Little Bits
By Andrew Roughan
Copyright (c) 1996 Apple Users' Group, Sydney
Republished from Applecations, a publication of the Apple Users' Group, Sydney, Australia.
o I apologise for the lack of Apple II content in the February magazine. I delivered the content to Roger's place on the night he went unexpectedly into hospital. Thankfully Roger is Ok, however, the magazine didn't change from what he'd done before that night. So that explains the situation. It's amazing that we got a magazine at all.
o The Apple II BBS is finally back online. The original problem was that the hard disk died. Once that was replaced, Cameron had problems with restoring the most recent backup. It appears as though the archiving tool he used could not handle sparse files. The decision was made to start a fresh message base, however, the BBS software couldn't cope and Richard had to be called in to kick it a few times. The end result is that the message base has unfortunately been lost. However, all the files are still available, the most recent additions being the GEnie Lamps for February and comprehensive content listings of the Golden Orchard CD volumes.
o In their last issue, GS+ Magazine was asked whether the new Apple IIgs animation package, Animasia, was compatible with the new Second Sight VGA display card. GS+ stated that Animasia 3-D uses the special graphics Fill Mode which is not supported by the Second Sight. However, the use of Fill Mode can be disabled by unchecking the Optimize option in the Animate Options dialog box. Therefore Animasia is compatible with the Second Sight.
o OPS have announced that AppleWorks 5.x versions of their Timeout enhancements are now available. The OPS range includes: TO About Time: US$14.95, AmperMacros Plus: US$29.95, TO.DiskTools: US$49.95, TO.ShrinkIt Plus: US$29.95, TO.Statistics:
US$79.95. Please add $2.50 shipping and handling with each order. All products are compatible with AppleWorks versions 3.0 through 5.1, and come with a 30-day money back guarantee. Contact Douglas Gum of OP Software.
P.O. Box 2132
LaGrange, GA 30241-2132, USA
email: D.GUM@genie.com
o Marin MacroWorks is pleased to offer One Touch Commands 5, an update
for AppleWorks 5 of the original One Touch Commands disk from Quality
Computers. One Touch Commands 5 is a collection of fifteen (15) TimeOut
add-on utilities. They include: Batch Editor, Batch Loader, Boxdraw, DeskJet Two-Sided, Filefinder, Hangman, ImageWriter Two-Sided, Number2Words, OA-H Printer Swap, Pop-Up Calculator, Print Label, PrintClip, SaveClip, Screen Artist, and Typing Speed.
HotKeys I, a collection of thirteen TimeOut add-on utilities is also available. HotKeys I includes: Clipper, ColumnCalc, DB Hilighter, DB Marker, Desktop File Mover, FlexiCalc, Hilighter Plus, MultiColumn DeskJet, MultiColumn ImageWriter, NumConverter, Print Months, Report Transporter, SS WordWrap.
Each program's function is documented, with screen shots, where applicable, in AppleWorks files on the disk. Please specify for AW4 or AW5. One Touch Commands 5 and HotKeys I are US$16.00 each, airmail postpaid, available directly from:
Marin MacroWorks
1675 Grand Avenue, Suite 1
San Rafael, CA 94901-2211
email: W.NELKEN1@GENIE.COM
o Wolfenstein 3D for the Apple IIgs is still a possibility. Vitesse had said that they would cancel the project if Bill Heineman did not complete it by the end of October. However, it appears as though Vitesse have asked Eric Sheppard to finish the project.
o Randy Brandt's "Deja II" AppleWorks emulator for the Macintosh is now available.
Here's a first hand report: "With the MAC system 7.5, AppleWorks is completely seamless. Read and write AppleWorks files directly to/from Apple ProDOS disks in the MAC superdrive, or rewrite directly to a MAC HFS volume. It's all the same to Deja II". Sounds like a press release doesn't it? Well it isn't. I haven't seen one. Contact Randy directly for details:
email: R.BRANDT@GENIE.COM
o The v1.1 SecondSight ROM is now available from Sequential. It's free if you send back your two current chips within 30 days after the new ones are installed, otherwise it's US$20.
Sequential Systems
o Paul Benson has released a new version of rSounder which is able to load AU, WAV, MOD sounds, and save AU or WAV. Shareware US$7.
email: BaJa@nando.net
o The Macintosh BBS now has access to Internet email. Apple II owners are not excluded from using this BBS, in fact connecting is as easy as dialing the number from your trusty terminal program. So login, and leave a message for Cameron asking for an internet email address. Once you have one, try sending an article to me via email: Posty@triode.apana.org.au

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