Little Bits
By Andrew Roughan
Copyright (c) 1995 Apple Users' Group, Sydney
Republished from Applecations, a publication of the Apple Users' Group, Sydney, Australia.
o I sincerely apologise for making a mistake with the date of the June Apple IIgs meeting published in last months' magazine. My diary doesn't list the dates of any holidays so I was unsure when the public holiday fell and then I forgot to verify it before publication. I hope nobody was inconvenienced by my indiscretion.
o The submission deadline for material to be published in the magazine has moved back from the 10th of the month to the last day of the previous month. So all those people who are preparing articles for me should please keep this in mind.
o What happened to Wolfenstein 3d for the Apple IIgs? Well, while the game is finished, Vitesse are still negotiating with Interplay to release it and no firm date has been set. The author Bill Heineman, who is also the person responsible for Interplay's Macintosh version, recently left Interplay after a long association. Let's hope it was amicable and that Vitesse succeeds in getting the go ahead.
o In the meantime, Bill has been working on IIgs versions of Tracer Sanction and Mindscape. Look forward to Vitesse releasing these titles in the near future.
o Seven Hills software have announced that they will support Sequential's Second Sight VGA card with a new ANSI online display for their communications package Spectrum. The new ANSI display is expected to display true ANSI colors instead of the "dithered" colors offered by the standard IIGS video hardware. They will also be bringing out a new version of their graphic conversion utility SuperConvert which will take advantage of the higher resolutions and colour modes available on the card.
o AUG's own Richard Bennett will be presenting a seminar at K'fest 95. Richard has spent the last two years developing the Apple IIgs GEnie graphical user interface. Those of you who saw the demonstration in June will appreciate the huge amount of effort that has gone into this project. I know you'll all join me in wishing him well with his presentation. Now all we need to do is convince General Electric to allow Australian users to subscribe to the GEnie service through a local dial-in.
o Iomega's Zip drive appears set to hit our shores in late July. MacWarehouse is taking advance orders for these 100MB SCSI removable units at a price of $299. 100MB cartridges are $35 each. Direct your enquiries to MacWarehouse (02)838-8388.
o The Byte Works now has a World Wide Web presence. Product information and a complete, up-to-date price list on Byte Works and APDA products is available.
http://www.hypermall.com/byteworks/

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