Volume 16, Issue 2 (June 2011) of Juiced.GS, the longest-running Apple II publication in print, is now arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes. This 24-page issue features an interview with Don Worth, author of Beneath Apple Manor and Beneath Apple DOS; a review of modern-day word processors that re-create the AppleWorks environment; a tutorial for using the Apple II as a dumb terminal; a behind-the-scenes look at how Melissa Barron hacked Oregon Trail; a guide to restoring and equipping an 8-bit Apple II; and much, much more!

Also part of this issue and available separately as a free download is a tribute to Ryan Suenaga.

This is Juiced.GS‘s second quarterly issue of 2011. Annual subscriptions are available for $19 for United States customers and $26 for international customers.

In memory of Ryan Suenaga, a scholarship has been established at the Kapiolani Community College of Hawai’i. Those wishing to donate to the @rsuenaga Scholarship Fund may do so online or via check mailed to:

University of Hawaii Foundation
P.O. Box 11270
Honolulu, HI 96828-0270

More details, including how to donate in person at KansasFest, are available at KansasFest.org.

Apple II writer, editor, podcaster, programmer, advocate, and friend Ryan Suenaga passed away yesterday. The Hawai’i Star Advertiser reports that Ryan was hiking the Olomana Trail with friends when he suffered a fatal fall.

Ryan’s contributions to the Apple II community include being the editor-in-chief of Juiced.GS, GEnieLamp, and Apple II News & Notes; writing for a2central.com; producing the Apple II’s second-ever podcast, A2Unplugged; programming a variety of telecommunications utilities; founding and moderating several online communities, including on Syndicomm Online; getting Steve Wozniak to attend KansasFest 2003; and more.

The loss of Ryan, who turned just 44 this past January, comes as a shock to his many friends. Blog posts dedicated to his memory have already been published by Eric Shepherd, Tony Diaz, Mike Maginnis, Juiced.GS, KansasFest, Open Apple, and Ryan Ozawa. An archive of Ryan’s last one thousand tweets has also been collected.

Words cannot describe how much richer we all have been for having had Ryan Suenaga in our lives, and how much poorer we are to face a future without him.