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From: tws <adoyson@nccn.net>
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Subject: CSA2 Software/Hardware in Development FAQ
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 13:22:11 -0700
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CSA2 "Apple II Software/Hardware in Development" FAQ
Name--------------Function---------Author
Software:
1)Marinetti-------TCP/IP for IIgs--Richard Bennet
2)The Mailbox-----POP3/SMTP E-mail-Jeff Blakeney
3)Newstand*-------News Reader------Who?
4)TheFileCabinet*-Ftp Client-------Who?
5)GS-cript--------GS/OS scripting--????
6)??????----------Not Known--------Asking permission to post.
7)Twilight II-----Screensaver------Nathan Mates
8)Wolf 3D---------3D! Game--------Eric Sheppard
Name--------------Function---------Author
Hardware:
9)Number Cruncer--Co-processorCard-Andreas Schmidt
A)Ethernet Card---Ethernet---------????
B)XXXXX-----------NOT IDE or SCSI--see Note
C)GSupgrade-------Upgrade The GS---IIgs users
D)ZipAcc. I-------Plain vapourware-Joachim Lange
E)ZipAcc. II------Plain vapourware-Joachim Lange
F)Mass storage----Plain Vapourware-Joachim Lange
Name--------------Function---------Author
Brief information. See webpages for more.
1) Marinetti is being coded by Richard Bennet. It is a TCP/IP CDEV
for the Apple IIgs. PPP is being worked on. See Richard's page
for more info. You can download the beta of Marinetti from the
page, as well as a developer kit. This is/will be an EXTREMELY
useful software!
Marinetti Webpage
http://www.zip.com.au/~kashum/marinetti/
2) The Mailbox (name may change before release) Is being written by
Jeff Blakeney. It is a POP3/SMTP E-mail client for use with the
"New" (PPP) Marinetti. Screenshots will be posted to
Comp.sys.apple2.binaries (right, Jeff? :) This will be an
EXTREMELY useful software!
Jeff Blakeney's Webpage:
What is it?
3) Newstand* News reader. Jeff Blakeney mentioned wanting to create
this program (if he ever has time)
This may be in development.
Does anyone have information?
4) TheFileCabinet* Ftp Client. Jeff Blakeney mentioned wanting to
create this program (if he ever has time)
This may be in development.
Does anyone have information?
5) GS-cript: GS/OS scripting. No information is available on this
software yet.
There won't be a page
for this software
6) ??????: I better ask the person who told me they were working on
this SOFTWARE project before I post their name. The Name/Function
are not known. I just know that the person is working on a GS
project.
Webpage pending permission
(webpage has no info about this project)
7) Twilight II: Nathan Mates did some update on the Twilight II
Screensaver. It is supposed to work with Telecommunications
programs without interfering with them (I haven't tried this).
It is a very nice program. It is only available to Delphi online
service subscribers. It is not available to CSA2 or the internet.
Information on this can be found at:
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/
Twilight II Webpage
http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/t2/index.html
8) Wolfenstein 3D: Eric Sheppard already completed Wolf 3D. It
is an Awesome software for the IIgs. It is a 3D-Shoot the Nazi's
game.
Wolfenstein 3d GS Webpage
http://www.sheppyware.ml.org/software/wolf3d_gs/index.html
9) Number Cruncher: This is a Co-Processor for the Apple II. It
supports the FPE SANE patch for speeding up any program that
does floating point calculations. You can use any 68881 or 882
in a ceramic package that runs at least 10 Mhz. The NC runs
at this speed (more is not necessary since the slot I/O is the
bottleneck).
The NumberCruncher card is not available at the moment, but the
makers are working on a new series. The price isn't set yet.
NumberCruncher Webpage
http://www.mech.mb.uni-dortmund.de/mech/Dirk/NC.html
A) Ethernet Card: The page Apple2.org is Tony Diaz's site. He is
NOT (to my knowledge) the person creating the Apple II Ethernet
card. Information about Apple Inc's CANCELED project to create
an Apple II Ethernet card can be found here. No information is
known by me as to the creator of the Ethernet card mentioned.
Info on Apple Inc's CANCELED project can be found at:
apple2.org
B) XXXXX: This is a peripheral card that may be a hoax. It was
mentioned on CSA2 by S�nke Behrens. Read information below:
>Hi,
>
>I have received a "teaser" e-mail about some new hardware that's
>to be released for the Apple IIgs. I got a picture (which tells
>me very little), and a note that:
>
> There will be a new add-on card for the Apple IIgs
> More info earliest April-May 1998
> The card could be quite interesting to "certain" people
> It won't be a SCSI or IDE adapter
>
>Weird. I'm waiting to hear more, anyway :). For a look at the
>picture, go to my home page: http://www.arrowweb.com/sbehrens/
> (S�nke Behrens)
A picture of this supposed card can be found at:
http://www.arrowweb.com/sbehrens/
C) GSupgrade: Mike Morton set up a "Save the Apple IIgs" web page.
There will soon be a message board added to the site. The current
"goal" is to buy the rights to the IIgs from Apple Inc. *I* don't
think this is feasible. ADB and other things in the IIgs are still
used in the Macintosh today. It would cost $$$$ to buy or
license the rights to these things. Once the Message board is put
on Mike Mortons page, lets discuss creation of hardware to ADD to
the GS to upgrade it.
"Save the Apple IIgs" Webpage
http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/nelson/128/savea2gs.html
D) ZIP GS Accessory I: Check Joachim Lange's page. This is a
Planned project
SHH Systeme's Webpage
http://users.ids.net/~kerwood/shh.html
E) Zip GS Accessory II: Check Joachim Lange's page. This is a
Planned project
SHH Systeme's Webpage
http://users.ids.net/~kerwood/shh.html
F) Mass storage: Check Joachim Lange's page. This is a Planned
project
SHH Systeme's Webpage
http://users.ids.net/~kerwood/shh.html
THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES THAT THE PROJECTS MENTIONED HERE WILL
EVER BE COMPLETED OR RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. ALL INFORMATION
THAT IS KNOWN BY ME HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS ARTICLE. MORE
INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
If you are developing something for the Apple II, Let me know
so I can add it to the list. If you have corrections/additions
to the information contained in this article, please let me know.