.IF DSK1.C3 .CE 6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^W-AGE/99 * NEW-AGE/ ^99 *NEW-AGE/99* N ^EW-AGE/99 * NEW-AGE ^/99 *NEW-AGE/99* ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^*by JACK SUGHRUE, Box 459, East Douglas, MA 01516* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^#13 ^^^^^^^the VCR CONNECTION I think one of the most exciting things to happen in our 99 world is the advent of tutorial and conference videos. Almost everyone has a VCR, the ownership of which can now open new worlds to 99 and Geneve users. Now that VCRs are coming down in price, more and more groups and individuals are using this tool to enhance their computer activities and share their computer knowledge. The unquestioned master of this new genre is Dr.^Charles Good of the Lima, Ohio, group. Videos have been around for some time and made their first TI existence about five or six years ago at the Chicago Fair. Some of the big-wiggies were interviewed and some screens were shown of different pieces of software. This amateur tape circulated for a year or so around lots of user groups. We (then still in the millions, it seemed) watched transfixed as new and exciting things were explained and shown to us. Then drought. Well, even though there were some other videos around here andthere, the drought really ended when Charlie took up the cause with a vengeance. Not only does the Lima group make a monthly tape of the demos of their meetings, but they have amassed a vast TI tape library. I have on my desk (all from Lima) the following: NEVER RELEASED OFFICIAL TI MODULES, TI MULTI-USER GROUP CONFERENCE 1988, CONFERENCE 1989 (2 tapes), CONFERENCE 1990 (3 tapes), MBX REQUIRED GAMES, FUNNELWEB v4.2 DEMO, and DON ALEXANDER'S GENEVE SOFTWARE DEMO. These 10 tapes run about 50 hours! They are filled with all sorts of people demonstrating (or discussing or teaching) all sorts of TI things. I'll list a few. Karl Romstedt - friendly general loader and label printing software in XB with assembly routines; Harold Hoyt - useful applications of Steve Karesek's SUPER BASIC; Irwin Hott - using ALSAVE to imbed assembly code with an XB program; Bill Hudson - an assembly language prescan for XB; Multiplan Tutorial - presented by Great Lakes Computer Group; PLUS! - demonstrated by Jack Sughrue; Geneve - demonstrated by Edu Comp; Horizon Ramdisk - discussed by Bud Mills; Home Control 99 - demonstrated by Paul Wheeler; The Future of User Groups - discussion led by Charles Good and Dave Szippl of the Lima Group; A Blind Person Using the TI - demonstrated by Irwin Hott; NUTS && BOLTS - demonstrated by Jim Peterson; GENE III - demonstrated by Dick Berry; Output to a VCR - shown by John Perkins; 1000 WORDS - author Norman Rokke demonstrates this Artist/text conversion file; Barry Traver - contents of Genial Traveler and linking XB to assembly via CALL LINK; Chris Bobbitt - recent and future releases from Asgard; Andy Frueh - music programming on the 4a; Ron Markus - the DIJIT AVPC 80-column card; Jim Horn - services on COMPUSERVE; Martin Smoley - TI BASE tutorial; Paul Scheidemantle - converting from one Artist format to another and tips and tricks; Steve Karasek - SUPERBASIC 2.0; Karl Romstedt - Panorama, a new artist program; Milo Tsukroff - MX-DOS v3.0 an icon/joystick based program loader with disk management features; Beery Miller - future software for the Geneve; Jim Peterson - using Don Shorock's Kana Filer that speaks and writes (with TEII) Japanese and drills vocabulary; Bruce Harrison - secrets of assembly language programming to make TI music; Gary Bowser - Rambo review module library box; Gary Taylor - demonstration of TI's Compact Computer 40, TI's Hex Bux peripherals, and Mechatronics Hex Bus Drive; and lots more. This should give you a good idea of the kinds of things available each May just from the annual Lima Fair (called "T.I. Multi User Group Conference," for some unknown reason). Each of these six-hour tapes use cameras on the tutor while cutting into the screen electronically when something is being shown. These tapes get better and better each year, and the editing techniques are superb. Although I haven't been able to attend the last two years, I felt I got a big part of the fair sent to me. I know a lot of other homebound TI acquaintances feel the same. It's norealsubstitute for being at the fair, of course, but it's a great second best. The TI experts are at your beck and call in your home any time you want them. In addition to all these fair tapes, there are numerous "single theme" jobs also available. Don Alexander of Macon, Georgia, for example, does a fine job with the Geneve. I think this one is better for someone who has used the Geneve for awhile, though. I hope someone eventually does a truly step-by-step basic tutorial of the Geneve, maybe even a full six hours. It is sorely needed. Charlie has also done theme tapes, such as MBX (where he steps through all the MBX modules) and UNRELEASED (where he plays and discusses all the delightful unreleased TI modules). I found both these tapes fascinating, particularly the UNRELEASED, as I could load them onto my SUPERCART or my GENEVE. Charlie's FUNNELWEB 4.2 DEMO is a classic. The viewer is taken through every step of the FWB configuration process that (for some strange reason) frightened so many people. Though the tape is similar to Charlie's tutorials in the BITS, BYTES && PIXELS newsletter he edits for Lima, it is far more extensive and much clearer, as you can see and hear everything being done live. I can't imagine anyone not being able to perform FWB magic after viewing this tape. To get more information about these tapes (and/or join the Lima Group by mail which I would HIGHLY recommend), contact Charles Good, PO Box 647, Venedocia, OH 45894. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ANOTHER GOLDEN GOODIE There is another great video now available to TI owners: the full-length LOGO video done by Eunice Spooner (RFD 1, Box 3720, Webb Road, Waterville, ME 04901). It is wonderful! It also comes with a disk full of lots of the items she demos and a hardcopy listing of the items and footage for easy tape locations. Eunice is a certified elementary teacher and it is obvious on this tape. She's teriffic: kind, patient, step-by-step logical, no panic; and she makes everything seem easy and fun. Which it is, if you do the things she suggests. I always liked LOGO. Then I put it away for a long time. After viewing this tape and trying her programs, I discovered I  LOGO. If you own LOGO, get this package instantly. At $10 it is a total steal. And it is used as a fundraiser to support the only ALL KIDS TI USER GROUP IN THE WORLD! If you don't own LOGO, buy it instantly. (It's on sale everywhere CHEAP! I paid $119 for my first and recently bought an unboxed one for $15.) But, new or used, pick one up for this video/disk set alone. You'll rediscover the joys of computing and the real fun (and learning, which is why it is fun) of your remarkable 4a. Don't delay. [If you use NEW-AGE/99 please put me on your exchange list.] Հ