Lyle Syverson has released the August 2006 issue of The Lamp!, which is a monthly distillation of the best posts from the Apple II forums at Syndicomm Online.
August 2006
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Sweet16 version 1.7 released
Sweet16, the new Apple IIgs emulator for Mac OS X, has been updated again, this time to version 1.7. The new version has a bunch of changes, including fixes for some (but admittedly not all) of the most-reported issues. Performance on PowerPC systems is also much improved.A complete list of the changes follows:
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The Secret History of Hacking
Marcus Heuser posted a link to the video documentary The Secret History of Hacking on comp.sys.apple2. It features Steve Wozniak, Kevin Mitnik and John “Captain Crunch” Draper discussing the hacking and phreaking counter-cultures. Break out your Applecats!
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1MHz! The Apple II Podcast
Check out 1MHz! The Apple II Podcast, brought to you by Carrington Vanston of Toronto, Canada. It’s available directly from the site, or you can subscribe via iTunes. 1MHz! has been casting since May 2006 and we’re sorry we’ve only just found out about it now. Be sure to try it out!
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Softdisk Supreme and Simply Softdisk G-S prices reduced
Syndicomm tonight quietly removed the printed indices from the Softdisk Supreme and Simply Softdisk G-S compilation CDs, reducing the price of each by $5 to $45. Each compilation still contains its index on the disc.
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Founders At Work interviews Steve Wozniak
Liam Busey posted a link on comp.sys.apple2 to this Founders At Work interview with Steve Wozniak.
Posted inNostalgia & Preservation
PC World ranks the Apple II as the #1 greatest PC of all time
Showing extraordinary insight, the editorial staff of PC World magazine have chosen the Apple II as the #1 greatest PC of all time. Some of the other popular computing platforms from the 1980’s era like the “#1 selling computer of all time” Commodore 64 didn’t even make the cut. Why? Because they didn’t meet the […]
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A2Unplugged Premier Episode released
The premier episode of A2Unplugged, the Apple II Podcast, has just been released. Show notes and many other details are all being worked out still, but in the meantime, you can check the show out at http://www.a2unplugged.com/