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.

OmniDisk SCSI Hard Drive Image in Virtual ][ – AW2, 3, 4, 5 AppleWorks, BeagleWrite, //Write, MultiScribe for IIe

A SCSI Hard Drive in Virtual ][ loaded with Word Processors and Spreadsheet apps. It’s also nice on the BOOTi Card USB.

Here is the link to the update image. It has IIWrite and Bank Street Writer Plus installed.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ukz_NvHHbcTKtNECnLUtaUqv8YE9iWMc/view?usp=sharing

Old image below.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4puxdc7mmbjebrd/OMNIDISKStarter.2mg?dl=0

This is a 2mg image I created in Virtual ][. It boots to Super Selector v3.22 which is a text based Program Selector. It works with a mouse or keyboard. I’ve also installed System Utilities v3.1, MouseWrite v2.6.8 and MouseCalc. I’ve already set the default startup subdirectories for MouseWrite, including Accessory and Speller (which you get to via Accessory). My updated version has AppleWorks 2,3,4 and 5, BeagleWrite and MultiScribe, plus copyllplus9 and PublishIT4. There are separate blog entries for all for more details. On March 24, 2020 I added IIWrite and Bank Street Writer Plus [Writer]

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Note: for MouseWrite2.6.8 you need to use the hot-key 🍅-D to start it. For some reason Super Selector directory navigation doesn’t see the mw.system app file. Only instance of this I see.

I have Super Selector on an actual scsi drive connected to my real lle.

The original 32 MB image supplied by the group.

Per Facebook Apple ll Enthusiasts forum.     I have a question. Virtual II on my Macbook Pro has trouble with a 32Mb .po disk image (unrecognized format, it says). I imagine I will be able to use it with the Apple II emulator on Win, but I wanted to ask if anyone knows how to make Virtual II open such files. After all, I bought this software… Thanks!!!

Courtesy of Mark Pilgrim who illustrated how to do this. You need to convert it to a .2mg image with CiderPress, then go to Virtual II configuration and set up a SCSI II Card with an OmniDisk. Then you can “Insert OmniDisk Image…” (under Media menu) to mount the .2mg image.

AppleWorks 2.0 with Pinpoint Accessories in Virtual IIe

Updated October 27, 2018

I created a 32MB Hard Drive image of AppleWorks II w/PinPoint installed in Virtual IIe Emulator . It boots directly to AppleWorks. There’s nothing exotic. Just AppleWorks and Pinpoint. I was working through the Spell Checker, for the most part.

The link to the image is below:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wwih4e2s75o2aa7/APPLEWORKS.2mg?dl=0

Plus some screen shots:

A video of Spell Checker running:

Original post below. From June 2017:

These were a favourite of mine back in the late 80’s. Link to manuals and disk images is below:

Booting after installing.

Running it all on UniDisk 3.5″ Drive attached to Liron card in IIe.

Solid-Apple-P pulls up Applications.

Entries to Calendar. I had to scroll down with arrow key to get to 1990, which is the equivalent to 2018.

http://apple2online.com/index.php?p=1_69_Pinpoint-Publishing-Products

Some screenshots from the manual.

Virtual II Emulator v8.6 – my upgrade from 7.4

I finally upgraded from Virtual II v7.4 to 8.6. It seemed to reach that critical mass of new features and fixes. I downloaded the new app, moved the old app version out of its directory and copied the new app in its place. http://virtualii.com/

For earlier versions, some that run on G4’s, see link at bottom of this page.

From there I just began starting my saved Virtual II sessions. Here are a few in the list:

Prodos32 ✔️, OmniDisk Hard Drive versions of AppleWorks, Copy II+

Fishies ✔️, AleClock, ✔️ MouseDesk2 ✔️, GEOWrite ✔️, GEOPublish, ✔️ pfs:Write, ✔️PublishIT4, and many others.

There were some instances of crashing but once I rebooted the session everything thereafter was fine.

Here are some pictures:

[ Note: check out the comments for Todd Holcomb’s follow-up on bug with the Devices not being displayed in – you just need to go to drop down in top menu and select show devices ]

The screen below illustrates the variety of saved sessions I play with.

One significant difference I noticed was in the increase print quality of GeoWrite and GeoPublish apps. Here are the afters and before pictures:

This is the whole 1st page which I just updated. I did NOT bold the entry of August 11, 2018 so you can see difference.

For earlier versions that run on Mac OS 10.4 on G4s Check here. I have an earlier version running on my iMac G4 “flower pot” computer.

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