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New Web-Based Utility Brings Classic Z-Machine Text Adventures to Authentic 5.25″ Floppy Images for Apple II Hardware and Emulators The A.P.P.L.E. (Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange) Users Group, is pleased to announce the immediate launch of the Apple II Infocom Disk Image Creator (InfocomGen), a free online tool that instantly converts Z-machine story files into bootable 5.25″ Apple II disk images. Available immediately at https://www.callapple.org/zgen/, the drag-and-drop web application allows users to upload any .z3 or .z5 file and receive…
Over the past several months, work has been going on behind the scenes in a big way with a complete update of the GBBS Pro Website. Spearheding this effort has been none other than Paul H. Lee. Yes, that Paul Lee, the programmer who brought you GBBS Pro version 2.4 as well as the latest updates and efforts in the Warp6 BBS realm. After many dozens of man hours, that new home for GBBS Pro has been realized and the…
A.P.P.L.E. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Snape Productions produced Beneath Apple DOS and ProDOS 2020, a compendium of both of the Don Worth books, Beneath Apple DOS and Beneath Apple ProDOS. This book contains information on the internals of DOS and ProDOS and is an invaluable resource for any Apple II user. If you are an Apple II programmer who wants a greater understanding of some tricks of programming the Apple II computer, then this is…
A.P.P.L.E. is pleased to announce the immediately of Jack and the Beanstalk for the Apple II. Originally written for the Amstrad CPC in September 1984 by Steve W. Lucas and published in Amstrad Computer User in January 1985 (No. 3), the game has been ported to the Apple II by Bill Martens. This game was originally the runner up in the Amstrad Computer User magazine’s monthly software contest and is actually quite a challenge for a BASIC text adventure. Written…
We are proud to announce the 2021 Apple II Software Enthusiasts Pinball Construction Set contest. Show off your creativity, and at KansasFest 2021, we will announce the winners. You can win a few cool prizes along the way! Updated contest announcement! We’re now big time! Let’s get cracking people! Thanks Bill Martens for helping to bring this together! Entries must be posted in the A2SE Group on Facebook by 15 July 2021. For those users who have never used Budgeco’s…
The fall 2020 issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine has been released and is available for download by all A.P.P.L.E. Members. You will need to log into your A.P.P.L.E. Members account in order to access the magazine. This months issue includes a feature on the Apple Jonathan as well as a full featured article and expose of Rob Perissi’s Darth Vader GS build. About Call-A.P.P.L.E. Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine is a quarterly magazine published by the staff of the A.P.P.L.E. Users Group, an Official…
Seattle, Washington — October 23, 2020 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) is proud to announce the availability of a new manual for the “Beyond Quest“ game written by Bill Martens in 1985 and completed in 2020. Beyond Quest is an all-text RPG game that’s the most old school fun you will have with your Apple II computer. Adapted from the Quest 1 engine by Brian Reynolds, it builds on the original with a new backstory, objective, improved menus,…
The NAUG Appleworks Forum, which was hosted by Apple2scans.net is now back online. The issues have been scanned by Mike Maginnis and Bill Martens over the years with Mike doing the bulk of the scans. AppleWorks Forum was the official newsletter of the National AppleWorks Users Group (NAUG), dedicated to all things AppleWorks on the Apple II. Ten volumes of AWF were published, beginning in August, 1986 and ending December, 1995. The archive has been enhanced to include higher quality…
This morning, I saw a post from Tim Cook which caused me to take pause of what I was doing and reminisce a bit. 35 years ago, I was a young computer lab technician working in the college computer lab, supporting 100 Apple II systems on a Corvus Network. We began receiving new computers in a trickle so that the college could determine which computer they would be purchasing next to replace the aging Apple II and II plus systems….
Update: In the June 2002 issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine we apparently fell asleep at the wheel and a program which I wrote for demonstration of a simple task of manipulating images between floppies. The original program in the magazine is wrong and will not work no matter how hard one tries. It helps, if we use the correct BASIC command. And thus here, in the spirit of our old magazine column’s name, we try to Write the Wrongs for our…
A.P.P.L.E. is announcing a reduction of the price of The WOZPAK Special Edition just in time for Black Friday. The WOZPAK Special Edition is a complete restoration of the original WOZPAK from A.P.P.L.E. and has additional material not included in the original WOZPAK. The price reduction applies to both the Softcover and the Hardcover version of The WOZPAK Special Edition. The Softcover edition is reduced 25% and is now available for $37.46 with the Hardcover edition going for $53.95. The reduction in price will last…
A.P.P.L.E. is proud to announce a reduction of the price of The WOZPAK Special Edition just in time for Kansasfest 2015. The WOZPAK Special Edition is a complete restoration of the original WOZPAK from A.P.P.L.E. and has additional material not included in the original WOZPAK. The WOZPAK Special Edition is available in Softcover and Hardcover through the Lulu bookstore.
The WOZPAK Special Edition has been re-published as a hardcover book. The new book is still the same 352 pages of Apple II information, however, it now fits nicely on the collectors shelves. The WOZPAK Special Edition was produced by Bill Martens and Brian Wiser and released as a paperback book in time for KansasFest 2013. This is one book you won’t want to miss and the Hardcover is…
Over the years of the computer revolution, we always knew one fact. 48K or 64K or RAM memory or Random Access Memory, was not ever exactly 48K or 64K. When we bought our computer, we always expected and knew that we would be limited in what of that memory we could actually use. The Disk Operating System would eat a good chunk as would the Basic Interpreter. But now in this day an age where those not educated in computer…
The Wozpak Special Edition is now priced for the Christmas Holidays. The 350 page book with the notes from Steve Wozniaks’s Apple-1 and Apple II notes was produced in coordination with Steve Woznaik by Brian Wiser and Bill Martens. It includes a number of interesting items and introductions from the men who made the Apple II computer what it became. It is normally available for the list price of $49.95, but during the holidays, it is 20% off at just…
The Australian Apple Review has been officially released by A.P.P.L.E.. The release announcement occurred last evening in the Downunder Chat on A2Central’s IRC channel. Accordsing to the announcement made by A.P.P.L.E.’s Bill Martens, “The project is the culmination of a number of people including Andrew Roughan, Brian Wiser and even the National Library of Australia.” the Australian Apple Review was a magazine published in Australia by well known publisher Gareth Powell. In 2005, permission was initially received to reproduce the…
AppleIIGo version 1.0.9 has been fully implemented. AppleIIGo is the emulator which currently runs the Java based version of the Virtual Apple II pages. Updates to the emulator include: – fixed disk speed-up bug (Sherwood Forest reads with the drive motor off) – added check for 2IMG header ID – fixed processor status bugs in BRK, PLP, RTI, NMI, IRQ The source code for the emulator will be available once we confirm that there are no issues with this release. …
Virtual Apple ][‘s database has been updated this week with the release of Version 1.22. Current efforts include adding the blurbs of all of the games in the system as well as adding a new EBay pricing guide with the High and Low prices for items being sold on Ebay. The current database sports nearly 1500 records and is expanding daily. If you have the iOS version of the ActiveGS app, just click the update button at the top of…
For those members who are interested in our Vintage Magazines, Out collection of the Australian Apple Review is nearly complete. The issues will be downloadable as they are scanned over the next 3 days. We will be adding cropped versions of the issues and making an announcement on Christmas Day for the general public. Thanks to the efforts of Andrew Roughan, Bill Martens, and Brian Wiser, these issues will be available to the public for the first time. While…
The Open Apple Podcast, run by Ken Gagne and Mike Maginnis features Bill Martens of A.P.P.L.E. this month. Discussions about the latest news in the Apple world, Apple II software, preservation and other related topics took place. Brian Wiser also joined the trio of long time Apple II afficandos to discuss his and Bill’s WOZPAK Special Edition release as well as other forthcoming projects. You can listen to the podcast in its entirety on the Open Apple website at: http://www.open-apple.net/2013/11/02/show-032-martens-history-founders-wozpak/
