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Major update to JACE Apple II Emulator – Version 3.0 Released

Brandon Robert has announced a major update to the JACE Apple II Emulator for Java. JACE 3.0 requires user to have Java version 17 installed and will emulate the Apple II with the following addon and peripheral specifications: According to the author, JACE is a mature cycle-accurate emulation of an Apple //e computer. The full library of software for that series is 100% compatible with this emulator, as well as many popular hardware add-ons. Some of the other features of…

Open Apple Podcast #38 posted

According to a posting on Facebook from Mike Maginnis, “Open Apple #38 is published (still August – just made it. Whew!). If you’re a subscriber, it should be appearing in your favorite RSS reader or iTunes shortly if it hasn’t already. This month on Open Apple, we go deep on Lawless Legends with most of the team building it. We’ve managed to corner Seth Sternberger (of 8-bit Weapon fame), Martin Haye, and Brendan Robert (Dave Schmenk, we’re coming for you…)…

What’s happening in the Apple II world

The world of Apple II is never dull; there are new projects and things happening each month! Let’s take a look at what’s going on this week:

What’s happening in the Apple II world

Let’s take a look at what’s going on with the Apple II:   – Bill Buckels is still hard at work with Aztec C, and he has made a number of shell utilities for this system. – Eric Shepherd updated his Sweet16 emulator for Mac OS X to version 3.0.1. – The Daily Apple blog is working on a mapping program and ZBASIC for an IFComp entry. – Steven Hirsch has saved the ZVX4 8″ disk controller software from extinction. –…

Apple II Game Server 3.1 now Avaialble for Download

The Latest version of Brendan Robert’s Apple // Game Server  is now available from the Apple // Game Server Sourceforge website.  Of particular note with version 3.1 of Apple // Game Server is the requirement of Java 6 on machines using the Apple // Game Server progam. The Apple // Game Server allows the user to send floppies directly to the Apple II computer over a serial connection, eliminating the need for floppies to play games on an original Apple II series…

JACE Apple ][ Emulator Updated

Brendan Robert has announced a minor bug fix update to the JAVA Apple Computer Emulator or JACE as it is known. The JACE 12-30-12 update includes the following fixes: + Leaving fullscreen mode caused a blue border to appear at the top, shifting the whole display area down.  This has been corrected.+ Mouse pointer was not properly positioned when in fullscreen mode, especially when proportional mode (F8) is active.  This is now fixed, with an optional fix to fix the…

Java Apple Computer Emulator (JACE) Updated

Brendan Robert has released a new version of his JACE or Java Apple Computer Emulator.  The latest update includes a number of fixes and enhancements as per his posting in CSA2: for more information about JACE or to download the program, check out Brendan’s JACE project page at:

New Build of JACE Apple ][ Emulator Posted

Brendan Robert has uploaded a new version of his JACE Apple ][ Emulator to the JACE Sourceforge page.   This release is meant to address some issues that were introduced in early versions.  Brendan Robert posted the following notes about the release on the Comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup earlier today: “1) Concurrent modification exceptions have been eradicated when you apply settings changes.  These used to kill the emulation when you used the config screen to tweak settings or change disks.  I am very…