Shareware Solutions II 1 Shareware Solutions II Cindy Adams Is the Coordinator Paper with Holes Punched for a of Kfest, and She Can Be Reached Standard 3 Ring Binder
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SharewareShareware SolutionsSolutions IIII An Exciting Apple II Journey Into The Future Volume 3, Issue 5 June/July, 1997 Heard It Through The Grapevine KansasFest ’97 On Wednesday evening, 40 or under wraps until the last mo- more attendees traditionally ment. Every summer since 1989, up- gather together at the KC wards of one hundred devoted Masterpiece restaurant for a The cost for KansasFest is $375, Apple II loyalists have gathered scrumptious meal that marks and that price includes all sem- together on the campus of Avila the informal start of Kfest ac- inars, all meals (except for those College in Kansas City to cele- tivities. On Saturday night, a at restaurants) and a bed in a brate the magic of the Apple II similar number are expected to double room in the Avila College computer! attend the informal and unoffi- dorm. If you choose to stay with cial closing ceremonies at Jess friends or at a motel, then the Originally entitled The Apple and Jims Steakhouse. cost for KansasFest is only II Developers Conference, the $300. Please keep in mind, how- event now known to all Apple II In between those two mouth ever, that lots of Apple II ac- users as KansasFest has had watering events, two full days tivities take place each night in somewhat of a change of focus in will be devoted to seminars. As the dorms and for many, its recent years. Although there we go to press, the schedule is these late night activities that will still be some technical ses- nowhere near complete, but sev- are often the most fun and the sions devoted to those inter- eral sessions have already been most memorable. ested in programming the Apple formalized. Ryan Suenaga will II and IIGS, the vast majority of once again be the master of cer- The sponsor of KansasFest 97 sessions and activities are now emonies at the second annual is InTrec Software, the publish- of general interest so that they Apple II Writers and Publish- er of ProTerm. InTrec can accept can be enjoyed and understood ers Forum, which will feature checks for registration (make by anyone who has any degree of the publishers of all of the cur- checks payable to InTrec Soft- involvement with the Apple II. rent Apple II publications. ware), or can accept your VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or Ameri- As in previous years, those who Geoff Weiss will be conducting a can Express cards. attend Kfest 97 can expect to session on Spectrum Internet spend three glorious and fun Suite. Max Jones of Juiced.GS To register for KansasFest 97, filled days sitting in on infor- is scheduled to lead a session on contact: mative and educational ses- desktop publishing. David Ker- sions and seminars and witnes- wood is expected to give a demo KFest 97 sing new product introductions of the Bernie ][ The Rescue IIGS c/o Intrec Software and demos. And for four very emulator. Shareware Solutions 3035 East Topaz Circle long nights, Apple II enthusi- II will once again be showcasing Phoenix, AZ 85028-4423 asts from all over the world will some new products during a be socializing with old and new demo session on Saturday. 602-992-1345 (voice) friends, eating at some of Kan- Richard Bennett of Sydney, 602-992-0232 (fax) sas Citys finest restaurants, Australia will be the guest of and marveling at all of the new honor at this years Celebrity [email protected] Apple II software that is bound Roast. Many more sessions will to be released at KansasFest. be finalized in the coming If you have any questions about weeks, and if previous years are Kfest 97, you can get them an- The 1997 edition of KansasFest any indication, attendees this swered via e-mail or by pointing will be held this year between year can expect some exciting your favorite web browser at the Wednesday, July 30th and Sun- and perhaps even unexpected KansasFest 97 home page on day, August 3rd. sessions which are often kept the world wide web. Shareware Solutions II 1 Shareware Solutions II Cindy Adams is the coordinator paper with holes punched for a of Kfest, and she can be reached standard 3 ring binder. Volume 3, Issue 5 by e-mail at: The books available from The Shareware Solutions II is pub- [email protected] Byte Works, and the prices, are: lished by Joe Kohn, 166 Alpine Street, San Rafael, CA 94901- Cindy maintains the official Apple IIGS Toolbox 1008. Kfest home page on the world Reference Volume 1: $45 wide web at the following URL: Publisher/Writer: Joe Kohn Apple IIGS Toolbox Roving Reporter: Cynthia Field http://www.primenet.com/ Reference Volume 2: $45 Contrib. Writer: Steve Disbrow ~adams/kfest.html Proofreader: Jane Kos Apple IIGS Toolbox The Byte Works Reference Volume 3: $55 Entire contents of Shareware Solutions II copyright (©) 1997 Several years ago, after Re- Apple IIGS GS/OS by Joe Kohn. All rights are source Central went out of busi- Reference: $30 reserved. Nothing may be re- ness, Mike Westerfields compa- printed or reproduced, in whole ny The Byte Works took over Apple IIGS Firmware or in part, in any media without the distribution of the remain- Reference: $30 the prior written consent of Joe der of the technical reference Kohn. materials that had originally Apple IIGS Hardware been distributed by Apples own Reference: $30 Available by subscription only, Apple Programmers and Devel- several options are available: opers Association (APDA). At Shipping charges are $5 per that time, the Byte Works liter- order (not per book!) for delivery A) The first 24 issues: $75 for ally became the definitive one in the United States. For over- US/Canada; $100 elsewhere. stop source of information and seas shipping, The Byte Works technical resources for Apple II will charge the actual shipping B) The next 6 issues/Renewal: and IIGS programmers. amount, but due to the weight of $25 for US/Canada; $40 else- the books (the majority of the where. Ever since then, The Byte manuals are more than 500 Works has been attempting to pages) they recommend surface Make all checks payable to Joe secure permission from Apple to shipping. Kohn. US Funds Only. No republish the six definitive charge cards, purchase orders or Apple IIGS reference manuals To order books, or for additional COD orders will be accepted. that had originally been pub- information, contact: lished by Addison-Wesley. All This newsletter was created six of the reference manuals The Byte Works entirely with an Apple IIGS. All were researched and written by 8000 Wagon Mound Dr NW articles written in AppleWorks Apple employees, but Addison- Albuquerque, NM 87120 Classic. Page Layout prepared Wesley stopped publishing in AppleWorks GS. Printing them all when the Apple IIGS 505-898-8183 (voice) was done on a Hewlett-Packard was discontinued. 505-898-8183 (fax) LaserJet IIP Plus, connected to the IIGS courtesy of Vitesses Mike Westerfield has recently [email protected] Harmonie. The use of TrueType secured the permission he was fonts is courtesy of WestCode seeking from Apple, and the http://www.hypermall.com/ Softwares Pointless. manuals are now back in print! byteworks The Byte Works versions of the E-mail Addresses: manual reprints are laser Additionally, Mike Westerfield CIS: 76702,565 printed from the original Addi- is currently working on a brand DELPHI: JOE_KOHN son-Wesley books; each reprint new Apple IIGS implementation GENIE: JOE.KOHN is a faithful reproduction of the of the BASIC programming INTERNET: [email protected] original pages on 8.5 x 11" language, and if all goes ac- 2 Shareware Solutions II June/July, 1997 cording to schedule, GSoft may terest 12 page quarterly Apple you can add your own. Quarknet be available for purchase at II newsletter. HyperQuarterly is a HyperCard and Spectrum KansasFest 97. differs from The Apple Blossom based offline message processor because it is disk-based and for the Delphi online network. Mike Westerfield describes because it focuses on a single PostScripter is a utility that al- GSoft as follows: Many people program: HyperCard IIGS. lows you to resize and reposition know that over the years I have PostScript files youve created in repeatedly said that BASIC is If the first two disk issue of a IIGS graphics program and not a good choice for toolbox pro- HyperQuarterly is any indica- print them with stunning clar- gramming. I also gave specific tion of things to come, lots of ity. HC.Word is a HyperCard- reasons: Toolbox programming fans of HyperCard IIGS are based text editor that allows requires records and pointers, going to be thrilled every three you to, among other things, ex- and no Apple IIGS BASIC pro- months. Not since the demise of port your text as html code. A la vides either of those. In fact, no Resource Centrals Script-Cen- Carte automatically creates cus- BASIC that Im aware of han- tral has there been such a crea- tom menus for your own Hyper- dles pointers well enough for tive or enjoyable outpouring of Card stacks. ScriptMenu places toolbox programming, and that HyperCard related software! a Scripts menu in every stack as includes BASICs on the Macin- you work on it, allowing you to tosh and Windows platforms. The first issue contains short list every object in your stack GSoft fixes that. Without sacri- HyperCard related news items and instantly open the scripts ficing the inherent simplicity of and detailed articles about associated with those objects. BASIC, GSoft adds records, HyperCard. But the real joy in TableMaker allows you to create pointers, dynamic memory and the premiere issue is derived html code with tables.