Subject: Seven Hills softwares (TCP/IP aware Spectrum is available!) From: _J_S_ Date: Mon, Oct 26, 1998 10Ç12 Message-id: <3634AD86.F48CEE1A@hotmail.com> I'll probably be tarred and feathered over on Delphi for doing this, but I'll do it anyway. The Spectrum update is available! Now you can connect with TCP/IP using Spectrum. (cut from Delphi message board without permission) ******** FLASH ******** FLASH ******** FLASH ******** FLASH ******** Spectrum 2.2 released ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Hear all about it on the Monday night RTC at 10.00pm EST 26th Oct.] The long awaited upgrade to Spectrum 2.2 is now released. For pricing and shipping details, please contact Seven Hills directly by Email at , or call voice (850) 575-0566 and leave a message. Short summary of the new features: + Spectrum now requires System 6.0.1. + Improved script execution speed. + Optimise scripts by compiling them. + Spectrum 2.2 and the XCMDs are Y2K compliant. + Optional Serial or TCP/IP environment. + Fully Integrated support for Marinetti 2.0. + Integrated multi-socket Telnet function. + Up to 32 simultaneous open TCP/IP connections. + View HTML files directly from within Spectrum. + Enhanced !Help! NDA includes Find function. + Internal support for Babelfish Import and Export. + Spectrum supports the Hierarchic Control Panel. + Updated Spectrum Port driver. + 57600 baud connections using Bernie ][ the Rescue. + More than 50 new or updated script commands. + More than 30 new replacement items. + Many enhanced and updated XCMDs: + The BinHQX XCMD now includes: BinSCII encoding and decoding. BinHex 4.0 encoding and decoding. MIME Base 64 multipart encoding and decoding. UUencode encoding and decoding. + Enhanced WorkBench XCMD replaces the ResEdit XCMD: Access and edit resource forks. Make MessageCenter and IPC calls. Make Toolbox & GS/OS calls. Peek and Poke. [Hear all about it on the Monday night RTC at 10.00pm EST 26th Oct.] ******** FLASH ******** FLASH ******** FLASH ******** FLASH ******** Ewen Wannop - Speccie - ??? ?? Oct 1998 - ??? till KFest '99 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum & Crock O' Gold 2.5 Bernie ][ the Rescue 1.3 woofing on a PowerMac 8200/120 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/ Brian Hammack wrote: > Jeff raised the cup and toasted: > > > T CN(| I have v1.1. > > I have that version too. > > CN(| I used to use it to print the issues of GEnieLamp (yes that is a > | captial E, tells you how long ago it was :-) to take to work with > > I do the same thing, knowing it was GE who started it. :) > > CN(| Yes, printing took longer than it would doing it straight to the > | printer but at least I got to amuse myself while it was printing. > > True, if you're not looking for SPEED of the print, just want to go on > with other 16-bit things, then it's a good enough program. :) > > CN(| There is a nice feature in the CDEV too. If you decide you want > | to print something as fast as possible and don't mind not being > | able to use the computer while it prints, instead of inactivating > | the CDEV and rebooting your IIgs, all you have to do is open the > | CDEV and click the "Options" button you can check the "Express > | inactive" box to turn Express off. You can turn it back on > > Okay, here's my thing: I keep Express turned off at the icon level > instead of at the CDev level because it causes some sort of system > problem for me, can't remember right now what it is :) but basically I > can't keep it in memory due to conflicts so I activate it and reboot, > then deactivate it and reboot, and never touch the CDev menu itself. > > CN(| Another nice feature is the fact that you can tell Express not > | to delete a spooled document after it has finished printing it. > > This is true. Noticed on ftp://apple.cabi.net there is a file called > Express Utilities, which according to the docs adds some functions > related to Express and its spools. > > > T CN(| I have v1.3. > > I have 1.3 as well, and the Hierarchic CDev is 1.6.3. > > CN(| I'm not sure what you mean but there is a fix called KangyFixer > | or something like that (I could find out exactly as I have it > > As noted, I have my boot icons turned off, so I have never seen what > Kangaroo puts up (only what Hierarchic puts up, which *does not turn > off*). The problem mentioned earlier is this: I have an init that > puts a screen of my choosing up during the startup, and usually the > boot icons pop up in the present (not default) color palate. But > Hierarchic uses the default palate, screwing up the picture, and as > said you can't turn the boot icon of that program off... grrr! > > CN(| Actually, I've used it successfully at 19200 bps on my > > Any character dropping? Especially when using an emulation other than > the no-frills text? That's why we're advised to have an accellerator. > > CN(| But then, I've been using Spectrum for years so I might be a > | little biased. However, I do have ProTERM v3.0 here and am > | thinking of upgrading it to v3.1 just so I can have the latest of > > You have all the jazzy Seven Hills stuff, but not ProTerm 3.1?! :) > > << mushroom >> > > * 2qwk! 2.04 * Mean people suck. Nice people swallow.