Author: A.P.P.L.E.
Virtual Apple ][ has published a new Apple ][ game. SHELL*SHOCK is a high paced action tank battle game for the Apple ][ computer. Originally written in 1985 by Peter Blum, Alan Burkle, and Jonathan Dunaisky, the game has been largely unseen until this month when it was resurrected by the original authors and sent to Virtual Apple ][. SHELL*SHOCK is unique in the Apple ][ gaming realm as it allows users to battle each other in two player mode…
WWDC, Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference, has sold out their entire allotment of tickets in a matter of two minutes. In previous years, tickets were still available until a few weeks before the conference, however, as the popularity of the Mac has increased, the conference has been a more desirable destination. This record sellout is not likely to change next year either unless Apple increases the number of available tickets. For more information about WWDC or the availability of the…
David Schmidt has released an update to the ADTPro program. According to the posting on CSA2, the update includes: New functionality: * [VDrive] Added the ability to bootstrap into ProDOS with VSDrive active * [Server] Added a command-line invoker for AppleCommander Bug fixes: * [Server] Start the numerical part of batch name at 1, not 0; reset the counter when a batch name changes * [Server] 5-1/4″ disk images with unrecognized filesystems are always written with DOS-ordered physical interleaving You…
KansasFest, the 25th annual convention dedicated to the Apple II computer, is now open for registration. Users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts are invited to Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday, July 23, through Sunday, July 28, for six days and five nights of sessions, demos, announcements, contests, and camaraderie. The week kicks off with keynote speaker Randy Wigginton, Apple employee #6, who worked on the Disk ][ disk drive, Apple DOS, and Applesoft BASIC. Wigginton will be…
The Eamon Deluxe Newsletter for March 2013 has been posted on the Eamon Adventurers Guild Online website at www.eamonag.org. Eamon Deluxe is the creation of master Eamon adventure writer Frank Black. He recently released Eamon Deluxe 5.0 for multiple platforms and this month talks about the possibility that Don Brown and Jon Walker could be one and the same person. For more, check out the newsletter at: http://eamonag.org/newsletters/acrobat/Eamon_DeluXe_NewsletterV3n01_03-2013.pdf
I was asked this afternoon by my friend what I thought of the possibility of Apple actually making an iWatch. While many folks seem to be clamouring over themselves to get one, none of them have thought much of the actual financials of taking on such an undertaking. My question is more do I need one? To answer this question truthfully, we must first take a look at the history of the computer watch in the real world. Many movies…
Intuiware has released an update for Changes Meter, the URL change checking software. Change Meter Version 1.80 includes a host of fixes including improved Growl support, basic support for proxies,and they have fixed the problem of the program incorrectly reporting URL changes. Some of the addition changes within the program include: Added option to hide unchanged URLs in the menubar icon menu Added full support for Growl 2.0 Added basic support for http and https proxies, using the settings stored…
France, March 22nd 2013 – Brutal Deluxe Software, in partnership with Jean-Louis Le Breton (CEO of Froggy Software) and Richard Soberka (programmer, author of Pleins gaz), is happy to announce the relase of the arcade game Zéphyr for the Apple II. This monochrome DHGR arcade game had to be released by Froggy Software in 1987. As the company shut its doors, the game has never been released nor distributed by its author. Together, in 2013, we have decided to release…
Brutal Deluxe, the French software company known for bringing a host of super enhanced Apple IIgs products to market over the years, has been taking a page from Apple, Inc.’s playbook during their latest product release. Over the past week, Brutal Deluxe Software has released a series of clipped photos including the one from yesterday seen above. Each photo has shown a bit more of the product cover image but yet no one apparently has figured out what the product…
The Eamon Adventures have long been one of the favorite adventure systems available for the Apple ][. With over 255 adventures written for Eamon, it is also likely the most prolific adventuring system as well. Eamon was designed in 1980 by Donald Brown and released in Recreational Computing Magazine as a public domain system. While the first dozen or so adventures were written by Donald Brown himself, most of the following 200 plus adventures have been written by over 50…
Bill Buckels, the curator of the Aztec C Museum website has released his latest graphics tool for the Apple ][ computer. BMP2RAG converts a 280 x 190 Windows BMP file to Apple ][ based HGR or High Resolution Graphics files. The converter is a free tool and is available for download from: http://www.aztecmuseum.ca/bmp2rag.zip The manual for the program is also available in PDF format from the website at: http://www.aztecmuseum.ca/BMP2RAG.pdf Other graphics tools and compilers are available from the Aztec C…
Karelia Software, makers of the popular Sandvox website creation software have released a new version for Mac OS X. Version 2.7.7 addresses a number of bugs and improves features within the program including: Twitter Twitter is starting to disable direct access to feeds, breaking Sandvox’s Twitter object. Existing objects continue to work when published, but will guide you how to transition to Twitter’s preferred approach Publishing Improves compatibility with bad FTPS servers for customers on OS X 10.7 and earlier…
Gerard Puter, developer of the Virtual ][ Emulator has released a maintenance update to the Apple ][ emulator. Version 7.2.1 addresses an issue with sound compatibility in the emulator with Mac OS X 10.7. Virtual ][ is a Mac based Apple ][ Emulator which contains many advanced features including Print to PDF as well as interface card control. The program is shareware and costs $49.95 for the full version of the program. You can download the latest version of the…
Two new Eamon reviews from Thomas Ferguson are now available on the Eamon Adventurers Guild website. The Reviews of Adventure # 253, The Prisim of Shadows and # 254, Dawn of the Warlock, both of which were written by Wade Clarke and James Anderson give the new offerings high praise and marks. Eamon is an Adventure design system developed by Don Brown in 1979 and has over 255 adventures currently written for the system. Recently, the system has made its…
The ActiveGS Plugin, a combination browser and standalone Apple II gs emulator has been updated. Version 3.6.1307 was released yesterday in coordination with a server move and upgrade by the Free Tools Association. You can download the new plugin from the ActiveGS support website at http://activegs.freetoolsassociation.com/ or through the Virtual Apple ][ website at http://www.virtualapple.org
Apple Inc. has released another update to the iOS Operating System. Version 6.1.3 is meant to fix a number of bugs and increase security on users iOS devices. The update included the following specifications: Fixes a bug that could allow someone to bypass the passcode and access the Phone app Improvements to Maps in Japan The update is available through the General Information panel on your iOS device. Should you require more information about how to update your iOS device,…
Chiu Keung, a Hong Kong based Apple fan has debuted his Lego Apple ][. The machine, created totally from Lego bricks, details the entire machine, internals, the lid, the dual floppy drives, and the monitor. From the outside, it looks nearly as if it would start right up and run the latest in Apple ][ software. Sadly, the machine does not actually run and is truly for appearances only, yet was cool enough for a note here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiukeung/8565233993/in/photostream
While many folks have been clamouring to see the new iJobs movie starring Ashton Kutcher, people now have something to actually cheer for. April 15th, the comedy website Funny or Die will release their own biopic of Steve Jobs life. Where iJobs was much more serious and is now expected to be pushed back to later this year for actual release, the iSteve movie will be released April 15th. The movie stars John Long of the PC vs Mac commercials…
Apple has released an update for the Safari Browser. Version 6.0.3. includes a number of fixes and improvements accrding to the release notes: Safari 6.0.3 contains improvements to stability, usability, and security, including changes that: Fix an issue that could cause Safari to mistakenly display an alert that bookmarks can’t be changed Fix an issue that could cause duplicate bookmarks to appear on an iOS device For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 You…
The 25th edition of the Open Apple Podcast is now up and available for immediate enjoyment. This month’s issue of the podcast features Egan Ford talking about the Apple Game Server Online and the state of Abandonware. Open Apple #25 (Mar 2013): Egan Ford, 8088, Voyager, and abandonware
