Category: Hardware
Plaid Vest Software has announced the latest version of their NewPrint emulation card firmware for the NewPrint Multi for Apple II, TRS-80 and standard Centronics. The NewPrint/Multi version 2.0 firmware allows users to emulation true MX-80 printing on their retro computer platform, allowing the user to print to any device that supports a web browser. The Apple II compatibility supports all of the Apple II series and supports graphics and text. The TRS-80 support is for Text only. Some of…
Finally, there is a daisy-chainable smartport MicroSD hard drive that lets Apple II users have their cake (and Floppies) too. In the Apple retro computing realm, few frustrations run deeper than the eternal trade-off on an Apple IIc: massive storage or your trusty floppy drives? You always had to pick one, that is until now. Entering into the fray is the new BurgerDisk, the brainchild of Apple II legend Colin Leroy-Mira, a sleek, a fully open-source SmartPort based hard drive…
BurgerDisk is a Smartport hard drive for the Apple II. Its main unique feature is that it is daisy-chainable.
For those of you who are 6502 fans, this project will be right up your alley. Many of us attend the vintage computer festivals and related events around the country each year and with Frank Eggen’s little project, we can now attend in style. According to his introduction of the project on Facebook: I am excited to announce the release of the final version 2.6 of my open-source project: “The MOS 6502 – 50th Anniversary Computer Badge.” This is a minimalist,…
Ralle Pa has announced the availability of the new A2DVI v.4.4 card for the Apple II. This new version of the A2DVI card comes with 5 selectable firmwares pre-loaded: You can purchase the card on the A2DVI store at https://apple2.co.uk/Products
From the creator of FujiNet, Thom Cherryhomes: The newest firmware for ATARI, Apple2, CoCo, and Coleco Adam devices, FujiNet Firmware 1.5, has been released! Below you’ll see a distilled set of changes that have gone into this firmware release, which supersedes the 1.4 release that happened last year in August.A huge thank you to everyone who helped get this release cut! FujiNet is a multi-peripheral emulator and WiFi network device for vintage computers. The first completed hardware was for Atari…
The SPIISD with an OLED display, V2, has debuted. This new version features an SPI OLED screen and UP, DOWN, and ENTER buttons, allowing users to select and save multiple ProDOS images stored on a FAT32-formatted MicroSD card. A configuration file, Config.txt, is generated in the root of the SD card, enabling up to four boot images to be selected and saved. In terms of speed and stability, it inherits the specifications of the previous version, V1.17. SPIISD V2.0 is…
MacEffects has announced their latest hardware upgrade for Macintosh 68030 machines. According to the product information, “the MacEffects Performer accelerator is the perfect hardware upgrade for your Macintosh SE. The Performer accelerator features a 68030 clocked to 16mhz and a 68882 FPU (math coprocessor) to speed up CPU performance and math calculations. With the Performer accelerator you can enjoy a new level of performance from your Macintosh. “ According to the product information on the Mac Effects website, this upgrade…
Briel Computers, best known for their Replica-1 computer boards and their Altair 8800 related kits have announced the release of their Micro-Kim project to the Open Source domain. The project is a single board that aims to perform all the same functionality as the original Commodore Kim-1. The board consists of 5K RAM, 2K EPROM, a 6532 RIOT for I/O, a 23 key keyboard and a 6 digit display. Originally selling for $99, all of the project files, manuals and…
This is the RAMX128K RAM Card from JDMicro.com and designed by Dean Claxton and Jeff Mazur. These cards are being sold by ReativeMicro. The RAMX128K is a plug-in RAM card designed to provide an extra 128KB of RAM for Apple II and Apple II+ computers. It is fully compatible and can replace other 16K RAM cards in slot 0. Saturn Systems later expanded on this scheme with their 128KB RAM card, providing 8 x 16KB RAM banks. The RAMX128K card…
From Jonathan Adar: Per my post, here is the ver 2.0 Firmware that will work on Booti. “Many of you are aware that I helped [MacEffects] to obtain the rights to market and sell Booti in the US by the hardware innovator. There were many of you that were looking for this device and it quickly sold out. There were also a lot that reached out to ask if there had been new/updated firmware. There had be no updates done…
A revamp of the Apple II Disk II Analog board and the Motor Control board have been in the works for the past several years. Now that work has come to fruition and the new ReAnalog and Motor Control boards are available through Chris Torrence’s CT6502.ORG website. About the boards The ReAnalog Card is a recreation of the original Apple Disk ][ Analog card from 1978, using modern components and a printed circuit board. This allows the sensitive magnetic signal…
I reverse engineered the Booster30-L33 from Interware and redesigned this card. It is compatible with ColorClassic (first revision) and LC II. Unfortunately, it is not compatible with LC (first revision). *In my experiments, I was able to install the LCII ROM on the LC and operate it normally, and use all the functions, but unfortunately it did not boot with this card. I need to analyze the GAL a little more carefully, but at this point I need the help of a…
MacEffects has announced that that the BOOTi Hard Drive card for the Apple II computer is once again available through the MacEffects website. BOOTi is a Hard Drive emulator card which simulates a block device on the Apple II. MacEffects is best know in the Apple and Macintosh communities for their clear cases and special replacement keyboards. For more information or to purchase the BOOTi card, check out the MacEffects website at:https://maceffects.com/products/maceffects-booti-hard-drive-emulator-for-apple-ii-series
Ralle Pa, creator of a number of Apple II products that are currently for sale, has announced that he has created a new Apple II Disk II controller card. According to Ralle: I finished a new project today. A2DISK2 – my version of the Apple2 DISK2 controller. Two versions actually. One with 2x 256-byte proms and another with 2x EPROMs. The former are really hard to come by and few people can program them. The latter should be easier to…
Big Mess O Wires (BMOW) has announced the availability of the Mac Sync-inator, a sync signal converter dongle for the Apple IIgs and Macintosh. According to the website, “The Mac Sync-inator supports all classic Macintosh computers and video cards with a standard DB-15 monitor connector, and is also compatible with the Apple IIgs (a 15 kHz monitor is also needed for the GS). The Apple IIc uses the same physical connector but has different video signals, and is not compatible with the…
Jeff Mazur has announce the immediate release of the updated Firmware 1.2.0 for all ROMX* (ROMX+, ROMXe, ROMXc, and ROMXc+) which is now up at https://theromexchange.com/utilities/romxce Also, images for instant load ProDOS 2.4.3. https://theromexchange.com/rom_images/romxce theromexchange.com ROMXc ROMXc+ ROMXe ROMX+ | ROMX ROMX – The ultimate ROM replacement for your Apple ][! theromexchange.comROMXc ROMXc+ ROMXe ROMX+ | ROMXROMX – The ultimate ROM replacement for your Apple ][!
From Oliver Schmidt: A2Pico is a generic Apple II peripheral card based on the Raspberry Pi Pico. As of today there are already five different A2Pico firmwares available basically turning A2Pico into five different cards: Some background: Soon after the introduction of the Raspberry Pi Pico in 2021 Glenn and I started to experiment with directly connecting it to the Apple II slot bus. In 2022 I published a working Pico firmware on GitHub. Based on that we started to…
Introducing the amazing 3D Printed Apple II Joystick – A Fusion of Nostalgia and Innovation! I am thrilled to unveil a product that seamlessly blends classic design with updated technology: The 3D recreation of the iconic Apple II Joystick, keeping all the classic features with brand new mechanical parts. The moving parts brand new, adapted to work seamlessly with Apple II’s that use the DB9 port. The switches are brand-new Matias key switches, a new version of the ALPS keys…
Quicktake for Apple II, version 1.13.0, is released!This release contains large performance improvements for the Quicktake 100 and 200 decoders, with conversion time halved for the Quicktake 100, 35% less for the 200. https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/quicktake-for-apple-ii/
