Author: A.P.P.L.E.
Atsushi Ushiroda of Ninja.info, introduced a 68008 card for the Apple II series computers. The card is based on the Q-68 card from Stellation II and adds an additional 1mb of onboard RAM to the design. The card is a 7mhz MC68008 with 32kb and 1mb of RAM and runs runs on the entire desktop based Apple II series computers including the Apple II, IIe, and IIgs. The card is available from nanja.info for $200 including the shipping costs from…
If you have ever wanted to own some verifiable Steve Jobs Autographs and a real working Apple-1 computer, now is your chance. RR Auction is having an auction beginning August 12th which contains a host of memorabilia including the Apple-1 owned by Roger Wagner as well a total of 6 Steve Jobs Autographs. This particular Apple-1 came from the 2002 VCF Auction and was acquired by Roger, restored by Corey Cohen who took over the Apple-1 Database for Mike Wilegal….
Stefan Weasels has released an update to his Manic Miner re-work. Manic Miner was originally written for the ZX-81 in 1983 by Matthew Smith, this version maintains all of the original spirit of the ZX version and makes a very playable Apple II version. According to the author: The 1.1 Release was meant to be what’s in this release but I bungled it, so now a 1.1A release; The render loop has been unrolled and therefor the game does not…
Gerard Putter, Curator of the Virtual II Apple II Emulator app has released a new version with a number of small improvements and bug fixes requested by users of the App. Some of the fixes include: Added a pull down menu to save an Apple II screen as a PNG file. Previously, this function was only available through Applescript. If the “shift key modification” has been configured, the initial value of game controller button #2 was incorrect. This has been fixed….
BBC Micro fans who are also Apple IIe users can now rejoice. Bobbi Manners has released her Applecorn emulator which is as she says, “It is basically my little program pretends to be the BBC Micro’s Machine O.S. (MOS) so the language ROMs can run. So far I have gotten BBC BASIC, COMAL, Forth and MicroProlog running.” The program does require the 128K Enhanced Apple IIe and uses the BBC BASIC v2 from the BBC Micro. It will leave 32K…
For those of you who have been following Daniel Gordon’s Realm release, there is a new version of Realm: Rays of Nightmare available for both DOS 3.3 and ProDOS. According to the release notes accompanying the release, “This release provides automatic combat resolution, some new potions, and support for the ProDOS RAM disk. It adds interface improvements, balancing, and a little different Iron Tower magic. The RAM disk works on emulators, but testing on real hardware is still pending.” In…
Rand-Emonium Software has announced the release of the latest version of the Apple II gs game BuGS. According to the press release from Jeremy Rand, curator of Rand-Emonium Software in the Kansasfest list, This bug fix addresses a problem where a failure where the network interface cannot be brought up at all was treated as a “soft error” that could be fixed with a retry. This lead to a situation where you could get repeated prompts due to a score…
Rand-emonium Software has announced the release of the Apple IIgs Build Pipeline for Xcode version 3.0. The Apple IIgs Pipeline is a package, which allows users to create their Apple IIgs software in Xcode and to build disk images that are end user ready. Some of the updated features included in Apple IIgs Build Pipeline version 3.0 include: Support for the mame emulator along side GSport and GSplus. The build now creates a separate distribution disk image from the boot…
The latest alpha release of the Apple II Desktop has been released. Version 1.2 Alpha 31 is now available for download from the Apple II Github page at https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d. Changes in this latest release include the following: General Various string updates. DeskTop Don’t use “shift key mod” on Laser 128 (since mouse button is detected as BUTN2 as well) Clip long paths in dialogs. Fixes Adjust fixed list view line width to handle wide dates. Desk Accessories This Apple DA:…
A.P.P.L.E. Member, Dan Gordon, has released a new Apple II game. Recovered from old hard drives, REALM – Rays of Nightmare is an Ultima style RPG game, originally written more than 30 years ago and has been re-worked for the modern day emulators. From the Manual: “In your wanderings, you come upon a lone orc, apparently under some kindly enchantment. He presents you with a note from his lord: “I am Xavier Francis, eighteenth Baron Lemphocym. I faithfully serve the…
Tom Harte has updated the Clock Signal multi platform emulator. This release updates to the Apple II and Macintosh emulation sections of the program. Included in the update list are the following: adds support for Macintosh drive images, in addition to its existing support for volume images; substantially improves messaging and semantics around ROM loading, hopefully to ease application setup; accepts state snapshots by drag and drop, in addition to regular media images; adds a square-pixel option for Apple II…
Paul Wasson, Winner of last winter’s Apple II Software Enthusiasts programming contest, has released his Double Hi-Res Graphics Toolbox to the general public. The program includes a number of features for Adventure Game Designers including: A tile-editor to create either 14×16 or 7×8 tiles using double hi-res A map-editor to place the tiles and see how they fit together. Full in program Help Screen Paul has released the source code for the toolbox as well. The Source and Disks can…
Be sure and check out the ASCII 10 Liner 8-Bit Programming Contest, being sponsored this month by Roy Templeman AKA The Loud Scots Bloke (@loudscotsbloke). Thus far, 23 people have signed up for the contest, and 5 entries have been received.
The French Touch hackers group has released a new demo, OldSkool Fort et Vert, which is an 8K Apple II intro demo. The demonstration program was released as part of the demoscene event, Shadow Party 2021 which took place from 21 to 23 May 2021.
Apple has announced their 2021 rendition of their World Wide Developers Conference or WWDC for June 7 to June 11 beginning at 10am PDT on the 7th. For more information, check out the Apple Developers website at: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc21/
Denis Molony has released the latest rendition of his Apple II disk viewing utility, Diskbrowser. Version 1.59 includes updates to the system level items including Saving individual files. You will need to have the Java SDK installed in order to use Apple II Diskbrowser, however, the program will function on Windows, Macintosh and Linux based machines. You can download Diskbrowser 1.59 for free from the Diskbrowser Github page at:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser
Lexington Infosystems, owned and operated by Renee Harke, has introduced a piggyback card for the Apple II Ramworks cards that allow users to utilize the modern Apple II memory cards with the piggyback and RGB cards. This card allows users to not only use the cards but also to reduce the amount of heat produced by the cards as well as to reduce the power requirements, thus also expanding the lifespan of both the machine and the cards. The cards…
Vince Weaver (AKA Deater78) has released a new Apple II demo. The demonstration titled Island Adventure fits in a whopping 32K of memory and has been put forth as his entry into the Outline 2021 event. The demo finished in 2nd place which according to Vince, “was a shock as it is rare for Apple II demos to place very high in a combined demo entry, especially when competing against DOS or Amiga entries”. Outline 2021 is the longest running…
Denis Colony has released the latest rendition of his Apple II disk viewing utility, Diskbrowser. Version 1.58 includes updates to the system level items and bug fixes. You can download Diskbrowser 1.58 for free from the Diskbrowser Github page at:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser
Welcome to Spring 2021. In honor of a friend of the program’s birthday and the new beginnings that await us all, A.P.P.L.E. is having a book giveaway. The books have been kindly donated by the birthday boy himself. Since he is in the giving mood and feels it is better to give than receive, he has graciously donated two copies of The WOZPAK Special Edition. You can Register by sending an email here! If you have not seen the…
