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 This month sees the announcement of three new publications. ICON, PongLife and A2World join the ranks of current Apple II publications.
o A2World is a bi-monthly disk based newsletter which gathers articles from Apple II user groups worldwide. It will be distributed to Apple II user groups for a small fee. Members of the group can then make copies of the disk, probably as part of the public domain library.
This publication promises to be very enlightening because it will effectively give a member of one user group the articles from a wide range of other groups. Why hasn't anyone thought of this before?
I have kept disk based versions of all Apple II articles published in Applecations for the last four years which I will be passing on. I will also make sure that the club gets a subscription.
More information:
Sam Latella
165 Whiteacres Drive
London, Ontario N6G 4N1
CANADA
S.Latella@genie.geis.com
o PongLife is a stack based publication that is being distributed via networks. Its content intends to highlight the current Apple II products by doing an indepth interview with a developer and comparison type reviews each issue.
o Resource Central has seen fit to become a non-profit international user group: International Computer Owners Network, or ICON. ICON rejoins the paper based periodical publishers with Ahs: the quarterly newsletter of ICON.
Ahs: is subtitled "The delights, surprises, and pains of using computers." The first issue announced the ICONference, (read Kansasfest) to be held July 21-23.
ICON continue to distribute their strong disk based publications: A2-Central (Apple II), TimeOut-Central (AppleWorks), Script-Central (Hypercard IIgs), Studio City (HyperStudio IIgs and Mac), Macrocosm (Macintosh), Config.Sys (MS-DOS), Solid Windows (Windows).
Contact ICON for more information:
ICON
PO Box 11250
Overland Park KS 66207
USA
913-469-6502 phone
913-469-6507 fax
ICON@genie.geis.com
o GS/TCP, an implementation of TCP/IP for the Apple IIgs is nearing completion. TCP/IP is a network protocol which allows data to be passed between computers. TCP/IP is the protocol of choice for Unix networks.
TCP/IP brings the data to your desktop machine for processing whereas a connection via a terminal program only displays information which has already been processed by the host.
When compared to a host connection using a terminal program, GS/TCP will allow multiple connections to the same host (read many windows), easier file transfer (a standard copy instead of an actual 'download'), and the ability to use Apple //gs applications to read your email and news.
GS/TCP will work with either MacIP (over an AppleTalk network) or SLIP (over a serial line). Ethernet adaptors which link to SCSI devices will hopefully also be supported.
If an Apple //gs AppleTalk Remote Access client is written, GS/TCP will allow dial in access to an AppleTalk network with full file sharing and network printing abilities.
To be on the mailing list for information about GS/TCP contact:
Procyon Inc.
P.O Box 620334
Littleton, CO 80162-0334
USA
303-781-3273
bazyar@netcom.com

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