Re: CiderPress v2.1.0 released

["Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com>]

I'm curious...how did you figure out how to decode audio into bytes???


"Andy McFadden" <fadden@fadden.com> wrote in message 
news:C_vmd.5622$_3.75634@typhoon.sonic.net...
> faddenSoft is pleased to announce the release of CiderPress v2.1.  This
> update includes several new features and bug fixes.
>
> ** Cassette Tape Decoder
>
> Have you bought some cassette tapes on eBay but can't find the time to
> unpack them on your Apple II?  Here's an easier way: capture the tape
> on your PC in a WAV file, and use CiderPress to decode it.
>
> From a medium-quality recording (22.05KHz 8-bit mono recommended),
> CiderPress will automatically find every program on the tape, and
> determine its type (Applesoft, Integer, binary) and length automatically.
> Try different decoding strategies on tapes that have degraded to the
> point where they no longer work on a real Apple II.
>
> The extracted files are written to the currently-open disk or file 
> archive.
>
> ** Monitor-Style Disassembly
>
> Display 6502 and 65816 code in a format identical to the system monitor.
> Three different modes are supported: //e monitor, IIgs monitor with short
> registers, and IIgs monitor with long registers.
>
> Can't remember what those toolbox calls and ROM locations are?  Annoyed
> by inline ProDOS 8 MLI calls that screw up the listings?  CiderPress
> uses the data file from Dave Lyons' Nifty List to display annotations
> on memory locations and system calls. Inline ProDOS 8 and GS/OS calls are
> broken into pieces, in the same format the IIgs monitor uses.
>
> ** GWP Conversion
>
> IIgs documentation was often distributed in Teach or AppleWorks GS word
> processor files.  These documents included "smart quotes" and symbols
> that don't translate directly to their Windows equivalents.  Files with
> accented characters are hard to read without opening them in an emulator.
>
> CiderPress now converts Teach (GWP $5445) and AWGS WP (GWP $8010)
> documents to RTF.  Smart quotes, symbols, and accented characters are
> converted to their Windows equivalents.  Fonts are mapped to similar
> fonts, and font size changes are tracked.  Text formatting, such as
> paragraph justification and bold/italic/underline, are preserved.
>
> ** Print Shop Clip Art
>
> Print Shop clip art disks can provide a source for button icons and
> web page decorations.  The "classic" 88x52 black & white graphics, as
> well as Print Shop GS 88x52 8-color graphics, can be converted to
> equivalent BMP files.
>
> ** CP/M Text Conversion
>
> The end of a CP/M text file is marked with a Ctrl-Z.  The CP/M text
> converter identifies text files and cuts them off at the first Ctrl-Z.
> This makes extracting documentation from CP/M disks much nicer.
>
> ** Miscellaneous
>
> ProDOS 800K disks that actually hold five 160K DOS.MASTER partitions
> are now recognized and handled.
>
> Fixed some bugs related to pasting files onto DOS disks.
>
> Fixed AWP margin handling (this time for sure!).
>
>
> CiderPress is shareware, with a $9.95 registration cost.  After 30 days
> it must be registered.  The v2.0 upgrade is FREE to registered owners.
>
> Visit http://www.faddensoft.com/ for a full feature list and screen shots.
> The download comes with MDC (Multi-Disk Catalog), a free utility (no
> registration required) for generating searchable file listings from a
> large set of disk images.
>
>
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