[Blindapple] Anyone still here? And a few software requests

Jayson Smith ratguy at insightbb.com
Wed Jan 20 17:35:24 EST 2010 

Hi,

     Pending another response or two from the Usenet, I should hopefully 
have a better solution which will also allow you to receive disk images on 
your Apple. But I'm making one very big assumption here. Are you using a 
Windows PC? If not, this might complicate things, as I've never used ADT on 
a Mac.
     Which GS port are you connecting to the PC? In other words, what slot 
do you use to output text or data from the GS? The reason I ask is, this new 
version of ADT will by default use the modem port in slot 2. Furthermore, as 
far as I know, this program won't talk, so configuring it for something 
different might be a bit of a problem.
Thanks.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Bryant" <louis at braillesoft.net>
To: "Blind Apple Discussions" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindapple] Anyone still here? And a few software requests


> Hi. How cool, I'll do it in my sparetime. Thank you.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
> To: "Blind Apple Discussions" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindapple] Anyone still here? And a few software requests
>
>
>> Okay, here you go. Before starting, insure the Apple and PC can
>> successfully
>> communicate over the serial port, but that goes without saying!
>>
>> 1. Start with a scratch disk formatted as DOS 3.3, and have DOS 3.3
>> booted.
>> 2. Send this program to the Apple.
>>
>> --- Start of program
>>
>> 430 START = 8192:BUF = 9000: FOR A = START TO START + 28
>> 440  READ V: POKE A,V: NEXT
>> 450  DATA
>> 169,32,160,8,32,217,3,96,1,96,1,0,17,15,25,32,40,35,0,0,1,0,0,96,1,0,1,239,216
>> 460 R = 1:W = 2
>>
>>
>> --- End of program
>>
>> 3. Run this program. There should be no output.
>> 4. Type this command.
>> bsave disk access,a8192,l29
>> 5. Now send this program to the Apple. If your serial connection is not 
>> in
>> slot 1, replace PR#1 with PR#X where X is the proper slot number.
>>
>> --- Start of program
>>
>> 0  PRINT  CHR$ (4),"BLOAD DISK ACCESS"
>> 1  GET A$
>> 2 A$ = ""
>> 3 CR$ =  CHR$ (13)
>> 4  PR# 1
>> 10  FOR T = 0 TO 34
>> 20  FOR S = 0 TO 15
>> 30  POKE 8204,T: POKE 8205,S
>> 40  CALL 8192
>> 50  FOR N = 9000 TO 9255
>> 60  PRINT  PEEK (N);: PRINT CR$;
>> 70  NEXT N: NEXT S: NEXT T
>> 80  GET A$
>> 90  PR# 0
>>
>> --- End of program
>>
>> 6. Save this program. Type
>> save send disk
>> 7. Although I seriously doubt this program will damage anything, until 
>> you
>> know it's working properly, I would suggest trying it on disks that 
>> either
>> you don't care about, or you have multiple copies, or can quickly make a
>> throwaway copy in case something goes wrong. I think this is an
>> unnecessary
>> precaution, but better to waste a few minutes making copies than risk
>> losing
>> irreplaceable software!
>> 8. When you run this program, nothing is printed. When disk activity
>> stops,
>> remove your disk and insert the disk to be imaged. At this point, start a
>> capture buffer session or ASCII receive on your PC. When that's set up,
>> and
>> the disk is inserted, press any key to begin the transfer. It will take a
>> few minutes, as the data is transferred sector by sector. Should you hear
>> the dreaded buzzzzzzzz! of a disk head recalibration, DOS had trouble
>> reading that sector, so its contents are probably not valid. Hopefully 
>> you
>> won't get much of that!
>> 9. To know when the program is done, just listen to the disk drive. If a
>> long time goes by without the motor coming on, chances are it's done.
>> Also,
>> if you have Textalker loaded, it will probably say "Ready" when it's 
>> done.
>> A
>> twiddle dump works wonders here!
>> 10. Stop your capture or ASCII receive. What you will have is a file
>> containing lots of numbers. Send this file to me privately. For best
>> results, I'd recommend sending the files as attachments, and if you want
>> to
>> save bandwidth, zip them. Since it's all numbers, they should zip up 
>> quite
>> nicely. My address, scrambled for spam prevention, is.
>> rat guy at insightbb dot com.
>> 11. I will take your file and turn it into a disk image, hopefully! Until
>> we
>> can see if this is going to work, please don't go all out and crazy,
>> imaging
>> every disk you have. Just image one or two, to make sure this is working.
>> It's been years since I used these programs, and I wrote them for my own
>> use, never figuring on anyone else using them.
>> Hope this helps!
>> Jayson
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Louis Bryant" <louis at braillesoft.net>
>> To: "Blind Apple Discussions" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindapple] Anyone still here? And a few software requests
>>
>>
>>> Hi. I'd love to! This seems really cool! Thanks.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
>>> To: "Blind Apple Discussions" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 10:06 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindapple] Anyone still here? And a few software requests
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>     I just posted to the Usenet newsgroup comp.sys.apple2. I'm going to
>>>> have to find out if there's a version of Apple Disk Transfer that works
>>>> with
>>>> the GS ports and can send disk images. I know I had a version for the 
>>>> GS
>>>> ports, but it could only receive images, not send them. In the 
>>>> meantime,
>>>> I
>>>> do have a very crude way you could get images to me if you wanted. It
>>>> would
>>>> involve you sending a few Basic programs to your Apple to save on a
>>>> disk,
>>>> then using them to send disk images to the PC, which would then have to
>>>> be
>>>> sent to me to create .dsk files. It would only let you send images, not
>>>> receive them. If you're interested in pursuing this avenue until we can
>>>> get
>>>> something better going, please let me know.
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Jayson
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Louis Bryant" <louis at braillesoft.net>
>>>> To: "Blind Apple Discussions" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:54 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindapple] Anyone still here? And a few software 
>>>> requests
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi. I only have the internal ports to my knowledge. I don't know much
>>>>> about
>>>>> the GS hardware. I do have an Apple IIgs to PC serial port also and 
>>>>> can
>>>>> send
>>>>> ASCII text back-and-forth, but I haven't tried any others. Any help 
>>>>> you
>>>>> can
>>>>> give will be quite awesome, as I want more stuff for this thing from
>>>>> online.
>>>>> People still build software and downloadable disk images for it and I
>>>>> want
>>>>> to experiment and see what they've got on a2central.com. HTH.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
>>>>> To: "Blind Apple Discussions" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:48 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindapple] Anyone still here? And a few software
>>>>> requests
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I know you have a GS, since we've talked before. But, do you have
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> Super Serial card or just the internal GS ports? I can probably 
>>>>>> figure
>>>>>> out
>>>>>> some way for you to get me a disk image. Do you have, or can you get,
>>>>>> your
>>>>>> GS hooked up to a PC via serial port?
>>>>>> Thanks. I'd love to get this disk!
>>>>>> Jayson
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "Louis Bryant" <louis at braillesoft.net>
>>>>>> To: "Blind Apple Discussions" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:29 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Blindapple] Anyone still here? And a few software
>>>>>> requests
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi. I do have Talking writer with Talking Writer, Dragon Maze, Space
>>>>>>> Invaders, Music Game, Voice Control, ETC. I can mail you a copy,
>>>>>>> unless
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> have the time to show me what exactly I need to do to make disk
>>>>>>> images.
>>>>>>> HTH.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>>> From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
>>>>>>> To: "Apple Discussions" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:26 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: [Blindapple] Anyone still here? And a few software requests
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I know this is a silly question for the moderator of a list to ask,
>>>>>>>>but
>>>>>>>>is
>>>>>>>> anyone actually still here who's interested in Apple II stuff? I'm
>>>>>>>> looking
>>>>>>>> for a few software titles, and wondering if anyone has them. First
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> talking disk that says "Talking Disk" and has Talking Writer, 
>>>>>>>> Typing
>>>>>>>> Game,
>>>>>>>> Dragon Maze, Space Invaders, Music Game, and Voice Control. I used
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> copy, but not any more. Also, does anyone have Type Talk by Lorin
>>>>>>>> Software?
>>>>>>>> I have a copy, but it has a bad sector. This program is copy
>>>>>>>> protected,
>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>> there's a way to get around that for copying and/or imaging
>>>>>>>> purposes.
>>>>>>>> Are
>>>>>>>> there any collections you know of, where I can find disk images of
>>>>>>>> talking
>>>>>>>> software, other than what I've published?
>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>> Jayson
>>>>>>>>
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