The September edition of 1MHz! The Apple II Podcast, is now freely available for download from Carrington Vanston’s website or from the iTunes store.
September 2006
Posted inPeople
Colbert Report to feature Woz
According to news Web site digg.com, Steve Wozniak is scheduled to be a guest on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report this Thursday, September 28th, at 11:30 PM (10:30 PM Central). Check your local listings! Update: the clip from this episode is now available online. Here it is:
Posted inHardware
GSE-Reactive expanding accelerator upgrade options
GSE-Reactive is providing professional socket upgrades for Zip GSX owners who want to replace the surface mounted processor with a socket mounted one, and cache socket upgrades for faster RAM. Also available is a complete selection of oscillators, cache RAM and cables for both Zip GSX and Transwarp GS boards.
Posted inPeople
iWoz shipping sooner than predicted
Amazon has changed their ship date for “iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It”, a new hardcover book by Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith, from November 1st to September 25th. Pre-orders are still being accepted. Update: iWoz is now shipping.
Posted inGeneral
September issue of The Lamp! posted
Lyle Syverson has posted the September 2006 issue of The Lamp!. This monthly newsletter distills the best posts from the Apple II forums at Syndicomm Online.
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Sweet16 1.7.3 released
Tonight, Eric Shepherd released Sweet16 1.7.3, which fixes speed control to work correctly on PowerPC, fixes the timing of certain interrupts (games that were playing at the wrong speed should work better now), and now supports the Dvorak and French Canadian keyboard layouts.
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Syndicomm to refocus on product development and sales
Syndicomm announced today, following A2Central.com’s announcement that it would be opening free Apple II related forums, that it will be closing the Syndicomm Online online service in order to focus its efforts on product development and sales for Apple II and Macintosh computers. The closure will take effect at midnight Eastern Standard Time on December 1, 2006.
Posted inSite News
A2Central.com to offer expanded features, services to Apple II community
Sean Fahey, operator of the popular A2Central.com Apple II portal, announced today that development efforts are underway to make significant additions to the services offered.
Posted inUser Group
Princeton Apple Users Group to meet September 8th
The Princeton Apple Users Group will meet on Friday, September 8th, at 7:30 in David Ciotti’s basement.
Posted inSoftware
CiderPress v2.4.3 released
The latest version of CiderPress fixes a couple of bugs when working with ShrinkIt archives. CiderPress is an all-purpose tool for working with Apple II disk images and archives. It runs on Windows and costs $9.95.Changes in this version include: