionms so that     they can be used on hard drives, is not short of talent, but he     may be running short of friends.  It was his efforts to modify  the copyrighted programs that led to the departure of Pat  Herrington   from Metro Orlando ADAM User Group in a related dispute.  To cap off the controversy, NIAD nl also ran 'A Note      from the Distributor' of ADAMLink V.  In that, Herman Mason  and/or George Koczwara say "Due to the registration format we  use, each   copy is set up for the purchaser's own s market quotes, shopping news, on-line banking and    shopping and many clubs with bulletin boards where users from      across the country call in and leave messages for one another!     The graphics are very good and the color is spectacular.  A good   investment in modem use! There is also E-mail....  where you can call and get messages     left for you.  Like your own answering service.  You read the      messages and then answer them and the answerees get the replies    in their E-Mail.  E-Mail meansw up     his board!  - then you'd really have a problem!) So DISCONNECT     call waiting when calling out on a modem .....  there is a way to  do that temporarily while you use the modem, and then have it      come back on when you are finished. Just another word about the "speedy" modem.  The actual           transmission speed depends on what the remote (not your computer)  computer can put out, not yours.  If you have a 2400 baud modem    and the board you call only has a 300 baud you ain't gonna get   lot of fun to play.  BBSes are            relatively easy to set up and in larger metropolitan areas there   are a great number of them to choose from.  Some are totally       free, meaning there is no charge to use them.  Some are partially  free and partially subscriber.  And some are totally pay boards.   The rates are usually relatively low for the service and features  you get for a year's time. Phone lines can cause some interference sometimes and the result  is LINE NOISE or garbled symbols strewnms so that     they can be used on hard drives, is not short of talent, but he     may be running short of friends.  It was his efforts to modify  the copyrighted programs that led to the departure of Pat  Herrington   from Metro Orlando ADAM User Group in a related dispute.  To cap off the controversy, NIAD nl also ran 'A Note      from the Distributor' of ADAMLink V.  In that, Herman Mason  and/or George Koczwara say "Due to the registration format we  use, each   copy is set up for the purchaser's own sTED line for your modem use only .....  that is if  you plan on spending a LOT of time on the modem ....  It is        unfair to ask your whole family to stay off the phone for hours    at a time.  Call waiting is NOT the answer to that either, for a   call coming in on call waiting, not only will give you line        noise, but may even throw you off the line completely ...  called  DROPPING CARRIER.  Sysops (Operators of BBSs don't like it when    you DROP CARRIER in the middle of a program!  - could scre ELECTRONIC MAIL. There is also the BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM or BBS.  This is a        smaller edition of PRODIGY......  the same types of stuff but      much less sophisticated, but a great source of information.  A     bulletin board system has 5 major areas.  A message center, a      files center, a bulletin center and a questionnaire center and     most have a doors center where auxiliary programs are run which    generally are games you can play on-line.....  some of these have  great graphics and are a   more than 300 baud out of it!  But if the board has a 2400 baud    rate modem and so do you, then you are in business ...  you can    upload and download and operate the program in general at a        really high rate of speed.  For a while 300 baud was the           standard, then it was 1200 baud , now it may be 2400 or even       higher.e.  promised but not   delivered.  This is untrue and highly insulting.' Now, Ames, who has recently modified many ADAM progra at random on the screen.   Sometimes if a great many symbols are thrown on the screen at one  time it could mean that the connection itself was broken as when   someone in your house picks up an extension phone...even for a     second.  This can be disastrous if you are downloading a file for  example.....  it can really screw up the transmission, and if you  are in the middle of a big (amount of K) file you could really     get a little angry!  or a LOT angry!  The real moral of the story  is GET A DEDICA‚Cےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے OMAHA ADAM USERS CLUB NEWSLETTER AUG/SEP 93 # 55 The oldest active ADAM newsletter in the USA Established 11 July 1984 by Norman R.  CastroSUBSCRIPTIONS:  This newsletter is published 6 times a calendar    year.  $5 to any US address; $7 to CanadOAUC is a member of ADAM NEWS NETWORK (A.N.N.).  For info          contact:  BOB BLAIR, 6552 N.  400 East Street, Kendallville, IN    46755 $25 year for 24 disks +.  NOTE:  This NEW LOW PRICE is an    exceptional value.eas.  A message center, a      files center, a bulletin center and a questionnaire center and     most have a doors center where auxiliary programs are run which    generally are games you can play on-line.....  some of these have  great graphics and are aons of the editor or 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 instructipply voltage   is practical.  LINE ALARM is a simple, $29.95 device that sounds   an alarm whenever the 120 volt AC power varies more than 10%.      LED's light to show brownouts at 108 VAC or overvoltage at 132     VAC.  Neon lamps indicate proper electrical wiring and grounds.    In the event of a problem, simply turn off the equipment.The LINE ALARM should be permanently plugged into any convenient,  readily seen electric outlet where it monitors all outlets on      that circuit.  In addition, the wiri Mag ALL THREE ISSUES $8 Foreign $10        EXPANDABLE COMPUTER NEWS Any 6 issues for $14GARDEN 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. 809 West    33rd Avenue, BELLEVUE, NE 68005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 opini‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےThis is from POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS, 76 North Broadway,            Hicksville, NY 11801-9962 $20 year for 12 issues.  LINE ALARM -    WHAT YOUR SURGE PROTECTOR NEVER TOLD YOU.  The inexpensive, new    LINE ALARM which continuously monitors electrical suons reprintsADAM/COLECOVISION, RCA STUDIO II, 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 EXPERIENCEng on every socket on every    receptacle should be checked, especially since surge protectors    are virtually useless without a proper ground connection.Some areas of the country are especially prone to brownouts and    erratic line voltages.  In addition, technicians frequently blame  erratic voltages and grounding problems for causing random         equipment errors and malfunctions.  LINE ALARM does the kind of    monitoring that confirms this or sends them back to look for the   real problem (it's p at random on the screen.   Sometimes if a great many symbols are thrown on the screen at one  time it could mean that the connection itself was broken as when   someone in your house picks up an extension phone...even for a     second.  This can be disastrous if you are downloading a file for  example.....  it can really screw up the transmission, and if you  are in the middle of a big (amount of K) file you could really     get a little angry!  or a LOT angry!  The real moral of the story  is GET A DEDICAa Morse code trainer for  the AMIGA computer, to upgrade your Amateur Radio license....      Practice with the 14 predefined character groups using a unique    on-screen keyboard.  CopyCode contains thousands of random but     repeatable sequences of characters, words, Q-signals, CW           abbreviations and QSO's.  Run multiple copies of CopyCode to       practice receiving CW through QRM.  For a free three page          description of CopyCode's features write, FAX, or call SENSIBLE    SOFTWARE SOLUTIONg on repairs for   an electronic scale company.  Lately he's taken to looking at       balky ADAMs.  He's resuscitated a printer, a couple of Coleco  disc drives, and other items successfully.  He's willing to take  a      crack at more, for an exceeding reasonable fee.Write to Syd Furzeland at 95 Ambleside Drive, Brampton, Ontario     L6Y 1C1.  DO NOT PHONE.  Syd works some very weird shifts and has   to get his sleep during the daylight hours.Robert Livingston is now trying to locate crew members who rs several times if someone could take over the      meetings but no favorable response was given then.  Steve Dawes    has expressed an interest in continuing these.tially subscriber.  And some are totally pay boards.   The rates are usually relatively low for the service and features  you get for a year's time. Phone lines can cause some interference sometimes and the result  is LINE NOISE or garbled symbols strewnrobably bad contacts some place in the         machine).LINE ALARM sells for $29.95, and is designed and manufactured by   POWER ALARM, INC., 462 Rusty Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95401.  (707)   579-2363.  To order call (800) 786-6610, add $6 for shipping and   handling.  California residents add 7.5 sales tax.  Delivery is    four to six weeks.  Warranty is 5 years.  Return to the Power      Alarm, inc.  for replacement.  For more information call (707)     579-2364.MORSE CODE TRAINER.  Use CopyCode ($23), ‚DےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےThe following is from ALBANY AUG, 3 Robin Hood Road, Albany, NY     12203-5113 which used an article from ADVISA by RICHARD M.  CLEE.   We now have a fledgling ADAM repair facility in Canada.  Syd        Furzeland has had training in electronics, workinS, 4951-D Clairemont Square, Suite 262, San       Diego, CA 92117-2796.  Phone (619) 452-1938.OAUCupdate.  After 9 years of running the Omaha Adam Users Club    by myself with 54 meetings; our active ADAM users are now down to  7 members, and since both my wife and I are having increasing      medical appointments I have decided to stop the scheduled          meetings.  ADAM support still continues by myself except for the   meetings.  I will be 60 on 29 December 1993.  In the past, I have  asked my membeserved   aboard the LST (Landing Ship Tank) 799 during WWII and the Korean   conflict to notify them that we are planning a reunion in 1993 in   Orlando, Florida.  So far he has located 50 and that is not even  a drop in the bucket considering how many have seen duty on her.      His address is at 215 Pine Glen Court, Englewood, FL.  34223.       (813) 474-5048.This is by DAVID SANDS.  New Programs:  Publish-It Pix is a 43-     volume, 750 graphics package assembled by MAINE ADAM LIBRARY, PO    Box 85, Wa at random on the screen.   Sometimes if a great many symbols are thrown on the screen at one  time it could mean that the connection itself was broken as when   someone in your house picks up an extension phone...even for a     second.  This can be disastrous if you are downloading a file for  example.....  it can really screw up the transmission, and if you  are in the middle of a big (amount of K) file you could really     get a little angry!  or a LOT angry!  The real moral of the story  is GET A DEDICAngs of 10 and 70 and you find that it is a couple  of lines too long for your page, you can always go and change  your    left margin to 7 or 8 and your right margin to 71 or 72.It won't be all that noticeable on the printed page, but you will   be surprised at the extra lines you can get on a page this way.     And by the same token, you can reduce the amount of spaces  between marginal settings (say to 12 and 68) and add lines to a  page, in   order to lengthen it.You can columnize anywhere on a page.d may be       unsoldered or cut.  I prefer the soldered method, but it's your    choice.  If you don't unsolder, be sure the wires don't touch      anything and tape the bare spots.  On my unit the purple wire was  E7 Blue E3 and what was an insulated Black E5 on the bad power     supply was an uninsulated and resultant silver on my new one.      Replace it all back like it was and happy computing!  Maybe it's   too obvious, but BE SURE all power supplies are unplugged when     you attempt this repair.ADnd 4 screws   that hold the two metal strips.  Carefully turn the unit over and   remove the top housing.  Remove the connectors (plug in) from the   circuit board and the four screws holding the power supply. tially subscriber.  And some are totally pay boards.   The rates are usually relatively low for the service and features  you get for a year's time. Phone lines can cause some interference sometimes and the result  is LINE NOISE or garbled symbols strewnterford, ME 04088.  Described as pictures, billboards,    borders, frames and corners, they work with all ADAM art  programs.  The price is $50 including s/h.  Also available is SmartPRINT PLUS, a graphics printing utility, at $15.95.  A dot     matrix printer is required for both programs.This is from NORMAN J DEERE on Word Processing.  Don't be afraid    to change your margin settings.  Your horizontal margins (across    the screen) are what you are most interested in.  If you keep the   standard setti‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےNow you can slide the printer supply with the attached printer     logic board out the back of the printer.  Remove the logic board   by removing the four screws at the corners of the 4 prong          connector.  Three wires are SOLDERED to the board an  I usually use 5 and 38 for   a left column; and 42 and 75, for a right column (such as in the    newsletter columns).  This gives you 5 spaces on each side, and 3   spaces between columns.  This gives you 33 characters or spaces     per line, and the margins let you punch holes for a binder,         without cutting into the columnized material.This is from 463 ADAM, Dean Roades, 8522 Hohman Avenue, Munster,    IN 46321 HOW TO REPLACE A POWER SUPPLYRemove 7 screws from the corners of the ADAM printer aAM SURVIVAL GUIDEFor those who never heard, or don't remember, in 1990/1991 Barry   Wilson gathered together almost three dozen well-known ADAM        writers to produce a help book for the isolated ADAM user.  It     was divided into three levels, to provide some basics for casual   users, clues to getting started in the more popular extended       applications like telecommunications and graphics, and some        basics for those interested in moving to the power operating       systems of CP/M and TDOS at random on the screen.   Sometimes if a great many symbols are thrown on the screen at one  time it could mean that the connection itself was broken as when   someone in your house picks up an extension phone...even for a     second.  This can be disastrous if you are downloading a file for  example.....  it can really screw up the transmission, and if you  are in the middle of a big (amount of K) file you could really     get a little angry!  or a LOT angry!  The real moral of the story  is GET A DEDICA       protective-covered book to be sold for $16.95 postpaid.Sales of the book are being handled ny ADAM News Network Regional  Editor Richard Clee, 21 Rondale Blvd., Toronto, Ont.  CANADA M6A   1H6.  Personal checks or US money orders are OK and should be      made payable to Richard Clee.This is from THE ADAM INFORMANT, ADAM-LINK of UTAH, 2337 South     600 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84106.  $20 for 6 issues.  Bob        Sebelist of Maine ADAM Library has been working on PowerPAINT      too.  He has ma what  you the user are doing.  Don't be so surprised, many sysops  do the  same and you never know it.  By doing so I see the bad     habits everyone  has and uses to to their own detriment.  Often I  give advise on how to  beef up skills while online, this is        another attempt at doing so.  What  I will do so as to not make    this too drawn out is to list what you  SHOULD be doing.  I'll     leave it up to you to parallel the list with  your own BBSing      style. 1:  Your FIRST call to ANY BBS.OH 44105BBS:  Trading Post BBS:  ADAM eXchange 216-791-4022 216-883-9355NORMAN CASTRO, 809W 33rd Ave., Bellevue, NE 68005 (402) 291-4405 tially subscriber.  And some are totally pay boards.   The rates are usually relatively low for the service and features  you get for a year's time. Phone lines can cause some interference sometimes and the result  is LINE NOISE or garbled symbols strewn.  In addition it featured a full list of  support sources, clubs, newsletters, dealers, suppliers, BBSs and  more.Its 230-plus pages carry as much information as the typical 500    page conventional book.  With only the fewest tiny exceptions,     all the contents remain current and useful.  It therefore isn't    surprising that the first printing sold out quite quickly.         However, it has since been reprinted in Canada, where a very low-  cost facility was found that allows the plastic-bound,      ‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےThis may be of some use to newer BBS users, especially when        calling a new BBS.How to be a BBS power user. By Kenneth C.  Mazie Sysop of Quasatron Systems BBS (510) 846-6085 Being a sysop I spend alot of time in front of the BBS watching  de modifications so that the IBM Clip-Art can be    loaded DIRECTLY into PowerPAINT!  All future distributions of      PowerPAINT will have the IBM Clip-Art patch installed.  Those      with the older version can get the update either through Bob       Sebelist or myself.  (Alan Neeley).HLM GMK Hardware/Software Co.  specializes in Orphanware Serial    Boards, Cables, Mini Wini Hard Drives and PD Software.HERMAN L MASON GEORGE M KOCZWARA8912 BLAINE AVE 4034 E 52nd STCLEVELAND, OH 44106 NEWBURGH HTS.,  a:  During your FIRST login activate your logging utility or      begin an  ASCII download and capture EVERYTHING you see.  End the  download  when you disconnect the call.  If you don't know how to  log your  call ( Procomm Plus uses ALT-F1 ) READ THE BOOK and      find out. b:  View EVERYTHING.  Bulletins, notices, anything stating        "required  you read this", and select a NON-STOP mode ( remember   this is  being captured, don't try to read it now.  ) so the       WHOLE thing  will scroll by QUIC at random on the screen.   Sometimes if a great many symbols are thrown on the screen at one  time it could mean that the connection itself was broken as when   someone in your house picks up an extension phone...even for a     second.  This can be disastrous if you are downloading a file for  example.....  it can really screw up the transmission, and if you  are in the middle of a big (amount of K) file you could really     get a little angry!  or a LOT angry!  The real moral of the story  is GET A DEDICA  next call. 3:  Second call. a:  At this point you may or may not have access depending on     the BBS.   I'll operate under the assumption that you DO have      access. b:  If the facility is available, use mail up and downloading.    This  allows you to read and reply to messages OFFLINE at your     liesure.   (See OFFLINE READERS, ETC.  ) c:  If you have file access, look for and download any            "ALLFILES.???"  type files.  If these types of files do not        exist, begin another  ASCIso far, has been a huge success,    and everyone attending has been glad they were able to join the    group of experts that inevitably show up at ADAMCON. ADAMCON 05 is now over, and plans are already being made for      ADAMCON 06.  Hosts for the upcoming ADAMCON 06 are Southwest       Florida ADAM Users Group (SFAUG), Emerald Coast ADAM Users Group   (ECAUG), Metro- Orlando ADAM Users Group (MOAUG), and Oscar's      Computers (Howard Pines doing ADAM repairs).  The tentative dates  are October 7 - 10, Make your uploads if necessary. d:  Go to the download area, enter your jotted list using a       batch  protocol ( Zmodem recommended ), and select automatic       logoff at  completion of download.  Now go have a beer and watch   Married  with Children. ===>> The trick is to be OFFLINE while reading everything so you  DON  rectories of  interest to you.  Again use NON STOPt for a year's time. Phone lines can cause some interference sometimes and the result  is LINE NOISE or garbled symbols strewnKLY. c:  If command help exists view it. d:  Color is nice is'nt it? Trouble is it takes 5 times as long   to  transmit.  TURN COLOR OFF.  It just wastes your online time. 2:  Offline. a:  OK, you've captured everything during your first call         (hopefully).   The file SHOULD be standard ASCII text with         possibly a few ANSI  characters thrown in depending on the BBS     you called.  In any case  READ EVERYTHING NOW. b:  Familiarize yourself with the BBS so you are PREPARED for     your‚Cےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے THE PRESIDENT SAYS Every year, for the past five years, we have held an ADAM Users   convention, called ADAMCON.  Each year, the conven- tion is held   in a different location, hosted by a different Users Group or      Groups.  Every convention held I download or capture and do a listing   of any directories of  interest to you.  Again use NON STOP MODE. 4:  Offline from second call. a:  Use your offline mail reader to read/reply to mail. b:  View your downloaded ( or captured ) file listings and jot    down  files you want. 5:  Subsequent calls. a:  If you prefer to view files online and a MARK utility         exists,  mark files while you list them.  Then download the list. b:  Go to the mail up/down load utility and do your thing. c:  1994, and it is scheduled to be held in        Sarasota, Florida. An ADAM convention is more than just a convention.  It is a       gathering of family.  ADAM owners are a unique type of people,     and tend to be more friendly, helpful, and supportive than most.   Since we are all owners of an orphan computer, we tend to stick    together. ADAM owners have made massive strides in up-grading the software  and hardware available.  The people introducing these new          products have spent a lot of housfer by any other name would take as long This is the first of two parts on microcomputer file transfer      protocols.  I will attempt to give an overview of the protocols     and some of their good and bad points.  This part will cover        XMODEM and its derivatives:  MODEM7, TELINK, and YMODEM.  The       second part will cover KERMIT, ZMODEM AND WXMODEM.  I have been     meaning to write something for the newsletter for some time now.    I just never could come up with a topic that I felt would be words.  You have over a year to plan your trip to ADAMCON 06, so   get started now.  The event will be well worth it.   Faye B.  Deere you to read and reply to messages OFFLINE at your     liesure.   (See OFFLINE READERS, ETC.  ) c:  If you have file access, look for and download any            "ALLFILES.???"  type files.  If these types of files do not        exist, begin another  ASCIrocomputer hardware.  XMODEM transmit data 128 bytes   at a time (the size of a disk sector under CP/M) along with a       block number and a one byte checksum for error detection.  It has   no provision for passing the file name between the machines;        originator and receiver must both specify the name.  Since CP/M     did not support time and date stamping of files, no provision was   made to transfer the file's date and time.  CP/M only provided      system calls to do I/O a sector at a time; theref‚DےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےMore info for BBS Users.  (Since I get this off BBSs, I guess  that is to be expected)  Barry Wilson.  WHAT'S IN A PROTOCOL? By Greg Gilley (Reprinted from the Austin TI Professional Computer Users Group Newsletter, February, 1987) A file tranrs and money, perfecting their     products.  In spite of this, they offer their wares at reasonable  prices.  They know that ADAM users don't have a lot of money to    spend. As time for ADAMCON rolls around, ADAM software and hardware      producers madly work to perfect a new product.  ADAMCON is the     perfect place to introduce it.  You can SHOW, and explain how it   works to a large audience.  It's great to see and work with a new  product before you buy.  The experience is worth a thousand               interesting to the readership.  Someone finally suggested that I    consider file transfer protocols and that sounded like a good       idea. XMODEM XMODEM is the granddaddy of the microcomputer file transfer        protocols.  It was invented by Ward Christensen, the same person    who created microcomputer bulletin boards.  XMODEM was originally   developed on a CP/M based micro-computer in 1977.  Many of its      characteristics are a direct consequence of that operating system   and early micI download or capture and do a listing   of any directories of  interest to you.  Again use NON STOP MODE. 4:  Offline from second call. a:  Use your offline mail reader to read/reply to mail. b:  View your downloaded ( or captured ) file listings and jot    down  files you want. 5:  Subsequent calls. a:  If you prefer to view files online and a MARK utility         exists,  mark files while you list them.  Then download the list. b:  Go to the mail up/down load utility and do your thing. c:  ore, all file      sizes were a multiple of 128 with a CTRL/Z character to mark the    end of a text file.  Because of this XMODEM always rounds the  size of the files being transferred to the next 128 byte boundary.  This results in up to 127 garbage bytes added to the     file.  This can wreak havoc with files on other systems that do     not conform to this convention. XMODEM is essentially a half-duplex protocol.  It assumes that     the computers cannot send and receive data at the same time.   Most    public domain with many sample implementations readily  available.  Without XMODEM, the current explosion in microcomputer telecommunications would have been much longer in     coming. MODEM7 MODEM7 is a simple extension of XMODEM.  One problem with XMODEM   is that the file name must be specified by both the sender and      receiver of the file.  XMODEM can also transfer only one file at  a time.  MODEM7 corrects this problem by passing the file name  from  the sender to the receiver before sendin    not receive data and write to the disk at the same time.  If data   was sent continuously, all that arrived while the program was       writing the last block to disk would be lost.  XMODEM will send a   block of data and wait for the receiver to acknowledge receipt of   the block.  This gives the receiver a chance to write the data to   disk before more arrives.  If the receiver does not receive the     block correctly, it NAKs the block and the sender will retransmit   it.  Because of its half-duplex om Jennings, author of the     FIDO bulletin board system.  It is an extension of MODEM7.  In      addition to the file name, TELINK also provides for the transfer    of the file's date and time.  The first block transferred after     the name contains the file size in bytes and the file date and      time.  Because it transfers the file's exact size, the receiving    computer can truncate any garbage bytes that the protocol appends   to the last block.  It also allows maintaining the file's  original date rected with XMODEM/CRC which uses a  16 bit CRC (cyclic redundancy check) to detect transmission  errors.   Using a 16 bit CCITT standard polynomial equation, CRC  error       detection is theoretically accurate 99.9965 percent of the  time.   Another problem with XMODEM is that it is easily corrupted  because of its simplicity.  Phone lines noise or extra delay can  causes    transfers to abort.  So, with all of these problems, why  is XMODEM so popular? Because it is easy to implement and because  it is   of the microcomputers around when it was invented could only  do    polling to see if they could send a character or to find out  if    one had been received.  Most of today's computers use  interrupts   to stop what the computer is doing, send or receive the next character, and then resume the processing.  With  polling, the computer must continually ask the I/O device if it  is ready to send or receive a character.  Another reason for the half-duplex operation was that most of the older machines could g each file.  This  also    allows wildcard transfers to occur such as "*.EXE" which  would     send all files with an EXE extension.  However, the file  name is   transferred one character at a time and its transfer is             unreliable.  Since MODEM7 also originated on CP/M systems, it       still did not transfer the file date and time.  It suffers from     all of the same problems mentioned for XMODEM.  MODEM7 is popular   only on CP/M based machines. TELINK The TELINK protocol was created by Tnature, XMODEM is susceptible to    and in fact causes problems with delays over packet switching       networks such as TYMNET, TELENET and those used by CompuServe.   It can usually be tweaked so that it can live with network  delays,    but transfers are excruciatingly slow. Some other problems with XMODEM are that it only uses an 8 bit     checksum for error detection.  This means that we could expect 1    out of every 256 packets with errors to have a valid checksum and   go undetected.  This was corand time.  A problem with TELINK is that it still  uses        MODEM7's convention for passing the file name.  Another is  that    the file date and time is in an MS-DOS specific format and  does    not take the different time zones into account.  The format  could  be transferred to another machine's format, but it would be         awkward and transfers between time zones would still be wrong.      TELINK is, in general, not a widely supported protocol.  FIDO       bulletin boards and MINITEL, a comm progrile transfer article which         appeared in the March issue of The TImes.  Reprinted from Austin    TI Pro.  Computer Users Group Newsletter, March '87.) Last time, I talked about XMODEM, MODEM7, TELINK and YMODEM.       This time I'll try to give you some background in KERMIT,  WXMODEM, and ZMODEM.  There are a number of other protocols available, but most are proprietary and really aren't worth         discussing.  Now that the social amenities are out of the way,      lets jump in with both feet. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).  This       allows receivers in different time zones to adjust the file's  date and time correctly.  YMODEM also provides an extension to  the      block size of XMODEM.  YMODEM allows transfers to use 1K  blocks    (1024 bytes) for data.  This reduces the number of times  the       sender has to wait for the receiver to respond to a block.   This   help reduce the overall transfer time.  On noisy phone  lines,      however, YMODEM can actually increase the time of the  transfer ll which packet is being        ACKed.  (Note:  ACK stands for "acknowledged", NAK for "not         acknowledged".  ed.) The data packets are normal XMODEM packets     with the CRC (cyclic redundancy check) error checking extension.    The characters XON, XOFF, SYN and DLE are quoted to allow  XON/XOFF flow control so the network can keep up with the sender  and        receiver.  It does require an 8-bit data channel to operate.        WXMODEM does help reduce network delays, but is susceptible to      noistion for the microcomputer          telecommunication revolution.  It is dated, however, and should  be replaced.  MODEM7, TELINK, and YMODEM while correcting some of  the problems with XMODEM, still retain many of its fundamental          characteristics and are not a long term solution.  Next time,  I'll talk about some of the possible successors to XMODEM:   KERMIT,     WYMODEM AND ZMODEM.  TTFN. <<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>> WHAT'S IN A PROTOCOL? THE SEQUEL By Greg Gilley (The second installment of the fam also by Tom Jennings,   support it as well as TIgger and TERM. YMODEM YMODEM is an XMODEM extension created by Chuck Forsberg.  It       allows batch transfers and also supports transferring the file's    exact size, date and time.  It does not use the MODEM7 convention   for transferring the file name, but instead puts the file's name    and other data in the first block to be transferred.  The date  and time are stored as a 32 bit quantity signifying the number of       seconds since Jan 1, 1970 in WXMODEM - WXMODEM was developed by Peter Boswell to try to         overcome problems caused with XMODEM by network delays.  It uses    the "sliding window" to reduce network delays.  This means that     instead of waiting for each packet to be acknowledged by the        receiver, up to four packets may be outstanding before an           acknowledgement is required.  This allows time for the normal       network delays that would occur for the "ACK" packets.  The ACK     packets include a window index to te    because the blocks take longer to retransmit.  It is especially vulnerable at lower baud rates where the probability  of noise occurring during the transfer of a block is higher.   YMODEM  also has a non-batch mode where it does not transfer the  file      name, date and time, but does allow using 1K blocks to  transfer    the data.  YMODEM is gaining popularity, but unfortunately most implementation are non-batch and therefore  lose most of the benefits. CONCLUSION XMODEM helped to lay the foundae.  It also does not support batch (wildcard) transfers,  exact file size, or file date and time.  This is unjustifiable in  a      recent protocol definition.  WXMODEM is sure to be a short  lived   protocol. KERMIT - The KERMIT file transfer protocol was originally          developed at Columbia University by Franca da Cruz and Bill         Catchings.  It was designed to handle a specific problem,           transferring files between microcomputers and mainframes.  It  does a good job of solving the prohe addition of "sliding  windows."    Sliding windows simply means that there is a "window"  of up to 32  packets which may be transmitted before an acknowledgement is required.  This means that ACKs which would be   delayed by the network aren't waited for, but are processed as      they arrive.  This means the sender can continuously transmit       packets and the speed of transfer increases accordingly.  Another   extension that helps to reduce overhead is to transmit characters   with their 8th bit setcarriage return, linefeed, etc.) are also quoted to      keep the network or operating system from eating them.  KERMIT  has three error checking types:  6-bit checksum, 12-bit checksum,  and  16-bit CRC.  The 6-bit checksum is the normal default for  file     transfers, but use of the CRC is recommended to reduce the          likelihood of undetected errors.  KERMIT knows the difference       between binary data files (like executables) and text files.        There is a standard format for transmitting texs you) issues commands, such as file transfers, and    the server executes them.  This means the file names are typed in   only once. ZMODEM - ZMODEM was developed by Chuck Forsberg, the inventor of   YMODEM.  It really has no relation to XMODEM other than the last    five characters of its name.  ZMODEM was developed at the request   of some network services to help reduce delays inherent in file     transfers. ZMODEM is based on ideas derived from X.PC and KERMIT.  It  allows continuous transfers withfile size, file date and time transmission, and      wildcard transfers. KERMIT does have some drawbacks, however.  KERMIT data packets     are restricted to a maximum of 95 characters.  This small packet    size combined with the character quoting means that KERMIT has a    lot of overhead to slow the transfer down.  Since every packet      must be acknowledged by the receiver before the next one can be     transmitted, KERMIT is unbearably slow over a network.  One way  to reduce the network delays is tblem, even with brain damaged  IBM     front ends that run only at half-duplex.  It is, necessarily,  very complex.  It provides for transferring 8-bit characters  across     serial lines that support only 7-bit data transfers.  It  does this by using a quote character to precede each character that has its 8th bit set.  Some quick figuring should tell you      that a file with all characters greater than (ASCII) 127 would      double in size.  Control characters (less than 32:  ie.             backspace,  unquoted on 8-bit data channels.  Since      most microcomputer connections are with 8-bit data channels, this   (with  sliding windows) makes KERMIT more viable as a general       purpose file transfer protocol.  Another proposed extension would   allow data packets to be longer than 94 bytes.  This would allow    throughput increases for those systems which cannot support the     complexity of the sliding window mechanism. KERMIT has another nice feature.  It has a server mode where a     client (that't files which        allows conversions to be performed between systems.  A DEC VAX,     for instance, uses a zero to terminate lines; UNIX uses a line      feed; MSDOS, a carriage return and a line feed.  KERMIT makes       transfers between these systems much simpler.  It also has          provisions for supporting many different types of file attributes   such as fixed length records or encoding in EBCDIC (a character     encoding scheme like ASCII that was used for punched cards).  It    supports exact  ACKs/NAKs occurring only when an  error   is detected.  This permits ZMODEM to transfer data without  network delays at almost the full speed of the modem.  It supports variable block sizes to allow it to adjust to the speed    of the connections.  It uses larger blocks at higher speeds to      reduce overhead.  ZMODEM has a lot of features which means that  it is a fairly complex protocol.  It supports wildcard transfers,      exact file size and file date and time.  It can perform selective   updating, ata transport        layer.  It is a means of getting data from one place to another.    It handles error correction, and retransmission of error packets.   All you do is feed it data and it makes sure it arrives at the      other end.  X.PC is slowly gaining a little popularity, but it      still has a long way to go.  It is a very complex protocol, and,    although TYMNET supplies C source code for a copying fee, is  still a significant effort to implement, especially on non-standard (read TIPC) hardwareRC checking  for transfers that require the highest integrity. CONCLUSION - Before I wrap all of this up, let me confuse the      issue a little bit more by talking about a couple of other          protocols. One that you might be familiar with is the protocol used by        CompuServe:  CIS-B.  This is a proprietary protocol, although  they have recently released example source code implementation of  the   protocol.  I guess they realized their fortunes were being  made    from people who transferred  have  sold it to modem manufacturers and they have implemented it in  their       modems.  This means that if you connect two MNP modems  together    (must be one on each end of the connection), then you  have         essentially an error free connection.  Very nice for those  of us   with noisy phone lines.  It is, however, not a file transfer protocol, and would require one to work in conjunction     with it.  Once again, ZMODEM comes to mind. "So, what does all this mean!?!" you may scream!  Well, leers on CompuServe, I would recommend using CIS-B.  It  is much more reliable and faster than doing XMODEM transfers with      CompuServe. Something else I should mention is X.PC.  X.PC is a microcomputer implementation of X.25, a mainframe networking        protocol.  It supports multiple simultaneous "channels." This       means that on systems that support X.PC (like TYMNET, the creator   of X.PC) you can be connected to more than one system at a time.    X.PC is not a file transfer protocol, it is a dtransferring only those files with more recent dates      than those on the receiving system.  It also supports restarting    transfers that are aborted in the middle.  It can perform remote    command execution and transfers the results back to the sending     system.  This works best in an environment like UNIX or XENIX,  but could also be used on a DOS system with appropriate software. ZMODEM performs error checking with a 16-bit CRC.  A recent        addition to the protocol allows the use of 32-bit C.  It may gain more popularity in  the future if someone comes up with a microcomputer bulletin  board     that supports it.  It will require a file transfer protocol  to     operate in conjunction with it.  ZMODEM would make an  excellent    candidate. Another data transport layer is MNP.  MNP operates in much the     same manner as X.PC:  Feed it data and it gets it where you want    it, error free.  It is, however, completely proprietary.  The  only thing going for it is that the people who created MNPfiles, and not from selling  their      VIDTEX software packages.  It is developed specifically to  reduce  problems with transfers over networks by using packets up  to 1024  bytes in length and ignoring delays between characters  within a    packet.  The CompuServe host transfers the name to the  sending or  receiving system which means that the name needs to be  specified   in only one place.  It also transfers files with the exact size, although date and time stamping are not supported.      For transft me     drag things out a little further by adding that you still can't     transfer data any faster than the modem can.  The absolute  minimum time to transfer one megabyte of data at 2400 baud is  about 70     minutes, at 9600 baud this is reduced to about 18 minutes.  Although some file transfer protocols help approach the   theoretical limits of the transfer rates, they won't do as much  to help as data compression.  Data compression will reduce the         transfer time by reducing the number of byte5AWARDS  HAC5PRIZES  HDavid Cobley of the Vancouver Island Senior Adamphiles User Group  provided ANN subscribers with:ADAMCON5   H   Bob Stroud's impressions of ADAMCON 5. GLEAN993   H   Dave Sands regular selection of newsworthy items               from various other media.SPDYWRITE  H   Part Four in Dave Sands ongoing series "Working               with SpeedyWrite"VIDEOLOG-1 H  .Part I (of two parts) of the article authored by               Tom Keene for the Inland empire AUG newsletter.The Esfers between systems with   strange file formats, or transfers over 7-bit data channels, the    winner is KERMIT.  The sliding windows extension makes this         protocol one that should survive for some time to come. For best all-around micro to micro transmission:  ZMODEM.  This    is a very robust protocol and seems to work well even under noisy   environments.  It has hooks for extendibility and I see it going    no place but up. What does the future hold? I know better than to try to predict    OCOLS  H   A article on modem program protocols.POWERUSER  H   Advice on using a BBS from a BBS Systems Operator.  COMP-DICT  H   Short Dictionary of Computer termsARTICLE1   H   The first in a series of Articles by Barry. This               contains ideas about what he found in using his                new IBM clone that ADAM might also have some day.work in conjunction     with it.  Once again, ZMODEM comes to mind. "So, what does all this mean!?!" you may scream!  Well, le‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےThe September, 1993 ADAM News Network PublicationThe following articles are on Disk #1:Alan Neeley sent us three articles which summarize attendance,     awards and prizes during the recent Salt Lake City ADAM            Convention:AC5ATTEND  HACs that need to be       transmitted.  ARC, SQ (CP/M squeeze), and ZOO will do more for      reducing transfer times than any of the protocols.  In fact, some   of the so-called high speed modems simply have a 68000 in them      doing compression like one of these programs.  Try running an       ARCed file through one of them and see what the transfer time       really is. In conclusion (<CHEER>), my OPINION about all of these file        transfer protocols is this: For micro to mainframe transfers, tranmerald Isles AUG (Co-host of the 1994 ADAM Convention)        provided us with Two Articles authored by Norman Deere:WHHAPPNG   HWRDPRO10   H And two articles and a neat dice program by Faye Deere:PRESAYS993  HDICEPROGRM  HNorman Castro of the Omaha AUG provided his articles in four       parts:OAUC-893   HOAUC8932   HOAUC8933   HOAUC8934   HAnd Barry Wilson provided us with some interesting articles        downloaded from local BBS'.MODEM-ART  H   You guessed it - it's about modems.PROTanything that has to do with the computer industry.  Those          "industry analysts" who get paid for throwing darts aren't doing    well, and I'm sure not going to join them.  I hope I have given     you enough to go on to draw your own conclusions.  I know I         haven't been completely objective, but I have tried to give the     reasons  means that we could expect 1    out of every 256 packets with errors to have a valid checksum and   go undetected.  This was cor‚Dےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے Working With SpeedyWrite:  Part Four. By Dave SandsThis series is written for original publication in the ADVISA, nl   of the Vancouver Island Senior ADAMphiles (VISA) and is             distributed by the ADAM News Network.Macros.  A Macro is a at feature escapes me at the moment,  but stay    tuned.As we know, SpeedyWrite has a flexible system of copying files to   its screen, and from the screen to the workspace.  But to put it    another way, it is possible to have something on the SPW screen,    without having it in memory.  A good example of this is SPW'        ability to show you the catalog of your disk.  (Using the           Store/Get key and the Catalog command on the Filer menu.) The       catalog is on the screen, but until you do somilt-in    set of instructions-quite literally at your fingertips- rather      than enter them every time you need them.SpeedyWrite's macros seem to be designed to simplify some of the    program's operations, or to speed up its use.  Depending on how     much use you make of them, they can be very functional.  In         addition, you can incorporate your own macros into the program,     simplifying and speeding up your own particular work on the ADAM.Let's begin with a review of the supplied macros.  Aas a variety of split-   screen effects available.  For simplicity, a split-screen effect    in SPW is created by pressing SmartKEY V.  This divides the  screen midway.  The top screen is referred to in the manual as  the Copy   window, the lower, as the Text window.  Only the lower  of the two  screens can be controlled by your keyboard.  It's possible to clear the top or bottom window, copy a data tape or     disk catalog into it, and then use the macro key to move that       catalog into the workspace. h to set off something within the page or     paragraph, or to give your work a graphic touch by putting lines    across the top and bottom of the page.Shift-plus-SmartKEY III is a quick-deleter for the word             immediately left of the cursor.  Note that 'cursor' means the       solid square block cursor, not the reversed 'E' End- of-text        symbol.  If you press Shift-plus-SmartKEY III with the cursor       behind the 'E' block, the second word to the left will be  deleted.  The utility of thsmall, separate program within your           SpeedyWrite program.  SPW comes with 15 macros, and has the         ability to record, save and run macros you create.  Let's review    what's available, then look at creating some of our own.  The       rationale for using macros is that they perform a complicated or    repetititious function with simple keyboard commands.  It's         obviously easier to remember a two-key combination than a series    of control and letter codes, and faster when you have a buething, it is         ephemeral.  The 'something' you do is press Shift-plus- SmartKEY    IV.  That macro loads the screen into the workspace, or memory.     You are now able to edit or print your catalog.SpeedyWrite's macro keys have the side-effect of taking you out  of Insert mode when they're used.  Why, I don't understand.The last macro, Shift-SmartKEY V copies the contents of the SPW     Copy window into the workspace of the Edit window.  Here is the     background for that command:  SpeedyWrite hn exercise of   working with these macros will be instructive, in that you'll       discover which are useful for you.For example, SPW offers five 'keyboard' macros with a Shift-plus-   SmartKEY command in its standard text screen, with no changes  from usual operation.Using the Shift key and then SmartKEY I puts 13 return symbols on   your page.Shift-plus-SmartKEY II adds a line within your work; it's a         single, horizontal line the full width of your column.It might be   very useful if you wis SPW has several other multiple  screen tricks available as well.  Using Control-T for example  allows you  to switch between two full height screens, a feature I  find much   more useful.  If you're happy doing two things at once,  SPW is     definitely your program.The five keyboard macros above are loaded with SPW when you put     the program into the ADAM and they're also found in the file        KMacros.  There are two more sets of macros in the files Screen     and CSDel.  To use either set, use the window   mode, or trying to do something similar.  The result is  the same   as pressing Control-Q:  you get a large area in which to  insert    more words, and you close up your work by using Control-E.          However, Control-Q gives you only 255 spaces, this macro gives  you the whole screen.  It may be a time-saver when you must  expand a   document.Using the Store/Get, System Load sequence again gets us the third   set of pre-programmed SPW macros, the CsDel or editing macros.      Here, for thosely the functions differ) gets   you your next screenful of text.  This command lets you step very   quickly, but with control, through a long file.  Remembering that   SPW gives you 22 lines on your screen, in other words, this macro   gives you 22-line advancing for your cursor.  Those of you (us)     who've wanted a Page Down or Page Up key like those Other           computers, now have it.Shift plus SmartKEY II copies the lines in the top Copy window      into the lower Copy window.  See above for a diy or the spacebar) before you can use the macro  again.  Consequently, I continue to use the Home-plus-arrow key            combination, which does let you continuously jump through a file,   not to return symbols but to the head of paragraphs.Shift-plus-SmartKEY II will take you to the head of every           paragraph, or more precisely, to the first space at the head of     every para.  If you indent, then you will be there.  If you  don't, and at the ADVISA, we don't, you go to the space between  the se of multiple screens, and the various  windows in  SpeedyWrite is going to have to wait for its own article.)Shift plus SmartKEY V:  the documentation describes this effect  as "zooms the paragraph the cursor is on to the whole screen,          allowing you to add as much as you want." I describe it as gives    you a full,blank screen anywhere your cursor is when you press  it.  And creates some interesting effects while doing it, too.   On my  screen it appears as if SPW is going into the famous Copy  Store/Get key with the SPW   program in your ADAM.  When you see the menu, select System with    the arrow keys.  The System menu offers you Save or Load.  Select   Load.Typing Screen or CsDel doesn't produce a visible change on your     screen, but the set of macros in that file is now operating in      your program, and the previous set is gone.The Screen file macros offer the following commands:Shift plus SmartKEY I:  (and notice that the key commands are the   same in all three sets of macros, on of us who actually use SpeedyWrite, are some fast   copy editing tools.  People who don't use SPW don't need to  delete entire paragraphs, jump the cursor to the next return  symbol, or   jump back to the head of a paragraph.Shift plus SmartKEY I:  takes the cursor to the next return         symbol.  If it was possible to press it again, and jump to the      next return symbol beyond that, it would be really useful for       reviewing.  It isn't.  You must move the cursor with another key    (an arrow kescussion of Copy     window mode, or consult the SpeedyWrite documentation.Shift plus SmartKEY III deletes the last word before the cursor.    The previous caveat applies here, too.  Use the macro with the      cursor behind the End-of-text symbol and it deletes the second      last word.Shift plus SmartKEY IV:  puts the directory of drive A (the left    hand tape drive) into the Copy window.  To use, remember you must   have your Copy window on, which is the SmartKEY V key.  (It  works, but the whole ufirst and second word.  Here again, we have to remember we are working on a computer and to a computer, a paragraph is         anything between return symbols.  One word can be a paragraph, in   other words.  The 'E' or End-of-text symbol in SPW doesn't count    as a return symbol.  Shift plus SmartKEY II in this spot on the     screen will take you to the space between the Y and the II above    if the last item on your screen in this para is the End-of-text     marker.  This digression is by way of pointive them run in your word  processing program.  Like other features which you don't use, the  macros are  dormant until you call them up.SpeedyWrite offers two kinds of macro programs:  keyboard and       print.  Keyboard macros can be used to generate text or copy on     your screen, (and subsequently on your print outs) and print        macros are used to format those print outs in whatever way you      specify hen you create the macro.The SPW documentation suggests creating a keyboard macro for the   ily, all deletes go into the 'delete       buffer,' so if blipping all of this out seems radical, I can get    it back with the Move/Copy key.  SpeedyWrite defines a 'sentence' as something ending with a  period that goes back to a previous period.  If you neglect to  insert     that little grammatical marker, the next nearest sentence  with one will be deleted.Similarly, Shift plus SmartKEY V makes the last paragraph before    the cursor go away.And, again, the para deleted goes into the buffer.  Wheis turn on the macro recording      feature.  Your next step must be to set the SmartKEY you wish to    use for the macro.  Let's choose good old III for the job.  Here    is the sequence:Shift plus SmartKEY VI is pressed.Shift plus SmartKEY III is pressed'1992 World Series Champions Toronto Blue Jays' is typed.Shift plus SmartKEY VI is pressed again.  Shift plus SmartKEY III is pressed.'1992 World Series Champions Toronto Blue Jays' is printed out,     and at a lot faster rate than my typing sphat SmartKEY VI    isn't used.  This introduces us to the macro recording feature of   SpeedyWrite, because it's this key that turns on the macro          recorder that allows you to record your own macros.  As  discussed, macros are tiny programs within your word processing program.  When you load SpeedyWrite, part of the program is the     'language' or BASIC in which SPW is written.  Your ADAM is in       effect running two programs.  It's the first of these which  allows you to write your macros and hang out that all these   features need to be learned and used, with their various            shortcomings, to become useful to you when you're working with      Speedy.  Shift plus SmartKEY III deletes the last word before the cursor     block.  This macro, making its third appearance, is the only        consistent one in the three sets.Shift plus SmartKEY IV deletes the last sentence before the         cursor.Happily, it works with the End of text symbol as well as the        cursor, and, equally happ word 'antidisestablishmentarianism' (reputedly the longest word  in the English language) as an example of a time and labour  saving    macro.  It's only time and labour saving if you need it,  but as an example, it'll do.  Clearly, creating and using a macro  has to be  a functional thing.  If you have to type 'Be it therefore resolved' or 'Carried unanimously' or '1992 World  Series Champions Toronto Blue Jays' a lot, a keyboard macro is  going to   be worth the effort.All Shift plus SmartKEY VI does n using a    macro like this one, it helps to be aware of exactly where that     cursor is, and if you are doing considerable editing, you may  want to keep the buffer clean between edits by using Control-N.          Otherwise, you may regret removing one paragraph, use Move/Copy  to re- insert, and find all of your recent deletions back on  screen.There are no "Are You Sure" messages with these macros, such as     you will see with the Clear key command.One consistent feature of the SPW macro sets is teed.If I am only going to need a macro for one session, it probably     will be efficient just to define it at the start of work, use it    and forget it when I complete the piece.  For example, if I  define Shift plus SmartKEY I as the macro key for the Keyboard  macro      'Shift plus SmartKEY' I will save myself much repetitious  typing   in this article, but hopefully, I'll never need it again.Shift plus SmartKEY as a keyboard macro is mine forever if I save   it as a file immediately after creating The Coleco ADAM opened up the personal computer market  in a big way, even though it's introduction was somewhat premature, with many bugs to be ironed out. Just when the ADAM was beginning to make an impact, Coleco made    the questionable decision to abandon it.  I think they totally      ignored the potential of our orphaned ADAM.  I'm sure a few  Coleco executives have had occasion to regret that decision. You have probably noticed that some of the articles in this        newsletter originate with on a backup SPW tape or disk for lots of     macro files.  The macro remains active in the file you're working   in, but it's also there for next time, or after the next power      failure.Print macros are created and saved in precisely the same manner,    with the difference being that they're only useful when you're      printing out on your ADAM or dot matrix printer.The next installment of 'Working with SpeedyWrite' will continue    with Print Macros, and delve into SPW's ability to print in       20            double-sided disks, tapes and 720K disks. The price of a new subscription to A.N.N.  is usually $35.         However, if you would like to subscribe to A.N.N., they are now     offering you a once-in-a-lifetime deal.  For the first-time         subscriber, the price will be $25 for the year.  Current members    can renew their subscription for $15 for the year, if they renew    it now.  Send your check to Bob Blair, A.N.N.  Disk Editor, 361     Eden Drive, Englewood, FL 34223-1964, (813) 475‚Dےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے THINGS I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW The ADAM computer will be ten years old this year!  It was         introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in 1983, and offered    to the buying public during the Christmas shopping season that      year.  it.  This is done with  the Filer menu and the System Save and Load commands.  Pressing         Store/Get command key gives us the Filer menu, and selecting        System with the arrow or backspace key brings up the Save or Load   choices (after requiring the Drive specification).  With your       backup SPW disk or tape in the drive selected, name the macro  just as you would any file and press return.  You will drop out  of the  menu and back into your work as the file is saved.  There's plenty of room A.N.N., the ADAM News Network.  The       articles you see here are only a very few of the articles put out   each month by A.N.N.  We don't have the space to duplicate all  of  them. A.N.N.  puts out at least one disk each month, that is filled      with articles from various sources.  It is not a printed            newsletter like this one.  All the articles are on the media of     your choice, and sometimes include BASIC programs for you to use.   The A.N.N.  articles are available on 160K flippies, 3  columns, print page numbers where you want them, and similar  print formatting subjects.  once. ZMODEM - ZMODEM was developed by Chuck Forsberg, the inventor of   YMODEM.  It really has no relation to XMODEM other than the last    five characters of its name.  ZMODEM was developed at the request   of some network services to help reduce delays inherent in file     transfers. ZMODEM is based on ideas derived from X.PC and KERMIT.  It  allows continuous transfers with-4219.   Chris Braymen, creator of the MIDI interface and software for      ADAM, introduced a new game called TANK MODEM, at ADAMCON 05  this  year.  The game is played by modem, between two players who  drive  around in tanks shooting at each other.  Sort of like a  grounded   game of Battleship, played on two ADAM computers by way of a modem. As soon as I get more information, I'll pass it on.  if you  can't wait to hear all about TANK MODEM, contact Chris Braymen,  Bonefide Systems, 45280 S.  Oakvibert Finney performing in (not necessarily  together), this is the way that command might look:A>FIND VIDEOLOG $J2:$U2 <CR>If you had turned on your printer prior to typing this command,     you would get a hard copy list of these films.  In any case, you    would get a screen presentation of every film that Sean Connery  or Albert Finney played in.  If you want a list of all films that      Sean Connery AND Albert Finney played in together, there is         another program that will do this very nicely‚Dےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے THE PRACTICAL ADAM:  INDEXING VIDEO CASSETTES: PART THREE.  BY THOMAS J.  KEENE.(Here is the final part of Tom Keene's series concerning using      your ADAM to create and maintain a database record of your stock    of video cassettes.  This porte rest of the       commands.  Or you can invoke it with a long command line, with      multiple instructions.  I prefer the long command line, but for a   beginner it might be easier to work with prompts.There are three options that are available to you for outputting    the data you are searching for.  You can send the information to    the screen.  You may make a file on a disc or datapack with the     information.  Or you may direct the output to your printer.The simplest situation is the first one;certain actor played in,  FIND.COM is  all you need.  If you want to locate the cassettes that have either one actor or another, then FIND.COM will do that   with just a one-line command.  The command is very similar to the   command I used last time to find the actors from the LIST file by   using many actor codes.  The only real difference is that instead   of searching the LIST file, you search the VIDEOLOG file instead.   It we wanted to locate all of the films that had either Sean        Connery or Alew Drive, Oakhurst, CA 93644,  (209)        658-8530. Pat Herrington is the new Sysop of the CompuServe "Go Club, sec.   9, ADAMania".  If you want to get in touch, her UID# is             76537,1271. Faye B.  Deeren,    without having it in memory.  A good example of this is SPW'        ability to show you the catalog of your disk.  (Using the           Store/Get key and the Catalog command on the Filer menu.) The       catalog is on the screen, but until you do som.  That is the         SEARCH.COM program.First let me say that the SEARCH.COM program is such a fantastic    program, that it is worth all the time you might invest in  getting familiar with it.  The document that comes with it is  pretty       comprehensive and not too hard to understand.  In my own            experience, I have found it to be an utterly fantastic program of   many uses.SEARCH.COM can be invoked by just typing the word "SEARCH" and a    carriage return.  It will then prompt you for thion of Tom's text was transcribed     from hardcopy by yours truly.  BDC)Once we have placed the basic data in our videolog, the next        project is to make the greatest possible use of the data.  That  is the eminent domain of the search and sort programs.  Last time  I   discussed a very useful program to locate information.  That  was   the FIND.COM program.  With that program you can locate the  video  cassette which has the program you are seeking.  Or if you  want to find all of the films that a  send it to the screen.     This requires no special direction, but sending this information    to your printer or to a disc requires a special command.The next command will tell the program where to find the file it    will be searching.  You can have SEARCH.COM on any drive and the    file you want to search on the same drive or any other drive.   You also must provide the file name of the file it is to search.Next, SEARCH.COM has a lot of options on how to limit it's search   of the file on which it responds with a menu prompt asking you what  you want  to search for.  Our request was for the word "cassettes".  Next it prompted us with "And?".  Our response was  a simple carriage return.  This means that we are not asking it  to   find a line with anything but the word "cassettes".  Then it        prompts us with "Or?".  Again, we entered a carriage return.  We    are looking for a line that contains the word "cassettes" and for   no other word.  Then it prompts us with the "Skip text..." line.    If d each time it finds the word (or words) it will report     that line.  Another option is that of reporting everything it finds (could be   a paragraph or a page or just a line) in a designated section of    the searched file.This is done with delimiters.  A delimiter  marks the beginning and end of a section of text.  If SEARCH.COM  finds   your word in a delimited area, then it will report everything that lies in that delimited area.  This is extremely     useful in searching specially prepared files t  Then it starts the search and it will return every line it finds  with   the word "cassettes" in it.  I have shown a typical single  line of output.  When it has finished, it will prompt you with  "File?".    if you have finished searching, just hit a carriage return and you will be returned to CP/M.  That is also true of  the first File? prompt.  Also, if you want to halt the search           operation at any time, just hit Control-C (^C).There is a great deal more to SEARCH.COM than just this simple ates your response to     the prompt.  In this example, the SEARCH.COM program is on  A:Drive and TEST.TXT and is on B:Drive.  A>search <CR> For? (cassettes <CR>) And? (<CR>) Or? (<CR>) Skip text (Show filenames only y/n)? _ (N <CR>) File? (B:TEST.TXT <CR>)Separator? (L <CR>)example, suppose you have entered a lot of cassettes inFile? (<CR>)Let's take these commands one at a time.  The first one, which is   just the word "search" and a carriage return, activates the  search program.  It is working.  For an example, one option  is to have a line by line search for the desired word or words.   This is the option to use in the VIDEOLOG search.  In that  operation,   it will examine one line of text at a time.  If it finds the object of the search, it will present that entire line    to you.  If you have opted for just a screen presentation, then     the entire line that contains the word you were searching for,      will be displayed on the screen.  It then goes through the entire   file, anyou just want to know if a file contains the object of a         search, but you don't need to see the text, then the response  here would be an "N".  Actually a simple carriage return will  suffice   because a "Y" response is needed for positive action.   Any other   response will be a "non-Y" or "No" response.The next prompt is for the file name.  Be sure to include the       drive name as I have done in the example.  Next it prompts you  for the separator.  You may enter an uppercase or lowercase "L". hat have the          appropriate delimiters strategically located in the file.  The      simplest delimiter is a blank line.  The author of the SEARCH.COM   program, Eric Bohlman, calls these delimiters "separators".  But    for this application we will confine the search to a line of  text.  The separator for this usage is the letter "L" (for line).   Thus  each line will be an item of search.  Here is a typical scenario for a search operation using menu        prompts.  The word(s) in parenthesis indic     application.  In another situation, you might want it to search     every file on a drive, in which case you could respond to the       File? prompt with B:*.*.  But this is not the situation here.Let's take a practical example of searching our VIDEOLOG file for   every movie that John Wayne and Ward Bond played in together.   The code for John Wayne is $ A and the code for Ward Bond is $ Q.       Let's go one further and include Maureen O'Hara (whose code is $    O).  This is how to do it:A>search etc.) the kind of system such as S- VHS, the  date I made the recording and so on.If you wish to direct the output of SEARCH to a file or to the      printer, the initial command must be modified slightly.  To send    it to the printer, this is the way to invoke the program:A>search >LST:  <CR>Now, the data found by SEARCH.COM will be sent to the printer.   If you want a disc (ddp) file, the command line is similar.  You  must not only direct it to a drive, but you must specify the  filename   of the you want to find any movie that featured John Wayne and     Ward Bond OR any movie that featured Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.    This is the sequence for that search:  A>search <CR> Search for? ($ A <CR>) And? ($ Q <CR>) And? (<CR>)  Or? ($4W <CR>) And? ($Z5 <CR>) And? (<CR>)  Or? (<CR>) Skip text (show filename only) (Y/N)? (<CR>) File? (B:VIDEOLOG <CR>) Separator? (L <CR>) In my case I got the following printout.  The printout is           abbreviated because the large cast would e of the file FOURSTAR as  you need.  No other entries in VIDEOLOG will be in the new file         FOURSTAR.  In a similar manner you can make a file that lists ALL movies in    your VIDEOLOG.  If this file is named MOVIES this is the sequence   to use:  A>SEARCH >B:MOVIES <CR> Search for? (MOVIE <CR>) And? (<CR>)  Or? (<CR>) Skip text (show filename only) (Y/N) (<CR>) File? (B:VIDEOLOG <CR>) Separator? (L <CR>) Now this file on the B:Drive named MOVIES will be a complete list   of all the e.  The number of the  video cassette appears right after (MOVIE).  On some lines you  can see   the cast code and others you can't.  This is a limitation  of       printing this article.  The complete cast is on the stored  line in VIDEOLOG and some lines are well over 100 characters long.  This permits searching for any name that appeared in the     cast of the movie.  I also include much more data on my VIDEOLOG    list than appears here.  I always record the recording speed  (Long Play, Super Long Play <CR>Search for? ($ A <CR>) And? ($ Q <CR>)  And? ($ Q <CR>)  And? (<CR>) Or? (<CR>) Skip text (show filename only) (Y/N) (<CR>) File? (B:VIDEOLOG <CR>) Separator? (L <CR>) Now you will get a printout of every movie that had these three     actors in the cast.  Of course, you could ask for all John Wayne    OR Ward Bond movies by skipping the AND? prompt and entering the    code for Ward Bond at the Or? prompt.  There is even a more         remarkable search possibility for you.  Suppose new file.  Suppose you wish to make a disc (ddp)  file of    all films that have a four star rating.And let's name that file FOURSTAR.  Here is the command  structure:A>search >B:FOURSTAR <CR>Search for? (*4 <CR>)And? (<CR>)Or? (<CR>)Skip text (show filename only) (Y/N) (<CR>)File? (B:VIDEOLOG <CR>)Separator? (L <CR>)SEARCH will now find every line that has a *4 entry, and place      that line in a file on the B:Drive, by the name of FOURSTAR.        Later you can make as many hard copiesxceed the line that can   be printed in this article.  This is just to show what a typical response would look like:THE QUIET MAN (MOVIE) 013 *4 $ A $ O $ P $ Q.....RIO BRAVO (MOVIE) A24 *3 CINEMAX $ A $DN $ Q $DP.SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS (MOVIE) A43 *2 WTBS $ A $ Q.FORT APACHE (MOVIE) A57 *3 CINEMAX 2hr8min $ A S Q.OPERATION PACIFIC (MOVIE) A77 *3 CINEMAX 1hr51min.TO CATCH A THIEF (MOVIE) A95 *4 CINEMAX 1hr46min.LONG JOURNEY HOME (MOVIE) B-6 *3 WTBS 1hr44min.Notice the entry (MOVIE) is on each linmovies in the VIDEOLOG file.  In a similar manner, you   could list all of the NOVA programs that are listed in VIDEOLOG.    Refer to the previous article where I showed an entry for  cassette number 069.  Every NOVA entry is similar.  The word "NOVA" is on every NOVA entry as well as the title of the           particular episode.  You might want to locate a program that you    can only identify by content.  Last week while watching the         Academy Awards show, I was reminded by the discussion of  "RAI places it on the        B:Drive.  If you want to have the sorted file stored on the         B:Drive with the filename LIST.SRT, this is the command line for    that:A>SORT B:LIST B:LIST.SRT <CR>You may store the sorted list on any drive and it may have the      same filename or any filename of your choice.  I find it is very    handy to have a sorted movie list (since I have over 400) near my   VCR.  It makes it so easy to find the cassette that has a movie     that I want to get.  Without it, it wouldCOM.  The compound   line contains the output instructions, the file source, the         separators and something called switches.  There are about 9 of     these switches, none of which are necessary for working with this   VIDEOLOG search.  However, I do use one switch, (the F switch).     If this isn't used, then the output has a line at its beginning,    which states the name of the file where the data was obtained       (e.g.VIDEOLOG).  You can stop this printout by inserting "-F" on    the command lintransferring only those files with more recent dates      than those on the receiving system.  It also supports restarting    transfers that are aborted in the middle.  It can perform remote    command execution and transfers the results back to the sending     system.  This works best in an environment like UNIX or XENIX,  but could also be used on a DOS system with appropriate software. ZMODEM performs error checking with a 16-bit CRC.  A recent        addition to the protocol allows the use of 32-bit Cvies, whether it is a complete     list or just four star movies.It is extremely simple to sort such lists.  You may retain the      unsorted list if you prefer or you can have the SORT program        replace the unsorted list with a sorted list.  You can designate  a new filename for the sorted list at the time of sorting.  Here  is  an example of sorting the file LIST:A>SORT B:LIST B:  <CR>This illustration has the SORT.COM on the A:Drive and the file      LIST on the B:Drive.  After sorting LIST itNMAN" that I had a program, on video cassette somewhere, on  idiot        savants.  So I used SEARCH.  COM and asked it to look for  the      keyword "SAVANT" In nothing flat I found it.  It had been  recorded from a 1984 episode of "60 Minutes".  Frankly, I don't  know how I  ever could have located it without this system.  I have found it easier to invoke the SEARCH program with the        expanded command line.  It still prompts for some information,      because of the complex AND/OR nature of SEARCH. be like looking for a     needle in a haystack.Thomas J.  Keene,IEAUG.    the full speed of the modem.  It supports variable block sizes to allow it to adjust to the speed    of the connections.  It uses larger blocks at higher speeds to      reduce overhead.  ZMODEM has a lot of features which means that  it is a fairly complex protocol.  It supports wildcard transfers,      exact file size and file date and time.  It can perform selective   updating, e.  Here is an example of an extended command line:A>SEARCH >B:MOVIES -F B:VIDEOLOG L <CR>This takes care of the separator, the destination and the source.   All that remains to be input are the things to search for.  It is   important to note, that each entry on the command line, is          separated from the next entry by a space.There are a number of times when you would prefer to have an        alphabetically sorted list.  One such list is the list of actor     names.  Another is the list of mo‚Cےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے                ---------WHAT'S HAPPENING--------                --------------------------------- As time goes by, more and more ADAM items and utilities become    available to ADAM users on disk. Disk is the key word.  People who use their ADAM cowas a double-    sided disk drive, and gave you 320K of storage (or 64K more than   a datapak).  This immediately solved the datapak-to-disk  storage  problem. Although digital data drives are still available, they are be-    coming increasingly shorter in supply.  They are slower, less      dependable, and datapaks are much more expensive compared to       disks.  The disk drives of today are fast and dependable; and are  the ideal means of storage for ADAM users, as well as other PC     owners.  For oneith their digital data drive, over 10 years  ago; it was considered state-of- the-art, for data storage.        Their digital datapaks, at that time, were the ultimate way to     store your ADAM items.  They were much faster than the storage     methods of most other PC's, and they held 256K of information.     However, you must remember that this was 10 or more years ago.     What was best at that time, does not hold true at this point in    time. Coleco, in the meantime, came up with several useful itemand datapaks costing    more, and becoming less plentiful as time goes by, you should      certainly consider the disk drive route of data conservation.      Some suppliers have stopped supplying programs on datapaks; and    this trend can only become more widely spread, as time goes on.    In fact, your ADAM User Group may, in the near future,             discontinue sales of library volumes on datapaks.  For the         foreseeable future, however, members will continue to be provided  with formatted datanal ADAM  disk drive could only handle 160K since it was a single-sided      disk drive.  However, this amount of storage space usually         sufficed to handle the items being stored; as most datapaks        programs were not using that much space on tape. As time went by, the ADAM disk drives began to get scarce, since  Coleco (having gone bankrupt) was no longer supplying them.  In    the nick of time, so to speak, Micro Innovations came into being;  and began supplying the ADAMnet disk drive, which mputer system  to any extent, use it in connection with a disk drive.  Why is     this true? Because a disk drive is so much superior to the         digital data drive that you got as an integral part of your ADAM   con sole, when you acquired it. When Coleco envisioned a family computer system, disk drives      were around; but were not so reliable, then, that they were        considered a good way to store your computer data.  Also, they     were not as plentiful and inexpensive. When Coleco came up w thing, disks will not "bleed" their stored        information the way that datapaks will.  This is, of course, due   to the way the data is stored.  On a disk the storage surface      does not touch another storage surface.  On a datapak, the tape    (the storage surface) wraps itself tightly around each other turn  of tape.  This can then cause the bleeding of data from one        surface to the other.  In time the data can become garbled, or     unrecoverable. With disk prices becoming lower in price, s for    ADAM.  They included the 64K memory expander board, and the  ADAM  disk drive.  These were two of the items that ADAM users  needed   the most.  The 64K card doubled ADAM's available memory  (RAM);    and the ADAM disk drive was easily plugged into the ADAM  console, to become instantly available for data storage.  So there you were, with 128K of RAM; and a drive that you could use   to quickly save any, or all, of your items and articles. As in most cases, there was a slight problem.  The origipaks, for their own data storage. The time of the data drive is limited.  The age of the ADAMnet    disk drive has arrived! -----NJD.  A delimiter  marks the beginning and end of a section of text.  If SEARCH.COM  finds   your word in a delimited area, then it will report everything that lies in that delimited area.  This is extremely     useful in searching specially prepared files tr favorite    program on it when you aren't using your ADAM computer. So, just watch your white line indicator as it moves across the   top of the screen (your horizontal margin indicator), and you  can tell where you are within the horizontal margins you have  set.    When you get just past the center on the line indicator,  the text will have filled a line on your viewing screen; and the  balance   of the line will move down and form a second line of  text. Your vertical margin indicator (the white li‚Cےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے---------WORD PROCESSING--------- We talked about ADAM's "word-wrap", and hyphenating words that    are too long to fit at the end of a line.  When you put a hyphen   at the end of a syllable of a word at the end of a line, you also  must place a CR (was a double-    sided disk drive, and gave you 320K of storage (or 64K more than   a datapak).  This immediately solved the datapak-to-disk  storage  problem. Although digital data drives are still available, they are be-    coming increasingly shorter in supply.  They are slower, less      dependable, and datapaks are much more expensive compared to       disks.  The disk drives of today are fast and dependable; and are  the ideal means of storage for ADAM users, as well as other PC     owners.  For oneever,  your ADAM doesn't cost several thousands of dollars, so we have    to accept a small inconvenience, and compromise.  After all,  ADAM was designed to fit within the average budget.  Therefore, instead of your having to buy an expensive monitor  for your computer system, he was designed to use with any TV set,  as  a monitor.  You can use black & white or color, and any size       screen; and since everyone has at least one TV set, you already    have a "monitor" on hand; and you can still watch youhat have the          appropriate delimiters strategically located in the file.  The      simplest delimiter is a blank line.  The author of the SEARCH.COM   program, Eric Bohlman, calls these delimiters "separators".  But    for this application we will confine the search to a line of  text.  The separator for this usage is the letter "L" (for line).   Thus  each line will be an item of search.  Here is a typical scenario for a search operation using menu        prompts.  The word(s) in parenthesis indicne indicator at the   left edge of your screen) shows you where you are on the page,     from top to bottom.  You normally will get 54 lines per page. -----NJDpe. As time went by, the ADAM disk drives began to get scarce, since  Coleco (having gone bankrupt) was no longer supplying them.  In    the nick of time, so to speak, Micro Innovations came into being;  and began supplying the ADAMnet disk drive, which carriage return) after the hyphen.  If you        don't, the whole word (hyphen and all) will end up on the next     line, due to word-wrap.  We have word-wrap due to the fact that    ADAM has a 36 column screen.  In order for ADAM to accomodate the  usual 60, or more, characters across its screen, they have to be   divided and put on two lines.  If we had an 80 column screen like  the "Big Blue" computers, you could read the usual 60, or more,    characters right across the screen, on one single line.  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