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 Vitesse has managed to secure the right to publish an Apple //gs version of Origin's quest, Ultima I. Bill Heineman finished the //gs version more than a year ago but licensing discussions with Origin have held up the release until now.
o Although SCSI CD-ROM drives can be easily connected to Apple //s, owners of the Apple High Speed SCSI Card need drivers. The System Software provides a CD-ROM driver for Apple CD-ROM drives. Tulin have drivers for the NEC range of CD-ROM drives.
o Applied Engineering's fax software was written for System 5.0.4 and has problems with 6.0.1. However, it can apparently be used with System 6.0.1 when it is installed with IR after the Finder is loaded.
o GEnie has an internet gateway! Here's how to get on.
From your account with internet access type:
telnet hermes.merit.edu
You will be presented with a "Which host?" prompt. Type:
sprintnet-313171
You will then see the standard GEnie login prompt "U#". Type:
joingenie
When asked for a special subscription offer. Type:
DTD524
When asked where you are calling from. Australian users should enter PDN. You will then be asked for your street address and billing information. PDN subscribers can pay with Visa, MasterCard or American Express. Actual costs will be automatically charged in US dollars to your credit card each month. As well as GEnie charges, you may incur 'sprintnet' charges for network access and charges for your local internet connection. Cameron Brawn will have tried to connect to GEnie using the internet by the time you read this so next month hopefully we can give more information about charges.
o Western Design Center (WDC), designers of the 65816 CPU used by the Apple IIgs, now have 14mhz 65816 chips available for US$19.80!! Previously, US$95 engineering parts rated at 12mhz have been used to upgrade Transwarp GS and Zip GS accelerators. However, WDC does not warranty these new chips for installation into Apple IIgs accelerators. Club member, Cameron Brawn is expected to try one of these new chips shortly. Expect to see a report on his findings here.
Warning: upgrading an accelerator can be harmful for your accelerator or computer and involves more than just installing a new processor.
o The AppleWorks 4.1 bug fix release has been renamed as AppleWorks 4.3 to remove confusion. This release was meant to be available in June but should be available by the time you read this. In the meantime, AppleWorks 5.0 has been announced for an October release. AppleWorks 5.0 will have many new features including: (word processor) resizable split screens, print to screen, print odd or even pages, wild card searches, (spreadsheet) cell notes, @Today function, (data base) screen drawing facility for presentation of single records. New documentation will explain the changes from version 4.0.
o As mentioned in the July magazine, the German Apple user group CD-ROM which holds Apple II and Macintosh public domain software is now available. A list of contents can be found in the filing cabinet of the Apple II BBS. Member David Greenland has ordered one already and if it arrives in time for the September meeting we hope to have a look at it then.
o ICONference (aka KansasFest), THE annual gathering, was held in Kansas City from July 21st to 23rd.
Bill Mensch from Western Design Center used the conference to launch a consumer computer based on the 16 bit 65265 chip which runs software PCMCIA cards. Apparently the computer will be well received in the Asian market where traditional desktop machines have not made as big an impact as they have elsewhere.
o Byte Works has announced ORCA/C 2.0.2, ORCA/M 2.0.4, and ORCA/Pascal 2.1.
Registered owners of ORCA/C 2.x, ORCA/M 2.x, and ORCA/Pascal 2.x can update for US$7 per product--or you can get an update free if you order a program direct from the Byte Works.
Upgrades are also available from earlier versions of the ORCA languages, or from other Apple IIGS languages.
Contact the Byte Works for ordering information or details about our current special offers and pricing.
Mike Westerfield
Byte Works, Inc.
4700 Irving Blvd N.W. Suite 207
Albuquerque, NM 87114
(505) 898-8183
Internet: Send e-mail to MikeW50@AOL.COM
o Joe Kohn, publisher of Shareware Solutions II, a newsletter detailing the latest Apple // shareware, has announced that he is able to accept personal cheques drawn in a foreign currency as payment for subscriptions. Up until now he would only accept cheques or money orders in US dollars for which banks can charge excessivly. A two year subscription which starts with the premier issue of July
1993 and runs until mid year 1995 costs only US$50. Call your bank and ask them how much US$50 is worth in Australian dollars and then write a personal cheque for this amount.
Joe Kohn
Shareware Solutions II
166 Alpine St
San Rafael, CA 94901-1008
USA
Email: joko@crl.com

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