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Re: Virtual Apple ][ Website Updated
On Jul 13, 6:08 am, "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <C67F99B0.E351%bjjlya...@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>,
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> winston19842005 <bjjlya...@NOSPAMbellsouth.net> wrote:
> > On 7/12/09 11:46 AM, in article nospam-427FD2.11461412072...@news.aioe.org,
> > "John B. Matthews" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
> > > In article
> > > <52cff4a7-bad0-4291-909f-6628c6a89...@x25g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> > > "bill.mart...@gmail.com" <bill.mart...@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 checkhttp://activegs.freetoolsassociation.comifyou
> > >>>> 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.
>
> That was it: I'd tried them separately, but both are usually required.
>
> > But you're right about the mouse tracking. Zany Golf was difficult to
> > play at best.
>
> One trick is to get the emulator cursor near the ball before it stops
> rolling.
>
> > Still, I am impressed with what I see...
>
> Yes, indeed!
>
> --
> John B. Matthews
> trashgod at gmail dot com
> <http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>
There are still a few items to be worked out and I know Oliver has
put a ton of time into this. It seems everyday he was giving me a
new beta to test for about three weeks. Hopefully by the time we get
all our data work done on our side, the emulator will also be a bit
more fine tuned.
Cheers
--billm--