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Call–A.P.P.L.E. World’s Largest Apple User Group Magazine Volume 26 Number 1 December 2016 www.callapple.org KansasFest 2016 Keynote Speaker Mike Harvey: The Complete Interview Castles of Darkness Woz Speaks Sneak Preview Australian Apple Review Redux Wendell Sander's Apple-1 Project Turtlesoft Returns Making Basic Behave: User Input Washington Apple Pi Newsletters And More... Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange Volume 26 Number 1 December 2016 www.callapple.org A.P.P.L.E. Board of Directors A.P.P.L.E. Staff Chairman – Bill Martens Editor-in-Chief – Bill Martens Director – Brian Wiser Managing Editor – Brian Wiser Director – Jim Maricondo Staff Writer – Javier Rivera Data Digitization – Antoine Vignau Production & Design Bill Martens Contributing Authors Brian Wiser Quinn Dunkie Rick Sutcliffe Cover Photo Brian Wiser Call-A.P.P.L.E. 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We offer brand names are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the in-magazine, on-site, and full sponsorship for prospective United States and other countries. All other brand names and advertisers. trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange – 540 E. Emerald Lake Dr, Grapeview, WA 98546 i A look back at the year past and the goings on within A.P.P.L.E. First I would like to welcome the new members who joined This was project that we thought initially would take a few A.P.P.L.E. this month. With everything else we were working months and, while we announced the WWA Enhanced on for KansasFest and thereafter, the magazine has been a Edition at KansasFest 2015, it was not until about three bit neglected. After a couple of of last minute KansasFest weeks before this year's KansasFest that we put the final additions were completed, we decided to get the magazine touches on the book. Some of the changes we added to the back into the loop. book some feedback received at KansasFest 2015 in addition to discovering many other areas that we could Over this past year, we have continued improve upon for beginning and advanced programmers. with the same crazy production schedule with the releases of the Thus, the version of What’s Where in the Apple: Enhanced C a l l - A . P. P. L . E . M a g a z i n e 1 9 7 8 Edition that we released is nearly 600 pages with tons of Compendium and Call-A.P.P.L.E. 1979 new information in addition to correcting many, many legacy Compendium, which are both available issues with the original editions, and serves as an excellent in Paperback or Hardback formats from educational resource. Lulu. The 1978 Compendium includes all the rare magazine issues from our first Then just in time for KansasFest 2016, year, fully-restored, while the 1979 Compendium features a we also released Nibble Viewpoints: forward from Don Williams. Business Insights From the Computing Revolution in coordination with keynote speaker, Mike Harvey. This book was Brian Wiser’s pet project, and is an Also our production of What’s Where in enhanced and highly organized version T h e A p p l e : E n h a n c e d E d i t i o n of Harvey's business/personal advice encompassed two years of corrections, editorials as well as Apple history enhancements, and expansion in editorials from Nibble magazine. It's an incredible resource coordination with the original publisher and wealth of information. Robert Tripp. 2 We also released a new restored the skills of Martin Haye, Olivier Goguel, Bill Martens, and version of The Colossal Computer Brian Wiser – producing a very playable and enjoyable game Cartoon Book: Enhanced Edition in which was featured in a game contest at this year’s coordination with David Ahl of Creative KansasFest. Computing Magazine and featuring a new forward from him. It takes a look KansasFest contest winner, Marcus Adams made it all the back at the wonderful computer- way to level 13 with a score of 17,408 points winning the related cartoons from from the 1970’s. prize of a WOZPAK Special Edition. The tournament featured about a dozen contestants at the event. And we couldn't resist republishing and enhancing the 1979 programming Projects this coming year include the impending WOZ reference The Apple II Monitor Peeled by Speaks DVD re-mastering, the new A.P.P.L.E software site, William E. Dougherty. It is available in as well as the expansion and updating of the Paperback and now Hardback for the VirtualApple.org database and website. first time. The Virtual Apple II database is currently used to drive the Virtual Apple II website, the FTA ActiveGS Apps on iOS and It was a battle producing these books all at the same time Android, as well as a portion of it driving Egan Ford’s online but we worked through it and managed to get high-quality game server. We hope to have a new, more complete, and enhanced books done for users of all levels and version of the database available over the new year and will interests. All of these books are available to our members include all of the new Freeware offerings from this year as and non-members alike at callapple.org/books. Be sure well as the initial inroads into including all of the Apple II and read our Twitter feeds for the latest discounts offered by apps. our publisher. One of the games we have published on our Virtual Apple II As we continue working on the next project, a note for all website is Shell*Shock which will allow two users to play those who are wondering what is going on. All I can say at each other right on the website. If there are any members this point is that there is a lot going on. With the help of a lot who have modems connected to their Apple II’s, we would of good people, we are pushing all of the efforts in the be really interested in hearing results of tests or game play. membership and returning the magazine to the forefront of the technological world. We have been doing a re-release of Now as the end of the year is fast approaching, we are Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine this year with a really interesting taking on a new task. Over the past several months, we start to this issue with a look back at a number of items have begun to look at upgrading both our server and our while keeping an eye to the future of Apple and the Internet Service Provider. What we hope it will bring is more computers they produce. capacity to make more materials available in the coming year as well as to expand the number of simultaneous users Not only do we have those historical items that are Apple II on the server since it seems we have been maxing out the related, but also reviews of software for the Macintosh as server a bit these past two years. This upgrade is to improve well as the iOS-based devices. Hopefully our balance will speed of the websites as well as to provide expansion keep within the spirit of the historical magazines where we potential for the next few years. not only produced programs but also showed people how to delve into their computers with all due abandon. Another project that we finished this year was the iOS version of Martin Haye’s popular Apple II game Structris, complete with neo-classical music, touch controls and support for Game Center. The iOS game included 3 Castles of Darkness Miklos Gergely takes users through the world of Castles of Darkness in a step by step walkthrough.