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The Newsletter of the Emerald Coast       ADAM User Group)      Here are the names of the ones who attended ADAMCON 007, at the       Waterloo Inn in Waterloo, CANADA.      ADAMCON 007 was held July 20th to 23, 1995.      ---------------------------------------------------------------      Dale Wick                   Neil Wick      Doug Chappell               Murray McCullough      Rich Drushel                Christina Drushel      Ropsema                Judy Slopsema      Patricia Herrington      --------------------------------------------------------------      There may have been others who stayed at campgrounds, or used day       passes that are missing.      --------------------------------------------------------------      This made a total of 31 people who attended, plus whoever walked       in on a daily basis!      --------------------------------------------------------------      -AND A FINE TIME WAS HAD BY €XMASNOTEA VREADMEAEFTX.rswbcvtrAT]صBLOCKS LEFTb>BLOCKS LEFTb>ج1 ×62                         ADAMSERVEYou could call this article a review, a test or a beta copy critique of the newly released public domain, that's right PUBLIC DOMAIN, program called ADAMSERVE authored by Rich Druschel. Undoubtedly many of you have seen or probably heard of Rich's efforts which were unveiled at ADAMCON 06 in Sarasota, Fl last October.  Simply put, to use any IBM compatible computer as a slave unit to the ADAM.  This would include any machine from the now antiquated XT model to the  screen from which I can select access to "drive partitions" or "sections" 0 through 9; sort of like 10 separate drives if you will, each with 1 megabyte of space available to use.Mission accomplished, right?  NOT!  I've just scratched the surface of the program without even exploring it yet.  When the ADAM is booted up which must be after the compatible is online, the screen portrays the ADAMSERVE boot screen and goes into the Hard Disk 4.1 version screen with 6 Smartkey choices:        Smartkey I     Ltions; then tell the compatible to transfer a specific number of blocks to the ADAM where it is read and interpreted.  Now even this makes sense to me; it's the mechanics of how to accomplish this that separates the "user" from the "programmer".ADAMCON 07 took place this past July in Kitchner, Ontario and true to his word; Rich was there with his charming daughter Christina, and his ADAMSERVE program in working condition.  As any true collector knows, I "needed" ADAMSERVE and promptly got it from Herman M will krunch (remove) deleted files , and rename          the logical drive partitions 0-9 SK VI   switches between dot matrix & the ADAM printer sSK VI  sets the date (handy if you have a clockchip)All of you out there already using a harddrive recognized the top screen, but for those who haven't purchased an ADAM only harddrive, that is what it looks like when you access the harddrive. At this time, the ADAMSERVE program when booted up, will access the ADAM data drive, the compatible harddrive's 10 megle.  No problem, yet!  Now to get the ADAM online WITH the compatible.  I booted the ADAMASERVE tape on a bare ADAM - one data drive, keyboard, monitor (TV) and serial interface.  Ok, the ADAMSERVE screen comes up, the data drive is still turning, and WHAM! SmartWriter!  SmartWriter???  Something's definitely wrong here.  After numerous tries at this easy hookup, I got another ADAM from the supply stash, plugged things back together and tried again.  Miraculously, ADAM boots on through and I get a harddrivelatest 486 model and possibly even the new Pentiums.The entire approach might seem ludicrous to some enthusiasts who understand all the inner workings of computers; and perfectly logical to people such as myself who view a computer as a tool for garbage in, garbage out.  I haven't figured out why the ADAM doesn't seem to think on the same level as I do!  Be that as it may, let's get back to the business at hand.  Rich's plan developed as simply having two computers talk to each other through serial connecogical Drive  0-9                                      NAME:  SYSTEM  (volume can be renamed) Smartkey III   Boot from Hard Disk Smartkey IV    Boot Software SmartKey V     Maintenance Functions Smartkey VI    Install ADAM Printer Smartkey VI    Set Date  (shifted)     SK I    changes the partition location you will want to use SK III  brings you to a 2nd screen with the directory of all        the various boot blocks for your programs SK IV   will boot software in a physical data or disk drive SK V   ason and George Kaswara of HLM/GMK Software.  After arriving home again, I dug out an old XT with 2 disk drives and a 10 meg harddrive and set about to alter computer history - at least at my house!   After a few anxious minutes, all the hardware was assembled and plugged in. Next came the task of setting up the IBM compatible to receive a visitor.  I started unzipping 1.44 megabyte disks into the compatibles harddrive until it filled up 10 megabytes of space, then ran the Serve 6.xx program on the compatibabyte section, printer and 2 disk drives. I've done a little time trial run to compare the ADAMSERVE harddrive boot time to typical ADAM disk drive boot time.AdamLink 5          Adam disk      25 seconds                    ADAMSERVE      40 secondsAdamCalc            Adam disk      21 seconds                    ADAMSERVE      30 secondsSmartFiler          Adam disk      20 seconds                    ADAMSERVE      30 secondsRecipeFiler         Adam disk      20 seconds                    ADAMSERhe IBM compatible serial interface - Herman and George sell all the necessary parts for $76 bucks including the ADAMSERVE program which is PD (a $16.00 item based on the number of disks it uses).   Late breaking word from Mr Mason has it that the new boot file for the compatible are ready and on their way along with the correct null modem cable which will eliminate some multiple connections I have betwen the 2 computers.  More news as it becomes available! equally as fast.  The beauty of the entire setup is that if you have any IBM compatable set up for whatever reason, you can hookup the ADAM to it and have an inexpensive harddrive and diskdrive setup for very little monetary outlay.  And the only sacrifice you will make on the IBM compatable side is that you will lose 10 megabytes of harddrive space for the ADAMSERVE section - that is, of course, if you don't just get a compatible simply to use as a harddrive and disk drive unit for the ADAM.  Some of the uMitchell                Gene Welch      Wirt Louis                  Herman Mason      George Koczwara             Jack Stone      Jean Stone                  Guy Bona      Jeanene Bona                Richard Clee      Frances Clee                Eric Danz      Bob Bair                    Mrs. Bair      Jean Davies                 Patricia Williams      Harvey Powis                Jerry Vrancks      Kathi Vrancks               Howard Pines      Elizabeth Pines             Bart Lynch      Bob Slopshe compatible's add-on's are fair game for ADAM to use.  The printer on the compatible is  accessed by ADAM for example.To run this on your compatible, you will need to have a DOS boot disk which boots up plain vanilla DOS; in other words, no other little add on programs which people (me ?) like to put into DOS startup files. Just plain vanilla DOS to boot the compatible.  You'll needed a serial interface for the ADAM (set on an unused port), a serial cable, and a null modem gender changer to connect to tVE      25 secondsSmartBasic          Adam disk      18 seconds                    ADAMSERVE      21 secondsPowerPaint          Adam disk      55 seconds                    ADAMSERVE      2 minutes 45 seconds (note: ADAMSERVE powerpaint uses no memory expander which accounts for longer load time)As you can see, the load times are somewhat longer for the ADAM to ask the compatible to read the blocks, reply back, and have ADAM run the program.  Information retrieval for a program such as AdamCalc is ج1 ×74L1 W74      ADAMCON 07     (From AUGER - September issue. The Newsletter of the Emerald Coast       ADAM User Group)     Here are the names of the ones who attended ADAMCON 007, at the       Waterloo Inn in Waterloo, CANADA.     ADAMCON 007 was held July 20th to 23, 1995.     ---------------------------------------------------------------     Dale Wick                   Neil Wick      Doug Chappell               Murray McCullough      Rich Drushel                Christina Drushel      Ron sed stuff out there is awfully cheap because technology has passed everybody by for the hundredth time.At this time, I have not had any success in accessing the compatibles disk drives due to the fact Rich is still beta testing this program and I am not using the same size IBM disk drives that he was using when he wrote the program. Drive parameters are built into the compatable's boot file and as yet are not refined into a user changable item.  They will in time be changeable though.  In theory, all of tema                Judy Slopsema      Patricia Herrington     --------------------------------------------------------------     There may have been others who stayed at campgrounds, or used day       passes that are missing.     --------------------------------------------------------------     This made a total of 31 people who attended, plus whoever walked       in on a daily basis!     --------------------------------------------------------------     -AND A FINE TIME WAS HAD BY ALL -     ====shut the unit off, take the       cartridge out, and put it back in. Reseating the cartridge may       have made better contact. If it still doesn't work, don't panic       just yet. The problem may be dirt or oxidation on the game       cartridge or system unit.      I've noticed a big market in cleaning products for Nintendo       cartridges and system units. It is common for these units to get       dirty in a very short period of time; and basically quit working       completely until the unit ج1 ×30     Cobley, David     Collins, Ron     Cossaboon, Richard     Counineau, Guy     Deere, Faye     Deere, Norman     Drushel, Richard     Elshoff, Paul     Fowler, Terry     Feiedman, Rob     Gordon, Mark     Herrington, Pat     Hinkle, Ben     Keene, Thomas     Koczwara, George     Lefko, Richard     Lingrel, John     Lynch, Bart     Marshand, Lyle     Marner, Keith     Mason, Herman     McFarlane, Sharon     Mitchell, Ron     Morehen, Tony     Motel, Wayne     Neece,Monte  g into the cartridge area a breeze. All you need to do       is add a couple of drops of solution and run the pad up and down       on the cartridge contacts a few times, and you're all done.      The system cleaning pad will not fit into the ADAM game cartridge       port without some cutting to it's plastic case I have not cut mine       up yet to see how it fits because my unit works fine. For most       people, getting a cleaning kit  seems a bit pricy just to clean a       game or two that areج1 ×74                          Cleaning Your Coleco/ADAM                               Game Cartridges                          -by Fred Horvat, NIAD 5/93                Courtesy the AUGER Newsletter, September Issue      Ever had problems with a game cartridge? For instance, when you       press reset, all you get is the famous "Turn Game Off Before       Inserting Cartridge or Expansion Module". You just played the game       last week and it worked fine!      Normally, all you have to do is ===========================================================ddrive and set about to alter computer history - at least at my house!   After a few anxious minutes, all the hardware was assembled and plugged in. Next came the task of setting up the IBM compatible to receive a visitor.  I started unzipping 1.44 megabyte disks into the compatibles harddrive until it filled up 10 megabytes of space, then ran the Serve 6.xx program on the compatibis cleaned. The Colecovision/ADAM holds       up great compared to newer equipment. I guess they just don't       makethem like they used to.      To clean ColecoVision/ADAM cartridges, you could buy a Nintendo       Cleaning Kit for $9.99 at the local toy store. The kit comes with       three cartridge cleaning pads with nice handles, a large system       unit cleaning pad, and a bottle of cleaning solution. The       cartridge cleaning pads have a slight bend on the handle that       makes gettin   Neeley, Alan     Notini, Jim     Ostler, Mel     Pines, Howard     Poulin, James     Roades, Dean     Sage, Darryl     Salvati, Richard     Sands, David     Sebelist, Robert     Swift, Sol     Szcretter, Hank     Vrancks, Jerry     Walters, Bruce     Walters, Jim     Wick, Dale     Wick, Neil     Wilson, Barrythe ADAM Gallery of Honour.         Jerry Vrancks      Kathi Vrancks               Howard Pines      Elizabeth Pines             Bart Lynch      Bob Slops giving you trouble.      Another method of cleaning cartridges is to use a cotton swab       dipped in some isopropyl alcohol. Rub the swab across the       cartridge contacts a few times. The cleaning solution in the kits       is specially made for cleaning cartridges by 3M, and smells a lot       like the tape/diskette head cleaning fluid which consists of       isopropyl alcohol without fear, and one cleaning will probably       last for the rest of the cartridge's lifetime.      As for cleanthe ADAM may not be doing so today. (The old       timers laid the ground work.)  They deserved to be reconized also.       That's the reasoning behind asking you to vote for inactive       candidates.      Now back to th e question I was ask at AC007.  "Why fourteen this       year?"  Well here's how it came about.  I received 57 Gallery of       Honour ballots with less than 50% voting for an inactive       candidate.  If I would have put their votes in with the active       candidates votes not ج1 ×74      Written rules on how the Gallery of Honour is to be run or how       many should be inducted.      I ran this years G of H the way it has al ways been run.  "By       Feel".      Beings I have been ask by George Koczwaka and Herman Mason to       to head the Gallery of Honour next year I'll do it the same way       unless I'm convinced it's unfair or I' m overruled by my       committee.      First, I'll try and get the word out to as m any ADAMites as       possible.  Newsletters, only separated by three       votes, with many being tied.  Again what do I do, flip that coin?        I really didn't want to do that if I didn't have to.      I then contact ed Ron Mitchell, the head of the ADAM News Network,       (ANN).  I did this because ANN sponsor s the Gallery of Honour and       picks up the tab.  I explained the situation to Ron and ask him if       he t ougt 14 inductees would be to many.  Ron told me to go for       it.  I was releaved when he said that.  It saved the Gibutions to the ADAM in the past but is n o longer       actively involved with the ADAM .  Why distinguish between the       two? Mainly be cause many of these old timers would be forgotten.        Over 50% of the ballots I received this year did not vote for an       old timer.  That's sad because th e contributions they made to the       ADAM is in part why the ADAM still survives.  If it wasn' t for       some of these old timers getting others started many of the people       that still support ing the contacts on the unit, I've not had to do it on       mine yet. This is probably because of the dust flap protecting the       game port entrance; or perhaps the constant use helps keep the       contacts clean. program without even exploring it yet.  When the ADAM is booted up which must be after the compatible is online, the screen portrays the ADAMSERVE boot screen and goes into the Hard Disk 4.1 version screen with 6 Smartkey choices:        Smartkey I     La single old timer would have had enough       votes to be inducted.  So, right or wrong I kep t two tally       sheets.  One for the active and one for the inactive.      I'll start wit h the inactive.  Of those candidates voted for the       top four were tied with the same number of votes.  Well , what do       I do here?  Pull straws or flip a coin?  They all deserve the       award.      Now for the active candidates. There were 28 different people       voted for.  Of these the top ten were ANN disk, CIS and ADAM User Groups.  (I'll       have to get the info on more BBS's next year.) The next thing is       up to you.  You need to vote.  Yett here have been some questions       on voting.      Why vote for active and inactive candidates?  What is an inactive       candidate?  An active candidate is someone that is still actively       supporting the ADAM computer and community in some way benificial       to us all.  An inactive candidate is someone that suported and       made contr of H       committee from fliping that dreaded coin.  So that is how 14 well       deserving ADAMites were inducted into the Gallery of Honour this y       ear.  (10 active and 4 inactive .) Your votes do count, so it's       time to start thinking about those deserving ADAMites we've missed       inducting into the Gallery of Honour.      Just one added note.  This year I didn't publish any names of       people for possible G of H consideration.  This time I think I       will, just to give you le end into the connector on the interface board where you disconnected the original power cable (the connectors are keyed using 2 tapered corners so they cannot be connected wrong).  At this point a decision must be made as to fan location.  An ideal location is right directly behind the heat sinks in the rear center of the controller board (bottom board).  Decide whether you want to blow air into the drive or suck it out the back, then follow the arrows on the housing for the unit direction.  Hot glue theج1 ×62                    KEEPING YOUR COOLby Bob SlopsemaHow about an easy way to keep your cool while keeping your favorite computer cool too.  There exists a small...actually tiny...fan unit which will cool almost anything you can hook 12 volt DC current to.  The fan unit measures only 1 1/2" square and 3/8" thick, comes with it's own 4 pin Y power splitter.  The fan unit is really intended to cool a 486 cpu, but it will work just as well for the 486 upgrade - an ADAM computer!  I used this little little fans available, I purchased them from Computer Gate International 2960 Gordon Ave  Santa Clara, CA 95051  (408)730-0673  They have a catalog with many very inexpensive cables, assorted parts and supplies with a 30 day money back guarantee. s because ANN sponsor s the Gallery of Honour and       picks up the tab.  I explained the situation to Ron and ask him if       he t ougt 14 inductees would be to many.  Ron told me to go for       it.  I was releaved when he said that.  It saved the G ? ) and you're ready to use the fan. For the disk drive installation, take the drive to your worktable, remove the 4 feet screws and 2 intermediate screws, take off the bottom side pieces, remove the 4 screws holding the drive body to the top and flip it rightside up.  At the rear of the unit are the data and power plugs.  Pull off the ribbon cable data cable and the female power cable is directly underneath.  Pull the cable free and attach it to the male cable end of the fan , then plug the female fan cabsome ideas.  Comments or apposing views       welcome .       Jerry V & the ADAM printer sSK VI  sets the date (handy if you have a clockchip)All of you out there already using a harddrive recognized the top screen, but for those who haven't purchased an ADAM only harddrive, that is what it looks like when you access the harddrive. At this time, the ADAMSERVE program when booted up, will access the ADAM data drive, the compatible harddrive's 10 meg fan unit to surrounding components; easy on the glue, just enough to keep the fan in place is sufficient.  Replace the screws holding the drive together and replace it on ADAM.  The fan works extremely well; after a few minutes you can feel the hot air being blown out.  Other adaptations for the cpu, datadrives, printer would be just as easy with the exception you would need to cut off the power connection and solder or clamp the wires to a 12 volt DC power source. I'm sure that many sources have these fan to put in the disk drive for cooling; and for the hands-on-type ADAMITE, there is an unlimited number of places to put this tiny unit.  Maybe near the Z80 chip, or tucked behind a data drive, in the printer case, or most anyplace you have a heat buildup problem.  The unit works ideally for the disk drive because it is a simple plug and glue operation.  The unit costs 5 bucks complete with power adapters and a heat sink clipped to it. Simply unclip the heat sink (and save it for another future projectج1 ×74                               SOFTWARE  REVIEW                                 "Micro-Chip"                                     from                            Steve Pitman Software                            reviewed by Gene Welch      I like computer games,      but I don't have great reflexes.      I love a mental challenge,      but I don't have a lot of time.           If you can identify with either (or both) of the above       statements, as I can, then "Steve Pitman Software" little fans available, I purchased them from Computer Gate International 2960 Gordon Ave  Santa Clara, CA 95051  (408)730-0673  They have a catalog with many very inexpensive cables, assorted parts and supplies with a 30 day money back guarantee. s because ANN sponsor s the Gallery of Honour and       picks up the tab.  I explained the situation to Ron and ask him if       he t ougt 14 inductees would be to many.  Ron told me to go for       it.  I was releaved when he said that.  It saved the Gdamite in the past. Using logic, you must uncover a picture by       'chipping' away at it.           You see, Steve has designed 100 sprite like pictures.  You       play on a screen that looks a little like a sprite design software       grid where each pixel of the sprite picture is represented by a       square. You must use the row and column clues as coordinates to       determine whether or not to "chip" that square out. You can use up       to 3 hints if you need them and you can "chip" awaycted to peanut butter              sandwiches and chocolate.      5)      The dangerous part about .GIF files is that they leave               nothing to the imagination.      6)      Paying for the pentium can cause severe dementium if you              happen to be behind in the rentium.      7)      If not wealth then poverty else taxation and poverty.      8)      If you don't know the difference between a Zip file and a              Zip Code, then perhaps you should return to the Arc.          Drive. Something that can't be said about a whole lot of ADAM       software.           Micro-Chip gets my hardy seal of approval. It's a fun,       challenging, and relaxing computer game. It has been well thought       out, and thus is a complete, and professional software package.       Thanks Steve.cut off the power connection and solder or clamp the wires to a 12 volt DC power source. I'm sure that many sources have these has a new game       for you. A "NEW" game. Let's try that again, it felt pretty good.       A "NEW" ADAM game. Yes, new software for our beloved ADAM. It's       top-notch, pro-slick, numero uno kinda stuff, to boot.           Now let's talk about it. The 'it' being "Micro-Chip", was       released around June of '95. I purchased my copy from "Adam's       House" in July. "Micro-Chip" is a single player, thinking type of       computer game. The type of software that may of hooked many an       Aج1 ×74      A Computer's Perspective      by Ron Mitchell      1)      How would you feel if all you had to look at were strings               of zeros and ones?      2)      Now that I've been moved to Lotusland, I suppose he              expects me to run Lotus.      3)      If it wasn't for me the slow lane on the information               highway would be totally unoccupied.      4)      He tries to feed me by putting crumbs on the keyboard.              The result is that I've become adi the wrong       squares 3 times, the third ending your chance to solve that level.           Micro-Chip is another great game from Steve Pitman.  It's       done completely in high-resolution graphics. There is even on-line       help/instructions that can be accessed during game play. Micro-       Chip's game-save feature allows for the saving of up to 3       different levels, making it perfect for multiple users. It also       has nice sound effects. And can easily be installed on a Hard Disk   9)      Blithering bacon bunnies Batman, big bytes bick bucks, and               where's all taking us? To a point where humans will never              be satisfied with the speed of anything!      10)     A wise old computer once said, "If it wasn't for human               beings, we could really speed things up."       11)     One day humans will discover that we are only mirrors               of their shortcomings.       12)     A half brain crazed user named Ned              Was renowned fort on a number of fronts.       Hopefully that process has now advanced to the point where I can       start doing some of the things I came here to do.       Always some darned excuse!      There is only a side one this time. November's is likely to be the       same. Contributions are down and I've not been in the mood to       write much myself. Hopefully this will change.         -RHM      The Lineup:      ADAMCON07.TXT      A complete listing of attendees at ADAMCON 007 held in Waterloo,umans are there              already.      15)     My addresss bus is running a little late these days.  approval. It's a fun,       challenging, and relaxing computer game. It has been well thought       out, and thus is a complete, and professional software package.       Thanks Steve.cut off the power connection and solder or clamp the wires to a 12 volt DC power source. I'm sure that many sources have these  Dave Sands is on deck with another Gleanings column. The Gleaner       covers a goodly swath of ADAM happenings and has injected some       cogent notes on the computer scene in general. A good read!      CLEAN.TXT      An article by Fred Horvat originally published in the May 1993       issue of NIAD covering cleaning of game carts. Read and learn. Our       thanks to AUGER for providing this article. They inluded it in the       September issue.      HDSII.TXT      The second in a series ofج1 ×74      The ADAM News Network      Monthly Disk      October 1995            Editor's Note:      This time, the move took its toll. Have only just returned to the       state now where my equipment is set up, but more than that I had       not counted on having to work at getting my headspace back. The       last two months have brought with them a change of routine, a new       set of surroundings (not new... but returned to after an absence       of many years), and the need to re-adjus not using his head              While transmitting prose              He'd fall into a doze              His computer would leave him for dead.      13)     Too bad humans weren't equipped with some sort of               screen saver. Show them a blank screen for three              minutes and perhaps they'd shut down.      14)     They say the day is coming when the state of multi-              media will make it impossible to differentiate between              fantasy and reality. I say some h       July 1995. The list was provided by Faye Deere in the AUGER       newsletter. Thanks to the Emerald Coast ADAM User Group.      ADAMSERV.TXT      A review by Gene Welch of Rich Drushel's ADAMSERVE program. This       huge contribution to ADAM software was demonstrated at ADAMCON       007. Gene gives us his impressions.      ALLGOFH.TXT      A list of all ADAM Gallery of Honour Inductees right from the       beginning. It was provided by Jerry Vrancks, 463 ADAM.      ANNGLEE3.TXT     little fans available, I purchased them from Computer Gate International 2960 Gordon Ave  Santa Clara, CA 95051  (408)730-0673  They have a catalog with many very inexpensive cables, assorted parts and supplies with a 30 day money back guarantee. s because ANN sponsor s the Gallery of Honour and       picks up the tab.  I explained the situation to Ron and ask him if       he t ougt 14 inductees would be to many.  Ron told me to go for       it.  I was releaved when he said that.  It saved the G articles by Gene Welch on the steps       involved with installing a hard drive on your ADAM. Our thanks to       Jerry Vrancks and 463 ADAM for making these articles available.      HOFHRUN.TXT      Jerry Vrancks explains how the Gallery of Honour voting was       conducted this year for ADAMCON 007. He invites you to comment.       This is a behind the scenes look at some of the problems involved       in coming up with a fair and equitable way choosing people for the       G of H.      KeepCVE      25 secondsSmartBasic          Adam disk      18 seconds                    ADAMSERVE      21 secondsPowerPaint          Adam disk      55 seconds                    ADAMSERVE      2 minutes 45 seconds (note: ADAMSERVE powerpaint uses no memory expander which accounts for longer load time)As you can see, the load times are somewhat longer for the ADAM to ask the compatible to read the blocks, reply back, and have ADAM run the program.  Information retrieval for a program such as AdamCalc is d.TXT      An editorial of sorts. A few musings by yours truly on the ins and       outs of ANN disk distribution. Your comments would be most       welcome.      SLEEPLES.TXT      Gene Welch's impressions of ADAMCON 007. Gene calls it Sleepless       in Waterloo.       WHATHPN.TXT      An article by Norman Deere discussing some of the things you might       want to consider adding to your ADAM. This is from the September       issue of AUGER, the newsletter of the Emerald Coast ADAM User   oast. It has       taken me two months to locate and arrange about 75% of my personal       gear and to reach the point where working on ANN disks seemed to       be a reasonable idea. Perhaps soon we'll get back to some sort of       routine. Not before time.      Meanwhile I've been looking at the addressing scheme that has been       in effect since I took over in October 1994, and probably well       before that. It had always seemed strange to me that ADAMites in       Toronto were getting theTXT      Call for input to the annual ADAM Christmas card. Time's growing       short. Get your submissions in, so we can have another generous       helping of ADAM Christmas cheer.mCalc            Adam disk      21 seconds                    ADAMSERVE      30 secondsSmartFiler          Adam disk      20 seconds                    ADAMSERVE      30 secondsRecipeFiler         Adam disk      20 seconds                    ADAMSERool.TXT      An article from Bob Slopsema on the use of cooling fans. There's       some good advice here.      MicroChp.TXT      A review of Steve Pitman's latest offering to the ADAM community,       a new game called MICROCHIP. It was demonstrated at ADAMCON 007,       and reviewed by Gene Welch. Thanks to Jerry Vrancks at 463 ADAM       for making the review available.      Pspct10.TXT      A Computer's Perspective for October by Ron Mitchell      README.TXT      This file      Recorج1 ×74      For the Record      by Ron Mitchell      There's an old adage that says you never tear down a fence until       you understand why it was put there in the first place.       The idea certainly applies to our distribution system which, as       everyone knows, isn't working too well these days. Disks are late,       and I'm painfully aware that some subscribers aren't getting them       at all. It's not a good state of affairs.      Gradually, I'm getting settled in here on the west c    Group. Our sincerest and most heartfelt thanks to Norman for       continuing to support the ADAM community - no matter what!      WHICHCHA.TXT      Norman Deere discusses the some things you should watch for in       selecting the channel for ADAM on your TV set.       WORDPRO.TXT      An article from the AUGER newsletter by Norman Deere discussing       the Smartwriter "PRINT" function. Learn all about what you print       with ADAM, and the options available for doing it.      XMASNOTE.ir disks from California while those of us       in Ottawa were receiving them from Bart Lynch out in Washington.       There seemed to be something wrong with that logic, or geography       or whatever the setup was based on.      Then somebody pointed out that who sent what to whom was not based       on geography at all. Rather it was the old, venerable, and time       honoured split between EOS'ers and the TDOS crowd that was behind       it all. Subscribers in Ottawa (Guy Cousineau and I) prefe     price tag normally associated with such an undertaking.      But before we get into this, I must tell you that my attitude       about this, "HDD's cheaply", has been modified since attending       ADAMCon 007. What I learned was simple. That many Adamites are not       quite eager enough for a HDD to go to the trouble of setting it up       themselves. You see, if you set up a HDD yourself, you will have       to install all of the software yourself. Whereas, when buying from       HLM/GMK or ct that the number       of volunteers mailing disks was probably added to here and there,       along with the number of people receiving disks, it seems quite       reasonable to conclude that there would be some deviations from       pure geography in the mailing assignments. Generally speaking, the       EOS mailings are based on geography with a few exceptions here and       there.       I'm inclined to maintain the status-quo for the time being. Our       subscriber list will be completely ree       average, adventurous Adamite. Keeping in mind that this will still       cost approx. $100.00.      With that said, lets get started. There are 6 items needed to       accomplish the task of a HDD installation. I will elaborate on       each item, such as types, brands, useage, where to buy, cost,       options, etc.. The items are:      1       Hard Disk Drive (bare)      1       Interface card (Micro Innovations)      1       Power Supply for the HDD      1       Boot tape or disk    ج1 ×74      Hard Disk Drives - II      Doint it Cheaply      by Gene Welch      In our previous meeting here we touched on some advantages to       adding a Hard Drisk Drive (HDD) to an ADAM. Though more can (and       may) be written on this subject, I would like to discuss the       hardware aspect this time around. Thus we can all get started from       approx. the same spot. Also, the information contained here should       be sufficient for use in adding a HDD to an ADAM, without the big  r TDOS       ANN disks, while our friends in Toronto do not. It certainly       wouldn't be the first time that people in Ottawa had disagreed       with people in Toronto on something serious. There's lots more to       divide us than that.      Nevertheless, as I look at the mailing lists provided by our       Treasurer, Robert Bair, I can now see a certain logic behind the       way things are set up. A vast majority of the 70-odd subscribers       want EOS disks. If you take into account the faAdam's House or some other HDD dealer, the HDD comes       ready to run, loaded with many popular programs, both in TDOS and       the EOS environments.      It is because of this that I have decided to recommend this method       of HDD addition to those Adamites who either already have one or       more HDD equipped ADAM's and would like another, inexpensively. Or       to those Adamites that just don't have the $200.00 or so dollars       to give to their favorite hardware dealer, and are an abovvised at the beginning of       1996 in any event. There will be some who will no doubt choose to       acquire the ANN material from their local BBS, and others who will       continue with the mail thing. We'll see who's left in the new year       and perhaps re-do the mail list then.      Meanwhile the fence, rickety and in need of a makeover, will have       to stand for another month or three.  1       IDE HDD cable      1       Micro Innovations TDOS distribution disk      The HDD is obviously at the heart of the system. The type you need       is the most common HDD format available. It's the IDE, which       stands for "Integrated Drive Electronics". Many different       companies have and do produce HDD's in the IDE format. Brands that       I know work are Western Digital and Seagate in the older full       height style. Maxtor and Conner peripherals in the newer half       height requires power. Options include an IBM power supply,       using the ADAM's power supply, or a Colecovision video game power       supply. I use the ADAM's power supply in two different       configurations. On my #1 ADAM and my "laptop" ADAM I have hard       wired the HDD connector to the incoming power supply wires inside       the memory console. On my childrens ADAM I have an adapter between       the printer power cable and the memory console. Hopefully I will       be discussing these "do it yhen fits on the left side of the left       most expansion slot under the cover.      I recommend Maxtor and Conner 40 and 60 meg drives. They can be       bought used from Computer discounters, repair shops, and second       hand outlets. Also, Computer show/swap meets are an excellent       source. Since you will be setting it up for an ADAM, the IBM (ugh)       stuff stored on it already doesn't matter one bit, and all that       matters is that it works. But if you are not using a Western      k at ADAMCon 007 for this tip.      The IDE HDD interface cable is an easy item to come by. You can       buy one from almost any computer store or you can make one       yourself. All you need are two 40 pin IDC female socket IDS's and       approx. 18 inches of 40 conductor ribbon cable. Remember when you       are making the cable and connecting the HDD to the interface card       to pay close attention to the #1 position on the connectors,       interface card and the cable. If you are trying tosion slot card that also supplied a parallel       printer interface and a boot-prom socket. I don't believe this       card is presently available new. The other IDE host adapter was       for the left expansion slot and only provided for the HDD. It is       the left slot cards that Mark Gordon, and sells for about $40.00       plush s/h. You must have one of the two types of boards, for they       are configured to work with IDE drives of 20, 40, and 60 megabyte       storage.      Your IDE HDD style. The full heights will cost less, but they produce       more heat, which many or may not be of concern to you. You can       expect to pay from $0.50 to $1.00 per megabyte of memory.      They fit under the top cover of your Memory Console. Merely remove       tape drive-2, and move tape drive-1 over into this vacated spot.       Then put the tape drive blank that was originally in the tape       drive-2 spot when you first bought your ADAM and put it in the       tape drive-1 spot. The HDD tourself" methods in the near future.      Once you have partitioned and set up your HDD with TDOS you will       need to make a boot-tape/disk. You use it to boot either TDOS, or       the EOS "Harddisk System" on ADAM start-up or reset. I recommend a       boot-tape, you can leave it in tape drive-1 even when your ADAM's       off. Then, on the power up of your ADAM, the HDD is automatically       booted in, and you don't ever have to fumble around with tapes or       disks. Many thanks to Dale Wic Digital 20 or 40 meg HDD you will have to ask the seller of the       HDD what the parameters of the drive are. How many "cylinders",       how many "heads", and how many "sectors per track". Somd HDD part       #'s are: Maxtor - 7040AT, Conner-CP30064H (60 meg) and CP 3044 (40       Meg), Western-93024xx (20 Meg) and 93044xx (40 meg).      The next most important item is the interface card. Originally       Micro Innovations produced 2 different IDE host adapter cards. One       was a center expan partition your       HDD, and the software is not recognizing your HDD, check your       cable, it may be reversed. It's alright though, it won't hurt the       HDD.      The Micro Innovations Distribution Disk is what brings all these       parts together. This self-booting TDOS disk is normally included       with M.I. HDD's. If you already have one of their HDD's then you       are all set. Otherwise,you will have to get it from Mark Gordon       when you purchase the interface card from him. Oer....      756 Southgate Ave.               Use your ADAM!      Daly City CA, 94015              If you don't, who will?ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےهےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے‍ےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےƒےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےich only       works with the Western Digital 20 and 40's. Where as v1.1 allows       for the necessary custom parameter input.      While I was experimenting and upgrading my ADAM's and HDD's, Mark       Gordon was an invaluable wealth of help and information to me.       Many thanks to Mark for giving Adamites HDD's for our ADAM's. I       will be happy to help anyone, any way I can, just drop me a line.       Further more, I have done my best to insure the accuracy of this       article. But I wuare brackets: [ ].  Newsletter       editors may edit, delete, fold, spindle and mutilate Gleanings as       necessary to make it fit.      To start, I'd like to express my gratitude to all of those       responsible for my election to the ADAM Gallery of Honour. It's an       unlooked-for, but certainly welcome salute and it does make me       feel both gratified and humble.      Gratified because it is always nice to be honoured and thanked,       and humbled because I feel the accomplishments ike to get into the "Life with a HDD" aspect.       A sort of "look and feel" angle. As a final note I must say that I       am not an "expert" at any thing ADAM. It's just my hobby. If you       read any mistakes I've made, PLEASE let me know. Even if it's just       an easier way to do something, or I have failed to explain       something properly. Let me know. If you have any specific       questions or comments, please let me know. My address is:      Gene Welch                       And remembn this disk is all       you need to get an IDE HDD system up and running, including the       EOS "Harddisk System" andFilemanager. There is a TDOS program       called "IDEPART.COM" for partitioning. There are two versions of       this, V1.0 and V1.1. If you won't be using a Western Digital 20 or       40 meg HDD then you will need V1.1. If you get this disk from Mark       Gordon you will get the latest version, but if you previously       purchased a HDD sometime back then you many have V1.0, whج1 ×74              GLEANINGS by Dave Sands      Gleanings is written for subscribers to the ADAM News Network and       ADAM newsletter editors. It is a column of information, rumour,       opinion and quotation drawn from exchange newsletters, Fidonet       correspondence, computer magazines and miscellaneous sources. All       opinions not within quotes ("")  are those of the author and are       not necessarily those of the ADAM News Network. Interjections       within quoted material are in sqill not assume, nor beheld responsible for any       harm, damage, bad results, or costs incurred from attempting this       upgrade.      Hopefully, in our next encounter we will discuss the use of       various TDOS programs for the HDD. These programs are of interest       to any Adamites who are setting up a new HDD, are trying to       recover from a HDD crash, or who just want to change the way the       HDD's megabytes have been divided up between TDOS and EOS. And       after that I would lof others who are       also members of the Gallery must be greater than mine and of more       value.      This is because writing the Gleanings columns, the various       newsletter articles and editing and contributing to ADAM       newsletters, all of which got started in the spring of '86, has       all been fun for me. I take it seriously enough, but the bottom       line is that it's fun. And no one should look for honours for       enjoying himself. I'm sure it's been true for most other me    ($700), Cardbox V 1.0 ($245), Condor Series 20, Level 2, ($650),       SuperSort, V 1.5, ($250).      Spreadsheets; Multiplan, V 1.0, ($250), SuperCalc 2, V 2.0,       ($295), T/Maker III, V 3.0, ($275), Target Financial Modeling, V       2.1, ($ 325), microTSP, V 3.3, ($395).      Financial Software; Software Fitness Program, V 2.1, ($525), Real       World Software, V 2.1,($650), The Champion, ($495), Solomon, V II,       ($595), Total Accounting Series, ($'varies').      Communications Sofo my ADAM.      But, today, I am happy to be able to thank all of you for this       honour, and to carry on enjoying myself with the ADAM.      For the benefit of those who are looking at some bargain software,       here are the hits of 1984, the year of publication of The Best of       CP/M Software, a Sybex Computer Book by John D. Halamka. The       author chose 45 'best' CP/M programs, after evaluating them on the       basis of features, performance, ease of use, error handling and       do425), Pascal MT+, V 5.5, ($500), PL/I 80,       V 1.4, ($500).      Utilities: StarBurst, V 3.3, ($195), Diagnostics II, ($125), and       Power!, V 2.55, ($99).      Top of the good news list has to be the emergence of a new       newsletter for the ADAM. The 'ECOAUG Micro-Computer Journal' is       produced by editor C.  Murray McCullough who plans three issues a       year and an annual. Vol I, Number 1,runs 24 pages and has articles       by McCullough; part 1 of his History of the Microcomputluded the original prices as well.      Word Processors and Word Tools: WordStar (V 3.3) with MailMerge       ($450 plus $250) The Final Word, V 1.1, ($300), Perfect Writer       ($349), Palantir, V 1.0, ($425), Peach Text, V 1.0, ($250),       Spellbinder, V 5.12, ($495), SpellStar V 3.3, ($250),Corrector V       1.1, ($195), Spellguard, ($295), The Word Plus, V 1.0, ($150),       Random House Electronic Thesaurus, V 1.0, ($150).      Database Managers: InfoStar V 1.4 ($495), dBASE II, V 2.02,   mbers       of the Gallery, too, that being involved with the ADAM has been       enjoyable and entertaining. It has been educational as well. When       I got my ADAM --at a Canadian Tire clearance sale, for $299 in       1986 dollars--computers were moving into every office and every       function, and they were threatening.  With the ADAM, I could, and       did, learn how to deal with one on my terms, and take that       confidence to the job. For that alone, I shall be forever grateful       ttware; Crosstalk V 1.1, ($195), Modem7, V 3.0,       public domain.      Entertainment Software; Adventure, V 3.3, ($25), Suspended ($49),       Zork, ($39), Witness, ($49), Eliza, ($20).      Programming Languages; Microsoft BASIC and BASIC Compiler, V 5.2,       ($395) [Bill Gates was one of its programmers] CBASIC Compiler       CB80, V 1.4, ($150 and $500), BASIC Interpreter Level II, V 1.3,       ($270), BDS C, V 1.5, ($150), CIS COBOL, Level II, ($850), Forth,       V Z80, ($50), Fortran, ($cumentation. Since CP/M books are disappearing from libraries       and bookstores everywhere, the Gleaner is going to present       Halamka's choices in a condensed list, so that you will know, when       you find a copy of InfoStar on a floppy, that it was the choice       database manager, even ahead of dBASE II, of the early 80's.  As       they say everywhere now, that and a buck will get you a cup of       coffee.      Here's the list and just so you'll appreciate your savings, I've       incer,       Jamieson Sean Walker on Education and Cyberspace, Guy Cousineau's       'Guy's Rules of Computing' Bart Lynch's 'Why an AUG.' and Ron       Mitchell's 'Editors Wanderings.'      Subscriptions are $10 year, to ECOAUG, c/o C.M. McCullough, RR# 2,       Colborne, ON, Canada K0K 1S0.      Any new effort in the ADAM world is worth boosting and I'm sure       the ECOAUG nl will be a welcome addition. Just one question, and       maybe they can answer it in a future issue: What's ECOAUG stand  65689      Kosowsky's ADAM Repair, 6067 Jerusalem Dr. Cicero, NY. no zip       listed.      Oscar's Computers, 224 F. Elgin Parkway, Fort Walton Beach, FL.       32548.      PSAN NewsNat, July 95.      One more landmark for the 463 ADAM club of Indiana: it was eight       years old in August of 95. Founded by Dean Rhodes in 1987--and       named for the area code--the 463's current president is Joe       Alford.  Membership is 23 and the club still holds montly       meetings. It must be somethe ADAM is capable of       at the highest 9600 baud there are many problems trying to get the       ADAM to process the information coming over the modem at this       speed.      The problem doesn't lie with the modem, serial card or the       ADAMNet!!! It lies with the Z80 [CPU] itself. It is incapable of       handling over 9600 baud and it doesn't even handle that       properly.!!!      I was involved years ago with a project to try to get 9600 baud to       work but all attempts ended incan install your own, or buy one of the two HDD's on       the market.  Both ADAM's House and HLM/GMK have them for $200       plus, which is actually not bad.      Okay, roll the William Tell Overture theme and cue the announcer:       "Come with us now to those glorious days of yesteryear..." Right,       fans, it's time for our regular Look Back feature.  Those of you       who are muttering "Say whaaat' can go sit at the back.      In 1984, when you and I were young, Maggie, Consumer Reports, tney, as recent       conversations on the ADAM echo indicate a lack of response from       HLM etc. BBS numbers are (216) 791-4022 or (216) 883-9355. Maybe       it's just World Series fever. That should be over by now, and       there's always next year.      The PSAN nl publishes a handy little list of ADAM repair places       and just in case you need it, the Gleaner has lifted it for you:      ADAM's House, Rt. 2, Box 2756, Pearland, TX. 77581      Elliott Repairs, Rt. 1, Box 117, Cabool, MO.      for? I couldn't find that anywhere.      2400 Will Have To Do: the Puget Sound ADAM NewsNet continues to be       one of the neatest and best printed nl's around.  From the July 95       issue, this FidoNet item, an exchange between ADAM user Reggie       Arford and BBS sysop Terry Cairns: Arford: "I'm looking forward to       finally having a high-speed serial (modem) port on ADAMNet, now       that higher modem speeds are becoming practical."      Cairns; "Don't hold your breath!  Although thing in that Indiana water that keeps       everybody going.      Hard disk drive owner Gene Welch has compiled some numbers that       help justify the purchase of one of these toys for your ADAM: to       load an 80k PowerPaint file from a tape drive; 1 min. 46 sec.        From a 320 disk drive; 42 sec. From a 1.44meg disk drive 40 sec.       and from a Western Digital 40meg 70ms hard disk: 14 seconds. Other       hard disks are faster yet. Think of all the time you'll save.      Gene says you  the ADAM freezing up because of a       bottleneck effect that the information was coming in faster than       the z80 could process it!!      Don't expect to see anything faster than 2400 baud on the ADAM!!!"       (syntax per original)      If you're interested, HLM/GMK Hardware/Software Co. of 4034 East       52 ST. Cleveland, OH, 44105 is offering a 2400 baud modem, serial       card, cables and ADAMLink 5 program package for $115. The Gleaner       suggests you try to call before you send mohen       as now a no-nonsense, four-door sedan with blackwalls kind of       magazine, was reviewing computers. You can believe the ADAM was       one of them. So was the PC Junior, the Commodore 64 and the TRS-80       Color Computer 2. Against tough competition like that, how did the       ADAM fare? Thank you for asking.      Comparing all computers as word processors, and explaining that       the ADAM had a built-in one, but they had to buy separate ones for       the others, Consumers said "n the other hand they liked the quick learning curve: "The ADAM       is nearly self-teaching. Its keyboard has six extra keys, call       'smart keys'. As you follow the screen menu through the procedure,       you press the indicated smart keys to accomplish each subsequent       step until the procedure is finished."      How to sum up: Consumers Reports put it this way in 1984: "There's       a lot to be said in favor of the Coleco ADAM. Put down about $700       and you can take home everythingf the ADAM and the       Commodore 64 slightly superior to that of the Atari 800XL and the       TRS-80 Color Computer 2."      Believe it, all the computers then reviewed offered tape storage       systems, with disks a high cost extra. "The ADAM loaded files more       slowly than the disk system on our Commodore 64, but much more       quickly than standard cassette systems. However, it took even       longer to store files than did a standard cassette system. On       balance, we'd say the convhose who are.  Well, maybe       you don't envy them. One who isn't is Eric Meyer, author of VDE, a       word processor that tends to make fanatics out of its users. The       man is different:      " Some  VDE users say the programmer is as astonishing as the       program. Meyer, after spending six years skillfully weaving a       masterpiece, simply gives his program away to users worldwide. The       roots of the free program and the man's altruistic philosophy       stretch deep into computinonsumers didn't ever refer to it as that,       just as 'the ADAM's program.' Strange, since Coleco certainly       pushed SmartWRITER with the ADAM. Consumer's was fair to the ADAM,       but not enthusiastic. They leaned to software programs for the       other brands, but not being able to jump the cursor to the top or       bottom of the file, or do block deletes, and most especially, the       inability to go beyond SmartWRITER's built-in system menus, etc.       hurt our boy's ratings.      OIt's hard to imagine home uses likely       to crowd the capacity of the 64K computers we chose." Okay, 64K       will do us. How's the keyboard?  "All four computers offer a       'standard' keyboard.--that is they have full-sized, full-travel,       sculptured keys, as on a typewriter. [In 1984, you could still       compare computers to typewriters.] Though none felt as crisp as       the keyboard of a good electric typewriter, all were adequate for       fast typing. We judged the keyboard feel o you need for word processing but       the paper--all in one box. There's a  lot to be said against it,       too. The components are big and heavy. The printer, although it       prints nicely, is slow and noisy. [They noticed!] The built-in       word-processing program is good for beginners, but it requires you       to work like a beginner permanently."      Consumers Reports, Sept '83.      You'll be glad to know that not all software geniuses are       billionaires, although we don't envy tenience of the Coleco ADAM's tape system       represents a substantial improvement over standard cassette       systems." When it came to display quality, the Atari got the nod,       and then CR somehow bought the story that ADAM and Applesoft BASIC       were 'virtually identical' --maybe the lab didn't try to run       anything written in Applesoft on the ADAM--and the ADAM lucked out       there.      On to word processing. As we know, ADAM's built in SmartWRITER is       its word processor. Cg history." Meyer hails from the old       school of programming: the glory days of computing when the term       'hacker' was an honor, not an epithet...Rather than write programs       for profit, the hackers preferred prestige from their peers in the       computing community."      Anmdrew Rathbone, 'VDE Word Processor' Shareware Magazine,       Sept/Oct 91.      Wisdom for our time: it's in the taglines. Which, as we all know,       are those little zingers we see on the bottom of FidoNet andSure, but will you be able to get fries?      And the Gleaner hopes the two and only Patricia Herrington and       Eric Danz get to see this lovely tribute from Beryl Wilson, an       MTAG member who got to her first ADAMCon at 007, and who wrote       this up for the MTAG nl.      'I met ADAMites whose names had been familiar to me for many       years. The organizers had catered for the 'hungry' ones, with       plates of sandwiches, fresh veggies and dip, plus pop etc. I       'signed up' for S mouse support."      "Those who live by the knife, get shot by those of us who don't."      More and greater uses for computers: NOT!      "There is no practical reason to create machine intelligences       indistinguishable from human ones. People are in plentiful supply.       Should a shortage arise, there are proven and popular methods for       making more. The point of using machines ought to be they perform       differently than people, and preferably better." From: The       Economiston was a pure delight, and after       all these years of owning an ADAM I finally learned much about       PowerPaint, sprionts, polygrams, etc. Pat gave each of the       attendees here very clear and concise 'Oh Yes You Can' manual,       which will prove useful for a long time. We had a lot of fun, and       Pat and Eric Danz were extremely helpful--I am without a doubt a       'dummy' as far as learning new things is concerned, and when 2       little girls zipped through their lessons with easecause."      And Ena reports that MTAGers know how to deal with adversity,       something anybody living in Toronto should be good at. "An       informal September meeting was held at MacDonald's as the       community centre, unbeknownst to us, decided to extend its summer       hours and we were locked out. We had a number of both regulars and       irregulars show up for hamburgers (2 for 1 Whoppers).  However the       October meeting should be on track again on the usual day and       time."  other       BBS messages. There may be a Tagline Central out there, just down       the street from the guys who do the fortune cookies, but I think       they come from the ozone. They have to, they're strange enough.       Some recent favorites:      "I'm in shape...round's a shape, isn't it?      "Seen on hacker's tombstone: CONNECT 1975, NO CARRIER 1995."      "DOS never says EXCELLENT command or filename."      "32 bit ambitions on an 8-bit budget."      "Microsoft Windows...a virus withunday sessions, although felt I couldn't (as a       good host) attend the banquet. [Beryl had houseguests.] On Sunday,       again I met and talked with ADAMites, previously known by name       only. I attended Pat Herrington's morning session on Graphic       Utilities, with 'hands on' ADAMs available. What a mammoth task       that must have been, transporting the machines to the hotel,       carrying them in and setting them up. Not to mention the material       needed for the seminars. The sessi.      MTAG--Metro Toronto ADAM Group--certainly puts their money where       their mouth is. Ena Greenshields reported to the membership in the       Sept 95 nl; "We at MTAG supported Dale [Wick] in the hosting of       ADAMCon 007 by donating a large part of our treasury towards this       project. Notwithstanding, outflow exceeded inflow, and Dale has       undertaken to balance the books on this. You can help by letting       us have your input on ways to produce revenue for this worthy        I wished I was       60 years younger so I could do the same. Pat and Eric had a great       deal of patience, and are TRUE ADAMITES as are all the attendees.       The afternoon session again proved helpful and a lot of fun. My       thanks to Pat and Eric."      Plug Time: here are a couple of deserving causes that deserve your       support, or maybe not. The first is an exchange on FidoNet about       what seems like a nice offer:      From: Gil Parrish      To: Taylor Collins      Subj: Whmbined are about 40 megs of       programs and I still have to start working on the Basic (EOS)       area!!! My next project!!!(G):) Anyways, I just thought I'd let       everyone know it's on-line and waiting!!!      And the Gleaner can only say: Thanks Terry!!!      Where are they now? In 1985, the Vancouver ADAM Club was getting       The ADAM Technical Journal delivered at 1316 East 54th Avenue in       Vancouver,BC.  Is there anyone still out there?      FidoNettings: news from Florida oftesion, etc.) traded in will NOT be refurbished, but instead       dumped in the trash, (2) if donated, will be dumped in the trash       by the charity (charities take almost anything, so as not to       offend donors, but tend to quietly trash old systems they don't       understand) or (3) will end up being sold for pennies in some       charity thrift store. While I would not quarrel with anyone using       this ruse to get $50 off the Saturn if you're going to buy one       anyway (and indeed, youther Floridan, James Young, moderator of the ADAM Echo on       FidoNet, gets to deal with some big winds as well as big egos.       Here's his message regarding the latest biggie (wind-wise).  "I       made out pretty good. The eye of the hurricane came ashore very       near my house and a wind gust of 144 miles per hour was recorded       at Hurlburt Field which is only two miles away. Most of the severe       damage in this area was casued by the storm surge, though, and my       house is inland ) 741-2432, Fido address 1:250/307.      I'm happy to announce that thanks to 22Disk (available on my BBS       for Download) I have now got the ENTIRE MTAG CPM/TDOS library       online for Downloading!!! This was approximately 80 disks and is       in my estimation about 70-80% of what's available for the ADAM but       I could be wrong!!!(G):) Anyways, I'm now I'm adding the other 30-       20% as I track it down making that area the largest of its kind       anywhere!!! All my ADAM file areas coat's In a Name?      TC> Just a little message I found in a TC>Conusmers Distributing       flyer June 29, TC>1995: 'Bring us your old, outdated but TC>still       functioning Sega, Nintendo, Atari TC>even Coleco or Intelevision       games TC>system and get $50 of the price of your TC>new Sega       Saturn System. We will then TC>refurbish these units and donate       them TC>to charity. Limit of one trade-in TC>per...      I would almost bet that (1) any older system ( Atari 2600,       Intelevin consists of hurricane       stories, so Gleanings has one of them, as well as some ADAM-       specific stuff.      From Bob Blair, founder of the South Florida ADAM User Group, news       that son-and-father team 'Scott and Mark Gordon are working on       new/old projects.  Scott reports that he is back working on his       graphic/adventure games and Mark is close to completing the       ADAMNet Hard Drive. He has it working with EOS as of two weeks ago       (per call from Scott).'      Ano could likely find an old Atari in a thrift       store for a few bucks, if you want to buy that and immediately       trade for a $50 credit), don't kid yourself that this is an       efficient mans to get old systems into the hands of worthy       children who can make use of them. If you want to make sure that       happens, you have to pretty much hand the stuff directly to the       kid. "      On a happier note, this message from Terry Cairns, sysop of the       T.A.P.P.S.  Music BBS at (416and wasn't affected by the water...Electric power       was out about 26 hours. I had shut down my computers, so they       didn't get hit by any surges or brownouts.'      On a less happy note, James Young gave the 'net the news that ADAM       may lose another stalwart:      "The news from Faye [Deere] is not good.  She told me that she had       been noticing that Norman was losing weight and she persuaded him       to go to the doctor. That was around the middle of August, but she       said tad because I bought the computer in       Nanaimo and I have to travel back from Campbell River [about 100       mile round trip or more] anyways when I got to the store they did       a surface scan, found the same bad clusters.      [The store attempted to say there was no problem: the buyer said       if he buys a 6 cylinder car and finds the motor not working       properly, he wants all six cylinders to work.] So again they gave       me another brand new computer (so I thought) got home, hooke this item:      "Did anyone out there see the small one paragraph write up about       the ADAM computer in the September issue of Byte magazine. They       had it listed as one of the 20 Spectacular Failures in the       Computer Industry. Here's what was in the paragraph:      'For the incredibly low price of $599, eager buyers got a Z80-       based home computer with a daisy-wheel printer, a 512Kb tape       drive, and bundled software--luxurious features in 1984.  But the       ADAM was so pos name got to be on       my computer. [Their explanation was] the name was put on it when       the they loaded the software at the factory where the computer was       made.  By this time I don't want the computer, they ended up       giving me the same make of computer brand new out of the box.        Little that I knew they were about to con me again.      Again got home, hooked it up. I could not grasp what they had done       again. Not only had they given me a used computer, I ended up with  abridged but with       details intact, is one new computer buyer's true story, as related       on my Internet providers forum line:      "In March this year purchased the above [computer]. One month       later lost whole Windows directory; so I took computer back, they       gave me another brand new computer [same brand], got home, hooked       it up, did surface scan. Midway through, ScanDisk found it to have       bad clusters, so took computer back again.      Well, by now I getting real mhat was too late.      Norman is at home. He sleeps most of the time and is awake only 2       to 3 hours per day. He's very depressed when he is awake, she said.      Faye doesn't expect that there will be another newsletter [Emerald       Coast ADAM User Group]. She says that she has some pretty good       days herself and some pretty bad ones.      She said that she appreciated the concern of the folks in the ADAM       community."      Another FidoNet regular, Randy Weir of Aurora, CO. foundd it       up, Lord Behold, sound does not work. Well I'm fuming by then, I       proceeded to fax them, when I did a letterhead with Works Wizard,       I found a persons name on it, address and phone number. I       phoned...after talking with this person for a while, we started to       put the puzzle together. She returned it for the same reason and I       ended up with it.      So, next day back to Nanaimo, by this time I'm ready for war. I       gave them a chance to explain how this person'orly designed that it sometimes erased its own tapes       during boot-up. It was nicknamed the ADAM bomb.'"      It's too bad they didn't research a little further (they are wrong       about the tapes of course, they actually are 256Kb) and maybe talk       about how far the ADAM has come since then!!"      Last words: if you're thinking about buying a new computer--maybe       the ADAM has erased its tapes once too often for you--remember not       to leave home without your caveat emptor. Here,      my first computer, the reason I knew that [was] my name on it and       my kids name on it from the games they had played.      In short what they were doing was the 4 computers that I returned       plus others from other people were put back on the shelf and they       sold it as new. They were so stupid they didn't check it or delete       names that were left on the software.      This story has a happy ending. The customer got a different brand       and is very happy with it. Frankly, iappreciation go to Jillian       Arnott, Dale and Neal Wick, and all the rest for putting together       a successful ADAMCon. their plans were both thorough and flexible.       Always informing everyone of current events or minor schedule       changes.      The "Year to Bond" was just that. Though attendance was down       slightly this year, I didn't mind at all. It just made it that       much more enjoyable. Sessions were both hands on, and on a more       personal level. Thanks in part to Ricج1 ×74            Adamcon 007      Sleepless in Waterloo      by Gene Welch      It started with a 5-hour, non-stop, red-eye flight from San       Francisco to Toronto. It ended the same way but in reverse. In       between there were 7:00am breakfasts after 2:00am bedtimes.      It was rough, but someone had to do it. I am very happy to have       been that "someone". I am also very happy that Herman Mason,       George Koczwara, and the rest of the Cleveland gang are taking on       the taOnce we arrived at the Waterloo Inn the fun didn't stop       til Monday. My favorite sessions were on TDOS, hosted by Harvie       Powis. I've sat through other TDOS sessions hosted by "experts",       but Harvie was the best. He explained many "what and why's" in a       manner that I was able to relate to. I also enjoyed (and learned a       thing or two) at Dale Wicks session on Hard Drives. Dale's session       was easily the best attended. The room was packed.      There were many great hardwadid it serve me well in the computer sense, it was       also the start of many wonderful conversations. Yes, this was the       "Year to Bond". And even I managed to do some of this. Whether       learning in a session, or chatting during a break in the action.       Socializing is one of the "perks" of an ADAMCon. I found that       Adamites make the nicest people...Or maybe only the nicest people       are allowed to be Adamites... Either way works for me.      Hats off, Thank You's, and deepest t makes buying used cars from       guys in loud suits sound positively safe.How's the keyboard?  "All four computers offer a       'standard' keyboard.--that is they have full-sized, full-travel,       sculptured keys, as on a typewriter. [In 1984, you could still       compare computers to typewriters.] Though none felt as crisp as       the keyboard of a good electric typewriter, all were adequate for       fast typing. We judged the keyboard feel oh Clee, who donated approx.       twenty ADAM's to the cause, nearly everyone at each session had an       ADAM to use. Also, the "Experts" were more approachable and social       chit-chat was more endearing. Old friendships renewed, new friends       made. All went just as billed.      Now for some of the nuts and bolts of my ADAMCon adventure:      Neal and Jillian were gracious enough to pick us up at the Toronto       airport. My good friend and fellow Adamite Wirt Lewis also       attended. sk of ADAMcon #8, because I can't wait to do it again!      Now that I'm an ADAMCon veteran (this was my second ADAMCon, AC       #05 was my first) it was easier to take advantage of the attending       ADAM brain trust at AC 007. This I did nearly every chance I got.       Getting questions answered, software fixed, and problems solved.      My only real regrat from AC 05 was not having an ADAM to use in my       hotel room. So this year I brought my homemade "laptop" ADAM with       me. Not only re and software products, innovations,       and "neat stuff", one of a kind things to see. Rich Drushel's       "ADAMServe" was the unabashed hit, and hot topic of ADAMCon 007.       To see an ADAM not only access an IBM's Hard Drive in real time,       but also have direct control of the IBM's other peripheral       hardware such as disk drives, printers, monitors, modems, etc. is       truly amazing. Rich received a much deserved round of applause. We       also got to see a video tape of Scott Gos in Cleveland". I know I       will.were the Keynote speeches. At past ADAMCon's it       always seemed to be a rehash of "rah-rah ADAM". But not at AC 007.       Murray McCullough gave the most entertaining and down right funny       "History of the Coleco ADAM". Murray didn't miss a detail, he both       mesmerized and educated us all. Ron Mitchell gave  an enlightening       speech on the "State of the ADAM". But it was Rich Drushel who       spoke on the "Future of ADAM" that brought lumps to our throats       and a mist to our eyeextent, you should have a disk drive and a       dot-matrix printer.      The cost of a 64K memory board is minimal, so it's no big deal.      Of course, disk drives and dot-matrix printers cost a little bit       extra; but they're well worth it, when you consider the time and       effort they save you.      Sure, some of you picked up an ADAM at a garage sale for next to       nothing; or you were given one. But, don't forget, ADAM sold for       around $650 over 10 years ago; so what do you tnce won a door prize or two. And everyone was at least a       bit sad to see it all come to an end.      Now I have a ton of new softweare, and even some new hardware (I       bought a "No-Slot Clock" that I can't wait to install), an awful       lot of information to sift thru, and and a lot of sleep to catch       up on. Hopefully I will be able to digest and apply it all before       next year when I can do it all over again. I hope you all can make       it to ADAMCon #8 so you can be "Sleeplesrdon's "Dragon Master"       game, and a demonstration of two new and unique games Eric Danz is       working on. I personally got to play with Dale Wick's "Fax" and       "Super Artist" software. Ron Mitchell had a multimedia hit on his       hands with his "A Computers Perspective". I even got to demo Steve       Pitman's great new ADAM game "Micro-Chip", which is available for       purchase right now.      One regular feature of past ADAMCon's that was treated to new and       refreshing input ج1 ×74                               What's Happening                              by Norman J. Deere      (From the September 1995 edition of AUGER      Newsletter of the Emerald Coast ADAM User Group)      How many of our members have a 64K board (or more) in their ADAM       console? How many of you have a disk drive; and how about a dot-       matrix printer?      If you're using your ADAM computer system at all, you surely       should have at least a 64K board.      If you use it to any s. Rich eloquently phrased many attendees'       thoughts, hopes, and fears concerning our favorite "Family       Computer System". Thanks Rich.      Of course there were the ADAMCon standards like the ADAM store.       And the all night Compuserve Chat-a-thon. The hospitality suite       was the official hangout. The food was good, and plentiful. The       Sunday night banquet was wonderful, with many new inductees to the       "Gallery of Honour", congratulations to them all. All in       attendahink a new one       would cost you at today's prices.      Sure you can go the IBM route, and lay out two to three thousand       dollars; then pay as much as $500. for some programs for them.       But, the average person can do just about anything they want to do       with the ADAM for a lot less.  And you can do it a lot easier!      If the ADAM wasn't such a good little computer system, would it       still be around today? The IBM owners can't get used to one       program before another veproblem. Remember, always plug your       TV set into a live outlet to make sure it's in good operating       condition, before calling the repair man!         ---NJDd them the way they used to!         ----NJDmade it that       much more enjoyable. Sessions were both hands on, and on a more       personal level. Thanks in part to Ricج1 ×74                                Which Channel?                              by Norman J. Deere               From the September Issue of the AUGER newsletter      We have mentioned that Coleco designed the ADAM computer system to       use an ordinary TV set for a monitor. The idea was, that being a       lowcost family computer system, you would not need to go and       purchase an expensive computer monitor for your system; since       everybody had at least one TV set at home. And with tII, Print       Highlite; or IV, Print Screen; or V print Wk-Space. For HI-LITE,       you move the cursor to the first letter of what you want to print       (include any spaces), press IV, then run the HI-LITE under       everything that you want to print; you press PRINT, and go from       there. If you make a mistake, use ESCAPE or HI-LITE ERASE. Takes a       little practice, but you'll get it. You may not use this much, but       it is nice to know about.      The other two choices are what ynel 4, and try it.      Remember to check the small square opening on the rear of the       console, to the far right of center (looking from the front). It       has a small switch, set deep inside (so you don't accidentally       move it) that reads #3 toward the right, and #4 toward the left.      Make sure yours is on #3 when you start out. If your TV doesn't       give you an ADAM screen on channel 3, switch it to #4, and put       your TV set on channel 4.      This may solve an occasional rsion is on the market, with a big price       tag.       In addition to the commercial programs available for the ADAM,       there are over 200 items in the club Library List booklet, that       may be of interest to you.      They just don't build them the way they used to!         ----NJDmade it that       much more enjoyable. Sessions were both hands on, and on a more       personal level. Thanks in part to Ricج1 ×74                               Word Processing          From the AUGER Newsletter - Emerald Coast ADAM User Group                              by Norman J. Deere      Let's go back a little. When you have everything on the screen       just the way you want it, you can store (on tape or disk), and you       can print it out on the printer (ADAM or dot-matrix), or both.      To print it, press the PRINT key at the upper right of the       keyboard. The SmartKEYs will give you a choice of Ihe       controller-box hookup; you could use the TV as a monitor with the       control lever in the Computer position, and still use it to watch       any TV program by moving the control lever to the TV position.      You set your TV set on channel 3, and you are in business.       However, we want to mention that you may encounter a rare ADAM       system that will operate on channel 4. Therefore, if you don't get       the ADAM screen on your TV (when set on channel 3), switch it to       chanou will use a lot. The IV, PRINT       SCREEN, prints just what you can see on the screen, even though       you may have more in memory than is on the screen. This is handy       at times when you have some small items, and only want to print       one of them, or print them one at a time. Just press the PRINT key       and press IV, then V (PRINT). Always follow your SmartKEY       directions, and proceed accordingly.      The V, PRINT WK-SPACE, will do just that. It prints everything in       ADsk or data pack  to the following address:      Ron Mitchell      2075 Cooke Avenue,      Comox, B.C.      Canada      V9M 1Y5      Or upload it to Compuserve to my attenton. My ID is 70323,2267.      You can use Christmas scenes from other years - the ones that       Chris Braymen prepared - as a guide. Obviously, we would like to       make this year's card as original as possible, so no copy from       Christmases past please. Use that material for guidance only.      The Christmas card wi#2, is "B", Disk Drive #1 is "C". (Disk Drive #2       is Drive "D", but is not recognized in SmartWRITER, which is       ADAM's Word Processor.)      ADAM will tell you what is happening; and when the screen goes       back to normal, and the Data Pak stops, or the light on the       DiskDrive goes OUT; it will then have completed the storage.          ---NJDgracious enough to pick us up at the Toronto       airport. My good friend and fellow Adamite Wirt Lewis also       attended.          Internet (E-Mail only): mitch@cgate.com         FIDO:  Community Access, Courtenay BC,(604) 338-4597 (1:3412/1112)         Voice telephone: (604) 339-2981 ing that you had       it, at a later date. Press your STORE/GET key (upper right), and       follow the SmartKEYS. What key you press, depends on what medium       you are storing it on (tape/disk) at the time. Data Drive #1, is       "A"; Data Drive ج1 ×76      Note to All ANN Subscribers and Readers      Christmas is coming.      We want to provide ADAMites everywhere with the opportunity to       send greetings to eachother. As in past years we're going to do       the annual ADAM Christmas card.       If you would like to participate in this card of good cheer, what       yo do is prepare a Powerpaint screen, or perhaps even two, using       your favourite Christmas graphics and message. Send the Powerpaint       file along to me on a diAM's memory at that time. You will probably use this most.      We talked about storing your work, or printing it out. If the       information on the screen is something that you know (or that you       think) you will want again, store it. Beats wishing that you had       it, at a later date. Press your STORE/GET key (upper right), and       follow the SmartKEYS. What key you press, depends on what medium       you are storing it on (tape/disk) at the time. Data Drive #1, is       "A"; Data Drive ll be part of the December ANN disk, which       will be sent to our mailers by December 15th. That doesn't give us       much time. Your contributions should get to me by the end of the       first week in December - the 8th if at all possible.       Let's see what we can do to add some distinctive ADAM cheer to the       festive season while at the same time wishing eachother a very       Merry Christmas!         Ron Mitchell         ADAM News Network         Internet: 70323.2267@Compuserve.comOnce we arrived at the Waterloo Inn the fun didn't stop       til Monday. My favorite sessions were on TDOS, hosted by Harvie       Powis. I've sat through other TDOS sessions hosted by "experts",       but Harvie was the best. He explained many "what and why's" in a       manner that I was able to relate to. I also enjoyed (and learned a       thing or two) at Dale Wicks session on Hard Drives. Dale's session       was easily the best attended. The room was packed.      There were many great hardwaج1 ×74      The ADAM News Network      Monthly Disk      October 1995            Editor's Note:      This time, the move took its toll. Have only just      returned to the       state now where my equipment is set up, but more than  that I had       not counted on having to work at getting my headspace  back. The       last two months have brought with them a change of     routine, a new       set of surroundings (not new... but returned to after  an absence       of many years), and the need fair and equitable way choosing    people for the       G of H.      KeepCool          An article from Bob Slopsema on the use of cooling     fans. There's       some good advice here.      MicroChp          A review of Steve Pitman's latest offering to the ADAM community,       a new game called MICROCHIP. It was demonstrated at    ADAMCON 007,       and reviewed by Gene Welch. Thanks to Jerry Vrancks at 463 ADAM       for making the review available.      Pspct10          A Computer's Pe007 held in Waterloo,       July 1995. The list was provided by Faye Deere in the  AUGER       newsletter. Thanks to the Emerald Coast ADAM User      Group.      ADAMSERVE         A review by Gene Welch of Rich Drushel's ADAMSERVE     program. This       huge contribution to ADAM software was demonstrated at ADAMCON       007. Gene gives us his impressions.      ALLGOFH          A list of all ADAM Gallery of Honour Inductees right   from the       beginning. It was provided by Jerry Vrancks, 46from the September       issue of AUGER, the newsletter of the Emerald Coast    ADAM User       Group. Our sincerest and most heartfelt thanks to      Norman for       continuing to support the ADAM community - no matter   what!      WHICHCHA          Norman Deere discusses the some things you should      watch for in       selecting the channel for ADAM on your TV set.       WORDPRO          An article from the AUGER newsletter by Norman Deere   discussing       the Smartwriter "PRINT" functioue.      HDSII           The second in a series of articles by Gene Welch on    the steps       involved with installing a hard drive on your ADAM.    Our thanks to       Jerry Vrancks and 463 ADAM for making these articles   available.      HOFHRUN          Jerry Vrancks explains how the Gallery of Honour       voting was       conducted this year for ADAMCON 007. He invites you to comment.       This is a behind the scenes look at some of the        problems involved       in coming up with a to re-adjust on a number  of fronts.       Hopefully that process has now advanced to the point   where I can       start doing some of the things I came here to do.       Always some darned excuse!      There is only a side one this time. November's is      likely to be the       same. Contributions are down and I've not been in the  mood to       write much myself. Hopefully this will change.         -RHM      The Lineup:      ADAMCON07.TXT      A complete listing of attendees at ADAMCON rspective for October by Ron Mitchell      README          This file      Record.TXT      An editorial of sorts. A few musings by yours truly on the ins and       outs of ANN disk distribution. Your comments would be  most       welcome.      SLEEPLES          Gene Welch's impressions of ADAMCON 007. Gene calls it Sleepless       in Waterloo.       WHATHPN          An article by Norman Deere discussing some of the      things you might       want to consider adding to your ADAM. This is 3 ADAM.      ANNGLEE           Dave Sands is on deck with another Gleanings column.   The Gleaner       covers a goodly swath of ADAM happenings and has       injected some       cogent notes on the computer scene in general. A good  read!      CLEAN           An article by Fred Horvat originally published in the  May 1993       issue of NIAD covering cleaning of game carts. Read    and learn. Our       thanks to AUGER for providing this article. They       inluded it in the       September issn. Learn all about what you print       with ADAM, and the options available for doing it.      XMASNOTE          Call for input to the annual ADAM Christmas card.      Time's growing       short. Get your submissions in, so we can have another generous       helping of ADAM Christmas cheer. ADAMCON 007. Gene calls it Sleepless       in Waterloo.       WHATHPN          An article by Norman Deere discussing some of the      things you might       want to consider adding to your ADAM. This is 008010072IF a+ad>511 THEN  a=a-256: ad=512:POKE 30005,2:GOTO     1008010073IF a>255 THEN  a=a-256: ad=256:POKE 30005,110075IF a+ad>256 THEN 1008010080POKE 30004,a:CALL 3000010100POKE 30010,PEEK(30010)+4: d(i)=a10105VTAB 18:HTAB 19:INVERSE:? a+ab:NORMAL10110 i=i+1:IF i=16 THEN  a=a+1:GOTO 1013510120 a=a+1:IF a+ad=e+1 THEN  q=i:GOTO 1013510125IF i=16 THEN 1013510130GOTO 1007010135REM  DRIVE BYTE CHGS.10140IF n=1 THEN POKE 31105,ms:POKE 35392,ms:POKE 38275,ms10145REM  WRITE LOOP10150POKE 30012,241REM MEDIA COPY UTILITY2REM by Terry R. Fowler 7/9/883REM Rev'd. to single purpose by M.A.L. 2/956POKE 16953,637HIMEM :299998POKE 17059,5:POKE 17115,31:TEXT9CLEAR:DIM d(15)10VTAB 2:INVERSE:? "  Richard Scarry's WORD BOOK  ":NORMAL15VTAB 3:INVERSE:? "  Conversion Utility Program  ":NORMAL20POKE 16995,3:HOME25GOSUB 45:GOSUB 50:GOSUB 55:GOTO 6045VTAB 7:HTAB 6:? "1. BEGIN CONVERSION":NORMAL:RETURN50VTAB 9:HTAB 6:? "2. INSTRUCTIONS":NORMAL:RETURN55VTAB 11:HTAB 6:? "3. QUIT PROGRAM":NORMAL:RETURN60V004013000HOME13010VTAB 5:? "         INSTRUCTIONS"13020VTAB 8:? " This program is to serve ONLY":? "one        purpose! That's to produce"13025? "a working DISK copy of Richard":? "Scarry's          Electronic Word Book!":?13030? "Follow the prompts as they are":? "presented to you! ONLY single":? "key presses are needed to move"13040? "forward to the next step! -NO-":? "RETURN keypress   is necessary!!":?13050? "Use a 320k or more drive ONLY!"13055VTAB 21:? "   Any key [ ] to Continue!":VTAB 21:HTA  1,0,0,17,0,0,62,4,33,24,121,205,243,252,2011005DATA 62,0,1,0,0,17,0,0,205,162,252,2012000END10000REM Copy Routine10005GOSUB 2000010010VTAB 6:HTAB 8:? "PLACE MEDIA IN:"10015VTAB 18:? "Press any key [ ] when READY!!":VTAB 18:HTAB 16:GET kp$10017VTAB 6:HTAB 8:? "  WORKING...   ":POKE 16953,3210020 q=20: n=1: bd=0: ad=010030 a=0: e=245: b=0: bk=24510040FOR x=30000 TO 30026:READ d:POKE x,d:NEXT10045POKE 30007,md10050VTAB 18:? "       Reading - "10060 i=010070REM  READ LOOP10071IF a+ad>512 THEN 1from the September       issue of AUGER, the newsletter of the Emerald Coast    ADAM User       Group. Our sincerest and most heartfelt thanks to      Norman for       continuing to support the ADAM community - no matter   what!      WHICHCHA          Norman Deere discusses the some things you should      watch for in       selecting the channel for ADAM on your TV set.       WORDPRO          An article from the AUGER newsletter by Norman Deere   discussing       the Smartwriter "PRINT" functio6:POKE 30010,117:POKE 30007,ms10155VTAB 20:HTAB 8:? "Writing - "10160FOR s=0 TO 1510172IF b+bd>512 THEN 1018010173IF b+bd>511 THEN  b=b-256: bd=512:POKE 30005,210174IF b>255 THEN  b=b-256: bd=256:POKE 30005,110175IF b+bd>256 THEN 1018010180POKE 30004,b:POKE 30010,PEEK(30010)+4:CALL 3000010185VTAB 20:HTAB 19:INVERSE:? b+bd:NORMAL10190 b=b+1:IF b+bd=bk THEN POKE 30016,md:CALL               30015:HOME:VTAB 15:? "     Any key to QUIT":GET k$:TEXT:POKE 16953,95:NEW10195NEXT s10200 n=n+1:RESTORE:GOTO 1TAB 18:? "   Enter your Choice [ ]":VTAB 18:HTAB 23:GET   a%65IF a%<1 OR a%>3 THEN GOSUB 100:GOTO 6070INVERSE:ON a% GOSUB 45,50,55:VTAB 18:? "  IS THIS CORRECT  <Y/N> [ ]":VTAB 18:HTAB 26:GET q$:IF q$<>"y" THEN GOTO 1075IF a%=1 THEN GOTO 1000080IF a%=2 THEN GOSUB 13000:GOTO 1085IF a%=3 THEN HOME:VTAB 15:? "    ARE YOU SURE ??           <Y/N>";:GET q$:IF q$<>"n" THEN POKE 16953,95:END95GOTO 10100? CHR$(7):? CHR$(7)105VTAB 18:? "        TRY AGAIN !           "110FOR x=1 TO 2000:NEXT x:RETURN1000DATAB    13:GET a$:HOME13060?:?:? "This program makes a DISK COPY":? "that is ONLY  runable from the":? "disk drive you selected as the"13065? "DESTINATION drive! -WORD BOOK-":? "has to be drive   specific to be":? "made runable from ANY drive!!!"13068?:? "For further information write:":?:? "Richard       Cossaboon":? "512 Chain St. Apt.#1":? "Norristown, PA.       19401"13070VTAB 21:? "   Any key [ ] to Continue!":VTAB 21:HTAB    13:GET a$:HOME13080RETURN20000HOME:VTAB 5:? "   COPY FROM WHICH DRIVE?"20irst digital data pack.  I've heard from   some who tell  me that the program needs to be on a cartridge and not in this  for mat  to      allow for all the features to be useable.   This may  well be so....I have no way to  easily test the theory at this    time... but  maybe  later!  In  the meantime, let's take a   look  at  what features  we CAN use.  I think you'll be amazed at the       possibil ites of this program.                      THE GRAPHICS PROCESSOR     What  is the GRAPHICS PROCES: ";20415INVERSE:? md$20465NORMAL20490VTAB 13:HTAB 5:? "DESTIN DRIVE: ";20495INVERSE:? ms$20545NORMAL20600VTAB 18:? "   IS THIS CORRECT <Y/N> [ ]   ":VTAB        18:HTAB 27:GET a$20610IF a$="n" OR a$="N" THEN 2000021000RETURN24000?:? "       1. Tape #1"24010?:? "       2. Tape #2"24015RETURN24020?:? "       1. Disk #1"24030?:? "       2. Disk #2"24060RETURNtown, PA. 19401"13070VTAB 21:? "   Any key [ ] to Continue!":VTAB 21:HTAB    13:GET a$:HOME1OME:VTAB 5:? "   COPY FROM WHICH DRIVE?"20e the A:     prompt,  type  in GRAPHICS and hit the return.  Your Adam will then load       GRAPHICS. COM into    memory and execute it for you.  Your   screen will  clear, turn black and come up with the well remembered COLECOVISION name  in it's    multi-colored game format!  When the disk   or data pack is finished turning, you can insert the disk or data pack       containing  the        sample images...or a freshly formated one to store your  own creations on.     At  load time, you are presente          COLECO GRAPHICS PROCESSOR  Some notes on useage based on "just sitting down and doing  it!"                         By Ron Collins      First,  let me say that this program originated on a    Coleco  game       cartridge.  Somebody used the CP/M        GAMESAVE.COM program  to create this version of the software....a version that is     able  to  be  sent   by modem or mail to just about anywhere in the  world.  Somebody  else  patched it to access disk drive one  rather  than  your       f010VTAB 9:GOSUB 2400020070VTAB 18:? "    Which Number [ ]":VTAB 18:HTAB 19:GET    md%20100IF md%=1 THEN  md=8: md$=" Tape #1 ":GOTO 2020020110IF md%=2 THEN  md=24: md$=" Tape #2 ":GOTO 2020020120GOSUB 100:GOTO 2007020200HOME20210VTAB 5:? "    WRITE TO WHICH DRIVE?"20220VTAB 9:GOSUB 2402020270VTAB 18:? "    Which Number [ ]":VTAB 18:HTAB 19:GET    ms%20300IF ms%=1 THEN  ms=4: ms$=" Disk #1 ":GOTO 2040020310IF ms%=2 THEN  ms=5: ms$=" Disk #2 ":GOTO 2040020400HOME20410VTAB 10:HTAB 5:? "SOURCE DRIVESOR?  This is a  rather     complex  and        sophisticated drawing program (for       cartridge sized programs!) that  many believe Coleco used to create all those  nice     looking             ColecoVision games and Adam Super Games. The demo graphics image  contains a few such screens that    you can modify and then  restore to the media.                   LOADING FOR THE FIRST TIME          To  boot  the program, simply pull the reset  on  your  CP/M  format     disk or data pack.  When you se010VTAB 9:GOSUB 2400020070VTAB 18:? "    Which Number [ ]":VTAB 18:HTAB 19:GET    md%20100IF md%=1 THEN  md=8: md$=" Tape #1 ":GOTO 2020020110IF md%=2 THEN  md=24: md$=" Tape #2 ":GOTO 2020020120GOSUB 100:GOTO 2007020200HOME20210VTAB 5:? "    WRITE TO WHICH DRIVE?"20220VTAB 9:GOSUB 2402020270VTAB 18:? "    Which Number [ ]":VTAB 18:HTAB 19:GET    ms%20300IF ms%=1 THEN  ms=4: ms$=" Disk #1 ":GOTO 2040020310IF ms%=2 THEN  ms=5: ms$=" Disk #2 ":GOTO 2040020400HOME20410VTAB 10:HTAB 5:? "SOURCE DRIVEd with the familiar      SmartKey  options    menu.  This is one good indication that the software  was designed for use ON an ADAM and not on a ColecoVision.  The  keys  are used   to guide you through the various drawing    features.|||||||||||||||||||||||||||  III        IV        V          VI||||||||||||||||||||||||||| INPUT      EDIT    EXECUTE       GRAPHICS              ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| OUTPUT     EDITOR                        INPUT AND OUTPUT     The  above  listed  SmartKeys * *                      Format.....Intel Hex                      Protocol....XON/XOFF                          No Parity Bit                         8 bit bus width                       Baud Rate.....9600                       Stop Bits........1                      XON Character....11H                      XOFF Character...13H                           Local Echo    I         II         III         IV         V            IV  BAUD       STOP      CHANGE      CHANGE     LOCAL          DONE           FILE      CONFIG     Pressing  SmartKey II (INPUT SCREEN) will cause the     Adam  to  send you   the message.... READING IN SCREEN.      Obviously, it  wants to  look at something someplace...I think via modem.  The    screen  will       freeze just like you see it until you tap the ESC key  which will return you to the above SmartKey listing.  Pressing     SmartKey  III        (OUTPUT  SCREEN)  will  cause  the      Adam  to  send  you  the message..... WRITING SCREEN.  You will also see tO". SmartKey IV (DONE)  ends  this area  and take you back to the first              SmartKeys....|||||||||||||||   II        III         IV         V VI||||||||||||||| INPUT      OUTPUT     OUTPUT     RS232       VAX               ||||||||||||||| SCREEN     SCREEN          FILE      CONFIG      The  final  option, SmartKey VI (VAX) does nothing  at  this  time.  All of these options are designed for use       between the Adam and it's VAX (a large mainframe computer used to actually    assem ble thout  a graphics option called PATTERN PLANE.  This option  will  let you    define an area of a graphics screen and     store it.   Guess where it stores it?  Yep!  The RAMDISK.  After using this    option  to  store  a file and then getting back into THIS    menu, tell  your ADAM  the  name of the file you just stored and it will      send  it             (....someplace!)  The next option,      SmartKey V (RS232 CONFIG) will give you a new screen............                   * * Port 1 Configuration are the first  you  will  see.   We'll     look at them one at a time to see what they do.  To use the first option (SmartKey III), you will need to have a         cartridge in  the game   cartridge slot.  The program will   look there for info at some point. Pressing the INPUT/OUTPUT SmartKey gives you new keys  to choose  from.........|||||||||||||||   II        III         IV         V VI||||||||||||||| INPUT      OUTPUT     OUTPUT     RS232       VAX               ||||||||||||||| SCREEN     SCREEN RATE       BITS        XON        XOFF       ECHO     Pressing any of these SmartKeys will change the value   of the  upper      screen.  For instance, pressing SmartKey  I (BAUD RATE) will advance  the baud rate listing from it's present value       (9600)  to  19,200.    It covers the range from 300 baud to  19,200.  STOP  BITS has  two options (1 or 2 stop bits).  SmartKeys III (CHANGE  XON)  and IV     (CHANGE XOFF) will each prompt you for "NEW VALUE". Smart-Key V (LOCAL ECHO) prompts you "YES/Nhe counter  start  to         increment (in HEX format).  If you forgot  to put a  cartridge in  the slot, you won't see it write anything.  It just      locks  up  until  you tap the ESC key.  Pressing SmartKey IV (OUTPUT  FILE) will  prompt you for " Filename?"  Anything I've ever        pressed  or  typed  in  has yielded me the message "No such  file". I  got  to thinking  about this and realized that it was looking for a  file  of that    name on the RAMDISK!  Later on in the docs, you will read abe      pictures into a game, etc.).     OK, let's go back to our opening menu of SmartKeys      again....|||||||||||||||||||||||||||  III        IV        V          VI||||||||||||||||||||||||||| INPUT      EDIT    EXECUTE       GRAPHICS              ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| OUTPUT     EDITOR                      USING THE EDIT OPTION     The  next  option on our list is SmartKey IV  (EDIT).   This  portion of the software will permit you to alter the   values in  a given memory location.  e simply  com posed  of    different letters placed together into      patterns.   The software looks at these letters as graphics symbols.  That's why  you  see   color graphics and not just a bunch of       letters and  numbers  on your screen!  In effect, you are designing a new    screen  area!  If  you look at the first area in the         SmartKey display, you will  see the heading....  1: Graphics.  By pressing         SmartKey  V  (PROJECT   CONFIG), you can choose 3 other      options..... 2: ADntation of the  HEX        values.  Pressing SmartKey III (HEX) will    return it  to  the HEX  display.  If you press SmartKey V (MODIFY), you will    see  a  small  red  underline cursor appear in the upper     portion  of  the display.  You can use your arrow keys or joystick to move    this to  any of the values and then simply type in your own!     Now, suppose that rather than type in a number in Hex   format  you        instead  typed in some lowercase letter.  You would  get  an intirely  new          THE EXECUTE OPTION     Pressing  SmartKey  V (EXECUTE) will give  you  yet     another  SmartKey   display........|||||||||||||||   II        III         IV         V VI||||||||||||||| UNTIL      SINGLE     SINGLE      RUN        STOP              ||||||||||||||| LABEL       STEP           FRAME                             I've  never  really gotten this area to do much, so  if you  want  to   experiment with it, go ahead.  You can't     hurt  anything.  Pressing your UNDO key will take this        option  to             OVER-STRIKE.  In either case, you are changing the way your  edit  will       effect the picture.  You are either inserting new  material, or  over  writing old material....you decide which.   Notice the  display    area with the red cursor?  If you type       anything on  your keyboard, it will appear onscreen as it would using          SmartWriter.   I had at  first wondered about this area but  finally realized that all of the graphics used in the Coleco programs werYou will see a new set of            SmartKeys.....|||||||||||||||   II        III         IV         V VI||||||||||||||| MEMORY      HEX        ASCII     MODIFY      DONE       Pressing SmartKey II (MEMORY) will prompt you "Where?". You  must tell  it some address in memory (remember to do    this in Intel Hex  format!).  The memory will display onscreen much as it  does  while      using a simple block editor program.        Pressing SmartKey  IV (ASCII)  will change that screen to a text represeAM, 3: Packed  text  and 4: Bit mapped.  Pressing SmartKey V  once  more  returns    you to 1: Graphics.  I wish I knew more     about this  area and  what  it offers, but that is as far as I have been      able  to  learn.     Pressing  SmartKey VI (DONE) will take  you back  to  the prior menu.|||||||||||||||||||||||||||  III        IV        V          VI||||||||||||||||||||||||||| INPUT      EDIT    EXECUTE       GRAPHICS              ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| OUTPUT     EDITOR              screen setup.  The upper 3/4ths of the screen  will  go black   with only a small red underline cursor in   the top  left corner.  The bottom of the screen will display a new set of  Smart  Keys......||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||    IV        V          VI|||||||||  1: Graphics  ||||||||||||  INSERT   PROJECT       DONE                ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||     CONFIG                                                             OVER     Pressing  SmartKey  IV (INSERT) will change you back the the prior      menu.                   THE GRAPHICS EDITOR OPTION     Ok,  now  we come to the area that you've all  been     waiting  for,  the  drawing and painting part of the         program. Just  press the ESC key a couple of time to get to the opening SmartKey  menu  and press  SmartKey VI (GRAPHICS EDITOR).  Again, your screen will clear,  turn black for the upper 3/4ths of the screen and  a new  menu of    SmartKey options will appear......     I         II         III      eams,  etc. in a ray-type pattern onscreen.  The   hyphen string will  move under this SmartKey to remind you of what  option you  are in.    Notice how the cursor has changed to the     steady `+' sign now?   Move the cursor to any point on the screen and  press the             firebutton.   A small marker pixel will      light up.  Now, move  the  cursor to  some other area and    again press the firebutton.  A line will  appear  connecting the two points...just as  it  did   while  drawing    those liwhere on screen with either the  arrow  keys or    the joystick.  Pressing your fire button   or the  keyboard HOME  key will draw 8 pixels onscreen.  What it actually     does  is  to draw    both background (8 pixels across) and   foreground (1 pixel where you want it) at the same time.  The string of hyphens  under  the first  SmartKey show that you are in the Sketch   mode.  Anytime you  press the HOME key, one pixel will display in white     with  a  black      background.  If you move the joystick  be familiar with the  FILL  command    (SmartKey  IV).  It works about the same as it  does  in LOGO but not as much.  First, you must have two vertical     lines on  screen.    Now, move the cursor between these two  lines and  press your firebutton.  Your  Adam will fill in a line connecting  those  two        vertical lines horizontally.  If you don't have the  vertical lines, it can just as easily fill in a line from the left    side of  your       screen to the right side!  If you hold   in the firn.  Now move the cursor to the  end        location of the line and again hit the left  firebutton.  Each time  you  press the firebutton, notice the [+]  changes     for  an  instant    to a + and a small 1 pixel dot appears   in that  location as  your  marker.   Now, press the firebutton a  third  time and  the line   will be drawn for you.  You can repeat this  as often  as you like.                      USING THE RAY OPTION     If you press SmartKey III (Ray), you will be be able to draw  sunb   IV         V           IV  Sketch      Line        Ray        Fill     Sprites        Pattern    ----                                                      Plane                          USING SKETCH     If  you look at the black area of the screen, you will  also  see  a new style of cursor (it's just like the one     found  in  the DAM BUSTERS cartridge game only smaller!).  [+] (This is as  close  as  I can  come to it's actual shape using  keyboard  characters).  You can move this cursor anynes earlier.  Move the cursor to a third location and  again press the firebutton.  Rather than connect points two  and        three, it will use the first point as the    apex  and  connect points  one and three.  Move the cursor to yet a fourth      location  and  again hit the firebutton.  Now it will        connect a line  from point  one to point four.  You now have 3 rays comming  from one  point on   the screen.                     USING THE FILL COMMAND     Those  of you with SmartLOGO will   while holding in  the left  firebutton, you can draw a continuous line.  If you    have  a  mouse      connected to your Adam, this too will    work.                           USING LINE     If you press SmartKey II (Line), the string of hyphens  will  move       under  that option to tell you what option  you  are  using.  This  option will allow you to draw a series of  lines       onscreen.   To  use   it, just move your cursor to the start location  of  the line and press the left fire buttoebutton and move  the joystick up or down, you can paint in larger       areas  in  this       fashion.                       OTHER KEYBOARD KEYS     In all of these areas, some of the other keyboard keys  work  as well.   For instance, if you drew a line or pixel   and wanted to remove it without clearing the screen, you could do so by    simply  pressing   the DELETE key. Your cursor will change   from  white  to red.   Now,  just draw over the lines or areas you  need     removed  while  the  cu        keyboard INSERT key  and you will be presented with the following SmartKey            options.....||||||||||||||||||||||||||   III        IV        V          VI||| SCR |||| BRUSH |||||||  FORE-     BACK-    DEFAULT       DONE    ||| F1      ||||  F1   |||||||  GROUND    GROUND     OPTIONS              At  this point, you must remember that the color codes  work  the  same  way  all the other codes needed for  input  into  this program work....with HEX values.  These won't seem like      anlower  left hand corner of the black drawing    board, just above the  SmartKey display, you will see your current cursor      location  written in X/Y coordinate format using Intel Hex   coding.   Pressing  SmartKey  V (LOCATION TOGGLE) will clear this  part  of the  display    for you.  Pressing SmartKey VI (CLEAR        SCREEN) will  clear away all that you have drawn.  To bring back the location    marker,  you can    press the CLEAR key again and once more  choose the  LOCATION  TOGGLE (SmartKey V) of the color tables...but here are  mine.     0 = Transparent               8 = Dark Yellow (orange?)     1 = Black                     9 = Light Red     2 = Dark Green               0A = Yellow     3 = Medium Green             0B = Light Yellow     4 = Dark Blue                0C = Green     5 = Medium Blue              0D = Violet     6 = Red                      0E = Grey     7 = Cyan                     0F = White     You can alter the foreground, the background or both    colors  and  evech  you  must  supply some name to be stored in RAM for   later  access.  You will be asked to define the window parameter and         location  as  well as    sprite sizes and color information. I really don't  know too much more about either of these options but will update  this  part of    the file when I learn more about either of  them.                   CHANGING THE DEFAULT COLORS     What  about  changing  the default colors?   It's  a    really  simple     function to use.  Just press your rsor is in the delete mode and erase  the  unwanted sections.   Pressing  DELETE again will return you  to  the  draw  mode.  If  you just want to clear the screen and start over again, you can press the CLEAR key and get two new options......|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||    V            VI||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| LOCATION       CLEAR|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||  TOGGLE              SCREEN     Location toggle?  What's that you ask?  Well, if you    look at  the ything  new  to    you until you go above 9.  That's where the codes  needed will  look a bit different.  Colors 0-9 can be typed in as a "0"  to a "9",  with no special consideration.  The choices  from 10  to 15  will require you to alter the way you type them in.   In HEX  code,  the  number 10 becomes "0A", 11 becomes "0B",    12  becomes "0C", 13 becomes "0D", 14 becomes "0E" and 15 becomes "0F".  Your  monitor    may  display  the  colors better  than      mine  which  may invalidate my perception.  The draw screen will return and  your  X/Y        location marker will be back. You can NOT   recall your drawing in this fashion....once cleared, it's gone for good!     SmartKeys  V  (SPRITES) and VI (PATTERN PLANE) are  for use  with the   graphics samples disk (and I'll go into them later  on), or  for  use with your own graphics creations.  In  either   case,  you will   have to have something onscreen to work    with.   Pressing either  SmartKEY will issue you the prompt "FILENAME?"  to   whin  use SmartKey V (DEFAULT OPTIONS) to       temorarily  store these colors in memory.                    USING THE STORE/GET OPTION              By pressing the STORE/GET key on your keyboard, you     will  be  able to    not only call up the sample graphics on the  GRAPHICS.IMG disk,  but you will also be able to store the graphics  that you  create     for others to look at!  As soon as you press this key,  a new set of SmartKeys will appear...|||||||||||||   II        III         IV       he RAM area.       Pressing SmartKEY IV (STORE) will make it possible to   write  your       graphics  file to disk for later use.  You will  again  be prompted for "FILENAME?"  Type in the filename as you want   it  to  be and hit your RETURN key.  The file will be stored and you will be returned to the above menu.     Pressing  SmartKEY  VI (DIRECTORY) will give  you  the  same  options    to  choose from...RAM FILES (SmartKEY V) or DISK  FILES (SmartKEY VI).  Press the appropriate SmartKEY and yIt really formats your directory.  For this reason, you must put  a  freshly  formated disk into the drive before you     select  this option.   Your ADAM will then proceed to set up block 0 (the one  we are     used to having as the boot block!) as the    directory block.  This is why those of you who looked at the disk with         SmartWriter  or         FileManger didn't see any directory  and thought the  GRAPHICS IMG  disk was bad.  It HAS a directory...but it's not  where our  normal     software OOM MODE)      When you press your WILDCARD key, you will get a new    cursor  display.   It will be similar to a sideways 'L'      marking an  upper left  corner  and below to the right will be  another        marking  a  lower      right corner.  Move this cursor area  around the screen with your  joystick and place it over an area of the screen  that you  would like to edit.  Now, press your RETURN key or the  left  fire button  on  your joystick.  The screen will go black and  in the  middle you wat possible.    Just pressing SK III will get you new SmartKEYS....||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||     V           VI ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||    DISK         RAM||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||    FILES        FILES       Pressing  either choice will get you the                message............             "FILENAME?".  Type in the    name of the file that you want to erase  and hit    your     RETURN key.  The file will be deleted from the  disk or t  V           VI||||||||||||| FORMAT     PURGE      STORE       GET          DIRECTORY     Pressing  SmartKEY  II  (FORMAT) will  first  send  you the             message..... |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||    V           VI|| WARNING - All existing data on the disk ||  FORMAT        ABORT|| will be destroyed ||||||||||||||||||||||||     Pressing  SmartKEY V (FORMAT) at this time will         proceed  to  format     your disk for you.  Actually, it     doesn't FORMAT your disk.  our ADAM will  give you   the listing of files currently being        stored.       Now that you know what's on the disk, you can press     SmartKEY  V  (GET)   to  retreave a file for you.  It  will  automaticly  be displayed for you as soon as it is read into memory.  Having the  picture    on-screen  to  look at makes editing  it     extra  tempting doesn't  it?    To  make editing  graphics  easier,  the     program  designers  also wrote in a special feature.                   USING WILDCARD (Zlooks for it to be.     Pressing SmartKEY VI (ABORT) will get you out of this   option  and return you to the prior menu.|||||||||||||   II        III         IV         V           VI||||||||||||| FORMAT     PURGE      STORE       GET          DIRECTORY     Pressing  SmartKEY  III (PURGE) will allow you to       delete  a  file  from the graphics disk you are currently    working with.   If you  modify a drawing and want to erase the old copy to      conserve  space,     this option will make thill see an enlarged copy of the area you    just  marked out with the cursor brackets.  You are now in ZOOM mode!     Notice  how  your [+] cursor is back inside this        ZOOMED  in  graphic    area?  At this time, you have a host  of edit options  and are even given the screen location that you have chosen...|||||||||||||   II        III         IV         V           VI||| SCR ||||| SKETCH      LINE       RAY        FILL         DONE    |||  16     ||||| -----                                 ----                                                      Plane     Now,  press  your MOVE/COPY key.  Your  SmartKEY  menu  will  again      change to....|||||||||||||   II        III         IV         V           VI|||||||||||||  SAVE     EXTRACT      CLEAR     SHIFT         MENU                ||||||||||||| -----                                               THE SAVE OPTION     The  line of hyphens beneath the SAVE option  (SmartKEY II)  tell  you  that we are using the SAVE TO MEMORY     he move and copy     features  of that    program, as powerful as they are, will  pale by comparison to those of the GRAPHICS PROCESSOR!  After you press the     MOVE key  a new set  of SmartKEYS will appear.....|||||||||||||   II        III         IV         V           VI|||||||||||||  SAVE     EXTRACT      CLEAR     SHIFT         MENU                ||||||||||||| -----                           The  best  way to tell you about using these options    is  to  actually   "walk"  you  through it.  Igain      press the left fire-button.  Now, press it a third time  to accept this area.  Pressing your right firebutton will       change the  selected   RED  bracket to a once again          moveable  WHITE  bracket.  Once  you have pressed the fire-button to select this        choice  as  the area   you want saved, a new set of          SmartKEYS will appear....|||||||||||||   II        III         IV         V           VI||||||||||||| RECALL    REFLECT     REPAINT    MERGE         MENU            | -----                            Hit  your STORE/GET key then press SmartKEY  VI        (DIRECTORY)  then       again hit SmartKEY VI (DISK FILES).  Now, press SmartKEY  V (GET).  When prompted for "FILENAME?", type in the name of   one of  the  Congo  Bongo game screens.. "Congo".  You will  now  see  the game screen along with the drawing options SmartKEY menu...     I         II         III         IV         V           IV  Sketch      Line        Ray        Fill     Sprites        Pattern  These  options all work the same as they did in the     earlier  examples.  You can also use your INSERT key to      change the  colors anytime  you wish.  In any of the sketch options, if you     have  a  mouse      connected  to your ADAM, it can be used  in place  of  the joystick.                            MOVE/COPY     Perhaps the most impressive and powerfull options of    all are  accessed   from the MOVE/COPY key.  For those of    you familiar  with the use of POWERPAINT (copyright DEI), t    feature.   Notice your cursor?  It's now an upper-left bracket to mark the     start of  the  area  definiton to be saved.  Move this over  to the top  left of the screen....just above Congo Bongo's arm.  What we are  going  to do is   to capture an area just large enough to    contain the full image of Congo Bongo.  Press your left fire-button to choose the  area's     first  marker.  That bracket will turn red   and  a  lower-right bracket is now visible.  Move it to just below his     foot and  af you haven't  called  up  a graphic  or  drawn one onscreen, then please do so now       while  we  wait......    OK!  Now, the curor brackets have   returned to  mark the physical parameters of our working area.  You also have  the X  and Y      possition indicator in the lower left      corner of your screen to keep you posted of where you are.|||||||||||||   II        III         IV         V           VI|||||||||||||  SAVE     EXTRACT      CLEAR     SHIFT         MENU                ||||||||||||    ||||||||||||| -----                                              THE RECALL OPTION     The  hyphens  are just under the second  SmartKEY       (RECALL).   This      shows that we are using the option to  bring our saved  clip of  Congo  Bongo  out  of memory to stamp  it  on-screen  at the  location   of our choice.  Notice how the top left      bracket is  now white  again  and  is now "flashing"?   Using  your          joystick  or  mouse,     move  this flashing cursor over to  the  section       Press SmartKEY IV (REPLACE).  The SmartKEY menu now     asks..|||||||||||||||||||||     III         IV         V           VI|| REPLACE __ |||||||   RESTORE     REPLACE     WITH         SAVE    ||    WITH  __ |||||||   COLORS         What  we  are being asked to do is to supply whay       color  we  wish to    alter and what color we want to        replace it with.  In  our case  of  the Congo Bongo reverse image, we want to  change  that  yellow     color (A) to black (1).  As soon as you             SmartKEY III  (REFLECT)  and move the cursor up and to the   right a little  (XA8 Y30)  and press the fire button.  A sort of reverse  or      negative  image  of  Congo  Bongo will appear at this  new   location.   The colors  aren't  what  they should be, so  we'll  experiment  with  another of the options in this menu.                        THE REPAINT OPTION     Press  SmartKEY IV (REPAINT).  The cursor bracket  is   still  flashing   as  before because it again wants you  to  define  i vanish and we can now choose a different color.  Let's try 'D'      (violet).                       THE RESTORE OPTION     Now  that we have a violet colored monkey, let's change him  back.      Just press SmartKEY III (RESTORE) and all of our  changes are  gone!   We  could  have  experimented  with  changing   other  sections   of that chosen area to violet by pressing  the  REPLACE SmartKEY  and leaving the WITH selection set to violet.  To  move  on  to     other colors after selecting the oneors.  Set the   window to  the size we have just been using to capture the negative image   of our  simian     friend.  Press the fire button once to    set the top  left, once  to  set the lower right and one last time  to  accept  this  choice.    We are now presented with yet another set   of choices....|||||||||||||||||||||     III         IV         V           VI|||||||||||||||||||||   RESTORE     REPLACE     WITH         SAVE                |||||||||||||||||||||                    COLORS    of  your screen where you'd like to see it stamped.  Press your left  fire- button and  instantly Congo Bongo will be stamped onto the  screen in that chosen location!     Now, let's copy it someplace else on-screen.  Let's     move him  down  to   X90 Y40 (just to the right and one      level below where  he is now.  Press the fire button and he will appear just as he does  above...in our new location.                       THE REFLECT OPTION     Now let's try something a bit different.  Press accept this choice by pressing the RETURN, the change is made...instantly.  No  slow             over-painting as with a SmartBASIC          program....this changes  those  colors     FAST!   Now,  if  we wanted to try a  different  color  to replace  the yellow color, we could go through the whole     routine  again by   pressing SmartKEY IV (REPLACE) and then  again choosing a color to change it to.  Rather than do THAT, we can simply   press  SmartKEY   V (WITH).  Our first choice of '1' (black) will t's window size.  As before, the limit to the size is that of    your TV  screen.    NOTE: Anytime you have the option of     setting the  window parameters  from within the GRAPHICS PROCESSOR, you can  set the  size  to   the full screen.  ONLY when setting the      window size  for the ZOOM mode are you limited to a smaller area.  This is    one  of  the things that set it apart from PowerPAINT.     As  in setting colors using the INSERT key earlier, we  must  remember   to use HEX codes for the col you    want  and  making any changes, simply press SmartKEY VI (SAVE COLORS).                       THE EXTRACT OPTION     Let's try the EXTRACT option (SmartKEY III).  Set the   window  size as    before by choosing the top-left and       bottom right location for  our graphics workspace.  Select the same area we did    before  to again   work with our reverse image of Congo      Bongo.  Now,  press the  fire button again to accept the area you have chosen.   HEY!   Where did he go?  We've now goit  to about twice the size of your earlier windows.  That will     give  us  plenty of  room.  Now, with both corner brackets   turned red,  move your joystick up and down or left to right and watch Congo   Bongo  slowly     "shift" his possition onscreen.  Pressing  ESCAPE will take you back to get out of this area.      Well,  that's about all there is to the GRAPHICS        PROCESSOR.   If  you   find anything else out about it,      please let me  know.   I will  add  it to this documentation filcation just as        easily  to  bring him  back.  This looks like a good time to press SmartKEY VI (MENU) and get the next set of options again. |||||||||||||   II        III         IV         V           VI|||||||||||||  SAVE     EXTRACT      CLEAR     SHIFT         MENU                ||||||||||||| -----                                               THE SHIFT OPTION      Test  the SHIFT option by pressing SmartKEY V (SHIFT).  You  must       again set the window size.  I'd would advise setting ystem,' he said." Georgia Straight, Dec.30/94.      If you haven't got your health...Tom Keene of the Inland Empire       AUG in Anaheim, CA. usually produces about 22-24 pages a month in       his newsletter.  The December issue is down to five pages. As Tom       explains;      "This month's newlsetter is obviously quite brief. There's a       partial explanation for that in a misfortune that visited the       Keene household. In mid-November, my wife and I were stricken with       an especiallye for  others  to     benifit  from.      Have fun, and enjoy the COLECO GRAPHICS  PROCESSOR!                                                              ||||   II        III         IV         V           VI|||||||||||||  SAVE     EXTRACT      CLEAR     SHIFT         MENU                ||||||||||||| -----                                               THE SHIFT OPTION      Test  the SHIFT option by pressing SmartKEY V (SHIFT).  You  must       again set the window size.  I'd would advise setting t a big rectangular     void in our  TV image.... and we're back to the "RECALL" set of SmartKEYS...|||||||||||||   II        III         IV         V           VI||||||||||||| RECALL    REFLECT     REPAINT    MERGE         MENU                ||||||||||||| -----                                               THE MENU OPTION     Move  your  cursor anywhere you want to onscreen  and   press  your  fire button.  Congo Bongo is stamped back onto  the  screen.  We  could  have replaced his earlier loa Drive A: or Drive B: TEAC 3 1/2" Disk       Drive on the PCW 8256' Amstrad PCW SIG nl, Vol 8 No. 1. (capitals       in original, syntax per original)      Well, at least he discovered the source of his problem: "Andy       Archambeau of Michigan became the first person arrested for       stalking and sending harassing threats to a woman through       electronic mail. After his arrest, he rearranged the hard drive on       his computer. 'As part of getting over her, I completely rebuilt       my sit  to about twice the size of your earlier windows.  That will     give  us  plenty of  room.  Now, with both corner brackets   turned red,  move your joystick up and down or left to right and watch Congo   Bongo  slowly     "shift" his possition onscreen.  Pressing  ESCAPE will take you back to get out of this area.      Well,  that's about all there is to the GRAPHICS        PROCESSOR.   If  you   find anything else out about it,      please let me  know.   I will  add  it to this documentation fil virulent flu. I was down for about two weeks and my       wife seemed to be getting over it, when she suffered a severe       relapse. On a Sunday afternoon she became so ill that I had to       take her to the hospital on an emergency. All of her immune       systems had begun to shut down, and many of her bodily functions       had begun to fail dramatically. Her heart went into severe atrial       fibrilation, her pancreas ceased to function and her blood sugar       level rocketed to over 600.   suddenly shrinks to 80MB       and then slowly expands back to 200MB.      Arnold Schwarzenegger Virus: Terminates and stays resident. It'll       be back.      Government Economist Virus: Nothing works, but all your diagnostic       software says everything is fine.      Texas Virus: makes sure it's bigger than any other file.      Warren Beatty Virus: constantly tries to prove its virility by       attaching itself to younger or newer files.  Gallup Virus: Sixty       per cent of the PC infegs Take Precedence,'       IEAUG nl, Dec 94      I'm so old, I can remember buying ADAM stuff at the mall. But       today, I appreciate the reminder inherent in this little item from       the ADAM User-Friendly Group nl:      "Keep your eyes open! Brian Wooster, one of our newer AUFG members       has unearthed some new sources of ADAM and other 8-bit gear here       in the Ottawa area. Neighbourhood Services on Wellington, and the       Salvation Army Thrift Shop (recently moved to St.  Laurent last year by SBT Accounting Systems of San Rafael,       Calif., 6000 computer users reported wasting an average of 5.1       hours a week on computers.      Chief time-waster was waiting--for the computer to copy a file,       print a report, make a modem connection. Second was using fancy       formats. Third was helping colleagues use their computers.        Playing games was last--about five per cent or 15.3 minutes a       week, said David Harris, head of sales and marketing at SBT, a       sou feel about today's computer games.      Virus time: Annoy your friends with these new menaces. From the       Vancouver Sun of Jan 14, 95:      "Getting the Bugs Out: A few weeks back Insight Lite asked readers       to create some fanciful, fictional computer viruses, strictly for       entertainment purposes. Corrie Archer of Delta answered the call:      Politically Correct Virus: it's not a 'virus', it's an 'electronic       micro-oroganism.'      Oprah Winfrey Virus: Your 200 MB hardriveAfter nearly eight hours in intensive       care to restore her vitals signs, she was then hospitalized for       the next week. Her recovery has been nearly as dramatic as the       illness itself. But for several days she was in a life threatening       situation. Needless to say, there wasn't much time for extra-       curricular activities here for a couple of weeks. I am sorry for       the effect it has had on the newsletter, but these things do       happen, occasionally." Tom Keene 'Some Thincted will lose 38 per cent of their data 14       per cent of the time (plus or minus 3.5 per cent margin of error.)      Right to Life Virus: Won't allow you to delete a file, regardless       of how old it is. If you attempt to erase a file, it requires you       to first see a counsellor about possible alternatives."      And while I'm gleaning the Sun, here's a piece of an Associated       Press report on computing and business which may explain something-       -or may not.      "In a survey Blvd.)       frequently have complete computers and component bits and pieces       at rock bottom prices. Of course you take it as you find it."       'Bits and Pieces' AUFG nl NovDec 94.      And although we all can't be so fortunate as to live in Ottawa--:}-       -we usually have similar emporia about. I haven't discovered any       ADAM gear in my cruises of the thrift shops, but I did pick up an       Atari PONG game for 50 cents. We've come a long way, or maybe not,       depending on how yoftware publisher and management consulting firm.      'Human beings need downtime' Harris said, 'and this might just be       the current type of downtime' he said."      I Don't Make This Stuff Up; just want you to know that before you       read the following Fidonet message. Barry Wilson was the messager,       Ron Mitchell--you've heard of him somewhere--the messagee.  The       topic was originally about whether Bulletin Board Systems should       be allowed to carry the contents of the ADAM s       Braymen, 2817 S. Hartford St., Salt Lake City, UT 84106.      Last words Dept. If'n you think all of the stuff you're reading       and hearing about the Internet is just hype, here's an example of       how big the demand and the business is:      One of BC's largest on-line services, Mind Link provides access to       the Internet and all the great stuff that born communcators have       to have. But, you've got to be able to phone them. When they       planned to move their offices, the      (He's a police officer, so its okay he caries a gun.)  [He]       actually told me when I visited Cleveland Adamdom some time ago       that he stopped a guy for speeding, and in talking with him found       out he had an ADAM and recruited him for their local AUG. He and       Herman [Mason] say it's a true story. Maybe this is the way to get       more ADAMites; stop them at intersections with guns, etc. "      Staying with Fido; here's a message about ADAM<->DOS, a useful       file transfe 'The telephone company became very panicky [company owner] Reiter       remembers.' There were a lot of businesses experiencing severe       disruption. Once they sorted out that problem, they said the only       thing that would help would be for us to change our numbers a       second time,"      'Phone Line Bother Boggles the Mind Link' Michael Scott, Van Sun,       Jan 7,95.      Bear in mind that New Westminster is not a small burg somewhere--       it's actually a suburb of Vancouver--and the ADAM community can make any needed changes to keep the tools       useful."      That message was relayed by Bart Lynch.  So, some good news and       some bad.  Braymen has been one of the few active ADAM programmers       lately, so its a net loss if he's no longer working on things for       the ADAM.  On the other hand, Bart also relayed an announcement       from Braymen that a new version, 2.0, of his ADAM MIDI sequencer       program. Upgrades for owners of Sequel 1.0 are $5 (US) from ChriNews Network disks.       The message starts with a 'quote' from Mitchell's previous message:      "RM>Yes. As far as I know, those of      RM>them that wanted to carry ANN disks      RM>continued to carry them. Think RM>George K. still does, for       example. I do RM>appreciate your decision not to put       RM>them up, Bart.      You have to keep in mind that Geo. K.  routinely carries a gun and       I did not think it prudent or safe to tell him what he could carry       or not on his BBS.y spent months working with the       phone company. Doing everything right the first time is the way to       go, eh? So what happened:      "Then within a couple of hours of the changeover, we discovered       there was a problem.      And a very serious problem it was. Not only were Mind Link       subscribers getting out-of-service messages when they tried to       dial into their accounts, but most other businesses in New       Westminster found they were having telephone problems too.     r program for those using both the ADAM and a MS-DOS       computer, aka an IBM compatible.      "Also available in LIB 9 is a new version of ADAM<->DOS       (ADMDOS.ZIP) including full source code for Borland C 3.1. This       version fixes some BAD bugs that wipe out your EOS disk when       copying files from the PC to a multiple directory blocked ADAM       disk. Also, I will no longer be making improvements to these       programs so I've donated them to the public domain where I hope       that Mind Link gets 6500       calls on 160 lines every day. That's just one outfit, whose change       of telephone numbers can tie up a whole town's phones. Makes you       wonder if all those modemers and Interneters know what power they       have, doesn't it. It'll probably be the plot of the next Tom       Clancy novel.t-of-service messages when they tried to       dial into their accounts, but most other businesses in New       Westminster found they were having telephone problems too.     uble the on-line cost       for the service.  This toll call may be better utilized by calling       one of the fine ADAM BBS'.  If you have access to a toll free node       you may want to give CIS a look see.      But why subscribe to this service?      First, it's the only international telecommunication sevice that       still supports a 300 baud rate and the ADAM computer.  It's an       excellent place to keep up on whats going on in the ADAM       community.  Ask question from other ADAMitesههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههgates.  I'm sure there are still       some out there in the ADAM world.  If you haven't got one drop me       a note and I'll see if I can fine you one.      The membership booklet will have you temporary ID# and pass word.        It also gives you one free month of their Basic Service and $15.00       usage credit you can use any way you see fit.  You may want to use       this $15 to check out the ADAM sections in the, "GO CLUB", forum.       (Sec.9 & 10) Before you logon for the first time there     A LOOK AT CompuServe (CIS)      (Editor's Note: The following was submitted by Jerry Vrancks, 463       ADAM Newsletter Editor and longtime ADAM enthusiast. Jerry, we're       forever greatful. Always a pleasure to hear from you.  -RHM)      First I want to say that CIS is not for everyone. The main reason       I say this is because many regions of the US and Canada do not       have CIS toll free access nodes, (phone number). If a person has       to access CIS with a tool call this could do 'The telephone company became very panicky [company owner] Reiter       remembers.' There were a lot of businesses experiencing severe       disruption. Once they sorted out that problem, they said the only       thing that would help would be for us to change our numbers a       second time,"      'Phone Line Bother Boggles the Mind Link' Michael Scott, Van Sun,       Jan 7,95.      Bear in mind that New Westminster is not a small burg somewhere--       it's actually a suburb of Vancouver--and t, or help a fellow       ADAMite out with a problem he/she may be having.  Keep in touch       with friends thousands of miles away.  Help your children with       their home work, or even buy a new car .      Ok, I'm interested.  How do I get on line? The first thing you'll need   is a "Started kit or Booklet".  Most computer stores carry starter kits, but   they cost money.  Why pay for one if you can get one free?  At all the         ADAMCONs CIS membership bookl      ts have been given to the deleهههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههه is       one thing I would suggest.  Learn as much about CIS as you can.        Libraries have books on CIS, or ask someone that uses the service.       Hopefully you may pick up a few things here in the next few       months or call CIS at 1 800 848-8990.      Most of the people that have ask about CIS only have the ADAM 300       baud modem and ADAMLink II. To you 300 baud members.  There is a       logon tip you will need to use to get on CIS.       Boot ADANLink II.  Type in the CIS phone num and logon in       the normal manner.  Everything that is displayed on the screen is       being saved on your capture disk and can be read offline after you       have logged off.  When you logoff CIS there is one thing you must       remember to do.  Type  OFF and want untill you are told that the       carrier is lost.  As soon as you see this on the screen press the       "UNDO" key.  This closes the capture file. If this is not done you       may lose the file.      Setting up a capture disk Make sure you have read and understand the CIS membership booklet       before you logon.  You will be ask many question during this first       logon.  Most are covered in the CIS booklet, but some are not.        You'll be ask for computer type, screen width and rows, stop at       each screen or scroll.      * Computer type: Coleco ADAM      * Column widht: 30      * Number of rows: 23      * Stop at each screen: Yes      * Word wrap: Yes/No This is up to you.      There may be some other ques the less it cost.      Following are five headers of messages that Bart Lynch posted in       the GO CLUB forum section 9.  Each message was 400 to 500       characters long.  I have not been able to achieve this speed as of       yet but I want you to see how fast messages can be downloaded.        Bart uses TDOS software.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -      Hello, Jerry Vrancks      Last visit:  05-Feb-95 12:26:43      Forum messages:   6994 to  31280      Last message you've read:   to do it before you logon.  This way you can review       everything you did when on-line.           To set up a capture disk or data-pack insert your ADAMLink II       software and pull the reset.  After it has loaded remove it and       insert a fresh disk or data-pack.  Now press SK VI, (FILE).  The       SKs change, now press SK III, (ASEII Receive).  Your then ask to       type in a file name,(I use the days date.), then press Return.        The capture file is now open.  Now dial the CIS nodeber (node).  You       will see "Waiting for Carrier" at the bottom of the screen.   As       soon as you get the carrier press the "WILD CARD" key.  Count to 5       or 6 and press it again.  When you see connect on the screen press       Control & C you should now be connected to CIS.  If you get a       "Lost Carrier" message, try it again.  You can use redial this       time.  I have found that if you use A      ADAMLink V with the ADAM modem you need not use the WILD Card       trick.       using ADAMLink V and a high speed modem       is almost the same, except you have more file options.      Next time we'll look at how a message can be composed off-       line and downloaded.  (A good time saver.)  We'll also take a look       at the "GO CLUB" forum.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -      ON CIS, "TIME is MONEY"      If your a member of CIS' Standard Plan and you leave it's options       or are a member of their Alternative Plan, time is money.  The       faster you do thingstions I have forgotten.  If you make a       mistake it can be changed.  Just take your time, it's not costing       you anything yet. (As cost goes I would suggest the Standard       Pricing Plan for a beginner.  See the pricing plans at the end of       this article.)  Hopefully everything has gone OK and you are now a       member of CompuServe.      One of the first things you'll want to do is set up a capture disk       or data-pack.  This is a fairly easy thing to do, you may even       want31207      Section(s) Selected: [ 9 ]      You have 2 messages waiting.      Press <CR> !REA NEW ; SCR      #: 31274 S9/ADAMania          06-Feb-95  17:18:48      Sb: #30963-AdamCon 07 confirmed!      Fm: Bart Lynch 71550,3502      To: Neil Wick 71056,613      #: 31275 S9/ADAMania          06-Feb-95  17:18:55      Sb: #30702-TDOS INFO (MODEM)      Fm: Bart Lynch 71550,3502      To: Jerry Vrancks 71610,2413      #: 31276 S9/ADAMania          06-Feb-95  17:19:02      Sb: #30710-TDOS INههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههorum      Off at 17:56 CST 6-Feb-95      Connect time = 0:01      NO CARRIER      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -      NOTE:  Bart dumped these five messages in less than one minute.        Also note that it took me less than a minute to capture them.  It       just so happened that I logged on only minutes after Bart posted       them.  This is much faster then snail mail.                           Jerry V.      = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  17:19:02      Sb: #30710-TDOS INههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههFO (MODEM)      Fm: Bart Lynch 71550,3502      To: Sysop/Rob F. 'ADAM' 76702,417      #: 31277 S9/ADAMania          06-Feb-95  17:19:10      Sb: #30756-TDOS INFO (MODEM)      Fm: Bart Lynch 71550,3502      To: Jerry Vrancks 71610,2413      #: 31278 S9/ADAMania          06-Feb-95  17:19:18      Sb: #31039-ZMP modem program      Fm: Bart Lynch 71550,3502      To: Eberhardt Trapp 70274,770      Enter choice !OFF      Exiting at 06-Feb-95 17:56:38      Thank you for visiting Computer Club FههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههFO (MODEM)      Fm: Bart Lynch 71550,3502      To: Sysop/Rob F. 'ADAM' 76702,417      #: 31277 S9/ADAMania          06-Feb-95  17:19:10      Sb: #30756-TDOS INFO (MODEM)      Fm: Bart Lynch 71550,3502      To: Jerry Vrancks 71610,2413      #: 31278 S9/ADAMania          06-Feb-95  17:19:18      Sb: #31039-ZMP modem program      Fm: Bart Lynch 71550,3502      To: Eberhardt Trapp 70274,770      Enter choice !OFF      Exiting at 06-Feb-95 17:56:38      Thank you for visiting Computer Club 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