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Re: Videx lowercase ROM image?

e...@juno.com (e p chandler) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:01 UT

doggone, it was a 16 key strip then!

Re: Videx lowercase ROM image?

e...@juno.com (e p chandler) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:58:08 UT

I think that the docs for the aux keyboard strip were in a
supplemental manual that came with the strip. (or manual insert). IIRC
without programming the strip, the keys returned '0' to '9'. ISTR that
the REPT key had something to do with either toggling modes OR as an
escape key for keyboard definitions. Anyway, it's probably a CTRL-

Re: Videx lowercase ROM image?

e...@juno.com (e p chandler) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:54:11 UT

I don't remember a single ROM for that purpose. My system had a
"Paymar" Lower Case Adapter which was a daughterboard that fit into
the ROM socket. The original ROM was placed into one of the sockets on
the daughterboard. Part of the board was an outrigger which routed
some additional signals to the board.

Re: Any Interest in Byte Magazine Index?

dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:35:43 UT

Right. That's the problem which I've noticed with the few indices I have
seen on the web so far: they all lack comprehensiveness. This is likely due
to the fact the creators of these indices do not have access to the complete
set of Byte volumes. Granted, I myself do not have access to volume 1, but

Re: Any Interest in Byte Magazine Index?

nos...@nospam.invalid (John B. Matthews) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:59:21 UT

In article <0cahh516qbg2f9eecu8ji37jd9v0j fa...@4ax.com>,
They are also seriously incomplete, citing only 16 articles from the
70's and few from the early to mid 80's:
1980 ( 7)
1981 ( 9)
1982 ( 2)
1983 ( 5)
1984 ( 20)
1985 ( 24)
1986 ( 23)
1987 ( 31)
1988 ( 120)
1989 ( 245)

Re: From Windows to iMac??

dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:51:24 UT

of
Noone here knows because we don't talk about Windows or Mac here.
Ask in comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc

Re: Videx lowercase ROM image?

silicon...@gmail.com (Silicon Sam) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:52:57 UT

Here's a pic of one in a guy's Japanese collection:
[link]

Re: Apple IIGS Stereo Sound Card - Interest?

goggled...@gmail.com (Drew) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:53:27 UT

Hi,
Now that the prototype all works and before i get distracted with
dealing with adding input as well as looking at making a card to go
into the portable GS that is being put together i am thinking of doing
a small run of the version 1.0 card as detailed on my blog
(drewbiegs.blogspot.com and [link]).

Carte Blanche 80 col

btt071...@gmail.com (Bugman) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:34:40 UT

I think I already know the answer to this, but thought I'd ask
anyway. Is there any way that the CB card can display 80 col on a VGA
on an Apple ][+ (with or without a Videx card)? I'm guessing no
because if I understand correctly, the CB simply interprets the video
signals that are available on the apple //e. For a ][+, it is handled

Re: Any Interest in Byte Magazine Index?

et...@ncf.ca (Michael Black) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:56:01 UT

The sad thing is, that would cover most of the magazine's prime.
There'd be a few more years of interesting articles, but by about
'87 things started to decline so there were fewer memorable articles.
Once the covers became the latest "IBM Compatible" month after month,
there was a lot less worth remembering.

Re: Videx lowercase ROM image?

snhir...@gmail.com (Steven Hirsch) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:48:30 UT

I think I"m guilty!
Yes, I just bought one on eBay. It makes no mention of the button strip.
Somewhere there must be docs for this. I'll keep digging!

Re: Videx lowercase ROM image?

snhir...@gmail.com (Steven Hirsch) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:47:27 UT

This are the on-board ROMs for the Videx Videoterm 80-column card. I need the
lowercase ROM that's intended to replace the ][ character ROM on the motherboard.

Re: Fun read

schmi...@my-deja.com (schmidtd) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:34:47 UT

It certainly is a long list, anyway. ;-)
Or how many are still actually valid. My hit ratio of 10 or so chosen
at random was about 50%...

Re: From Windows to iMac??

d...@eonworks.com (DM) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:41:59 UT

Over the years I have been using various versions of Mac, Windows and
Linux OSs and in my experience Mac and Windows are very close in terms
of ease of use. For the average user Linux can be a bit rough on the
edges. But overall all systems have their own problems, though usually
they differ what they are.

Re: Any Interest in Byte Magazine Index?

paul....@att.net (paulrsm) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:33:31 UT

In December 1981 BYTE included a comprehensive, cumulative
index covering every issue of the magazine between September
1975 and December 1981, inclusive. An update was published
in the December 1982 issue starting on page 518. For 1983
and 1984 there was a separate 46-page booklet which I have.
I do not know if BYTE published any others.

Re: Videx lowercase ROM image?

redskul...@oohay.moc.ua (RedskullDC) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:10:50 UT

Few videx roms at:
[link]
Not sure if this is what you are looking for or not...
Red

Re: Display issues with CarteBlanche VGA?

redskul...@oohay.moc.ua (RedskullDC) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:07:49 UT

Hi Steven, et al.
Problem is in vga_video.v
Each scan line is displayed twice for VGA.
On the last scanline of the last character of the second scanline,
"vc" is being incremented before the RAM address being sent to the
SRAMS has been calculated.
Line #218 of vga_video.v
from: [link]

Re: Videx lowercase ROM image?

silicon...@gmail.com (Silicon Sam) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:05:35 UT

You didn't get that strip off me on ebay last year, did you? I sold
one then.
Videx made a board that replaced the encoder board on an Apple II
plus keyboard that had the 9 pin connector on it. The strip was used
to program macros on the enhancer. I think it was also called the
Enhancer II.
The Apple encoder sometimes has a 9 pin connector, not sure how you

Re: From Windows to iMac??

(Puckdropper at dot) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:03:56 UT

"Pedro Moscatti" <pgmosc...@optusnet.com.au> wrote in
The biggest advantage Linux has is it's available for free. You may
spend $50 on a second hard drive, but you can try it and see if you like
it without commiting to it. iMac doesn't have that advantage.
It's still hard to beat putting a disk in the drive and turning the

Re: From Windows to iMac??

pgmosc...@optusnet.com.au (Pedro Moscatti) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:53:46 UT

Hey Aviator,
Thanks for the message - I like what I'm hearing - one question I did forget
to ask is: can one upgrade onboard components like RAM and all that sort of
stuff?
Pete

Re: From Windows to iMac??

a2avia...@gmail.com (A2Aviator) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:50:58 UT

Aw heck. It's even easier than Windows. Just plug the stuff in and it
mounts on the desktop.
...if you try posting in the comp.sys.mac hierarchy they might even
agree, and tell you more.
This is for Apple II, /// .. the even older than Macintosh products
that Apple Computer Inc., made back then.
On Dec 3, 11:46 pm, "Pedro Moscatti" <pgmosc...@optusnet.com.au>

From Windows to iMac??

pgmosc...@optusnet.com.au (Pedro Moscatti) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:46:17 UT

Hi All,
I have reached the time where I am somewhat disillusioned by Microsoft
products and now looking at alternate OS's.
My decisions are between a Linux dist or an 'iMac'. Everyone is telling me
iMac is the only way to go.
In the past I have heard that Mac had issues talking to general peripherals

Re: Any Interest in Byte Magazine Index?

magin...@computist-project.net (Mike) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:19:59 UT

On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:23:52 +0000 (UTC), dog_...@macgui.com (D
Looks like there are fairly complete article indexes here:
[link]
Albeit in rather obscure formats...
- Mike
[link]

Re: Question for Audio Animator owners...

bluphoe...@a2central.com.remove-9dk-this (BluPhoenyx) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:13:54 UT

To: Mitchell Spector
As I recall, Apple Computer was under legal restrictions from a lawsuit
which restricted sound generation. I don't recall all the details though.
Cheers
Mike T

Re: Videx lowercase ROM image?

e...@juno.com (e p chandler) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:03:02 UT

It's an auxiliary keyboard, designed to generate the characters not
normally available on the Apple 2's keyboard.Also an external keypad
could be connected to it through its 9 pin? connector. Like all of the
keys on the Enhancer 2, it's completely programmable. There was a
multiple key combination that toggled between variou modes of

Re: Fun read

kga...@gamebits.net (Ken Gagne) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:44:46 UT

On Dec 1, 4:35 pm, "sfahey" <sfa...@a2central.com.remove-b 8s-this>
wrote:
There's a great list of Apple II user homepages here:
[link]
I wonder how many of them are blogs and/or have RSS feeds? Hmm.

Re: Display issues with CarteBlanche VGA?

charlied...@vereyezon.net (Charlie) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:20:43 UT

What model Apple are you using the CB in?
I have been using my CarteBlanche in a ROM 01 GS and I have also had
some spurious characters and no mousetext (there is no mousetext on
the "ROM" used in the Carteblanche1.bit). Being that the
CarteBlanche was not made to use on a IIgs I assumed the spurious

Re: Any Interest in Byte Magazine Index?

et...@ncf.ca (Michael Black) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:45:32 UT

Well the cumulative index I just mentioned in another post actually
categorized the articles, which is pretty useful. And the titles
don't always reflect the content. For instance, some of Steve Ciarcia's
projects were either completely for the Apple II or relevant to the Apple
II, yet that often was not in the title.

Re: Any Interest in Byte Magazine Index?

et...@ncf.ca (Michael Black) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:37:27 UT

They had an accumulated index, quite detailed I'd say, in the December
1983 or '84 issue, at the back. I can't remember if they did that
on a regular basis or not.
I suspect a third party did index it, and sell the index, I know there
was a company doing that at that time for magazines.
There was also some sort of overall index to computer magazines, I

Re: Display issues with CarteBlanche VGA?

mdj....@gmail.com (mdj) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:47:27 UT

The CB currently only implements standard Apple II video + 80 columns,
essentially giving you the video of an unenhanced revision A IIe.
Would make a good weekend project for someone who had time to add the
full enhanced IIe character rom and implement the ALTCHR switches in
the CB
Matt

Videx lowercase ROM image?

snhir...@gmail.com (Steven Hirsch) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:32:22 UT

Would someone be kind enough to e-mail me the image for the Videx lowercase
ROM intended for use with the Enhancer II?
Just picked one up on eBay, but I do not believe the ROM is included.
On a related subject: Last year I picked up a Videx accessory that consists
of a flexible circuit board carrying a row of membrane buttons. I thought

Display issues with CarteBlanche VGA?

snhir...@gmail.com (Steven Hirsch) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:11:47 UT

Occasionally I get artifacts on the display when using the CB as a VGA
adapter. These generally consist of spurious characters, normal and inverse.
Also, "MouseText" characters always seem to display as ASCII instead of
symbols and line corners.
Are any other CB users seeing this?
Steve

Re: I'll be at KansasFest 2010 - but you won't know me by sight :)

olivier.zard...@cooperteam.com (Olivier ZARDINI) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:21:55 UT

Hi,
As Antoine said, and I agree, this is history. It is part of the
past.
Nothing has been changed on the pages since then (12 years old !).
You were probably the wrong guy at the wrong place, but putting on
your FTP site the exact copy of Convert 3200 sent to Dr Tom few weeks
before, didn't help to make you as a hero four our point of view, at

Re: Using VGA/LCD monitor with a IIgs?

mjma...@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:50:26 UT

;-)
The duration of a horizontal line is much less problematic than
the fact that this box's input sampler clock will not lock to
a multiple of the IIgs dot clock.
If it won't lock, then it must at least oversample significantly
(3x-4x) to avoid generating a lot of aliasing artifacts.
-michael
NadaNet and AppleCrate II: parallel computing for Apple II computers!

Re: Using VGA/LCD monitor with a IIgs?

mjma...@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:46:26 UT

The real issue is only tangentially related to resolution--it is the
need for the input sampling clock to lock to some multiple of the
16MHz IIgs dot clock.
-michael
NadaNet and AppleCrate II: parallel computing for Apple II computers!
Home page: [link]
"The wastebasket is our most important design

Re: Using VGA/LCD monitor with a IIgs?

mjma...@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:43:42 UT

pitz wrote:
The "dither" is actually a beat (alias) between the box's input sampling
frequency (likely unrelated to output resolution) and the IIgs 16MHz SHR
pixel rate.
-michael
NadaNet and AppleCrate II: parallel computing for Apple II computers!
Home page: [link]
"The wastebasket is our most important design

Re: Any Interest in Byte Magazine Index?

dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:03:40 UT

Don't we all? But that's not going to happen, not from me, at least.

Re: Using VGA/LCD monitor with a IIgs?

sporadica...@gmail.com (sporadic) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:53:15 UT

The Ambery output is set to 1366x768, and the Acer is set to display 1-
to-1 aspect ration without any scaling. I'll try the 640x480 and
1024x768 output tonight, and also try the old Viewsonic 15" to see if
the dithering is "better" with the old CRT. I'm also going to build a
proper cable this weekend, the current cable is one that I spliced and

Re: Any Interest in Byte Magazine Index?

frank_o_r...@hotmail.com (Frank M.) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:03 UT

I'd love to see a PDF version of the complete issues of Byte rather
than just an article index. I recently got a full set of Compute
Magazine PDFs and would love to get Byte and A+ as well. If anyone has
scans/JPGs, I would happily convert everything to PDF. I can also give
advice on scanning and imaging since it's (part of) my bread and

Re: Using VGA/LCD monitor with a IIgs?

pitz.w...@gmail.com (pitz) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:29:28 UT

I'm getting curious about this. As I understand it, the Finder
desktop is 640 across. From the Ambery web site specs, the box can
output 640x480, 1024x768, or 1366x768, depending on switch selection.
I'm guessing that the 640x480 setting is what's been selected. What
about that blue margin around the desktop? If the Ambery box is

Re: Using VGA/LCD monitor with a IIgs?

j...@cimmeri.com (MdntTrain) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:20:41 UT

The problem, I believe, is twofold. One, the IIgs is using
dithering... deliberately displaying, as Michael pointed out,
alternating lines of different colors in order to phosphor mix a new
one. The Ambery is faithfully showing these lines, but your monitor
isn't doing the mixing (as a low dot pitch crt would have).

Re: Using VGA/LCD monitor with a IIgs?

snhir...@gmail.com (Steven Hirsch) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:36:33 UT

Amigas provide a video signal that is closely NTSC-compliant. I think it's an
easier problem.

Re: Using VGA/LCD monitor with a IIgs?

sporadica...@gmail.com (sporadic) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:23:38 UT

Ah ok, it's been so long since I seen the Finder, I don't really
recall how it should look. I had interpreted "crapped out" as no sync/
no display. Well, I think given my intended usage, the Ambery box
still meets my needs so I'm going to keep it until the GS2VGA solution
becomes available. Bummer! I'll send an email to Ambery and see if

Re: Using VGA/LCD monitor with a IIgs?

j...@cimmeri.com (MdntTrain) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:34:50 UT

Spor, see all those alternating lines that Michael points out?
That's what I meant by "crapping out" on the 16mhz (640x200) video.
You do get video, and decent b&w video at that, but I personally find
the striping unacceptable.
jS

Re: Any Interest in Byte Magazine Index?

dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:12:30 UT

Jerrywrote:
Nice. That'll be a great starting point to which I can fill in the gaps in
coverage. I was just planning on listing article title, author, pages, and
magazine issue anyway. Hopefully this won't be too time-consuming.
The magazines are all bound, so any conventional scanning methods will be

Re: I'll be at KansasFest 2010 - but you won't know me by sight :)

antoine.vig...@laposte.net (Toinet) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:58:27 UT

You know, the page is the exact copy of the one written in 1997, there
has been no change in it before I uploaded it this morning. I don't
know who was behind the IUnknown name as your message was not signed,
thanks to your message I know :-)
I don't want to let people know who was bad or good or whatever. As I

Re: Using VGA/LCD monitor with a IIgs?

snhir...@gmail.com (Steven Hirsch) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:29:12 UT

Yes, the Highway 100 does a far better job on the desktop background.
Unfortunately it's also the high-priced spread :-).

Help with CFFA

adam2...@polyex.com (Adam Hall) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:52:17 UT

Somebody from the newsgroup sent me an email a couple of months ago
asking for help with the CFFA card. I unfortuantley accidently deleted
the email and have not been able to find it. If that person would like
to email me again, I would be happy to reply.
Best regards,
Adam Hall

Re: Using VGA/LCD monitor with a IIgs?

mjma...@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:28:18 UT

All the vertical stripes are the problem with 16MHz. Ideally it would
be a non-distracting solid light blue (produced by a 16MHz dither
between dark blue and white [8MHz fundamental]).
-michael
NadaNet and AppleCrate II: parallel computing for Apple II computers!
Home page: [link]

Re: How is the IIgs beep generated?

mjma...@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:59:52 UT

mdj wrote:
That shows you how little I use the IIgs! ;-)
But since it's done by toggling the speaker, with a processor speed
of 1MHz, it can certainly be generated on any Apple II.
-michael
NadaNet and AppleCrate II: parallel computing for Apple II computers!
Home page: [link]