This java based program enables one to manipulate Apple II disk images on Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. New to this release is the ability to create disk images, import files into them, and compile Applesoft BASIC programs..

Kim Howe, author of Arachnid, TelnetNDA, and other IIgs programs, has revamped his web site, which you can find at http://www.a2central.com/~kimhowe/..

Kim Howe has released updates to four of his programs for the Apple IIgs, including Shipwrecked, TelnetNDA, YahtzeeNDA, and the Arachnid web browser. These are minor bug-fix releases with updated contact information as well.Shipwrecked is a graphical adventure game implemented in HyperCard IIgs. TelnetNDA is a desk accessory that provides a simple telnet client, with a typeahead buffer; the new version lets you specify a port to connect to as well as the address of the server. Yahtzee is the classic dice game as a desk accessory. Arachnid is the first TCP/IP based web browser for the Apple IIgs, in preview release form..

What? You don’t yet subscribe to Juiced.GS?! The latest V8I4 issue contains a great selection of articles:

• how to connect your Apple IIGS to a home Ethernet network using LocalTalk
  
• an interview with hardware hacker extraordinaire Jeri Ellsworth
  
• a review of the book Steve Wozniak: Inventor of the Apple Computer
  
• a look at Apple II compatible pointing devices including the new PS/2 mouse adapter
  
• how to emulate the video graphics controller
  
• and the latest news from the Apple II world
  

AtariArchives.org has released the complete text of three classic computer books filled with type-in game programs in BASIC. The books are available free online, with the permission of the copyright holder.The three books are:

• BASIC Computer Games, published in 1978
• More BASIC Computer Games, published in 1978
• Big Computer Games, published in 1984

The books feature type-in games in BASIC, such as classics like Animal, Blackbox, Eliza, Hammurabi, Lunar LEM Rocket, Mugwump, and Hunt the Wumpus. Big Computer Games also features a game called Rollercoaster, a unique computer-controlled videodisc adventure game for the Apple II.

With the addition of these three titles, our friends at AtariArchives.org have reached the milestone of making 25 classic computer books available on the web. Way to go, guys!.

ABUG will hold its annual holiday party on Dec. 9 at 6:30 PM at The Franklin Center, 1400 Metropolitan, Kansas City, KS. “We will eat dinner, enjoy Apple II Fellowship and end the evening with the Annual Gift Exchange Game. The Franklin Center has a Full Service Soda Fountain – bring extra cash so you can try an old fashioned soda or malt!”.

The final 2003 issue of Juiced.GS has been mailed to American subscribers. Copies for international subscribers should go out in the mail next week..

Matt Portune’s front end for ActiveGS was updated to incorporate the newest ActiveGS changes as well as adding intelligent disk image and boot slot handling. Apple IIGS Explorer lets you run several hundred Apple II programs and games through a web browser. Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows are required.Detailed changes include:

v1.06a – Friday, November 28, 2003

• update to ActiveGS v1.8 fixes/adds: F4 toggles joystick emulation mode; improved sound compatibility

• intelligent disk image & boot slot handling (makes it easier for the novice to get started, as well as less clicking for the seasoned veteran)
  
• putting a single disk application in a drive 2 device (slot 5 or 6) will automatically move it to drive 1
  
• if only one disk is installed, the boot slot will find it and set itself accordingly
  
• booting to slot 5 with a title that requires System 6.0.1 will automatically boot System 6.0.1 in slot 7 with the slot 5 title mounted
  
• slot 5 titles which require first booting from System 6.0.1 now have an asterisk (*) in front of their name

The Free Tools Association (FTA) updated their ActiveGS emulator to version 1.8. This release adds joystick support and game compatibility fixes. ActiveGS requires Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows.Changes in the new version include:

JOYSTICK SUPPORT

• Joystick support is now back online!
  
• if a joystick is detected, it will be automatically used
  
• F4 switches from Joystick to Mouse emulation
  
• Joystick should also work even when Zip mode is activated (try Starwizard :-))

COMPATIBILITY

• Fixed Silpheed credit
  
• Fixed Ultima III (no more conflict with NinjaForce Demo!)
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Howard Katz has released the November issue of Apple II News & Notes, the free newsletter headlining the past month’s Apple II news..