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 So what happened to the Apple II articles in the May and June magazines? I missed the deadline for the May magazine - I apologise for that. There is no excuse. Roger Perry offered to hold the May articles over to the June magazine which suited me well because I was on holidays until after the June deadline. Unfortunately there was a problem with the upload of the original articles which was not discovered until I was away. I apologise for that, I'm still trying to understand the Macintosh BBS. It somehow managed to concatenate five files into one with a Zmodem upload....
o New Zealand was very picturesque. The autumn leaves were very colourful and the snowcapped mountains made a lovely backdrop. Thank you for asking. I went for a holiday but also made sure I met the local Apple II enthusiasts as I travelled around. I took the Apple II Golden Orchard CD with me as well as John MacLean's Dos 3.3 Launcher, Sean Craig's Complex III, and my latest effort, a Finder Extra called Virtual Data.
I met up with Peter Fitchett in Christchurch. Peter's house is practically filled with computer bits and pieces. If you're after something and can't find it here, then perhaps Peter can help you. David Empson, a prolific and knowledgeable internet contributor, welcomed me to a meeting of the Wellington Apple Users Group. Both meetings were successful with a lot of interest shown in the Golden Orchard CD.
o John MacLean, ex-AUG member, author of The Graphics Exchange and Dos 3.3 Launcher, sold his IIgs and hard disk to me when he decided to move on from the Apple II. He has recently given his permission for most of the contents of his hard drive to be made available for the benefit of others. There's some very interesting source code on the drive, some finished, some unfinished. The unfinished code includes a PROLOG interpreter and an HardPressed(Tm)-type utility. The finished code includes a LISP interpreter and a personal expense tracker.
The first release has been a new version of Dos 3.3 Launcher which can launch Apple II emulator 'disk images'. Version 2.2 can be found on the Apple II BBS.
o Kansas City, Missouri will once again be the destination for Apple II enthusiasts. KFest '96 will be held on the campus of Avila College between July 17-21, 1996. The cost will be only US$375, which includes use of a double room in the Avila College dorms and meals. The last date pre-registrations will be accepted is July 13th.
KFest this year is being sponsored by Kellers' Auto Electric, Inc. You can send your completed registration forms to:
KFest '96
c/o Kellers
PO Box 391
Brielle, NJ 08730
timothyk@injersey.com
Please make checks payable to: Kellers' / Kfest '96
Credit Card registration is also available. Just call Kellers' Auto Electric, Inc with your VISA, MasterCard or American Express number during business hours (American Eastern Time).
908-775-0371 phone
908-223-0678 fax
If you have questions about KFest, or wish to make suggestions, you can find answers via the InterNet. Just send an email message to kfest.info$@genie.com, or visit the World Wide Web page at http://www.primenet.com/~adams/kfest.html
o There are two new publications available for Apple IIgs owners. The Apple Blossom is a 12 page bi-monthly. Juiced.GS is a 24 page quarterly. Both have just published their first commercial issue. April's Apple II GenieLamp, available from the Apple II BBS, reviews both publications. The first four non-commercial issues of The Apple Blossom are also available for downloading from the Apple II BBS.
The Apple Blossom
1117 Maple Street
Wilmington, DE 19805
US$18 for overseas subscriptions
Cheque or money order made out to Steve Cavanaugh
http://members.aol.com/newblossom/
S.CAVANAUGH1@GENIE.COM
Juiced.GS
2217 Lakeview Drive
Sullivan, IN 47882
US$20 for overseas subscriptions
Cheque or money order made out to Max Jones
o Seven Hills have announced that due to costs and very limited time they've had to drop technical support by telephone. However, technical questions can be emailed to SHSDave@aol.com. Continue emailing SevenHills@genie.com for orders and general product questions.
o Seven Hills have also announced that Shareware Solutions II are now the exclusive distributors Bright Software's games for the Apple IIGS:
The Gate and Space Fox. They are available for US$20 each, plus US$3 s/h per
order. Shareware Solutions II can accept payment by check or money order
only, made payable in US Funds, to "Joe Kohn." Send all orders to:
Shareware Solutions II
166 Alpine Street
San Rafael, CA 94901-1008
JOE.KOHN@GENIE.COM
o Shareware Solutions II has been chosen by the National AppleWorks User Group (NAUG) to be the repository of all of the disk based AppleWorks resource materials that had been compiled and distributed by NAUG. There are two files on the Apple II BBS which describe the contents of the NAUG disks.
o Shareware Solutions II currently distributes more than 1,000 different Apple II freeware, shareware, public domain and commercial software disks. If you have access to the world wide web, you can view several different online software catalogs by pointing your favorite web browser towards the Shareware Solutions II Home Page. That can be found at the following URL:
http://www.crl.com/~joko
o Ego Systems has released their latest Apple IIgs and Macintosh catalogue. International customers will not receive one automatically. So just ask Steve for one and he'll be happy to send it to you:
EGO Systems
7918 Cove Ridge Rd.
Hixson TN 37343-1808
USA
423-843-1775 (9am to 5pm Eastern Time)
423-843-0661 fax
DIZ@GENIE.COM
o While your requesting a catalogue, perhaps you'd like to purchase a new ZipGS accelerator? Ego Systems has just dropped the price. Effective immediately the ZipGS 8MHz/16K cache accelerator is only US$174.95! (Airmail shipping just US$10 extra).

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