Airshack Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 The new guy appreciates the MG.hfe. I'm seeing these things for the first time and their pretty damn cool! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3544019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Looks like Mr Miller liked to do things in XB? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3544020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 Craig Miller brought a lot to the TI. Just recently found out he passed away. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3544029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airshack Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 That sucks. I'm currently reading his excellent book SMART PROGRAMMING GUIDE FOR SPRITES. I'm a little surprised to see that their commercial games may have been extended basic, not Assembly. That's encouraging. I've rediscovered the limits of XB (speed mainly). It's amazing to see his tips for improving speed with XB. Did anyone interview him before his death? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3544128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 YN_01_05.pdf 6 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3563253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3563255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 Thanks for the feedback Schmitzi. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3563886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 yes, very very good. And I like the old style so much. Remembers me things I did in former times, with my first printer xXx Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3563897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Sparkdrummer, I'm impressed with this last issue. BTW, would you like to share your exact method of "printing them to the PC" for conversion to PDF format? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3563994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) Yesterday News is composed of 11 PagePro pages.Cover page and pages 1 thru 4 are all 2 page "sides", the back page is a single PagePro page.Once the newsletter is to my liking I then save each "side" of each page as a PagePro PIC, the exception being the backpage.The pages are saved as pics from PagePro, LEFT and RIGHT filenames.I then boot PagePro Composer with the default file set up to load the above LEFT and RIGHT pics saved earlier.I then print from the TI-99/4A to "FileCap" on the pc - RS232.BA=9600.DA=8.CR with handshaking radio button RTS clicked on.Once captured, I then run "prn2pbm" which converts the file to a PBM format.Once converted, The file is loaded into "Irfanview" on the PC. It is an image file.I then print the image using Acrobat distiller, which of course creates a single page PDF file.Once the cover page and pages 1 thru 4 are ran thru this process, I then print the back page directly from PagePro to FileCap to capture the file.Once I have all 6 pages in PDF format, I then boot Adobe Acrobat and build the newsletter and save it. This is where I found FileCap and prn2pbm: http://ericphelps.com/prn2pbm/index.htm Edited August 3, 2016 by sparkdrummer 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3564517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Wow, it is very a nice result !! :D Great job ! thanks for the step-by-step explaination Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3564523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Yesterday News is composed of 11 PagePro pages.... I'm impressed. Obviously a lot of time, effort and care goes into every edition. Thank you for taking the time to give us all some enjoyment every month. Ω Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3564647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 YN_01_06.pdf Comments are always welcome. 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3584909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 YN_01_06.pdf Comments are always welcome. Okay... here are my comments. I've started to look forward to this newsletter every month , it's always on time, and I learn something old (new to me) too. I refuse to read it until I print it off, high quality, double sided and staple the corner. I then get a cup of coffee, get into the recliner and start on page one. When I'm finished it goes into it's own binder so it can be saved and re-read later, or if I kick the bucket, someone may look at them and say, "Hey this TI stuff looks pretty good, I think I'll keep it". 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3584926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 Thanks Omega. You made this old fart feel pretty good. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3584987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Thanks Omega. You made this old fart feel pretty good. Hey I resemble that remark! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3585011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Hey I resemble that remark! A lot of here do. Welcome to the club! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3585156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynxHandyCaster Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 YN_01_06.pdf Comments are always welcome. Just discovered your excellent newsletter. I've downloaded all six so far, and although I've only read issues 1 and 2, I gotta say that I love it! I've learned so much I either didn't know it had forgotten completely. Thank you so much for putting this out! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3585765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 I just noticed that your updates in Message #19 are MUCH SMALLER is size. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3593177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 That's because I "reprinted" them using the direct to pc method. Makes them easier to read. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3593210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 I thought there might be some interest in how I cobble together Yesterdays News every month. Below you'll find a disk image of the last issue. You must have Page Pro to look at the files, If you want to print the pages you would need Page Pro Composer except for the back page. Cover page - PG0C_LEFT, PG0C_RIGHT Page 1 - PG01_LEFT, PG01_RIGHT Page 2 - PG02_LEFT, PG02_RIGHT Page 3 - PG03_LEFT, PG03_RIGHT Page 4 - PG04_LEFT, PG04_RIGHT Back page - PG0B_BACK The disk is DS/DD - it must reside in Drive one after you have loaded Page Pro. YN_01_06.DSK 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3594009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I'm just thinking out loud here... I remember BITD that Page Pro and IIRC it's other utilities 'took time' to load. Can you imagine having all the programs on the FR99? That would be so much faster that I believe the program would actually get use. Of course I'd probably sector edit mine to use HDX1 for all the fonts and stuff. I sometimes also wonder how many others would be interested in using their TI's for this kind of stuff. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3594022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkdrummer Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Well, I'm lucky enough to have a SCSI controller and a SCSI2SD device. All software that needs to load in additional files go in and out at ramdisk speed, probably faster. Previous to having the SCSI I used one of my HFDC controllers, which were almost as fast. That being said, I agree that it would be nice if software that requires multple files could be one big lump. I bet it's not possible because of memory contraints though. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3594042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitkraft Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I don't know how I missed this thread before but I just finished reading the first issue and it was a great read. I've saved all the rest of them for reading when i get a chance. Great work! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3594152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 YN_01_05, page 3, Myarc Extended Basic II ... Where can I find it ? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/251850-yesterdays-news/page/2/#findComment-3594217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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