Description: Apple II: Information Sources (2/97)
Header: Apple II: Information Sources (2/97)

 Article Created: 25 February 1993
 Article Reviewed/Updated: 17 February 1997

 TOPIC -----------------------------------------------------------

 This article describes some information sources for the Apple II products.

 DISCUSSION ------------------------------------------------------

 GS+
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 An Apple IIGS magazine published bimonthly by EGO Systems.

 EGO  Systems
 P.O. Box 15366
 Chattanooga, TN 37415-0366

 A+/InCider
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 An Apple II and Macintosh magazine published monthly by IDG.

 IDG Communications/Peterborough, InCider
 P.O. Box 50358
 Boulder, CO   80321-0358

 A2-Central
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 Publishes a number of newsletters that are devoted to the Apple II only.
 Here's the current list:

 A2-Central
 ----------
 Published monthly since January, 1985 and provides technical information on
 the Apple II.

 A2-Central on Disk has been published monthly since February, 1989. Each 800K
 3.5-inch disk contains the full text of that month's paper issue, plus text-
 talking software for blind subscribers.  In addition, specific issues contain
 Apple system software, technical note updates, public domain and shareware
 software.

 Studio-City
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 Published every other month since February, 1990. Each issue consists of two
 800K 3.5-inch disks and includes a HyperStudio stack containing editor Terry
 Baker's tips, tricks, and letters from readers.

 TimeOut-Central
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 Published every other month since September, 1990.  Each issue consists of
 one 800K 3.5-inch disk and includes a column by the editor, letters from
 readers, as well as public domain and shareware AppleWorks and TimeOut files.

 Script-Central
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 Published bimonthly and is all about Apple's HyperCard IIGS and HyperTalk,
 its scripting language.

 A2-Central
 P.O. Box 11250
 Overland Park, KS 66207


 The Road Apple
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 An Apple II "End Users" Underground Newsletter published six times a year.

 Al Martin
 1121 NE 177th, Suite B
 Portland, OR 97230.

 Scarlett
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 A monthly newsletter published by:

 Big Red Computer Club
 423 Norfolk Avenue
 Norfolk, NE 68701.

 AppleWorks Forum
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 A monthly newsletter published by:

 The National AppleWorks User Group
 Box 87453
 Canton, MI 48187

 HyperStudio Network
 -------------------
 A quarterly newsletter about HyperStudio. They publish an annual 'Best of
 HyperStudio' disk of stacks, and have discounts on HyperStudio accessories.
 They also have some teacher-oriented materials.

 HyperStudio Network
 Box 103,
 Blawenburg, NJ 08504


 Softdisk and Softdisk GS
 ------------------------
 Monthly disk magazines containing a variety of software (public domain,
 shareware, clip art, reviews, etc.). Softdisk is available on 5.25- or 3.5-
 inch disks.  Softdisk GS is available only on 3.5-inch disks.

 Softdisk Publishing
 P.O. Box 30008
 Shreveport, LA 71130-0008
 AOL: zak    Internet: zak@aol.com

 USUS
 ----
 An international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and
 influencing
 software standards to aid in the development of portable software.  They have
 a
 large software library including a lot of source code (for almost every
 language or computer).

 USUS Inc.
 P.O. Box 1148
 La Jolla, CA 92038


 Article Change History:
 17 Feb 1997 - Reviewed for technical accuracy, revised formatting.
 Copyright 1993-97, Apple Computer, Inc.
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