PINPOINT DESKTOP ACCESSORIES VERSION 2.0.2 A SUMMARY OF CHANGES AND UNDOCUMENTED FEATURES Pinpoint version 2.0.2 is functionally identical to version 1.3, however substantial internal changes have been made to allow compatibility with WordPerfect, AppleWriter, and the new Apple IIGS. Pinpoint version 2.0.2 may be installed on the following applications: AppleWorks (including version 2.0), ProDOS BASIC, Point-to-Point, InfoMerge, RunRun, Manzanita BusinessWorks, ProFiler 2.2, AppleWriter, and WordPerfect. For owners of the new Apple IIGS: To call up the Pinpoint Desktop Accessories, hold down the "Option" key and press "P." Running GraphMerge with AppleWorks 2.0 on the IIGS: When run on the IIGS, AppleWorks 2.0 allocates the memory normally dedicated to the double-hires video display to its code space. In addition, it disables "shadowing" of the video memory on the IIGS, and allocates the "shadow" memory to its desktop. This prevents GraphMerge from displaying correctly on the GS screen. Currently, once the video shadowing has been disabled by AppleWorks, the GS will have to be cold-booted to re-enable video shadowing. The final version of the GS System Finder will re-enable video shadowing automatically. You will be able to run GraphMerge from any other Pinpoint-compatible program. If you select GraphMerge while using AppleWorks 2.0 on the GS, the following error message will be posted: "Memory contention problem. GraphMerge cannot be run in AppleWorks 2.0 on the IIGS. GraphMerge can be run from other programs, however. Press any key." For WordPerfect owners: To use the Pinpoint Desktop Accessories with WordPerfect you will need to install Pinpoint onto both WordPerfect and BASIC or RunRun, our ProDOS desktop manager. You will also have to use a new start-up procedure. After installation, start up the previously modified Basic or RunRun and run the file WORDP.SYS to start up WordPerfect with Pinpoint. You will probably find it easier and more convenient to use RunRun for this procedure. If you wish to make changes in your Pinpoint system you will have to reinstall onto both WordPerfect and RunRun or BASIC. NOTE FOR APPLEWRITER PATCHERS: (we know you're out there) The following information defines the memory locations Pinpoint uses when installed on AppleWriter along with a few other details. If you are not using any custom AppleWriter patches and don't understand any of the information below, don't worry about this note. Pinpoint installs itself onto the beginning of the file AW.SYSTEM and modifies the file AWD.SYS. The Pinpoint code takes up the first $3500 bytes of the resultant AW.SYSTEM file. On the disk the memory map for these files is as follows: $2000:##-------------------------- ## Pinpoint code $5500##-------------------------- ## AppleWriter end# -------------------------- For this reason it is important to install any AppleWriter patches BEFORE installing Pinpoint, or to add an offset of $3500 to any AppleWriter patch to insure patching the right location. When Pinpoint and AppleWriter are active in memory the AppleWriter code is at its normal location and the Pinpoint keyboard checking routine is at $7000 through $70FF. The patch to call the Pinpoint keyboard routine is installed at location $235A. There is a patch installed in the reset code so that all you open-apple-reset fans can still get out of WPL the back way without getting in anybody's way. Thanks to the AppleWriter power users who pointed out to us this method of exiting WPL. This patch is installed at location $20B6 and executes a small patch at $70E8 and then continues. The area from $70EE through $70FF is currently unused and may be used for your reset patch code if necessary. SUMMARY OF CHANGES MADE IN PINPOINT VERSION 1.3 A variety of changes were made in Pinpoint version 1.3 that are still included in version 2.0.2. In case you are not familiar with these changes, they are detailed below. PRINTER SUPPORT: Pinpoint 1.3 will print GraphMerge with most combinations of popular printers and interfaces. Exceptions are parallel printers that have been connected to the built-in serial interface on the IIc via a serial-to-parallel converter. Pinpoint supports the following printers for both graphics and text: Apple ImageWriter I & II, DMP, and Scribe; C. Itoh ProWriter; NEC 8023 PC; Epson FX, RX, LX, MX, and MX w/ Graftrax+; Panasonic KX-P1091; Smith Corona D-200; Hewlett Packard ThinkJet; Star Micronics SD-10. The Okidata 84, 92, 93, 192, and 193 are supported for text printing only. Contact technical support for a Graphmerge work-around. If your printer is not listed here you can probably get it to print (text only) using the "Custom Printer" option. Pinpoint supports the following printer interfaces: Apple Super Serial, IIc internal, and Parallel; Orange Micro Grappler + and Serial Grappler; Microtek Dumpling GX and RV-611C; Interactive PKASO/U; Practical Peripherals Printerface; Star Micronics Grafstar I & II; Apricorn Parallel; Slot Buster Serial and Parallel; Spies NicePrint; Epson APL; TextPrint Print-it!. Generic Pascal 1.1 standard or generic Basic 1.1 standard options accommodate most unlisted interfaces, (for text printing only). If both your printer and interface card are listed in the installation, do not use any printer control characters. MODEM SUPPORT: Pinpoint supports all 100% Hayes 'AT' command set compatible external modems including Apple, Anchor Automation, Prentice, Prometheus, and U.S. Robotics with standard interface cards. Also most manual dial external modems with standard serial interface cards are supported. As of version 1.3, Pinpoint will also work with the following internal modems: Cermetek AppleMate 1200; Hayes MicroModem II and IIe; Zoom Modem IIe; MicroCom Era II*; Prometheus 1200a. *Communications only, Dialer requires Modem Enhancement Kit. To use the Novation AppleCat or the Avatex 1200, you will need the Modem Enhancement Kit. UNDOCUMENTED FEATURES: - The Notepad accessory now stores notes that are more compatible with AppleWorks. Word-wrapping is improved and notes may be loaded into AppleWorks and checked with the Pinpoint Pop-up Spelling Checker. - The Calculator, Calendar, and Communications accessories are modified to accommodate RunRun with clock recognition. Pinpoint and extended RAM cards: - When the Pinpoint accessories are being loaded into a RAM drive, Pinpoint will tell you which files are being copied into RAM by displaying such messages as: COPYING FILE "CALENDAR.PP" The loading procedure can be aborted at any time by hitting the escape key. - Pinpoint will always check the RAM drive first for any accessory file, even data files such as APPOINTMENTS.PP and LOGONMAC.PP. Communications: - The terminal window in the communications accessory has been widened to 79 columns. Incoming text will no longer be formatted to narrow margins. - Control characters may be sent in the log-on macros using the ^X format. For example, to send a Control-C in your log-on macro, you would type ^C in the macro window. - If all or part of your log-on macro is being sent out too quickly, "wait time" may now be imbedded in the log-on macros. To make Pinpoint wait a certain amount of time before sending out a line of your macro, type ^n before the particular line, (where n represents a number between 1 and 9). New installation command: - When installing Pinpoint onto an application, you may instruct Pinpoint to modify a system file other than the first one it finds by using the open-apple-P command. As you all know, Pinpoint posts the message, "ABOUT TO ENHANCE (FILE NAME)" during the installation routine. If the listed file name is not the one you want Pinpoint to modify, you should press open-apple-P. You will be prompted to "Enter Value" at the bottom of the screen. Type in the ProDOS prefix of the file you want Pinpoint to modify, press RETURN, and Pinpoint will install itself at this location. This feature is especially useful for high-capacity disks. WILL PINPOINT WORK ON AN UNENHANCED APPLE IIe? NO. Pinpoint uses the new, expanded instruction set of the 65C02 microprocessor used in both in the Apple IIc, and the Enhanced Apple IIe (standard model shipped since March 1985, or upgraded older Apple IIe's). Pinpoint also uses an improved video display character set for pop-up windows, menus and crisp hi-res and double hi-res graphics with icon characters. Almost all programs that run on the old IIe will run on the Enhanced IIe. Visit your Apple Dealer and ask for a copy of the Apple II Compatibility Guide that lists the Apple II programs the Enhancement Kit may affect. YES. Pinpoint can be run on unenhanced 128K Apple IIe's with the simple addition of Pinpoint's Apple IIe Upgrade Kit. Our IIe upgrade kit offers the same 65C02 micro processor and character generator ROM that Apple provides in their IIe Enhancement Kit, and priced at a mere $29.00 it represents a cost-effective alternative to enhancing your IIe. The Pinpoint Apple II Upgrade Kit does not "enhance" your IIe as defined by Apple, but it runs any Pinpoint software and most software that requires the Enhanced IIe. Our upgrade does not include the new proprietary CD and EF ROMS provided in the Apple Enhancement Kit. Pinpoint and most other programs do not address these new ROMs, but some programs that require the Enhanced IIe may not run on a Pinpoint-upgraded machine for this reason. Apple Computer requires us to inform you that you use our Kit at your own risk; the Kit is only for Apple IIe computers; the Kit contains copyrighted material owned by Apple Computer used with their permission. Certain older software may display highlighted uppercase characters as icons; a superficial difficulty that does not affect program operation. I HAVE AN APPLE IIe WITH THE EXTENDED 80 COLUMN CARD. ISN'T THIS AN ENHANCED APPLE IIe? NO. Pinpoint requires the improved 65C02 microprocessor and new video display ROMs. Either visit your Apple Dealer and have them Enhance your Apple IIe, or order the Pinpoint Apple IIe Upgrade Kit. CAN I LOAD THE PINPOINT ACCESSORIES INTO RAM? YES. If you have an extended memory card with more than 128k on board, you can configure your system so that the Pinpoint accessories appear in the blink of an eye. Pinpoint accessories can be run from any valid ProDOS storage device. These include 5.25" floppy disks, 3.5" disks, hard disks like the ProFile and the Sider, and RAMdisks. A RAM disk is a portion of electronic memory that has been configured to behave exactly like a physical ProDOS disk drive. There are two basic types of RAM cards, RAM cards that configure themselves automatically, and RAM cards that depend on extra software for configuration. The Apple II Memory Expansion Card, the AST SprintDisk, and the Applied Engineering RAMFactor card all reside in slots one through seven and use on-board firmware to configure themselves as a RAM disk each time the computer is turned on. Pinpoint will automatically copy the accessory files onto any of these RAM cards when you start up your system. The additional memory offered by the Applied Engineering RAMWorks and ZRAM, and the CheckMate MultiRAM E and C, can only be accessed via special software provided by the manufacturers. But don't worry, it is quite possible to configure a Pinpoint system that will load the accessory files onto any of these cards. If you are using a RAMWorks card, you will need version 4.7 or later of the Applied Engineering Desktop Expander. If you have a Checkmate MultiRAM card you should have version 4.3 or later of the Checkmate AppleWorks Memory Expander. Both CheckMate and Applied Engineering now provide instructions detailing how to use their software to automatically copy the Pinpoint accessories to RAM upon start-up. Many of our customers have found these routines to be difficult to follow and awkward to execute. We think the simplest way of configuring an extended RAM system is to use our RAM Enhancement Kit. This leads us to the next question . . . WHAT IS THE PINPOINT RAM ENHANCEMENT KIT? The RAM Enhancement kit allows you to tailor your extended memory to your exact needs. After leading you through a simple menu-driven configuration routine, the RAM Enhancement Kit creates an AppleWorks start-up disk that automatically loads the Pinpoint accessories and up to sixteen additional ProDOS files into RAM. If your RAM card requires partitioning or other software modifications, the RAM Enhancement Kit will manage all the complicated third-party software for you. All you have to do is put the start-up disk in a drive and turn on the machine, forget about cumbersome start-up commands! It also includes an easy to use "point and shoot" program selector, the "RAM Switcher," that permits you to exit any non-copy-protected ProDOS application (such as AppleWorks) and then immediately begin running another. In fact, you can use the RAM Enhancement Kit to copy several programs into RAM and use the RAM switcher to choose between them. With the RAM Enhancement Kit you're RAM Disk becomes an integrated high-performance work space. NOTE: There are some reports that not all ProDOS applications work in a partitioned RAM Disk. Consult your software manufacturer for details. WHEN I TRY TO FIND GRAPHIC FILES IN GRAPHMERGE, THE PROGRAM KEEPS SAYING, "NO FILES FOUND." WHAT GIVES? Try putting the disk that contains the graphic file in a different drive. Graphmerge needs to be able to get to your word processing file and your graphic file at the same time. The disk containing the graphic file and the disk containing the word processing file must be in separate disk drives. If you have only one disk drive, both files must be on the same disk. WHEN PINPOINT BOOTS UP MY SCREEN LOOKS GARBLED. WHY? Sounds like the double hi-res jumper on your Extended 80 Column Card is missing (open). Look at the card at the keyboard end for a two-pin jumper called J1. This should have a jumper (clip) across the two pins. If the jumper isn't there, you've just found the problem. If you don't have any jumpers see your Apple dealer and get one. Be careful not to disturb anything else inside your Apple IIe. PINPOINT SOMETIMES ASKS ME FOR A "WORK DISK," WHAT SHOULD I DO? Every time you call up a Pinpoint Accessory Pinpoint needs to write a temporary work file. If there is not enough room on any of the disks in your drives, the program will prompt you for a "Work Disk." This disk can be any ProDOS disk with 40k of free space. WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT VERSION 1.3 OF PINPOINT? Version 1.3 contains many new features not provided in the earlier versions of Pinpoint. When we first released Pinpoint we asked our customers to send us comments about the program and changes and enhancements they would like to see. Our users, being a vociferous lot, responded enthusiastically and we appreciate it! We tried to incorporate as many suggestions as possible in version 1.3 of Pinpoint. We widened the terminal window in the communications accessory, and added the ability to send control characters and imbed wait time in the logon macros. We made the installation simpler by incorporating the third-party printer drivers that used to be sold separately as the Printer Enhancement Kit. We also improved performance of Pinpoint with extended memory cards. For a complete list of the changes, download the file PP202 from the MAUG DL. DO I GET NEW FEATURES WITH PINPOINT VERSION 2.0.2? NO. There are no new accessories or additions to existing accessories. What you do get is compatibility with the new Apple IIGS and the ability to install Pinpoint onto WordPerfect and AppleWriter. That's two new programs that can benefit from Pinpoint's pop-up world of convenience. Thanks to those of you who let us know that you wanted to see Pinpoint on your word processor. WILL PINPOINT WORK WITH APPLEWORKS 2.0? YES. Any version of Pinpoint will work with any version of AppleWorks. IS THERE ANYTHING I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WORKING WITH PINPOINT ON THE APPLE IIGS? YES. As you may have noticed, the old familiar "Closed-Apple" key is not on the new GS keyboard. To call up the Pinpoint accessories, hold down the "Option" key and press "P". WILL I HAVE ANY PRINTING PROBLEMS WITH PINPOINT? PROBABLY NOT. Pinpoint supports just about every popular printer/interface combination for text printing. As of version 1.3 Pinpoint supports most combinations for printing Graphmerge. Exceptions are parallel printers that have been connected to the built-in serial interface on the IIc via a serial-to-parallel converter. Pinpoint supports the following printers for both graphics and text: Apple ImageWriter I & II, DMP, and Scribe; C. Itoh ProWriter; NEC 8023 PC; Epson FX, RX, LX, MX, and MX w/ Graftrax+; Panasonic KX-P1091; Smith Corona D-200; Hewlett Packard ThinkJet; Star Micronics SD-10. The Okidata 84,92,93,192,193 are supported for text printing only, contact technical support for a Graphmerge work-around. Pinpoint supports the following printer interfaces: Apple Super Serial, IIc internal, and Parallel; Orange Micro Grappler + and Serial Grappler; Microtek Dumpling GX and RV-611C; Interactive PKASO/U; Practical Peripherals Printerface; Star Micronics Grafstar I & II; Apricorn Parallel; Slot Buster serial and parallel; Spies NicePrint; Epson APL; TextPrint Print-it!. Generic Pascal 1.1 standard or generic Basic 1.1 standard options accommodate most unlisted interfaces, (for text printing only). WHAT MODEMS DOES PINPOINT SUPPORT? Pinpoint supports all 100% Hayes 'AT' command set compatible external modems including Apple, Anchor Automation, Prentice, Prometheus, and U.S. Robotics with standard interface cards. Also most manual dial external modems with standard serial interface cards are supported. As of version 1.3 Pinpoint will also work with the following internal modems: Cermetek AppleMate 1200; Hayes MicroModem II and IIe; Zoom Modem IIe; MicroCom Era II (Communications only, Dialer requires Modem Enhancement Kit); Prometheus 1200a. To use the Novation AppleCat or the Avatex 1200, you will need the Modem Enhancement Kit. WHAT IS THE MODEM ENHANCEMENT KIT? The Modem Enhancement Kit provides substantial benefits to advanced communications users. The Modem Enhancement Kit is required if you wish to use Pinpoint with the Novation AppleCat, and the Avatex 1200. It is also required if you wish to use the Dialer accessory with a Microcom Era 2. Features include: - Ability to set new default terminal settings - Define handshake characters - Keyboard macros - Keyboard and video character remapping for encryption. - Selective incoming and outgoing character filters - Change dial command HOW DO I FIND OUT WHAT VERSION OF PINPOINT I HAVE? Every time you start up an application that has Pinpoint installed on it, the version number of Pinpoint will appear briefly in the upper left corner of the screen. You may also start up the Pinpoint install disk and select "Tutorial," the version number will flash by in the left hand corner of the screen. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPELLING CHECKER Will the Spelling Checker work with AppleWorks 2.0? You need version 2.0 or later of the Spelling Checker to run with AppleWorks 2.0. Spelling Checker 2.0 is compatible with all versions of both AppleWorks and Pinpoint. Any version of Pinpoint is compatible with AppleWorks 2.0. Will the Spelling Checker work on the IIGS? Yes, any version of the Spelling Checker will run on the IIGS. Do I need two disk drives to use the Spelling Checker? In most cases, yes, but this is not a rigid requirement. The Spelling Checker needs to access the dictionaries and the the SPELLER.PP system file at the same time. What this means is that you need to have about 150k in storage space somewhere in your system. The capacity of a 5.25" disk is 140k so there isn't quite enough room on a single disk to fit everything you need. However, you do not need to have two 5.25" drives. It is possible to configure the Spelling Checker to run on a single drive system with an extended memory card. The Spelling Checker will work with any valid ProDOS storage device, including RAM drives, the UniDisk 3.5, and most hard disks. Where do I set the standard location of dictionary files? When you call up the Spelling Checker, the first thing the program does is look for the dictionary files. The program will start looking wherever you earlier set the standard location of dictionary files. During the Spelling Checker installation you should set the standard location to wherever you plan to store the dictionaries. If you are only using floppy drives, you should select slot 6, drive 2. In fact, no matter what kind of storage devices you are using, the Spelling Checker will find the dictionaries as long as they are in the root directory of an on-line disk. If you are planning to store the dictionaries in a subdirectory of a high capacity disk, it is very important that you set the standard location using the complete ProDOS path. Can I put the Spelling Checker directly on AppleWorks? No. You need to install the Spelling Checker onto the Pinpoint Desktop Accessories and then install Pinpoint onto AppleWorks before you can use the Spelling Checker on AppleWorks. I keep getting a message that says "WRONG VERSION NUMBER" when I call up the Spelling Checker. What's wrong? Check the Spelling Checker manual page 1.3 under "Software Requirements." You can only use the Spelling Checker with Pinpoint version 1.1 or later. Why is the Spelling Checker so slow? Is the Document Checker faster? The primary advantage of our Pop-up Spelling Checker is its on-line convenience. For checking documents shorter than two pages it is faster than quitting AppleWorks, starting up another program, checking your document, restarting AppleWorks, and finally printing your file. One convenient way to use the Spelling Checker is to set it in "word-check" mode and spell check single words as you type. No other spelling checker for the Apple II offers such speed for single-word checking. The Pop-up Spelling Checker operates entirely on screen and at the same time as AppleWorks. This system allows you to access the Spelling Checker quickly and easily, but is also means the Spelling Checker cannot take full advantage of your computer the same way that a stand-alone spelling checker can. For this reason the Pop-up Spelling Checker may be too slow for practical use on your longer documents. Our Document Checker is a stand alone spelling checker that uses the same dictionary as the Pop-up Spelling Checker. It makes an excellent partner to the Pop-up Speller especially for longer documents. The Document Checker lets you create several different personal dictionaries. In our bench-mark test the Document Checker proved faster than Sensible Speller, MegaWorks, and Webster's New World Spelling Checker. For optimum performance, you may be interested in our $99.00 Twin Pack, which includes both the Spelling Checker and the Document Checker. The Spelling Checker pops up correctly but when I tell it to spell check, the cursor just moves through the document and doesn't stop on misspelled words. You have set the Spelling Checker in "Word Count Only" mode. The key word here is ONLY. When you select this option the program only counts the words in your document, it will not spell check. It is generally not a good idea to select "Word Count Only" as one of your default options. If you have "Document Summary" on, you will still be shown a total word count. How do I find out the version number of my Spelling Checker? If you have already installed the Spelling Checker, the program will tell you version number each time you call it up. You can also boot up the installation disk and after the graphic introduction has run, the version number will appear briefly in the upper left hand corner of the screen. Why do I sometimes get a disk I/O error when I call up the Spelling Checker? If you have just two floppy disk drives, place the copy of the Spelling Checker Accessory Disk in drive I, and the copy of the Spelling Checker Dictionary disk in drive II. If you reverse this order, or try to swap the Spelling Checker and Dictionary disks in and out of the same disk drive, you will get a disk I/O error. See page 3.2 of the Spelling Checker manual. How do I get the Spelling Checker and its Dictionaries into RAM, and how much space do they take up in RAM? The simplest way to load the Spelling Checker and its dictionaries into RAM is with the RAM Enhancement Kit, although there are many other ways of doing this. If you have installed the Spelling Checker onto Pinpoint, the Spelling Checker will show up on the "Desktop Accessory Autocopy" screen in the RAM Enhancement Kit. To copy SPELLER.PP to the RAM drive all you have to do is select "yes" at this screen. At the "ProDOS Files Autocopy" screen, type in /PP.DICT/MAIN.DICT and /PP.DICT/AUX.DICT.S and your dictionary files will be copied to the RAM drive. The Spelling Checker and its dictionaries take up at least 140k in RAM. To fit all of the Pinpoint accessories, the Spelling Checker, and the dictionary files, you will need a 384k RAM drive. How do I save changes in my personal dictionary from RAM to disk? You don't have to use a fancy file copying routine to save the changes to your personal dictionary to disk from a RAM drive. If you use the procedure outlined in Appendix C of the Spelling Checker manual, "Removing Words From Your Personal Dictionary," you can do it without even leaving AppleWorks. After you have added some works to your personal dictionary, load AUX.DICT.S into AppleWorks from /RAM as an ASCII text file. If you make no changes to the file and print the file as an ASCII text file on your dictionary disk, replacing the old AUX.DICT.S all the changes you made will be saved in this procedure. Since I started copying the Spelling Checker and the dictionaries to RAM, AppleWorks no longer counts down all of the functions as it auto-loads. Have I done something wrong? There is a simple explanation for this. When you set up part of your extended memory card as a RAM drive, that memory is no longer available for AppleWorks to load into. AppleWorks needs at least 256k to autoload. If you have a 512k RAM card and have set up a 384 RAM drive, only 128k is left for AppleWorks. If you leave off some of the accessories, you can reduce your RAM drive size to 256k and then AppleWorks will load fine. If you have room on your card for more chips, it is not very expensive to bring your card up to one meg. Many electronic stores sell inexpensive RAM chips. A one meg card should keep you satisfied for at least a few months. Do I need all the files on the Spelling Checker disk to run the program? No. The only file from the Spelling Checker disk that you need to run the program is SPELLER.PP. You should copy this file to your accessory disk. The rest of the files are used only in the installation procedure. Do I need to keep the Main Dictionary and the Personal Dictionary in the same place? Both the Main Dictionary and the Personal Dictionary (AUX.DICT.S) have to be in the same place. If you do not copy AUX.DICT.S to RAM, the program will create a new one for you when you add a word to the dictionary. Sometimes after I've been using the Spelling Checker, AppleWorks seems to loose track of some of my disk drives. Any clue? This problem is due to a slight incompatibility between Pinpoint version 1.3 and older versions of the Spelling Checker. If you are using Pinpoint 1.3, you must use version 1.0.2 or later of the Spelling Checker. About 70% of our users already have version 1.0.2 of the Spelling Checker, so this problem doesn't come up too often. Incidentally, versions 1.0 and 1.0.1 of the Spelling Checker had no major problems on their own, the problems only arose in their compatibility with 1.3 Pinpoint.