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ee, Ron Collins, Guy Cousineau, Faye  Deere,  Patricia Herrington, Thomas Keene, Bart Lynch, Ron Mitchell, Tony            Patterson, Howard Pines, Robert Sebelist, Neal and Dale Wick, and others.THE CONVENTION THEME: "HANDS-ON LEARNING"The ADAMCON 06 Planning Committee, with representation from each hosting     group, has chosen the theme of "HANDS-ON LEARNING" for this convention.      Specifically, that means that you will be able to use an ADAM computer       during most of the sessions.  Since many‚MےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےMay10, 1994               ADAMCON 6 HEADQUARTERS361 Eden Drive Englewood, FL34223TO:   All ADAM Owners                                 You are cordially invited to attend the 6th Annual International ADAM        Computer Convention in beautmbers of the three     Florida Adam Users Groups: The Emerald Coast AUG, The Metro Orlando AUG,     and The Southwest Florida AUG, plus Florida-based, Oscar's Computers.  The full measure of ADAM User friendliness and warmth which pervades all     conventions will be waiting for you.  In addition, you will enjoy an         excellent selection of Presenters and Instructors from among the most        talented ADAM experts available within the ADAM community, including: Peter  Ames, Chris Braymen, Frances Cl
‡&BLOCKS LEFTکBLOCKS LEFTک of us learn best by "doing",        having a chance to use an ADAM keyboard as we learn should enhance our       learning and retention of the information and skills provided by the         presenters and instructors.  Making mistakes will be an important part of    the process too, so don't worry about having problems.  You will be in       good, friendly and supportive company.  In addition, ADAM computers will be  available for you to use throughout daytime and evening hours.  Or if you    only want to our use.        The ADAM SCHOOLHOUSE booth will feature an opportunity        for you to sample a wide variety of educational Public        Domain (PD) and copyrighted programs (available for purchase         from Vendors).  You have heard about the ability of the        ADAM to help students learn fundamental subjects, now sample        and select those best for your family (PD programs are free).        THE ADAM ARTS & GRAPHICS STUDIO will feature personalized        instructions on the use of tystem at beginning,          intermediate and advanced levels.  Train with the experts!Formal afternoon sessions will be offered on a wide variety of ADAM topics   in the Presentation Rooms and in the Main Convention Room.  Yes, the focal   point for the convention will be a very large Convention room arranged with  many hands-on activity booths available on a continuous basis, including:        THE ADAM REPAIR SHOP - A professional from Oscar's         Computers will repair your ADAM equipment at a sely         attach an 80 column terminal, a dot matrix printer or high         speed modem to your ADAM.  If you have never used an ADAM         with a hard drive, sit down and use one here!          THE ADAM STORE will provide a venue for our coveted ADAM         Vendors to provide you with a source for all of your ADAM        hardware and software needs.  If the past practices hold        true, many items will be at "Convention only" Prices.WHAT ELSE CAN YOU EXPECT?  Lots of new stuff, and the       Learn how you and your ADAM can join the Electronic         Information Revolution easily and cheaply.                The ADAM MUSIC STUDIO where you can experience the full        capabilities of the the ADAM to create and/or play music.        Watch and listen as a regular ADAM records and replays full         musical selections using electronic musical keyboards and the        Midi-Mite Interface.  Receive personalized instructions on        one of several electronic keyboards set up for ysit and listen, that's fully acceptable too.SESSION TOPICS:Three main topics have been selected for presentation during the morning     sessions during each of the three Convention days. This enables you to       attend all three of the following sessions:    WORDPROCESSING, including VDE266, a public domain TDOS program                    and SmartWriter, both fundamentals and advanced.    GRAPHICS, including POWERPAINT, LOGO and other great programs.    TDOS, courses in an outstanding operating she ADAM to produce outstanding         Graphics products for your home and business use.  Come         try out the truly outstanding graphics software currently         available for your ADAM.  The Graphic Experts will be here!        THE ULTIMATE ADAM exhibit booth will feature the latest in         hardware and related software.  Visit this booth and see an         ADAM operating with two 40 MEG hard drives, 80 column terminals        and 40 column monitors and much more.  Learn how to inexpensivpecial         low Convention price AND WILL EXPLAIN DIAGNOSTIC AND         REPAIR METHODS to all attendees as repairs are being made.         THE ADAM ELECTRONIC SUPERHIGHWAY booth will give you        a chance to learn and/or practice calls to ADAM and         other Bulletin Boards and on-line services, at normal         and super-high baud rates, send a FAX on an ADAM,  and        play interactive, competitive games via a modem with        other ADAM users, including ADAM CHESS and MODEM TANK.  best of what is currently available.  Oh, by  the way, when you first arrive at the ADAMCON 06 Registration Desk, don't be     shocked when an ADAM speaks to you as you enter your registration info!PLUS - SPECIAL CONTESTS AND PRIZES. Throughout the convention there will be  contests of ADAM GAME skills and just plain luck.  In addition, everyone     attending the banquet wins a door prize of varying value.  In a nutshell,    you may be among the lucky participants who will go home with a full  HARD   DRIdditional $50.00  (for the 4 nights, lodging only).  There will be no charge for lodging for   Children 14 years and under.  INSTALLMENT PAYMENT PLAN: The $250 Full Delegate fee can be paid in two installments ($125.00 each)                                     or Three installments ($83.33 each)                                      or four installments  ($62.50 each).  *******  NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO BEGIN YOUR PAYMENTS!  *******  ADVANCE PAYMENT:ALL WHO ARE PAID-UP FULL DELEGATES BY JULY 6, 1994to the shopping areas of Sarasota,  including the bayfront area, the famous St Armands Circle and Lido Beach.    In addition, optional boat ride will be available at the hotel's own dock    and marina facility on Friday afternoon.OF COURSE BRING YOUR SWIMMING SUIT!For trip planning purposes you should know that the Convention site is       about one hour away from Bush Gardens and other Tampa area sites and only    about 2 hours by car from Disney World, Universal Studios, MGM and other     theme parks Single occupancy)   FRIDAY (lodging, 3 meals, Snacks) $75.00   "      "   "     "     " SATURDAY (lodging, 2 meals, "   ) $60.00   "      "   "     "     "SUNDAY (lodging, 3 meals/banquet) $85.00   "      "   "     "     "FOR THOSE COMMUTING FROM HOME, DAY PASSES for all Convention Sessions, break snacks and lunch will be available at the ADAMCON 06 Registration Desk for   $20.00 on Friday and Sunday and $15.00 on Saturday (no group lunch).Prices for the purchase of other individual Meal and Cocktail POSTS???FULL DELEGATE:  $250 for the full Convention.  This includes 4 nights        lodging (Thursday night through Sunday night), meals (Saturday lunch is      open), parties, break snacks, and attendance in all Convention sessions.     This cost assumes two delegates per room.  Note: let us know if you have     made arrangements with another delegate to share a room, or ask us for       assistance.  A few single rooms are available at $290.00.A non-delegate guest can stay with a Full Delegate for an aVE setup for your ADAM, or an 80 column terminal, a high speed  modem or  other fine prize.HOW ABOUT YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS?Kids 14 years and under stay at the hotel free.  Lodging for non-delegate    adults (who stay with a Full Delegate) will cost $50.00 additional for the   4 nights.  Convention meal tickets are available at the ADAMCON 06           Registration Desk plus the hotel has fine food services and restaurants.     Also, local restaurants are nearby. Plus - we will sponsor organized trips in will receive the          official ADAMCON 06 T-Shirt FREE.  ALL WHO ARE PAID-UP FULL DELEGATES BY AUGUST 15, 1994 will receive a         special certificate for participation in an exclusive drawing for a major    prize to be awarded during the Convention Awards Ceremony.PARTIAL DELEGATE COSTSThose unable to attend the full Convention, but who will be staying          overnight, can attend at the following rates (all are "per person" rates):THURSDAY NIGHT (lodging & party)  $40.00 (add $20.00 for in Orlando.  Plus Sarasota has Jungle Gardens, Ringling Museum   and other unique attractions.MORE ABOUT THE HOTELThe Convention will be located at the Sarasota Holiday Inn Airport-Marina    located only 1-1/2 miles from the Sarasota International Airport, yet on     the water.  It's deep water marina is one of the most beautiful in the       area.  You will find nice accommodations.  And the hotel dining and bar      facilities (both indoor and outdoor) are particularly unique.OK - WHAT ABOUT THOSE Carty tickets  on an individual basis will be posted at the ADAMCON 06 Registration Desk.ALL RESERVATIONS, QUESTIONS AND PAYMENTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO:ADAMCON 06 HEADQUARTERS C/O Bob Blair    Voice Phone: (813) 475-4219   361   Eden Drive                           ACON 06 BBS: (813) 473-2905 Englewood,  FL 34223.                         (24 hrs, 300-2400 Baud)         **** CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE OUT TO ACON 6 ****Sincerely,The ADAMCON 06 Planning Group:  Faye Deere, James Poulin,                 or various computer systems.   Here you will find files and message base support for the Eagle,  Sanyo, Kaypro, Adam and many other computers.  You'll also find  the       Panasonic area located here.  The two folks responsible for maintaining the ADAM sections are    some of the best SYSOP's in the business.  Pat Herrington (famous   for her graphics collections) takes care of the ADAMANIA section.   If you need something or want to ask questions regarding EOS,       she's the one to see.  Rob Friedman, ‚Dےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے  THE ADAM IS ALMOST DEAD "There's nothing new coming out for the ADAM."  Okay, we've heard the lie before.  Just because it's printed in  a well known ADAM newsletter, doesn't make it any more true.          Nothing new? That's a pure case of soo provided the file's size and upload date, as  well as     it's author where known.  ADAMANIA LOGHGR.IYG From Chris Braymen comes this useful utility program     that runs under SmartBASIC.  The program will convert your          SmartLOGO "pict" format graphics files to a more useful HGR         format.  The disk has been IMAGED and then compressed with CRLZH    based compression.  You'll need to use a program like LT31.COM or   UNCRL.COM to convert LOGHGR.IYG into LOGHGR.IMG.  Next, use         CLONEs     ADAM EOS forum) and ADAM CP/M, home to all the many CP/M and TDOS   files fellow ADAM owners have assembled and uploaded for our        collective use.  For those who aren't aware of it, CompuServe was the original      home for electronic ADAM support.  The old "Famforum" was the  base from which users could get help and updates for their  computer.    The ADAM FAMILY COMPUTING forum has since been resolved into the Computer Club, a highly respected area of         CompuServe with online support f               Howard Pines and Bob Blair               Howard Pines and Bob BlairsedanADAM    withaharddrive,sitdwho has been on the forum      almost since it's inception, fields all matters relating to CP/M    and TDOS.  The file libraries contain the most current offerings    in the ADAM world.  The message bases provide access to answers     you just can't get anywhere else in so short a period of time. With that, let me list the top dozen titles I recommended to my     friend.  All of these are available for download.  Where  possible, I've tried to give as much of a description of the file  as I can.  I've alsmeone loosing touch with the   world of ADAM.  It's time to let them go their own way, and make    money off someone else's gullibility.  We'll be here for some  time to come.  On that theme, I was recently asked to list some of the most       noteworthy files available on CompuServe for the ADAM.  A long      time friend had lost touch for a while, and really wanted to get    back up to date.  To help him out, I logged on and started          checking out some of the files in ADAMANIA (the Computer Club'.COM to recreate the original disk.  2176 bytes, 4/2/94 ACHESS.IYG ADAM CHESS is a program Chris Braymen developed from     the old CP/M program, Z80CHESS.COM.  Chris ported this PD program   to EOS, added high resolution graphics to it, then made it          available for free!  CRLZ compressed IMG file.  Again, use UNCRL    to decompress the file, then CLONE it to disk.  This one's a real   challenge!  9472 bytes, 3/11/93 ADMDOS.ZIP ADAM<->DOS is a collection of MS DOS based programs  you can run on ywe have an automatic extraction type of  file   compression.  PMARC is a very fast and highly efficient  ARChiver   for CP/M.  It will create self extracting files that you  can send  over the modem, etc.  Uploaded by Rob Friedman, CP/M SYSOP.  30,976 bytes, 6/20/93 SHOPIC.COM ShowPic.COM v/1.0 is a TDOS utility that displays        almost every known ADAM EOS type of graphics picture format  except RLE's.  You can finally look at LOGO files, PowerPaint  graphics,   etc.  from within TDOS, and all using command line utility.  It let's owners   of the X10 home automation package quick access to their various    modules under right at the command line.  A very useful program!    13,312 bytes, 3/7/94, from Chris Braymen. PLYVOC.LBR Not since he wrote SEQuel and invented the MIDI-MITE     inter- face for the ADAM, has Chris Braymen provided such a FUN     program.  This tiny little 4K program will let you listen to  those IBM world Sound Blaster type VOC files.  These are real  digital    recordings of musico let you use another word processing program with your text files.  7424  bytes, 2/28/93 AC4DEM.IYG Again, an IMAGE file that has been compressed with  CRLZ type compressing.  This is the scaled down version of the  "ADAM    INFORMATION MANAGER" that was used to display information  at       ADAMCON 4 in Cleveland.  The disk, when recreated, will allow  you  to flip from one high resolution picture to the next.  The          software uses animated fades and wipes between images, and can      even play a the  current stamps, and a LOT more!  This one is a personal favorite.   38,400  bytes, 2/14/94 BF10.LBR Well, a lot of people asked for it, so Chris Braymen  went out and wrote it!  BF10.COM is a slick little utility that  makes   it possible to format your disks in the background.  You  can       continue to work on other tasks in the foreground.  A basic  form   of multi-tasking on an ADAM.  3968 bytes, 11/29/93 PMAUTO.OBJ This file needs to be renamed to PMAUTO.COM to use  with the ADAM.  Finally, our PC to augment ADAM support.  Like 22DISK, a  well   known program for accessing CP/M disks on a DOS machine, the        utilities in this package allow you to format, move, copy,  rename, etc.  ADAM EOS format files and disks.  A very nicely  done package from Chris Braymen (who else?) This is a ZIP file that will extract utilities that will ONLY run under MS-DOS.        113,792 bytes, 8/12/92  ADAM CP/M X10.CYM This is a COM file that has been CRLZ compressed.  If you   use TDOS, you'll love this a program that's  just 1K in  size.  From Dale Wick, 1024 bytes, 3/11/93 SHOPIC.DOC This is the documentation file for SHOPIC.COM.  3038     bytes. TRAN13.LBR From Guy Cousineau comes another highly useful  program.  TRANS13.COM will translate word processing files to/from SmartWriter, Speedy Write 2, WordSTAR, ZDE16 and VDE266     format files.  You'll still need to use FC14 and later to move  the files themselves from EOS to CP/M format and back.  This  program   does all the file conversion needed t and voices that you can hear right on  your TV  speaker without any special hardware.  The library file  contains   instructions and sample VOC files to get you started.   67,584      bytes, 3/7/94 MAIN16.LBR This is the latest version of Guy Cousineau's  fantastic file management software.  MAINT16.COM will let you peak into LBR files, extracting various members, reading            compressed files, typing them out on your printer, etc.  You can    move, copy, rename, etc.  files, date stamp them, read list of song files thru a MIDI keyboard, etc.  or  even the TV speaker.  45,568 bytes, 4/26/92  Please don't think these are all that's available.  They are  only a taste, the veriest sample of what you can choose from when  you   log on.  I've not seen reference to hardly any of these  programs,  so it's obvious that the folks telling us that "there's  nothing    new coming" speak only from ignorance.  Look at the file  dates and you'll see a lot of really current programming.  These  programs    are riARE.  In between all the hobby and leisure-type software covered by these three program types,  there is also a wide range of business and professional titles to  choose    from.  The combination of these various offerings along with ever more sophisticated hardware add-ons, has turned  Coleco's    little orphaned "toy" into a full fledged computer.  The  ADAM         Computer, as many of us have already found out, has the ability to give even "Big Blue" a run for it's money!     Probably the most suppADAM so friendly.  We can use it    to have FUN!   By Ron Collins  4/4/94ht), meals (Saturday lunch is      open), parties, break snacks, and attendance in all Convention sessions.     This cost assumes two delegates per room.  Note: let us know if you have     made arrangements with another delegate to share a room, or ask us for       assistance.  A few single rooms are available at $290.00.A non-delegate guest can stay with a Full Delegate for an a  to keep   us going.     The second most popular software has been GRAPHICS design         programming.  It's always been great to look at the graphics           capabilities and support that other computers have been given and  to  imagine using such software on our own machine.  Because of  our       "orphaned" status, we've always had to wait for our own host  of       talented programmers to "catch us up" so to speak.  We knew  what      "should" be possible for our ADAM.  The game screens themselve‚Gےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے        The MIDI-MITE!        MIDI - ADAM's Music Revolution!        By Ron Collins     There have been three types of software popular with ADAM  owners since it's first appearance on the market: GAME SOFTWARE,  GRAPHICS    SOFTWARE and MUSIC SOFTWght on the cutting edge of technology.  That last  one, for   instance, was created by Chris Braymen and myself to demonstrate the ADAM's ability to provide multi-media  capabilities to our presentations.  Don't take my word for how good these programs are.  Log on to     Compu- Serve and download them for yourselves.  Check them out.     If you don't think they're the best, feel free to point out         something better.  There's a lot to choose from there.  Have fun    with it.  That's what makes the orted of the three leisure-type fields  has been GAME software.  We ADAMites, as we are popularly called,  just    LOVE to play games!  We've been a bit more fortunate than  some        computer owners in that our machine has the ability to use  games      which rival the Nintindo machines in selection and graphics  quality.  With roughly 160 ColecoVision games for us to choose from along with scores of ADAM specific game software from Coleco  and third party developers, we now have plenty of GAME softwaredditional $50.00  (for the 4 nights, lodging only).  There will be no charge for lodging for   Children 14 years and under.  INSTALLMENT PAYMENT PLAN: The $250 Full Delegate fee can be paid in two installments ($125.00 each)                                     or Three installments ($83.33 each)                                      or four installments  ($62.50 each).  *******  NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO BEGIN YOUR PAYMENTS!  *******  ADVANCE PAYMENT:ALL WHO ARE PAID-UP FULL DELEGATES BY JULY 6, 1994s taught us that OUR machine had a comparable capability  to  draw and paint.  It took years to get to the the point where  we now   are with programs like PowerPaint, SmartPaint, Graphix Painter, etc. to choose from.  We can now pick and choose from  among  literally HUNDREDS of public domain disks chock full of clip art, sprite art and pre-drawn artwork in any of the formats       mentioned above.     The third most popular software has been the hardest to find  if  you can imagine it!  MUSIC programmng for  all    this time.  What a blessing.... and a disappointment!     At ADAMCON 01, held in the fall of 1989, a well known ADAM  owner and programmer named Chris Braymen demonstrated his own new  prototype add-on for the ADAM.  We had seen and heard about many new hardware and software items while at this tremendous  gathering of continent-wide ADAM owners.   What Chris had to show us was something few of us had ever heard of.... but even fewer  of us could believe when our EARS when we HEARD it in c      note and on the same line, etc., I would just press the fire  button   on my joystick and the note would be stamped in place.  It  took HOURS at a time but the results always seemed worth the effort.  There was, of course, a limit to how many notes you  could    place into the file, but I rarely had the patience and the             concentration needed to fill the memory buffer. p73      Music programs of all types have always had one limiting  factor  for us.  The ADAM uses the an older style souonnected to.  The better  your    equipment.... the better your results!     Now, what about THIS MIDI?  As I said, it was a prototype we      were listening to.  Connected to the side port of Chris's ADAM we  saw a ribbon cable plugged into a flat PC board with wires sticking out of it.  Connected to THAT was a keyboard and a unit       called a synthesizer.  All of this was then somehow connected up  to a stereo unit for amplified sound!  It was unknown what the  future      would hold for Chris and thtalog a few years back.  What I wanted was a program  that would let me put in the notes and then play them back... not  as a     stilted collage of computer tones, but rather as fairly REAL  sounding musical instruments that I had selected!  The C-64 with advertisements about selecting what note would be played by a  violin  or harp, etc. ran over and over in my mind.  It was at that time that I ordered VideoTunes for my ADAM.  It was a super       program, but it just wasn't the program I had been lookiing is really rather scarce  for    our fine computer.  We can enjoy SmartTunes or we can play  with       FutureVision's excellent VideoTunes Music Software.  There  is also    SmartLOGO's music capability..... still to be fully used  at this      point in time.  VideoTunes has always been, by far, the easiest program for ME to use.  All I had to do was to look at a       piece of sheet music and use my joystick to move the little note       around on the screen.  When I had it looking like the sheet musiaction!     Chris had not only designed and built a new interface for  the    ADAM, he had even written the software to use it!  The new  unit was   called a MIDI port.  The name "MIDI" is an acronym for (M)usical (I)nstrument (D)igital (I)nterface.  What the MIDI does  is  to allow musicians to connect a synthesizer or electronic  keyboard up to a computer.  The computer's software allows you to select what musical instrument will play using which voice.  It  is    only limited by the equipment it is cnd chip used  earlier in  the TI computers.  While this chip produces some truly excellent game  sounds and background music, it still has certain      limitations.  The sound chip supplies us with three voices (one  note  per voice) and a noise channel.  By mixing the correct notes, you could get a nice smooth chord to play through your TV       speaker.  It was not exactly what I wanted.... but it was  "close".              I guess what I wanted was something I had read about for the      C-64 in a cais new device.  All we knew as  we sat at   dinner and listened was that WE ALL wanted one!  Chris' software allowed him to play those old favorite VideoTunes songs;  not with the three voice limit but with up to SIXTEEN voices...  each      reproducing a different musical instrument!  It was like  having a     live band in our dining area.  The MIDI could also play songs played in on the electronic keyboard and stored to disk or  data pack.  Songs in an MIDI format created on other computers  could also  Turn on the keyboard, put the program data pack or disk into the  drive and pull the reset.  The software is all in ADAM EOS format.  It is also SmartKey driven and simple to use.  Press the      STORE/GET key, select the drive to search (it even works on any  of    the known hard drive systems for ADAM) and point to the file  in the   directory you want to play.  Press the PLAY key (SK-V) and  you will   be treated to the most beautiful music you've ever heard  played on an ADAM!     A piece of hardwarect this MIDI!       It's been a year since that time and Chris has been BUSY!   He    has designed and had built a printed circuit board version of  his     prototype.  He has polished up his software, put it all into  a        package with the needed cables, sample music files and three           documentation manuals.  The unit is now called the MIDI-MITE and  is   being distributed by BONAFIDE SYSTEMS, 48882 Royal Oaks Drive,         Oakhurst, CA  93644.  After seeing similar MIDI interfaces for  the   Just find the songs YOU want to hear and download them!     As for the MIDI format files, this level of software uses  the    older MIDI type 0 format files.  Many MIDI files are listed  in the    newer type 1 or simply MFF format.  Chris even wrote us a  routine to  convert the type 1 files over to the type 0 files so  p73  that we can use them as well!  If you aren't interested in doing the conversions, etc. yourself to get the songs into an ADAM EOS       format, don't worry about a lack of songs ttructions.  To use the MIDI-MITE, you just turn off your ADAM and disconnect any power source.  Next,  plug  the supplied 60 pin ribbon cable into the side expansion  port of your CPU.  Take your MIDI synthesizer or electronic MIDI compatible keyboard and connect the two DIN type plugs into the  other side of the MIDI-MITE. If you have both the keyboard AND a             synthesizer, you can connect BOTH of them up at the same time for      even MORE capabilities!   Now, plug in the ADAM and turn it on.   be played.  It was fantastic to listen to.... but how  p73  could I    get one?  This was, after all, just a proto-type to help  Chris in his job as a professional musician.  It was doubtful at this point whether or not a commercial release of the MIDI would  ever come about.  Well, many of us went as far as we could to get  Chris to market his new unit.  We bragged it up, talked it up....  in short, we did  all that we could to convince Chris that he was NOT the only one who wanted Chris Braymen to perfe is only as good as the support it has,  as we all know too well.  To this end, Chris is hard at work on a  new       sequencer as well as updates to his current programs.  For  those who  can't play a keyboard, or don't have VideoTunes to get songs for the MIDI-MITE to play, take heart!  If you have a modem  you can call hundreds of BBS's around the country that support  MIDI and   even VideoTunes songs.  Many commercial networks such as  CompuServe   and GENIE even have a full MIDI forum section online!   IBM line selling at close to $300, I was amazed to find this  one      going for only $75.  I guess Chris just wanted to let all of  us enjoy it as much as he does!  It's nice to know that our early  enthusiasm   for the MIDI must have impressed Chris with the desire to make the unit possible within the limited budget of most of  the    ADAM world!     The MIDI-MITE is now housed in a compact black enclosure  with a  silver sticker on top that holds it's name, manufacturer  and cable    connection inso choose from.  There  are  already 5 volumes of VideoTunes songs (160k disks) in my  ADAMpublic   domain library and we have 10 volumes of MIDI songs to useand enjoy!  All of these volumes are being placed onto  bulletin    boards for easy access by user's  groups, etc. for convenient access!     I was fortunate in being allowed to demo the MIDI-MITE at  this   year's ADAMCON 02 in Toronto.   Alan Neeley even managed to  capture   our demo on video and is making the demo available on his  full        cthe ADAM Survival Guide".  No    promises were made as to when and no such promises will be made    now.  But there will be a Volume 2.  And maybe a volume 3 or       volume 4.Why am I so confident as to make such a flat statement? I am, to   say the least, not one who is given to rash promises.  But I do    know that the forces driving this project are so strong, and so    many respected and reliable individuals are so insistent, that I   do not find it possible to believe that the project will not come ssette of songs played on my  ADAM via the MIDI-MITE and my Casio MT-540 keyboard.  I'll make this available to anyone who wants a copy of it as soon as I  finish   recording. I'd say that the third most popular software type, MUSIC SOFTWARE, has at  long last received the support it's      needed.  If you like music, you're going to LOVE the MIDI-MITE! needed to change dozens of discs of   data in more formats than are easily imagined into uniform,        readable, camera-ready pages.My contribution was to work behind the scenes with Barry from the  start, laying out the practical nuts and bolts of the methods      that would allow his dream to be made real.  I explained to him    the format and production methods that would make the project      financially feasible (and in the later stages fought quite a       battle over appropriate pricing).  I sug‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےADAM SURVIVAL GUIDE - VOLUME 2by Richard Clee, Regional Editor, ADAM News NetworkAt ADAMcon 05 last July I raised a lot of eyebrows -some           practically hit the nape of the neck - with the flat statement     that "there will be a Volume 2 of onvention coverage video tape soon.  I only wish I had been  better   equipped to properly demonstrate the MIDI-MITE.  John Villilo who assisted me along with our sons and I did our best to      convey our enthusiasm.  I hope it made up for our lack of musical      ability (grin).  This video of the convention will let you see  and    hear the MIDI-MITE for yourself.  Alan also publishes one of  the      finest ADAM newsletters in the business: THE ADAM INFORMANT.   I am    currently working on an audio ca to fruition.Why should my opinion count? If you look at your copy of the       original ADAM Survival Guide you will see that there are three     names listed in the original copyright notice.  Barry Wilson       floated out the original idea, did much in the way of soliciting   contributions, and generally rode herd on the project.  Mel        Ostler did all the tough, grinding work, getting in the chapters,  doing the proofreading, getting the pages made up, and performing  all those functions that aregested the subject areas   that should be covered, and suggested the names of those best      qualified to produce them, plus alternatives if the originals      were unable to assist.  (I even contributed my own chapter).       Later, I provided direction to (in Canada, supplied) the proper    sources for the physical production of the book, devised the       financing that made it possible, and even provided part of the     bridge financing myself.  That is why the larger part of the       original press re comment.  But the ASG is silent about it.  These are    just some of the glaring ommissions that upset Barry and Mel and   I when we hit the walls of time and cost with ASG 1.  In fact, we  all knew that another volume at least was necessary.The original ASG was compiled three years ago.  Probably at least  98% of it is still useful and relevant.  But, for example, a       number of clubs and dealers and BBSs have left us while others     have joined.  Some still listed have new addresses or phone      f insuperable      problems.  First, if costs were to be controlled to the level      necessary to keep the price affordable and attractive, there were  absolute physical limits to the number of pages that could be      used.  That's why the ASG had to use such small and difficult      print.  Second, a number of the contributors got so wound up in    their subjects that they vastly exceeded their allowed quota of    space - but when Mel tried to cut out the non- essential parts,    he found there weren't ato twice the     length of Pat's original.  Most ADAM owners I encounter don't      even know the most basic utilities exist or what a utility might   be, let alone how many of their problems could be solved with one  of the inexpensive commercially available or even public domain    packages.  Individuals have come up with some highly ingenious     aids to ADAM use, like George Eckman's peripheral switching, Don   Malinowski's awkward but effective modification for formatting     datapacks, or any of Jerryities of SmartFiler.  The         spreadsheet program, ADAMcalc, was so good that an adaption of it  made ADAM the standard checking computer in H&R Block offices for  almost ten years.  Yet few ADAM owners realize how and why this    arguably the best of all ADAM programs can be immensely useful     and valuable to them.  ADAM is reputed to have the best version    of the Logo language ever written; certainly the seminars on the   subject in the last two ADAMcons have attracted much interest and  favourablun was done in Canada, and why the second          printing - still available from me on behalf of ANN -was           exclusively produced in Canada.  The point of all this? I know     what it takes to produce a volume of the ASG; I've done it         already, twice.  I know the plans proposed for volume 2 are        workable.But is such a volume needed? The answer to that is a resounding    yes.  Barry, Mel and I knew that even before the original ASG      went to press.  We had run up against a couple o  numbers or hours.  This key information needs an update.There has been immense progress in other areas.  Pat Herrington's  original article on Powerpaint remains invaluable.  But work       since by Pat and Bob Sebilist, the release of some programs into   the public domain, developing skills in the use of DaVinci and     the Coleco Graphics Processor, Dale Wick's new .GIF file           management program, and similar developments would challenge any   writer to hold the desperately needed update down ny.  Third, in some subject areas          suitable contributors could not be found to volunteer, or those    who did volunteer were forced by unexpected personal changes of    circumstances to withdraw.  Finally, the whole project had to be   produced to a definite deadline.The original ASG was and is still undoubtedly the most helpful     book an ADAM owner can possess.  But it is incomplete.  There      isn't a word about databases, barring one minor hint on getting    around one of the minor eccentric Vrancks' "low- tech" improvements.There's more.  The collaboration among Tony Morehen, Guy           Cousineau, Mark Gordon, Herman Mason, George Kozcwara, Rich        Drushel, Jim Walters, Chris Braymen and a number of other hugely   talented individuals has bared almost all the secrets of ADAM's    operating system, but little of the information has been           effective disseminated in a form individual users can exploit.     There are still plenty of repair techniques not beyond the         abilit would be a simple numbered pile of    printed pages.  The idea is that those who keep their ADAM         information filed by subject categories could split it up, each    section to its place, while others could punch it and put it in a  ring binder allowing easy updates as appropriate and available.    Using such a system a 200-page work could possibly be offered for  as little as $10 plus shipping, surely as great a bargain as one   is likely to see these days.How soon will Volume 2 become a reality? hat modem    to buy and where to plug it in and carries on step to step till    you're downloading from a BBS onto your hard disc? Think of all    the things you need to know.  The answers are there.  We just      need to get them together into one integrated, easily accessible   print source.Most of the people who are most active in the ADAM world           recognize this.  Some - among those some named in this article -   feel so strongly that they are already in the process of writing   articles, in thd it in, with due credit to the author and        source where it was originally published.  We will take it from    there.And there will be a Volume 2 of the ADAM Survival Guide.  Maybe    volumes 3 and 4 and 5, too.  There is enough information out       there to justify it.  If you can't make any other contribution,    send in your questions about the ADAM, from the simplest to the    most specialised, for the guidance of the authors and editors.     You have a strong and determined corps of ADAM enthuwith Michael   and others who have expressed strong interest to bring it to       fruition.  The main consideration is to get the articles in.  We   have access to volume photocopying at a very reasonable price.     At present the thinking is that all we need is one set of          masters, which we can easily prepare in Toronto.  We can then,     with very little expense, simply produce the contents of volume 2  to order.  It has been suggested to us that an ideal format for    the presentation of Volume 2y of a very inexperienced home user that could save a lot    of ADAMs from being scrapped if they were more widely known.There are so many other topics on which information is needed,     available, but not circulated.  TDOS has changed the whole face    of ADAM use - but what do all those utilities do, and how do they  do them? Documentation has not kept pace and in some cases does    not exist at all.  FIDOnet is providing a resource of inestimable  value, but where is the information that starts with wThat is up to you.        There are probably enough writers committed already to produce a   highly respectable effort.  But there are far many more out there  who have new and important things to say.  Now is the time to say  it.  Put your words on a tape or disc, in your choice of word      processing format (Smartwriter, Speedywrite, VDE266, Wordstar or   whatever) and mail it to Michael Hurst or upload it to his BBS.    If you once committed the definitive newsletter article on an      ADAM subject, sene faith that what needs to be done will be done.    Young Michael Hurst (550 Jarvis Street, Apt.  717, Toronto, Ont.   M4Y 1N6; voice phone 416-962-6695, BBS 416-962-7415) has agreed    to serve as a central receiving point for articles and assist in   the production of the work.  Upload your submission to his BBS     now!At ADAMcon 05 I was directed by ANN to continue my efforts in the  production and distribution of the ADAM Survival Guide and         proceed with future developments; I will be working siasts         working hard now to provide you, and themselves, with the access   you need to the information you need in a way and at a price we    can all afford.Wouldn't it be nice if an ASG II could be unveiled at ADAMcon 06   this year? No rash promises - but with your support it could       happen.  And one way or another, sooner or later, it will.  Be a   part of it.appen.  And one way or another, sooner or later, it will.  Be      apart of itutilitymightbe,let alonehowmanyofone of the   various tricks I've picked up in ten years of intensive ADAM use   would let me salvage at least something off his non-working tape,  and the reassurance that I could at least transfer his text to my  320K ADAM discs.  So he came and dumped the load upon me,          understanding my plea that it might take a few days to get things  sorted out.The first and critical order of business was to get the trashed    tape into working order.  First, by trying to load it myself from  each of my tape d‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےDOCTORING THE MEDIA.BY RICHARD M.  CLEE.It's obvious that one doesn't get to be an international class     soccer referee if they are easily upset.  But even so, when Andy   phoned me he was one pretty unhappy camper.  And not without good  reason.ntre   position where the directory should be before printing the error   message.  I then booted File Manager (which comes with MI disc     drives) and used the Edit command to see the directory.  File      Manager couldn't produce it.Obviously this was a case for Disc Doctor, product of that fount   of solutions to all our ADAM problems, Guy Cousineau.  And one     starts all doctoring from the first principles laid down by        Hippocrates:  first, do no harm.Guy knows exactly what needs to be done it among potential publishers.  And what word was he   getting? "Send it to us on an IBM disc- we work from WordPerfect   (tm)." But Andy just has an ADAM with one tape drive.  And, he     added woefully, when he went to check the number 1 tape that       morning, he had got the dreaded result "cannot access this file".Drawing on my last reserves of chutzpah - he'd have to drive a     100 mile round trip to do it - I directed him to bring me all the  manuscript tapes with the vague suggestion that maybe onvention coverage video tape soon.  I only wish I had been  better   equipped to properly demonstrate the MIDI-MITE.  John Villilo who assisted me along with our sons and I did our best to      convey our enthusiasm.  I hope it made up for our lack of musical      ability (grin).  This video of the convention will let you see  and    hear the MIDI-MITE for yourself.  Alan also publishes one of  the      finest ADAM newsletters in the business: THE ADAM INFORMANT.   I am    currently working on an audio carives, I verified that the problem was the tape   and not just the machine.  By winding the tape away from the       centre position and using the "get" command from Smartwriter, I    was able to tell that the tape had not been deformatted, as can    happen when it gets too close to a TV, audio speaker, telephone,   printer or anything else with an electric motor or equivalent      generator of an electromagnetic field.  ADAM did recognize that    he had a formatted tape in the drive, and wound it to the ceAndy is another of us who understand that when it comes to         transferring words from inside your head to the reality of print,  no easier or more comfortable way has ever come along than ADAM    with Smartwriter.  So being the practical Scot that he is, when    he found he had a book in him crying to get out, he fired up his   trusty ADAM and got with it.So it was a few weeks ago that my phone rang with a plea for       help.  Andy had his book ready and was inquiring about             circulating and how to do it, so many  of his programs give their users powers which make computer        manufacturers and their commercial programmers, with their         totally justified lack of faith in the abilities of those users,   quake.  If you want to turn a minor media glitch into a major      catastrophe, one careless mistake with a Guy Cousineau program     will let you do it every time.  So, approaching the whole project  with a vast fund of ignorance and a healthy respect for my own     ability to foulext and fished out a  few key words that would convey a sense of the contents of the     file.  This left me with all the information needed to restore     the directory.There was a time, not that long ago, when the suggestion that I    might just go ahead and rebuild a trashed directory would have     sent me off into gales of hysterical laughter.  But then I got to  talk with Guy at a couple of ADAMcons.  Now when he says (via the  documentation) "do it -here's how" I just follow the directions    and dimply copying a medium to a  new one will resolve the problem.  It's rare, but it does          happen).  This, however, was not about to be my lucky day.  So I   booted in Disc Doctor and got down to the serious work.First I checked the Edit Catalog mode.  Disc Doctor came back      with the message that the directory was not readable, and asked    if I wanted to initialize it.  I said no.  At this point Disc      Doctor will start to display everything it can get out of the      problem directory.  But oot and Directory blocks themselves, were    written automatically.  Actually I did have to change the volume   size to 320 blocks as, being a block copy, the disc thought it     was still a 256K tape.All these changes are controlled by Smartkeys.  Guy displays each  directory entry - file name, attributes, start block, blocks       used, bytes in last and date with a Smartkey number to its left.   To move between lines in an area, as with the eight attributes,    one simply uses a cursor controlled by ths.I then switched to the Read Block function.  One look at the       ambiguous entries showed they were deleted files; one more check   showed me which block contained the last part of the last file.    For my own future convenience, I drew horizontal lines dividing    up the files and marking in how many blocks each contained.Read Block not only displays the hexadecimal (machine language)    text of each block but also shows the equivalent ASCII characters  where applicable.  So I looked at the ASCII t up the simplest operation, I broke out Quickcopy   and using the block copy option, copied Andy's tape to one more    than the number of discs I figured I'd mess up before getting      things right.  Then I very carefully set the original tape aside   out of harm's way.I then performed the "get" operations on the disc.  Surprise!      The disc drive also told me "cannot access this file".             (Actually, you can get a surprise doing this; on the odd           occasion, for no discernable reason, so it.  Which I did.To rebuild a directory one first needs a directory to rebuild.  I  didn't have one.  No problem; remember that early report about     the unusable directory and question about whether to initialize?   This time when that screen appeared in "Edit Directory" I simply   answered yes, and followed through the sequence that provided me   with a new blank directory.  All I had to do now was fill in the   blanks.  I provided a name for the volume, and that page, and      entries 0 and 1, the Bwhatever was wrong with Andy's tape, it    left Disc Doctor with nothing to offer.I've gathered since this is a unusually rare situation.The copious documentation that Guy supplies with Disc Doctor       deals with this situation.  So, I switched to the Analyze Medium   mode, choosing the "print to dot matrix printer" option to create  a couple of hard copies (just in case) in very quick order.  This  disclosed that there were only Smartwriter files on the medium,    plus a couple of 1K ambiguous entriee arrow keys.  If more    fields have to be dealt with than there are Smartkeys, Guy simply  assigns a shifted Smartkey (shown as, e.g., sV) to the overflow    tasks.So there I was, in the Edit Directory section, looking at a        screen for directory entry 3.  Oops.  This already had a title -   it said BLOCKS LEF T.  That was perfectly correct in terms of      what a freshly initialized disc or tape should read.  But I was,   so to speak, playing head games with the computer here.  I knew    there werthis number is    easy to determine.  So we're all done, can hit return, and the     down arrow to go on to directory entry 4, where we will repeat     the process.If Andy had had any fastload or BASIC or similar files on the      tape I wouldn't have got off so easily.  With these, sometimes     ADAM reserves more space than the program requires.  I don't know  why.  And there isn't a header block to fold leftover bytes back   in to.  So the "bytes in last" can be anything.  However, Guy,     ever mindfu   attributes to N (as in no) and the last one, which says this is a  "blocks left" entry, to Y (as in yes) and hit return again.Remember computers start counting at zero, not one.  So this is    going to be block 140.  Thus on a 320K disc the space dedicated    to empty blocks will be 180.  So we press key III and Set          Reserved Length as 180.  Hit return and ADAM fills in the rest of  the blocks - the date is irrelevant.  We now have ADAM's internal  stop sign installed in the right place with thhe Deleted attribute to Y.  Since the file    would not be accessed I set Bytes in Last to 1024 to avoid any     possibility of trouble.  But other than setting the Deleted        attribute, these were handled the same as active files.At any point in Disc Doctor, if you finish a function and hit      return, then hit return again, a screen will appear "Save changes  Y/N?".  If you answer Y then everything you have done, correctly   or otherwise, will be written to the directory you are working     on.  Giy calculated your Start Block and won't let you play with    it.  Reserved length? You know what to put in here from your       "Analyze Medium" printout.  When you hit return, Disc Doctor will  automatically set the used length for you.  With Smartwriter       files, for reasons far beyond my comprehension, it appears that    the last block is always filled to the limit (1024 bytes) and      anything that slops over the end is stashed up in the header       blocks somewhere.  Very confusing.  But at least e (let's say) eighteen actual files on the tape that I    intended to log into the blank directory.  And I knew they         consumed in total 140K.  But, ADAM won't look at a directory       beyond the blocks left entry.  Something had to give.Let's see - we have one entry for Boot, one for Directory, and 18  actual files.  So - press the down arrow key till ADAM presents    you with a screen for directory entry 21.  Press key I, type in    BLOCKS LEF T, and hit return.  Hit II and change the first sevenl of our user foibles, gives us a mechanism that lets   us flip in and out of Read Block mode, and when we determine the   end of one of these files have it recorded in the directory        entry.  Since it's all clearly spelled out in the documentation, and I     didn't get to use it, that facility won't not be discusseed        further in this text.I kept going till I hit the deleted files.  These I gave some      nice original file name like "trashed", set them still as User     Files, but also set te right message.From here it's downhill all the way.  Back to directory entry 3.   Now read off the tag you've given to the first file and type that  in as the file name.  Hit return and blink as the cursor jumps     forward.  Flip through the documentation; aha!, it's waiting for   file type.  Give it an H, since this is to be an active            Smartwriter file.Press II and deal with the attributes.  Set all to N except "User  File" which should be a Y.  Press return.  Disc Doctor has         alreadven the chance of errors, the possibility of interruption   or power failure, the outside chance of some sort of memory        glitch or, in my case, the high lielihood of hitting the one       wrong key at the one wrong time, I am inclined to make this save   at fairly frequent intervals.  Considering the inevitable amount   of time one must invest in a project like this, I recommend such   frequent saves to all users.  It will minimize your losses, just   in case.At last, the moment of truth.  I had wriof the file names, I had included characters - punctuation,  spaces, whatever - that invalidate those entries as file names as  far as Smartwriter, being as picky as it is, is concerned.  Guy    can't put an error preventive into Disc Doctor because these       characters are valid in file names used in other programs.  So as  far as ADAM was concerned, I'd put garbage in and was going to     get garbage out.  I renamed the files properly and returned from   Ottawa with Andy's text fully recovered.  Just to it wouldn't be in the directory     otherwise.  So what was this "File Not Found" jazz? I invented an  entirely new swearword on the spot.  Reload Disc Doctor; look at   the entry again.  Oops - why is the file type (H) right on the     end of the file name? A light dawns -I had simply typed the whole  thing as one unit instead of hitting return at the end of the      name proper and waiting for the cursor to jump to the file type    position.  That only happens if you use up the ten permissible     letterublishers.  So I enlisted  the assistance of one of our most active ADAM fanatics, Michael    Hurst.  Michael had a couple of advantages - he operates an ADAM   BBS, and has access to an MS-DOS computer.  I had a bunch of       discs in IBM format.  I had also obtained, through the generosity  of Chris Braymen, who wrote the program and contributed it to the  public domain, an IBM program called ADAM <DOS>.  So, Michael      plunked the ADAM <DOS> program on the IBM hard disc, made copies   for himself and  their booth at the two-day Ontario Computer Fair.  Take the   disc along and at the Fair cry on Guy's shoulder.  Information     gained:  if you are having a problem using any software, first     ask you ADAM friends and club members.  But if they don't know,    get in touch with the author.  Guy Cousineau is only one of many   who are very active on FIDOnet, which gets you a fast answer in    written form.  A letter also does well.Of course, hands on is best.  Guy spotted my error instantly - in  a few tten all of the directory  entries, and gone through to make sure they were right and that    all the numbers added up.  Everything looked fine.  I took out     the disc, pulled reset, moved into Smartwriter and pressed         Store/Get.  Hallelulia - the prettiest directory I've ever seen    appeared on the screen.  I moved the arrow to a file at random     and pressed "Get file".  The drive light lit, the disc hummed,     stopped, and the message appeared "File Not Found".ADAM knew the file was there - be fancy, I      used Disc Doctor a last time to temporarily change the number of   blocks in the volume entry, and the number of blocks left in the   final entry, to conform to a 256K datapack, and copied the whole   thing back to Andy's original tape.  Then I corrected them to      disc size again, made a backup, and sighed with satisfaction.  I   could now present Andy with a full and complete set of his book    text both on his original tapes and on ADAM discs.That was what Andy wanted, but not his ps, which is why the last entry comes up with the title       "BLOCKS LEF T".  Back through the whole directory again,           correcting the error wherever it was found.Try to load the files again.  The first one does.  So do the       second and third.  But the fourth balks.  I try all 18; most       load, but a few still tell me "File Not Found".  I look at the     entries and everything appears OK.  But it's Thursday night, and   Friday we're driving up to Ottawa to help Ron Mitchell and Guy     withfor me.  Then we went to work to try it out.What does ADAM <DOS> do? Essentially, it convinces an MS- DOS      computer's input-output system that it is temporarily an ADAM and  so able to read, write and format ADAM discs.  It can also take a  Smartwriter file and reorganize it into a form that can be         copied, read and edited in most of the popular MS-DOS word         processing programs.  Once this was up and running on the IBM, it  was routine to read Andy's text from the ADAM discs into the IBMone of the   various tricks I've picked up in ten years of intensive ADAM use   would let me salvage at least something off his non-working tape,  and the reassurance that I could at least transfer his text to my  320K ADAM discs.  So he came and dumped the load upon me,          understanding my plea that it might take a few days to get things  sorted out.The first and critical order of business was to get the trashed    tape into working order.  First, by trying to load it myself from  each of my tape de comforts of your ADAM, but  all your customers are demanding MS-DOS, don't despair.  You can   have it both ways with only a minimum of effort.  If you're        having a problem with your ADAM, don't give up - there's a buddy   close at hand who'll help you fix it.  And even if you're all on   your own and a complete klutz, programs exist to let you do quite  incredible things for yourself.  Just be sure you read the         manual.For those who wish to pursue this further, Disc Doctor is          avaiGP tells  me that if I can say Alzheimer's I haven't got it!  That  being so,  how come I mixed up the order of publication?  It's OK,  you don't need to answer!  That's one of those  rhetorical questions!!!  Sorry about the mix-up. Here is  the chapter on File Functions.  Better late than never?We only sort of skimmed over these File Functions in the  opening chapter of this series so let's boot up FM V 3.0  and go straight to the Main Menu.An unusual thing happened when I booted Filemanager from  discr;lookat   theentryagain.Oops-" But Andy just has an ADAM with one tape drive.  And, he     added woefully, when he went to check the number 1 tape that       morning, he had got the dreaded result "cannot access this file".Drawing on my last reserves of chutzpah - he'd have to drive a     100 mile round trip to do it - I directed him to bring me all the  manuscript tapes with the vague suggestion that maybe    memory, do the file conversion, and write it out again onto MS-    DOS discs.  Actually, since there was about 734K of text finally, it all       fitted quite nicely on to a quad-density 3.5 inch disc.  Just      because it is essential prudent computing practice, Andy was       given a backup disc as well -- and a copy of ADAM <DOS> just in    case he had to go back to his original for any reason.The morals of this story? If you're into word processing and       don't want to give up the incomparabl‚:ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے        FILEMANAGER VERSION 3.0: FILE FUNCTIONS.                    BY DAVID COBLEY.What can I say?  This article should have been published  immediately after the first chapter of this series about  Filemanager.  Before the article on Backup!  My lable from A.D.A.M.  Services for $9.26 plus shipping (if to   an Ontario address, add provincial sales tax of $0.74).  ADAM      <DOS> is available for $4.00 ($3.00 copy charge and a buck for     the IBM disc) plus shipping.  Most of Guy Cousineau's other EOS    programs, both public domain and copyright, are also available     from the same source.  V.I.S.A.  members can get the details in    the price list published in the Nov/Dec issue of ADVISA. rice list published in the Nov/Dec issue of ADVISADocto. Unless I placed a datapack in my single datadrive,  Filemanager would not recognise that drive. As soon as I  placed a datapack in the drive, whether or not I closed   the datadrive door FM recognised it as well as drive #2   and included them in the selection of drives available.To check to see if it was situation peculiar to my set-   up, I trotted off into the Family Room, and got Midge's   ADAM fired up.  Midge has a standalone ADAM with only a   single datadrive, a 64k memory expander and a 320k di     I - Edit Catalog                  II - Media Functions                 Press RETURN for Tagged C/P/D                       ESCAPE to ExitNote that all of the files are "H" type files which are   probably SmartWriter files as we are working on a medium  full of correspondence files. We could have copied these  files to another medium by loading SmartWriter, then GET  each file from LETTERS V and then SAVE it to a different  medium. But's that tedious and counter-productive if you  own FM. Let's coany functional activity.  But if it doesn't   recognise one or more of  your drives,  try inserting a   medium into the them and see what happens. Perhaps it is  only an odd-ball situation that goes with my hard drive   set-up, or all hard drive set-ups. As long as we can fix  it who cares?OK! So we've loaded Filemanager V 3.0 from disc. Here's   what the first screen looks like:                    FILEMANAGER V 3.0                 Copyright AJM Software                   I - File Functions          - Edit Catalog                  II - Media Functions                 Press RETURN for Tagged C/P/D                       ESCAPE to ExitOnce the arrow is alongside ADAMZAP8902 we press the      Move/Copy key on our ADAM keyboard. Immediately your      screen changes to:                   FILEMANAGER V 3.0                 Copyright AJM Software              COPY FILE                  I - Use Same Filename              Target :                 II - Disk Drive 2              Press RETURN emanager screens the directory of the medium in that   drive. We'll continue to use the same datapack as we did  previously so here is what FM will screen:                    FILEMANAGER V 3.0                 Copyright AJM Software                 Directory of LETTERS V            -> CPMPATCH   H   VISAHEAD   H               LETTERHEAD H   UNDHIL8904 H               ADMZAP8902 H   NAISH8916  H               NAISH8917  H   CASLER893a H               CASLER8903 H   LYONS8903  H              sc   drive. When I fired up FM from disc, Midge's system not   only recognised her #1 datadrive,  without the need for   a datapack in the drive,  but it also said she had a #2   datadrive, which she doesn't!Peculiar. I thought I'd mention those idiosyncracies to   you, just in case you get similar results some time and   then wonder what has happened. If your copy of FM "sees"  datadrives you don't have,  there is nothing to concern   yourself about. Just don't select that particular drive   for part of py a file or two to illustrate a better   way.First we'll select our file by moving the cursor (arrow)  to the file we want. Say we use ADMZAP8902.                    FILEMANAGER V 3.0                 Copyright AJM Software                 Directory of LETTERS V               CPMPATCH   H   VISAHEAD   H               LETTERHEAD H   UNDHIL8904 H            -> ADMZAP8902 H   NAISH8916  H               NAISH8917  H   CASLER893a H               CASLER8903 H   LYONS8903  H                   I         II - Media Functions                 III - Change Default Setup                  IV - Use All Expansion Ram              Source :                   V - Disc Drive 1               Maximum buffer size       776KSince we are going to be concerning ourselves with File   Functions, from Tape Drive 1, we must use Smartkey V to   select our Source,  BEFORE we do anything else,  or  FM   will read the wrong directory. Once we have the correct   Source we select Smartkey I, File Functions.Filto Copy                    ESCAPE to ExitNow you must decide whether or not you wish to use the    same filename for your copy.  If you do, simply ignore    Smartkey I. If you don't, press Smartkey I and the line   will change to I - Rename file. You can change the drive  you want to use as a Target by pressing Smartkey II 'til  the drive you want is displayed.  When  you select  as a  Target, the same drive you selected as a Source, FM will  screen an additional option VI - With Media Swap. If you  wanther to the screen or through a printer. If we tag a    file and press RETURN, then select Smartkey II - Print,   FM displays a new screen which looks like this:                   FILEMANAFER V 3.0                 Copyright AJM SoftwarePRINT FILE    I - to Screen   II - Single-spaced  III - Line Length:  30   IV - Left Margin:  0    V - Use Form-Feeds   VI - Draft Quality  sVI - Escape Character:  ~ Press RETURN to Print       ESCAPE to ExitThere are a host of options for this activity aUse   Same Filename" at the outset.If you want to copy a batch of files you can use the      built-in batch processing capability of FM by "tagging"   the various files. To do that you simply move the cursor  to the first file you want tagged, and press Store/Get.   You will see an asterisk appear on your FM screen by the  side of the filename you selected. To erase a tag simply  place the cursor by the asterisk and press Undo. Simple?  You betcha!!Once you have all the files tagged, press RETURN and FM           influence in dm printing and some of                     the printers use other symbols, like                    an inverse "[" for Escape).You can also print out an individual file without going   through the tagging routine by placing the cursor at the  filename on the directory screen and pressing the Print   key. Filemanager will offer you a similar selection of    print options to that listed. To print the directory you  press Shift-Print and again you get the whole selection   of print    Copyright AJM Software              COPY FILE                  I - Use Same Filename              Target :                 II - Disk Drive 2              Press RETURN to Copy                    ESCAPE to ExitThe actions you take will be similar to those you took    for that activity. FM still will not allow you to use     the same filename for a file when you copy it to the      same medium, but otherwise the choice is yours.As well as copying the file(s) you can print them out.    Eit to transfer the file to another medium, you leave    this as it is.  If not, and for some reason you want to   copy the file to the same medium, press Smartkey VI and   FM will screen VI - Without Media Swap. But it won't let  you get away with trying to have two files on the same    medium with exactly the same filename. It will copy the   file on to the medium, in the next available space, but   before it writes to the directory, it will insist on you  providing a new filename, even though you selected "nd to      avoid confusion I'll list them under each Smartkey in     sequence.Smartkey I - to Screen, to ADAM Printer or to Other              Printer.Smartkey II - Single-Spaced or Double-SpacedSmartkey III - Line Length:  30, 80, 96 or 132Smartkey IV - Left Margin:  0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8.Smartkey V - Use Form-Feeds, Pause at End of Page or             Continuous PrintingSmartkey VI - Draft Quality or Near-Letter QualityShift-Smartkey VI - Escape Character:  ~ (This only has            will display an option screen which gives you three ways  to action your tagged files:                  I - Copy Tagged Files                 II - Print Tagged Files                III - Delete Tagged Files.All you do is to press the appropriate Smartkey. In our   case, Smartkey I - Copy Tagged Files.FM now displays the same screen as it did previously at   the point where you had pressed Move/Copyx.for copying a  single file. Here it is again:                   FILEMANAGER V 3.0              options. Pretty impressive.The process of deleting files is similar to that of       copying. You can do it one at a time by placing the       cursor beside the filename on the directory screen, then  press Delete. Or tag the file(s) and use the Smartkey     III option of the Tagged File screen. Filemanager will    ask for confirmation of your desire to delete each file   you have either selected or tagged. Just-,]w px'f its     safety features.That just about concludes the File Functions for this     ve people) operator of ADAM's House goes on to say, in his   January 94 nl, "It is possible that the business location will be   sold by the end of the year [presumably 94] and we may then         relocate the business.  But, be assured that ADAM'S HOUSE will      continue to support the ADAM and Colecovision in the future,        supplying Service and Sales (as products are available) along  with our AIM NEWSLETTER.  A large volume of Service parts will  continue to exist for Service work, but most of the n‚Dےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے GLEANINGS. BY DAVID SANDS.Gleanings is a column of information, quotation and opinion         gathered from exchange newsletters, Fidonet, correspondence and     miscellaneous sources.  All sources sources are cited and           interjections witons,     etc.  A very useful guide to ADAM accessories and software for  the future.  And, Fowler provides some figures on sales in 1993:        largest selling item he lists is Loran datapacks, at 1255, and he   sold 158 game cartridge, and 610 printer ribbons.  In hardware,  48 complete Adam systems (except printers or with a dot matrix         printer) 73 memory consoles, 97 hand controllers (for games) and    39 Colecovision game systems.  What is interesting though, are  the numbers for sales of the Mi the ADAM world, some unsettling news  rolled in.  Well, who was it said; 'Pride Goeth Before a Fall'--- Jane     Austen, Emil Dickinson, Kim Campbell ? First set of tummy- turning  news is the announcement, first seen in the ADAM International Media from ADAM'S House in Pearland TX., that Micro   Innovations, developers of hard drives, disk drives, memory and     controller boards and more, is winding up.  Terry Fowler, the       dynamic, hard-selling and forthright (which also means; unpopular   with somersion. Sorry again about the delayed presentation.here we will repeat     the process.If Andy had had any fastload or BASIC or similar files on the      tape I wouldn't have got off so easily.  With these, sometimes     ADAM reserves more space than the program requires.  I don't know  why.  And there isn't a header block to fold leftover bytes back   in to.  So the "bytes in last" can be anything.  However, Guy,     ever mindfuew components and third party products appear a thing of the past      after we sell what is currently available.  As the catalog states   'first come, first served' when it comes to filling orders of of    limited stock.  There will be no further sale ads and pricing,  but some prices could go up with near depletion of stock" AIM nl,       January 94 (capitals, etc, in original)Two more points; the ADAM's House catalog (1994, #53) features      detailed description of all the items, including other optihin quoted material are in square brackets.        Readers who desire more information should contact their Editor.    Opinions not in quotation marks are those of the author.            Gleanings is written for the Vancouver Island Senior ADAMphiles(VISA) newsletter The ADVISA and is distributed via  ADAM News Network.  (Gleanings may be shortened, improved, or  updated,  by editing items irrelevant to your needs.)Serious news first.  After announcing in the previous Gleanings     that all was well withcro Innovations products; 15 -  320K and 720K disk drives, 7 - MIB3 interface cards, 25 printer  interfaces  and 20 memory cards, compared to 45 ADAM datadrives.   These        numbers are especially relevant in light of Fowlers statements that he sells 60 to 75% of all orders from the ADAM      community, and he has a mailing list of 5000 current and past       customers.  The conclusion has to be obvious, and the Gleaner       tries never to miss the obvious.  The guy in the big white Ford     who ran thDAM, and       should be in print before the end of the year.  So if you want to   know why they're called 'journals' or why it's 'grey-headed'        instead of grey-haired...well I guess you'll just have to keep an   eye out for it at your favorite bookstand, because I'm sure you     don't want me to go into it now.  Again...many thanks!"Tom Keene of the Inland Empire ADAM User Group of Orange, CA.,      (IEAUG) has long been a booster of CP/M and ram drives.  Ram        drives, as we all know, are the newsletter editor.  Roades told his readers that the pressure of    increased work loads, growing children and aging hardware had       become too much.  New president Alford, in his introduction, says   "Dean Roades is not quitting on us.  He is simply forcing us to     grow, to take on responsibilities he knows we can handle.  This     the same Dean Roades, remember, who came home from ADAMCon 02  with a cheery "Guess what WE volunteered to do next year?'"The other familiar name is Bruce Walters.  Hexactook four minutes, 6.16 seconds on his disk drive, but only 42.5    seconds on the ram drive.  'Spellbound', Tom Keene, IEAUG nl,       February 94.Here's an interesting theory, and I thunk it all up by myownself:   In 1981, some years before there was an ADAM, the Hewlett-Packard   company, prestigious manufacturer of scientific instruments which   are usually the Cadillacs of their market, brought out a CP/M       based, very futuristically styled, desktop computer.  Quite a big   deal, considering it woving window' paragraphs to extend my thanks to you (and the      other SFAUG'ers, of course) for introducing me to the ADAM  earlier this year.  It has exceeded my best expectations!  As you  may      recall, I needed to 'process' the words for a book I was  writing   about my experiences in seven years of part-time work as  a charter airplane pilot since coming to Florida in so-called retirement.  My 'works' (titled Journals of a Grey-Headed Charter   Pilot) are about 98 percent complete now, thanks to Ae stop sign didn't miss me, either, but that's a whole    other story.The obvious is the fact that your user group and newsletter are     going to be more and more important to you and your ADAM as time    passes.So, what else is new?Time to bid farewell to another couple of familiar names.  Dean     Roades, founder, editor and factotum of the 463 ADAM club of        Indiana has called it a day.  New president will be Joe Alford,     his wife Helen will be Treasurer, and Jerry Vrancks will be the     little cards with memory chips on   them that we insert into the slots behind the data drives on our    ADAMs.  Tom is a big fan of the CP/M programs SPELLMl0 and THE      WORD, the first a public domain and the latter a commercial         spelling checker.  After a lot of research, which took him into     the ways some programs create files for themselves while working,   unbeknownst to us, Tom got THE WORD onto his large capacity ram     drive and ran a test.  Spell checking a file (size not specified)   e Software was      Bruce's outfit, and his sales and correspondence had vanished, so   his equipment and software is for sale and he's moving on.  Too     bad, because he was one of ADAM's younger developers and            programmers.Have you written a book on your ADAM, lately? The SFAUG-- it's      kitty-corner across the continent from VISA, in Englewood, FL.--    seems to attract authors.  New member Bill Furfar wrote nl editor   Bob Blair; " Hi Bob...Thought I'd just send along a couple of       'mas 1981."The initial software bundled with the HP 125 consisted equally  of software written by HP, and third-party software slightly  modified to present a uniform look with the HP 125 system software and the software on the earlier HP 85 and 86.  This        software typically displays eight lighted blocks on the bottom of   the screen, showing what the function keys do while you're in  that program.  In the middle of the function-key legends, two  numbers   indicated the row and column of the current s have something that  386 owners   don't have and couldn't get (and maybe wouldn't want,  but that's   beside the point)." Neil Wick 'Club Promotion Activity' MTAG Express, January 94.Attendance at ADAMCon 05 in Salt Lake City, UT.  totalled 44        delegates, of whom nine were Canadians, and two, VISA's David       Cobley and Bob Stroud, were from BC.  The Emerald Coast ADAM User   Group nl AUGER published the delegate list in its Feb 94 issue.Many VISA members will remember Victoria member Charlesprogram." Doesn't that make you wonder how   the ADAM might have done if Coleco had any such standards; and      remember, the HP 125 wasn't ever sold for home use, but the Apple   II sure was, and its inventors worked for Hewlett-Packard at the    time, and HP passed on it.  Lots and lots of 'might have been' in   the computer world."Tricks, Tips and Fixes""This one is from Frances Clee"" When storing a SmartWriter file and you want to change your  mind or correct a mistake, the arrow keys don't work. is one Bob Sebelist, of    the Maine ADAM Library.  He calls it that because he's at Box 85,   Waterford, Maine, USA 04088.  Ron Mitchell, who's in Ottawa,        reviews Bob's 'The ADAM Programming Guide' in the ADAM User         Friendly Group (AUFG) December 93 nl."There is little in Bob's book that is completely new.  That        doesn't alter the fact however that here in one comprehensive       reference, you have at your fingertips articles and programs that   you would probably have to search yours:  "On  my way to Kitchener [ON.] I stopped to get gas.  The teenaged  'gas    jockey' walked around the back of the station wagon as he  came to  take my order and noticed the ADAM console in the back.   The       conversation went something like this:Teen:  Is that a computer in the back?Me:  Yup.  Teen:  It takes tapes?Me:  Yup.Teen:  It's an old one, eh? Me; That's right, it's about nine years old.Teen:  I was going to say, my 386 doesn't have that... So, once     again, we see that we ADAM ownercursor position." That is from the Z-Letter, 'Computer Classics' Jan Feb   94.So, the jump from lighted on-screen blocks showing commands on      function keys (F1, F2 etc.) to SmartKEYS, doesn't take Nero Wolfe   to figure.  The HP 125 lasted until May 1, 1984, when it was        discontinued.  Two other ideas from the Z-Letter's article;         "Software, parts, and full repair services remained available       until May 1, 1989, under HP's standard five-year post-              discontinuance support  Smith's     series on BASIC programming.  It has now made it, via ADAM News     Network, to Keith Marner's U.K.  ADAM Subscribers Journal.  An      exciting series beginning in the Journal is Marner's own dBASE II   Tips.  This introductory material is the first the Gleaner has      seen on this massive and very complete database program.  dBASEII   runs on the ADAM under CP/M or TDOS, and is the ancestor of the     current dBASE 6.0 now running on Macs and 486's.The current guru of graphics on the ADAM  Use the           backspace key to make your corrections.  She also discovered  quite by accident that pressing Smartkey V removes the filename  word     completely, enabling you to start afresh without backspacing.  This saves you from using ESCAPE to start over."  463 ADAM nl, February 94.  (capitals in original)The Metro Toronto ADAM Group nl, the Express, doesn't make it out   on a regular schedule, but its always good value when it arrives.   Here's a story to remind us how unique our little ADAM i library for had this work    not been available." The book also includes a disk with 36 files    of graphics utilities.The book and disk are $15.95 US direct from Sebelist.  "Highly      recommended" from Mitchell.Was the ADAM ahead of its time? It sure had a lot of problems, so   maybe that was one of them.  That thought is suggested by an        article Tom Keene (IEAUG) quotes in the January 94 nl.  Tom         introduces the subject by an observation on one of his favorite     targets, the IBM clonr Paper, of           Vancouver, BC.  in the February 94 issue;'The Software Publishers Association (SPA) in the U.S.  estimates   there is on the order of $12 billion dollars worth of pirated       software worldwide.  They estimate that, in the U.S.  alone,  there is $1.2 billion lost.  One estimate translates this into  the       equivalent of 60,000 high paying jobs a year.  In Canada the        estimate is $200 million lost to softlifting.  Estimates range      from one-in- five to one-in-three compuarrive  in one piece instead of a bunch of boxes.  Sorta like the Coleco  ADAM of a few years ago.  You can plug it in and it will go to  work.    Then it will be very handy when you turn it on."Now, one should pick his fights with Tom Keene very carefully,  but here I think he's on shaky ground.  Considering he lives in         California, that could be a double entendre, but since VISA         members for the most part live too darn close to a subduction       zone, we won't touch that one.  Anyone who ng software illegally.  This kind of 1-800-SQUEAL       routine is used to embarrass companies into compliance.  These      moves rarely end up in court, but often result in hefty out-of-     court settlements.In Canada, CAAST has legal support for Anton Pillar action [?],     which means with a civil court order, CAAST can enter a business    premise and seize all the computers and software as evidence.       This can effectively shut down a business.  Guilty or not,          businesses are often willingprinter all built in to one case.  It was about the      size, and weight, of a kitchen stove.  It's now even more  historic than the ADAM.Okay, we're all against software piracy, as well as child abuse     and drug dealing.  But when did it get the kind of legal status  of the other two criminal activites? And why does a purely  commercial crime merit the kind of reaction we see carried out in  Northern    Ireland? Consider this information from a column by Douglas Alder, Publisher/Editor of The Computee:  "The major computer manufacturers and      software producers have been clobbered this past year by a          stubborn resistance of the buying public.  After years of holding   the public hostage with DOS jargon and cryptic hieroglyphics, the   home computer is undergoing a dual transformation.  Present  trends show that the era of multiple plugins and boxes are at an  end."    And Tom quotes Tim Rathbone, " a San Diego computer writer          specializing in home users"; "Newer designs are going to ters having illegal          software on them.  In some countries this figure runs past 95       percent."Alder deals with how the industry is counter-attacking the          'softlifting' menace:  "The software companies represented by       CAAST [Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft, includes  Borland, Microsoft, Lotus, Novell, Autodesk and Quarterdeck, all  famous     Canadian companies] have turned to more aggressive techniques, including offering a Hot Line to turn in companies  you know are usiloves CP/M with the      passion of Tom Keene shouldn't be griping about 'DOS jargon and     cryptic hieroglyphics.' CP/M could easily be defined with just      those words and I'm sure it has.  And Mr.Rathbone's memory of the   'one piece' ADAM doesn't fit with the one I have in front of me.    At a quick count, there are four separate pieces, cables to         everything, and disk and tape boxes everywhere.  There once was a   Canadian office computer that had keyboard, screen, drives and a    dot matrix  to pay whatever is asked just to get   back into business."To his credit, Alder continues on to concerns about the 'risks      associated with too brutal tactics such as snitch lines and  search and seizure warrants.' The Gleaner would go farther:  I  see the    shadow of the Swastika over all this.Fidonet Time:Some trivia for the file and forget department:  from a message     from Guy Cousineau to David Cobley.  Discussing CP/M and TDOS       commands, David told Guy:  "Somehow or another I always M Echo excels at.  I excel at ending prepositions with sentences, (almost said propositions with         sentences, which is happening these days too) but we all have our   gifts.Pat Herrington, Florida to Gerry St.  Peter, Alberta, talking       about something we all remember--but we had the advantage of        seeing it on television:"I remember when the Challenger blew up...I was watching from the   lawn in front of my Sanford, FL.  place of employment.  I had no    idea of what I was watching, I jT."And this from some messaging between Ron Mitchell, Our Man in       Ottawa, and Bart Lynch, Sleepless in Seattle, about the dropout     rate in the ADAM community:  Mitchell sums it up for the Gleaner    too when he says; " Had a rather interesting conversation with      David Sands and David Cobley whilst out west.  We've pretty much    agreed, I think, that this whole subject is getting sort of         boring.  We read in many NL's (David Sands reads ALL of them)       various exhortations from editooriginal)Tagline of the month came from Bob Stroud, Victoria, in a message   to David Cobley, discussing routine business:  'If at first you     don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you."And ADAM's man in the Empire will soon be available on a BBS in     Upper Canada.  (Sorry Zonker, the Canucks are talking in code       again) Sysop Mike Hurst announced on Fido 02-22-94 that Keith       Marner of the United Kingdom ADAM Subscribers, Croydon, UK, will    be visiting his NEW=CANADA=PBBS ( (416) 962-74Garden of Eden BBS, out there in   beautiful downtown (204)477-8543, FidoNet (1:348/304).  He has      kicked off a fine discussion and a lot of speculation with a  great idea:  how about a CD with all of the ADAM EOS and CP/M  public     domain available on it.  George says CD's can now be mastered for around $150, and if one was available, he'd have it    running on his BBS.  The suggestion has spawned a lot of serious    technical and philosophical discussion, which is the kind of  thing the FidoNet ADAhave        trouble deciding which is the printer command, LIST or TYPE."And the answer cometh;'I agree with you that LIST and TYPE can be confusing, but          remember that we have the limitations of CP/M 2.2 to deal with.     That is DIR TYPE REN USER SAVE ERA REN are reserved words with      standard meanings.  Furthermore, one of the original limitations    (or contruction) or kept resident commands to 4 letters or less  to conserve space.  Consequently, LIST became a decent alternative for PRINust knew it was a spectacular and   unusual display...for which we had been waiting since about 6       AM...until the receptionist ran out screaming and waving a radio.   My children came home that afternoon in shock.  But what I will     always remember is that WHILE I WAS WATCHING IT, I had no CLUE      what was going on!  It looked like fireworks and lasted,            subjectively, for a LONG, long time.  It was actually a pretty      display, before I knew what I was watching.  <SIGH>" (capitals in   rs and authors crying fear for the   future of the ADAM community, and how the 'little orphan that       could' STILL CAN.  While I agree with all of this wholeheartedly,   I can't help but think that we have long since beaten the horse  to death.  Those who want to leave us will, and there's precious       little we can do about it, except perhaps to place in their paths   one more time the usual reminder about ADAM's real capabilities,    the ones they never knew about."George Major is the sysop of the 15, 12 noon to 6 am   daily) to pick up the FidoNet ADAM Echo and reply to messages.      I'm sure a lot of ADAM enthusiasts will have a great time  learning about ADAM in England.  Does FidoNet do accents?Last Word Dept.  When the guy in the BIG white Ford--he was a  real estate salesman looking for an address, not a stop sign-- came      through the intersection, I was about two blocks from David         Cobley's house, and on my way to see him for something I've         totally forgotten now.  After we, as it loaded SmartBASIC . . .        Microcomputers have been a part of my life for about five years     now.  I would like to share some of my thoughts and observations    on the ADAM, and how the ADAM computer has influenced me.For some, the ADAM is simply a means to an end; a useful personal   computer. For others, the ADAM is an end in itself; the reward      comes from learning what makes it tick.  As an ADAM user, I land    somewhere in the middle.  On one hand, I regarded the ADAM as a     usefulthrough the ADAM, but none finer than B.  David Cobley.  Thank  you again, Dave.  I'm a mite embarrassed to print the preceding paragraph.  What      David doesn't mention the fact that his wife Audrie went to great   lengths to transport Midge and I, when I had Transient Global       Amnesia.  She drove from the Sands' residence to ours, loaded us    into her car, the above- mentioned Jetta, drove to a Parksville     Walk-in Clinic, thence to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital,        thence back home, actle  machines.  This resulted in my changing careers from a home improvement contractor to a computer programmer.  I believe that    was the best possible move I could have made.  I am sure that  self discovery like this is at the heart of ADAMs' purpose today.Truth is, I haven't used my ADAM computer for awhile.  My           professional work involves DOS and some UNIX, and the programs  are usually in C or some database dialect.  I find that DOS  machines   keep me plenty busy.  Another thing that kee‚Dےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے                      AN ADAM RETROSPECTIVE                        By Peter HartzlerThough now programming and providing technical support on a huge    UNIX/DOS network, I still remember the thrill of watching the  tape drive spinning on my new ADAM were all done with the RCMP, the   tow trucks and the spectators, it was David Cobley who picked me    up, drove me to the walk-in clinic and waited while the medics      checked me out, and then drove me home.  It took up all his         afternoon, and took him well out of his way.  I was only shaken     up, little bruised and some winded.  The Jetta I was driving is a   write-off, the other guy was charged, and it's all over folks,      except for this acknowledgement that I have met some fine people     tool for learning what I could about microcomputers.  The    ADAM also proved useful for exploring how people relate to          computers.  On the other hand, I regarded the ADAM as an end unto   itself; I thoroughly enjoyed chipping away at its' mysteries. I     spent many a night happily hacking away at its secrets.I am very thankful for the influence that the ADAM and all those    associated with it have had on my life.  Because of the ADAM, I     discovered just how much I enjoy working with the litting as our personal medical advisor.  (She     has a degree in nursing) Thanks again Audrie.  We're even.  BDC.   nd he's moving on.  Too     bad, because he was one of ADAM's younger developers and            programmers.Have you written a book on your ADAM, lately? The SFAUG-- it's      kitty-corner across the continent from VISA, in Englewood, FL.--    seems to attract authors.  New member Bill Furfar wrote nl editor   Bob Blair; " Hi Bob...Thought I'd just send along a couple of       'mps me busy  is my two   year old son.  He will soon be of the age where gadgets  like       computers interest him, and you can be sure we will have the  ADAM  set-up.I also recently found a C compiler for the ADAM, and I seriously    doubt that I will be able to resist playing with it.  Playing       suits the ADAM well.  From the beginning, the ADAM was meant to     work well as a game machine.  This means that it was designed to    go fast; to be acceptable to gamesters - who don't like to wait.    In  group.  Some time later, I spotted the     AWAUG meeting announcement in the paper.  I decided to go.  This    opened up a whole world to me.  Here were people, some who were     trying to figure out the answers to problems I had already hacked   out.  Many others had solved questions I was currently trying to    figure out.  There were a few folks there who were busy solving     puzzles I didn't yet know existed!I didn't take long to get involved with AWAUG.  I became a  regular at the meetings, and stay        decided to go for it.  I think I had two main reasons for buying:   I was curious to see if a home computer was for me, and it seemed   like a nifty toy.Truth be told, my first computer experience was not with the        Coleco ADAM. Several years before, in college, I had done some      work on the school computers.  The idea of having a computer to     tinker with appealed to me, so there I was.  The setup went fine,   and I was poking at SmartWriter in no time. Within a few hours I    had dusted with the ADAM just as Coleco was backing  out.  I was aware when I bought in that Coleco was bowing out, so  this  was no surprise. The orphaning of the ADAM presented users  with    some unique challenges.  This meant that there would be no  more    new EOS programs, at least for a while.Fortunately, CP/M was available for the ADAM.  There is no          question in my mind that this saved the ADAM from oblivion.   While there are some good programs in the EOS format, CP/M gave  ADAM     owners accessing with my computer.  I       eventually ran into some technical questions and decided to call    the technical support number.  The support person sent some         photocopy material describing some POKE tricks for using the  sound chip, and the phone number of a local user's group. The  POKEs      proved interesting, though perhaps annoying to Marilyn and  the     cats. I got the feeling that the technical support people  were not expecting to be working there very much longer.I didn't call the user'sfact, the ADAM is faster in many regards than the IBM XT(r).  It blows the IBM PC(r) out of the water.  Because of it's  usefulness, it seems like the ADAM may make a full circle.Let me go back to my beginnings with the ADAM:  It seemed like a    good deal - a home computer for under $300.  It was neatly boxed,   complete with a carrying handle.  I remember spending a long time   in the store, reading the box, reading the panels that described    all the things you could do with a home computer.  I finallrted contributing in various ways.  One thing was clear from the start: no matter how much I     put in to the group, it always seemed to return more.Part of this was because I enjoy sharing and teaching.  Perhaps a   larger part was because AWAUG was (and still is) a group composed   of a wide variety of people.  It always seemed like when I had a    problem someone else would have an answer.  When I had figured      something out, darned if someone else just happen to need to  know!Of course, I started off what I remembered of BASIC.  That kept me            entertained for a long time.I have since learned that many people who decided to try the ADAM   had lots of trouble getting a working machine.  As it turned out,   Coleco was having serious quality control problems.  I was very     fortunate.  I wonder how many people who encountered problems at    first simply gave up? I don't know if I would have or not.  I am    very glad things worked out so well for me.I continued to spend much time tinker to a wide world of popular software.  Examples  of    such programs include WordStar, DBASE, MEX, and NULU, along  with   many others.  The challenge became to install these programs  on    the ADAM.Unlike EOS, CP/M is a standard operating system.  This means that   it can be found on many types of computer.  Unfortunately, CP/M     lacks provision for standard display control.  If your program      wants to position your display cursor, you have to "install" the    software.  This process involves lookially became my career of choice.When I made the move to DOS, it wasn't because I had outgrown the   ADAM.  I turned toward the more popular operating system because    that is where the jobs were.There are some who say the ADAM is dead.  Don't believe it for a    second! There are many who find the ADAM to be all they need for    their day to day computing tasks.  As a home game machine it is     the equal of any of the 8 bit game machines.  As a learning tool    it excels.  For a small investment you gs, it became a relatively     simple matter to patch programs to run on that terminal.            Fortunately, the ADAM tv-set interface is well documented in the    CP/M manual, so it was simple by comparison to patch software to    run on the standard ADAM.  The skills I developed through this      sort of hacking still come in handy today.One project I am sure I will always remember is editing the         newsletter.  This was by no means a thankless job.  Time  consuming yes, but very rewarding.  I leut putting you to sleep.        Designers of recent desktop PCs' are just now catching on to that   trick.If Coleco had done a better job with their quality control and      marketing.  If IBM had chosen the CP/M operating system for their   new line of PC computers. (IBM very nearly did choose CP/M.  The    earliest versions of DOS were CP/M compatible.  There are still     elements of DOS that reveal it's CP/M heritage.) If these things    had happened, there is a very real chance that the ADAM would beachine and studied to program computers for a living.  Later, interviewers would ask what sort of computer the    ADAM is.  I described it as "a sophisticated Z80 machine with       distributed processing architecture using 6801-C based embedded     device controllers."  Gotta love those buzzwords.I can say with certainty that the ADAM computer changed my life.    It started as a small investment in a simple computer.  As I        learned, it grew.  Through it I discovered an interest that         eventung up the codes in the        manual for your terminal, and patching the software.  Things get    more complicated when your second hand 80 column terminal came      with no documentation.I remember spending many evenings with my "new" 80 column  terminal (antique surplus boat anchor).  I was sending it various  escape    codes, to see what did what.  In this way I discovered how  this    brand of terminal wanted it's cursor positioned, screen  cleared,   and so on.Finally, after figuring out these codeet a machine that can  help you learn all the basics of computers.The ADAM was ahead of it's time in some important ways.  The bit    about "distributed processing" a few paragraphs back is true.       That means that the ADAM has more than one "brain."  The main       brain (the Z80) tells the other brains (the 6801s) what it wants.   By delegating tasks, things get done much faster.  Also, the        computer can do more than one thing at a time.  That is how the     ADAM can run a game off a tape withoarned a lot about the ADAM, also about users and how they relate to their machine.I wrote lots of articles for the newsletter.  This is a great way   to learn about a subject.  I also got involved with some hardware   projects.  Part of my interest in hardware projects was to  publish the how-to in the newsletter. Probably a larger part was  my        curiosity.Slowly it dawned on me that computers interested me more than  home improvement.  So, I decided to bite the bullet.  I went and  bought a DOS m  a commercial success today.  It certainly deserves to be.                    *************************rs Journal.  An      exciting series beginning in the Journal is Marner's own dBASE II   Tips.  This introductory material is the first the Gleaner has      seen on this massive and very complete database program.  dBASEII   runs on the ADAM under CP/M or TDOS, and is the ancestor of the     current dBASE 6.0 now running on Macs and 486's.The current guru of graphics on the ADAM maintain your hardware, and      will be available to make repairs if needed.  And this is only a   partial list of the experts who will be there to greet you. The emotional impact of attending the ADAMCON 06 convention is    something you will never forget.  It is more like a family         reunion than a convention; and what you gain, from the people      attending, is much more than you can ever hope to return.  It is   a time to greet old friends and meet new people, all with a        fervent interest‚Cےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے THE PRESIDENT SAYS This year, ADAMCON 06, the annual ADAm computer convention, will  be held October 6-9, 1994 in Sarasota, Florida.  This is a         beautiful time of year to spend a few days in Florida.  See the    ADAMCON 06 ar ticle in this issfact, the ADAM is faster in many regards than the IBM XT(r).  It blows the IBM PC(r) out of the water.  Because of it's  usefulness, it seems like the ADAM may make a full circle.Let me go back to my beginnings with the ADAM:  It seemed like a    good deal - a home computer for under $300.  It was neatly boxed,   complete with a carrying handle.  I remember spending a long time   in the store, reading the box, reading the panels that described    all the things you could do with a home computer.  I finalle computer.   Pat Herrington, Tony Patterson, and Bob Sebelist will be there to  give us hands-on help with the graphics they are so good at. Chris Braymen is bringing his musical talent, as well as his      remarkable MIDI interface, and is going to show us how to connect  and use it.  Guy Cousineau, Ron Collins, and Tom Keene will show   us how easy it is to use T-DOS and CP/M.  Bart Lynch will be       there to take the fear out of using a modem with your ADAM.        Howard Pines will show you how to is one Bob Sebelist, of    the Maine ADAM Library.  He calls it that because he's at Box 85,   Waterford, Maine, USA 04088.  Ron Mitchell, who's in Ottawa,        reviews Bob's 'The ADAM Programming Guide' in the ADAM User         Friendly Group (AUFG) December 93 nl."There is little in Bob's book that is completely new.  That        doesn't alter the fact however that here in one comprehensive       reference, you have at your fingertips articles and programs that   you would probably have to search your in a computer that refuses to die.  Start making  plans now. -Faye B.  Deerebe sure we will have the  ADAM  set-up.I also recently found a C compiler for the ADAM, and I seriously    doubt that I will be able to resist playing with it.  Playing       suits the ADAM well.  From the beginning, the ADAM was meant to     work well as a game machine.  This means that it was designed to    go fast; to be acceptable to gamesters - who don't like to wait.    In ue. If you have never participated in an ADAM convention, you have    no idea what you have missed.  This year, we are holding the       SIXTH such convention.  NOT bad for a computer that has been       orphaned for eight of it's ten years of existance. As the seminar agenda shapes up, I am amazed at the talent that   will again be attending the convention.  Frances Clee will be      there to pass on her expertise on LOGO, one of the programs        Coleco marketed for the ADAM before they abandoned th‚Cےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے----------POWER SUPPLY----------- You should consider buying another "power supply" for your ADAM   computer system.  The power supply for the ADAM is contained in    the rear of the ADAM printer housing, and it usually lasts for a   long time.  The p.  The preparations for the convention are coming       along very well, however, and things should soon return to  normal.  Thank you for your patience and for your continued support of the ADAM News network!                                   Bob Blair***************************************************************     NOTE - THE BACK SIDE OF THIS DISK IS A SELF BOOTING EOS PROGRAM     CALLED ANTIMAZE by BOB ZIMMERMAN OF THE PUGET SOUND AUG.            **************************************************nter, this is the  best way to power your system.  You can put your ADAM printer,     away and save it for later use in case your dot-matrix printer     has to go in for repair. You can also keep your ADAM printer hooked-up, as well as the     dot-matrix printer.  This way, you can use either printer,         whenever you so desire.  To use the ADAM printer, just tell it to  PRINT as you usually do.  To use your dot- matrix printer, you     first insert a "printer patch", to let ADAM know you want to use side of the    top of the first page of the Convention invitation.VANCOUVER ISLAND SENIOR ADAMPHILES INPUT TO THE ADAM NEWS NETWORK                FROM THEIR MAR/APR. '94 NEWSLETTER.2)  FILEMNGR  The third part of the review series on Filemanager.              Written by David Cobley.3)  GLEANING  David Sands regular column on exchange newsletters               and other appropriate information sources.4)  ASG2      An article on a proposed second edition of the ADAM                Survival Guid‚DےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےMY SINCERE APOLOGIES FOR THE TARDINESS OF THIS DISK!Although it is far from being the first time that I have  published the ANN disks late, the crunch of preparations for the  upcoming    ADAMCON 6 has all but left me without any time for other thingsrinter usually goes first.  When it dies, you     can still use the power supply. However, it is a good idea to purchase another power supply to    save your ADAM printer; or to be of use in an emergency, such as   when you have to put your ADAM printer in the shop for repairs.    Just think about it; no printer, no using your ADAM.  You can get  a power supply (uncovered) for about $35.00, plus shipping.  A     covered one will cost you about $15.00 more. Incidentally, if you switch to a dot-matrix pri*************THE OFFICIAL INVITATION TO THE ADAM CONVENTION has been mailed to   all ANN Subscribers, and hundreds of other ADAM owners.The full text of the invitation is on this disk in the following    file:1) ACON6INV    Newsletter Editors are requested to include as  much of the text from this file as their Newsletter space permits.  The official ADAMCON 6 Logo is included as the last  file on this disk.  The logo file (called ACON6LOGO) is a Powerpaint Binary file.   The logo goes on the right   it, instead or the ADAM printer.  You insert the "printer patch"   in your disk drive or data drive, and pull the RESET.  Only takes  a few seconds.  The best time to do this, is when you first turn   ADAM ON. Actually, a power-supply and a dot-matrix printer, is the way to  go.  It's so much faster! -----NJDe than you can ever hope to return.  It is   a time to greet old friends and meet new people, all with a        fervent intereste by Richard Clee.5)  DISCDOC   An article on using Disc Doctor by Richard Clee.The following are Items from the AUGER newsletter; from ECAUG,  the Emerald Coast ADAM User Group.  These are from the MAY, 1994        issue.6)  WDPRO16 7)  PWRSUPLY8)  YRKEYBRD9)  PRESSAYS10) THINGS11) BLAKJACK   A SmartBasic Program12) BLKJKTXT   "   "    "     "    in 40 columns13) BASICXFER  "   "    "     "14) BASXTXT    "   "    "     "     "  "    "  WdPro, Power Supply, and  Your Keyboard were contributep Clearance Sale April 15, 1994Prices good until items soldItem      Description               Condition          Qty  Price    ___________________________________________________________________                        360KB Floppy Disk Drive (bare) Reconditioned, working   ~ 50 $25.00  720KB Floppy Disk Drive (bare) Reconditioned, working    ~ 3 *SOLD*  1.2MB Floppy Disk Drive (bare) New, working                2 $50.00  1.4MB floppy disk drive (bare) New, working                2 $50.00  Xebec 4040 Sat began last fall.19) TCF94A    A report by Ron Mitchell of the Toronto               Computer Fair of 1994. and it seemed   like a nifty toy.Truth be told, my first computer experience was not with the        Coleco ADAM. Several years before, in college, I had done some      work on the school computers.  The idea of having a computer to     tinker with appealed to me, so there I was.  The setup went fine,   and I was poking at SmartWriter in no time. Within a few hours I    had dust.00  Conner 20MB IDE hard disk drive Used, believed working     1 *SOLD*  IHS Adamnet 320K floppy disk drive Used, working           1 *SOLD*  Prototype 256K MI memory boards Unused, ugly, working      2 *SOLD*  Adam computer w/power supply Used, working (no ptr)        1 *SOLD*  ADAM software (disk, data pack) Traded in, S/B working ~ 100 *SOLD*  Powermate 20MB HD w/320K MI floppy Used, working          2 $200.00  IDE 40 MB hard disk (prototype case) Used, working         1 *SOLD*  Centronics 730 dot mat p‚Eےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے                                Micro Innovations                         12503 King's Lake Drive                         Reston, Virginia 22091                         Voice:  (703) 620-1372                         Fax/BBS:  (703) 264-3908Workshod by  Norman J. Deere.  PresSays, Things, BlackJack, & BlkJckTxt   are contributed by Faye B. Deere.15) ADAMFILE  Is an article by Ron Collins that answers               the question:  Is the ADAM Dead?16) ADAMMIDI  An older by great article by Ron Collins              about the exciting MIDI Interface.17) PETESART  Peter Hartzler went from ADAM novice to              Computer expert, crediting his ADAM.18) SHOPSALE  An update of what is left unsold by Mark Gordon              from his sale thASI 40MB hard disk Used, working                             (some have minor probs)    ~ 100 $25.00  Xebec 4040 SASI 40MB hard disk Used, non-working       ~ 100 $10.00  Xebec S1420 SASI hard disk controller Used, non-working ~ 10 $10.00  Rodime 10MB MFM hard disk drive Used, working            ~ 5 $20.00  Seagate 20MB MFM hard disk drive Used, condition unknown ~ 5 *SOLD*  Miniscribe 30MB RLL hard disk drive Used, cond unknown   ~ 5 $30.00  Tandon 40MB MFM hard disk drive Used, cond unknown       ~ 5 $40ed off what I remembered of BASIC.  That kept me            entertained for a long time.I have since learned that many people who decided to try the ADAM   had lots of trouble getting a working machine.  As it turned out,   Coleco was having serious quality control problems.  I was very     fortunate.  I wonder how many people who encountered problems at    first simply gave up? I don't know if I would have or not.  I am    very glad things worked out so well for me.I continued to spend much time tinkerrinter (RS-232) Used, working      1 $50.00  Okidata uL193 dot mat printer (para) Used, working (wide) 1 $100.00  Magnavox color monitor (composite) Used, bad flyback       2 *SOLD*  4-drive disk drive enclosure with 60W power supply (hard or floppy drives) Used, working        2 $50.00  Floppy disk drive power supply New, working             ~ 50 $25.00  Single hard disk drive power supply New, working        ~ 25 $25.00  MI prototype hard disk drive enclosure New, unpainted    ~ 1 $10.00  Zenith Z-29 CRT      (scratchy volume cont) Teletek Z-80 CPM computer system Used, working              1 offer                          ====================================================================IBM PC Software Workshop Clearance Items Retail Sale__________________________________________________________________DOS Software:  Central Point PC Tools V6.0 (Utilities) ~$100.00 $10.00  Compuserve  Information Manager V1.3 (Comms Program) ~$50.00 $5.00  386Max       Version 6 (Memory Manager) ~$50.00 $10.00 ng +12V        1 $25.00  Intel 8031 microprocessor chips New, working            ~ 100 $2.50  Ribbon cable assembly station almost new, working         1 $100.00  Ribbon cable (various sizes - 10, 20, 26, 40, and 50 conductor reels) New, working            ~ 10 offer  6-pin telephone connectors (Adamnet) New, working       ~ 500 offer  Various blank MI product PC boards New, should be good ~ 300 $10.00  256K x 8 SIMMs (for MI memory boards) Used, guaranteed  ~ 100 $5.00  64K x 4 memory chips (for MI boardsFirst Word Plus, Publisher v1.0 and v2.0, First Mail, Paint) ~$500.00 $50.00 Quick Link II (Communications Package) Free *GONE* Hijaak V2.02 (Graphics File Translator Package) ~$100.00 *SOLD* Disk Mechanic V4.0 (Copy-protected disk copy pgm) ~$50.00 *SOLD*  PC      Paintbrush Plus (Paint Program) ~100.00 $25.00 DACeasy Accounting V4.0 (Complete accounting package) ~$100.00       *GONE*                  Windows Software:  Quattro Pro for Windows V1.0 (Spreadsheet program) ~$100.00  $25.00  Windows 3..00  4 port Parallel automatic switchbox Used, working          1 $50.00  2400 baud external modem Used, working                     1 $50.00  Sharp 25" color TV with remote control Used, working (bad pwr sw)                                                            1 $50.00  3.5" diskette converter (DD to HD) New, works (hole punch 1  *SOLD*  Advent 10" loudspeakers w/enclosure Used need new speakers 2 $25.00  Pioneer 9000 stereo receiver (140W/ch) Used, working       1 $50.00                            terminal Used, bad flyback                 1 *SOLD*  Falco TS-2 CRT terminal Used, working                      1 *SOLD*  WD 2797 Floppy disk controller chips New assumed working ~ 20 $2.50  WD 2793 floppy disk controller chips New    "       "   ~ 100 $5.00  WD 1010 hard disk controller chips   NEW    "       "   ~ 25  $5.00  Orphanware hard disk controller card Used believed working 1 *SOLD*  12 volt DC fans New, working                            ~ 10 $10.00  IBM PC 200 watt power supply Used, non-workiQuarterdeck Desqview V1.03 (Multitasking Manager) ~$50.00 *SOLD*     PC-Talk III - 1 copy left (Comms program) Free *GONE*Wordstar 2000 Plus Release 3 (Wordprocessing Program) ~$200.00       $25.00 Quattro Pro V?? (Spreadsheet Program - about 2 yrs old) ~$100.00     $10.00 Microsoft DOS V5.0 (Operating System) ~$50.00 *SOLD*Delrina PerForm V2.0 (Form generator and filler) ~$200.00 $25.00     Paradox V3.0 (Database Program) ~$150.00 $20.00 Digital Research GEM/3 Desktop and Applications (Graph, Scan, ) New, working       ~ 100 $2.00  Samsung VHS VCR (2/4/6 hour record) Used, one minor prob   1 *SOLD*  Phonemate speakerphone w/ans machine Used believed working 1 $50.00  IBM EGA color display Used, non-working                    1 $25.00  Computer stand (w/keyboard slides) New                     1 $10.00  ADAMnet cables (7 feet) New, should be good              ~ 20 $2.00  Intel SDK-51 (8051 development kit) Used, working (w/ps)  1 $100.00  4 port RS232 automatic switchbox Used, working             1 $500 ~$100.00 *SOLD*Peachtree Accounting for Windows (Release 5) ~$100.00 *SOLD*  Amipro V1.2 (Word Processing Program) ~$150.00 *SOLD* Wordstar American Heritage Dictionary ~$50.00 $20.00 _________________________________________________________________Notes:Prices on workshop clearance items are good until all items are      sold.  All IBM-PC software packages are complete, with original             distribution diskettes, documentation and licenses.  However,  some  packages may have been upgraded ing condition) 5 $20.00         Seagate ST225 20MB MFM hard disk drive (unknown condition) 4  *SOLD* Miniscribe 30MB RLL hard disk drive (unknown condition) 3 $30.00     Tandon 40MB MFM hard disk drive (Unknown condition) 4 $40.00         Okidata Microline 193 wide carriage dot matrix printer 1 $100.00 Notes:1.  Unless other specified above, all IBM hardware is in working     condition.2.  Make offer on bundles of above hardware.hrome graphics card with printer port 1 $10.00 OMTI 5527B XT hard disk controller card (RLL) ~20 $25.00  Seagate    ST-11M XT hard disk controller (MFM) 1 $10.00 ACC 4-floppy XT/AT controller card (360K, 720K, 1.2M, & 1.4M) 1      $25.00 JCC 2-floppy XT/AT controller card (360K, 720K, 1.2M, & 1.4M) 1      $20.00 DTC XT hard disk controller card (MFM) 1 $10.00 WDXT-GEN XT hard disk controller card (MFM) 1 $10.00 XT 576K expansion memory board (0K installed) 1 $10.00  JCC XT Multi I/O card (floppy controf events, and     each year it appears once more. As I left Ottawa by car on Friday morning April 15 for the 500     mile journey southward to Trenton New Jersey, I wondered if there  was anything left to journey southward for. There had been more    talk during the previous week about people not coming than         anything else.Oh me of little faith! Here are my impressions of a truly remarkable computer event that  has been going strong for nineteen years.The Trenton Computer Festival is a two dribe 3130 (130MB) drive 1 $200.00 PC/XT color graphics card with printer port 1 $25.00 IBM PCjr computer (no monitor) 2 $50.00 IBM PCjr add-on 20MB hard disk 1 $50.00 IBM PCjr CGA monitor 1 $50.00 200 watt power supply (bad +12V) 1 $25.00 IBM EGA monitor (HV okay but no video) 1 $25.00 360KB floppy disk drive (reconditioned) 50 $25.00 720KB floppy disk drive (reconditioned) 3 *SOLD* 1.2MB floppy disk drive (new) 2 $50.00 1.4MB floppy disk drive (new) 2 $50.00 Rodime 10MB MFM hard disk drive (workto a newer release and may  no       longer be registerable separately.  Make offer to purchase  entire   collection as a bundle.* For free items, orderer must pay shipping charges..pa================================================================IBM PC Hardware Workshop Clearance Items Qty Sale (Sale prices good until items sold) Price ________________________________________________________________                AT/IDE hard disk controller with 2 serial & 1 parallel ports 1       *SOLD* Monoc‚CےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےThe Trenton Computer Festival - 1994 "Year 19 and Going Strong"by Ron MitchellThey thought we were all dead. We proved them wrong.Each year the organizers of the Trenton Computer Festival are      tempted to drop CP/M and Z-System from the list oller, 2 serial, 1 parallel, clock) 1 $15.00 Hercules Plus monochrome video card 1 $25.00 WD WX2 XT hard disk controller card 1 $10.00 MAPOWER AT floppy/hard disk controller (MFM) 1 $25.00 IBM PC/XT floppy disk controller card (360K, 720K only) 1 $10.00     Seagate ST02 SCSI hard disk controller w/ST-157A 40MB drive 1        $100.00 Adaptec 2322D AT/386/486 ESDI hard/floppy disk controller with Fujitsu 2263 (760MB) drive 1 *SOLD* Adaptec 2322B AT/386/486 ESDI hard/floppy disk controller with Miniscay event held in mid       April each year and sponsored by the Mercer County Community       College, the Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey, Trenton State   College, the Central Jersey Computer Club, the New York Amateur    Computer Club, the Philadelphia Heath User Group and others. Over  the years it has acquired a reputation as something of an eastern  'Oshkosh' of computing. Like the mammoth fly-in held each year in  Wisconsin, Trenton draws people together who only see eachother    once a year - at the Z-System world that is      worthy of note.Hal Bower described the latest efforts of the ZSDOS development    team as work on the BP BIOS (BP= Banked and Portable) continues.   Over the past year there has been the addition of NZTIME, a        modification which improves the accuracy of the timekeeping        routine. The previous version lost time badly during disk          read/write operations. The modification reads the clock card       instead of depending on interrupts. The introduction of dith to display their wares.The talks and forums spanned both days. Subject, no matter what    it was, found a slot somewhere in the weekend proceedings.  There  were beginner's sessions on Lotus 123, databases, windows, you     name it. There were user group sessions for Unix followers, Amiga  followers, Mac enthusiasts and even for the Apple II. Despite      rumours to the contrary, there was a CP/M and Z-System             conference. As always the sheer variety and diversity of the       sessions offereovided by Z-        System, it should perhaps be noted here that the performance of a  64K CP/M compatible computer can be significantly enhanced at      very reasonable cost. Z-System provides a powerful console         command processor (CCP) adding additional packages of              capabilities such as the resident command package (RCP) and the    flow control package (FCP). More interesting is the concept of     the TCAP or Terminal Capabilities feature which makes it           unnecessary to install g them!These computers have long since been left to a small but           dedicated group of users who remain firmly convinced that small    is beautiful and that writing efficient and compact code is still  a desirable thing to do. In room MS-170 of the Maths and Sciences  building at Mercer Community College there gathered about 15       (give or take) CP/M and Z-System supporters for a few hours of     friendly chit chat and comparing of notes. They soon discovered    that there is still development in Trenton. This year's edition held on April 16 and 17 was no exception. It   featured a wide array of topics designed for computer enthusiasts  of every stripe.  Included was everything new and old. National    exhibitors were out in force, Aldus, Apple, Borland, C/A, Cobb,    Corell, Microsoft, Wordperfect and many more. The list published   in the Festival's printed program showed no fewer than 21 major    computer players on the national and international scene. Each of  these corporations staged a boorectory hashing has speeded directory        access noticeably. 'Hashing' is a technique for searching a list   of items that involves picking a spot before the item being        searched in an attempt to get as close to it as possible without   actually passing it. Hal went on to state that the addition of a 1.7 Meg floppy         capability lies in future plans for BP-BIOS. This improvement      will be possible through the use of Jim Thale's I/O board. For those not familiar with the enhancements prd made Trenton a place for everyone.This year's guest speaker was Mr. Steven Levy, author and          Contributing Editor for Wired and MacWorld Magazines. Mr Levy      spoke on the "Revolution of Look and Feel" during his Saturday     afternoon address and the "Coming of Cryptoanarchy" at the         evening banquet. The biographical material provided notes that     Steven Levy "lives in New York City and western Massachusetts      with his wife, son, and six computers.Probably not a CP/M machine amonZ-compatible programs for the requirements  of different terminals. Once installed, the system is capable or   reading the TCAP and adapting program operation accordingly. Z-    System also provides for the use of "Alias's" which allow the      user to develop system commands based on short, easy-to-prepare    text files.BP-BIOS brings a more efficient useage of banked systems to the    user and allows significantly improved capability in terms of the  number and size of hard drives that can be operated b compensate for    in what amounts to a sinful ability to consume pizza. Those        taking their nourishment with 'dead fish' somehow manage to        consider themselves a cut above the rest and will hotly compete    for the title of 'Greatest Glutton'. I was there, but I do not     know who won this year's contest. Some say it was Lee Bradley but  reports have it that Lee cheated.All I know is that I was not part of any of this. I prefer my      pizza without green things and anchovies. Following thed    to turn over much of his work to Hal who is now making sure that   we secure as much of it as possible while it is still available.Also positive news: as announced last year at TCF93, Jay Sage re-  confirmed that Z3Plus and NZ.COM are to remain available for the   incredibly low price of $20.00 US each. This represents a real     deal from SAGE Microsystems and should immediately be snapped up   by anyone interested in improving the performance of their CP/M    system. Z3Plus is for CP/M 3.0 systemst didn't:What was the best thing before sliced bread?Both of which top last year's answerless question which was:Who brings baby storks?Think about it. No doubt we shall be pondering these eternal       mysteries until next year when more will be added.The 1994 Loonie award for outstanding contributions to the CP/M    community went to Hal Bower for his work on BP-BIOS.               Congratulations Hal! You deserve it for your many years of work    on our behalf.The Loonie Award? Well, this is bution to the CP/M and the Z world over many      years.  Listening to them chat for an hour or two is an education  in itself.Later Saturday evening there was continuance of a tradition well   established by the CP/M attenders over the past few years. There   is a banquet held as part of the main Trenton Computer Festival.   It has become the custom of the CP/M group to hold an informal     evening of its own apart and separate from these proceedings.      What these people lack in numbers they more thany the         system. Presently Jim Thale is using a 200 MEG Connor drive with   his development system, and Hal sees no reason why hard drives     sizes could not approach 400 MEG.Hal noted some other news from the Z-System world, some bad some   good. The bad news is that Bridger Mitchell, long time member of   the ZSDOS development team and author of such notable Z-System     programs as Backgrounder, has announced that he will no longer be  active on the Z scene. The good news is that Bridger has agreis massive pig-out, the balance of Saturday evening    was social and also according to tradition. Back in the party      room at the Stage Depot Inn a few more local CP/M-rs joined us     and there was the usual round of introductions where we each said  where we were from and what we were up to in CP/M. Ian Cottrell    managed to pose his annual answerless question:If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do all the others on the team  have to drown too?And then there was the one that he intended to ask bu and NZ.COM is for those     with CP/M 2.2 machines. Either way, you can't beat that value.CP/M-ers continued to meet throughout the day on Saturday in       between trips to the flea market being held adjacent to the main   show and the many sessions being conducted inside. At any moment   in the conference room you would be likely to run across Jay       Sage, Hal Bower, Bruce Morgan, Blair Groves, Ian Cottrell and      Howard Goldstein. These people have each in their own way made a   consistent contrialso a tradition. Known by only a  few in the CP/M world, this coveted award was hand designed and    built by Canadian CP/M-ers in an attempt to export Canada's        Loonie dollar coin into the United States. The trophy is           essentially a Canadian one dollar coin perched precariously atop   a polished wooden base. Each year Ian Cottrell fights through      insidious urges to award the trophy to himself and consults with   a committee of his peers to choose a CP/M hobbyist who has made a  significhey will send you a one page    sample of their catalog, but to receive the latest 20-plus page    catalog, send them $2, and a $2 credit voucher will be included    with the catalog.  Their phone number is (617)878-4365, and the    FAX number is (617)871-9068. If you use the Coleco LOGO program, the following information is  from the 463 ADAM March '94 newsletter.  I didn't see the name of  the author, but I feel sure it was Frances Clee. After saving a screen in LOGO, you can now load it into         s in          computing as well as many incredible bargains. There are quite     literally acres of displays, tables, equipment, and things to      tempt your wallet. Notes for next year:         Bring a cart         Bring a rucksack,         Bring a truck,         Bring an umbrella.          Apply sun screen even if it is raining.          Stay away from the Flea    - Not!         Find out when TCF 95 is and book time clear! to             Filemanager Version 3.0.  I have been using Filemanager for a      number of years to format; copy disks, files, or blocks; change    attributes; initialize; name volumes; and much more.  I have       found it to be invaluable over the years, and have just ordered    my copy.  To get a copy of Filemanager V.  3.0, get in touch with  your favorite ADAM vendor. Terry Fowler of ADAM'S HOUSE, Rt.  2, Box 2756, 1829-1 County     Road 130, Pearland, TX 77581, (713)482-5040 has the Filemanager    ‚Cےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے THINGS I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW----------------------------------------- Due to current postage and printing costs, R & R Software, P.O.   Box 2081, Hanover, MA 02339, can no longer afford to send free     catalogs to all requesting them.  Tant contribution.  Hal's contribution has been quite significant. He gets to keep     the Loonie for the next 12 months.On Sunday, the second day of TCF94, I dropped my remaining cash    at the flea market which was as impressive this year as ever.      Despite have been deluged and almost blown apart by early morning  rain and wind on Saturday there was no shortage of bargains on     the Sunday. For many of us the flea market is the main             attraction, providing as it does a few history lesson  PowerPAINT using the same file name.  LOGO screens are larger      than PowerPAINT screens, so you will be asked if you want the      overflow put into another screen.  If the LOGO screen you want to  SAVE has moving turtles, do the following:  Type in PD STAMP PU,   then wait until the turtle is where you want it to be and press    <RETURN>.  The turtle is now STAMPED at that location. If you are now using Tony Morehen's useful utility program        "Filemanager", you might be interested in upgrading is one Bob Sebelist, of    the Maine ADAM Library.  He calls it that because he's at Box 85,   Waterford, Maine, USA 04088.  Ron Mitchell, who's in Ottawa,        reviews Bob's 'The ADAM Programming Guide' in the ADAM User         Friendly Group (AUFG) December 93 nl."There is little in Bob's book that is completely new.  That        doesn't alter the fact however that here in one comprehensive       reference, you have at your fingertips articles and programs that   you would probably have to search yourprogram available at $19.95, plus $3 shipping.  He also has        volume 10, the latest addition to the ADAM MAP:  U.  S.  ATLAS     program by Harrison Productivity; which is the state of Hawaii.    This volume is self-booting, and sells for $9.95 plus shipping.    The U.  S.  ATLAS program now displays all of the fifty United     States. Terry says that funds have now become available for him to do     some hardware development.  More on this later. -Faye B.  Deereormatting; and you end up with   a blank tape and a blank directory. Of course, this takes a bit of time; but you can "clean" off all  your datapaks, of files that you no longer need.  And, you can     use your copy program for many more things.  They are great. When you "get a directory" on your disk or datapak, you see two   rows of 15 blue & white blocks in which the name of the files      that you store appear (if you have a color TV or monitor).  This   gives you a total of 30 file names.  (If you ‚Cےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے---------WORD PROCESSING--------- If you are one of the ADAMites who still use their data drives,   regularly, because you haven't, as yet, procurred a disk drive;    you may be interested in how to clear the formatted datapaks that  you filled with sd made Trenton a place for everyone.This year's guest speaker was Mr. Steven Levy, author and          Contributing Editor for Wired and MacWorld Magazines. Mr Levy      spoke on the "Revolution of Look and Feel" during his Saturday     afternoon address and the "Coming of Cryptoanarchy" at the         evening banquet. The biographical material provided notes that     Steven Levy "lives in New York City and western Massachusetts      with his wife, son, and six computers.Probably not a CP/M machine amon Now, put the "copy" program in the drive and BOOT it.  When it's  loaded, remove the "copy" datapak and proceed to where (depending  on the program you are using) it enables you to make a BLOCK       COPY. What you are doing is making a copy of the BLANK FORMATTED tape   to the formatted tape that you have "filled" with data.  Thus,     you end up with a blank formatted tape, once again.  When you      copy the blank formatted tape to the "filled" tape, it wipes the   tape clear of everything but the fd made Trenton a place for everyone.This year's guest speaker was Mr. Steven Levy, author and          Contributing Editor for Wired and MacWorld Magazines. Mr Levy      spoke on the "Revolution of Look and Feel" during his Saturday     afternoon address and the "Coming of Cryptoanarchy" at the         evening banquet. The biographical material provided notes that     Steven Levy "lives in New York City and western Massachusetts      with his wife, son, and six computers.Probably not a CP/M machine amonhave a 2-block        directory, you have 30 more spaces available.) How many you can    use depends on how many files you store, and the length of the     files you save. -----NJDhipping.    The U.  S.  ATLAS program now displays all of the fifty United     States. Terry says that funds have now become available for him to do     some hardware development.  More on this later. -Faye B.  Deeretored files over the months. You have to have a "copy" program, such as "Backup+ 3.0", or      "File Manager 2.0", which I have mentioned before.  You should     have one (or both) of these anyway, if you are going to do much    of anything with your ADAM computer. Just remember, if you have any files on your datapak that you     want to keep for later, you must first copy these files to         another datapak or disk.  Next, you need a BLANK FORMATTED         datapak (with nothing at all stored on it.‚Cےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے -YOUR KEYBOARD---------------------------------- You may have noticed that your ADAM keyboard is smaller than the  ones used by the IBM compatibles. However, when you lock one of your game controllers onto your     ADAM keyboard with the lock-on ho|گ ےےےےےےےےےے‏‏üüّّ<<~~ےےےے€€ےے??ًًًًًًًًےےےےےےےےًًًًًًًًےے‏‏üüّّ<<~~ےےےے€€ےے??ًًًًًًًًًًààہہ€€ےےےےےےےًًًààلےےےے‏‏üüےل€>>لپڈڈڈڈڈڈڈڈااااااااےےےےےےےے`    (0ےےےےےےےےًًààہہ€€ًًًًًًًًےےےےےےےًًًààہًًààہہ€€ًًًًًًًً€€80``ہ€€€ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےüًًّّّّّےےےےےےے‡‡‡اأأأڈڈڈڈڈڈڈڈاااااائؤےےےےےےےے much versatility as    the 12 FUNCTION keys on the other keyboards. You have the ARROW key arrangment under your COMMAND keys with a  HOME key added; and the game controller gives you the added set    of keypad numbers. So, with all of these keys at your fingertips there isn't much    that you can't do with your ADAM computer system. -----NJDonce again.  When you      copy the blank formatted tape to the "filled" tape, it wipes the   tape clear of everything but the fّD@p@Dّےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے‏‏‏‏‏€ےےےے~<<|üüüü?€ہà‏üًّàہ??ےےّّّّّüü‏???ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے‏‏ڈڈ€لےےےےے?ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےّDDDDDّےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے‏ےےےےےےے€ےےےےّüüّü||<<<<<ًًّّàہ€ہàےےےےےے?‏‏ےےےےےےپ€ہààےےےے?ےےےےےےüüًّàہپ?ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےˆˆˆˆˆˆ|ےےےےےےےےےے‏‏üüّّےے??ےے‏‏üüّّےےےے??ےے‏‏üüّّےے??ےے‏‏üüّّےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےًّààہہ€€ےےےےےےّàےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے‏üّّ‘“ے?‡ااےےےےےےےےؤdTLDDؤےےےےےےےےًًےےےےےےààہہ€€ًًےےےےےےًًًًًًےےےےےےہààًًًًےےےےےےààہہ€€ًًےےےےےےًًًًًًےے??ےے‏‏üüّّہ€?àًًےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے‏‏üüًّّ‡ڈااااااااےےےےےےےےlder, you have just about the     same controls as the others do. The CONTROL key gives you all of the features (^C, ^S, etc.),     just like the others; and you can also use the six COMMAND keys,   in the upper right-hand corner, for anything you need.  In         addition, in place of the FUNCTION keys on other keyboards, ADAM   has the six SmartKeys at the top of the keyboard.  These are       numbered I thru VI, and since they change as you go through        various operations, they give you almost as|گ ےےےےےےےے€€???ےےےےےےےےےّّüüü‏‏ےًًًًًًًّ??ےےے€€???ےےےےےےےےےّّüüü‏‏ےًًًًًًًّہہààًًّü8ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےًٌٌٌٌٌّّےےےےےےےےأمممممأأڈڈڈڈڈڈڈںءأçےےےےےےےےےےےےے`@@@@Dّےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےّّّّّّّّ???????ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےّüüــخژڈے??أاا‡ڈں؟ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےormatting; and you end up with   a blank tape and a blank directory. Of course, this takes a bit of time; but you can "clean" off all  your datapaks, of files that you no longer need.  And, you can     use your copy program for many more things.  They are great. When you "get a directory" on your disk or datapak, you see two   rows of 15 blue & white blocks in which the name of the files      that you store appear (if you have a color TV or monitor).  This   gives you a total of 30 file names.  (If you ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے‏‏ےےےےےےےےےےےےے<||‏ےےےے?ےےےےےےےےًّü‏ےےےے?ےےےےےےےےےےےےًّü‏ےےےےہےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےّDDx@@ہےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے‏üùَ÷çںدددككےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے‏‏‏‏ےےےے?ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے0p0000üاƒ9ƒےےاƒ—ںƒاےççƒƒدثمےےےأپ™پأےںں‡““ƒاےےا“‡ڈƒاےےے“پ‰ںںےےےےےےےےےءپƒےےےےےےےƒپٌƒےےےےڈڈدكےےےےےےےےےدڈڈڈڈےƒپٌƒےƒپٌƒےمأƒ!َےےےےےےےےےء™ل1ƒےےاƒ™™پإےےے“پ‰ںںےےاƒ™™پإےےأƒڈمƒاےےےأپ™پأےççƒƒدثمےےاƒ™™پإےےےےڈڈدكےےےےےےےےےأپڈےڈƒے|گ 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