PGOETZ@LOYVAX.BITNET (11/30/87)
ANSWERS:
First off, I see from the discussions that you all need subscriptions
to COMPUTIST magazine ("For the serious Apple II user"). Although it specializes
in breaking copy protection, it publishes a lot of technical articles which
others won't. It assumes its readership is familiar with assembly language.
If you subscribe to COMPUTIST, you knew the disk formats & cheats for
Wizardry, Ultima I-IV, & lots of other stuff years ago. Plus, you
never put up with copy protection if you don't want to.
COMPUTIST deals mainly with the software side of Apple IIs and IIIs.
COMPUTIST
POB 110846-T
Tacoma, WA 98411
(206) 474-5750
U.S. $32
US/Canada/Mexico 1st class $45
Other foreign $75
Another good Apple assembly language mag, by the way, is Apple Assembly Line,
published by Bob Sander-Cederlof of S-C Macro Assembler fame. $18/yr, I don't
have the address but you can look it up in the magazines for the masses
(Nibble, inCider, A+, etc.)
Keyboard Repair:
I wrote an article in Computist #39, p. 20 called
"Keyboard Repair." I asked Computist for permission to redistribute the article,
& they said no, so I'll just recapitulate it.
1. Keys break. Your Apple dealer will happily replace your keyboard - $145.
2. Usually just one keyswitch is broken. You can buy a replacement keyswitch
from your dealer for about $5. Make sure to specify which key & which model of
Apple II.
3. The best deal is to buy Radio Shack's TI 99/4 keyboard, cat# 277-1017, for
$2.95. This has 48 keyswitches, including one which locks on or off. If you buy
this, you'll have to carefully take each new keyswitch out of the board when
you want it, and save the white plastic stem from your old Apple keyswitch.
(The Radio Shack switch keystems are bent; Apple's aren't. If your switch is
broken off, buy a replacement Apple switch.)
4. Procedure:
a. Remove good keyswitch from Radio Shack keyboard: Have someone help.
One person holds the board and applies a soldering iron to the 2 contacts for
that switch. A 2nd person presses the ends of the two wide tabs on the top side
of the board together (needlenose pliers suggested) while pulling on the key.
(For diagram, see article.)
b. Remove Apple keyboard from computer
c. Remove bad Apple keyswitch - Munge (mash until no good) the old
switch & rip it out. Save the keystem. Good idea to vacuum keyboard after
retrieving keystem.
d. Replace new Radio Shack keystem with old Apple keystem: Pry black
plastic top half of new keyswitch case off of the bottom half. Don't try to pull
out 4 black wedge-shaped tabs which are part of the top half. Rather, pull the 2
grey flaps from the bottom half out of their way (fingernails suggested).
Be careful not to lose the spring, stem, or contact inside the switch.
Replace the keystem with the old one. Carefully align the stem & vertical
contacts (parallel to stem) so you can slide the top of the keyswitch case back
on. Test switch electrically.
e. Put new keyswitch in Apple keyboard (solder suggested).
f. Put Apple back together.
Apple IIgs Sound:
1. Apple sound isn't stereo (or is it, on IIgs?).
2. If the IIgs has a cassette out port, just change all
occurences of $C030 in the code to $C020 (cassette out) & record off the port.
If it doesn't, install one or use a II or II+ if possible. If you can't
change the code because it's protected, it's your fault for not reading
COMPUTIST.
RGB Monitors:
Just saw an add for a device which adapts an IBM RGB digital monitor to the
IIgs. $49.94 from ENHANCEMENTS, POB 150, Renton, WA 98057.
QUESTIONS:
What are the following, & how can I get and/or use them?
rec.arts
news.groups
cross posting
APPLE2-L
comp.sys.apple
arpanet in general
executioner |
Kermit | I know what these are, but not how to get or use them.
How can I upload a file from an Apple to VMS without Kermit? I can get
Applewriter to send text files over a modem, but I can't get the VAX to
receive them & put them in a file. If the VAX is not running a program
when I send it, it's interpreted as commands. I tried using EVE & EDT to
receive, but they didn't work.
Keep in mind that I am isolated here at LOYVAX. Nobody knows much about any
of the networks (Bitnet included) here - just how to send mail to them.
Also, somebody please tell me where I just posted this article & what groups
are going to read it.
P.S.- I suggest putting 1 space in each empty line. Otherwise punch format
will add 5, no?
Phil Goetz
pgoetz@loyvax.bitnet
4023 Huckleberry Row
Ellicott City MD 21043
- God said, "Let there be light!" Then God said, "No! BUD light!" -mkao@pnet01.cts.COM (Mike Kao) (12/01/87)
About COMPUTIST magazine, are you sure the prices you posted are current? $32
a year is definitely not bad; the reason I quit my subscription is because
their rate jumped from $20 per year to $45 within 2-3 years! If it is indeed
$32 now, I might consider renewing.
To insure my reception of any replies, please respond via e-mail. Thanks!
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