Little Bits
By Andrew Roughan
Copyright (c) 1995 Apple Users' Group, Sydney
Republished from Applecations, a publication of the Apple Users' Group, Sydney, Australia.
o Animasia 3-D, a desktop application that creates animations using three-dimensional models, has now been released for the Apple IIgs. I hope to include the press release in next months magazine. The price is US$99 plus US$8.50 shipping and handling. At this time, only checks or money orders are accepted.
Animasia
3324 Vishaal Drive
Orlando, FL 32817
(407)380-9932
animasia@genie.geis.com.
o In my AppleWorks 5.0 review in last month's magazine, I stated that I have been having problems with stability. These problems have been reduced, but not eliminated, by turning off my Transwarp GS. I'm still experiencing crashes which I can't reproduce. Other people feel that AppleWorks 5.0 is very stable.
The ImageWriter printer driver that shipped pre-installed with some versions of AppleWorks 5.0 apparently has some problems. Anyone using this driver is advised to remove the ImageWriter printer from AW 5 and then reinstall it.
Here's the first official bug fix: AppleWorks 5.0 crashes when you attempt to save a Data Base file which has multiple label-style reports containing background text. To solve the problem, patch the following bytes in SEG.AW:
Offset Original Change to
------ -------- ---------
47C6 2D 20
47E6 20 3F
47E7 6F A9 32 8D BA 5C AD AA 77 60
4F30 AD 20 5B 55
Note: In the latter two, only the original first byte is given. Obviously other bytes are being replaced by the new sequences.
o Ever wondered what those RamFAST fatal memory fault codes really mean? Well here's a table of them:
$00 - unknown, probably means your card is very confused
$01-$08 - DRAM memory test failure
$09 - EPROM Checksum failure
$0C - Z180 processor crashed, indicates some hardware fault
$0D - error writing cached data to disk device
$0E - Termination power error
o All Apple II type assignments including filetypes, sound types, scrap types, resource types, and request codes are now handled by Apple II Programmers' and Developers' RoundTable on GEnie. If you need an assignment contact A2PRO.HELP@GEnie.geis.com
o Brutal Deluxe, the group responsible for The Tinies and Cogito on the Apple IIgs, recently released another game called Blockade GS. Unfortunately for Apple IIgs gamers they did not seek permission from the original author of the Macintosh product. Pending the outcome of legal action, all distribution of Blockade GS is to cease.
o AV Systems, Inc., who claim to be the largest producers of Apple II programs in the school market, are printing a catalogue of their 430 disks which they will gladly send you for free if requested. They believe that a lot of their titles will be of interest to those in the home market.
AV Systems
Box 60533
Santa Barbara, CA 93160
(805)569-1618
avsystem@rain.org
CompuServe 70415,1420
o Sequential Systems have released a "SCSI-2 CDROM driver for the Apple Hi Speed SCSI card". This driver allows audio CD's to be played using the Media Controller desk accessory.
The driver is available for US$24.95.
Sequential Systems
1200 Diamond Circle
Lafayette, CO 80026
(303)666-4549
o Are you an Apple II user? If you've read this far then you probably are. Is the club meeting your needs? Do you want the magazine or the meetings to cover a specific topic? Have you got any questions about the Apple II or software? Please write in and let us know! What do you use your II for? Hypercard? Word processing? programming? egg sorting? We want to know, so tell us about it!

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