Matt Portune has been regularly updating his online implementation of FTA’s ActiveGS emulator. If you use Windows, stop by and boot up his Apple IIGS.Here is the list of changes since our last coverage:
- updates to ActiveGS fix centering problem
- library now broken up by disk type (it was getting big)
- another cookie bug fixed
v1.08b – Wednesday, February 11, 2004
- updates to ActiveGS fix function key and mouse tracking problems
- more cookie bugs fixed
- new titles flagged as ‘NEW’ in library
v1.08a – Tuesday, February 10, 2004
- 40/80-column text mode toggle now available in control panel (thanks Olivier for adding this capability)
- control panel feature: you can now enable auto-color-selection to let ActiveGS handle it like before (activating a preset reverts back to manual control)
- control panel feature: you can completely clear the GS Explorer cookie if needed
- several bugs relating to the use of the cookie and launching from the library have been fixed
- the startup disk has been replaced with splash graphic
- help text was updated to reflect the new keyboard controls
v1.08 – Monday, February 9, 2004
- the beginnings of a control panel is now available (currently only basic text & color controls are available – other controls will be added as they become available)
- a cookie is now used to save your GS settings – when you come back, everything will be just as you left it
- version history link has been removed, and is now available in the ‘about’ section
v1.07a – Sunday, February 8, 2004
- now running ActiveGS v2.0, which has several new fixes & features (3200 color mode, border effects, persistent disk storage on your local machine, etc.) Right-click the emulator screen to access the end-user features – extra controls in the GS explorer will be coming soon.
v1.07 – Wednesday, January 14, 2004
- launch titles from the library window simply by clicking them
- top ten most popular titles listed in library window
- improvements in disk image & boot slot handling
- a few new additions to the software library
v1.06a1 – Friday, December 5, 2003
- a new startup disk that shows Olivier he has some competition in Apple II graphics programming (:P)
- a few new additions to the software library