| Pages | Type | Headline | Author | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | My Home Page | Going the Distance | Ken Gagne | New features in Juiced.GS, Antoine Vignau joins the staff, Apple II community provides all Ken needs, KansasFest: a look back |
| 3 | Letters from the Land of ROM | Letters from the Land of ROM | Misc. | Enjoying the Computist DVD |
| 4-7 | MusinGS | Soldering On | Ken Gagne | Interview with Henry Courbis of ReactiveMicro.com |
| 7 | Advertisement | Syndicomm | The Definitive GS+: Volumes 1-3 | |
| 8-9 | Behind the Scenes | Beta Testing | Ewen Wannop | A look at beta testing |
| 10-11 | Retrospective | KFest Remembrances | Eric Shepherd, Ewen Wannop, Ryan Suenaga, Ken Gagne | Apple II community members share their favorite and memorable moments from KansasFests past |
| 11 | Advertisement | Syndicomm | Syndicomm software | |
| 12-14 | Review | Apple Disk Transfer Pro | Mike Maginnis | ADTPro |
| 15-17 | Tech-torial | Off-Disk Protection | Antoine Vignau | A look at advanced copy protection methods |
| 18-19 | DumplinGS | KansasFest 2008 approaches, RetroChallenge programming contest announced, Golden Orchard CD-ROM released as free download, Twilight II screen saver released as freeware, Infocom hard drive discovered with partially-working version of Hitchhiker's Guide sequel, Silvern Castle reaches v9.3 | ||
| 19 | Random Numbers | The Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Eric Shepherd | Getting ready for KansasFest with new Apple II products |
| 20 | Advertisement | InTrec Software | KansasFest 2008 |
Disk Copy Protection Methods & Footnotes
1. Gamma Goblins
http://www.hackzapple.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17
2. The CHECKMEM routine from EDD
http://www.hackzapple.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=853#853
3. Sweet16
http://www.6502.org/source/interpreters/sweet16.htm
4. M-CODE interpreter
http://www.hackzapple.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=63
5. Sierra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_On_Line
6. Infocom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infocom
7. HACK Z APPLE, Collection Apple II
http://www.hackzapple.com/INDEX0.HTM
8. Underground //e
http://boutillon.free.fr/
Other products mentioned in this issue
The Computist Project
Mike Maginnis’ online collection of Computist magazines.
ReactiveMicro.com
Henry Courbis’ online store for Apple II hardware.
ADTPro
Create, transfer, and convert disk images between an Apple II and a modern machine.
KansasFest
Annual Apple II convention in Kansas City, Missouri.
RetroChallenge 2008
Annual programming contest for retrocomputers, runs July only.
Golden Orchard disk image
CD-ROM collection of Apple II files, now available as a free download.
Golden Orchard CD-ROM
The original physical CD-ROM of Apple II files, still for sale.
Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The history of the previously unreleased sequel to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, with playable online version (not Apple II compatible).
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Free online version of the original Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (not Apple II compatible)
Silvern Castle
A detailed, nuanced, and entertaining 8-bit fantasy role-playing game (RPG).
