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[fromVol. 2. No. 41 3.0wi ll be the standard �which other · GS a brand new mrchine. It 's so improved Copied from "News, Views, and Half-Truths integrated programs are judged. No review that the new documentation is a must. By Thelatest goss ip in the MacCommunity" here, just read the tmie and user group the time yru read this, it, and the freedisk JlacCuideliJJes,July, 1989, p. 25 p.ililications.Th is is the psfOffforthe long upgrade, shruld be avmlrble from yrur suffering Apple II users who remained lCPjsl Apple dealer. ·11 Far Gone all theseyears. The $79.00 upgr&ieand the 6. HyperStudio, "t:r Roger Wagner, is a Thefuture of the Apple II looks evermo re $100.00 amnesty programs are a steal. It breakthrough for GS owners in the hyper· bleak with the merger of A+ Magazine and should be re8dy for delivery� the end of card technology pioneered and touted � IJJCider(sic). Software developers in The hlgustor sooner. the Macintosh people. Tutor-TeclJ, e Valleyhs:re allb.lt forsaken the Apple II line 2. TimeO.lt upgrades to 3.0 willwork on hypercard programfor the lie and lie from and no newdevelopment is imminent. Buy all Appleflorksbeginning with 2.0. As fur Techware, was relesse lsst yesr and is still yoor Mtv:Snow: The GS h(ISno future." ss I knOVi', the "Beagle &ddy" systemwill sellingwell. Oh . yeah?Read on. still be in force. The new installer system, 7. Broderb.md's new PriJJfSllop is said lb.md in TimeOut's ReportYiriter, is e to be greatly improved with all sorts of gem. The upgradesmost l ikelywill be ready dandyfeatures. The .Rpple II when AppleiYorb3.0is rel essed. B. Applied Ingenuity demoed an internal 3. ReportYiriter, a new irrneQ.\t en hard drive for the GS at AppleFest '88 in revolution, phase 2 hancementfrom Beagle Bros, is the greatest San Franciscoand now Applied Engineering b.lsiness productivity enh8ncement ever hss begun delivery of their version, the This fall and 1990 will see the greatest brrught to AppleYiorks. This program, VulcaD internal GS hard drive. Applied number of Apple II developments since the along with AppleiYorks 3.0, will m8ke s Engineering is also selling the CoJJsener, roll-rut of the He several years ago. The l:winess package that will knock the socks a GS externalfan and �e protectordevel rumors that the Apple II is dead are dead. offmany of the Macand IBM packages. opedby Ideas.MD The rumors at'e de&:l ss doornails, shot 4. Bsrney Stone's DB Maste.r Profes 9. Apple Inc.'s VideoOrerlllf Cud is no downey the following pro:lucts and devel siOJJals hruld be a realwhiz-bMg with the small annooncement for those who like to opments: 3.0 Appleflorb. Again,an incredible b.ls mess around editing video tapes and pro 1. AppleiYorb 3.0, a completely new iness productivity packsge that can stand ducing custom tapeswith comp.1ter gener· and improvedversion of the cl8Ssicstandey, aloneor merge withApple Works. atedgraphics. hss been reworked 1:ythe Beagle � 8Ild 5. System 5.0for the GS is a ·huge 10. Nite Owl Productions, 5734 L3m& "(1sssic" AppleWorks m1thor BobLissner, improvement of the original GS}OS (go Ave., MissionKS 66202, hss a replacement so yoo. know it 's a clsss act. AppleYiorks slow/or slower) system disk. It makesyrur battery, the Slide OJJ; for the GS at just $9.95; a real rut from the $30-$50or more charged� dealersfor replacement. 11. Zip Technologies crankingis rut their The Road Apple is publis�ed �ix times a year at 1121 NE 177th.,. Suite 8, Portland, OR 97230, tel. t503) 254-3874. East coast office: The Road accelere.tor Zip CIJips ss fast ss possible Apple, Dennis McClain-Furmanski, Senior Editor, 2565 Shore Dr., Virginia with more designs in the works. Ditto for Beach, VA 12451, tel. (804) 496-3839. Telecommunication address: Rocket ClJip and the AE J'8IJS T IYarp for (804) 456-9165, 00371. INFO*SHARE account number TWA the GS; both are doi�well. There are also
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Bethlehem, PA 18018, is a real &:ivsntage !From Vol. 1, No. 31 in faYOr of voting to changethe name of the for those of us who like to send files � Build a better user grrup to TeclJAJJiBBce, "Apple Com modem or archrre them usingdisk S:fXCe to piter is requiringa license to use the word its best&:ivsntage. mousetrap and 'Apple.'"! 13. The Ram 3.9, software that lets yru Rpple, Inc. will buy No longer can yru go to the store androy easi�10&1 DOS 3.3 programs on yrurGS � a dozen apples or sing the song "Don't Sit producing a DOS 3.3 RAM drive in the GS. the company under the Apple Tree· or profess beliefa in !WI uses3.3 all the memmy on a GS God, romtty and apple pie withrut a li memoty expansion 'board from 256k to Styleware came rutwith CSWorks and censefrom Apple, Inc. 1.5meg. Cont!d ROC, Inc., 408 S. Baldwin claimed it to be better than AppleWorks. TJJeRoad Apple sugg ests the following St., Mtdison, WI 53704 for details. They Guess the claimwas validsince Claris (a.k.a. substitute unpronrunanCid:lle rcronym shruldbe at AppleFestSan Francisco. Apple, Inc.) l:o.lght rut StyleWare. Nothing •res�tt( for the word "apple." Resfttg 14. Rumors of the Apple fJSzareall over like fi>sorbing the competition. GoocllJteto means ·rrund edible solid thlit that tastes the place. Seems that besides being e. new CSWorks and hello AppleWorks CS. good." Actu�, "resfttg"is onomatopoeic in comp.1ter, a motherboard upgr&:ie forolder SUrprise,rurprise, rurprise. that it approximates the srund madewhen GS mrchines is estimated to be in the The I /e version of MultiScribeis kap.1t one sneezes in thedirection of Cupertino. $200-$300range. Therewill be some extra and the 8-bit version of AppleWar.bwill So there yt1.1 have it. We can now go on ports (SCSI?)and 1 megof memmyat least. be renamed AppleWorks Classic. Re S3)1ing things like "she is the resfttg of my &dly,the speedremains the same.Nothing memberwhat Coca-Cola did severalmonths eye•or we enjCtfresfttgsaice or we can read of substance in the windaboo.t the GS-Mrc �o? Jeeze, don't the corporatetypes ever TileRoad Reslttg. • ColdeJJBridge.· Mtfbe next year. learn? The next prcduct to look foris Diet Meanwhile Sculley is in Japan. Ttying to 15. Laser Comp1tersis going gangb.lsters AppleWorks witlJ 1/utnStreet Or, make a production deal for the Golden with their Applecompatible line. Demandis SoperNer Diet AppleWarksCold Bridge, perhaps? Better he shruld stay at the 12,000 units per month level. Look Classic NoCalteiDe in the new deposit home and Jllt rut a few fires. Word is that for exciting new products from this fast refundible package.Sey, didn't John Sculley even Mrcintosh owners are getting a bit risingcompany in the Apple II compatible once work for a soft drink company? testyal:oot Apple, Inc.'s policies. b.lsiness. Hmmmmmmm. 16. The banding together of the Apple It seems to me that if Claris, Apple, Inc., �estion: Steve Wozniakendorses Applied developers at the A-2 Central Developers' or whomever wruld spend as much time Engineering's products which enhances Conference will enhance the developers' providing what rustomers � W8II.t at a their sales.What wruld happen to the sales and consumers'voice at the top Apple, Inc. reasonableprice as theydo thinking up cute of productsmanuftctured lJj a companythat levels. new names for old stuff or gral:bng up usedJohn Sculley'sendorsement? 17. AppleFest Boston '89 was a smash hit companies,all of us Apple// typeswruld be and San Francisco looks to be even bigger in fatcity. Wishful thinking. andbetter. With so manynew prociucts and !fromVol. 2, No. 31 developments, they'd l:etter Jllt rubber Free macro doorsin theBrooks Convention Center. What·s in a name? I do relieve that the speo.Ue.tion of the If yru have ]meO.J.t's Ulfrllllacros and death of the Apple II comp1ters is more What's with national Apple p.lblications SoperFODts.liS everyoneshruld, here are a thana bit premature.Semper Apple II! dropping the word • Apple • from their cruple of m&:ros to make italics the e8Sf titles? Both OjJeD-Apple and .AJ1J1LE. way: Co-op have changed their names--.A-2
!fromVol. 2, No. 2 !fromVol.2, No. 1 I coffeebreak or a shortstroll. &:tually, there Special Report from Product review really is a draft mode for printingof sorts, RppleWoris 6Sor rut all of the print commands and formats the U.S. Dept. of are lost.What a program! A.ggravation How much is that Wruldn't yru know the whole thing is moosedriven? There are a blnchof us who (ed. note: The U.S. Dept. of Aggravation is doggie in the rur fingerson part ofthe Division ofRedundancy Division wwld muchrather keep the window? moose under the direction of the Secretmyof the key\:oard thanchase that damned all Inferior.) over the desk all the time.A moose (or j� AppleWorbCS has been released and stick)is greatfor games,rut not forserioos reviewed. Consenrus is that it's a bow;ww text anddata comp.1ting. Apple consumers are wsrned against the of a programthat shruld comewith its own The fuc:ts of the matter are that Claris use ofcomp1ters sprayedwith AlAR (Apple fleacollar to fightthe bJgsit has. licensing Agreement Requirement) which brught StyleWare and took CSWorboff Thefirst bJg is the start up. Boot Apple the marketin a moveto restrictthe compe· ca.tseS severeilln essat the meremention of WorksCS and take a break. Make a pot of tition. Then Claris renamed the package the word "apple." The �ptoms are key· coffee,read the morning �, call yoor CSin bit of of OOard nuea, loss of memory,in£bility to AppleJYorks a sleight hand friends or start making a loaf of bread. peek or pokeand anoverwhelming craving :rubterfugethat will mislead thosewho have Chancesare thatyru 11 finishwhat yru star· to eatchips. heard of . the gigantic :ruccess of Apple tedbefore the damnedthing is ready. are In the same press release came an addi· IJbr.b and first time hlyers of GS One of the �em requirements is tionalwsrning not to ruy Apple comp1ters comp1ters. 1.25Mb of memory. Thatwill get the pro· manufactured in Chile. A terrorist plot to &k the question:what wruld yru do ifyru gramup andrunning, rut try to do anything were aware ruccess spray these machineswith another danger· of the of AppleWorb with it. Better yru shruld have 2.0Mb of oossubstance has been uncovered. and just plfchased a GS? Wruldn't the memory. name AppleWorb CSappeal to yru? Of The terrorist · grrup claiming responsi· Yru can import AppleWorbtext to the crurse bility has yet to be identifiedrut they have it wwld. Never mind that none of word processor rut gocd luck using the been seen witn� esses.They are described the wonderful AppleWorbenhancements same functionwith the databaseor spread· as hmting short hair cuts,no fuc:ial hairand of the TuneOut series will work. Never sheet. This little jewel only accepts �II "llle8ring dark blue b.tsiness �ts. white mind that it is painfully slow. Never mind text forthese two features. shirts, maroon ties end highly polished that it hasimporting prOOl ems. Nevermind The desktop pililishingfeature is one of leathershoes. that it will not work with eny other com· the weakest arrund. Truly not for the ser· Ifthis substancecontacts the skin or the monly availftlle AppleWor.b-friendly pro· ioos generator of newsletters end :ruch. I fumes are inhaled victims ere ct.served to grams.Never mind thatthis dogretails for can't imagine anyone trying to market a wander ab:J.lt aimlessly, eyes glazed over $299.00 desktop plblishing program that doesn't end mumbling,"Ptje bee em, Ptje bee em." Betcha rucks that Claris wruld not have allowfor text to flowarrund graphics. Claris Linguistic experts have concluded that this released :ruch a canine-like program to the canand does. what the apparent meaningless phase means "I've hot-shot Macintosh owners. &t, been Macintoshed,I've been Macintoshed." helLwe're just Apple II andGS users;we're "Whoever wrote the printer routines learning to expect rur ration of fertilizer So far. the onlyknown cure is to havethem for AppleWorks GS ought to be immediatelyplace an order foran Apple lie, dragged out and shot!" ---John fromClaris, a.k.a. Apple. lnc. 8 He, IIGS or a Lasercomp.1ter. Wrenholt, Scarlett, Nov. 1988 Perhaps this dog started life with pedigree'rut after the spayingor neuterjob The print commands were designed � � C'Jaris,it's just a st�mutt. someone who really hated Apple comp.1ter users or fetchedhis brains rut of a Cuisinart after a few quick pllses. Absolutely the . worst, period.And, dear readers,once yru • get to the printing stage,can yru print 8 straight text in a draft mode like Apple Work/? Of coorse not. Everything is printed in a graphics mode.However, prin · ting this weydoes gi-re yru time foranother Th£ Road Apple App(,efest Speda(, paqe 4
!fromVol. 2, No. 2J shoving the Macintosh down rur collective the dealer who sold it? How long wruld Editorial--- throats and, (2) pilling the rug of rupport General Motors last if the only place yru Is The Road Apple anti for the Apple II line rut from under rur cruld get help with yrur Chevy is a Chevy Mac? feet. Apple, Inc. has forgottenwho m&:ie it usergrrup? possible for it to l:e ruccessful and even YCJUI' Honor, l rest my case. Semper 11Je Road Apple has received a few develop the Mrcintosh. This is prrolem Apple/J.---AI Martin complaints that it is the Mrcintosh �ainst when MBA (Masters of &siness Annih· · comp1ter. Initially this was true Wf back ilation) types take control of a consumer 8 lastyear when l started this newsletterin driven corporation and meetingthe needof .Another macro fit of pique crrer an Apple,Inc. presentation the customer is replm by meeting the to educators I attended. At the time, 1JJe greed of the man�ers. I usethe attemptto 8 This is, by fur, the most usefule miCrO I Road AppleVI8S privately circulated to corner the memoey chip market as an have. lt VI8S not included in the TimeQ!t's few 'movers and shakers" in the rosiness. I example of greed. Don't the Apple, Inc. ma· Ulfrttl/tlC/'08,thrugh it shruldh8re tee n. I even h&:i a "S&:k the Mac· phrase on the negers remember the silver venture of the first came across it in the old Soper letterhef.d. Huntbrothers? MIJC.fOSand have frond it to l:e invaluable. Once I got the venom rut of my f.)'Stem,I To p.tt all of this into petsp!Ctire, con· Since it wasn't indcluded in Ultrallscros realized that a solid pro-Apple li stanceVI8S sider the following: What if Apple, Inc. h&:i and it's a well-knowfact that I'm a technical really much tetter and that I wasn't �ainst developed the Macintosh first and then as nerd. RandyBrandt personally�pplied this the Macintosh �h. I VI8S reallyagainst brrught rut theApple lie? HowwruldMac· ftb::a.llusmacro. Use it in goodhealth. Apple, Inc.'s Macintosh Marketing Manure intosh owners reactwhen they are told that It savesthe contentsof the desktop to the (please don't S!f "3-M") of p15hing Macin· their comp�tersare cbsoleteand fitonly fo r rurrent diskand clears the desktop; niceto toshcomp.tters at the expenseof the Apple home and elementary school applications? havee wh n yruquit for the timebeing. II line. Forthat reason I dropped the "S&:k How wruld they feel toot production cut· the Mac" rut retained the 'Semper Apple brcks and no prc:duct development? How
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