Little Bits
By Andrew Roughan
Copyright (c) 1994 Apple Users' Group, Sydney
Republished from Applecations, a publication of the Apple Users' Group, Sydney, Australia.
o The humble Apple II has long been embraced as a useful tool by people with disabilities. A large range of software and interface gadgets have been developed over the years for use by people with "special needs". October's GEnieLamp Apple II has an interesting article which lists developers of such software and hardware. GEnieLamp is available for downloading from the club's Apple II BBS. If you know of anyone who could benefit from this information, please pass it along.
o Apple IIgs fax software is emerging from the vapourware classification. PMPFax is reportedly able to send Apple Preferred Format graphics as fax images. The author is currently asking for feature 'wish lists'. If you have something to contribute, Paul can be reached via electronic mail: PMP@GEnie.GEIS.COM
o More information about the Apple II VGA card, mentioned last month, has surfaced. The card, named SecondSight, will be marketed by Sequential Systems, and has been designed by Joe Yandrofski of Sequential and Andrew Vogan, the designer of the RamFAST SCSI card. The card plugs into a motherboard slot and allows a IBM-style Super VGA monitor to be used on an Apple IIe or Apple IIgs. The standard SecondSight configuration will have 512k of video memory on board. This is expandable to 1MB. The suggested retail price is US$199.95, with a special introductory price of US$179.95. The card is not yet shipping.
o AllTech Electronics has announced that the Apple IIgs SoundMeister stereo sound card is now shipping. AllTech took over the SoundMeister card and DigitalSessions software from ECON Technologies earlier this year. Email: T.DIAZ@GEnie.GEIS.COM
o ECON Technologies have discontinued their Apple II product line. They are apparently still looking for a publisher willing to take over their UniverseMaster utility software. If you did not get the updates to AutoArk, UniverseMaster and DigitalSessions which were available earlier this year, perhaps now is the time!
o Nathan Mates is developing a new RAM disk driver. Whereas the currently available driver can only support one RAM disk, his driver will allow multiple RAM disks. These disks can be of any size, and can be created or removed at almost any time.
o The Australian Shareware Payment Association is a non-profit group which encourages and facilitates the payment of Shareware Fees to foreign software developers.
The management group of ASPA are members of the Apple Users Society of Melbourne. Their objective is to make it cheaper and therefore worthwhile to do the honest thing and pay your Shareware fees. An ASPA information file and shareware payment form are available for downloading from the Apple II BBS.
o DigiSoft Innovations have been working on an CD-ROM exclusively for the Apple II. Jim Maricondo, author of Twilight II, has had some problems laying out the contents using the HFS FST, however, the CD is now being pre-mastered and should hopefully be available in November.

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