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Seattle Omniworks Revamps Website

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:42:31 +0900

We have revamped the Seattle Omniworks website in preparation for 2010 and beyond. Many things are happening once again, including new software products, our online tutorials, and even new web sites that are currently in development.

We expect to release another dozen or so websites in the next few months, many of these sites in the adult education realm. These include writing sites, language sites and other sites of interest to adults. Stay tuned for more information.

Lemonade Version 1.01 Released

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:17:58 +0900

The latest production of Seattle Omniworks software arm, IJWSoft, has released the freeware game Lemonade Stand. The game which is available from the IJWSoft website (http://ijwsoft.com/lemonade-2/) is playable by up to 10 players and includes player score-keeping right on screen.

This software, in addition to being freely available, is also open source. The program was produced in RealBasic and is available for Mac OS X Intel Based machines, 32 Bit Windows, and Linux as well as Mac Power PC models using Mac OS 10.x .

Be sure to check out the software at http://ijwsoft.com/lemonade-2/

Virtual Atari Released

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:13:28 +0900

Seattle Omniworks this week released it's latest creation, Virtual Atari. The website, located at http://www.virtualatari.org, is the second site in Seattle Omniworks vintage website series that features online playable games.

The site which contains 556 games from the Early 1980's through to the home brew creations of various users from this decade, runs on the JStella platform, thus allowing any user with a Java enabled browser to play the games that are online.

The site was the brain child of Bill Martens, based on the sucess he has had with the Virtual Apple ][ website. The site will also feature the upcoming Atari Manual Tome Version 2.0, which is a completely re-worked version of the Tome. Version 2.0 will be available as a PDF, an ISO, and as a completely hyperlinked HTML based website. Expected release of the Tome is sometime later this spring (2010)

Virtual Apple ][ Press Coverage

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:47:26 +0900

We recently released version 4.0 of the Virtual Apple ][ website and already it is creating quite a stir among the media. Check out some of the articles below:

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PC World Magazine -- http://www.pcworld.com/article/157819/classic_apple_ii_games_that_inspired_todays_greats.html

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OffWorld -- http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/virtual-apple-browser-embedded.html

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Make Use Of -- http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-sites-to-play-old-computer-games-once-again/

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Great Games Experiment -- http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/oregontrail

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Virtual Apple ][ Updated

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:20:55 +0900

Seattle Omniworks Releases Virtual Apple ][ Version 4.0 - Latest update to the Virtual Apple site supports Macs and other platforms on the Apple ][ section.

Seattle, Wa. -- 13 January 2009 -- Seattle Omniworks is proud to finally announce the long awaited update to the Virtual Apple ][ online Apple II and IIgs emulation system. Virtual Apple ][ version 4.0 is the result of many months of work on the part of several people, making the site available on all platforms that support Java.

In our chase to get support for all platforms for our website, we decided to use the open source AppleIIGo emulator and Nick Westgate worked closely with us to update the available version of the emulator to provide both near perfect sound and to fix issues with putting the emulator online.

Both of these items were successful and there were other fixes to the emulator such as multi-disk capability, hot disk swapping, and zipped disk immage support, which meant that the only thing left once the program was ready, was to re-write The Library generator which produces the Virtual Apple website.

Now with all of these tasks completed, the emulator is online, playable and the focus will now change on the website from the emulation side to the programs side. We have over 15,000 abandonware and public domain programs that will eventually come available on the website making it the worlds largest online playable software repository. Manuals for the applications will also be added for those programs still missing documentation.

For more information about the website or to play the games, you can go to the Virtual Apple ][ website at http://www.virtualapple.org

Press Contact is vawebmaster at gmail dot com

Dressing For Gentlement

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:23:29 +0900

The Dressing For Gentlemen site is now online. This web site contains information for men about how to dress for each occasion. Need pointers with your wardrobe, check this site out. No matter the occasion, whether it be a wedding or that job interview that you are going to, Dressing for Gentlemen will have what is required to make you a hit.

http://www.seattleomniworks.com/ties/

Slime Website Goes Online

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:24:24 +0900

The Slime Web Page is now on the Internet. We will be adding to the site in the coming days as well as adding the advertising units to the page. You can find it at http://www.seattleomniworks.com/slime/

Voice From The Minor Leagues

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:26:08 +0900

Bill Martens blog of his time with the Tokorozawa Outlaws football team is now online. This blog covers the games, the practices, injuries, and anything else associated with his time there.

You can find the site at:

http://outlaws-football.blogspot.com