Howard Katz has posted the June issue of Apple II News & Notes, the free monthly Apple II newsletter..

Collectible Microcomputers is a comprehensive field guide for identifying and pricing more than 700 microcomputers made worldwide between 1971 and 1993. It will be in bookstores by December, but you can order it now directly from the author. Please send US $29.95 by check or money order to Michael Nadeau, 40 Samoset Dr., Salem, NH 03079. Shipping is free within the U.S.Collectible Microcomputers is filled with more than 340 photos and up-to-date information for collectors and vintage computer enthusiasts who want to fully enjoy this rapidly emerging hobby. Featured are early hobbyist computers, desktop business/
professional computers, home computers, PC-compatibles, transportable computers, laptops, and notebook computers..

FishWings is a free Apple II disk image utility for Windows. The latest release adds several features:

• allows multiple file importing
• fixed a bug in the context sensitive help
• added support to view Integer BASIC listings
• images may be “Drag and Dropped” into a FishWings window
• TrackStore (.app) images can now be converted to .nib images; if they contain standard DOS 3.3 or ProDOS volumes FishWings will display them..
  

While not a new release, this Apple IIe emulator for Windows somehow escaped mention. Keonwoo Kim’s Apple in PC emulates two or more Mockingboards or one Phasor, making games such as Ultima IV and Ultima V sound wonderful.

Version 0.1.22 is available as source code for you to compile. A ready-to-run binary version of 0.1.21 is also available (click the 5th link down on the left to reach the download page)..

Due to ongoing problems Juiced.GS is having with the company that does its printing, they’ve decided to post the issue on the Web in PDF format. While the issue will still be mailed to all subscribers as usual, this will let readers catch up on the latest without having to wait any longer, while Syndicomm grapples with the print shop. As an added bonus, the PDF version of the issue has color photographs..

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer Inc. and 12 other technologists selected the robots to be inducted in this year’s Carnegie Science Center Robot Hall of Fame. Read the full story here..

Rich Dreher is asking all CFFA card owners who are interested in obtaining the new version 1.3 logic and firmware to email him. He is deciding on the distribution method for the update. Beta testers of the new version state that no problems have been encountered. The new firmware allows the card to work on the Apple II+ and IIe, whereas before it only worked on the IIe enhanced and IIGS.

The CFFA is an 8 bit card that allows one to use CompactFlash cards and IDE drives with an Apple II..

Lyle Syverson has posted the June issue of The Lamp!, the monthly distillation of messages from the Apple II forum on Syndicomm Online..

Andrew Roughan has posted a compiled version of Geoff Weiss’s Hash Tool Set. You can download it at http://home.ozonline.com.au/klajr/apple/tool128.shk..

Today we introduce our new classified ad section, where Apple II users can advertise items they have for sale or trade. To access it, simply click the “Classified Ads” button in the sidebar to the left..