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Furthering the preservation of Juiced.GS

The Information Cube

Two years ago, Juiced.GS was archived by museums, libraries, and institutions around the world. One year ago, we completed those collections when we brought volumes 1–6 back into print.

Today, we continue to expand our preservation efforts by adding two new organizations to the list of archives now charged with the preservation of our Apple II magazine.

Seattle’s Living Computer Museum, founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, opened its doors on October 25, 2012. Juiced.GS staff writer Peter Neubauer was one of its first visitors, providing an extensive write-up of his experience in our December issue. The connection between the LCM and Juiced.GS was further recently cemented at the launch party of The New England Wide Computer Museum, or NEW Computer Museum, formerly known as the Digital Den. There, Prof. Mary Hopper made the introduction of Juiced.GS editor Ken Gagne to the LCM’s senior vintage systems engineer, Ian King. As a rapidly growing organization, the LCM was happy to accept a donation of 71 back issues of Juiced.GS, with more to come as they are published.

The Information Cube

Museums aren’t the only organizations interested in Juiced.GS. Mention “archiving” in the retrocomputing world, and one of the first names you’ll hear is Jason Scott: digital historian, Archive.org employee, guest lecturer, and KansasFest keynote speaker. His Information Cube is a repository of physical artifacts related to the history of computers and their users. Juiced.GS‘s past and future catalog will now be included in this archive as well.
Our thanks to the many historians who are ensuring Juiced.GS‘s place in the story of the personal computer will be known for generations to come!

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Juiced.GS to cover classic Macintosh

Juiced.GS April 2014

UPDATE: The publisher of Juiced.GS has retracted the press release of April 1, 2014, which included a typo.

The section which indicated that Juiced.GS would be expanding to cover the Macintosh computer was supposed to read, “Juiced.GS is doing better than ever. It has always been, and will always be, exclusively an Apple II publication, serving the community that still believes in ‘Apple II Forever’.”

“I regret that our proofreaders did not catch this minor typo,” said Ken Gagne, the magazine’s editor. “The keys are, like, right next to each other.”


APRIL 1, 2014 — LEOMINSTER, MA — Juiced.GS announced today an expansion of coverage that will ensure the magazine continues breaking records as the longest-running Apple II print publication.

Juiced.GS April 2014

“I’ve previously gone on record as saying that Juiced.GS will stop printing the day there’s nothing left to write about,” says Ken Gagne, publisher since 2007. “That day has finally arrived when we must make a difficult decision.”

With hardware like the Uthernet II, CFFA3000, Apple II Pi, and Replica-1 Ten; software such as Sweet16, A2CLOUD, stitch, and Retro Fever; events like KansasFest, OzKFest, and Vintage Computer Fest; and books such as Sophistication & Simplicity, The WOZPAK, and Jobs, the Apple II community is experiencing a drought of innovation, resulting in the shrinkage of Juiced.GS from 24 pages to a mere 20.

But, says Gagne, “Rather than admit defeat, we’re demonstrating the innovation that Apple users are known for. Stealing a play from the inCider/A+ handbook, Juiced.GS is expanding to provide coverage of classic Macintosh computers.”

Starting with the April 1 issue, Juiced.GS will feature retro Macs, defined as those computers produced from January 1984 through March 1991. The news, reviews, interviews, tips, and tricks Juiced.GS has become known for will be applied to this new platform, encouraging Apple II users to upgrade to the next generation of Apple computer, eventually evolving the publication’s name to Juiced.LC.

“In this way, Apple II users can express their trademark belligerence at refusing to upgrade by doing so — but on our own time,” boasts Gagne. “Let’s see Apple claim this as a victory!”

With the new focus, Juiced.LC will bump up its length to 22 pages per issue. Subscriptions will continue to be available for $19 for customers in the United States, $24 in Canada, and $27 elsewhere in the world. New with this volume is a PDF-only option, available for $99/issue, offsetting the carbon footprint of delivering millions of bits per issue as opposed to a mere 22 pages in hardcopy.

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Enjoy Juiced.GS Volume 19, Issue 1 (March 2014)

Volume 19, Issue 1 (March 2014)
Volume 19, Issue 1 (March 2014)
This issue features an interview with Al Lowe of Leisure Suit Larry; reviews of Option8’s RetroConnector joystick adapters; a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Brian Picchi’s Retro Fever game; musings on why the Mac’s recent 30th anniversary matters to the Apple II; and much, much more!

 

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

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Juiced.GS has Retro Fever!

Retro Fever

Juiced.GS covers the state of Apple II development, with new hardware and software being released regularly. The latest product to cross our desk is Retro Fever, an action game from Brandon Bogle and Brian Picchi, the latter of whom is a familiar name to Apple II gamers. In recent years, Picchi has taught himself a variety of programming languages, applying those newfound skills to games such as Applesoft Action, Deadly Orbs, and Lamb Chops!

In the March 2014 issue of Juiced.GS, Picchi will offer a behind-the-scenes look at his ascent as a programmer and the challenges he’s encountered when developing the above titles. In the meantime, Juiced.GS editor-in-chief Ken Gagne has picked up a copy of Retro Fever on 5.25″ floppy disk. Just as he did last year with Zéphyr, he’s shot a video of his unboxing and first play of Retro Fever:

Retro Fever can be purchased on floppy disk, downloaded as a disk image, or played in your web browser.

To learn more about Brian Picchi, listen to his interview on the Open Apple podcast.

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Replica 1 Ten in pictures

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Ten years ago, Vince Briel took it upon himself to create a functional clone of Steve Wozniak’s original Apple-1 microcomputer. The result, the Replica 1, has over the years become the de facto approach for replicating the Apple-1 experience in hardware. The product has evolved over multiple iterations in which Briel has streamlined the board and added new features to bridge the gap between classic functionality and modern usability.

In the cover story for the December 2013 issue, writer Paul Hagstrom reviewed the clone’s fourth and latest model, the Replica 1 Ten, commemorating the original model’s tenth anniversary. You’ll have to read his article to find out what he thought of Briel Computers’ new device, but you can see in the gallery below the photo shoot to which Hagstrom subjected his Replica 1 Ten.

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