Shareware Solutions II an Exciting Apple II Journey Into the Future
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Shareware Solutions II An Exciting Apple II Journey Into The Future Volume 1, Issue 3 November, 1993 Letters To The Publisher Game Cheats implies that there might even be Australia and WAUG News from a similar, yet easier, method to Winnipeg, Canada), it appears to Dear Joe Here is my favorite increase your wealth. He also be a top notch desktop publishing Easter Egg on the GS. On Zany confirms that there are some program for the Apple IIe/IIc Golf there is a secret tenth other Easter Eggs to be found in that is quite capable of producing level. To get there, you must the Bards Tale series, but when desktop publishing projects that already be on the ninth level. queried about the other Easter look stunning. Shoot the ball in the upper Eggs, he decided that it was best right corner on the bottom level, to let players discover them on Disk Copying Woes as close to the rat hole as their own. possible. You must shoot the Dear Joe I recently received ball into the rat hole exactly DeskJet 500 Update some disks from you including when the eyes of the rat are red, the Sun Raycer series. My kids which lasts only for two Dear Joe I disagree with love them! Problem is I cant seconds, every twenty seconds. something in Issue #2. On page back up the Secondary Version. 8, under Looking Good in Both Cat Doctor (from Prosel 8) There is an awesome way to Print, about the DeskJet 500, and Copy II+ V9 dont recognize cheat on Bards Tale, but it you said, When connected to a it as a ProDOS or DOS 3.3 disk. involves killing one of your IIe or IIc, it is limited to I tried Manual bit copy from players and continuously resur- printing text files, unless an Copy II+ with no luck either. recting him or her. All you have optional Epson Emulation The disk works fine; I just cant to do is give all your gold to a Cartridge is installed. back it up. Do you have any single player, save the game at suggestions for parameters I the guild, leave the guild, Publish It! 4 has a DeskJet 500 might use with Copy II+ or is transfer your gold to another driver, and does not require the this truly a copy protected disk? player, drop the original player use of the cartridge when that with gold, enter the guild, load driver is chosen. In fact, if that Rick Kreiger the same character that you printer has been chosen and the dropped, and you will have cartridge IS installed, it wont Dear Rick Although ProDOS literally doubled your wealth. work. and DOS 3.3 are the most popular operating systems in use Philippe Benichou Lloyd deVries on Apple II computers, they are by no means the only operating Dear Philippe Although the Dear Lloyd Thanks for that systems available. The disk Bards Tale cheat sounds additional information. Since youve been trying to copy confusing, by following your the last issue went to press, the includes its own propriety suggestions, it took less than 5 street price of the DeskJet 500 operating system, but it is not minutes to amass nearly 50,000 has continued to drop, and that copy protected. Any standard gold coins in Bards Tale 2. Bill printer is now available for as copy program, including Copya Heineman, the author of the little as $280. Looking good in from the DOS 3.3 System Master, Bards Tale series of games, print has never been so System Utilities or Fast Copy confirms that this method works affordable. As evidenced by from the ProDOS System Master, with all versions of Bards Tale, several beautiful looking Apple or Copy II+ can copy that disk. and suggests that it can be done II User Group newsletters With Copy II+, just choose the over and over again, resulting in produced using Publish It! disk copy option, and choose the zillions of pieces of gold. He (notably WAppleII from Western Copy With Format option. ö Shareware Solutions II 1 Grapevine AppleWorks GS bugs have been eradicated. Some unnecessary code has been Quality Computers, the new removed from the program, Shareware Solutions II publisher of both AppleWorks making it 40K smaller in size, and AppleWorks GS, plans to and some internal functions now Volume 1, Issue 3 offer, over the next year or so, rely on System 6.0.1 toolbox several updates to AppleWorks routines, meaning that Shareware Solutions II is GS. Quality is currently AppleWorks GS v1.2 may only published bi-monthly by Joe assembling a team of Apple operate under System 6.0.1. Kohn, 166 Alpine Street, San IIGS programmers to work on Additionally, it was relatively Rafael, CA 94901. those updates, and one of the simple, according to our contract programmers agreed to programming friend, to make Writer/Publisher: Joe Kohn reveal some insider knowledge AppleWorks GS more network about the project to subscribers friendly, and to add auto- All contents of Shareware of Shareware Solutions II, on scrolling capabilities to both the Solutions II copyright (©) 1993 the condition that he not be Page Layout and Graphic by Joe Kohn. All rights identified. modules. The Communications reserved. Nothing may be module also now has the ability reprinted or reproduced, in Although no time frames for the to transfer files using the whole or in part, in any media updates are currently being Zmodem protocol. without the prior written projected, its anticipated that consent of Joe Kohn. there will be an update to Pricing for the updates hasnt version 1.2 within the next six yet been set, but Quality is Available by subscription only, months. That initial update will considering offering two dif- the North American rate is $25 essentially be a bug fix ferent upgrade paths. They are for a 12 issue subscription; for version, whereas AppleWorks considering offering v1.2 for $20 overseas air mail delivery, the GS version 2.0 will include and v2.0 for $75, or for an $80 cost for a subscription is $40. many new features. advance payment, those who Shareware Solutions II comes prepay will get both planned with a pro-rated money back In several long telephone updates. Details, undoubtably, guarantee. conversations with our anon- will be given in a future issue of ymous but reliable source, it Quality Computers own II Alive Make all checks or money was learned that v1.2 will be magazine. orders out to Joe Kohn. US more efficient, smaller in size, Funds Only. Sorry, but no and much more dependable Bug Busting charge cards, purchase orders or than the current v1.1 of Apple- COD orders will be accepted. Works GS. Its long been rumored that AppleWorks GS v1.1 contains This newsletter was created The original code for Apple- more than 100 bugs. One of entirely with an Apple IIGS. All Works GS was written in those bugs just bit your humble articles written in AppleWorks Orca/M but prior to the release publisher. v3.0. Page Layout prepared in of the program, all the code was AppleWorks GS. Printing was translated to run under MPW After WestCode Softwares done on a Hewlett-Packard v2.0. That code has now been HardPressed was released, I LaserJet IIP Plus, connected to updated to run under MPW installed it on my system, and the IIGS courtesy of Vitesse's v3.2.3. In the translation, the discovered that I was no longer Harmonie. The use of TrueType source code has been optimized able to use the Fit In Window fonts is courtesy of WestCode and some of the redundant option in the Page Layout Software's Pointless. routines have been removed, module of AppleWorks GS. As resulting in much faster soon as HardPressed was All articles written by Joe operation. removed, that function worked Kohn. just fine. Suspecting therefore To date, a lot of the low level that HardPressed caused the Apple II Forever. drivers have been re-written problem, I contacted both from scratch and some 40 WestCode Software and the 2 Shareware Solutions II programs author, Andy that bug bit me, it could bite Balloons is directed towards McFadden. Upon describing the you too, especially, when you computer using educators, and problem, both responded that least expect it. Be safe and do provides a lot of computer they couldnt duplicate it. A not pre-load any AppleWorks related and general educational description of the problem was GS v1.1 modules. information for teachers, school also posted on several of the administrators and computer online services, and 90% of all Ultima 1 lab instructors. who responded said that they couldnt duplicate the problem At the 1992 KansasFest Helium Balloons is a disk based either. Developers Conference, one of publication, and the premiere the most talked about new issue arrived with three 5.25" Suspecting, therefore, a possible programs was a IIGS version of Apple II disks and a 16 page hardware problem with my the ultimate Apple II role printed newsletter. All of the computer system, I visited a playing adventure game articles found in the paper friend who has two IIGS Ultima1. Running under GS/OS, based newsletter are also systems, and we were unable to Ultima1 had been completely included on disk, but there are duplicate the problem on either redone and included pull down many additional articles on disk of his machines. HardPressed menus, digitized sounds, that, if included in the and AppleWorks GS seemed to synthesized music and super hi newsletter, would increase the work just fine for everyone, res graphics.