SharewareShareware SolutionsSolutions IIII An Exciting Apple II Journey Into The Future

Volume 2, Issue 5 October, 1995 Heard It Through The Grapevine GS+ Magazine entire software lines from West- US or Canada delivery; $40 for Code Software (HardPressed, Air Mail delivery elsewhere). In late August, Steve Disbrow, TypeSet, TypeWest, and Point- the publisher of GS+ Magazine less) and Procyon ( Pick n Pile, Games, Games, Games posted the following notice to all SwitchIt, GNO/ME and Splat). of the online services: As most of you know, I worked Additionally, EGO Systems will for Big Red Computer Club from “It is with great sadness that I soon be releasing several soft- 1989 to 1992, and over the years am forced to announce that this ware products that are geared have remained friends and in (V7.N1) is the last issue of GS+ towards Apple IIGS owners who contact with BRCC’s owner. Magazine. After six years, and have migrated towards the Mac. thirty-seven issues, it has sim- As you also know, BRCC is still ply become impossible to con- Shrink II is a $39.95 Macintosh in business, but because they tinue publication.” application that provides Mac have not advertised or actively users with the ability to either promoted the software they do “As you might be able to guess, create or decompress Apple II carry, sales are understandably the main reason for this deci- standard ShrinkIt archives. way down. Although nothing def- sion is money; specifically, the inite has been decided, BRCC is lack of it. As I mentioned an EGO Systems’ $25 “Teach thinking about closing down the issue or two ago, renewals have Translator for Macintosh Easy Apple II end of the business. been off. Since then, renewals Open” allows IIGS formatted went through the floor and new text files in the “Teach” format However, they still have a large subscriptions have been almost to be translated, with all the inventory of unsold software, so non-existent. I’ve tried every- formatting remaining intact, we’ve just agreed to transfer a thing I could think of to reverse from the IIGS to the Macintosh. lot of BRCC’s IIe/IIc entertain- this trend, but nothing has ment programs to Shareware worked. The end result is that The last bit of news concerning Solutions II. EGO Systems has no more mon- GS+’s publisher is that Steve ey to publish GS+ Magazine. So, Disbrow has agreed to become a All of the following games are I’ve reluctantly decided to pull Contributing Writer for Share- supplied in their original pack- the plug.” ware Solutions II. Look for his aging, and all are boxed and first article to appear in the shrink wrapped. All programs Despite the cessation of GS+ next issue. are supplied on 5.25" disk only. Magazine, Steve Disbrow in- tends to continue supporting the Newsletter Notes Effective immediately, the fol- Apple IIGS through EGO Sys- lowing AtariSoft arcade games, tems, the parent company of Please take a moment and look which all require a 48K Apple GS+ Magazine. EGO Systems at the mailing label on this II+, IIe, IIc or IIGS are available will continue to distribute and issue. You will notice that the from Shareware Solutions II: sell back issues of GS+ Maga- issue your subscription expires Battlezone, Centipede, Dig Dug, zine, as well as continue to sell with is now listed on the label. Defender, Donkey Kong, Galax- software products such as Auto- If your label reads, “EXP: V2, ian, Gremlins, Jungle Hunt, Arc, Animasia 3-D and Ad- #5” then this is the last issue Moon Patrol, Ms Pac Man, Pac dressed For Success. They will you will be receiving. If you’d Man and Stargate. also continue to operate as like to continue receiving Share- distributors for MCTA’s Zip GS ware Solutions II, please sub- In addition to the AtariSoft accelerators and to sell the mit your renewal fee ($25 for games, Shareware Solutions II

Shareware Solutions II 1 Shareware Solutions II also has several role playing ad- Convert 3200, a brand new IIGS venture games that were pro- graphics conversion program, Volume 2, Issue 5 grammed by Bill Heineman and will soon become available from originally available from Inter- Shareware Solutions II as a low Shareware Solutions II is pub- play. Those include Neuroman- cost commercial software prod- lished bi-monthly by Joe Kohn, cer and Dragon Wars. Both uct. 166 Alpine Street, San Rafael, require a IIe, IIc or IIGS with CA 94901-1008. 128K and a 5.25" disk drive. For the past three years, Brutal Deluxe has been thrilling Apple Writer/Publisher: Joe Kohn Also available are two wonder- IIGS owners by releasing such Roving Reporter: Cynthia Field ful fast action arcade games great freeware games as Block- Proofreader: Jane Kos from Taito, including Renegade ade, Cogito, and The Tinies. and Qix. They both require a IIe, Entire contents of Shareware IIc or IIGS with 128K and a As has been reported before, all Solutions II copyright (©) 1995 5.25" disk drive, and Qix of Brutal Deluxe’s releases to by Joe Kohn. All rights requires a joystick. date were ported over from other reserved. Nothing may be re- systems; The Tinies was orig- printed or reproduced, in whole From Unison World come sev- inally written to run on the IBM or in part, in any media without eral collections of Print Shop PC and Blockade originally ran the prior written consent of Joe Graphics. American History on the Macintosh. As program- Kohn. Graphics contains more than mers, Brutal Deluxe was able to 350 graphics that cover the his- translate the code so that the Available by subscription only, tory of the United States from IIGS versions of the games were several options are available: Columbus to the space shuttle. nearly indistinguishable from There’s also a Combo Pack that their originals. A) The first 12 issues: $35 for contains more than 200 general US/Canada; $50 elsewhere. interest Print Shop graphics. The Brutal Deluxe team con- B) The first 18 issues: $55 for sists of two French program- US/Canada; $75 elsewhere. Some of the above titles are mers, neither of whom considers C) The next 6 issues/Renewal: available in limited quantities himself to be an accomplished $25 for US/Canada; $40 else- only, so don’t hesitate too long. artist. So, to allow them to in- where. If you do order a title that has clude the same high quality art been sold out, you’ll be issued a work that appeared in the origi- Make all checks payable to Joe credit that can be used to pur- nal versions of their software, Kohn. US Funds Only. Sorry, chase anything else from Share- Brutal Deluxe needed a program but no charge cards, purchase ware Solutions II. that would convert those foreign orders or COD orders will be format graphics to a format that accepted. All of the above games are could be displayed and look good available for only $6 each, plus on a IIGS. The result is Convert This newsletter was created $3 per order for shipping to the 3200, a user friendly version of entirely with an Apple IIGS. All United States, or $5 per order the same graphics conversion articles written in AppleWorks for shipping elsewhere! program that Brutal Deluxe has Classic. Page Layout prepared been using in-house to help in AppleWorks GS. Printing As always, only checks or money create their games. was done on a Hewlett-Packard orders, in US Funds only, can be LaserJet IIP Plus, connected to accepted. Please make all Under development for nearly the IIGS courtesy of Vitesse’s checks payable to Joe Kohn. 1.5 years, Convert 3200 is a pro- Harmonie. The use of TrueType And, let the games begin! gram that can speedily convert fonts is courtesy of WestCode graphics created on other sys- Software’s Pointless. Convert 3200 tems, including graphics in the GIF, PCS, IFF, BMP, BIN and E-Mail Addresses: Shareware Solutions II, in asso- TIFF formats, and convert them CIS: 76702,565 ciation with the programming into a number of different IIGS GENIE: JOE.KOHN team of Brutal Deluxe, is also formats, including 256 and 3200 INTERNET: [email protected] pleased to inform you that color formats, as well as stan-

2 Shareware Solutions II dard 16 color graphics and Print press Return). with AppleWorks v5, the update Shop GS graphics. disk is available free of charge. Press “E” to enter the Edit Simply contact Shareware Solu- Sporting an interface that is Mode. Then use the arrow keys tions II and request it. similar to that found in a num- to maneuver to relative byte ber of games created by Brutal $0001B (second row from the If you previously had not up- Deluxe, Convert 3200 will be top of the first screen). Change dated ContactsMover to v5.0, available to European IIGS the “30” by typing “31” over it. the cost of the update is $5. owners directly from Brutal De- Then press Escape to exit the luxe, and to IIGS owners out- Edit Mode. Press “W” to write Please note that if you are not side of Europe from Shareware the change to the disk. Accept using AppleWorks v5.1, you do Solutions II. The list price is the hexadecimal address by not need ContactsMover v5.1. expected to be $15. Full details pressing Return, then press “Y” and ordering information should to make the change. The Finder’s Print Function be available in the next issue of Shareware Solutions II. Once again, press “F” to follow One of the most widely misun- the same file (accept the file- derstood and underutilized func- Contacts GS And AW 5.1 name with Return). tions available from the GS/OS Finder is the Print command Soon after AppleWorks v5.1 Again, press “E” to enter the which is located under the File shipped, we learned that the Edit Mode. Use the arrow keys Pull Down menu. version of TimeOut Contacts- to move to relative byte Mover which is supplied with $001DC. Follow the steps above Even Apple’s official “Apple Contacts GS for use with Apple- to change “30” to “31”. IIGS System 6 User’s Refer- Works v5 needed a slight modi- ence” book is a little vague on fication in order for it to work Finally, press “F” a third time the subject. It states, “The Print with AppleWorks v5.1. If you to follow the same file. Before command allows you to select feel comfortable using a sector entering the Edit Mode, hit the documents from the Finder for editor, such as ProSel’s Block Up Arrow key twice to get to printing. The command launches Warden or Zap, you can easily relative byte $00200. Then the application that produced make the modifications. enter Edit Mode and move to the document and instructs it to byte $00267. Change the “B2” print to a connected printer. If you keep separate directories to “B3” in the same manner as Note that many applications do for AppleWorks 5.0 and 5.1, before. not support printing from the copy TimeOut ContactsMover Finder.” 5.0 to the TimeOut directory of Now quit Block Warden and AppleWorks 5.1. You should launch AppleWorks 5.1. When If a GS/OS application supports modify only the copy in the you reach the Main Menu, press the Print command, you can sin- AppleWorks 5.1 directory. OA-Escape to call the TimeOut gle click on a document from the Menu. You should see the appli- Finder, choose the Finder’s Print Before starting the modifica- cation “ContactsMover51”. If so, command, and the document tions, please write down the full you have correctly patched the will print out. In theory, when pathname of the new location program. the Print command is issued, where you have copied TimeOut the application that created the ContactsMover. If you are uncomfortable using a document should run in the sector editor, please be aware background, a printer dialog box With ProSel’s Block Warden or that an updated Contacts GS should appear allowing you to Zap, begin by setting the prefix disk which includes Contacts- set standard print parameters, (press “P”, then type the path- Mover 5.1, is available from the document should print and name you have written down), Shareware Solutions II. upon completion, you should be then press Return. returned to the Finder. If you purchased Contacts GS Then “follow” the Contacts- after the release of AppleWorks However, if you’ve ever tried to Mover file (press “F”, then type v5.1, or had previously updated use the Finder’s Print command, “TO.CONTACTSMOVE”, then ContactsMover to v5.0 for use you’ve most likely seen the

Shareware Solutions II 3 GS/OS error message: “An ap- the Return key. That’s all it which is fully documented in plication can’t be found for this takes to print multiple Apple- Volume 2 of the Toolbox Refer- document.” Even with Apple’s Works GS documents from the ence book. Additionally, Mike own Teach word processor, if you Finder. Westerfield of the Byte Works click on a Teach document and informs us that technical docu- activate the Finder’s Print func- Andre Horstmann’s freeware mentation is also available in tion, you’ll be informed: “Teach GS/OS word processing New both of the Byte Works’ Self does not support the Finder’s Desk Accessory ShadowWrite, Study IIGS Toolbox program- Print feature.” and his recently enhanced and ming courses that teach Pascal improved version of Shadow- and the C language. So what function, you ask, does Write – re-named Hermes – the Print command really serve support a number of different Note: ShadowWrite and Hermes and how can it be used? word processing format files, are both available from Share- including standard ASCII Text, ware Solutions II; they are in- The truth of the matter is that Teach and AppleWorks Classic. cluded on “The Last Word” disk only a very few GS/OS programs So if you have ShadowWrite or which is available for $5. actually support the Finder’s Hermes installed, you can actu- Print command. Among those ally print out all sorts of differ- Technical programming infor- that do are AppleWorks GS, ent types of word processing mation is available from: Animasia 3-D, ShadowWrite, files, automatically and unat- Hermes, Quick Click Calc and tended, directly from the Finder. Byte Works, Inc Quick Click Morph. All that is needed to activate 8000 Wagon Mound Dr NW this distinctive feature is to ac- Albuquerque, NM 87120 If you use any of the above pro- cess ShadowWrite’s or Hermes’ 505-898-8183 grams, you are going to be Preferences menu and to choose thrilled with how the Finder’s all of the available word pro- Alert, Alert Print command works. It allows cessing filetypes as listed under you to print out a single docu- the “Catch Which Files” option. It was only after after several ment from the Finder, without Additionally, just make sure dozen Apple IIGS owners re- having to actually launch the that you have not checked off ported on GEnie’s A2 Round- application that created it, but the option to “Give others first Table that they had successful more importantly, it allows you shot.” dealings with Ken Lucke that to print out multiple documents Shareware Solutions II en- with next-to-no user input re- With the Finder’s Print com- dorsed him as a source for faster quired. What that means is mand, it’s even possible to set 65816s in Volume 2, Issue 3, that it’s possible to set up a up a print queue with different Pages 4-5. Since then something print queue from the Finder and types of files, such as an Apple- has gone horribly awry. then walk away from your com- Works GS graphic file, a Quick puter, and all the documents Click Calc spreadsheet file, an Several of you reported that you will be printed without your ASCII document, and an Ani- sent money to Ken Lucke and having to enter Open-Apple P masia 3-D graphic file. Try it for received nothing in return. For over and over again. yourself; I guarantee that you’ll that reason, Shareware Solu- love this little known feature of tions II feels compelled to warn To try out how this works from the IIGS Finder. others: Ken Lucke is no longer a the Finder, click on any Apple- dependable source for chips and Works GS word processing, page Tim Buchheim, one of the sys- kits to upgrade TransWarp GS layout, graphic or spreadsheet tem operators (sysops) of GE- and ZIP GS accelerators. file. Then hold down your Shift nie’s A2 Programmers Round- key, and click on another, or a Table, informs us that pro- I have spoken with Ken Lucke few more, AppleWorks GS gen- grammers can find all the recently, and he assures me that erated files. Then access the information they need to imple- nothing nefarious is going on. Finder’s File Pull Down menu, ment this wonderful feature in Instead, he described a series of choose the Print option, choose their own GS/OS programs by mishaps. your print parameters from the using the MessageCenter tool- familiar dialog box, and press call in the Tool Locator toolset, First of all, Ken reported that

4 Shareware Solutions II due to a fire at a chip fabri- stream of new suppliers and 18777 Midway - Ste 309 cation factory in Japan, he was repair facilities. I have recently Dallas, TX 75287 no longer able to acquire faster learned that ISR, a repair facil- 800-800-3680 (voice) cache SRAMs. That fire pre- ity in Leander, Texas, has been 214-306-5494 (voice) vented him from being able to fixing Apple brand 3.5" and 214-307-0375 (fax) secure all of the parts needed to 5.25" disk drives for only a $15 assemble the kits needed by repair fee, plus parts if needed. A+ Technologies is yet another ZIP GS owners. new resource for used Apple II In a phone conversation with hardware and software. A+ Secondly, Ken informed me that the owner of ISR, he reports Technologies buys used equip- the Western Design Center had that he’s been repairing Apple ment from both individuals and changed their previous policy of brand disk drives for nearly a in bulk, so they have a constant only offering fast 65816-14 dozen years and that owners of turnover of merchandise. One chips for a $100 minimum broken disk drives should first day they may have ten copies of order. Those chips are now contact ISR at 1-800-458-6778 a particular software title; the available to individual IIGS to describe the symptoms of the next day they may be sold out. owners, directly from Western broken disk drive and to get a Design Center, for $19.80 each necessary Repair Authorization A+ Technologies has been adver- plus a $4 shipping and handling number. tising on the Internet, and many fee for US delivery. After a Apple II owners have offered subsequent phone call to WDC, He stated that a vast majority positive feedback about their I can confirm that fact. WDC of broken Apple II drives can be dealings with A+ Technologies. can only accept checks or money repaired with a simple cleaning. orders, and since several differ- Of course, ISR can make no For the fastest service and best ent foreign shipping options are prognosis or guarantees until a selection, contact A+ by phone at available, those wanting over- disk drive has actually been ex- 1-800-2APPLE2 weekdays be- seas delivery should contact amined by a repair technician. tween 9-12 AM PST. If unable to WDC prior to placing an order. call, direct an e-mail to For information, contact: [email protected] for the most Thirdly, Ken Lucke reports that current price list. If you are un- his hard drive crashed and that ISR able to phone or lack e-mail ca- he lost all his records. 2217 Downing Lane pabilities, you can always con- Leander, TX 78641 tact A+ the old fashioned way: If you sent money to Ken Lucke and haven’t heard back from Another relatively new supplier Tracy Cook him, please send a photocopy of of Apple II software and hard- A+ Technologies your cancelled check to Share- ware is ABC Direct, a company 48 Sharon Drive ware Solutions II. I pledge to do started by David Hardaway, a Bay Point, CA 94565 everything in my power to get longtime employee of the now you a refund. defunct Applied Engineering. Opening Line

For more information on 65816- Although 80% of ABC Direct’s Bret Victor, also known as 14s, contact: business is Macintosh related, Slixter, is the artist responsible ABC Direct continues to offer for all the artwork in the Western Design Center some of the Apple II peripherals electronic PowerGS newsletter. 2166 East Brown Road that were built by Applied Since there hasn’t been a new Mesa, AZ 85213 Engineering, and they seem to issue of PowerGS since Febru- 602-962-4545 (voice) be the sole source for the latest ary, Bret has turned his atten- 602-835-4545 (fax) versions of hard-to-find Applied tion to other matters, and the [email protected] Engineering software. Apple IIGS world is just a little more joyous thanks to Bret’s New Apple II Resources For additional information or to Opening Line. receive a catalog, contact: In the Apple II world, we seem Opening Line is a software prod- to be blessed with a steady ABC Direct uct for the IIGS that costs only

Shareware Solutions II 5 $12, yet it will return much on how to customize any graphic reproductions of the original more than that in increased for use with Opening Line. HyperCard manuals; all of the happiness. Opening Line won’t original information is con- make your IIGS more produc- Opening Line requires that you tained in the copies. The copies tive, but it will cause you to have System 6.0.1 installed. are hole punched for inclusion in smile every time you start up Although a hard drive is not a 3 ring binder, which you’ll need your IIGS. required, it is recommended if to supply. you’d like to display different When GS/OS loads, it displays graphics at startup time. “Getting Started with Hyper- a light blue background screen, Card IIGS” is 156 pages and often called the splash screen, To place your order, send a $12 costs $15. “The HyperCard IIGS along with the moving ther- check or money order, made Reference” manual is 389 pages mometer bar to indicate how payable to Bret Victor, to: and costs $25. “The HyperTalk much of the operating system Beginner’s Guide IIGS” is 171 has already loaded. Bret Victor pages and costs $15. 19253 Parkview Rd. Over the years, a number of dif- Castro Valley, CA 94546 You can order from the Byte ferent freeware and shareware 510-886-1640 Works using VISA, MasterCard, utility programs have been [email protected] personal check, School PO, or written that allow GS owners to COD (for an extra charge). Ship- make certain alterations to HyperCard IIGS Manuals ping in the US is $5 per order; what is displayed when GS/OS Byte Works charges the exact loads. There have been utilities As most of you know, the Byte amount raised to the next even that can change the color of the Works now carries most of the dollar for shipping outside the splash screen and utilities that programming and technical US. To order, supply the follow- allow you to alter the words materials and manuals that ing: your name, shipping ad- displayed on screen next to the used to be available from APDA dress, name of product, and the thermometer bar. (Apple Programmers and Devel- total price, including shipping. opers Association). Because of For credit cards, include the card Opening Line makes all of those the unique relationship that number and expiration date. older customization utilities ob- The Byte Works now has with solete by allowing IIGS owners Apple, they recently announced For additional information, to have complete freedom of that permission has been se- contact: choice as to what is displayed cured to reprint all of the man- on screen as GS/OS loads. It uals that had originally been Byte Works, Inc allows you to display any Super available with HyperCard IIGS. 8000 Wagon Mound Dr NW Hi Res graphic of your choice Albuquerque, NM 87120 instead of having to look at the The newly available HyperCard 505-898-8183 ö blue splash screen. IIGS manuals are laserprinted

Opening Line allows you to dis- play a fully customized graphic file on the splash screen. The Modem Madness graphic can be either 640 x 200 or 320 x 200. It can be a 16 or Change Of Address a number of general interest and 256 color graphic, with or with- Apple II specific Home Pages out the option to display the The Internet is growing by such available on the world wide web moving thermometer bar. It leaps and bounds that often- were described. Since that time, even allows you to choose the times information that is cur- several of the recommended rate at which the graphic fades rent one day will be obsolete the Home Pages have moved. in and fades out. following day. Please update your Bookmark The Opening Line package In the article entitled "Hot file to reflect the new URLs. includes more than 25 sample Links On The World Wide Web" graphics, and has instructions (Volume 2, Issue 3, Pages 9-10) WebCrawler can now be found

6 Shareware Solutions II at: http://www.webcrawler.com simply transferred the Home an improved version of the DOS Page – lock, stock and barrel – 3.3 operating system. Since that Yahoo can now be found at: to my Internet Service Pro- time, Dr Bill Basham has http://www.yahoo.com/ vider’s server. The only differ- released a slew of software in ence now is that several of the the Diversi series of releases, The Global Network Navigator links that have new URL ad- including Diversi-Copy, Diversi- (GNN) can now be found at: dresses have been updated. Tune and Diversi-Cache. You http://gnn.com/ can learn all about the Diversi Now that Shareware Solutions series from the DSR web site. CNN Headline News can now II has direct control over the The URL is: be found at: http://www.cnn.com/ Home Page, it will eventually become the "Official Shareware http://www2.ari.net/home/dsr/ Surprisingly, three of the above Solutions II Home Page." As I Home Pages moved because learn more about the hypertext GEnie they were purchased by America markup language (html), there Online, as part of their strategy will be some additions and GEnie’s A2 RoundTable is the to become a leading Internet changes made in an effort to online service for Apple II users! Service Provider. For now, make the Home Page your Now that GEnie customers have access to the America Online World Wide Web jumping off Internet access, GEnie main- owned Home Pages remains point for web exploration. tains a web site that allows In- free of charge to Internet users, ternet users to learn more about but who knows what the future If you’re currently navigating GEnie. Of interest to Apple II may bring? the sometimes stormy seas of users at GEnie’s web site are the World Wide Web, you’ll soon the most recent copies of the Home, Home On The Web have a Shareware Solutions II LiveWire and GEnieLamp pub- home port from which to set lications. Apple II users can also The Shareware Solutions II sail. So stop by often, and download either of the two Home Page on the Internet’s please send all suggestions to Apple II offline processors and World Wide Web isn’t immune WebMaster Kohn at the they can learn all the details of to changes either and it has [email protected] e-mail address. signing up for GEnie and re- recently moved to: ceiving a $50 usage credit. The Apple II Web Sites URL is: http://www.crl.com/~joko/ssii.html A small but growing number of gopher://gopher.genie.com/ As you all know, Eric Bush of Apple II companies are also Kitchen Sink Software had de- setting up shop on the World InTrec Software signed, set up and maintained Wide Web. what I jokingly referred to as ProTerm is quite possibly the the "Official Unofficial Share- Quality Computers most popular telecommunica- ware Solutions II Home Page" tions program for the Apple II, from his server at Ohio State Quality is the largest Apple II so it’s not surprising that the University. mail order vendor in the world. company that produces it has a Why then does their web site site set up on the World Wide Eric recently informed me that contain so little information Web where you can learn all the purpose of the server at about Apple II products? You about ProTerm. The URL is: Ohio State was to provide a decide. The URL is: means for students and prof- http://www.indirect.com/user/proterm/ essors to have a presence on the http://www.qualitycomp.com/ World Wide Web and because Seven Hills Software Shareware Solutions II is a Diversified Software Research commercial venture, its Home As mentioned previously, noted Page was a violation of Ohio Diversified Software Research IIGS shareware author Nathan State policy. is often credited for releasing Mates maintains one of the best the Apple II’s first shareware and most extensive Apple II So, following Eric’s directions, I program in 1980, Diversi-DOS, resource guides available on the

Shareware Solutions II 7 World Wide Web. In addition to providing information about his own http://www.liii.com/~moxie/a2ftp.html software and maintaining a wealth of information about the Apple II, Nathan has available a complete catalog of software available from The Byte Works Seven Hills Software. The URL is: The Byte Works provides an http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~nathan/a2stuff/7hillscat.html online database that contains information about all of the pro- DigiSoft gramming languages and tech- nical documentation available DigiSoft, the developers of the Twilight II screen blanking program from the Byte Works. The URL for the Apple IIGS and the Golden Orchard CD-ROM, provide a is: complete listing of every single program and file that can be found on the Golden Orchard CD-ROM. The URL is: http://www.hypermall.com/byteworks/

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Softdisk has been publishing Sequential Systems Apple II magazines-on-disk for many years, and each issue gen- Sequential is the largest manufacturer of Apple II hardware erally contains a wonderful mix products, offering everything from RAM cards to Printer Buffers and of informative articles, great en- the new Second Sight SVGA Interface card. From Sequential’s web tertainment and utility soft- site, you can learn all about Sequential products, and you can even ware, and graphics. Unfortu- link up to Sequential’s interactive BBS to ask questions about nately, they have recently an- Sequential products. The URL is: nounced that the September, 1995 issue of Softdisk for IIe/IIc http://www.hypermall.com/sequential/ will be their last, but they in- tend to continue to publish Soft- Procyon disk G-S. Learn all about it on their web site. The URL is: Jawaid Bazyar’s Procyon software company has released Apple IIGS games (Pick n Pile), utilities (Splat and SwitchIt) and a multi- http://www.softdisk.com/ tasking, Unix like environment (GNO/ME). You can learn all about Procyon and their products at their web site. The URL is: Sun Remarketing http://www.hypermall.com/companies/procyon/ Sun Remarketing sells a lot of used Apple II hardware prod- The Apple II FTP And WWW Site List ucts, and they are the home of the $99 Apple IIe computer. You Neil Parker has recently set up the most extensive collection of Apple can find their latest online II links to be found anywhere on the World Wide Web. From the catalog at their web site. The Apple II FTP/WWW Site List Home Page, you can connect to just URL is: about every Apple II company and every Apple II user who has a presence of the World Wide Web. If you have only one Apple II home http://www.sunrem.com/ ö page that you visit on the web, make it Neil Parker’s. The URL is: Apple II Product News By Cynthia E. Field, Ph.D. Back-to-school is always an Rs. But many of the programs As a service provided by Share- exciting time of year...maybe that we discovered during the ware Solutions II to its sub- more so for parents than kids! summer can help anyone en- scribers, Apple II Product News Several new Apple II products hance his or her enjoyment of is for information purposes only can help children master the 3 IIGS graphics. and does not constitute an en-

8 Shareware Solutions II dorsement of any product. All MPW-IIGS Tools (APDA-19). Scanning Service: $10 per photo prices are for single packages. The Byte Works recommends TIFF Reader: $10 (free with Lab packs, network licenses, adding MPW IIGS Assembler any scan) and site licenses may be avail- (APDA-16) so that you can com- able. Contact the companies pile changes to the libraries you The Byte Works, Inc. directly for free catalogs or to might make to run the code on 8000 Wagon Mound Dr., NW inquire about preview policies, other 65816 machines, or add Albuquerque, NM 87120 money back guarantees, and assembly language subroutines, 505-898-8183 other support services. without compiling code on both [email protected] the Apple IIGS and Macintosh. The Byte Works, Inc. (All APDA products are avail- Laureate Learning Systems able from The Byte Works.) Quick Click Morph Let’s Go to the Circus: An If you’ve been champing at the Quick Click Calc 1.2 Adventure in Opposites bit to “morph” your boss into a The Byte Works’ spreadsheet This program for the Apple IIGS pussy cat or create other special and business graphics program uses high quality speech, full effects like they do in Holly- is now available in a new ver- screen graphics and lively ani- wood, now you can – with Quick sion that boasts more functions, mation to help children with Click Morph (System 6.01 and better control of font sizes and language and cognitive delays 1.125 Mb RAM required). All colors, and scrolling that’s tai- develop early vocabulary and the you have to do is start with two lored to the way you work. The concept of opposites. Six en- or more pictures, including in- program requires a IIGS with gaging scenes use animals, acro- dustry standard TIFF (tagged System 6.0.1 and 1.125 Mb bats, trainers, and clowns to il- image file format) graphics, and RAM. Registered owners of ear- lustrate more than 25 pairs of click on a few control points. lier versions of Quick Click Calc opposites. With each scene, Quick Click Morph creates the can receive the update free with there are four activity options. progression of images that any order. Otherwise, there is a An optional game provides makes the metamorphosis hap- nominal $5 handling fee. added motivation. Let’s Go to pen. The result is a movie you the Circus: An Adventure in Op- can play on your IIGS for fun or New Scanning Service posites is also available in the education. The Byte Works in- TIFF Reader Special Circus Package which cludes a freeware movie player If you can’t justify the cost of a includes My Paint (a painting in the package, but you can also flatbed scanner (and the Mac or program) and the Talking Circus use the PaintWorks animation PC to go with it!) and you don’t Coloring Book (with over 20 player if you have that program. want the hassles of using a “talking” pictures showing pairs hand-held scanning unit, listen of opposites). MPW-IIGS ORCA/C up. The Byte Works’ scanning This slightly enhanced version service will scan your original Let’s Go to the Circus: An of ORCA/C 2.0.3 for the Apple photographs in glorious color. Adventure in Opposites: $115 IIGS lets you program your You get a 24-bit TIFF file with Special Circus Package: $150 IIGS (System 6.0.1 required) on an image large enough for the a Macintosh. The Byte Works IIGS screen. To view the image Laureate Learning Systems, Inc. ported the native ORCA/C com- you will need Quick Click Morph 110 East Spring Street piler to run under MPW, which (see description above) or TIFF Winooski, VT 05404-1898 is arguably the most powerful Reader, an inexpensive new pro- 1-800-562-6801 development environment ever gram that lets you view, edit, released on an Apple computer. and save most 24-bit TIFF files HyperStudio Network The software includes the com- in a IIGS compatible format. piler, run-time libraries in a for- TIFF Reader is included free HyperStudio Quick Course GS mat acceptable to the MPW- with any scan or can be pur- SouthWestern Publishing Co. of IIGS linker, and the source code chased separately. Cincinnati, OH, has published to all of the run-time libraries this new book by Dave Cochran in MPW-IIGS Assembler for- Quick Click Morph: $60 and Rob Staats, the Directors of mat. MPW-IIGS ORCA/C re- MPW-IIGS ORCA/C: $175 the HyperStudio Network. The quires MPW 3.1 or better and Quick Click Calc 1.2: $60 book contains 16 lessons that

Shareware Solutions II 9 cover a range of HyperStudio cover the power and beauty of MECC skills such as designing cards transformational geometry by 6160 Summit Drive North and enhancing them with sound, creating their own quilt pat- Minneapolis, MN 55430-4003 text and graphics, animating terns. Kids flip, turn, and slide 1-800-685-MECC or (including video), and scripting. shapes and squares to create a 1-800-663-7731 (Canada) Each book includes a teacher’s quilt with almost endless pat- edition, resource disk, and solu- terns. Students can save their EGO Systems tions disk. A separate pub- quilt and/or print it out as a lication (Item# HSQCMAC, note card, book mark, or poster. ICE $29.95) works with the Mac A Spanish/English text option This is the first and only IIGS version of HyperStudio. is included. icon editor that lets you edit both old style Finder Icon files HyperStudio Quick Course GS Woolly’s Birthday as well as System 6’s rIcons. (Item# HSQCGS): $29.95 Kids in grades K to 2 can help With ICE you can also save Woolly guess the contents of his icons to disk as REZ source code. HyperStudio Network birthday presents by using the The utility even allows you to Box 103 senses to test for physical prop- paste a picture from the IIGS Blawenburg, NJ 08504 erties such as color, shape, clipboard to use as an icon. 609-466-3196 smell, and weight. Kids collect Fax: 609-466-1085 party balloons as rewards. ICE: $10

MECC Flip-Flop: $59 ICE Offer Get Well, Woolly: $59 EGO Systems Flip-Flop Move Over, Mother Goose: $59 P.O. Box 15366 Kids in grades 1-2 identify geo- Quilting Bee: $59 Chattanooga, TN 37415-0366 metric figures and sharpen spa- Woolly’s Birthday: $59 1-800-662-3634 Orders Only tial perception skills by flipping 615-332-2087 and flopping rectangles, trian- All programs require 128K Fax: 615-332-2634 gles, squares, and circles until (Move Over, Mother Goose [email protected] ö they fit into a hole. excepted) and include an English/Spanish text option. Get Well, Woolly Children can visit the doctor’s office to diagnose what germ is making Woolly sick. To learn a- KansasFest ’95 bout symptoms and identify the Do You Believe In Magic? came overwhelming odds to germ, kids can check Woolly’s present KansasFest ’95, which eyes, ears, bones, muscles, Earlier this year, all hopes for unarguably was the best one to brain, lungs, heart, stomach, KansasFest ’95 seemed to be date! and body temperature. Kids col- dashed when the sponsoring lect fancy bandages from Woolly organization, ICON, announced Within a matter of just a few for correct predictions. This pro- that it was going out of busi- weeks after ICON’s demise, a gram is geared to children in ness. But this is the Apple II self-appointed ad hoc committee kindergarten through grade 2. world and Apple II users were was formed to look into the not about to let something as feasibility of holding yet another Move Over, Mother Goose wonderful as KansasFest slip Apple II summer conference. In this language arts program, out of their grasp. After all, Auri Rahimzadeh contacted children (grades K to 2) explore Apple II users are used to over- Avila College and learned that rhymes and rhyming words by coming adversity and have, by the facilities at Avila were changing words and picture ele- now, figured out ways to further available for our use, and the ments and then animating pop- empower and enrich our commu- wheels were set in motion for ular Mother Goose rhymes. nity without the blessings of KansasFest ’95. corporate sponsorship. In short, Quilting Bee Apple II users took the matter Soon after that initial contact Children in grades K to 2 dis- into their own hands and over- with Avila, Auri accepted a posi-

10 Shareware Solutions II tion working for none other than nights. That resulted in Kan- about the Apple II. It was a Steve Wozniak, so he turned sasFest being slightly con- time for swapping tales and over the planning reins to the densed, and three training ses- sharing computer secrets. It was other members of the commit- sions had to be held concur- a time to savor the magic of the tee: Cindy Adams, Gina Saikin, rently, making it nearly impos- Apple II computer and to be and Tim Tobin. They quickly sible for people to attend all the with the wonderful people who recruited the help of Mark Kline sessions that they would have comprise the Apple II commu- to assist with the scheduling of liked to attend. All in all, no one nity. speakers, and they were able to was complaining about those convince the powers that be on minor problems, as we were all It was a time for following the GEnie’s A2 RoundTable to al- just thrilled to be attending hallowed KansasFest traditions low them to use that system to KansasFest once again. started in previous years, in- coordinate the planning. Even- cluding a wildly entertaining tually, they were able to recruit When Tom Weishaar announced roast of GS+ Publisher Steve Paul Parkhurst of AnsiTerm KansasFest back in 1989, it Disbrow and watching grown fame to be the official sponsor of was officially named “The Apple adults making fools of them- KansasFest ’95. With Paul’s II Developer’s Conference” and selves as they partook in the ability to accept credit cards, it was indeed geared towards annual Bite The Bag contest. the pieces of the KansasFest computer programmers. Over There was a Creative Necktie puzzle started falling into place. the years, KansasFest has dra- contest (try to imagine a necktie matically changed its focus and made from the innards of 3.5" Since all the members of the at the 1995 gathering, program- disks) and a late night pizza committee were active on mers made up just a small feast. GEnie’s A2 RoundTable, some fraction of the total attendees, of the early planning went on in making KansasFest truly an In addition to all the fun and public, and the excitement level event for “the rest of us.” games and joking around, Kan- started growing at a feverish sasFest served a very serious pitch. With just a single ad in A Time For Every Purpose purpose as well. It was a time to GS+ Magazine, KansasFest ’95 attend training sessions put on became official. And what an event is was! The by the biggest names in Apple II Apple II faithful made the trek land, and a time to learn how There were, however, a number from as far away as Sweden and others “push the envelope” of the of unknown variables that the Australia, and from all over the Apple II computer. It was a time committee faced, and keeping in United States. The attendees to see new hardware and soft- mind that none of the people in- ranged in age from 8 to 80 and ware, and a time to learn how to volved had ever set up a confer- they came from all walks of life. use the tools we already have. ence before, it’s quite remark- In attendance were high school able that they were able to roll students and high school teach- It was a time for excitement and with the punches and overcome ers, college students and user a time for all those who spent just about all of the potential group presidents, Air Force the past year in their computer problems. Colonels and retired Army rooms to get out and socialize Master Sergeants, program- with others who spent their time The problems that did exist mers and publishers and pursuing the same enjoyable ac- were relatively minor. The hobbyists galore. The only thing tivities. It was a time to marvel planning sessions were started the attendees had in common and a time to say, “I didn’t know just a few short months before was a passion for the Apple II you could do that with an Apple the actual conference was to be computer, but as we all found II.” It was a time for business held and the committee learned out, that common bond is as competitors to share marketing that Avila College had plans to strong as steel. strategies and a time for rejuve- host other conventions immedi- nation and reaffirmation. At the ately before and after our con- As in previous years, Kansas- end of July, KansasFest was the vention. That meant that we Fest was everything that any place to be! would only be able to stay in the Apple II fanatic could possibly Avila dorms for two nights, as dream of. It was a time for mak- The festivities started early for opposed to the customary four ing new friends and learning more than 25 of us, as we de-

Shareware Solutions II 11 scended on KC Masterpiece the note address, during which he Although we never really accom- night before checking in at Avila talked about how he had be- plished what we had set out to College. Over heaping plates of come involved with the Apple II do, we somehow managed to roast beef and baby back ribs, computer and how that in- catch the attention of the people we struck up new friendships volvement had changed his life. who ran the Source, an interna- and reaffirmed old ones. We I thought that people might be tional online network, and in met people we had been in con- interested in learning how I had early 1987, George and I were tact with via our modems, and ended up as the Publisher of an hired to run the Apple II forums we marveled at how they didn’t Apple II newsletter. Much to my on the Source. look anything like we imagined relief, people did enjoy hearing they would. After dinner we re- my tale. It was during that time that I tired to many different local ho- started getting friendly with tels to try to catch the last full That tale started in the late owners of Apple II companies night of sleep we’d be getting for 1970s when I first realized that and with editors and publishers at least a few days. I could own a personal computer of Apple II magazines. The Ed- “just like the one that Mr Spock itor of The Apple IIGS Buyer’s We Have Ignition had on Star Trek.” It took a few Guide liked my writing style and years before I was actually able offered me a position as a Con- On Thursday morning, July to decipher the strange lan- tributing Editor. In addition to 27th, we started to arrive early guage that computer salesman writing product reviews, it was at Avila College. After checking spoke, and finally I got enough in The Apple IIGS Buyer’s Guide in, meeting our roommates, and courage to purchase an Atari that I started writing a column having lunch, we settled in for a 400 as my first computer. that I decided to call “Share- full afternoon and evening of ware Solutions.” training sessions. Being a firm believer in the ad- age “if at first you don’t succeed, When the Source went out of The opening session was con- try, try again,” I eventually went business in 1989, I went to work ducted by Ashley Carter, an Ap- through two different Osborne for Big Red Computer Club as ple Marketing representative CP/M based computers before their club librarian, and when who touted and promoted Ap- finally purchasing an Apple II+. the IIGS Buyer’s Guide went out ple’s latest product offerings. Like many of you, that Apple II of business shortly thereafter, Since we were all required to computer changed my life; I “Shareware Solutions” moved to sign non-disclosure agreements, found that my chosen profession inCider/A+ where it remained the only thing I can say is that as a Psychiatric Social Worker until inCider/A+ went out of all of the products were Power was no longer rewarding or chal- business in 1993. Macintosh products. lenging and I yearned for a ca- reer change. Shortly after pur- By 1993, I was frustrated that A Fireside Chat chasing that II+, I had the good all of the Apple II organizations fortune of meeting George Gold- I’d worked for had gone out, or Following that uneventful ses- smit (who now owns The Apple would soon go out, of business sion, I prepared myself for “A Resource Center in Tracy, CA) and it was then that I decided to Fireside Chat With Joe Kohn,” and we decided that we wanted publish Shareware Solutions II. which was next on the agenda. to go into business together, And with that, I ended my pres- When I was first asked to pres- somehow working with our entation, fully aware that the ent one or more sessions at this Apple IIs. We started collecting tale of Shareware Solutions II year’s KansasFest, I was given public domain software and be- has barely only just begun. all of about 30 seconds to choose fore we knew it, we had a col- a topic and the first thing that lection of hundreds and hun- I knew that people had enjoyed sprang into my mind was the dreds of freeware and share- my story, and I was pleased to vague concept of a fireside chat. ware disks. George and I then receive a rousing ovation at the Later, as I was trying to formu- had a brainstorm; we’d set our- end. I was relieved but would be late the real subject of my talk, selves up as a User Group for even more relieved in a few short I thought back to KansasFest other User Groups, and we hours, when the second of my 1994 and how much I had called ourselves The Apple II two presentations would be com- enjoyed Randy Brandt’s Key- Information Exchange. pleted.

12 Shareware Solutions II Mighty Morphin’ Mike skills that the KansasFest or- When I spoke about the Internet ganizers asked him, at the last in 1994, I described how users of Although I was sad to have minute, to fill in for the sched- the Internet were, for the most missed the session designed to uled Keynote Speaker, who was part, academicians and high teach people how to use a sol- a no-show. tech professionals who all be- dering iron, I was excited about lieved in an ethos that is as old the next session, presented by Given no more than an hour’s as the Internet itself, “Informa- the Byte Works’ Mike Wester- notice, Roger performed ad- tion just wants to be free.” Un- field, about Quick Click Morph. mirably and once again man- fortunately, within the past year aged to convince everyone of the there have been some disturbing At KansasFest ’94, Mike had in- power of hypermedia. He did developments that have shaken troduced Quick Click Calc, a that by showing us a short mov- the faith of many of those long very sophisticated IIGS spread- ie that knocked everyone’s socks time Internet users. sheet program and I was very off. eager to see what his morphing I described attending a trade program looked like. I was not Chris Marker is a French cine- show in February, 1995 called disappointed. matographer who has been Internet World that quite liter- making films for nearly 40 ally shocked me. I was naively Morphing is a computer gener- years. Several years ago he pur- expecting that all the booths ated animation technique that chased a IIGS, HyperStudio and would be manned by computer has been used in many of Holly- a Video Overlay Card, and in- nerds showing off their Home wood’s biggest action and sci-fi stantly fell in love with this new Pages; instead, I saw hucksters films. To understand how it media. Chris Marker’s short selling freeware Internet utili- works, think back to Fanta- film was a celebration of, and ties for $250. I saw books, many vision, an Apple II animation testament to, the power of the of which contained obsolete in- program from the mid 1980s. Apple IIGS and it was the run- formation, being sold for $30 With Fantavision, you started away smash hit of KansasFest. and $40. In short, I saw that all out with two very different stick the media hype about the Inter- figure drawings, and the pro- The Good, The Bad, The Ugly net had attracted new breeds of gram generated an animation Internet users, and I wasn’t sure that showed one stick figure Roger Wagner has the ability to that I liked the new ground that evolving into the second one. Im- whip a crowd into a frenzy, and I they were staking out on the net. agine that exact same process had no idea how I could possibly applied to digitized photo- maintain the excitement level; I described how, in the past graphs, and you’ll understand my session about the Internet year, all of the large online sys- what morphing is. was scheduled next, and I was tems opened up Internet access, determined to try to outdo him. and with millions of new Inter- For more than an hour, Mike re- net users, we were starting to galed us by showing off all of the I started by reminding people of see a slow down in the speed at options available in Quick Click my talk about the Internet at which the Internet transmitted Morph, and everyone seemed to KansasFest 1994 and how I had information, and we were being enjoy the session a lot. It con- called the World Wide Web the exposed to a new group of people vinced me that I wanted to own greatest educational tool ever on the net, many of whom had the program, and I’ve had fun developed. I talked a bit about never heard of the concept of using it ever since. the phenomenal growth that the “netiquette” before. I described Internet had experienced in the how “get rich quick” schemes ap- Mr HyperStudio past 12 months and mentioned peared daily on the net, and how that all the wonderful things ads for phone sex started ap- After a quick trip to the Avila about the Internet that had ex- pearing in the Usenet news- cafeteria, we re-assembled for cited me so much a year before groups. I even spoke about Sena- Roger Wagner’s keynote ad- still excited me, but that there tor Exon’s misguided attempt to dress. Roger, the publisher of had been some recent trends pass a bill in Congress that HyperStudio, is well known for and developments on the In- would restrict free speech on the his public speaking abilities ternet that were anything but Internet, and I spoke about the and it was because of those thrilling. recent “flame wars” that had

Shareware Solutions II 13 erupted on the Apple II areas on had everyone so excited; it was 100 megabytes of data on each the Usenet. the Second View software that cartridge, making each cartridge convinced all of us of the won- the equivalent of a 100 mega- Although I did not intend to pre- ders that awaited Second Sight byte hard drive. How can you go sent such a bleak picture, I’m owners. The Second View soft- wrong for $199 for the drive and afraid that I spent much more ware contains a GIF graphics $20 per cartridge? You can’t, as time exposing the bad and ugly viewer that displays graphics in many Apple II owners will be parts of the Internet and not a resolution that has never be- happy to attest. enough time celebrating all that fore been seen on an Apple II. If is magical about that system. a GIF graphic created on a Mac Zip Drives are available now But at least I left the door open or PC uses a 1024 x 768 resolu- from any large computer store; for yet another session about tion with millions of colors, that just make sure that you pur- the Internet at KansasFest ’96. graphic, when viewed on a chase the SCSI model rather SVGA monitor connected to a than the Parallel model. And of The Wanderer Second Sight, will be just as course, in order to connect a life-like, vibrant and beautiful SCSI device to an Apple II, After my session on the Inter- as when viewed on a Mac or PC. you’ll need to purchase either an net, I had several hours before Apple High Speed SCSI card or the pizza arrived, so I decided to Since seeing is believing, we a Sequential Systems’ Ram- wander the halls of Avila to find viewed the exact same GIF FAST Interface card. out what was new for the Apple graphics, first on a IIGS with II. That evening I saw two the standard RGB monitor and As 11 PM approached, 25 pizzas remarkable hardware devices: then on a IIGS with a SVGA were delivered thanks to the Sequential Systems’ Second monitor. There was simply no generosity of Roger Wagner, and Sight and Iomega’s Zip Drive. comparison possible between KansasFest was transformed the two; it was evident to all into PizzaFest. As the pizza was A number of attendees had that a Second Sight card and a devoured, the annual Bite The their Apple IIs set up in their SVGA monitor is a must have Bag festivities began. For me, dorm rooms, and several folks for any Apple II user who enjoys that contest generally serves as had Second Sight cards in- graphics. notice that bed time has arrived. stalled. Those interface cards After all, there was another full permit Super VGA (SVGA) The other Apple II peripheral day of sessions to attend, and I monitors, the standard in the that had everyone so excited needed my rest. IBM PC world, to be connected was the Zip Drive from Iomega, to Apple II computers. a SCSI based device that can Jasmine store 100 megabytes of data There are two very distinct and onto a single removable disk The first Friday sessions de- very noticeable benefits to using cartridge that measures just manded making some tough de- a SVGA monitor with an Apple slightly more than a 3.5" disk. cisions, as there were three II. The lowest cost SVGA moni- scheduled that I would have tors are 14" in size, whereas the The Zip Drives are about the really liked to attend. I decided Apple RGB monitor used with same size as a Walkman porta- to listen to Nathaniel Sloan and the IIGS is only 12". When an ble tape player, and although Richard Bennett introduce the Apple II program is displayed they are no speed demons by soon-to-be-released front end on a 14" monitor, everything is today’s standards, they are freeware software for GEnie: approximately 15% larger which certainly speedy enough (29 Jasmine GS. makes it much easier to read msec) to use to backup data the screen. For those of us who from a hard drive. For those who Jasmine was most impressive, have problems focusing on close don’t yet own any hard drive, the as it allows IIGS owners to navi- objects, a Second Sight card and Zip may be just what you were gate the GEnie online network a larger monitor will make waiting for, as the retail price is using a mouse and pull down everything displayed on screen just $199 and the removable menus, and brings to GEnie the much sharper and clearer. disks cost $20 each. same ease-of-use that America Online used to provide Apple II That was not the benefit that With a Zip drive, you can store owners.

14 Shareware Solutions II Unlike the current crop of GEnie server that ties together the Tony then proceeded to show us offline processors, Jasmine is a Apple IIGS network, Mark how a IIGS can be used in one of stand-alone program that does showed us that if you can use a the Mini-Tower enclosures that not require the use of another mouse, you can easily set up a are so common these days in the telecommunications program. It network. Prior to the session, IBM PC world. With everything also differs from programs such Mark made the actual physical from CD-ROMs to hard disk as GEM and Co-Pilot whose network connection by plugging drives being able to fit into a purpose is to get you online and PhoneNet connectors into both a single case, a Mini-Tower en- offline in the shortest possible Macintosh and a IIGS. He then closure is ideal for those who time, thereby saving you money. started up FileSharing on the have very little extra space. Fi- The sole purpose of Jasmine is Mac, and then installed the nec- nally, Tony passed around the to make GEnie easy to use. essary AppleShare files on the tiniest hard drive you could IIGS using the GS/OS System possibly imagine – a Focus Hard We were told that if we wanted, Installer disk. He then set up Card – and everyone marveled we could be included in the open the IIGS slots in the Control at how it was possible to fit a beta test of the Jasmine soft- Panel to allow networking, and complete hard drive system onto ware and we could download then went to the AppleShare just a single interface card. Jasmine to try it out. After I got Control Panel and made the home I did exactly that, and network connection to the Software Sessions after trying it out myself, I was Macintosh server. even more impressed. What I Following Tony’s session, I de- especially liked was how well Since networking capabilities cided to attend Eric Shepherd’s Jasmine worked while accessing are built into all IIGS com- presentation about the Macin- the World Wide Web from puters, Mark simply had to tosh version of ProTerm. As I do GEnie. show us how to set up the Mac- not own a Mac, I attended out of intosh networking software (he mere curiosity; I wanted to see If you’ve tried GEnie in the past recommended using AppleShare the program that MacWorld and for one reason or another v3) to grant privileges to the proclaimed was the most bug- didn’t like it, you may find that IIGS on the network. By doing free Version 1.0 software pro- using Jasmine will make GEnie that for us, Mark completely gram ever released. Although it a whole lot easier to use than demystified the networking of didn’t look at all like the Apple ever before. Nathaniel and Rich- Apple IIGS computers. II version of ProTerm, it certain- ard are doing a superb job, and ly contained all the same “bells you just have to love an online The Miracle Worker and whistles” that make Pro- service that develops a wonder- Term the most popular Apple II ful front end software program Following a lunch of Corn Dogs telecommunications program. and then gives it away for free! (90% of all programmers ate them while 90% of non- The final presentation I at- Connections programmers didn’t), Tony Diaz tended was Richard Bennett’s of Alltech Electronics performed demo of the soon-to-be-released The following session was truly miracles by showing people how updated versions of Graphic- fascinating, especially for those to do what can’t be done. Writer III and SuperConvert 4. of us who aren’t familiar with Seven Hills has hired Richard to installing Apple II computers Not only did Tony show us his complete the long awaited up- onto a network. portable IIGS, he actually took date to GraphicWriter III, and it apart before our very eyes so although the program is not Mark Kline is a teacher who has that we could see how he had ready yet, the features he did set up a network for his school’s managed to stuff a IIGS moth- show us were most impressive. computer lab, and he guided us erboard, an accelerator card, So impressive, in fact, that on how to set up a similar and a hard drive into a small there’s a good chance that future network, using a step-by-step Otrona Computer case. As al- issues of this newsletter will be method that showed us just how ways happens when Tony shows laid out using GraphicWriter easy it is to accomplish. off his portable IIGS, the crowd rather than AppleWorks GS. went absolutely wild with un- By using a Macintosh as a bounded enthusiasm! Richard told us that a fellow

Shareware Solutions II 15 Australian programmer, Ian was held – a mini-trade show you are interested in lending a Brumby, had been hired by where Apple II companies set helping hand, please contact Seven Hills to complete the up booths to sell their merchan- Greg Nelson at 3700 Sumner St, SuperConvert update, but Rich- dise. For those of us who had Lincoln, NE 68506-1041. ard had been unable to get in products to sell, it was a phe- touch with Ian prior to his de- nomenal way to end the fest. Following that, I was thrilled to parture, so he was unable to Everyone I spoke with con- accept the offer of a guided tour demo that update for us. If Ian’s firmed that they had sold every- of Kansas City conducted by programming work is in the thing they brought with them, Jeanne Chappell, the President same class as Richard’s, I have and all the vendors were very of the local Kansas City Apple II no doubt that SuperConvert 4 heartened by all the sales. User Group. I was able to con- will be anything less than vince the two Australians to fantastic. To those of you who purchased accompany us, and we got to see Contacts GS, Script-Central that Kansas City is a beautiful And with that, the official Kan- and back issues of Shareware city with tree lined streets and sasFest training seminars were Solutions II, thank you for your fountains everywhere. Thanks concluded. support and kind words. I feel Jeanne! that I can speak for all the other The Roast Apple II companies when I say, The last unofficial KansasFest “Your feedback and support ’95 function saw 25 of us gather One of the most hysterical Kan- were just astounding. Thanks!” at Jess and Jim’s, a steak house sasFest traditions is the annual located only a mile or two from roasting of a well known Apple Saturday Afternoon the Avila campus, to partake in II personality. This year’s roast a fabulous dinner. We were all featured Steve Disbrow of GS+ Although KansasFest ’95 was so excited about the recently Magazine, and Steve proved now officially over, it was time concluded KansasFest that our that he can not only accept play- for me to find Greg Nelson, an spirits were afire. Even the ful criticism; he can dish it out educator from Nebraska, whose waitress who dropped a glass of as well. Those who roasted session at KansasFest ’94 I had water on me couldn’t extinguish Steve, including fellow GS+ missed. the enthusiasm I was feeling for staffers Bill Moore and Joe the Apple II and all the wonder- Wankerl, Roger Wagner and Greg has been working for ful people in the Apple II com- Uncle DOS himself – Tom several years on a HyperStudio munity who made KansasFest Weishaar – often found them- based stack about the Oregon ’95 such a wonderful and exhil- selves as roastees rather than Trail, and when he is finished arating event! roasters. with that he intends to make it available on CD-ROM. I’d been KansasFest: The Video With hundreds of one-liners in touch with Greg over the past flying back and forth, the fun- year and had received a lot of All of the sessions at Kansas- niest part of the roast came information about his project, Fest ’95 were videotaped and a 2 when Uncle DOS read obviously and I was excited about finally hour video will become available fraudulent letters from Kansas’ seeing his work. shortly. At press time, the cost two Senators that lauded Steve. of the video had not yet been Other highlights included a pre- To say that I was impressed established. If you would like to recorded punk rock song by Joe would be an understatement! purchase a copy, contact Steve Wankerl’s band Plaid, and the Greg has utilized scanners to Disbrow at EGO Systems. revelation that one of the capture historical images and members of that band was a has gathered together an a- Although watching the video blow up doll. Maybe you had to mazing array of historical docu- won’t be quite as much fun as have been there? ments to include in his project. actually attending KansasFest He has coordinated the efforts in person, it will capture the The Vendor Fest of many volunteers to help bring spirit of the 100 people who the Oregon Trail CD-ROM to gather together each year to On Saturday morning, the last fruition, and he could use your celebrate the magic that is the official KansasFest function help to complete the project. If Apple II computer.

16 Shareware Solutions II You haven’t really lived until mark your calendars now for held at Avila College, July 17- you’ve attended KansasFest, so KansasFest ’96 which will be 21, 1996. I’ll see you then! ö Shareware Solutions IIe/IIc/IIgs A2 Disks Of The Month useful CDA that lists ProDOS Hubble Space Telescope and GS/OS Error Codes, a Dino- The July, 1995 issue of the GE- saur HyperCard Stack and In addition to directing the nie A2 Disk of the Month in- Finder Data Killer, a program space program, NASA’s charter cludes two issues of the GEnie- which allows you to delete requires that the agency provide Lamp newsletter; one is geared unwanted Finder.data files. educational resources and activ- towards programmers and the ities that promote and teach the second is aimed at end users. The newest DOM disks are benefits derived from the explo- Software for the IIe/IIc on this available, on 3.5" disk only, for ration of space. To that end, disk includes the AppleWorks $5 each or $8 for both. NASA has created four related v5.1 update files that convert Apple II programs that illus- AppleWorks v5.0 to v5.1. Also Pix Whiz trate the inner workings of the included is an excellent term Hubble Space Telescope. paper written by Janet Loftis Geraldine Wright writes com- about the Apple IIGS. puter programs for the space The programs combine infor- program to earn her living but mative text with colorful graph- Software for the IIGS on the for fun she programs her Apple ics and animations, making July A2 DOM includes a beta IIe. Gerry was disappointed them suitable for adults and version of KeyCapsGS, a “vir- that the graphics editor in Brod- children alike. With a built-in tual keyboard” NDA. There’s erbund’s New Print Shop pro- glossary and quiz module, the Sview1.0A4 which provides a gram creates only monochrome software is an excellent resource bug fix update to the original graphics and the only way to for use in the classroom. Second View software that was make new color graphics for the included with Sequential’s Sec- New Print Shop was to create An introductory program de- ond Sight card. There is also low resolution color graphics scribes the construction of the SpeedRead, a GS/OS text file using Print Shop GS Compan- Hubble Space Telescope, por- reader that displays Teach, ion, and export them to New trays all of the on-board instru- Text, SRC, and AWP files, and Print Shop format. She decided ments, illustrates the basics of TFPv1.0, a patch for the System to rectify that situation and the digital imaging, and explains 6.0.1 Finder that gives you Open result is Pix Whiz, a freeware how collected data is trans- Apple Commands in the menu program that allows you to mitted back to Earth. A com- bar. make low resolution color panion program further illus- graphics on the same IIe or IIc trates how digital images from The August and September A2 computer you use to run the spacecraft are transmitted to DOMs have been combined and New Print Shop. ground based receivers. this disk includes the latest issues of GEnieLamp and an in- Pix Whiz is a completely menu The two disk Telescope program formative recap of KansasFest driven New Print Shop graphic describes how lenses and mir- written by first time attendee editor that is much more versa- rors magnify images, categorizes Ryan Suenaga. Software for the tile than the editor included the different types of telescopes, IIe/IIc includes a patch for with New Print Shop. If you use defines how telescope perform- Basic.System that provides an New Print Shop, you’ll really be ance is measured and offers an improved CAT command, and grateful for Gerry Wright’s explanation of the optical Disk Menu which is an Apple- latest gift to the Apple II world. components of the Hubble Space soft based menu program. Telescope. Pix Whiz is available from the Software for the IIGS on the Shareware Solutions II library Finally, Windows To The Uni- August/September A2 DOM on either 3.5" or 5.25" disk for verse delineates the history of includes ASCII Helper NDA, a $5. the telescope.

Shareware Solutions II 17 All of the NASA programs are supplied on three 5.25" disks. have to access the IIGS Control available as a package from the Panel and toggle the Alternate Shareware Solutions II Library In order to run these programs Display Mode option. ö for only $6. The software is on a IIGS, IIGS users will first Shareware Solutions IIGS HyperHeart HyperStudio based stack that modules that make up the is directed to all age groups. As Boeing 777 stack takes up so In May of 1994 noted Apple II a long time educator, Mr Hart- much disk space that there was shareware author Charles Hart- ley really wants you to learn no room to include the Hyper- ley underwent a medical proce- from his mistakes. Studio run-time module, so you dure known as an angioplasty, a need to have HyperStudio or the treatment used to open clogged HyperHeart is available from HyperStudio run-time module coronary arteries in individuals the Shareware Solutions II on hand in order to run the suffering from heart disease. library for $5. Please note that Boeing 777 stack. because of the large size of At the time, Mr Hartley, by his HyperHeart, it was not possible The Boeing 777 stack is avail- own admission, was overweight, to include the HyperStudio run- able from the Shareware Solu- had an unhealthy diet, didn’t ex- time module on this disk. tions II library for $5. ercise, and was suffering from Therefore, in order to run this stress caused by working 12-15 stack, you must already own Better Safe Than Sorry hours a day as an assistant either HyperStudio or the principal at a high school. HyperStudio run-time player. Several years ago, Cynthia Field was commissioned by the Rhode Since that time he has slimmed The Boeing 777 Island Crime Prevention Offi- down, changed his diet, started cers Association to create a exercising, quit his job, and In April, 1994, Boeing Aircraft HyperCard IIGS based program most importantly, spent a lot of rolled out its latest airplane, that could be used in the schools time conducting research into the Boeing 777. A little over a to educate children on how to heart disease with the goal of year later, the first production protect themselves. learning how to live a healthier model was delivered to United life. Airlines. To celebrate Boeing’s Starring McGruff, the crime newest commercial jetliner, fighting dog, Better Safe Than As an educator and avid fan of Peter Stricker created a Hyper- Sorry offers youngsters a fun HyperStudio, Mr Hartley cre- Studio freeware stack that de- filled yet educational way to ated a HyperStudio stack based scribes, in text and in pictures, learn how to prevent crime and on his research that, hopefully, everything you could possibly to stay safe. Dr Field’s Hyper- will help other people learn that want to know about the Boeing Card stack was made available, heart disease is preventable by 777. free of charge, to every school reducing the various risk factors district within Rhode Island, involved. The stack includes information and she would like to take this on the 777’s first flight and of- opportunity to insure its distrib- The HyperHeart stack is quite fers tours of the cockpit, engine ution to all parents and teach- detailed and shows how the and cabin. It includes facts ers. For that reason, please copy heart works and describes many about the design, certification this disk and give it to everyone of the contributing factors which and production processes. There you know who has children or can lead to heart disease. The is also a module on Boeing’s teaches children. stack offers sound advice that if previous commercial aircraft followed, will greatly reduce dating back to 1915 as well as The information in this Hyper- your risk of suffering a heart an entertaining demo of world Card stack is geared towards attack. distances and flying times. elementary school children, and the stack itself contains a lot of HyperHeart is an exceptional The large size of the various features that children will enjoy

18 Shareware Solutions II using, including a poster to of the SheppyWare ’95 to Mr SSII Catalog Stack print out, sing-along songs, de- Sheppy and the soon-to-be Mrs ciphering coded messages, and Sheppy. I seem to have my hands full word search puzzles. producing the newsletter and Among some of the many high- providing you with disks of free- There are separate sections fo- lights on the Sheppy ’95 disk ware and shareware. Although cusing on safety at home and on are SysFail Plus, a $5 share- many of you have requested that the way to school. There are ware Init that provides ad- a Shareware Solutions II warnings about crossing streets ditional and less cryptic infor- Library catalog become avail- and tips for Trick or Treaters. mation when your IIGS crashes, able, I just haven’t found the Children will learn why they and Desktop Image, a freeware time to create such a catalog. should not use drugs, how to Init that allows you to use any avoid being victims of crime and unpacked Super Hi Res graphic Josh Calvin read a similar re- how to help their friends and as a background graphic. Other mark I had posted on GEnie and family be safe. software includes List Manager decided to do something about Patch for System 6.0.1 which it. Josh contacted me to ask Better Safe Than Sorry requires corrects a very minor problem in what I thought of a HyperCard that you own HyperCard IIGS. keyboard navigation, Lotsa- IIGS based library catalog, and Tools which is an Init that will I wrote back stating that I Dr Field’s Better Safe Than cause all of GS/OS’ major would love to see the results of Sorry safety stack is available toolsets to be loaded and his efforts. from the Shareware Solutions II installed as the default tool con- library for $5. figuration, resulting in a speed Needless to say, I liked his increase when using GS/OS stack so much that I’d like to SheppyWare ’95 from 3.5" disk or slow hard make it available to you, via the drives. Sheppy’s Clipboard is a Shareware Solutions II Library. Back in Volume 1, Issue 4, you New Desk Accessory that lets were introduced to Sheppy (aka you view text, graphics, icons, The stack itself requires that Eric Shepherd) as one of the and sound scraps in the System you own HyperCard IIGS. If you most prolific authors of free- 6.0.1 clipboard from within any do, it’ll allow you to read about ware and shareware IIGS util- desktop application. All in all, each and every disk available ity software. Since that time, he there are more than 20 IIGS from the library, and if you’d like has continued to update his programs on the Sheppy ’95 to order any disks, the stack will older programs and some of his disk. even print out an order form. newer work has appeared in Softdisk G-S. He has even man- Sheppy has collected all the There’s even a provision in the aged to release a few new free- documentation for all the soft- stack that will allow you to ware and shareware titles. ware he has written, and has easily update the catalog when a released it in book form. “The new issue of the newsletter ap- Sheppy has authorized Share- Complete Guide To Sheppy- pears. The stack, as initially re- ware Solutions II to distribute Ware” is 104 pages and it leased, will cover all issues of his latest disk, containing all of details everything you could Shareware Solutions II, up to the Apple IIGS software he has possibly want to know about and including this issue. written. This SheppyWare ’95 Sheppy’s software. disk costs most people $15, but The Shareware Solutions II Li- Sheppy knows you are special Sheppy’s book costs most people brary stack is available on 3.5" and he’d be thrilled if you $12, but as a friend of Share- disk for the usual $5 fee. acquired it from Shareware ware Solutions II, Sheppy would Solutions II, for the usual like to offer his book to you for Symbolix Shareware Solutions II fee of only $10. Such A Deal! $5. Because Sheppy will be for- Symbolix is no stranger to the going some profit due to this Eric Shepherd pages of Shareware Solutions II, special arrangement, Share- 445 No. Amelia Ave - Apt #36-E and when last mentioned it was ware Solutions II will be do- San Dimas, CA 91773 called “the most sophisticated nating 50% of the net proceeds [email protected] math program ever written for

Shareware Solutions II 19 the Apple IIGS.” exclusively from Shareware more commercial software to be Solutions II. re-released as shareware, Symbolix is a full featured Shareware Solutions II will be GS/OS desktop application for The shareware version of Sym- rewarding Bright Software for complex numeric and symbolic bolix is the exact same version their bold move by sharing 50% math. Written in fast assembly of Symbolix that used to cost of the net proceeds from Sym- language, Symbolix calculates $70. It is supplied on two 3.5" bolix with them. Bright Soft- object-oriented 2-D and 3-D disks; Disk 1 contains the full ware, in turn, plans to donate graphs with hidden surfaces. It program with all associated 50% of those proceeds to Am- offers commands for symbolic help files, and Disk 2 contains nesty International! derivatives of any complex the entire program manual! expression and frees you from End Notes expanding, collecting, simpli- You can get the 2 disk Symbolix fying and rewriting real or shareware disks from the The Shareware Solutions II complex expressions. Symbolix’s Shareware Solutions II Library Greeting Card Contest is now unique 3-D module was even for $8. Try out the program for a officially ended. called “the most impressive few weeks, and if you like it, graphing tool ever seen on a please send your shareware fee It is now time to start going IIGS.” directly to the author of the through all of the many creative program. There is one printed contest entries and to pick the Symbolix has previously been manual remaining, and that winners. So many phenomenal offered to you as a special “Such manual will be sent as a bonus desktop published designs were A Deal” and now it is available to the 50th person who sends in submitted that the panel of as a $15 shareware product! a shareware fee to Bright Soft- judges needs some more time to That’s right; Bright Software ware. deliberate. You can read about has re-released Symbolix as their decisions in the next issue shareware! And it’s available In an attempt to encourage even of Shareware Solutions II. ö

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