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

Louis Bryant louis at braillesoft.net
Wed Jan 20 19:51:43 EST 2010 

Hi. Yep, it is a Windows PC. Thanks, and the modem port or even printer port 
is fine. Thanks.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
To: "Blind Apple Discussions" <blindapple at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindapple] Anyone still here? And a few software requests


> 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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