8L2C)pJJJJ IH(ȱH:=IH[H`@HcH  $ +   I/H`JLNGȄBȄF aK  haaFF  mJm# KKJ UJ )J ۈ) ;J3ȱJFȱJGJKaȄM  aaNNJFLGJL L"O=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|===,"/EPSON.NLQ.BOARD!$$-GOLF.HANDICAP|.$$.TAWUG.MEMBERS4 =$$o;$$)BARREL.07q)BARREL.08 )BARREL.09+BARREL.10.1V$)BARREL.11)BARREL.12 %TAWUG.DISK06' )BARREL.01 )BARREL.02 :)BARREL.03 )BARREL.04%C4)BARREL.05A )BARREL.06R >dLԡm#i㰼m#iЕOLԡȱfg hi !dLԡ憦  Ljmkm l y`2 Lԡ8(Je稽)ʈ@LLnSOS BOOT 1.1 SOS.KERNEL SOS KRNLI/O ERRORFILE 'SOS.KERNEL' NOT FOUND%INVALID KERNEL FILE: xةw,@  ȱlmi8#)!)? &PRODOS `DaElH$?EGvѶK+`L HHLy XP LM ŠϠĠӠS)*+,+`F)) (*=GJFjJJA QE'+ '== `@ STSP8QSS8 m P o R(8R# Helpful Hints.........#1...... by Ina Levinson!Getting More Out Of The Source For LessAre you one of the many who !think the Source is "terrific" (I'll even settle for an  ( Helpful Hints.........#2 ........by Ina Levinson&$Allowing for Print Style Changes in AppleWriter&$In the February, 1984, issue of the &$Apple Barrel, Midge Kocin made men- %#tio#O=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|===,"ough each of the steps above and what you see is what you will !get EACH time you log onto the Source. If you run into trouble,send me some Smail at TCS744 and I'll try to help.folio) sp sp (cr) (2 spaces and a cr)QUIT (cr) (back to command level)POST S APPLE (cr)(cr)->At this point, you can check to see if your SID file works by typing CO SID. The computer will then go thrl, checks your portfolio and gets you into the Apple Post system would look like the following:->ENTER SID (cr) MAILCK (cr)STOCKCHECK (cr) !1 (cr) (selects stock listings) (STOCKS) (cr) (name of your portper line. These !commands must be typed EXACTLY as they would be if you were interacting with the system. When done, do an extra carriage return and you're back at command level. For example, a SID file that checks your maiuch as reading Post). To create SID, get to command level (->). Then type:  ENTER SID (cr)At this point, type each command you want the computer !to execute for you followed by a carriage return (cr), one command n have the system check your mail, read UPI, check your stock portfolio, get you into the Post system, etc., etc. The only thing it WON'T do is continue automatically after doing something that requires user intervention (s -> prompt). In someone's infinite wisdom, the Source !decided that as long as it was !going to bypass the main menu, it would also allow you to do almost anything else you wanted to while you were at !it. As a result, you ca-underscore-ID, but since !it's easier to learn how to do these on other equipment than !my Apple II Plus, SID it is!) SID's main purpose in life is to enable you to bypass the !Source main menu and bring you to command level (the, the Source has a dandy utility which makes life easier, connect time shorter and monthly bills a dream, which I'd like to share with you.This utility is better known !as SID. (SID is also known as C-backarrow-ID or C"o.k.") but who find waiting !for the main menu to scroll by !(at 300 baud) to be boring and !time consuming, not to mention expensive? If you're one of the many who, while in the above category, also are by nature lazy (like me)n of her frustration as a "nov- %#ice" learning how to make full use '%of her Apple Dot Matrix printer from %#AppleWriter. Thanks to an article &$in the October, 1983, issue of Call $"- A.P.P.L.E., the solution became simple." The follow#O=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|===,"de %#before and after the word(s) elon- gated. are defined as the first '%character in the print statements of $"the above program. These letters '%were meaningful to me, but feel free %#to use letters that mean something to you. Also note that your '%AppleWriter text now contains a co you need do is type %#Ctrl-G/e. Follow this immediately &$with the word that should appear in '%elongated print. After your word or !words have been entered, input !Ctrl-G/d to reset the print to " normal. NOTE: the "e" and "d", !etc.,your glossary file to be $"loaded by entering Ctrl-Q/5. You %#will be prompted for a file name. %#Enter the name of your output file (APPLEDOT).&$That's all there is to it. Now, if %#you want a word to be in elongated &$print, then allre use or just run it by $"entering RUN and allow the output #!file (APPLEDOT) to be written to %#your AppleWriter master disk (or a '%work disk to make sure everything is set up properly).'%After booting your AppleWriter disk, #!request PRINT CHR$ (114); CHR$ (27); !CHR$ (78): REM CHR$(114)=r AND " CHR$(27=ESC AND CHR$(78) IS THE " CONTROL CHARACTER WHICH DOES 10 C.P.I. SPACING 140 PRINT D$;"CLOSE APPLEDOT" 150 END'%That's the program. You can SAVE it #!for futuHR$(27)=ESC AND CHR$(89) IS THE !CONTROL CHARACTER USED TO STOP UNDERLINING$"120 PRINT CHR$ (110); CHR$ (27); !CHR$ (81): REM CHR$(110)=n AND #!CHR$(27)=ESC AND CHR$(81) IS THE $"CONTROL CHARACTER WHICH STARTS 17 C.P.I. SPACING$"130 DESELECT ELONGATED PRINT$"100 PRINT CHR$ (120); CHR$ (27); !CHR$ (88): REM CHR$(120)=x AND #!CHR$(27)=ESC AND CHR$(88) IS THE %CHARACTER USED TO START UNDERLINING$"110 PRINT CHR$ (121); CHR$ (27); !CHR$ (89): REM CHR$(121)=y AND #!CCONTROL CHARACTER USED TO DESELECT BOLD PRINT$"80 PRINT CHR$ (101); CHR$ (14): '%REM CHR$(101)=e AND CHR$(14) SELECTS ELONGATED PRINT$"90 PRINT CHR$ (100); CHR$ (15): '%REM CHR$(100)=d AND CHR$(15) IS THE &$CONTROL CHARACTER USED TO CHR$ (98); CHR$ (27); CHR$(33): REM CHR$(98)=b AND #!CHR$(27)=ESC AND CHR$(33) IS THE &$CONTROL CHARACTER REPRESENTING BOLD PRINT#!70 PRINT CHR$ (97); CHR$ (27); CHR$(34): REM CHR$(97)=a AND #!CHR$(27)=ESC AND CHR$(34) IS THE %#ur printer com- mand values."10 REM TO CREATE A FILE CALLED APPLEDOT'%20 REM TO BE USED AS THE NEW  GLOSSARY FILE30 D$ = CHR$(4) 40 PRINT D$; "OPEN APPLEDOT"!50 PRINT D$; "WRITE APPLEDOT"'%60 PRINT "creates a special "glossary" file %#which will be referenced by Apple- &$Writer. The values listed in lines %#60-130 contain the printer command " values for the Apple Dot Matrix '%printer; however, you can substitute &$these values with yoing Applesoft program $"doesn't care what kind of printer #!you have nor do you need to know #!what keyboard entries create the '%values. All you need is the printer &$reference card which came with your &$printer. The program which follows $( Helpful Hints...........#3 by Ina LevinsonMORE ON THE SOURCE........&$ In my first article, I gave you #!some help in making your connect &$time on the Source shorter  !"#s) in the above command. %#These commands can be added to the %#beginning of your SID file so that $"each time you log onto the system !you get the prompts as changed above.#! Another shortcut that can be added to your SID file is u come to %#command level you get the '$>' and '%everytime you make a mistake you get '%an 'OOPS!' Make note, however, that !if you want two words for your &$prompt, such has Hi Bill, they must !be surrounded by single quotes '%(apostrophend you'd like the prompt that tells '%you you've typed something wrong (or $"the computer cannot find what you " want) to be 'OOPS!'. The steps follow: -> RDY -RB $> (cr) $> RDY -EB OOPS! (cr) $>! Now, everytime you can use almost every key on your computer in this $"function. The only character you $"cannot use is the "@" since it is %#Telenet's signal to disconnect you &$from the system. Say you'd like to &$change the prompt from '->' to '$>' '%a#!your account; '' is the &$system your account is on; 'TCA' is $"the account group your account is #!in; and 'TCA123' is your account number.$" Follow me so far? Good. Now #!let's change those command level %#prompts. Yo Done ->$"Now if you type 'WHO', you'll see something like the following:" INA.&.MIKETCA>TCA123'% To digress for just a moment let '%me explain what all this means. The $"'INA.&.MIKE' is the name you gave (cr).) Let's say %#that for the fun of it, you'd like '%to give your account a name. At the command prompt (->) type:  -> NAME (cr) Ufd naming program Current name is:%# Enter new name: INA.&.MIKE (cr) '%the ABBRIEVIATE command, and certain '%computational programs and portfolio '%management programs as well as using " the Control-P to break out of a '%program. (See some things you don't !want? Delete them by typing: $"Delete filename ot already aware of it, MAIL.UFD, &$SHAREFILES and certain programs and &$games generate files. Some of them !are: MAIL, MODEL1, ADVENTURE, ADV550, BLACKDRAGON, MADLIBS, STARTREK, INFOX, PARTICIPATE, &$OTHELLO, creating a SID file, usingcarriage return (cr), $"you would, after a time (anywhere " from seconds to what seems like hours) see something like the following: TCA>TCA123" and then the names of any files '%listed across the screen. If you're %#nt the -> prompt (Command '%Level). This prompt is the Source's &$Prime Computer's way of telling you %#it's waiting for you to tell it to do something.#! If at that point you were to #!type the letter 'L' (for "List") &$followed by a course on what all that "stuff" means.$" After you've logged on to the %#Source and either allowed your SID '%file to do alot of your work for you '%or by selecting "Command Level" from $"the main menu, suddenly you found %#yourself aand more '%efficient. This month I'll focus on making that time on line more enjoyable.#! First, let's try customizing #!your account so that some of the #!prompts and information are more " meaningful. Before we begin, a short'%abbreviated commands. If you're one $"of those people who likes to Chat #!and finds yourself typing ONLINE &$multiple times while on the Source, '%you might want to shorten it to ON. Would it be easier for you to '%remember a single number rather than &$the entire UPI command string which '%reads the national news on defense? Here's how to change that: $> AB filename -CR (cr)! $> AB -ADD -ON ONLINE (cr)$" $> AB -ADD 1 UPI N G DEFENSE (cr)" Now is actually made up of 10 " platters (they look like stereo '%records), both sides of which may be %#read simultaneously. Each platter &$is partitioned by the software into '%Master File Directories (MFDs); each !MFD into User File Directorijust why it seems $"so slow at times). Each of these computers has two disk drives $"attached to it. Unlike our Apple &$drives which sit neatly next to our $"CRT's, the Prime disk drives each &$have a 300 megabyte capacity. Each #!"disk"y more #!than 10 "mini" computers made by #!Prime Computer, Inc., of Natick, &$Massachusetts, networked together. &$Each one of these computers has the #!capacity to handle well over one " hundred users at a time (a fact &$which may explain $&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?( HELPFUL HINTS..............#4 by Ina LevinsonMORE ON THE SOURCE &$ The Source, which can appear to most users as one, very slow, #!lumbering monster is reallH%O=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|===," point while at command level. ! Next month's article will #!concentrate on the Source...what %#it's made up of and how to get the &$most out of its powerful utilities, including the Editor and the SourceMail system.e CHAT -OFF #!command. Adding this command to &$your SID file will immediately turn %#off your ability to CHAT each time &$you're online. If you decide you'd #!like to spend some time CHATting '%with other users, just type CHAT -ON 'at anyd &$your screen was a mess from someone $"doing multiple carriage returns? '%Well, another command you might like $"to either add to your SID file or $"just keep in mind for those times #!you don't want to be interrupted while online is the ABbreviate command $"(whether in your SID file or from &command level) is: AB filename -ON.&$ Have you ever been interrupted %#with a request for a Chat while in &$the middle of sending SourceMail or $"while running a program and founory) and you $"may pay for that in added storage $"charges. The ABbreviate function '%will not automatically activate each &$time you log onto the Source unless #!you include the file in your SID file. The command line which " activtes thw #!you can check UPI multiple times $"without having to type the entire #!string just by typing the number $"'1'. Remember, however, that the '%ABbreviate function (as well as SID) $"causes a file to be added to your $"UFD (user file directtype 'ON' and watch the ONLINE command be executed.'% If your need for the UPI command %#goes away and you'd like to delete &it from 'filename' above, just type: $> AB -DELETE 1 (cr) $>$"and you're back in business. Noes (UFDs).$" Storage charges on the Source %#are based on the number of records '%(2048 characters or about 4 pages of '%double-spaced typewritten text equal '%one record) filed within your ENTIRE %#UFD, with the charge descending as &$the number of records stored online %#ascends (make a note that midnight '%is that "magic" time when the Source !counts storage charges). This includes your UFD (User File #!Directory), your MAIL.UFD if you '%chose to have one and your Sfollow-(cr)#! ed by whatever name you (cr)& decide to call the file.(cr) (cr) (cr) ->'% Typing 'Enter Practice' followed $"by a carriage return has told the %#computer that you want to c -> Enter Practice (cr) ENTER TEXT:$" Creating new files can be (cr)%# done quite easily by using (cr)% the Enter command. At (cr)$ command level, simply (cr) type the word Enter %#using ENTER to create a textfile. #!Remember, you must be at command " level. What #Xyou#Y type is in " upper and lower case. What the #!computer types is all in capital !letters. Carriage returns are indicated by '(cr)'. ONLY allow you to &$Input (enter) text; you cannot make &$changes. The command ED (for EDIT) '%will also bring you into Input mode, #!but you will be able to edit the %file (more on that ability later). %# The following is an example ofluded $"in the file, exactly as you typed '%it; Edit, on the other hand, allows #!you to make changes to the text, line by line.) Textfiles are $"created using either the ENTER or &$EDIT commands. ENTER followed by a '%new file name willing textfiles, both of which $"are done while online. (The most '%important thing to keep in mind when &$creating files online is that there %#are two "modes": EDIT and INPUT. " When you are in the input mode, %#ANYTHING you type will be incpload is done, first type '%'L' and watch to make sure your file %#is there. Then, to read the file, &$type: TY filename. Your file will %#then list out exactly as you typed it on the Apple.)%# There are two other methods of $"creathed the end of the file.)%# After signing on to the Source $"and getting to Command Level (the #!'->'), use the UPLOAD feature of " your modem program to bring the textfile created (above)#!onto the Source. (To check this &$when the Unes are no more '%than #X80#Y characters in length and &$that each line ends with a carriage '%return. At the end of your text, on '%a separate line, put '-EOF' followed !by a carriage return. ('-EOF' signals the Prime that it has reac$ For example, let's say you have '%a number of letters you want to send %#via SourceMail. Let's also assume $"you have a word processor. Using '%your word processor, create the TEXT " of the letters you want to send %#making sure your lican't help you control &$the files created by the above, you %#can reduce your storage charges by $"uploading files from your Apple. And at the same time, you're '%reducing your connect time by having $done the preliminary work offline!&arriage " return, then type 'LD' or 'F'. '%These will show you how many records out of the allocated 1000.ff 50'%you are using. If you see files you &don't want to keep paying for, type: -> DELETE filename (cr)%# While I management and $"computational programs as well as &$using the Control-P to break out of a program.&$ To check your UFD, type 'LD' or %#'F'; to check the mail files, type %#'MAIL D F'; to check the Sharefile " area, type 'ASF' and a cHAREFILE $"area (again, if you chose to have $"one). Certain programs and games &$generate files. Some of them are: #!MAIL, MODEL1, ADVENTURE, ADV550, " BLACKDRAGON, MADLIBS, STARTREK, #!INFOX, PARTICIPATE, OTHELLO, and #!certain portfolioreate a file called 'Practice'. The " computer comes back with 'ENTER '%TEXT:' and properly positions you to &$begin typing. After you have typed %#each line of text (no more than 80 !characters each) followed by a %#carriage return, you end your file #!creation by doing two additional $"carriage returns. These tell the &$computer to close the file and file it under the name you have (&designated (in this case, Practice). " (Note: While you cannot do any " full-scale chnted. In order '%to find the line you want to correct !you'll need one or more of the !following commands (where it's '%possible to shorten the command, the shortened version is in parentheses):&$BOTTOM (B) - This puts you one line &your UFD. $"Want to look at it? From command %#level, type: 'TY FILENAME' and it will be listed for you.$" Now for some of those Editing '%commands I mentioned before. First, #!you must remember that the Prime %#Editor is line orie%file away your text and you can't do that from the INPUT mode, the %#carriage returns bring you back to $"the point where you can file your %#text. 'File filename' is YOUR way &$of naming your text. 'Filename' is %#now one of the files in he Prime that you want $"to use its text editor. The word &$INPUT is the Prime's way of telling $"you to go ahead; it's ready. The '%two carriage returns at the end tell the computer that you're done %#inputting text. Since you have to ' that line and hit the space (cr)&bar once followed by a carriage (cr)return. When done, (cr)(cr)(cr)EDITFile Filename (cr)->.ff 50#! Here's what you've done: By #!typing ED and a carriage return, &$you've told te line or (cr)&$lines of text making sure each line (cr)%#is no more than 80 characters long (cr)#!and ends with a carriage return. (cr)$"Remember, too, that if you'd like (cr)$"a blank line in your text to come (cr)%toLE, when being used the first time with a NEW file, MUST be $"followed by a file name. If not, %#the computer will come back with a '?'.)#! An example of the ED command follows: -> Ed (cr)INPUT%#At this point, type in th line at a time -- " through the commands which will $"follow. Once in either mode, you &$move back and forth between them by #!pressing two carriage returns in %#succession. You return to command &$level ONLY by typing QUIT or FILE. #!(FIan use them as a part of the name.&$ Within the ED command there are %#two modes to work from: INPUT and &$EDIT. Input allows you to enter or '%add as many lines of new text as you '%wish; Edit enables you to modify the text -- onetween words &$such as: STOCKS-NEW or STOCKS.NEW, %#etc. File names do not have to be '%real words, but they must begin with !an alphabetic character or the &$characters # $ & *. You CANNOT use &$numbers to begin the file name, but $"you cfinished entering your text. NOTE: %#When using ENTER and ED file names can be up to 32 characters in " length. If you want to use two '%words, the words CANNOT be separated &$by a space; you may use a hyphen or '%period (but no commas) betells the '%computer that while the line appears $blank there really is information..ff 50%# The ED (EDIT) command lets you '%enter text which can be edited while $"you are composing. Using ED, you name the file AFTER you have '%o only do one carriage return at %#the end of each line. (Two closes " the file and brings you back to &$command level.) If you want to put '%a blank line in your file, press the $"space bar BEFORE doing a carriage %#return. In effect, this anges to this file $"while it's being created, you CAN %#correct typing mistakes, either by '%using the BACKARROW key or using the $"Control-H while still on the same !line.) Another thing you must '%remember is that you must be careful $"t$BELOW the last line of text. It is used to add text.%#FIND (F) - Followed by a word or '%initial letters of the first word of &$a line, this command will find that %#word when it begins a line of text !anywhere in the file below the current line.#!LOCATE (L) - Followed by a word, !phrase or initial letters of a &$phrase, this command will find that &$word or phrase ANYWHERE in the text below the current line.&$NEXT (N) - This command will find &$the next line of ess rights? The " Post system? More on that next month! file, remember to delete it before midnight.$" SourceMail confuses you? All '%that stuff about distribution lists, #!noshow and quiet, not to mention #!being able to file your incoming mail confusing? What about #!Sharefiles? Acche 'Enter text:' prompt type: .L '%filename (cr). Your file (filename) %#is loaded into the mail system and $"the system will tell you how many &$lines it loaded. At that point you '%can send your letter! And if you're %#done with that text to use the %#Editor and how to upload from your $"Apple, you might want to consider '%putting your newly created work into '%a SourceMail letter. It's very easy '%to do.....Just enter the Mail system %#and on a blank line anywhere after %#tmode, on " a blank line type: MODE NUMBER &$followed by a carriage return. Now $"if you print the file (P15), each !line is preceeded by a 5 digit &$number. Using PO, you can now move easily within the file.'% Now that you know hown &$followed by a number it will delete &$that number of lines (including the " current line.) Something which $"might make your use of the editor easier at first is having the !computer count lines for you. &$Making sure you're in EDIT n' referenced above); '%Replace (R) can be used to enter new '%text, replacing the existing text on !your current line; Delete (D) '%follows the same procedure as INSERT %#and REPLACE. The command not only %#deletes the current line, but wheher " just ten times or hundreds, add &$another '/' and G10 (or G999). The &$Append (A) command will add text to &$the end of the current line; Insert &$(I) inserts a new line of text or a $"blank line (similar to the 'space &$carriage reture or $"repeatedly through the text. The format of that command is: #!C/OLD/NEW followed by a carriage !return. The OLD must be typed %#exactly as it showed originally in !the text. To change something %#Globally through the text, whet There are many, many commands which can be used to make &$corrections once you have conquered '%finding the line they're on with the %#editor. Using the CHANGE command, &$it is possible to replace a name or #!phrase whether used only oncf the current line. For %#example, if you wanted to know how &$big your text was you might use the &$'B' to go to the bottom of the text '%and then use 'W'. The computer will '%then tell you the line number of the bottom of your text.$"lines below it. P* will print &$all the lines in the text; the last #!printed line becomes the current line..ff 50%#TOP (T) - This command puts you above the first line of text.'%WHERE (W) - This command prints out '%the number o a number, &$it will bring up that numbered line &of text. (More on that in a minute.)#!PRINT (P) - Alone, the letter P &$will print the current line; with a &$number following, it will print the '%current line followed by that number $"of text; Followed by '%a number (N4), it will find the line #!4 lines below the current line. &(Note, the '4' could be any number.)&$N-# - This command will move you that # of lines above the current line.%#POINT (PO) - Followed by"$O=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|===,")'each other (me in Sharpstown and he on (&the north side) but sent mail to each (&other for a solid week via the Source '%before we actually met. But in that *(week of letter-writing, we learned alot )'about each other and knew that when we &sult '%more than compensated for the sparse *(replies. Of the four replies (one from +)L. A., one from Chicago, one from Flori- )'da and one from Houston), the one from Houston became my husband. *( Ironically, we lived 17 miles from the *(Houston area who shared my interests in (&music, the outdoors, computers, etc. *(While the tons of mail I received in no *(way exceeded the memory capacity of the '%Prime's 300 MB disks (if I remember, (&there were 4 replies), the end re *(who was in any way "interesting". So I %decided to do something about it. '% That "something" was to post an *("ad" on the personal bulletin board and )'see what developed. It was "short and *(sweet", geared to meeting people in &$went back to being a "civilian" and *(moved to Houston (and had to pay my own )'Source bills), I found the "anonymity" (&of being plain-old ST5138 stiffling. +)Being the "shy, quiet" Yankee that I am, (&I hadn't met anyone outside of my jobpeople and start friendships, which +)is the MORE Mike alluded to. When I was +)a Source employee (2 years ago), I had a *(very visible account number (TCA-INA) & +)because of it was able to "meet" many of (&the subscribers through Chat. When Iames to gripes, help- *(wanted to hobbies, property to puzzles, '%satellites to soap operas, travel to )'weekend-getaways. You can read, scan, #!write (post), or purge (your own message). )' The boards are a marvelous way to +)meet dware, houses, a +)condo, automobiles and airplanes. There *(are categories for all the major micro- (&computers as well as programming lan- (&guages and micromodems. The subjects *(range from antiques to astrology, clubs *(to collectibles, gt will be +)the bulletin board system on the Source, )and the "Personal" board in particular.+) The bulletin board (or Post system) )'on the Source is there for a multitude *(of purposes: You can buy/sell anything '%from software to harhat. And, )'since Mike Kramer has been after me to '%let you know how I got MORE from the )'Source, I've decided to take a month's (&respite, lighten the subject matter a (&bit and have some fun with all this. *(Therefore, this month's subjecists, *(noshow, quiet, saving mail, sharefiles, (&access rights and the post system. I *(have been sitting here trying to find a *(way to make all of that sound interest- )'ing so you won't be turning the page. *(There's really no way to do t@BCDEFGHIJKLMNOP (*HELPFUL HINTS.........................#5* by Ina LevinsonMore On The Source)' I know last month's article prom- +)ised tales of SMail, distribution l$DID meet that, at the very least we *(would be good friends. We met face-to- +)face exactly one week after I put the ad +)up; he proposed 4 days later; and we got )'married exactly three months after our *(first date. Now how's that for a high- tech romance?!!+) While all this is fun and certainly '%exciting, the main point is that the &$possibility truly exists to use the (&Source as more than just a way to get '%the latest UPI stories or a place to +)play BlackDragon oELP, OR RETURN FOR ALL: 1 2 5 9 15 23 (cr)%#(The title of each notice will now )'individually scroll and you again have )'the option of reading it or passing it (&by. When all notices have been read, +)you are given the option of Quiumber and date $"all notices within the date range )'specified. Headers are shown, 22 at a $"time; you can continue to see the *(headers (by using a carriage return) or *(request the notices you want to see, as follows:)'%ENTER ITEM(S), ND OR RETURN FOR ALL: N!ATEGORY, SER ID, ATE, EYWORD: D(DATE OR ELP: 1 JUN 1984,6 JUN 1984SEARCHING...155 NOTICES VALID)'ARROW, XPAND OR RETURN FOR ALL: return WAIT ...+)(The Source now lists by nant to %#read EVERY notice. Using the SCAN *(command, you can just look at the head- +)ings of the notices and then selectively %read the ones you want. It's easy:-> Post S AppleSEARCHING ...210 NOTICES VALID.*ARROW, XPAtyping POST PU (&and your account number is to ask the )'computer to display all your notices. (&You can then delete, by number, those you no longer want displayed.(& Let's say you wanted to read the *(Apple bulletin board but didn't w(APPLE)*(ELETE ITEM(S), ELP, OR RETURN FOR ALL: D1PURGE NOTICE 1 RECEIVED.IT WILL BE PURGED SHORTLY.NO NOTICES VALID.&$EAD, ST, RGE, CAN, OR ELP: Quit QUITTING...->*( What you've done by time or if you have made a +)mistake, you can purge the message your- '%self within that time. The "how to" follows:$-> Post PU TCA123 (your account #)SEARCHING....1 ENTRY VALID. WAIT ..&$1 6 JUN TCA123 APPLE ][+ FOR SALE ubject line and posting the ad to the '%specific category is more useful and generates more response. (& The Source states that it purges )'ads over 14 days old. However, if you *(have had a positive response to your ad )'within that EAD, ST, RGE, CAN, OR ELP: Quit QUITTING...->(& Although the Source suggests you (&keep classified ads in the Classified *(section, most of the Source subscribers +)have found that adding "For Sale" to the )'sFor Sale&PLEASE ENTER THE TEXT OF YOUR NOTICENO MORE THAN 23 LINES PLEASE!)'TYPE ".S" TO POST YOUR NOTICE, OR ".H" FOR HELP ENTER TEXT:(Type your message here.).SWAITNOTICE RECEIVED.IT WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY.&$HICH IS %#IRRELEVANT TO A CATEGORY, ABUSIVE, (&UNLAWFUL OR OTHERWISE OBJECTIONABLE. (&DUPLICATE NOTICES/ADVERTISEMENTS ALSO %MAY BE REMOVED AT STC'S DISCRETION.ENTER A BRIEF SUBJECT LINE$PLEASE DO NOT EXCEED 32 CHARACTERSApple ][+ synopsis to help (&you along (what you type is in upper- (&lower case; what the computer says is all in capital letters).-> Post PO Apple (cr)SEARCHING....(&PLEASE REMEMBER THAT STC RESERVES THE +)RIGHT TO REMOVE POSTED MATERIAL Wallows Source users to (&place notices, read, purge, etc. The $"program is well-written and self- )'explanatory. The Source User's Manual )'has a very exact and detailed descrip- )'tion of how to work the program. How- (&ever, here's a briefr StarTrek. Used with *(a good deal of common sense and discre- )'tion, the Source can be an intelligent *(way to meet people and make friendships (yes, and even meet husbands).*( The post system itself is a power- +)ful program which tting out of the system.)->+) Like most Source commands, you also *(have the ability to string the commands +)on one line. For example, if you wanted (&to read only the notices by a certain *(user, you would type: POST RU TCA123. (&If you wanted to read only those in a *(certain timeframe you would type: POST (&R D 1 JUN 1984,6 JUN 1984. These two )'formats will search all categories for notices.'% It really is easy. And, I hope '%that like my husband anon of what it does:OPTION HOW#EXPRESS -> MAIL EX TCA123 .EX(&This places your letter at the top of )'the recipient's mailbox. It is almost always faster.*COPY -> MAIL TCS744 CC TCA123$etting into sending mail, +)let's discuss some of the options avail- +)able to you. To make things easy, fol- +)lowing is the option, how to use it from '%command level and how to use it from *(within the text as well as a brief des- criptieally is (&no limit as to how many lines you can *(send to another person (I've been known (&to send close to 500). Just remember +)that each line shouldn't be more than 80 *(characters and must end with a carriage return.)' Before gg +)you'll see is: SUBJECT:. At that point +)you can type in the subject of your mes- )'sage followed by a carriage return and )'you will see: ENTER TEXT. Now you're *(in the mail system and can type away to )'your heart's content. There rl (&before (or have read the manual), you )'can shorten the steps by typing almost +)everything on one line. For example, if '%you know you want to send the letter (&EXPRESS you can type: MAIL EX TCS744 )'and a carriage return. The next thinat those times. *(But, for the most part, it IS quick and it certainly is easy.*( To access the mail system, at com- )'mand level type: MAIL. At that point '%the system will lead you through the (&steps. However, if you've used SMaice. I won't try to '%delude you and tell you it is ALWAYS )'fast. When the subscriber load online '%is heavy, just getting into the mail '%system can be a lesson in patience. )'And, getting the system to accept your *(letters can be a chore *(the Sharefile ability to make your pro- '%grams, files, etc., available to the other users.+) SourceMail is really an easy-to-use &$system. It is (most of the time) a *(quick way to get messages to other sub- *(scribers on the Sour)the Source as well as using the Source's '%text editor to create files. In the +)article, I mentioned loading those files '%into the Mail System. This month we )'will go into detail on the mail system )'(lovingly called SMail) and will cover QSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmno ( %HELPFUL HINTS....................#6% by Ina LevinsonMORE FROM THE SOURCE*( Back in article #4, we covered up- (&loading text files from your Apple to +O=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|===d me you have good luck! .CC Account number(&A copy of your message will go to the (&account number(s) listed after 'CC'. )'The original recipient of your message %will see that a copy has been sent.*BLIND COPY -> MAIL TCS744 BC TCA123$ .BC Account number(&Again, a copy of your message goes to %#the account number(s) after 'BC'. *(However, the original recipient of your )'message will not see that someone else has been copied.#ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -> MAIL AR umber.+)ead #- - Reads all messages from that number.+)elete # - Deletes scanned messages by (number using the same format for Read.*uit - Returns you to the mail prompt.)' You can also scan only the UNREAD "messages by tymessage by number. The following com- (&mands allow you to handle the scanned mail:%#ead (or Return) - will read all Scanned messages.'%ead # - reads scanned messages by number.(&ead -# - reads up to and including that nand. (SC stands for scan.) It will +)list the header of each letter (who sent '%it, how many lines, whether it's ex- '%press, when it was sent and the sub- *(ject). At the end of the Scan, it will *(ask you if you want to Read or Delete a )'Express mail as well )'as the total number of messages. (The *(MAILCK command is in my SID file and is *(activated automatically each time I log on.) *( If you have mail and don't want to '%read it all, you can use the MAIL SC +)commsend mail, *(let's get into reading what people send )'you. MAILCK is a command which checks +)the status of your mailbox. It lets you +)know if you have any mail sitting in the *(mailbox which has been read, any unread +)mail and any unread )password. If the password is forgotten, !the letter CANNOT be retrieved.+).LOAD Filename - places a file from your UFD into the letter.&$.S - typed on a separate line, this prompt SENDS your letter!+) Now that you know how to "the subject line in the address.+).PASSWORD - with a word only you and the +)recipient know adds another level of se- *(curity to your letter. When the letter '%is received, the header is displayed &$followed by a prompt requesting the +ccount +)number removes that person from the list of addressees.(&.DI - Displays the entire text of the letter.*.DI TO - Displays the "TO" address line.%.DI SU - Displays the subject line.)'.SU - and another subject will replacehile you are writing your letter:)'.Q (QUIT) - cancels the letter and re- "turns you to the primary prompt.+).TO - followed by an account number adds $"that person to the list of direct addressees.)'.TO - with a hyphen BEFORE the aticle #4). The command +)to access the Editor is ".ED" and is al- '%ways entered at the left margin of a +)blank line. When finished editing, type +)"FILE". Aside from the Editor, here are )'some of the commands to use for making %#changes w be the last element on the line. For example:'%-> MAIL EX TCA123 CC TCA456 SU IT'S RAINING!'% Once you've seen the ENTER TEXT )'prompt, you can begin typing your mes- )'sage. To make changes you can use the +)system editor (Ar, a Carbon Copy goes to TCA456 and a Blind Copy goes to TCA789.'%Remember! A command affects ALL the "account numbers which follow it!+) You can also add the subject to the )'command line. However, if the subject *(is used, it must83)'The letter is delivered on the day you specify.*( You can use a combination of these %#commands on the command line. For example:*-> MAIL EX AR TCA123 CC TCA456 BC TCA789(&This will send your letter EXPRESS to +)TCA123TCS744$REQUESTED .AR Account number+)When the recipient(s) read your message, +)an acknowledgement is automatically sent to the sender.+)DELAYED -> MAIL TCS744 DA 9 JUN  83DELIVERY .DA 9 JUN ping: MAIL SC UN.)' You can ask for your mail at com- (&mand level with the command MAIL READ *(which will display every letter in your )'mailbox. However, by using any of the )'following options, you can be more se- )'lective. Each of the following can be *(preceded by either MAIL R (for READ) or MAIL SC (for scan):&$UN - Reads or scans only the UNREAD messages.'%EX - Reads or scans only the EXPRESS messages.(&FILE - Reads or scans the letters you '%have filSales TCA123 STC602 TCA456 & TCA204$Members Noshow TCU305 CL1965 Quiet (return) (return)->*( Typing 'Enter Mail.Ref' at command '%level tells the system to access the )'system editor. It tells you it's read +)by saying "BE the second is a simple text +)file. Both are created using the system *(Editor. Some examples (again, what you (&type is in upper/lower case; what the !computer types is in all caps):-> Enter Mail.Ref (cr)BEGINBilling TCA089you know how to read and send )'mail. But, let's say you want to send )'messages to a whole bunch of subscrib- +)ers. There are two easy ways to do it. &$The first is a MAIL.REF file, where *(multiple lists can be entered and main- &$tained;you've filed )'in MAIL.UFD, use the MAIL DISPLAY FILE (&command. The computer will then tell *(you how many letters you have filed and &$how many categories, as well as the *(category names. You can then SCan File filename. )' Now plus a filename places your )'letter into the equivalent of a single )'file. Any other letters filed by that (&name are appended to the file. Indi- %#vidual letters cannot be extracted easily from that file.+) To read correspondence 'scanned and read individually and each '%one retains all the options normally available.+) FILE without a category name places &$the letter into the equivalent of a (&miscellaneous category, retaining all options.+) SAVE INedited, retransmitted or downloaded.&$ FILE plus a category name will )'store a letter in an area where it can +)be extracted individually, no matter how +)many other letters you have stored under '%that category. These letters can be )ition after using any )'of these options with the exception of Next or Quit.)' The FILE and SAVE commands listed )'above allow you to retain your corres- )'pondence in file areas of the Source. (&The letters stored there can later be &&H(elp) - displays available options.(&UN(read) - Places the message in your &$unread mail when you next do a MAIL READ, MAIL SC or MAILCK.%P - returns to the previous prompt.)' The system will automatically re- *(turn you to Disposhe header) in a UFD file.*(SA(ve) IN filename - To append messages to a preexisting UFD file.*(SA(ve) TEXT filename - To save only the $TEXT of the message in a UFD file.+)SA(ve) TEXT IN filename - To append TEXT to a preexisting UFD file.#FO(ward) account #- To forward the message to another subscriber.#!F(ile) - to file messages in the MAIL.UFD*(F(ile) category - to file messages in a #specific category in the MAIL.UFD%#SA(ve) filename - To save messages '(including tding the header) again.&$NO - brings you to the Disposition: prompt.)'N(ext) - goes to the next message, by- passing Disposition:.+)D(elete) - deletes the message from your mailbox.*(RE(ply) - Allows immediate reply to the sender.%specific date.+) Additionally, the following options (&can be used when reading your mail at (&either the '-MORE-' or 'Disposition:' prompts.*Q(uit) - Returns you to the mail prompt.(&AG(ain) - Displays the entire message (inclued in your MAIL.UFD (more on that in a minute).%#FILE CATEGORY - Reads or scans the $"letters filed by category in your MAIL.UFD'%SU SUBJECT - To read letters about a specified subject.*(DA 6 JUN 84 - To read letters sent on a GIN". Type a name for each (&distribution list followed by the ac- (&count numbers using one space between *(each number. Up to 200 account numbers (&can be on each mailing list; type the (&'&' at the beginning of each line (to ,*tell the computer there are more names). *(In the "Members" list above, the NOSHOW &$and QUIET commands have been used. (&NOSHOW placed in front of the account (&numbers means the recipients will not '%see who else is receiving the letter '%(and, therefoyour SFILES, type: +)-> SHAREFILES LIST @@. Your ID will be (&listed with ALL access rights. $REST *(stands for any other user. You are re- *(turned to command level once the infor- mation is displayed.*( REMEMBER! MAIL.UFD, mailiny other user.+) Once you've assigned access rights, *(you might want occasionally to check or *(change those rights. To see the access " rights of a single file, type: *(SHAREFILES LIST (filename). To see the )'rights set for all sing the 'L' or 'LD' command."W - The user can edit this file.+)A - for sub-directories only, a user can delete.ALL - All of the above apply.*(P - for sub-directories only, access is limited.+)NONE - the file is not accessible to a "Enter attributes:" From the list &$following, enter any combination of attributes.*(R - The user can read the contents of a file.*(U - The user can use the file (i.e., he can copy it to his area).(&L - The user can list this file u level type: ASF which moves ,*you to your Sharefiles area. Then type: %#SHAREFILES. The computer will ask +)"Which file(s) or sub-ufd(s) do you want (&to change?" Type your filename and a +)carriage return. The computer will then +)ask: your Sharefiles area are not ready (&for reading or using until you assign )'each one of them Access Rights. These *(rights will enable other users to read, '%use, or even modify (if you desire), !your public files. Here's how:*(At command+)->ASF (cr). This 'attaches' you to that )'area. To see your file, type: 'L' and (&it will be there. To go back to your *(main account, type: 'ALC'. And you're back where you started.+) The files, etc., you've transferred (&to 23>== *((cr). SFILES>TCA123 is your sharefiles '%area. >== will place the file there )'with the original name; you can change &$the name during the copy process by )'typing a new name instead of '=='. To $access your Sharefiles area, type:AREFILES (cr) The computer will )'tell you that your sharefiles area has &$been created. Want to check? Type (&"Files" and see what it says. If you +)have a file in your UFD you want to make public, type:&$-> COPY (filename) SFILES>TCA1 are created no dif- '%ferently than for your UFD. You can '%"enter" them, "ed", "load" them from )'your Apple or "copy" from your own UFD *(or someone else's sharefiles space. To &$create a SHAREFILES UFD, at command level type:(&-> SHlic filing cabinet. &$Files, etc., you want to share with +)other subscribers must be stored in this )'area as it is the only area from which '%your files can be transferred and/or )'displayed by other subscribers. Files *(placed in this areaA089STC602 (return) (return)&$ Now to send mail to this list, type: MAIL ML filename.(& Just as your UFD is your private (&filing cabinet, you also have at your (&disposal a SHAREFILES UFD. It is, in '%effect, your pubend messages of many of the '%same people you may wish to create a (&text file of their account numbers to (&save having to type the accounts each &$time. Using the same principals as above,-> Enter filename (cr)BEGINTCA088TCre, don't have to see a %#long list of 'meaningless' numbers *(scroll by). QUIET placed at the end of *(the list means that none of the account +)numbers will be displayed on YOUR screen 'after you have used the '.S' command.+) If you sng lists '%and Sharefiles ALL create files and, (&therefore, add to your storage on the Source. #O=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|===<"re it should have been *(to begin with or having to create a new "empty" file.+) As an aside, converting AppleWriter *(files over to ProDOS is a cinch. Using +)the ProDOS users disk's Convert function )'the files convert quickly and ea something inside +)says that it may take some keystrokes on '%the front end but I'd rather do that +)than take the chance of writing huge am- (&ounts of text into a file that should *(have been "empty" and having to cut and *(paste it back whes) every *(time can be a chore (it really takes no +)time at all), it is possible to set up a )'file with standard options in it. You +)can then load that file from disk, start +)working and save it under a new name. I )'haven't tried it, butname (&and you're off. Does that sound like )'alot of work? Perhaps a few more key- (&strokes than with AppleWriter, but at *("the speed of sound". While setting up +)the page formats (AppleWorks defaults to *(an 8" page width with 1" margin what's on )'the printer. I've got to admit...it's easy to get used to this! +) File creation is more than simple. )'Just choose option 1 off the main menu *(and option 3 off the sub-menu, option 1 (&from the sub-sub-menu, give it a ( AppleWorks IS slick. It is a Pro- +)DOS based, menu-driven package and "what +)you see IS what you get". Whether it be +)a 40-column page (as for these articles) +)or an 80 column page with 12-to-the-inch *(type, what's on the screen isno *(APL. And, yes, getting used to some of +)the keystrokes was difficult. But, most )'of the trouble I was having was not in )'getting AppleWorks to work for me, but +)in MY getting used to the IIe and all it can do that the ][+ can't!*e )'got to learn a new one!" But after an (&in-depth demo by my favorite computer )'salesman and an hour with the tutorial *(that comes with the package, I was more *(than ready to learn! Why? Simply, be- '%cause it's easier. Sure, there's ware!) Mike asked me +)to do a 3-part article on AppleWorks and &$its components ..... therefore, the "Departure".+) I must admit that my first reaction )'to a new word processor was "Oh my! I +)just got AppleWriter down pat! Now I'ving with (at the *(beginning) the word processor. (I must )'admit that by the time I spoke to Mike )'Kramer, I had already converted ALL my *(AppleWriter II files over to AppleWorks *(...and this was only 2 days after I had )'received the softpleWorks, +)Apple's integrated database, spreadsheet (&and word processor. Feeling a little *like H.A.A.U.G.'s "perennial new user", *(Midge Kocen, I mentioned to Mike Kramer +)how "slick" I thought AppleWorks was and )'how much fun I was havprstuvwxyz{|}~ ( %A "Departure"......................% by Ina Levinson)' Recently, Mike (my husband) and I )'upgraded our ][+'s to IIe's and, along &$with the upgrade bought Apsily. *(They even strip out any control charac- +)ters (such as might be used in a glossa- ry file).)' One of the things that "cowed" me )'was the options menu. Looking it over ,*at first was an "oh, darn!" proposition. +)"How can I ever remember all this?" But '%aside from setting the page size de- *(faults, the only other options I use on '%a regular basis at this time are the *(underlining and bold type. For a while )'I thought that if I had to go into the )'optionsr Apple- *(Works file. Within the word processor, '%the ability is there only to copy or (&move information to the clipboard and )'into another word processor document. )'You cannot go to a database or spread- )'sheet file. However, you can from database or (&spreadsheet into the word processor. &$The clipboard is a part of the com- '%puter's memory which holds up to 250 *(lines of information for transfer (cut) '%from an AppleWorks file to be trans- &$ferred (pasted) into anothe used ex- *(tensively except for testing , only be- +)cause I've been concentrating my efforts +)on the word processor and haven't gotten +)into the spreadsheet or database yet) is +)the 'clipboard' which is used to cut and %#paste information online, the reference )'card is superfluous. According to the *(reference card, the Open-Apple commands *(carry over into the spreadsheet and the +)database, carrying out the same function across the board.*( Something which I haven'te in it... AppleWorks (&Tips. These are shortcuts which will '%help make using AppleWorks even more +)fun. Apple has included a quick refer- +)ence card which tears out of the manual; (&but with a thorough list of help com- (&mands availableal is well- +)written and thorough. Using a myriad of *(actual screens to show you what happens +)when you do something along with concise )'text, the reference manual is a joy to +)work with. I suggest you read it ... it *(has a nice surprisorks, use (&the Open-Apple key plus the space bar &$and the program knows to keep these +)words together. Pretty smart if you ask me!&$ Another "slick" feature is the %#manual. Unlike the AppleWriter II )'manual, the AppleWorks manuune 7). *(You can separate the month and day from '%the year with a carriage return, but )'never (so they once told me) the month *(and day. Another example, although not )'adhered to as strictly, would be first (&and last names. With AppleWcursor goes (&straight up and down the page.....not somewhere along the next line.(& Another "neat" feature of Apple- ,*Works is what they call "sticky spaces". (&Sticky spaces would be like the space +)between the Month and the Day (Jhe arrow (>) *(and then using Ctl-X to delete portions '%of text (hopefully in the right dir- &$ection). And using the directional (&arrows to move up and down through my +)text is not only easier than 2 Esc's and )'the letters I or M but the I forget, +)the Open-Apple-? will scroll a help file )'listing these commands and their uses. +)It really does make more sense than Ctl- '%B/Ctl-E (for beginning/end in Apple- '%Writer...but where's the middle?) or *(checking the direction of twant )'to delete text, I use the Open-Apple-D *(combination. To move text, I use Open- )'Apple-M. If I want to move through my )'document, using the Open-Apple key and +)the numbers 1 through 9 move me anywhere )'in my document. And, should ning of the word and Ctl-B at the end! (& I was told that using AppleWorks *(was a matter of common sense. By using +)the Open-Apple key and the key my common )'sense says should do something, all is *(supposed to be well. It is. If I menu every time I wanted to do )'either of these, I would go bonkers. *(But, I discovered that Ctl-L at the be- +)ginning of the word and Ctl-L at the end *(will underline! And, if you want words +in bold print, use Ctl-B at the begin- *move in- +)formation from a database and/or spread- )'sheet file into another database, word )'processor or spreadsheet or file. The '%directions in the manual are easy to +)follow and the transfer process is clean and easy.*( Lastly, I must admit that I've had *(some problems with the Print function. '%My Apple Dot Matrix is the 'default' +)printer type for AppleWorks. However, I +)was having some trouble with the program +)printing a spurious character at the be- (&ginugh!$" Another (!!!!) new screen is %#shown which shows you that you can $"change 1) characters per inch; 2) $"lines per inch; 3) boldface, sub- #!scripts and superscripts; and 4) $"underlining. Choose either #3 or " #4, whichever you 've done so !far on your current printer to $"find out. The only difference is $"that instead of ADDING a printer, !you chose the option to CHANGE !printer specifications on your #!current printer. Be careful NOT to change anything thocodes$"Some of these require a yes or no $"answer. If you're in doubt about %#what your current printer requires $"(don't forget, these are going to !be identical except for adding #!some new stuff in a minute), you $"can go through what wes so hot on $"menus, after choosing the printer slot a new screen is shown:$"1) Needs linefeed after each re- turn.#2) Accepts top-of-page commands.3) Stop at end of each page.$4) Platen width........8.0 inches5) Printer t 1, so that was my response. #!(Remember, all the other factors #!for your printer will remain the $"same, so while you are creating a $"new Printer Type, it's really the !old one with some new capabil- ities.)%# Since AppleWorks ihould chose option 11, Custom !Printer. You will be asked to #!give the printer a name, such as !Home or such. Use a name that " will be meaningful to you. Now %#you'll be asked how the printer is #!accessed. My printer card is in $"slowill be shown another Menu and you !should chose option 7, Specify !Information About Your Printer.%# Another menu is shown and you " chose option 2, Add a Printer. Once again, you get a menu $"(AppleWorks just LOVES menus) and !scs where, and when, you want #!it. All it takes is a change in $"the values of some of the Printer $"Options that you don't use. And, the following are the steps.%# From the Main Menu, you chose #!Option 5, Other Activities. You %#your printer in Italics for the entire document? %# Well, thanks to a really (!!) %#rotten review of AppleWorks in the $"July issue of Apple Orchard and a #!little tracking on my part, I've $"found a way to have AppleWorks do $"itali(#AppleWorks Help...by Ina Levinson%# Got a printer that will print #!in Italics? Love AppleWorks but $"wish it would print just what you $"want in Italics instead of having %#to set #O=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|===4"ning of my text. There is a "fix" +)available for this problem at your local *(computer store and they SHOULD fix your startup disk at no charge. don't use too often. I choose #3 because I don't use superscripts at all.%# A new screen, "Enhancements", #!gives six options. Choosing #5, $"superscript begin, another screen " shows what, if any, the current #!control characters are. At this #!point, type in EXACTLY what your " printer requires to turn on the italics. For example, if the %#sequence were ESC 4, you would use " the escape key and the number 4 #!(NO spaces), ending with the '^' key (over the #6).suming an average record !size of 75 characters. So far I've got database files of !from 20 to 40K (some 375 - 680 !records in each) and have room to play with. The only real limitation I've found so far is that if I want to movessing letter !via a mail merge program writ- ten for AppleWorks. (More on that one in my next article.)The AppleWorks manual states that each database file can have a maximum of 850 records (for a computer with 128K), asWorks read the converted files and moved them into database files efficiently and correc- !tly. The information was then sorted alphabetically in a matter of seconds, printed to !disk and merged with an Apple- Works word proceithout going into alot of background, let me assure you that the DataBase portion of this product was put through its paces and came out a win- ner. Working from files created in AppleWriter II and converted to ProDOS, Apple- !o hold APPLE*BEST, !and he promptly volunteered me !to send out individual letters to over 1,500 Apple software and hardware suppliers in the !United States, Canada, England and Australia! (No need for sarcasm on that one!)W next, I searched for an application that would really put AppleWorks through its paces. Not having any of my own (read that with a great deal of sarcasm please), I asked my husband for some ideas. The club had decided tord processor not too long ago and even with a copy of Roget's Thesaurus, it is going to be difficult to find new superlatives about this product; but I'm willing to give it a try. Wanting to critique the Data- Base portion( AppleWorks Review.......Part 2by Ina LevinsonSome time ago, I foolishly told Mike Kramer that I would do a three-part review of AppleWorks. After having re- viewed the w4$O=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|===4"and !give this a try. Go back into !your document and, using Open- $"Apple O use the Superscript Begin !and Superscript End options to #mark your text for italics. Then%#print your document, selecting the NEW printer. You are $"returned to the Enhancements menu $"and choosing #6, Superscript End, $"enter the sequence that will turn italics off. %# After you are returned to the $"Enhancements Menu, use the Escape %#key to return to the main menu in- !formation from the database to the word processor via the clipboard, the clipboard can only hold 250 lines. This isn't really too bad; it just means you have to move large !files in pieces, which can be- come time-consuming.Another limitation, which is !far more frustrating than any- thing else is that in saving your files, be they database, " word processor or spreadsheet, you must have at least the !same amount of space available !on youvalue for a database entry. If you're entering a customer or phone list into the data- base, there is nothing more !tiring than having to type the same thing over and over (and !over.....). Setting the stan- dard value for aentails going through the database file and !making the corrections to it.. !something I don't relish doing if there is an easier way at hand.Something I really like and appreciate even more is the ability to set a standard he orig- inal converted file from disk ....something I tend to do on a regular basis). Make your corrections, print to a text file (rather than the print- er), and use that file to recreate your database. The other method and letting the power of the !word processor do the hard ed- iting work for you. Or, you !can print the database file to !disk and use that as the basis for the word processor (this only is useful if you just happened to delete tll, give the file a new name, and there it was. And if there are any errors, there are a few methods of correcting them at your dis- posal. One method entails creating a word processing file from the same text file Once the conversion was done !(it only took a few minutes to do an entire disk), it was only necessary to create a database file, specifying the Textfile (ASCII) format. I had to tell the computer how many fields it had to fi the project my husband volunteered me for involved !taking files created in Apple- Writer II, converting them to ProDOS files using the ProDOS Users Disk and then using the converted files to create AppleWorks database files. the ability to create files from "outside" !sources. I haven't created an AppleWorks database file from !either Quick File files or DIF files as yet, but Textfiles (ASCII) are another story. As I mentioned earlier, part ofriginal file as they are moved while Copy !leaves the original alone, and !in case you goof.............. you get another chance!One of the many features of this package which I've used extensively and appreciate greatly is !to do next is save the smaller file from the desktop. I'd suggest that until you get !REAL comfortable with what you are doing you use the Copy function rather than the Move !feature. Move does remove the !records from the oe "dummy" record in it !and then Copy or Move the rec- ords FROM the Clipboard into the file. After making sure !they are all there, go back to the larger file, delete the records you moved and then Save the file. All you needtays on until I finish moving this stuff " from the clipboard!" thoughts. It's really very easy..just Copy or Move quite a few rec- !ords from the larger file ONTO the Clipboard; then you can create a new database file, put one- !lete the old. There are meth- !ods for getting around the "No More Room On Your Disk" mes- sage; but they are involved and entail just a little of those "Oh my! I sure hope I do this one right!" or "Sure hope the power sr disk as the file is in size. For example, if your file is 42K and you only have 41K left on disk, you are up the proverbial creek because rather than writing OVER the !existing file, AppleWorks will write a new file and then d field is !painless, speeds up data entry and eliminates boredom. An- other painless function is using the ditto (") in multi- ple record layouts. By cor- !recting one field, you can use the ditto and make the field UNDER the last the same.Building a database is a simple enough function, but turning the information in it into something useful is an- !other story. AppleWorks makes !it all relatively easy. Using the Print, Report and Printer Opitting down with it at my computer. (I must admit, it felt a little strange.) The one thing I noticed was that the program appeared to be cumbersome to use. There is a sample disk with the !package that shows you how the " pu. However, at the time I got hold of Mega- Works, I already had Sensible Speller so, at least for me, this was superfluous. !Because of the timing involved when I got MegaWorks, I had the time to read the manual !BEFORE sges, I would critique BOTH programs and help you decide which was better for your needs.First of all, MegaWorks, be- sides doing mail merges, also !has a spelling checker as part of the package. This may be !important to yoe time I finished doing the first draft of this article, I was handed Mega- Works by MegaHaus. It, too, is a mail merge program to be used with AppleWorks. I de- !cided that instead of praising HabaMerge for two or three paerge, for those who may not know, involves taking a form letter and a list of !names and addresses and making individually-addressed, per- !sonalized letters.) The prod- uct is by Haba and is called HabaMerge. At about th( HabaMerge.........A Lifesaver!by Ina LevinsonIn the second part of my re- view of AppleWorks, I alluded to a product which works with !AppleWorks to do mail merges. !(Mail M$O=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|==="pleWorks !for me has been trying all the !parts and making them do some- thing. Aside from being the only way to learn, it's fun and interesting. So, give it your best shot!it's all finished, you can re- !format the information and get additional reports from the same database. And, unlike !using one of the more advanced database languages, you don't have to be a programmer! Part of the fun of Apgory or justify a report category. The list seems endless. The fact is, though, that it works. The !report generator turns out not !just a duplicate of your input !but a report which means some- !thing and is useful; and after !of the display, set report headings or get rid of them entirely, !change the length of the page, move categories around for display purposes only, add or remove report category totals or group totals, define a !calculated catetions, you can turn out either a "labels" or "tables" style report in a matter of minutes. You can narrow down !the number of records selected or delete entire categories !(from the report only), expand !or narrow down the size rogram works. With HabaMerge !you get only the documentation and one program disk. The disk has sample files on it and pathnames are pre-set to !lead you to them. There is no disk-switching, which for me is a big help.Both HabaMerge and MegaWorks seem to have their individual quirks. HabaMerge requires that you create a new printer file (or printer driver) in !AppleWorks...This "printer" is not another piece of equip- ment. What you're doing erge, your letter would be:^1 ^2^3 ^4, ^5 ^6and your database would be:JohnSmith49 Argyle Place AnywhereNY12345 Easier?! In defense of MegaWorks, I've !got to say that their documen- tation $$Address:49 Argyle Place$$City:Anywhere $$State:NY $$Zip:12345!\ (This is a delimiter between records...something HabaMerge doesn't require.)I don't know about you, but that is alot of typing! If you were to use HabaMmust ALSO have the field name preceeding it. For example, if your letter looked like this:$$First $$Last $$Address$$City, $$State $$Zipyour database would have to look like this:$$First:John$$Last:Smithh the database, but if you do, they tell you that you must first print it to the clipboard and then take it into the word processor docu- ment. Also, whether created !in the word processor or data- base, each item on your list e been unable to find the maxi- !mum number of fields which can be merged.The list to be merged into your form letter must be a word processor file for Mega- !Works. That's not to say that you cannot create the file wit by '$$', just use the up arrow (over the number 6) and a !number (from 1 to 9); e.g., ^1 in your letter. As an aside, HabaMerge limits you to nine merged items. I have poured through the Mega- Works documentation and havn where you !want the merged information to !appear and should be "preceded with two dollar signs (e.g., $$Name)". HabaMerge, on the other hand, tells you that instead of making up a special name and making sure it's preceded which will have the merged information should, according to the MegaWorks documenta- !tion, have "a special name ... no longer than 20 characters ... contain only letters and numbers", should be placed at !the precise locatios !to print the output. Sounds a bit clumsy to me. In creating your letter to be used by MegaWorks, they, like HabaMerge, tell you to type your document with the Apple- Works word processor. The places within your letterprints labels (if you want) !and prints your letters. From what the manual for Mega- Works says, you create your letter and database with the !word processor, bring up Mega- Works, merge the files and THEN go back into AppleWorkddresses is created using the database and they are printed to a text file on !disk (one of the normal Apple- Works print options). Then, when you bring up HabaMerge, the program reads your disk for those files, merges them, baMerge !does, but it's got a couple of biggies of its own. In Haba- Merge, you create your letter using the AppleWorks word !processor; you then "print" it !to disk using the printer ref- erenced above. A list of !names and aems. In the first place, it MUST print either to another Apple !or to disk (this IS one of the options) and the response to "Accepts top of page command" must be NO!!MegaWorks doesn't seem to have !the above quirk that Hais telling AppleWorks that you want to print to a disk file EXACTLY what you would nor- mally print to hardcopy. The new printer is used ONLY by the word processor and is identical to your existing !printer EXCEPT for two itexplains the steps !needed in exact detail. They, at no time, leave you wonder- ing how to get from here to there.!Haba, on the other hand, needs to make some changes to their documentation...for example, if I hadn't taken the time to !look at the examples they give !you on disk, I would have been !hard pressed to learn from the !documentation that the "print- ed" letter file needs to have the suffix .LTR or that the " database text file needs .LDB. #O=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|===,"rd, keep in mind that the current version of MegaWorks will not run.ld go no further than !slot 5 in looking for the data disk. Megahaus is aware of !these problems and future ver- sions are supposed to fix them. But in the meantime, if you !have a profile (or plan to get one) or a clock ca the res- !ults were the same. A call to Megahaus resulted in the fol- lowing information: Because the systems I was using both !had controller cards in slot 5 for ProFiles and both had clock cards in slot 7, Mega- !Works wout (and it mattered not whether it was for the mail merge or the spelling checker), the !program would give me an error message, halt momentarily and then re-boot itself. The program was tried on two dif- ferent computers andility it may be coming. More confessions....the first time I tried using MegaWorks, no matter what I did or how !many times I tried it, I could !not get it to work. Each time I would get to the point of choosing a sample documenle on disk which you could call. Doing the !setup each time is not a large pain, but it does take some time. I checked with Haba directly on this and, while it's not planned for the im- !mediate future, there's a good possibind !bothersome. When jumping back and forth between projects with different formats, there is no way to save the Set-Up !information so that instead of redoing it each time you come back to the project, there  would be a fi database, where you format your labels (1, 2 or 3 ac- ross), lay out your printed label and set the number of fields to be printed. Haba saves the last format used to disk; however there is a lim- itation to this which I fnter features of the Apple Dot Matrix or Imagewriter Printers to com- press or expand print, under- line, start and end bold print, etc.HabaMerge, unlike MegaWorks, has a "set up" section where you choose your letter, yourlow you to convert information !from UPPER case to lower case, !merge information within para- graphs of your letter, take information stored lastname first and merge it into your !letter firstname first and use the special prigram either couldn't find my let- !ters or, when it did, why they looked so awful.) Besides having the ability to do mailing labels (or enve- lopes) which MegaWorks does not have, HabaMerge has some special features which al(In fact I must confess that in my haste to try HabaMerge before reading the documenta- tion, I did everything wrong ... no new "printer"; no .LTR and .LDB ... and spent some unnecessary time trying to figure out why the pro( 'AppleWorks Help...... by Ina Levinson(&Long ago (May) when we first upgraded (&our computers to //e's and got Apple- )'Works, I had LARGE problems getting it +)to print properly on my Appldes like "80N". Type in *these lines for the ones in the program: 380 FOR I = 11556 TO 11561" 450 DATA 4,137,184,176,206,225*(You may have to play with the above two +)lines in order to get your printer specs correct. *(FINAL lowing minor changes +)to the program in order to make it modi- )'fy AppleWorks for use with the Okidata (&92 printer. It is said to enable the (&printer to use all its functions with )'AppleWorks and to halt the printing of +)stray control coomputer dealer.+)To fully emulate the Apple Configuration +)disk, you should have ProDOS on the disk (&and Basic.System. Then the Applesoft $program should be renamed Startup.)'Note to OKIDATA printer owners: Apple +)has provided the folnon-listed printers.&$Only modify a BACKUP of the Startup disk.*(The configuring program has ProDOS com- (&mands embedded within and MUST be run +)from ProDOS! If you don't have the Pro- &$DOS users disk, see if your nearest Apple Cese on your  earlier backup.NOTES:(&This program is intended to perform a '%ONE-TIME modification of the Startup $"disk so the program will function &$smoothly with non-standard parallel &$cards, including Grappler, and with rogram ,* in Step 3. Follow the directions on ,* your screen to configure the BACKUP  of your Startup disk.,*6. Boot the reconfigured Startup disk. ,* You may have to reenter printer ,* specs if you changed th2. Type in the program listed below. ,*3. SAVE the program, using a name of  your choice.,*4. Make a COPY of the AppleWorks START- * UP disk. DO NOT MODIFY THE ORIGINAL disk.,*5. From ProDOS, RUN the SAVEd p(consider going to them first. However, +)if you're 90 miles from the nearest com- )puter store, you might give this a try.To use the utility program:,*1. Boot the ProDOS Users Disk and enter ) Applesoft BASIC from the main menu.,ram listing from CompuServe, the +)following program is the "Fix". Keep in (&mind that your computer store is SUP- )'POSED to have this on disk already and +)is SUPPOSED to make this "One-Time" mod- +)ification for you for FREE, so you might *)acter on my printout. Not terrific, but as I said, "usable".*(As one of the AppleWorks support people +)for the club, I've gotten a few calls on *(this recently. Thanks to Walt Mossberg )'of Washington Apple Pi, who downloaded +)the progsed to do........except for a *(stray character at the beginning of the +)printout. Well, at least it was usable, +)right?, and I learned how to put a piece *(of paper in the printer and pull it out +)fast so it wouldn't show the stray char- + even though our computer salesman (&said he would call Apple and see what '%could be done. Well, Apple came out &$with a "Fix" program and, with some '%minor adjustments by my salesman, my *(printer suddenly could do everything it )'was suppoe Dot Matrix +)printer. I was able to print 80 charac- +)ters (10/") but if I tried to use any of *(the smaller type sizes, I had a MESS on my hands.'%I had pretty much resigned myself to )'only being able to use 10-to-the-inch +)print,NOTE: This article is being pub- (&lished as a "Public Service" and con- +)tains all the information I have at this *(time. This may work differently depend- (&ing on your computer configuration so *(please be sure to try this on a back-up !copy of Appleworks. Good luck!P10 TEXT : HOME20 D$ = CHR$(4)30 PRINT D$;"PR#3": PRINT=40 PRINT "AppleWorks Interface Card Configuration Utility";%50 POKE 36,69: PRINT "Version A01";160 PRINT "Copyright Apple Computer, Inc. 198T : PRINT >"Remove the Write Protect Tab from your disk, place it back"/555 PRINT "in the drive, and close the door."MK560 POKE 34,23: HOME : POKE 34,4: VTAB 24: PRINT "Press RETURN to continue &";: GET ZZ$: PRINT : HOME : GOTO 290e disk or file that requires changing."A531 PRINT "Make sure you have a copy of the AppleWorks STARTUP"=532 PRINT "disk in the drive and the drive door is closed."540 GOTO 560KI550 HOME : VTAB 10: PRINT "Your disk is Write Protected.": PRIN IS WRITE PROTECTEDMK510 HOME : VTAB 10:PRINT "Cannot read your disk": PRINT : PRINT "Make sure 3that you have a copy of AppleWorks in the drive,"*515 PRINT "and the drive door is closed"520 GOTO 560HF530 HOME : VTAB 10: PRINT "Cannot find th300F450 Data 3,137,176,206,0: REM (String length)(CTRL-I)(ZERO)(N)(null) 460 END470 POKE 216,0/480 IF PEEK (222) = 8 THEN 510: REM I/O ERROR9490 IF PEEK (222) = 6 THEN 530: REM COULD NOT FIND FILE=500 IF PEEK (222) = 4 THEN 550: REM DISKLEWORKS/APLWORKS.SYSTEM,A$2000,L6499,T$FF"PN440 HOME : VTAB 12: HTAB 33: PRINT "Configuration Successful": VTAB 18: PRINT :"To configure another copy, replace the disk in Drive 1"I445 PRINT "with another copy of the AppleWorks Startup Disk.": goto eWorks Disk"340 POKE 49168,0350 ONERR GOTO 470>360 PRINT D$;"BLOAD /APPLEWORKS/APLWORKS.SYSTEM,A$2000,T$FF" 370 RESTORE380 FOR I = 11556 TO 11560 390 READ P400 POKE I,P 410 NEXT I420 POKE 12902,71D430 PRINT D$;"BSAVE /APPPress RETURN to continue or ESCAPE to stop.";: INVERSE : %PRINT " ";: NORMAL : PRINT CHR$(8);$310 IF PEEK (49152) < 128 THEN 310@320 IF PEEK (49152) = 155 THEN POKE 49168,0: TEXT : HOME : ENDB330 HOME : VTAB 12: HTAB 26: PRINT "Configuring Appl270 POKE 34,4: POKE 35,21: HOMENL280 VTAB 11: PRINT "Remove the AppleWorks Interface Configuration Utility": PRINT "from the disk drive."NL290 VTAB 14: PRINT "Place your COPY of the AppleWorks STARTUP disk in Drive 1."OM300 VTAB 24: PRINT "T I: PRINTOM230 VTAB 24: PRINT "Press RETURN to continue or ESCAPE to stop.";: INVERSE : %PRINT " ";: NORMAL : PRINT CHR$(8);$240 IF PEEK (49152) < 128 THEN 240@250 IF PEEK (49152) = 155 THEN POKE 49168,0: TEXT : HOME : END260 POKE 49168,0!lity is to test your configured AppleWorks with the card in"OM200 PRINT " question. For additional information, see your authorized Apple dealer."0210 VTAB 4: FOR I = 1 TO 80: PRINT "_";:NEXT I9220 VTAB 22: FOR I = 1 TO 80: PRINT "_";: NEXl Interface"160 PRINT " Card."IG170 PRINT : PRINT "-Apple cannot guarantee that this utility will make AppleWorks compatible"PN180 PRINT " with any given parallel interface card. The only reliable way to check"PN190 PRINT " compatibi0 PRINT " (A2B0021) OR FULLY COMPATIBLE CARD. AppleWorks prints properly on these"PN140 PRINT " cards without modification. A disk that has been configured with this"NL150 PRINT " utility will no longer run correctly with the Apple II ParalleSE YOUR ORIGINAL APPLEWORKS STARTUP DISK. Use this utility only on"L110 PRINT " a backup copy (an exact copy) of the AppleWorks Startup Disk."OM120 PRINT : PRINT "-DO NOT USE THIS UTILITY IF YOU HAVE AN APPLE II PARALLEL INTERFACE CARD"NL134";'70 POKE 36,67: PRINT "April 5, 1984";GE80 VTAB 6: PRINT "This utility allows you to configure a copy of the AppleWorks Startup disk to"J90 PRINT "work with several parallel interface cards. Important notes:"MK100 PRINT : PRINT "-DO NOT U#O=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|===,"ch it with EACH letter.  Yuck!)'One other point I should mention...... &$The new version of AppleWorks (1.2) %#with its ability to define printer $"interface commands as well as the %#codes necessary for "non-standard" "and, when it finally gets ready to $"print, the first thing it does is )'merge your letter and database, count- '%ing each line as it does.....THEN it $"prints. And, as if all that line )'counting wasn't enough the first time, *(you get to watgs (&that slows down AMP is the tremendous (&amount of "checking" it does. First '%it checks the path you specify; then )'it checks each line of your letter for '%the merge symbol (which, by the way, &$is "[MERGEx]", "x" being a number); %#ss labels and '%use AMP, you'll have to go back into "AppleWorks and do it from there.(&Aside from the fact that AMP is writ- (&ten in BASIC and is straining to read &$AppleWorks files (which, I believe, &$are Pascal based) one of the thinWorks and HabaMerge %#AMP will not do individual address (&labels. One thing I've enjoyed about '%HabaMerge is the being able to run a )'batch of mailing labels without having )'to go back into AppleWorks. Unfortun- (&ately, if you need addre are on (&the disk to read on your screen or to )'print out for future reference. There %#are also files which explain error '%messages and printer problem on disk for reference. '%Besides being unwieldy and slow when &$compared to Megabase can have in (&AppleWorks. Specific information can )'be merged into the body of your letter )'....AMP knows to "close up" lines if a specific entry is not there.(&The documentation is good. Three (3) )'AppleWorks word processor filest is written in BASIC, (it makes a 128K //e work like a snail.'%A definite plus for you when using )'AMP. You can merge up to 30 different )'items into any one letter. (Thirty is %#the maximium number of fields each &$record in your datar types who always want to (&make a change", AMP is extremely slow (&....in fact, it takes more than twice '%the time to merge and print a letter '%than HabaMerge. And, while you only )'use about half the keystrokes of Mega- )'Works, because i into %#the "Let's support AppleWorks with (&some utilities" syndrome with the an- )'nouncement of its new AppleWorks Mail- )'ing Program (AMP) recently on the mar- ket through the I.A.C.(&Written in Applesoft BASIC "for those &$programme *D * Distributed by International Apple Core, Inc. *D * Reviewed by Ina Levinson *D ************************************************* &$Well, Apple has finally gottenD *************************************************D * AppleWorks Mailing Program...........A Review *D * Program Written by Apple Computer, Inc. printers solved every one of my &$printing problems. HOWEVER, when I (&went to print a test letter with AMP, '%my original problems were back. Be- '%cause AMP can be changed, and if you (&know enough programming to be able to &$adjust the program, you can go into (&the main program and make the adjust- )'ments necessary to overcome any print- ing problems you might have.(&Now, don't let all this negativity on &$my part get to you. For the money, )'AMP is very good. It will garacter vs. 96 dots/character). Each 0.line requires two passes of the print head to 53complete a character, and the speed in NLQ mode is 20dramatically reduced to 32 cps from the 160 cps 42draft mode. This is still faster than most daisy 64whe4 pin print head) the NLQ board (produces print that is nearly as good.53This is accomplished by enlarging each character's 53dot matrix from the standard 8 by 12 to 12 by 18. 42This amounts to a 225% increase in matrix density 42(225 dots/ch this forum I will 53briefly discuss the NLQ board as it interacts with 20Appleworks. You can see from the print samples 64there is a marked improvement in print quality with 42the NLQ board. If you compare this print with an 20Epson LQ-1500 (24the rear of the printer. It comes in both parallel 42and serial versions, and it retails for less than $200.00./-The full range of technical specification is 42probably better left to a writing on the hardware 0.itself, but for purposes oficle, I felt it would be beneficial +)to discuss how the board interfaces with Appleworks.53The board is called a Near Letter Quality Board, ,*ie - NLQ. It is actually two boards that 53piggy-back on top of the existing parallel port at 6 the FX, RX+, and JX 42printers that greatly improves print quality, and 42adds some additional capabilities. Since a great 1/many Appleworks users have Epson printers, and 64since this new capability is a natural extension of 64the previous artprinter 31commands from within Appleworks that allowed for 31improved print quality and printer control. The 53examples I gave demonstrated the process for Epson 42printers. Recently Epson released a new, printer 42resident, interface board for - SHOWIN' OFF with  ApPLEWOrks by  "DJ" Lane- EN EL CUE0.In a prior issue I covered customized ސO=====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|====|=== through the I.A.C. directly.et the job '%done for you at a reasonable price. )'And, as a start-up program for someone %#trying to keep expenses down, it's )'well worth the money.....Under $40 and '%available in limited quantities from %#H.A.A.U.G. or, if you're a member,el printers. Besides the greatly improved print 42quality there are two fonts, Roman and San Serif, 53available in the proportional print mode, and when 20printing sub and super scripts in pica they are printed in the NLQ font. -+There is an additional set of new commands /-available in proportional print that allow a 1/microjustifying process called "kerning" to be 0accomplished. Although this does not apply to- (Appleworks as it is currently $("configured I have learned frosk set-up here. Since it is the 20most used I choose NLQ, non-proportional, Roman font. 42The configurations for the proportional fonts are 1/set up the same way. Do not be intimidated by +)them. I bet they'll work. Just add the 2propommand functions. For 31example, I have three disks to send the commands +)for NLQ non-proportional, NLQ Roman font 64proportional, and NLQ San Serif font proportional. 64Because of the space limitations I will demonstrate 64only one Program Dil have to set up a 53customized printer on an Appleworks Program Disk. 1/Since Appleworks is limited to a single custom /-printer per program disk, it is necessary to 42configure multiple Program Disks, each customized 1/for a different set of cr the converter, %(#but I now can utilize the advanced &($buffering and graphics capabilities %(#of my Orange Micro, Grappler+, and (the high quality NLQ print.-64In order to configure Appleworks to utilize the NLQ -+print capability you wilI have a parallel computer and a ((&serial computer that I want to use on '(%my one printer. I solved my problem "( by converting the serial output '(%computer to parallel with one of the $("many converters now available. I ((&have the Visa bill fond save $(yourself an all too precious slot.(&($If you already have a parallel card '(%installed, changing over to a serial &($card will leave you with a parallel '(%card you cannot use, and a Visa bill ((&for the serial card you just bought. #(!ial version of the NLQ '(%board but you will have to install a &($serial card in your Apple to access '(%the NLQ capabilities. If you have a &($modem this might be a good choice. %(#You can buy a switch and output to &($the printer or the modem, a.(((&If you are trying to use your printer (for both serial and parallel ((&computers you will run into a problem $("with the NLQ board. The board is ((&installed in the same location as the $("Epson 8145 serial board. You can '(%choose the sert. (&($Incidentally, if one of you can put '(%your hands on an algorithm that will $("perform kerning I would very much '(%like to have a copy of the listing. ((&Get in touch with me through the "Big $("Apple", or through the newsletter (editornd a &($string of ASCII characters appended '(%the printer will print the string as '(%many times as the integer dictates. #(!I suppose if you were naughty at '(%school and had to write, "I won't do '(%that again.", 500 times you would be (all searacters. The full range of "( International Character sets is &($available in the NLQ fonts. A nice '(%touch. There is also an interesting $("new command. I'm not sure I know $("what it is used for. By entering %(#[ESCAPE] [V] with an integer able buffer %(#available on the board that allows $("print buffering, and downloadable '(%fonts. The buffer size is increased "( over standard to accomodate the &($increased number of DATA statements '(%necessary to download the more dense %(#NLQ chstified margin. If any of &($you wish you could print those tidy &($right margins in proportional print #(the solution is on the horizon. (((&There are a few other capabilities of $("the NLQ board worthy of mention. %(#There is a 2K/8k selectam my ((&many conversations around the country ((&that there are a couple of efforts in &($progress to write a utility program &($for Appleworks disk files that will '(%allow printing in proportional print (on Epson printers with a true %(#right-juortional "turn-on" command for 5 and 10 CPI 1/under the "Characters Per Inch" section of the Printer Codes Menu.20The same print control priorities that apply to /-non-NLQ printing apply to NLQ printing. For -+example, if you turn on condensed while in 64proportional mode, proportional will be turned off, 53and when you turn off condensed, proportional will 31come back automatically. Also, when you turn on +)proportional it will automatically be in "emphasized" mode.31Non-average stroke per hole for the 20 rounds of record, plus the wager yearly total. Finally, just for the heck of it, have for each month, the accumulated lowest score; and for the yeathe handicap on the Red tee course rating. For added interest, have added a column showing the outcome of my golfing wager for each round and the year. Also have a row showing the The golfer is supposed to turn in his score end of each round and indicate whether he played from the Blue or Red tees. As this complicates record keeping, must golf courses figure ( Golf Handicap.....Ed Aymond Regulation golf handicap is figured from average of your last 20 rounds minus the golf course rating times 80 percent.  CM1NK3DNG 9PnSP 6&HR$(15)customizing method is described in !(Appendix "B" of the Appleworks %(#Manual. Tip - when you get to the ((&Underlining method menu select number '(%2, "Printer Has Start/Stop Underline (Commands".(( +EPSON NLQ BOARD PRINT 3SAMPLES( commands are '(%the same as described in my previous '(%article on customizing printers. If ((&you do not have access to the article '(%you can find the printer commands in %(#your printer manual or the printer (quick reference card, and the %(# Double-Wide 1/capability then enter the following codes in a 0.suitable printer command. For example, I use Subscript.+Subscript ON [ESCAPE] [W] [1]+ OFF [ESCAPE] [W] [0]-((&All the other customized [ESCAPE] [!] [T]3Bold (CTRL-B) ON [ESCAPE] [x] [CONTROL-A]4 [ESCAPE] [G] [ESCAPE] [4]3 OFF [ESCAPE] [x] [CONTROL-A]' [ESCAPE] [5].,If you want to have a temporary 10 [ESCAPE] [x] [CONTROL-A]+ [ESCAPE] [!] [Q]3 12 [ESCAPE] [X] [CONTROL-A]+ [ESCAPE] [!] [X]3 17 [ESCAPE] [x] [CONTROL-A]+ Proportional NLQ (default Roman font)-From /-the "Printer Codes" menu under "Add A Custom )Printer" key-in the following commands.3Char. per Inch: 5 [ESCAPE] [x] [CONTROL-A]+ [ESCAPE] [!] [8]3 r. Normally the date is not needed, but to set the "cells" for the accumulated scores, are needed. After 20 rounds, delete the row for the 1st round; then add one (1) row at the end for your new round._ You will have to Open-Apple L the wager cell W for dollar format. The figure in "cell W63" is used for the carrying forward the wager total....and if you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ B@ R@ & 06/20/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ G@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D@ T@55@% 06/19/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ B@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ E@ @U@ ? $ 06/08/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ E@ T@!!@# 06/07/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ E@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D@ S@@ " 06/06/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D@ @ @ @  @ @ @ @ B@ S@  @ ! 06/01/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ C@ @ @ @ @  @ @ @ E@ T@@ 05/30/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ B@ S@,,@  05/27/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D@ @ @ @ @ @ @@ @ C@ S@ @  05/26/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ E@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@ @ B@ @S@ $@ 05/25/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ B@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ =!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!= 05/23/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dicap at Lakewood Country Club for ED AYMOND=Bet carry-over from 3/1/85A@&k Date/Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal  WAGERH!=!=!=!=!=!n and re-enter the scores postedrthus eliminating the cell formulars. Then add the newmonth via Open-Apple C.? May you have all good rounds.!.!.!.!.!.!..]Golf Scores and Hanrecalculate more than once thisM becomes incorrect.  Anybodyybody know better method. When the last score of a month is deleted, then go to that month in the "accumulation sectio@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D@ U@ ?' 06/22/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ G@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ E@ V@ !( 06/23/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @D@ ! !  Red tees -->#@@Q@??$@E@Accumulated lowest score by the month---!-!-!-XAHole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalJB!-<@UUUUUU@aaC@VUUUUS@<@v9Course Rating:Blue = 71Handicap from the Blue tees -->#wwwww@Q@?S; Red = 69 0 0 @1 0 @%I$I@%I$ID@=<@m۶m@yy@yy@ @zy@I$I$@=A@ Q@  YEARH6!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!- 7AverageI$I$@@m۶m@n۶m۶@ @aa@!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=!=k4Hole123456789 OUT101112131415161718 IN TOTAL  FORm5 Par444534345 B@443434454 /85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ B@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@ Q@ @H1!=!=85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ C@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ C@ S@ (@0 07/20@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A@ R@""@/ 07/18/@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ C@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ C@ S@ @ . 07/17/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@ R@ @- 07/14/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ C@ S@ @, 07/12/85 @@ @ @ @B@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @B@@R@@+ 07/11/85 @ @C@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @B@S@ +* 07/04/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @D@@T@ @!) 07/02/85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!----C MARCH '85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@ O@D APRIL '85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @?@ @ @ @ @ @ ZIPPEEPHONEEUSEWSETAWUG.MAIL.LAB'())))))))))))))))))))))    !!!!! LNAMgory 1FNAMCOMP-TITL-ADDRECITYESTATE?(DD/       @@@:@J@@@@@:@@@@@@@456789Out101112131415161718InTotalJL!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!----M@@@@@@@<@M@EH!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-!-OJAccumulated lowest score for the year 1985---!-!-----XKHole123@@@?@@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@ P@G JULY '85@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @@@P@F JUNE '85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@ @ @@ @ @ @?@O@E MAY '85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @A@ @ @ @  # CVS TAWUG.RPT2    ESJAN11601 N W 18th STPEMBROKEFL33026;FALK GEORGE W.RFD KALEVA RD BOX A2-199SHIRLEYMA014845FALTZJudy3615 EVERGREEN DRIVE PALO ALTOCA94303QFARLEYJohnGOVERNOR'S ENERGY OFFICE 72 ORANGE ST PROVIDENCERI02903277-3774fFECHTER CAHOOLMEDIA SPECIALIST800 NW 99TH ST VANCOUVERWA98665AERICKSONR3199 N W 40th ST LDLE. LAKESFL33309 305 739-4458/ERICSONROBERT PO BOX 16064RUMFORDRI02916HERTELMonicaAPPLE LIBRARIAN20650 VALLEY GREEN DR. CUPERTINOCA950144 EUGENID927-44860DRENZEKW.1739 S. 6TH ST MILWAUKEEWI53204nDYKHUISRandyGRACE A DOW MEMORIAL LIBRARYREFERENCE LIBRARY171 W ST ANDREWSMIDLANDMI48640 517 835-7151.ENDERSJoan 25 ALPINE WAYLONGVIEWWA98632[ENSMANMaryCOLUMBIA RIVER HIGH SC0 VIEW AVE CENTRALIAWA98531@CYBULSKIJo Anne458 DAWSON AVEOTTAWA ONTARIOCANADAKIZ 5V7mDERTIENJimSIOUX FALLS PUBLIC LIBRARYCITY LIBRARIAN201 N MAIN AVE SIOUX FALLSSD 57102-0386 605 339-71208DietzGeorge P PO BOX 21REEDYWV25270 304 BOUNDARY PERRYSBURGOH43551 419 874-31811CRABTREEClara J RT 1 BOX 347ABAHAMANC275031 CROCKWELLAlan17825 S W 110 CTMIAMIFL331571 CUMMINGHAMB J13643 PEYTON DRDALLASTX75240XCURREYJames CCENTRALIA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIAN 133 N 200 BERNARDSPOKANEWA99201f CHRISTENSONDavid DVALLEY VIEW JR HIGH SCHOOL LIB.7312 WEST SHORE DRELINAMN55435 612 944-21101COFFELTTed 228 S MAIN ST SPRING CITYPA19475n CORNELIUSKathyPERRYSBURG H S LIBRARY MEDIA SPEC.550 EAST SOUTH ESTER BREMERTONWA 98310-1699 206 478-4532R BURGER P.E.David I P. E.10030 SW 102 AVE-ROADMIAMIFL33176 305 595 4426SS?CAINGene A MEMBER # 1001933 W. 180TH PLTORRANCECA90504]CAMBELLJimDEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTIONSPOKANE PUBLIC SCHOOLS5ST. CLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOLST CLAIRMN560806 BONGIOVANNIGiacomo6545 S W 72ND CTMIAMIFL33143,BRANTLEYJerry1509 ELMCROSSETTAR716353BROWNDonald3811 HOLLAND AVE #4DALLASTX75219bBRYSONNancyOLYMPIC COLLEGE PURCH. ASST.16TH AND CH CENTRAL EXPWY SUITE 214DALLASTX 75206-6575.BARBEEWalter 1707 MAIN ST.SUMNERWA98390* BLACKMON DR.LARRY WEST MONROELA71291DBOBBJanisNORTHGLENN JR. HIGH1123 MURIEL DR NORTHGLENNCO80233XBOISENDarrellST CLAIR IND SCHOOL DIST #7LLANORuben C.APOSTOLIC CHURCHPASTOR PO BOX 3283HAYWARDCA94545X ARTER P.E. Dennis R.TICOMP Consultant1923 W. SYLVESTER SUITE EPASCOWA 99301-4850*AYMONDED 6730 WESTLAKEDALLASTX75214e AYMOND JR. Edward F.AYMOND COMPANYOWNER"4300 NEPLACE CAMBRIDGEMA02138TANDERSONAudreyTHE SAINT PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY90 WEST FOURTH ST.ST PAULMN55102YANDERSONEric S.MICRO COMPUTER LIBRARIESPUBLISHER/AUTHOR 145 MARCIAFREEPORTIL61032.ANDREWALLOCCO PO BOX 561045MIAMIFL33156HAREidTIME PROPERTIES INC. PRESIDENT8817 S W 107TH AVEMIAMIFL33176279 TIMEXALLENAmyJACKSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL LRC DIRECTOR301 W JACKSON ST VILLA PARKIL601818ALVEDREZ Richard E1840 ANCHIVY AV SAN PEDROCA907326ANDERSONKathleen5 EMMONS WALDENDav !P n CHD