User Group Membership – Joining our User Group has many benefits, such as our new full-color Call-A.P.P.LE. magazine that is usually around 50 pages with lots of photos, technical articles, reviews, and interviews with legends of the industry. You also have access to all previous issues published back to 1978. Additionally, the Apple User Group Bulletin we share has discounts on software for your Mac from a variety of vendors around the Apple world. If you are not an A.P.P.L.E….
Well, it is funny how a typo can creep into a code base but in the case of GBBS, it did. 1990 was the year and the last version of the GBBS code was put together complete with a mistyped return code for the Hayes Modem. We would never have discovered it if it were not for one of our members being a religious zealot when it comes to using real hardware (We say this with all due admiration). He…
For those of you into the nostalgic feel of the old Apple II BBS era, Michael Heilemann has brought back his entire BBS from the 1980’s and put it online, accessible through the Internet. According to his Facebook posting: After 40 years, The Norse Wanderer BBS is back online. I know I haven’t posted much here, but wanted to share a project I have been working on. It’s live again at: www.norsewanderer.com In the early 1980s, when I was in…
I am pleased to announce the release of GSSquared v0.11.0. GSSquared is an Apple II series computer emulator. Supported platforms Pre-built binaries This release is about connecting the virtual machine to the real one — host serial ports, print-to-clipboard, Host FST on Windows — and about display and accuracy: CRT shaders on Windows and Linux, Second Sight Apple II text, CD-ROM / APM volumes, and a large round of IIgs timing and MMU fixes (including textfunk). The debugger can snapshot…
New SCSI drivers for GS/OS for Processor and Communication devices @ https://github.com/antoinevignau/source/tree/main/scsi2 The Processor Devices driver was written to support the BlueSCSI device family. It allows one to connect to a WiFi access point, and it also supports the full set of TOOLBOX calls. The Communication Devices driver was written as it is more or less a clone of the other drive. How to write a Marinetti link layer, use the calls and a disk image are available on the…
Kelvin sherlock has released the latest version of the Ample MAME interface for macOS. Ample version 0.289 brings the emulation interface for MAME in line with the latest release of the MAME emulator. This release requires an additional 7 ROMs to be downloaded, all of which are downloadable from within the App. You can download the latest version of the Ample MAME interface from the Ample GitHub page at:https://github.com/ksherlock/ample
Seattle, Washington – August 1, 2026 – Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has published a new book, Apple II Notes: Early Technical References & Notes From Steve Wozniak. It contains early technical references for the Apple II computer, encompassing more than 200 pages. It also features Steve Wozniak’s article on High-Resolution Color Graphics, and 14 pages of previously unseen handwritten notes from Woz. Written in 1977, they discuss interfacing with a printer — handshaking, PROM, schematics, assembly code, and instructions for…
Seattle, Washington – August 1, 2026 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has published The WOZPAK Original Edition: Steve Wozniak’s Apple II Computers, intended for collectors who want to own a reprint of this early work. It contains almost 300 pages, with much of it in the original handwriting of Steve Wozniak. The WOZPAK is a historically important collection of documentation on using the Apple II computer through BASIC and Machine Language. Originally published in 1978, it served as…
Seattle, Washington — 1 August 2026 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) is proud to announce a new, ‘extra special’ 4th Edition of The WOZPAK Special Edition: Steve Wozniak’s Apple-1 & Apple II Computers. The WOZPAK was the first official technical resource for the Apple II computer, with original material provided directly by Steve Wozniak and Apple Computer president Mike Scott to the A.P.P.L.E. User Group. We discovered an early collection and added 24 pages of original material, including:…
Seattle, Washington – August 1, 2026 – Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has published a new book and a sequel to a prominent magazine — GS+ Magazine v8 n1: The First Apple IIGS Magazine + Disk Publication. It has been 30 years since GS+ Magazine stopped publication and people are still talking about it and learning about the Apple IIGS computer from it. Steven W. Disbrow created and published 37 iconic issues and 3.5″ disks from 1989 to 1995. This…
The Xmas Display stack was developed by Script-Central staffer HangTime for Macintosh HyperCard and then converted to HCGS and released on what unexpectedly turned out to be the final issue of Script-Central (issue 22). It included 7 Christmas themed animations, 5 Christmas songs, and 7 instruments. The enhanced version “Xmas Display 23” which has many additional songs, instruments, and snow scenes to view was published on Script-Central Special Edition v8n1 and is also included on the Best of HCGS disk…
Gerard Putter has announced the immediate release of the update for the Virtual II Apple II emulator. Virtual II Version 13.2 includes the following new features and changes: Virtual II is a shareware emulator and a demo version as well as the update for current users is available for download from the Virtual II website at: https://www.virtualii.com
Fredrik Ramsberg has announced the release of Adventure 350p Release 10. According to his posting, “Release 10 of Adventure, 350p version, PunyInform edition, is out. Earlier releases have used something called a custom alphabet table, to improve text compression and thus reduce file size. The resulting game works fine in all modern Z-code interpreters, but as it turns out, not in old Infocom-era interpreters. So, this release removes the custom alphabet table, making the game 1 KB bigger. If you…
The latest version of the Clock Signal Emulator by Tom Harte has been released. CLK version 2026-07-20 includes the following changes to the emulator: CLK accurately emulates the a number of platforms including the Apple II and retro Macintosh machines. It is a free download from the CLK GitHub page at: https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK
For those of you who missed out on the in-person festivities of Kansasfest 2026, you now have a chance to catch up. Thanks to the Kansasfest Committee, you can now peruse the first batch of edited KansasFest 2026 sessions, which are now available over on the Kansasfest YouTube page for your enjoyment!: Tuesday Evening Orientation w/ Jay and Ron! Wednesday Opening & “Tornadoes and their Effects on Museum Transport and Storage” (Ron McAdams) #”KansasFest” 2026 – Getting the most out…
The latest version of the Apple II Desktop is now available for download from the Apple II Desktop GitHub. This release is an Alpha release for version 1.6 and includes a slew of changes and updated. They include the following: General DeskTop Selector Disk Copy Desk Accessories Apple II Desktop is now available in 10 languages and the latest version of the operating system can be downloaded from the Apple II Desktop GitHub at:https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d
For those users who have have one of Alex Anderson-McLeod’s new LisaFPGA machines, there has been one constant that users have expressed about the board other than it is great. That is the fact that no modern CASE was offered with it. That is no longer the case,. Coffeemuse on Github has come up with what he classifies as a “Crude Effort” to make one. If you have a 3D Printer, this case plan has all of the details necessary…
Found this ad in an old magazine. Weird — the issue is from next month. 🤔💾#AppleII #Apple2 #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #8bit #VintageComputing More Info: https://8bitshack.net/
What is Mini Replay? According to the hacker A2_4am’s posting, Mini Replay is a collection of 8 classic games for the Apple ][. It features documentation of game controls, a loading progress bar, and optional “infinite lives” hacks. There is also a screensaver mode that cycles through self-running demos of each game. The games are all together in a single 140K Apple II floppy disk and requires 48K to run. The disk has been tested on several Apple II and…
John morris has announced the release of the latest update to the Client Software for the Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller. The latest version, 13 July 2026 – Release 2.08 includes the following updates and changes: You can download the latest version of the Applesauce FDC Client Software through the Applesauce app updater or by going to the Client Software webpage at https://applesaucefdc.com/software/
