Juiced.GS V2.I2

[m.jones145@genie.com (Max C. Jones)]

Announcing ...


===== Juiced.GS, Volume 2, Issue 2 =====


The Spring 1997 edition of Juiced.GS, the Apple II world's premier
IIGS-specific magazine, is now arriving in subscriber mail boxes in
the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and other points around the world.

This issue is being mailed to 271 paid subscribers in 43 states and
10 foreign countries.

Here's what you'll find in this issue:

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FEATURES

Cover Story: The Animated Apple ... Longtime Compuserve sysop Joe T.
Walters takes users through the lively process of converting
animation files of various formats into Paintworks animation files
that can be viewed on the Apple IIGS. Walters discusses how FLI files
can be converted with a useful IIGS utility, and gets a little help
from his friendly Macintosh in doing conversions for Quicktime, AVI
and MPEG.

Graphics: Using Platinum Paint to do cool things to type ... Apple II
programmer and graphic artist Bret Victor reveals one of his painting
tricks and discusses a few techniques for using Platinum Paint. Not
only is this article entertaining, it invites the user to follow along
in Platinum Paint in a step-by-step tutorial.

Hardware: Hacksaw hacking the Stealth GS ... Apple II hardware guru
Stephen Buggie explains how IIGS sophistication can be added to the
IIe by exchanging its motherboard for one specially designed for
IIe casing.

COLUMNS

Desktop Publishing: Working with white space ... Dave Bennett, an
associate professor of journalism, explains how the desktop publisher
should use white space to add emphasis and contrast to documents.

My Home Page: A productive season ... Juiced.GS editor and publisher
Max Jones recounts a busy first six months of 1997 in which software
publishers -- commercial, shareware and freeware -- have brought a
number of new and amazing products to the IIGS marketplace.

II Be Named Later: "Real" geeks ... Our columnist, Ryan Suenaga, muses
about the many and varied qualifications for becoming a "real" geek.

DEPARTMENTS

Shareware Spotlight: Shifty List 2.0, SIS Bookmark Editor, and
StolenBASE are the featured programs in the spotlight this issue.

DumplinGS: All roads lead to Kfest ... From the latest on the planning
phase for Kfest '97 to news about that long-awaited SuperConvert
update, if it's being talked about in the Apple II world, you'll read
about it in this compilation of newsy notes.

Letters from the Land of Rom ... Juiced.GS readers ask questions, get
answers, and tell us what's on their minds.

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Juiced.GS is a quarterly, printed publication available by
subscription only.

A subscription for 1997 is $14 in the U.S., Canada or Mexico, $20
elsewhere. To subscribe, send a check or money order U.S. funds to:
 
Max Jones
Juiced.GS
2217 Lakeview Drive
Sullivan, IN  47882
 
Makes checks or money orders payable to Max Jones. Sorry, no credit
cards or purchase orders can be accepted.

A complete set of 1996 issues is also available for $14. If you would
like to purchase only a specific single copy (or copies) of 1996 issues, they
are available for $4 each. An index and brief description of
articles published in 1996 are available on the Juiced.GS web site.
See URL below.

Apple II Forever!
 
 
Max Jones
Juiced.GS
Genie: M.JONES145 -- Delphi: JuicedGS
Internet: m.jones145@genie.com -or- juicedgs@delphi.com
Wolrd Wide Web:  http://users.ids.net/~kerwood/juiced.gs

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Max C. Jones - (m.jones145@genie.com)