Tonight Syndicomm released ImageMaker 2.2, the latest version of the disk image creation software for the Apple IIgs. The new version improves support for imaging 5.25? disks, handles I/O errors better, and adds support for the .po image format.
October 2004
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CFFA v1.3 upgrades to be mailed this week; 3rd run orders to start soon
Rich Dreher has received the parts necessary to build his 3rd run of CFFA cards. He also plans to mail out the 30 upgrades for exisiting card owners that previously contacted him. His site now recommends Andy McFadden’s CiderPress program for backing up your CompactFlash card.
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Syndicomm releases SideClick public beta
Syndicomm today released a public beta of SideClick, a contextual menu manager for the Apple IIgs. With SideClick installed, applications, inits, and other programs can easily add items to a contextual menu that’s reached by control-clicking on the screen, or by right-clicking if you have a two-button mouse. SideClick is freeware.
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Replica-1 computer to be given away at VCF 7
Vince Briel has donated a Replica 1 computer (the popular Apple 1 recreation) to be given away at the Vintage Computer Festival on November 6th and 7th.
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Kent Dickey releases KEGS emulator v0.90
The latest version of this multi-platform Apple IIgs emulator focuses on improved joystick support, adds a keypad joystick, adds floating bus support, and fixes many bugs, some of which offer better animation and demo support.Here is a list of changes since the last public release (v0.86): Changes in KEGS v0.90 since v0.89 (10/19/04) Changes in […]
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CiderPress 2.0.1 fixes bugs
Version 2.0.1 of CiderPress has been released by faddenSoft. A couple of bugs related to printing and CP/M disk handling were squished.
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October 2004 issue of The Lamp! posted
Lyle Syverson has posted the October, 2004 issue of The Lamp!, the monthly distillation of the best posts from the Apple II forum on Syndicomm Online.
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Vintage Computer Festival 7.0 scheduled for November 6-7
The seventh Vintage Computer Festival is scheduled to take place on November 6 and 7 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The annual event hosts several speakers, as well as exhibits of classic computer hardware and software, and provides space for vendors to sell their wares.
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faddenSoft releases CiderPress 2.0
faddenSoft’s CiderPress Apple II disk image and file archive utility has been updated to an impressive version 2.0. New features include support for writing to DOS 3.2, ProDOS, and Pascal disk images, copy and paste of files, support for CompactFlash cards formatted by the CompactFlash Adapter for Apple II card, Apple partitioned hard disks and […]
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Juiced.GS 2005 subscriptions now available at new price
Syndicomm today began accepting renewals for Juiced.GS magazine on its online store web site. The U.S. subscription rate has been reduced to $17, while the international subscription rate has been cut to $25.Juiced.GS is a quarterly journal covering all aspects of the Apple II, including how-to articles, programming techniques, using popular software, and reviews of […]