Eric Shepherd announced this evening the release of ImageMaker 2.0, the latest version of his disk image making program for the Apple IIGS. The new version adds support for making disk images in rapid batches, support for skipping bad blocks, and for recording lists of bad blocks and attaching them to Universal Disk Image files, as well as a number of other enhancements. You can download this $5 shareware from his site..

Which of these Apple II print publications is the best of all time?.

Shareware Solutions II will shortly begin selling the DeluxeWare CD from Brutal Deluxe. The announcement posted by SSII today doesn’t make it clear exactly what’s on the CD, except that there’s nearly 600 megabytes of Apple II software. Bundled with the CD is a second disk, called Le CD-ROM, containing Apple II-related content, much of which is intended for use on a PC or Macintosh. The package will cost $25 and will be available in the near future. .

The popular disk copy utility Photonix II has been reclassified as freeware, according to Lost Classics Project director Howard Katz. You can download the software from the Trenco Apple II Archive..

GSAUG will have a table at the Mac Expo at Santa Rosa Junior College (in Santa Rosa, California) on Saturday, September 16, from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM. Although primarily a Macintosh event, someone from the Apple IIGS SIG will be there during the day. .

The role-playing game Silvern Castle, for 8-bit Apple II computers, is now freeware, according to author Jeff Fink. His decision to reclassify the software was made in light of a low number of shareware payments for the software. Read more about this development. .

Tom Zuchowski, who has been selling Eamon adventure game CDs for several weeks, has recently suspended shipments, but for a good reason?he’s found a new Eamon he would like to add to the CD, but it must undergo some testing first. Shipments of CDs will resume once the changes to the CD’s contents are completed (hopefully by the coming weekend). .

The SBACC of Torrance, California, will meet on Tuesday, September 12, at 7:30 PM. The main topic will be The Complete Guide to SheppyWare. .

The second batch of 18 LANceGS ethernet cards has arrived at our redistribution center and cards have begun to be shipped out to buyers..

Tony Diaz has released a minor ProSEL 8 update that fixes a cosmetic problem: ProSEL 8 didn’t realize that 2000 is a leap year, so dates after February 28, 2000 are off by one day. You can download the file here at a2central.com..