Genie & Lamp Feb97 9/20

[norman.dodge@techall.wa.com]

Hello News!

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                      UPDATES IN THE WINGS

I have the following up and running on my system:

-- Instant Replay scripts --

o  Converted several scripts for use with Write Away. Conversion
consists of substituting Command-\ for Command-S or Command-H for
save/save as; and substituting Command-W for Command-K to close windows.
 Minor tweak to the find/unmark script.  Hermes scripts will be included
in the next archive \

in a
separate folder.

o  Script to 'select all' and set font to CoPilot 8

o  Extract (cut) highlighted text to a new archive file with
user-defined \

name.
Script is in both :OLR:Archive:Mail and OLR:Archive:Forums folders,  so
\

you can
select where the text is archived.

o  Print highlighted text.  The text is copied to a new (unsaved) file
and printed; user has to close file at conclusion of print (at least so
far).

-- Message Searches --

The Off-Line setup menu now has routines for setting up forum
'searches'.  \

The
current options are:

o  Reset pointers in a SIG for last fifty messages or to a specific
message number.  Useful when setting up a new SIG.

o  IGNORE all messages having a common subject (actually, a specific
word or words in the subject) in a forum.  Useful for suppressing
messages for \

threads
that you are not interested in.  These settings are kept until you
change or delete them.

o  Read a specific message number

o  Read messages resulting from a search.  Options include combinations
of:

      Search all messages or a range of messages
      Specify author of message
      Specify starting date for search
      Specify text to match in subjects (threads) of messages
      Specify entire message, or # of lines of each message to retrieve

o  Read all messages in a thread.

-- Login/Logoff --

o  If you telnet in, the scripts can log you off (You need to edit the
.EX \

and
.TN scripts for your ISP prompts/commands).

o  Message displayed that password was sent (cosmetic).

o  Changed timeout for each dial to 2 minutes (was 1 minute).

-- Conferences ---

o  Added missing quote which broke script
o  Changed references for A2 and A2Pro to non-custom
o  Added 3-second pause before asking for which room, since dialog may
\

cover the
room number.

-- Globals --

o  Added check/finish ASCII receive to global-c.  This is for when
scripts break.  It closes open files and finishes any receives in
progress.

o  Fixed global-q to properly exit conference

o  Deleted global-x, global-p, which were for CoPilot

There may be more... :^)



Don V. Zahniser
Delivered by CoPilot for ANSITerm
                    (D.ZAHNISER, CAT29, TOP41, MSG:5/M645;1)



                         >>> THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
                         """""""""""""""""""""""""""""

THE LEMMINGS ARE HERE!   As of the end of 1996, the completed "Brutal
""""""""""""""""""""""   Deluxe's LemminGS" game is in the hands of the
beta test team. Once they've had a chance to thoroughly put the game
through its paces and then give us the go-ahead, we'll start to ship it.
We expect to \

get
the 'beta team thumbs up' in the next few days...

Of course, if any last minute problems are discovered, they'll have to
be \

fixed
first.

>> When it is released, do you intend to distribute it 'electronically' to
>> those who have purchased "Convert 3200"?

When it is released, "Brutal Deluxe's LemminGS" will weigh in at nearly
2 megabytes in size, and that makes it just much too large to transmit
electronically. It will ship on three 3.5" disks.

As stated all along, Brutal Deluxe's LemminGS is a "limited edition
game" \

that
will only be available to those who have purchased Convert 3200. There
are, however, a few exceptions...

Those Genie members who attended the Brutal Deluxe RTC in March, 1996
will \

be
eligible to acquire the game from SSII for the $5 s/h fee. Olivier
Zardini \

kept
a list of those who attended that RTC, and he'll be sending me that list
\

soon.

SSII conducted a Desktop Publishing Contest last year, and winners of
that contest were awarded copies of Convert 3200. Those winners are also
\

eligible to
get Brutal Deluxe's LemminGS from SSII for the same $5 s/h fee.

Joe
                    (JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:192/M645;1)

<<<<<   >> So, what is the price for Convert 3200 and LemminGS?
"""""
Convert 3200 costs $15.

Brutal Deluxe's LemminGS is free, but Brutal Deluxe has authorized SSII
to charge $5 to cover the cost of disks, labels, mailers and postage to
\

anywhere in
the galaxy.

So...for 20 bucks, you can get the fastest graphics conversion program
ever released for the IIGS, and a phenomenal game. Such a deal!!

Joe Kohn
c/o Shareware Solutions II
166 Alpine St
San Rafael, CA 94901-1008
                    (JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:197/M645;1)

<<<<<   >> That's all?? I thought it was about $50 or so.
"""""
50 bucks? FIFTY DOLLARS?!??

Well then, I guess you're not that familiar with SSII's way of doing \

business.

One of my goals is to offer great Apple II products dirt-cheap. Up until
a \

few
weeks ago, 50 bucks could have gotten you 17 shrink-wrapped games. Or,
it \

could
presently get you about three years worth of newsletters or 1.5 years \

worth of
DOMs, or 10 copies of the Fast Eddie beta, or ProSel-16, or...

Such A Deal ;-)

Joe
http://www.crl.com/~joko   [ <--- The almost complete SSII catalog ]
                    (JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:205/M645;1)

<<<<<   The past 48 hours have been a bit nerve-wracking, as the
"final" """""   version of Brutal Deluxe's LemminGS crashed my system
within 10 \

seconds
of launching it. A flurry of e-mails to Brutal Deluxe ensued, and I was
in contact with a number of the beta-test team, all of whom swore up and
down \

that
the "final" version of LemminGS worked just fine.
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