A couple of updates
Keith Rollin
Folks,
Just a couple of updates:
1) A little while ago, someone assumed that there wasn't going to be a fall
AppleFest because s/he did not see it listed on the back of Apple Direct. How-
ever, s/he wasn't patient enough, as the listing of events that was displayed
there did not reach far enough into the future to cover AppleFest. The new
Apple Direct will soon be out, and at the bottom, in full living blue and white,
it states that AppleFest will be showing in San Francisco on 9/22-9/24.
You can all breathe a sigh of relief now...
2) There was a question concerning what the error numbers meant from the Apple
IIGS diagnostics. I didn't know what they meant at the time, but Matt Deatherage
was kind enough to forward this to me so that it could be posted:
Apple IIGS: System Diagnostic Errors
This article last reviewed: 10 November 1988
Here's the currently available, though incomplete, list, with explanations,
of error codes generated by the Apple IIGS when running system diagnostics
for the Apple II Family (V1.0B1).
Apple IIGS error codes have the form AABBCCDD.
Test numbers AA
Error Code (AA) Test
--------------- ----------------------------
"RM"/01 Checksum
02 RAM Moving Inversions
03 Softswitch
04 RAM Address
05 FPI Speed
06 Serial I/O
07 Real Time Clock
08 Battery RAM
09 Front Desk Bus
0A Shadowing
0B Interrupts
AA=06 serial test
BB Meaning
-- -----------
01 Register R/W
04 Tx Buffer empty status
05 Tx Buffer empty failure
06 All sent status fail
07 Rx char available
08 Bad data
AA=03 RAM test
BBCC= Address
AA=01 ROM Checksum
BB= Failed checksum
DD=1 Bad RAM
AA=05 Speed
BB=1 speed stuck slow
BB=2 speed stuck fast
AA=08 Battery RAM
BB=01 address test failure and CC= bad address
BB=02 memory failure and CC = pattern, DD = Address
AA=02 Softswitches
Bb= Statereg bit
CC= Read softswitch address
AA=04 Front Desk Bus
BBCC= Bad checksum found
DD=01 FDB toolcode encountered a fatal error and no checksum computed
AA=04 Ram Adddress
BB= failed bank No
CC= failed bit
AA=06 Clock Test
BBCCDD=not used
DD=01 a fatal error occcurred after the test to within a second
AA=0A shadow register functionality
AA=0B Mega II and VGC capability of generating interrupts.
BB=01 VBL interrupt timeout
BB=02 VBL IRQ status fail
BB=03 1/4 SEC interrupt
BB=04 1/4 SEC interrupt
BB=05 ---
BB=06 VGC IRQ
BB=07 SCAN Line
Copyright 1988 Apple Computer, Inc.
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Jeremy G. Mereness
> *Rol...@Apple.COM (3084)*
> Just a couple of updates:
> 1) A little while ago, someone assumed that there wasn't going to be a fall
> AppleFest because s/he did not see it listed on the back of Apple Direct. How-
> ever, s/he wasn't patient enough, as the listing of events that was displayed
> there did not reach far enough into the future to cover AppleFest. The new
> Apple Direct will soon be out, and at the bottom, in full living blue and
> white,
> it states that AppleFest will be showing in San Francisco on 9/22-9/24.
> You can all breathe a sigh of relief now...
One important point, however. Will this Fall Applefest ALSO be 25% Mac oriented?
This outrage for the Spring 'Fest has caused many software companies to boycott
and announce the abandonning of Apple // projects. Some companies, as I recall,
were Electronic Arts and Activision.
jeremy mereness
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Bob Sherman
> In-Reply-To: <28...@apple.Apple.COM>
>
> One important point, however. Will this Fall Applefest ALSO be 25% Mac oriented?
>
> This outrage for the Spring 'Fest has caused many software companies to boycott
> and announce the abandonning of Apple // projects. Some companies, as I recall,
> were Electronic Arts and Activision.
If there is in fact a fall Applefest, don't count on it being 25% Mac.
Apple has given Cambridge the word, the next Applefest will be near 50%
Mac. Apple wanted many more Mac items on the seminar agenda this time,
but Cambridge won out and pulled many of them except the beginners ones.
But Apple has told them they want the percentages to equal the amount
of Mac space they give at their exibit, and the plans for fall are 45-50%..
You said that
Electronic Arts would not be at Applefest. Please check your facts, as
from what I was told they have NOT pulled out, just cutback by 50% or
more on the size of their booth as has Broderbund. Activision, MDIdeas,
and TML are among those who will NOT appear in Boston. As of 2 weeks ago
only one new Mac vendor had signed up for the show. It seems as though
they prefer the Mac only shows to spend their money at. It should be
interesting, As Keith has said, the Fall Applefest is now listed, but
if Cambridge does not make money this time around, or if instead of
growth there is loss in size and/or attendance, who knows if they will
want to promote another show.. The name belongs to Apple, but the show
is theirs.
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