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Open Mike Back Issues
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Celestin Company
1152 Hastings Avenue
Port Townsend, WA 98368
206 385 3767 voice
206 385 3586 fax
Updated 1 May 1993
If you would like to order a back issue of Open Mike, use the handy order form at the end of this document. What follows is a description of the previous issues of Open Mike.
January 1993
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Order No. 7007-001 - Open Mike 001
Price: $10
Available Electronically
Recursion Simplified: How to write recursive scripts in MicroPhone, and what to use them for, including directory management tasks.
Promptly I Said: How to deal with annoying prompts, dynamic prompts, or prompts that may never even show up. Includes various script examples, showing different ways of dealing with prompt problems.
Modem May I? Have two machines, one at work, one at home, with different modems? Here are a few tricks to make your settings document switch modem drivers automatically.
Iconographically Yours - a dozen different full-color icons, ready to install into MicroPhone's MPToolBox.
DialogerPro Tutorial part 1 - a step-by-step introduction to the wonderful world of GUI (graphical user interface) design and scripting. Part 1 discusses simple dialogs, and takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a dialog in ResEdit, and then manipulating it in MicroPhone.
February 1993
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Order No. 7007-002 - Open Mike 002
Price: $10
Available Electronically
Modular Design - a look at modules and how to use them. Includes several module scripts you can use in your own settings documents.
MicroBBS - Here is MicroBBS, a newly written, full-featured BBS, including auto-registration of users and messaging. It's ready-to-use and fully-commented.
How About a Date? - This is a collection of scripts that do nothing but return the current date in various formats, all fully-commented. Includes techniques for inserting leading zeros in numbers, as well as determining the day-of-week.
Iconographically Yours - Theme: Roadside Attractions - signs along the side of the road.
DP Tutorial Pt.2 - The second installment in our ongoing DialogerPro tutorial. Learn how to use hit handlers, to give you full control of dialogs. ResEdit 2.1 is required (available from Apple or on many commercial services and BBSes).
March 1993
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Order No. 7007-003 - Open Mike 003
Price: $10
Available Electronically
Question & Answer - We get questions, and here is our attempt to answer them. If you are looking for a particular solution to a particular problem, this is a good place to begin your search.
Hacker's Hangout - This month's definition of hack: a piece of code that serves no useful function by itself, except to bring attention to the person that created it. Just because MicroPhone's script language isn't a true language like C or Pascal, it doesn't mean you can't hack around with it. Some of the best (and worst) hacks have come from people developing tools in script languages. Here are some examples for your perusal.
Iconographically Yours - Another dozen icons with a postal theme.
Funky Functions - If you've used a language such as C or Pascal, you've probably seen the libraries that are available for use by your programs. Well, here is an attempt to give you this functionality in MicroPhone. Here are some "functions" that you can use in any of your settings documents.
DP Tutorial Pt.3 - The third and final installment in our DialogerPro tutorial. Learn how list boxes work. ResEdit 2.1 is required (available from Apple or on many commercial services and BBSes).
April 1993
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Order No. 7007-004 - Open Mike 004
Price: $10
Available Electronically
Question & Answer - We get questions, and here is our attempt to answer them. If you are looking for a particular solution to a particular problem, this is a good place to begin your search.
Hacker's Hangout - This month's definition of hack: know where you are at a glance, without having to grab your checkbook or look on the wall at the other end of the room. You'll be playing the numbers game with this hack!
Iconographically Yours - A grab bag of a dozen icons, ready to install into your MPToolBox file, for use by all of your settings documents.
Funky Functions II - If you've used a language such as C or Pascal, you've probably seen the libraries that are available for use by your programs. Well, here is an attempt to give you this functionality in MicroPhone. Here are some "functions" that you can use in any of your settings documents.
Other Products
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Order No. 7001 - CompUnite High-Speed Mac Modem Cable
Price: $14
Many Macintosh users and retailers are unaware that high-speed modems, such as the new SupraFAXModem v.32bis, require a special hardware handshaking cable for optimum performance. The CompUnite High-Speed Mac Modem Cable supports hardware handshaking; its support of DTR also makes it compatible with standard modems as well as software packages such as Appletalk Remote Access.
The CompUnite High-Speed Mac Modem Cable is a BMUG Choice Product. BMUG is the largest Macintosh user group in the world. According to the Spring 1993 BMUG Newsletter, "Most high speed modems can take advantage of hardware handshaking modem cables. They can increase data throughput by up to 20%. Generally the cables you get at the store don't support it, and those that do tend to cost over $25. These [CompUnite] cables work fine with non-high speed modems as well, and that's cool."
Order No. 7006 - CompUnite Standard Mac Modem Cable
Price: $7
This is a standard Mac modem cable. It does not support hardware handshaking, but is quality molded cable, similar in appearance to the CompUnite High-Speed Mac Modem Cable.
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