Little Bits
By Sean Craig
Copyright (c) 1993 Apple Users' Group, Sydney
Republished from Applecations, a publication of the Apple Users' Group, Sydney, Australia.
o Seven Hills Software Corp. has released version 2.0 of Express. This version is faster (in spooling and printing), provides tuning functions (this means that you can tune the performance of Express to your particular system), the number of copies can be specified for each file, the spool folder can now be held on any disk (any GS/OS device). Express was demonstrated at the March Apple IIgs meeting.
o Seven Hills has also released The Manager. This program is the first "multi-finder" for the IIgs. It looks and operates much in the same way as Finder does on the Macintosh, and can be launched from Finder or any GS/OS application launcher. The Manager lets you have multiple programs running at the same time, the only limitation being the amount of memory you have. This is called multi-tasking. When the program currently selected (in the foreground) isn't doing anything, any other programs running (in the background) are allowed to perform their 'tasks'. Running an application is no different - simply double-click on an icon from Finder. Some differences will now be apparent - the menu bar (on the top of the screen) will reflect the current application that is running by showing the application's icon to the left of the apple icon, and the desktop will look as though you are in Finder (ie; you can see your on-line volumes, the trash can, etc). To go back to Finder you can simply click on the desktop, select an icon on the desktop, or select Finder from the application list (pull-down menu from the application's icon). Sequential Systems released a similar product called SwitchIt!. This allowed you to switch between applications easily but it did not multi-task and did not provide "multi-finder" capabilities. The Manager was also demonstrated at the March Apple IIgs meeting.
o The dates for this years Kansasfest have been announced - 22nd and 23rd of July. Last year there were 5 of us, including myself, who attended the four day conference. This year it has been cut back to two days. For more information contact Resource Central, PO Box 11250, Overland Park, KS 66207, USA; phone 913-469-6502 (voice), 913-469-6507 (fax).
o Recently Apple has hired two engineers for their Apple II Continuation Engineering Group.
o Quality Computers have released Platinum Paint II, a paint program for the Apple IIgs.
o Rumour - it has been reported that 'Burger' Bill Heineman and his team are working on a sequel to Out Of This World, a cinematic action-adventure game. Interplay has received hundreds of letters crying out for a sequel. The sequel, dubbed 'Out Of This World II', will be 'bigger and better' than it's predecessor and should hit the shelves shortly before christmas.

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