Author: Bill Martens
VCF PNW which is scheduled for February 10-11 in Seattle is putting out a call for Exhibitors and Speaks for the event. According to the email from them, : In case you missed it we (the Vintage Computer Federation) is putting together a Vintage Computer Festival (VCF PNW) at the Living Computer Museum+Labs in Seattle. We are actively looking for exhibitors and speakers for this new show. The show will be held February 10th and 11th, 2018. We are not…
GGLabs has made their Apple II gs 8mb cards available as a kit through Ebay. The kits which run $119.00 normally are currently available for $89.25 for the next two days. You can get more information from the GGlabs website and purchase the kits at: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/401110382201?ul_noapp=true
Apple, in their latest move to stem the tide of those claiming Apple doesnt pay its fair share of taxes, has released a statement concerning the history of their tax status in Ireland, the UK and payments of taxes to the US government. https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017/11/the-facts-about-apple-tax-payments/
UltimateApple2.com has announced that they will be doing their last Apple2Pi Card run for 2017. The card allows users to utilize their original Apple II hardware with their Raspberry Pi. https://www.ultimateapple2.com/?p=208 For more information about the card, check out the Ultimate Apple II Projects Page on their website at: https://www.ultimateapple2.com/?page_id=30
A new release of Ciderpress is now on the GitHub repository for the application. Version 4.0.3 alpha 1 contains fixes for a 64-bit math issue which was causing problems with disk partitions over 4gb in size. This version and other previous releases are available for download from the GitHub Ciderpress site. For more information or to download Ciderpress, go to the releases page at: https://github.com/fadden/ciderpress/releases/
The latest rendition of the MacCast has been released by Adam Christianson. Episode 633 gets into the latest hub-bub on the iPhone6, and other late Apple offereings. The iPhone X has arrived. Plans forming for future iPhones. More Apple original content hires. iOS Camera access privacy questioned. Apple Watch Series 3 stripes issue. Apple’s Q4 results Apple TV 4K HDR auto switching. iPhone X first impressions. iPhone X tips and tricks. Tips on using Live Photos. To listen to the…
A firmware bug which affects both the Apple IIc and the Apple IIc Plus has been discovered by programmer, Michael Guidero. According to the posting on his blog, The bug, described in code and notes below came about as a result of his work on the Apple IIc and Apple IIc Plus emulation in MAME. The memory expansion firmware has the following code to test the size of the memory expansion card, if installed: numbanks equ $03bb ; screen hole…
From the EuroPlus Zone website I’m very happy to finally announce the date for the next WOzFest, WOzFest 8-bit – Saturday 18 November 2017, starting around midday Sydney time (UTC+11:00). The theme for WOzFest Slot 7: Your Card was the Apple IIgs, Apple’s only non-8-bit Apple ][. It therefore seemed appropriate to set the theme for WOzFest 8-bit to all the other Apple ][s (which were 8-bit)…and the Apple-1, Apple /// and Apple ///+. On the Apple ][ front, this runs…
Sapient Technologies, a company focused on the Apple Lisa, has announced a series of boards intended to extend the life of the Lisa computer nearly indefinitely. The team members is a who’s Who of the Lisa computing world and brings a great wealth of knowledge and expertise to the project. The team includes: Todd Meyer of Sapient Technologies James MacPhail of Sigma Seven Systems Ltd. Rick Ragnini(personal info private) John Woodall of VintageMicros Some of the boards which are being…
Mike Westerfeild, curator and owner of the ByteWorks and all related titles has announced the immediate availability of the Source Code for ORCALib and ORCA/C. The GitHub Repository for the two titles contains all of the source code and is freely available for download and replication. According to the Facebook posting, this particular project was a long time coming and is “An Early Christmas Gift to all”. You can download the libraries at: https://github.com/byteworksinc
The latest issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine has been posted. It is available to all A.P.P.L.E. Members, however, you will need to log into the system in order to view the magazine issue. If you have not joined the users group yet, feel free to join using the button in the upper right corner of the screen.
Thomas Fox has announced the details of his Apple II gs memory card project on the Hack-A-Day website. The project details using old 1M x 4-bit FPM DRAM chips to create a 4mb memory card for the Apple II gs. For more, check out the project page at: https://hackaday.io/project/27231-apple-iigs-ram-card
Jeremy Rand has announced the release of a build environment for the Apple II gs. According to his post to the Kansasfest list, During my lightning session at KFest 2017, I demonstrated a build environment for Apple //gs development which used Xcode. At the time, I said it wasn’t ready for public consumption but would be available in two weeks. To paraphrase Spock from Wrath of Khan, “weeks could seem like months” and here we are at v1.0 about two…
MacTracker, the App which tracks all of the Apple hardware has been updated. According to the MacTracker website, the following items have changed in 7.6.6.: Version 7.6.6 – Adds iMac (21.5-inch, 2017), iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017), and iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017) – Adds MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports), and MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 Ports) – Adds MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017) – Adds MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) – Adds iPad Pro (12.9-inch)…
The Gryphel Project has announced the availability of a new version of Mini vMac, macintosh emulator. Mini vMac 3.5.7 allows users to emulate a Macintosh Plus on a variety of platforms including Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. A number of ports to other platforms are also available via the Grypel Project links page. According to the posting on the Grypel Proroject website by Curator, Paul Pratt, “Mini vMac 3.5.7 is now officially released. That is, it is now declared…
Brutal Deluxe Software have announced that Bitsy Rip, a new low-level copy program for the Apple II is now available. According to the announcement by Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe Software: Bitsy Rip is a low level disk imaging software using an Apple IIgs and a standard 5.25″ disk drive, no extra hardware is required! This 0.4 version is pre-alpha and really more proof-of-concept than a usable product. It requires 4 MB of ram and stores the disk nibble data…
A posting to the Kansasfest group has announced the dates for the 2018 edition of Kansasfest. According to the posting by committee member, Sean Fahey, Mark your calendar for KansasFest 2018, July 16th (early-early arrival) through July 22nd, at Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri. for more information about Kanasfest, check out the organization’s website at :www.kansasfest.org
Have you ever upgraded your Mac OS X and just absolutely missed your previous version of the desktop wallpaper? Well, now you can have the best of both worlds thanks to our friends over at 512Pixels. Every version of the wall paper has been up-scaled to 5K and is now available for download from their website: https://512pixels.net/projects/default-mac-wallpapers-in-5k/
Oz KFest 2017, the Australian retro computing gathering, is now open for registration. Oz KFest provides a similar experience to the well known and admired Kansasfest Apple II convention. For the first time, Oz KFest will be held at a venue with on-site accomodation to provide the opportunity for close collaboration. Also for the first time, due to popular demand, Oz KFest will run for longer than a weekend. Australian Apple II enthusiasts have a long history of innovation and…
Now you can easily build your own FTP client, or add FTP functionality to your IIgs applications. Just drop the new FTP Tool Set into your System:Tools folder, add a few simple commands to your applications, and it is done… Also being released is a new NDA, SOS.FTP. This utilises the FTP Tool Set, and from the IIgs Desktop, or while running an application, you can now easily send a single file to or from a host server using FTP….
