Juiced.GS

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Juiced.GS is a print magazine for Apple II computer users. Although the name implies a focus on the Apple IIgs, its coverage encompasses all Apple II systems.

A sample Juiced.GS magazine cover.

The 20-page magazine (with the occasional 24-page special edition) is published quarterly and is mailed to subscribers around the world. Each issue covers the latest Apple II news including new products and event coverage. There are also frequent product reviews, how-to articles, and technical articles covering programming and even hardware design.

Each summer, a special KansasFest edition is printed, with extensive coverage of the premiere annual Apple II event.

Juiced.GS subscriptions are annual, currently costing USD $18 per year in the United States and USD $26 elsewhere in the world.

Sample content (including a complete sample issue in PDF format) is available on the Juiced.GS web site.

The Juiced.GS domain name could be considered a domain hack.

[edit] History

Juiced.GS was founded in 1996 by Max Jones, a senior newspaper editor and devout Apple II enthusiast. What mainly sparked the idea and incentive for creating Juiced.GS was the (then) recent demise of one of the few remaining Apple II printed publications at the time, GS+ Magazine, and he wanted to fill the void. He knew that the Apple IIGS was a very capable machine, and wanted to push its limits by publishing a professional grade publication with it. The name "Juiced.GS" is derived from some of Max's friends, who upon seeing Max and knowing of his decked out Apple IIGS system, loaded with peripherals, exclaimed "There's the guy with the juiced GS!" In 2002, Syndicomm, the founding company of Apple II online resource A2Central, took over the publication while retaining the original staff of writers. Max Jones became (and remains as) editor emeritus, while Ryan Suenaga became editor. In 2006, Suenaga moved on to other endeavors, leaving Ken Gagne to fill the position of editor-in-chief, beginning with Juiced.GS's 11th annual volume.