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- From: dmag@engin.umich.edu (Daniel Demaggio )
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,umich.archives
- Subject: [comp.sys.apple2] The UMICH Apple II archive guide (1/24/93)
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- Date: 25 Jan 1993 03:15:40 GMT
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- Summary: Info about the Apple II archives at umich.edu
- Keywords: ftp, shareware, gopher, freeware, apple2
-
- ____________________________________________________________________________
- The Hitchhicker's Guide to the UMICH Apple II Archives
- ____________________________________________________________________________
-
- Contents:
- - Finding your way around the UMICH Apple II archive
- - Dan's favorite programs from each category
- - A list of the various communications programs
- - How to decode files on the archive
-
- ============================================================================
- Finding your way around the UMICh Apple II archive
- ============================================================================
- What:
- The UMICH Apple II archives are a storage place for new an old Apple II
- software, including the Apple ][+, //e and IIGS. Check out the files in
- the apple2/faq directory for everything you ever wanted to know about
- the Apple II.
-
- Why:
- For Apple II enthusiasts everywhere. (BTW: people still program on it!
- Check out the newsgroup comp.sys/binaries.apple2 if you don't believe me.
-
- Who:
- You can e-mail comments, suggestions, homework problems, etc to:
- apple2-archivist@archive.umich.edu or dmag@umich.edu
-
- Where:
- The UMICH Apple II archives are avaliable via AFS in the directory
- /afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive. If you don't have AFS, you can use
- anonymous FTP to:
- apple2.archive.umich.edu apple2
- wuarchive.wustl.edu mirrors/archive.umich.edu/mac
- src.doc.ic.ac.uk packages/mac/umich
- archie.au micros/mac/umich
-
- How?
- There are several ways to find files on the Apple II portion of the
- archive:
-
- 1) the file "00ls-lRfile" contains a list of all the files.
- 2) In each direcory under 8bit (all Apples) and gs (Apple II GS only),
- there is an INFO file. It contains pointers to my favorite programs
- in that directory
- 3) At the start of each file is a short header giving a description,
- contents, key words, etc.
- 4) At some point in the future, I will take these descriptions and put
- them in 1 file. As soon as I figure out Perl, that is.
-
- ============================================================================
- Dan's favorites
- ============================================================================
- 8bit/archivers - Programs to compress/archive files
- binscii Makes programs/archives into text files. You need this!
- shrinkit Unshrinks programs. You need this too!
-
- 8bit/basic - Programming under AppleSoft Basic
- como Save screen output to file
- dhr Use double-high rez graphics from basic
- messydos Use MS/DOS commands (CD, DIR) in basic
-
- 8bit/game - games for all Apple IIs
- wheel Wheel-Of-Fortune with good graphics
- columns a great tetris work-alike
- lifelike for those intrested in the game of 'Life'
-
- 8bit/shell - Program launchers, Command Line Interperters
- Davex A great shell for the Apple II, writen by Dave Lyons!
- SSelect A replacement for ProDos quit code w/cool interface
-
- 8bit/util - Utilities
- A2FX Allows //e to read Mac 800K disks
- chameleon Convert between CP/M, Pascal, ProDos & Dos 3.3
- dearc Extracts from ARC archives
- fazz Painlessly change filetypes
- msdos.cnvt Read MS/DOS disks [needs High Density Drive & card]
- setup.sys Automatically execute programs (i.e. clock drivers) on boot
-
- gs/arch - Archivers for the GS
- gscii Binscii for the GS, as an NDA!
- shrinkitGS _THE_ program to use for archiving on the GS.
-
- gs/demo - Demonstration versions of real programs
- crystalquest Great arcade game w/great sounds. Better than the Mac!
- rade.demo An Applesoft debugger written for the GS
- t.forcedemo TaskForce GS demo. Arcade game with lots of action
- dream.grphx Demo of DreamGraphics, a 3200 color paint program
- symbolix.demo Demo of Symbolix, a math manipulation program
- gstdemo Demo of GSTape, a SCSI tape backup utility
-
- gs/game - Fun & Games for the GS
- one-armed-bandit, milestones great graphics & sounds
- BJtutor, solgolf, video poker card games
- montecarlo, pyramid card games
- plotting fun game
- roge ported from unix - text D&D
- quadronome a must-see. 3D racquet ball.
- tetrotrix, columns Tetris look alikes
- gamenda 3 fun games: Mines and 2 tetris work-alikes
-
- gs/graphics - programs with lots of color & graphics:
- fillmaze Run through a 3-D maze
- plasmalab Fun to play with, several games in one
- shrconvert Interchange several graphics formats
- dvoirv131 Plays soundsmith songs and views 3200 color pics
- pics.3200 A directory with a few 3200 Color pics
- fta.gate A driving game
- fta.harrier Space Harrier, the video game, but you don't die
- fta.nucleus The orignal demo that took the GS world by storm
- fta.ferno A cool, Marble Maddness like game.
-
- gs/gsos/cda - Classic Desk Accessories (text based)
- niftylist THE programmers utility - Does everything, knows everything.
- areacode If you need that sort of thing
- calendar short, sweet and to the point
- errorcodes list of error codes for PRODOS, Basic, GSOS
- tooltrace a utility for programmers
-
- gs/gsos/cdev - Control Panel Devices
- automenus automagicly pull down menus by moving over them
-
- gs/gsos/fext - System 6 Finder Extensions
- Do everything from view pictures to play sounds from the Finder!
-
- gs/gsos/init - Startup items
- desktopimg puts a background picture on your desktop
- next.color gives you a Next-like feel
- vmmp for ROM03 programmers
- guimaster give your GS a new look
-
- gs/gsos/nda - New Desk Accessories (graphical)
- cronos the best of the menubar clocks - time, date, stopwatch, etc.
- memorybar the best of the 'free memory' NDAs - click on it!
- packman It's Pacman!
- scrapbook just like as the Mac version - save pics, sounds, etc.
-
- gs/util - Utilities (for non-programmers)
- resource.spy Convert Mac icons, fonts to GS!
- gs.spy a menu-bar hard drive light
-
- ===========================================================================
- Communications Programs
- ===========================================================================
- 8bit/comm - Telecommunications programs for all Apple IIs
- gs/comm - Telecommunications programs for the GS
-
- Program Comp Emulations Protocols Note
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ProTerm E$ PSE, VT-100 Kermit, X,Y,Z-modem From InSync
- Kermit-65 E VT-100 Kermit, X-modem Hard to use,Works on ][+
- Z-Link E VT-100 X-modem Good.
- CommSys E none X-modem Works on ][+
- TIC E$ VT-52 (+) X-modem For hackers. From Q-Labs
- Agate E mono ANSI X,(Y,Z rec'v only) Unpacks ZIP, Buggy
- ColorTerm GS color ANSI X-modem Desktop based
- MegaTerm GS color ANSI none ProDOS 8
- ANSITerm GS$ color ANSI, PSE X,Y,Z-modem Haven't seen it.
- SnowTerm GS VT-100 (+) none Desktop based
- FreeTerm GS none X-modem Desktop based
- GenComm GS none none Text, Shell Compat.
- GSVT GS VT-100 none Desktop
- GTerm GS color ANSI none Written in BASIC/ML
- Telcom GS VT-100, PSE X, (Y rec'v only) Shell compat
- ----------Key:---------
- Key: $ = A commercial program [i.e. not available in the archive!!]
- Computer: E = works on GS and //e, GS = only works on GS
-
- The All-Time best program is ProTerm. If you can't afford it, then
- I would suggest Z-link (if you don't need the Kermit protocol) or
- Kermit-65 (if you do)
-
- ===========================================================================
- How to decode files on the archive:
- ===========================================================================
- The main programs you will need are called BINSCII and SHRINKIT.
- Most files are in .BSQ format, which means it's a SHRINKIT archive inside
- a BINSCII wrapper.
- Instead of boring you will the full story, you can look in the
- apple2/help directory for the full story!
-
- Sea ya!
- Dan DeMaggio
- dmag@enign.umich.edu <or> dmag@umich.edu
-
- ============================Apple II Forever===============================
- P.S. I'm graduating in May, so I'm looking for an Apple II enthusiast
- to take over the Apple II archive maintenance. E-mail me!
- ============================Apple II Forever===============================
- --
- -=- Dan DeMaggio -=- dmag@caen.engin.umich.edu -=-
- "That is really incredible. That is truly incredible. That is so
- incredibly incredible that I think I'd like to steal it." -Zaphod
-