Volume 12, Issue 1 (March 2007)

Pages	Type	Headline	Author	Summary
2	My Home Page	Of Trackballs and Men	Ken Gagne	Apologies for layout errors, call for contributors, welcome to new writers (Mark Percival, Mike Maginnis, Kelvin Sherlock), Ken's first anniversary as Editor-in-Chief, Apple II turns 30, looking forward to KansasFest
3-5	Behind the Scenes		Mark Percival	DiskMaker 8 development
5	Advertisement		Vintage Computer Festival	VCF East 4.0
6-9	MusinGS	Carrington Vanston	Carrington Vanston	Interview with Carrington Vanston by Evil Carrington Vanston
9	Advertisement		Syndicomm	The Definitive GS+: Volumes 1-3
10	Meet the Staff		Geoff Weiss	Geoff Weiss
11-12	Review	Samurai	Mike Maginnis	Samurai IRC client from Ninjaforce
12-15	Tech-torial	Using Window Menu Bars	Kelvin Sherlock	Using window menu bars in a program
16	Retrospective	Looking Back to 1977	Andrew Molloy	A look back at the Apple II's debut
17	Advertisement		Call-A.P.P.L.E.	The Complete Call-A.P.P.L.E. 2-DVD Set
18-19	DumplinGS	Making Connections in 2007		KansasFest 2007 registration opens, Ewen Wannop announces SNAP usenet program for IIGS, 5.25" USB floppy drive in development, replacement Integer/Applesoft BASIC ROM board for Apple II+ available from Garberstreet, cassette interface board for Replica-1 in development, Apple IIe parts X-rayed, Virtual ][ emulator updated to v5.7, CiderPress updated, computer case discoloration studied in depth
19	Random Numbers	Time Flies	Eric Shepherd	Apple II 30 years later
20	Advertisement		InTrec Software	KansasFest 2007

Carrington Vanston interview

1 MHz! Podcast
Carrington Vanston's excellent monthly podcast for Apple II users.

Duck Duck Goose
Carrington's opus of film production.

Movie Punks
A thrice-weekly, now retired web comic.

Window Menu Bars

Sample Code
ORCA/C code, working NDA, and more.

Window Information Bar Use
Official Apple IIGS Technical Note #3.

Desk Accessories and Tools
Official Apple IIGS Technical Note #53.

DA Tips and Techniques
Official Apple IIGS Technical Note #71.

Kelvin Sherlock's Web site
Author of GShisen, Silver Platter, and PNG Floyd.

Products discussed in this issue

DiskMaker 8
Mark Percival's 8-bit utility for converting disk images to disks.

Samurai
Ninjaforce's Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client in Classic Desk Accessory (CDA) format.

SNAP
Speccie's News Acquisition Program, an NNTP client, by Ewen Wannop.

Device Side Data
Developers of a USB 5.25" floppy drive.

Dual ROM board for Apple II+
Switch between Applesoft and Integer BASIC with ease. By Garberstreet Enterprises.

Replica-1
Vince Briel's Apple-1 clone, now with cassette interface.

Virtual II
Gerard Putter's excellent 8-bit Apple II emulator for Mac OS X.

CiderPress
Access ShrinkIt archives and more from Windows. By Andy McFadden.



Web sites mentioned in this issue

KansasFest
Annual Apple II convention in Kansas City, Missouri.

KansasFest Online Store
Shop for KFest 2007 shirts, hats, and mugs.

The Computist Project
Mike Maginnis' online archive of Computist and Hardcore Computist magazines.

Apple IIe x-ray images
Grant Stockly's X-rays images of an Apple IIe.

Why Apples Lose Their Color
An analysis of the composition and breakdown of computer cases.