Syndicomm announced today that Volume 11, Issue 4 of Juiced.GS magazine has been mailed to subscribers. This issue contains an interview with BBS: The Documentary creator Jason Scott, a podcasting tutorial by Carrington Vanston of 1 MHz, Margaret Anderson’s guide to Interactive Fiction on the Internet, and much more. This is the last issue of […]
Ken Gagne
Editor & publisher of Juiced.GS, the Apple II community's longest-running print publication dedicated to the Apple II; co-host of the Star Trek podcast Transporter Lock; digital nomad at Roadbits.
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The History of Computer Role-Playing Games
Courtesy Slashdot comes Matt Barton’s article on The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part I: The Early Years (1974-1983). The chronology starts by discussing tabletop D&D and number games like Strat-O-Matic, moves into mainframe classics like dnd and Rogue, and then covers the first CRPGs for home computers. The author wrote this article for CRPG […]
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Mystery House Taken Over
Mystery House Taken Over is an open-source interactive fiction game. It is based on Mystery House, the first text-and-graphics adventure game, which was originally published for the Apple II in 1980 by what would become Sierra On-Line. The classic Mystery House and other original variations can be played online or downloaded in z-code, which can […]
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Interview with VisiCalc inventor, Don Bricklin
Low End Mac has a short interview with Dan Bricklin, who co-developed the Apple II program VisiCalc, the world’s first electronic spreadsheet. Read about his history and what he’s been up to these days, like his latest project, wikiCalc.
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Catakig v2.00b3 for Mac OS X available
Colin Klipsch has released a new beta release of Catakig, an open-source emulator for the popular Apple II series of personal computers, supporting the Apple ][, ][+, //e, and //c models.
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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:
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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.
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Wozniak to judge Mac programming contest
Steve Wozniak has joined the judge’s panel of My Dream App, a competition that is a cross between American Idol and HackFest, wherein Mac users have five weeks to develop a killer app. Other judges include David Pogue and Guy Kawasaki.