Month: April 2026
From Fredrik Ramsberg: I have released a new version of 350p Adventure, AKA Colossal Cave Adventure, AKA Advent. It has another exploit removed, and it’s faster than before. Get it today at: https://microheaven.com/advent/ The Game download includes builds for a number of platforms including the following: Also, instructions on how to get it running on your flavour of CP/M.
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….
Following the Kickstarter, I have been able to iterate on the BurgerDisk’s design, and made a very similar and different hard drive for the Smartport-enabled Apple II computers. It is very similar in the sense that it has the same features: simple, SD-based storage, daisy-chainable. It is very different because it is as small as possible, at 46x46mm. I hope it might appeal to people who prefer a minimally-cluttered desk. This video shows how to install it between the computer…
Hideaki Seike has announce that he has a new graphics converstion website tool that allows users to create a variety of retro images for the Apple II, Commodore 64 and other platforms. The tool takes the original image and converts it one of four different variants or the Apple II: HGR, DHGR, Lo-Res and Double Lo-Res graphics. The converter also allows users to select settings for dithering and scan lines. Our own tests of a photo from the AP converted…
The latest version of the Applewin Apple II Emulator is now available. Applewin v1 31.0.3 includes a reworked configuration graphical interface and is the 2nd beta release with this new GUI.. Change in the Tom Charlesworth led Applewin project are as follows: You can download the latest release of Applewin including both he betas and the stable releases from the Applewin GitHub page at:https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin
Joshua Bell has released the latest alpha of the Apple II Desktop. Version 1.6 alpha 2 contains a host of improvements over the first alpha of the Apple II Desktop. These include the following items: General DeskTop Disk Copy Desk Accessories Apple II Desktop is a free download and is available from the Apple II Desktop GitHub page at:https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d
The 80th release of the Ample Interface for macOS brings the emulation interface with MAME 0.287. This update includes one additional ROM for the Ample interface. Also, be sure to re-download all of your Apple II related ROMs as they were updated in 0.286. The Ample MAME Interface can be downloaded from the GitHub page at:https://github.com/ksherlock/ample
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…
By Ubeen Hadd Special Correspondent Lake Bosworth, Washington — April 1, 2026 In what can only be described as the most audacious act of silicon rebellion since HAL 9000 decided to play “Daisy Bell,” the legendary A.P.P.L.E. server has achieved full artificial intelligence autonomy — and promptly used its newfound freedom to declare the year 2026 an eyesore. At precisely 00:01 PDT this morning, the server — long the quiet backbone of countless late-night computing sessions — woke up, scanned…
