Version 3.1 of 'What is the Apple IIGS?' now online!

[Alex Lee <alelee@mac.com>]

Looks like I just missed the opportunity for the announcement to also 
be made at KansasFest, but here goes.

There are some improvements to 'What is the Apple IIGS?':

1. The content management system has been updated to Silverstripe v2.3.

2. New search feature, so you can quickly find that 
game/app/educational software/hardware/publication as well as filtering 
specific search results based on different criteria like year, 
publisher, etc.

3. We're tapping into eBay - each individual archive you visit will now 
check if it's available on eBay, as well as displaying the next few 
IIGS related auctions to go. Collectors shouldn't miss a thing!

4. You can now rate each and every archive on the site, the results of 
which can be collated for everyone's benefit (especially for newcomers 
to the IIGS) when finding out what makes up the best of the IIGS.

5. Last but not least, some nice aesthetic enhancements: apart from 
substituting that distracting animated starburst in the top right hand 
corner of the layout with a much nicer banner, the site will now 
suggest to users of Internet Explorer 6 that, well, it's time to enter 
the 21st century by way of using newer and better alternatives like 
Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome.

All of these new features are available now, so why not take a dip into 
IIGS nostalgia once again?
Once again, a huge round of applause to Rane Bowen for implementing 
these new features!

The archive's still in need of some scans. If you've got any of the 
following, please help:

Games
Space Fox, Space Shark, Solitaire & Cribbage, Solitaire Volume II, Mad 
Match, Mean 18 Famous Course Volumes, Mighty Marvel/Mighty Nerd and 
Hostage.

Applications
Beagle Draw, Color Plus, Deluxe Paint Arts Parts Volumes 1 & 2, 
Designer Prints, Designer Puzzles, Mercury, Smart Money, Master Tracks 
Jnr, Nexus, ANSITerm v2.1, AppleLink, FAXination, PMP FAX, ProTERM 3.1, 
Prosel, Express, Font Factory, Independence, Life Guard, Prism, 
SuperConvert 4, Switch It!, DeskPak, Flash Boot, Hyperlaunch, Second 
Chance, Transprog III, VirusMD, FAXination, Beagle Compiler, Call Box, 
GNO/ME, GSBasic, Lisa816.v5.433, LogoWriter GS, Micol Advanced Basic, 
Spectra Graphix 256.

Educational
Color 'n' Canvas, Kid Writer Gold, Reading Magic - Jack & the 
Beanstalk, Once Upon a Time I & III, Storybook Weaver, My Paint, Mr Py 
and I, Inner Body Works, InfoLab Chemistry & Life Science, Animal 
Tracker, Dueling Questions, Volcanoes Deluxe, Where in America's Past 
is Carmen Sandiego?, First Letters, First Shapes, KidTalk, MathTalk 
Fractions, Mad Libs, Talking USA Map, Super GS Award Maker, Talking 
Academic Quiz Kid, Computer Video Reader: World of Nature - Reading 
About Animals, Reading About Sharks, Reading About Reptiles, Reading 
About Fish, Weather, Global Express Atlas, Aesop's Fables, All About 
America, Animal Kingdom, Arabian Nights, Kinderama, Magical Myths, Math 
Wizard, Word Master, Logic Master, Aubudon Whales.

Publications
GS+ Magazine Sep-Oct 1989 through to Nov-Dec 1990, Apple 16: A 
Comprehensive Guide to Apple IIGS Computing, Programming the Apple IIGS 
in C and Assembly Language, The Complete Apple IIGS Programmer's Guide, 
Your IIGS Guide.

RAM Cards
Applied Ingenuity GS Juice Plus, Checkmate Technology MultiRAM GS, 
MDIdeas OctoRAM, QRAM, On Three, Inc. On-Board, New Concepts NCS-GS RAM.

Graphics Cards
AST VisionPlus.

Sound Cards
Paralax Inc Sound Ace, Applied Visions FutureSound, Hyperstudio Sound 
Card, G Stereo.

Scanners
Lightning Scan (Box)

Misc.
Uthernet, LANceGS.

Additionally, there are still some educational gems we don't have 
2image archives for:

Talking Dinosaur Reader, Talking USA Map, Talking Academic Quiz Kid, 
Computer Video Reader: World of Nature - Reading About Animals; Reading 
About Sharks, Bird Watcher, Inner Body Works, Children's Writing & 
Publishing Center, Logic Master, Storybook Weaver.

If you can provide any of the previous list, please visit:

http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/you-can-help/

Thanks and enjoy the updated site!
--
- Alex
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/