Hey, readers, you too can appear in Softdisk G╤S. Are you having fun? Do you have any comments or questions? Any requests? Write in and you too could have your letter published. The following list of people all sent in letters with program ideas, wishes, etc. I certainly appreciate your input.
Why does the clip art appear in lots of colors in your display mode, yet when I get into AWGS, the colors are different (i.e. sometimes all shades of blues or all shades of orange instead of multi-color)? Please keep the answer simple; preferably 25 words or less. I tried to change the palette colors in AWGS, but that didn╒t give me multi-colors, just different shades of the main color.
Keep up your excellent work╤╤can╒t wait for those AWGS templates and I like all the graphics╤╤clip art and PS. Tell Spencer I live for his work each month. He╒s inspired me to try my hand at designing; however, my ╥works of art╙ are still a far cry from being remotely Spencer quality.
Lesa Farmer
Kansas City, KS
P.S. Funny story for you: I bought a magazine the other day about that ╥other computer╙ Apple makes. In the Letters column, all those Mac users are complaining about the fact that Apple doesn╒t provide them any support (at this point I had to check the cover to make sure WHICH magazine I was reading╤╤it all sounded so deja vu). Since Apple has crossed the II off its list and the Mac people say Apple isn╒t supporting them, just what exactly is Apple doing out there in their fantasyland? Are they too busy counting all their money? Do they even live there anymore? Has anyone actually seen an Apple employee? Just wondering.
Dear Lesa,
Your graphics question will, hopefully, be answered by the illustrious Spencer (no pun intended) next month.
I heard Apple is creating an Appleland for Northern California. Admission prices will be expensive, there will be long lines at all the rides, very few workers to pester for directions, and, when you come back next summer to visit your favorite ride, they╒ll try to talk you into riding the new and improved ╥whatever╙ (for a small fee, of course).
In all seriousness, there are REAL Apple employees. Some of them actually working on Apple II stuff. We╒ll keep you posted!
I have one 3.5-inch drive and two 5.25-inch drives. If I load an article or anything text, and I have the wrong disk in, the screen clears and a dialog box appears alerting me to insert the correct disk. The problem is in order in which these events occur. I can╒t actually see the dialog box, even though I know it╒s there because the screen is blank. It would make me feel better if I could see the dialog box.
Your graphics are outstanding, especially for Storm Ruins and the Dark Designs opening screens. The IBM can impress me, but the IIGS can take my breath away!
I look forward to the new WordWorks. I still use AppleWorks 3.0 for papers and stuff because I don╒t have a full-fledged desktop publisher that works right.
I like the articles, and the more technical the better.
I ╥grew up╙ with Copy II+. It gave me a feeling of power. I don╒t like the Installer. Why do we have to use that to copy files? Does it have something to do with the new GS/OS?
Puzzle-type games like Moku or Lift-A-Gon are cool, but they get old kinda quick. I╒d rather have an application or utility than that type of game.
Storm Ruin╒s keys (for doors, not for pressing) work only on the level you found them on. The program forgets to clear the key box after completion of the level, but I╒m more than willing to forgive, since I love the game.
Issue #36╒s, Canasta, won╒t let you take back cards you╒ve put on a stack╤╤you have to start the whole round over again. Blah! But otherwise, it╒s a cool game.
I╒ve gotten some good Softdisks lately. One MAJOR gripe I have about this issue (#42) is that I am almost positive that, for some reason, it is impossible to run Rescue Rover with 1.25 MB and a Zip chip. I called Tech Support a time or two and they advised me to disable the Zip chip. The problem is, you need a CDA to disable it. So I booted it up with DAs and inits off, ran DA Runner, and disabled the chip. Then I tried running Rescue Rover with the Zip CDA both in memory and removed, and with and without using Memory Manager to purge memory. My cache should only be 8K for the Zip chip, so I don╒t know why I keep falling 30 or 40K short of 800K every time. I even opened my GS and flipped the DIP switch to disable the Zip chip and it still didn╒t work. Well, I╒m probably getting a 4 MB upgrade soon, so I╒ll be able to run it. Otherwise, it LOOKS like a great game.
I, like you folks, see no need to be hostile to Jay or Spencer in regard to their written content. I don╒t imagine eliminating any of their material would free up more than 1K of disk space anyway! (╥Wow, since we dumped Jay, we╒ve had room enough for another whole application!╙)
Analyst 1.2 is great, but it╒s also hell to load unless you have two drives or a RAM disk. Zak, what do you do, access the system once for every single Tool set? I almost shot myself because I thought the disk swapping would never end.
Another thing, when I put WordWorks on a RAM disk with Finder, I couldn╒t print these report cards out. First, when I loaded this one, it said right away that the file╒s layout had been altered and that I should check Page Setup. I couldn╒t check Page Setup OR Print It because when I selected either, the screen said make sure you have selected the correct printer and driver. This did not happen when I just ran it from your SDGS System 6. I╒m assuming that it╒s because this program requires the DC Printer thing in the Control Panel DA.
On the same subject, when I load these report cards, the window is bigger than the screen, so I can never see the last line or two of my letter or resize the window unless I mess around with Stack Windows for a while.
And a little question... What do you guys use to program? I fell in love with Merlin 16+╒s st
