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Tiger Learning Computer gallery

Front of retail box.

The cover story on Juiced.GS‘s December 2011 issue is the Tiger Learning Computer. Released in 1996, this portable machine used licensed technology based on the Apple IIe, offering the promise of a new lease on life for Apple Computer Inc.’s longest-running product. Alas, the TLC never made it out of the test market phase, but a few units do exist in the wild — including in the hands of Juiced.GS associate editor Andy Molloy, who not only reviewed the hardware but also interviewed Kristi Petters, the former Apple employee who negotiated the license with Tiger Electronics (now part of Hasbro).

Andy shot many photographs before we settled on the one that graced our front page. If you’ve read his articles and want to see what was left on the cutting room floor, please enjoy these additional photos!

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Enjoy Juiced.GS Volume 16, Issue 4 (December 2011)

Volume 16, Issue 4 (December 2011)
Volume 16, Issue 4 (December 2011)

The December issue of Juiced.GS is now available!

This 24-page issue features reviews of the CFFA3000, the Steve Jobs biography, and the Tiger Learning Computer; an interview with Kristi Petters, the former Apple employee who licensed the Apple IIe technology for the TLC; a behind-the-scenes look at David Schmenk’s Escape! From The Homebrew Computer Club; a tribute to Steve Jobs by the colleagues who knew him in the Apple II days, including Bob Bishop, Paul Terrell, and Lane Roathe; and much, much more!

Check out this issue’s index, as well as links to online resources for more related content.

Now available: the entire 2011 volume at a discounted rate!

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Enjoy Juiced.GS Volume 16, Issue 3 (September 2011)

Volume 16, Issue 3 (September 2011)
Volume 16, Issue 3 (September 2011)

The September issue of Juiced.GS is now available!
This issue features our annual KansasFest coverage; reviews of Mike Willegal’s Brain Board and Vince Briel’s A2MP3 card; a tutorial for getting started with the Apple IIGS; and some stunning news about KansasFest 2012.

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Enjoy Juiced.GS Volume 16, Issue 2 (June 2011)

Volume 16, Issue 2 (June 2011)
Volume 16, Issue 2 (June 2011)

Inside this 24-page issue is 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 guide to restoring and equipping an 8-bit Apple II; a behind-the-scenes look at how Melissa Barron hacked Oregon Trail; and much, much more!

Also in this issue and available as a free download is a tribute to Ryan Suenaga.

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The March 2011 issue in-depth

Volume 16, Issue 1 (March 2011)

As announced yesterday, the first issue of the sixteenth volume of Juiced.GS is now arriving in all subscriber’s mailboxes, having been mailed four days ago.

The most striking feature about this issue is the full-color cover. The past year has been good to Juiced.GS, and we’ve reinvested that fortune back into our print publication. The cover sports artwork by artist and Leadlight game designer Wade Clarke, who not only gave Gamebits permission to reprint his piece but who also did some custom revision for our purposes. The product of his effort also marks the first Juiced.GS cover to feature artwork, instead of a photograph or screenshot.

The story that goes with this cover is Ivan Drucker’s review of Leadlight, framed in the larger context of the potential and struggles faced by the interactive fiction genre. This in-depth piece represents Juiced.GS‘s first Apple Core feature.

Another first is Martin Haye’s introduction to the Apple II. Our retrocomputing community includes many enthusiasts who are dusting off their Apple II for the first time in decades, or even acquiring their first Apple II machine from eBay. Martin welcomes those new to the hobby or interested in joining by looking at likely places to get Apple II hardware and software, kicking off a three-piece series that will review everything one needs to know to get an Apple II up and running.

By contrast, this issue also includes the last installment in another series, that being what the Juiced.GS staff have familiarly been referring to as “the file transfer series”. Directed by Ewen Wannop, this five-part series has featured contributions from almost every one of our staff writers, describing ways to exchange files between an Apple II and a Mac, Windows, or UNIX machine, and what to do with the files once they’re there. This series has been literally years in the making; now that it’s done, we’re reviewing all the changes that have occurred in retrocomputing technology since we first outlined the series, so that we can start revising it for its next iteration.

Finally, occasional contributor Peter Neubauer returns to our pages with an exclusive interview with Alan Floeter, creator of Macrosoft and The Assembler. Look for exclusive bonus content from this profile tomorrow on the Juiced.GS blog.

My Home Page, DumplinGS, Random Numbers, and a full-page, full-color advertisement for KansasFest round out this issue’s twenty pages. These stories are indexed in our exhaustive online database and this issue’s own page, with additional resources listed in the online issue links.

With this issue under our belt, we’re hard at work on the next. Be sure to get yours by subscribing today!