Little Bits
By Andrew Roughan
Copyright (c) 1995 Apple Users' Group, Sydney
Republished from Applecations, a publication of the Apple Users' Group, Sydney, Australia.


o Early reports from purchasers of the Sequential Systems Second Sight VGA card are positive. The quality of the display on an Apple RGB monitor is surprising many people who wonder how they ever managed in the past. Software needs to be written to take full advantage of the card so developers will need time to get the programmers information and become familiar with the card and its capabilities. Richard Bennett demonstrated the Second Sight VGA card at the July meeting.

o ABC direct are marketing a 1.44MB floppy drive for US$199 which can be used on an Apple II using the SuperDrive controller card. They are also bringing out their own 3.5" controller card later this year.
ABC Direct
(214)306-5494

o Sequential Systems now have a publicly accessible bulletin board service available via the Internet. If you have access to Telnet, try this:
telnet hypermall.com
login: bbs
password: bbs
The Sequential BBS is primarily a source of tech support for Sequential Systems products.

o The cost to access the GEnie online service via the internet has been reduced. From August 1st 1995, the current US$2 per hour SprintNet surcharges for accessing GEnie will be removed.
Full details of how to subscribe to GEnie are available on the Apple II BBS [F]iling Cabinet in [O]pen Information area file #683.

o Richard Bennett and myself have just returned (Well I hope so anyway. I wrote this six weeks ago so anything could have happened!) from the annual KansasFest gathering. Come along to the Apple IIgs main meeting on Monday August 14th to hear all about it.

o A couple of new Apple // owners have contacted me requesting sources of software and information about their computers. If you have software, hardware or manuals that you would like to pass on to newcomers to the machine then please write down what you have to offer and send it in for publication in the magazine. Alternatively you can post a message to either of the club bulletin boards. This service is free for members.

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