Mean18 Golf for Mac

Chipped In

Just downloaded the Mean18 for Mac zip file containing it’s respective images. I’ve been playing it within the Mini vMac emulator on my MacBook (intel). Played multiple courses and saved some games in process. Ran it under System 4.3. No particular reason, it was there. Dragged System 4.3 dsk on to my mini vMac icon in the system tray, then same for Mean18.dsk. Off and running. It is strange to play it in black and white. I usually play on my IIGS, real IIGS and GSPort emulator on the same MacBook.

I also tried the Bootable dsk and it worked great.

Here are some pictures. There a little fuzzy. Link to page on Macintosh Garden is below.

Greeting

Mean18 Disk

Startup

Bootable Dsk Startup

Architecture

Macintosh Garden page

http://macintoshgarden.org/games/mean-18-ultimate-golf#comment-101339

GSport for IIGS – Feature Note No. 1

ZIPGS Speed – one of the configuration variables is speed referencing the ZipGS. My 6.0.4 version of GSOS has a good number of Control Panels which load on bootup, including the ZipGS. See the picture. So I gave it a try.

The system runs every nicely on the ZipGS 8 MHz. Makes playing, and architecting and testing new Mean18 courses go quickly.

GSPort IIGS Emulator – Running on MacBook

GSPort – I’ve kind of wondered about this port for a while. I use the Sweet16 emulator on my MacBook Air. I use to run it on my 2010 MacBook but the 2010 began to crash anytime I’d run decent graphics. No matter what program I was running. I still use it with the Virtual ll emulator. Anyway, I downloaded GSPort for the Linux side as I thought I’d try that but couldn’t get that to work yet. So I downloaded the Mac version and that worked straight away on my old 2010 MacBook. I don’t have a Windows computer so I can’t try that version.

Once you download the image for the MacBook execute it creating a folder with a GSport like icon. I just run it from my desktop. It runs very nicely. I’ve run a number of programs as you can see below without any application issues. The one issue I note is that it’s difficult to transition between start up programs depending on where you are. Sometimes I find it’s just easier to quit GSPort and start it up again hittin F4 configuration key to reconfigure it on boot up.

As noted earlier Sweet16 running some programs would crash the MacBook 2010. One of those programs was the Mean18 golf. I have not had that issue on the GSport. So it’s my default Mean18 machine.

Overview

https://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za

https://david-schmidt.github.io/gsport/

Below are various configurations.

Main configuration screen. Drive Selection Is first.

Running Mean18.

Configuration can also be Donne from the menu.

One of the Tetris like applications.

TimeMaster II H.O. Clock for Apple II

Installed the TimeMaster II H.O. card in my IIe today. The card is made by a2heaven. I have numerous cards from them. Terrific stuff.

Here is the card I received.

http://www.a2heaven.com/webshop/index.php?rt=product/product&product_id=168

Full Day Month Year display.

Here is the time stamp on the AppleWorks 5 file running from 32MB on my BOOTi drive. I use Super Selector as the program selector.

Here is the TimeMaster software running from the wDrive. Excellent device.

wDrive

Disk Contents

Both Drives

Had to update the version of ProDOS in order to get it to display the year correctly.

Battery From Amazon

Description of components.

Here is the light show on bootup.

Here’s a link to site describing the wDrive.

https://ct6502.org/product/wdrive/

Here is a link to my original install of wDrive.

https://vintagegeek.wordpress.com/2019/10/05/wdrive-apple-ii-floppy-drive-emulator-by-kboohk/

Nice Image

Notes: The manual for the TimeMaster says you need to have switch #1 on, CLOSED to perform setup. This is how it’s displayed in the manual. The newer, green pcb, card is the opposite. The switch #1 must be down. This was actually the way it arrived. But I changed it per manual. Once I switched it back it setup readily.

Mean18 Golf for IIGS – 4 New Courses

Here are four new Mean18 courses I developed this year. Stone Mountain, Critters Run, Fraser Ridge, and the DinoGolf 2020 which I posted earlier this year.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17uo2nBSJve1od_YwWFmurQwM4-FGvOsv/view?usp=drivesdk

It is a 2mg image, a 3.5 800k disk, with all four courses suitable for playing on a real IIGS or Sweet16 emulator.

Stone Mountain is a very playable fun course, quite birdieable holes.

Critters Run has trees overhanging the fairways so you havde to consider your options of under or around. More than a little choke up 2 iron play.

Fraser Ridge is Mountainous with all types of trees.

DinoGolf 2020 is an update of DinoGolf 2019. Watch those dinosaurs. I actually posted this earlier this year.

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The program and other courses can be found here.

One of my favorite holes. This picture shows the shots I’ve made. ( orange lines).

Number 10.

So far so good.

https://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/mean-18.html

Switcheroo – A Drive 1-2 Switch for Apple II Computers

Switcheroo! is a Drive 1-2 switch for Apple Disk ][ compatible devices (devices with a 20 pin ribbon cable) including Disk ][, FloppyEmu, wDrive, etc. It features two 20 pin drive headers (A,B) into which you plug your devices.

The first of two selector switches allows you to select which of the devices (A or B) is Drive 1 (the boot device), with the other device being recognised by the system as Drive 2.

The second selector switch allows you to hide Drive 2 from the system – in this mode the unit functions purely as a Drive A, B switch where one of the devices connected to the A B headers will be Drive 1 and bootable.

Switcheroo! allows you to easily switch the boot device without having to unplug cables (and risk damaging the hardware) – just flip the switch. This is very handy when testing physical disks that you have created from images (copied from an emulated floppy drive) – boot your copy utility off the emulated floppy, load the source disk, copy to physical, flip the switch and test that the physical disk boots.

I recently bought and installed this on my Platinum IIe. I had a wDrive Emulator from KbooHK [ see other blog entry https://vintagegeek.wordpress.com/2019/10/05/wdrive-apple-ii-floppy-drive-emulator-by-kboohk/ ] and a regular Disk ][ 5.25″ Drive. I like the wDrive since you can boot from many disk images, including 3.5 (800k) and larger. But there are some things where the 5.25 with original media is better (more fun).

Here’s my setup with the Switcheroo, the Disk ][ and the wDrive. A little clumsy looking but I just started. [ ignore the db19 drive adapter Card in the background. That’s for a completely different configuration ].

The disk ][.

The wDrive.

System Utilities running from Disk ][.

Below is the Pinball Construction Set running from its original 5.25 Disk.

Below is Paperboy.woz running from the wDrive. Yes, a woz image.

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You can order the Switcheroo! Via eBay.

Apple II BOOTI USB Hard Drive Emulator Card

The BOOTI card is a block device emulator that allows you to mount up to 8 devices in any Apple II (II/II+/original IIe/enhanced IIe/IIgs). Disk images can be in .po/.dsk/.2mg/.iso/.hdv/.do, as long as the image is in ProDOS block order (not track/sector order). The BOOTI card supports two modes:

The block mode for basic block devices access. This mode is limited to 65535 blocks of 0x200 bytes each for a total of 32 MB storage.

The SmartPort mode. This mode offers up to eight devices in ProDOS and GS/OS. In GS/OS, the size of a device is limited to 8GB provided that you use either an HFS volume or an ISO image.

Website for ordering.

https://ct6502.org/product/apple-ii-booti/

Here are pictures from their website and a few of my own.

Below is the desktop for it. The link to download the 2mg file is below. Just fun to have.

http://www.apple-2.com/vintage-dl/booti.zip

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Below is my install.

A variety of 32MB images and others.

My setup is an Apple Platinum//e with LCD by Eyoyo.

AppleWorks in process.

Dig Dug

pfs:Plan in process.

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DinoGolf 2020 – Mean18 Golf – Updated

Here is my update of DinoGolf for 2020. There have been changes for every hole from 2019.

There is a link for the disk image and a link to a pdf which illustrates each hole.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FwWPEABNmE_LW3VmL0Jt_utmVeGXr786/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gr8GJXmkD5OApJtD6qQovvsG8rUbZesG/view?usp=drivesdk

This requires the Mean18 Program Disk for the IIGS of course.

I run the program image directly from my FloppyEmu attached to the IIGS SmartPort. You have to boot the game directly from the program image. Make sure you change the boot slot to 5 in the IIGS control panel. You can keep your course images elsewhere and select them via Mean18 Select course option. I keep the courses I use on my CFFA3000’s boot drive. My CFFA3000 Card is in slot 7. That’s why I need to change boot slots.

You can get an image of the program disk here.

https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/images/gs/games/

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iMac G4 – 10.4.11 and 9.2 – Flower Pot (Lamp) with Apple II Emulators

This is my iMac G4 Flower Pot. I’ve had it for a few years now, and used it a lot. I didn’t realize I hadn’t written a blog entry until today.

Besides using it to run vintage Mac software, I also run Apple II emulators on it. Virtual II and Sweet16 both have versions which run on this earlier version of Mac OS X. Lots of links at bottom of this post. I also have a FireWire Drive attached running os9.2 with its apps and games too. See pics.

Here is a picture running “mini vMac“, Virtual II, AND Sweet16.

https://www.apple.asimov.net/emulators/virtual_II/

Here’s the startup Desktop. Date and time just updated. It has an Airport Card.

Here are the specs for the G4. I upgraded it to 768 MB shortly after I bought it. Pretty straight forward.

Here is the directory of mini vMac items. The mini vMac blog entry on this site has links to all kinds of disk configurations.

Booted up mini vMac. Have clock timer and TopCat clock in startup.

Here is the Virtual II Emulator. It’s a version 6. See link below to directory to download it.

Playing Concentration Game.

Booting up Sweet16.

Sweet16 Desktop.

Although this early version can play movies the 800 MHz isn’t powerful enough.

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http://www.sheppyware.net/software-mac/sweet16/

https://vintagegeek.wordpress.com/2018/11/04/mini-vmac-emulator-of-early-macs/

https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/index.html

https://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/dnld_std.html

https://sites.google.com/site/minivmacapplicationsv6/systems-os

https://sites.google.com/site/minivmacapplicationsv6/games

https://sites.google.com/site/minivmacapplicationsv6/disk-images-and-roms

https://sites.google.com/site/minivmacapplicationsv6/apps

ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/emulators/virtual_II/

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Here it is with the FireWire Drive plugged in and it’s os9.2.

Start up selection screen – preferences.

MacOS 9.2 starting up.

Various MacOS 9 apps running.

MacOS 9 apps with 2020 Calendar.

Star Trek Trivia Game.

Gam3 player selection.

The TenFourFox browser.

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AppleWorks 5.1, 4.3, 3.01, 2. No-Slot Clock in Virtual IIe plus TimeOut Apps Yearly Calendar

I’ve managed to install four versions of AppleWorks on my OmniDisk in Virtual II Emulator. I’ve also been testing various TimeOut Applications. AppleWorks 5.1 and 4.3 come with many of the TimeOut functions built in. So I’ve been trying lots of the other add-ons published separately to see what is out there. Here’s a link to startup video:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0pagxsmp82toatf/aw5%20ipod.m4v?dl=0

Here is a link to lots of the stuff: Link updated 1/27/2020.

https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/images/productivity/integrated/appleworks/timeout/

Here is my OmniDisk 32 MB HardDrive in Virtual II. This Super Selector is a pretty nice text based Launcher. It has Quick-Keys you can set up. You can see Closed-Apple-F is for AppleWorks 5.1. There’s an extra step to setting up the Quick-Keys which isn’t noted in the process. Easy, once you know. I’ll post the Steps at the End.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ganv43vy8dyggvu/SUPSELECT322.dsk?dl=0

In Virtual II Emulator I always had the No-Slot Clock selected but I wasn’t seeing the time-stamps showing up on files. Then a light bulb finally went on. I had to Install it on the Boot Disk and run the Setup. So I downloaded the ProDOS version:

https://ultimateapple2.com/forums/forum/main-forum/no-slot-clock-goes-under-the-ram-chip/250-no-slot-clock-software

Click to access No-Slot%20Clock%20-%20User%27s%20Manual.pdf

Time stamps finally showing up.

Also, I grabbed the TimeOut TO.ABOUT.TIME application (from link at top) because it has yearly calendars for every year. It turns out there are 14 types of years. The Calendar.A turns out to be 2017.

I’ve been working with the Super Selector v3.2.2 on the Hard Drive (Virtual and Real) on the Apple IIe. I wanted to change some of the “Quick-Keys” which startup  programs you assign to them.  It turns out the entry of the information is easy. However, the saving  your entry process is has an extra step not noted in the screens process. Quick-Key Setup.

1) You use the Open-Apple-Q to bring up the Menu of Quick-Keys.

2) From there you select the Quick-Key you’d like to change by scrolling to it
and hitting the Return Key. This brings up the edit menu for that item.

3) You change the Title of the Quick-Key on the top line and the path on the
second line.

4) Then you select Open-Apple-A to Accept.
[ the Accept box disappears ]

5) Lastly, you a) hit esc to go back to the Main Menu b) Then type Open-
Apple-O to go to the Options Screen and then c) you save permanently with Open-Apple-S. You’ll see the box blink a little.

On the Save screen there are other configuration options. See below:

[ Super Selector 3.2.2 ].

Not only are you saving the Quick-Key you just Setup, but also the location. In my case I run from a Hard Drive (OmniDisk in the Emulator as well as SCSI Drive in real lle) so Slot 7 Drive 1 is the selection. When you use Open-Apple-S to Save the Config you’ll see the Box with “Save Copy” change to semi-solid background until save is completed.