rhc@ptsfa.UUCP (Robert Cohen) (07/27/85)
Well, the good news is Apple's contractor has finally started to ship
the new spiral bound manual for Macterminal. Mine arrived yesterday
via UPS. I can only give you limited information because my package
was slipped into my back yard where Rosie, my 70 pound Lab puppy was
eagerly awaiting a new toy.
From what's left, I see a _few_ added pages. They consist of 3
new appendices:
MacTerminal as a VT100, a table of ASCII control characters, and
pin assignments for the Apple modem. There's also a short section
called 'a communications session'.
Oh, the best part is a cute picture of the Mac and AppleLine on a computer
room floor next to an IBM 3081. Has anyone actually seen the AppleLine
or Cluster Controller marketed?
Delivered with the manual was a sheet explaining there are some new
features documented in the manual which will be available as an dealer
update sometime in the fall. I did see one section on alternate
character sets. The choices are US ASCII, UK ASCII, graphics, French,
Spanish, German, and other languages + two buttons which are labelled
'Alt. ROM Graphics' and 'Alt. ROM'. Is this an indication we'll actually
see the new ROM's in the future?
My big question is how many months late will the program update be?
Not flaming, just stating the facts.
At any rate, yours should be arriving soon if you sent in your card.
Enjoy it!
--
Robert Cohen
San Francisco, California
{ihnp4,dual,qantel}!ptsfa!rhcjed@mb2c.UUCP (John Duncan) (07/30/85)
> I did see one section on alternate > character sets. The choices are US ASCII, UK ASCII, graphics, French, > Spanish, German, and other languages + two buttons which are labelled > 'Alt. ROM Graphics' and 'Alt. ROM'. Is this an indication we'll actually > see the new ROM's in the future? > -- > Robert Cohen > San Francisco, California > {ihnp4,dual,qantel}!ptsfa!rhc The reference to the ROM refers to the ability to add a ROM character set to the VT100, i.e. customize the character set yourself. Sorry, no hope of new Apple ROMs for the Mac is added by this reference. John Duncan (mb2c!jed) Michigan Bell (313) 968-9002