Re: Virtual Apple ][ Website Updated

["John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>]

In article <C67F99B0.E351%bjjlyates@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>,
 winston19842005 <bjjlyates@NOSPAMbellsouth.net> wrote:

> 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.

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!

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John B. Matthews
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