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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Jason:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Forwarded your message to Rob. Maybe something can be worked out, but, it’s in his ballpark.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have a feeling he has the data zipped up on a PC hd, but, there also may be some copyright issues there as well.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s a long shot, but, worst thing he can say is “No.”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:jaybird@bluegrasspals.com">Jayson Smith</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, August 8, 2020 10:45 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:blindapple@bluegrasspals.com">Blind Apple Discussions</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Blindapple] TexTalker GS</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If the sources exist on a modern system like Windows, he could use CiderPress to put them on disk images, then boot up an emulated GS under MAME to compile them, probably. If they're on physical Apple disks, the best thing would almost certainly be to image those disks, not only to make compilation easier, but to preserve the data itself. I'd be happy to image such disks since I live in the area, and have a CFFA3000 which, as anyone else who has one knows, is wonderful for imaging disks.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Do you know if he has sources or binaries for other versions of Textalker like those for ProDOS or DOS 3.3?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jayson<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 8/6/2020 10:55 PM, Joseph Norton wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Jason:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Rob is talking about possibly trying to re-compile the source for example for the talk.init file because it is not something that is currently available in binary format.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But he doesn’t have a system that he can do that on so it’s unclear how soon that will happen or if it will happen.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Another thing is that he is not sure that the source can be released due to copyright issues I guess.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>He did mention that he had heard that Merlin 16 was available in the public domain and that’s what they used to compile it originally.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The funny thing is that he is puzzled that the basic.system file doesn’t speak when you run it.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>He seems to think it should speak along with some of the other things that are talking such as Davex.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Aug 5, 2020, at 9:08 PM, Jayson Smith <a href="mailto:jaybird@bluegrasspals.com"><jaybird@bluegrasspals.com></a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks. I'll download this. Just for kicks, do you know if he has any source code or other interesting historical stuff?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jayson<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 8/3/2020 7:32 PM, <a href="mailto:joseph.norton@gmail.com">joseph.norton@gmail.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi all:</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I have been in communication with Rob Meredith at APH, who did most of the work on TexTalker GS and he has no problem with releasing it to the group.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>His words were:</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Yes, please release Textalker-GS 1.4 to the Blind Apple Group. Of course, the lack of talk.init is not good for some.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The “TALK.INIT” file is used by GSOS to launch TexTalker gs from within the system/system.setup folder. However, he did give me binaries of “TALK” which he said should be type “SYS” under ProDOS. This, in turn, loads up “TALK.0” the other component of TexTalker gs, and should be in the same folder as the “TALK” file.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Here is a link to a Shrinkit archive with the files we have, so far.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>He thinks it might be possible to recompile “TALK.INIT”, but, is not sure.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>There are several things TTGS is still not doing, and, I don’t know if those are emulation issues, or something else.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Anyway, here is a link to the Shrinkit archive containing these 2 files:</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/piovob4c8h7lsj1/TTGS14.SHK?dl=1">https://www.dropbox.com/s/piovob4c8h7lsj1/TTGS14.SHK?dl=1</a></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>See the included README for some very sparse information.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>You can use Ciderpress to extract the files, look at them or inser them into a disk image.</p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> </p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>BlindApple mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:BlindApple@bluegrasspals.com">BlindApple@bluegrasspals.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://jaybird.no-ip.info/mailman/listinfo/blindapple">http://jaybird.no-ip.info/mailman/listinfo/blindapple</a></pre></blockquote><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>BlindApple mailing list<br><a href="mailto:BlindApple@bluegrasspals.com">BlindApple@bluegrasspals.com</a><br><a href="http://jaybird.no-ip.info/mailman/listinfo/blindapple">http://jaybird.no-ip.info/mailman/listinfo/blindapple</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>BlindApple mailing list</pre><pre><a href="mailto:BlindApple@bluegrasspals.com">BlindApple@bluegrasspals.com</a></pre><pre><a href="http://jaybird.no-ip.info/mailman/listinfo/blindapple">http://jaybird.no-ip.info/mailman/listinfo/blindapple</a></pre></blockquote><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>