Re: Virtual Apple ][ Website Updated

[winston19842005 <bjjlyates@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>]

On 7/12/09 11:46 AM, in article nospam-427FD2.11461412072009@news.aioe.org,
"John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article 
> <52cff4a7-bad0-4291-909f-6628c6a89605@x25g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>  "bill.martens@gmail.com" <bill.martens@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Jul 12, 12:47�pm, "ict@ccess" <gids...@sasktel.net> wrote:
>>>>> The issue has been resolved and the plugin should install properly
>>>>> now.
>>> 
>>>> Bill: Thanks for looking at this; I'm not seeing a change. When
>>>> the plugin is not installed and I click a disk, a blue screen
>>>> says, "The ActiveGS plugin is required to safely run apple
>>>> II/IIGS software within your browser Latest version is 2.3.319
>>>> Installation Procedure for Safari 4 (Mac) There's no installer
>>>> yet for Safari: you need to manually install the plugin! Download
>>>> ActiveGS.plugin.zip and unzip it into /Library/Internet Plug-Ins"
>>> 
>>>> It's the "ActiveGS.plugin.zip" link that fails. It downloads an
>>>> html page, rather than the plugin itself.
>>> 
>>>> "Please check http://activegs.freetoolsassociation.com ifyou need
>>>> further assistance"
>>> 
>>>> The second link (above) works correctly.
>>> 
>>>> Sorry of the anomaly is on my end.
>>> 
>>> Zany Golf works on my Mac after installing the plugin. �Things
>>> maybe to check.
>>> 
>>> Confirm Safari version.
>>> Quit Safari and restart, not just close the window.
>>> Empty cache in case the page is saved in cache.
>>> 
>>> The links do check out though.
>> 
>> John,
>> 
>> I am not sure what you are seeing, although as Rob noted, trying
>> clearing your cache and download the plugin again. (I find that
>> closing the browser helps in this respect too).  It should be noted
>> that the emulator is still Beta and as such, we need all the input we
>> can get on it in order to make it better.
>> 
>> If you get the HTML page again, delete the .html off the end of the
>> URL and the plugin should download.
> 
> Thanks Rob and Bill. The link to "ActiveGS.plugin.zip" works correctly
> this morning. I'm guessing it was a little cache latency on one end or
> the other.
> 
> One anomaly I see on the home page <http://www.virtualapple.org/>: The
> <head/> says, "<title>Virtual Apple ][ -- Version 4.3</title>", while
> the <body/> says "Version 4.4".
> 
> I had already installed v2.3.319 BETA of the plugin from the support
> page, and there's no problem with graphics and sound. Mouse tracking
> occasionally gets out of synch on scrolling games like Zany Golf, but I
> see it's a little touchy in other emulators, too. Keyboard input appears
> to work for IIgs programs, but not for //e disks; I tried ABM, Alien
> Typhoon & Spare Change, but couldn't get past the initial prompts.

Make sure you click on the screen to make it active, and I noticed it liked
me to have my CAPS LOCK on.

But you're right about the mouse tracking. Zany Golf was difficult to play
at best.

Still, I am impressed with what I see...