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^^^^^^^^^^*by JACK SUGHRUE, Box
459, East Douglas, MA 01516*
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^#13
^^^^^^^the VCR CONNECTION
I think one of the most exciting
things to happen in our 99 world is
the advent of tutorial and conference
videos.
Almost everyone has a VCR, the
ownership of which can now open new
worlds to 99 and Geneve users. Now
that VCRs are coming down in price,
more and more groups and individuals
are using this tool to enhance their
computer activities and share their
computer knowledge.
The unquestioned master of this
new genre is Dr.^Charles Good of the
Lima, Ohio, group. Videos have been
around for some time and made their
first TI existence about five or six
years ago at the Chicago Fair. Some
of the big-wiggies were interviewed
and some screens were shown of
different pieces of software. This
amateur tape circulated for a year or
so around lots of user groups. We
(then still in the millions, it
seemed) watched transfixed as new and
exciting things were explained and
shown to us.
Then drought.
Well, even though there were some
other videos around here andthere,
the drought really ended when Charlie
took up the cause with a vengeance.
Not only does the Lima group make a
monthly tape of the demos of their
meetings, but they have amassed a
vast TI tape library. I have on my
desk (all from Lima) the following:
NEVER RELEASED OFFICIAL TI MODULES,
TI MULTI-USER GROUP CONFERENCE 1988,
CONFERENCE 1989 (2 tapes), CONFERENCE
1990 (3 tapes), MBX REQUIRED GAMES,
FUNNELWEB v4.2 DEMO, and DON
ALEXANDER'S GENEVE SOFTWARE DEMO.
These 10 tapes run about 50 hours!
They are filled with all sorts of
people demonstrating (or discussing
or teaching) all sorts of TI things.
I'll list a few.
Karl Romstedt - friendly general
loader and label printing software in
XB with assembly routines; Harold
Hoyt - useful applications of Steve
Karesek's SUPER BASIC; Irwin Hott -
using ALSAVE to imbed assembly code
with an XB program; Bill Hudson - an
assembly language prescan for XB;
Multiplan Tutorial - presented by
Great Lakes Computer Group; PLUS! -
demonstrated by Jack Sughrue; Geneve
- demonstrated by Edu Comp; Horizon
Ramdisk - discussed by Bud Mills;
Home Control 99 - demonstrated by
Paul Wheeler; The Future of User
Groups - discussion led by Charles
Good and Dave Szippl of the Lima
Group; A Blind Person Using the TI -
demonstrated by Irwin Hott; NUTS &&
BOLTS - demonstrated by Jim Peterson;
GENE III - demonstrated by Dick
Berry; Output to a VCR - shown by
John Perkins; 1000 WORDS - author
Norman Rokke demonstrates this
Artist/text conversion file; Barry
Traver - contents of Genial Traveler
and linking XB to assembly via CALL
LINK; Chris Bobbitt - recent and
future releases from Asgard; Andy
Frueh - music programming on the 4a;
Ron Markus - the DIJIT AVPC 80-column
card; Jim Horn - services on
COMPUSERVE; Martin Smoley - TI BASE
tutorial; Paul Scheidemantle -
converting from one Artist format to
another and tips and tricks; Steve
Karasek - SUPERBASIC 2.0; Karl
Romstedt - Panorama, a new artist
program; Milo Tsukroff - MX-DOS v3.0
an icon/joystick based program loader
with disk management features; Beery
Miller - future software for the
Geneve; Jim Peterson - using Don
Shorock's Kana Filer that speaks and
writes (with TEII) Japanese and
drills vocabulary; Bruce Harrison -
secrets of assembly language
programming to make TI music; Gary
Bowser - Rambo review module library
box; Gary Taylor - demonstration of
TI's Compact Computer 40, TI's Hex
Bux peripherals, and Mechatronics Hex
Bus Drive; and lots more.
This should give you a good idea
of the kinds of things available each
May just from the annual Lima Fair
(called "T.I. Multi User Group
Conference," for some unknown
reason). Each of these six-hour
tapes use cameras on the tutor while
cutting into the screen
electronically when something is
being shown. These tapes get better
and better each year, and the editing
techniques are superb. Although I
haven't been able to attend the last
two years, I felt I got a big part of
the fair sent to me. I know a lot of
other homebound TI acquaintances feel
the same. It's norealsubstitute
for being at the fair, of course, but
it's a great second best. The TI
experts are at your beck and call in
your home any time you want them.
In addition to all these fair
tapes, there are numerous "single
theme" jobs also available. Don
Alexander of Macon, Georgia, for
example, does a fine job with the
Geneve. I think this one is better
for someone who has used the Geneve
for awhile, though. I hope someone
eventually does a truly step-by-step
basic tutorial of the Geneve, maybe
even a full six hours. It is sorely
needed.
Charlie has also done theme
tapes, such as MBX (where he steps
through all the MBX modules) and
UNRELEASED (where he plays and
discusses all the delightful
unreleased TI modules). I found both
these tapes fascinating, particularly
the UNRELEASED, as I could load them
onto my SUPERCART or my GENEVE.
Charlie's FUNNELWEB 4.2 DEMO is a
classic. The viewer is taken through
every step of the FWB configuration
process that (for some strange
reason) frightened so many people.
Though the tape is similar to
Charlie's tutorials in the BITS,
BYTES && PIXELS newsletter he edits
for Lima, it is far more extensive
and much clearer, as you can see and
hear everything being done live. I
can't imagine anyone not being able
to perform FWB magic after viewing
this tape.
To get more information about
these tapes (and/or join the Lima
Group by mail which I would HIGHLY
recommend), contact Charles Good, PO
Box 647, Venedocia, OH 45894.
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ANOTHER GOLDEN GOODIE
There is another great video now
available to TI owners: the
full-length LOGO video done by Eunice
Spooner (RFD 1, Box 3720, Webb Road,
Waterville, ME 04901). It is
wonderful! It also comes with a disk
full of lots of the items she demos
and a hardcopy listing of the items
and footage for easy tape locations.
Eunice is a certified elementary
teacher and it is obvious on this
tape. She's teriffic: kind, patient,
step-by-step logical, no panic; and
she makes everything seem easy and
fun. Which it is, if you do the
things she suggests.
I always liked LOGO. Then I put
it away for a long time. After
viewing this tape and trying her
programs, I discovered I LOGO.
If you own LOGO, get this package
instantly. At $10 it is a total
steal. And it is used as a
fundraiser to support the only ALL
KIDS TI USER GROUP IN THE WORLD! If
you don't own LOGO, buy it instantly.
(It's on sale everywhere CHEAP! I
paid $119 for my first and recently
bought an unboxed one for $15.) But,
new or used, pick one up for this
video/disk set alone. You'll
rediscover the joys of computing and
the real fun (and learning, which is
why it is fun) of your remarkable 4a.
Don't delay.
[If you use NEW-AGE/99 please
put me on your exchange list.]
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