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The CLK Clock Signal multi-platform Emulator has been updated. 26 Feb 2025 release of CLK introduced the following changes to the platform: Clock Signal (‘CLK’) is an emulator that seeks to be invisible. Users directly launch classic software, avoiding the learning curves associated with emulators and with classic machines. The platform is for MacOS and includes emulation for the following platforms: It currently contains emulations of the: Acorn Electron;Amstrad CPC;Apple II/II+ and IIe;Atari 2600;Atari ST;ColecoVision;Commodore Vic-20; Enterprise 64/128;Macintosh 128K, 512K,…
The Apple II Cassette project, run by Brutal Deluxe Software, has added four new cassettes to its growing collection. Now reaching a total of nearly 700 cassettes, the project aims to gather all of the cassette based software items from the early days of the Apple II computing world. The new items include the following items: You can download the latest additions to the collection as well as many others at the Apple II Cassette Project webpage at: https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/
The latest version of Card Cat, version 1.8, is now available for download. Card Cat is a system identification program created by Henry Lowe that identifies your Apple II series hardware information, memory and the cards in the slots. The latest release of Card Cat contains a number of new options and fixes including:
Joshua Bell has announced the latest pre-release of the Apple II Desktop, version 1.5 alpha 2, a Graphical User Interface operating system for the Apple II. This release has a number of new features enhancing the user experience for Apple II enthusiasts, offering a range of new features, bug fixes, text updates and improvements. As always, the developer warns users to use alpha and beta software with caution, as the latest release of Apple II desktop is still in the…
The SPIISD with an OLED display, V2, has debuted. This new version features an SPI OLED screen and UP, DOWN, and ENTER buttons, allowing users to select and save multiple ProDOS images stored on a FAT32-formatted MicroSD card. A configuration file, Config.txt, is generated in the root of the SD card, enabling up to four boot images to be selected and saved. In terms of speed and stability, it inherits the specifications of the previous version, V1.17. SPIISD V2.0 is…
MacEffects has announced their latest hardware upgrade for Macintosh 68030 machines. According to the product information, “the MacEffects Performer accelerator is the perfect hardware upgrade for your Macintosh SE. The Performer accelerator features a 68030 clocked to 16mhz and a 68882 FPU (math coprocessor) to speed up CPU performance and math calculations. With the Performer accelerator you can enjoy a new level of performance from your Macintosh. “ According to the product information on the Mac Effects website, this upgrade…
Briel Computers, best known for their Replica-1 computer boards and their Altair 8800 related kits have announced the release of their Micro-Kim project to the Open Source domain. The project is a single board that aims to perform all the same functionality as the original Commodore Kim-1. The board consists of 5K RAM, 2K EPROM, a 6532 RIOT for I/O, a 23 key keyboard and a 6 digit display. Originally selling for $99, all of the project files, manuals and…
The MAC OS X based Ample MAME interface has been updated. Kelvin Sherlock, the curator of the Ample Interface introduced additional support for the retro Macintosh Portables as well as support for the ACORN BBC Micro series of computers and the Commodore 64. This release of the Ample interface marks the 66th release of the emulator and brings the Ample package up to MAME 0.274 and includes a modified MAME package which allows emulation of those machines included in the…
Sean Gugler has announced the latest release of the Ultima IV for the Apple II. Ultima IV Remastered is now at version 1.2.12 and now includes support for the Apple II ECHO sound card. Ultima IV Remastered is a bug fixed version of the original Ultima IV for the Apple II. With this release being the 14th in the series of updates, the number of patches and bug fixes now stands at several dozen. You can download the latest version…
The Winner of the PunyInform adventure writing competition, Puny Comp 2024, have been announced. Puny Comp is a months long competition which is held each year and challenges authors to write an inform style adventure game, using the PunyInform library and other related tools. PunyInform is a library designed for Adventure authors who wish to write Inform style games for 8-bit platforms. This years event had 6 entries with the winner of the competition, The Candy Striper of St….
CiderPress II version 1.06 has been released. Andy McFadden, the programmer behind Ciderpress and CiderPress II, announced the release of the update to the command line version of the CiderPress Apple II disk image manager program. Changes included in Version 1.06 are as follows: CIderPress II is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux with the full source code also available. You can download the packages as well as additional information about CiderPress II from the Github page at:https://github.com/fadden/CiderPress2/…
For those of our retro friends north of the border, the Chilliwack Retro-Computing Club has announced their first meeting of 2025. The announced meeting will be on the 16th of January from 6:30pm to 9:30pm at the Chilliwack Cowork at 12-8465 Harvard Place, Chilliwack, BC, Canada, British Columbia. The Chilliwack Retro-Computing Club generally meets the 3rd Thursday of each month and topics include a variety of Retro computing platforms. The host of the event is Rob C FrameHaven . For more…
The Vintage Computer Festival SoCal 2025 is scheduled for February 15 to 16, 2025 from 9AM to 6pm each day of the event. This years event is scheduled to be held at the Hotel Fera Event Center in Orange, CA. Tickets are now available for attendees of the event. VCF SoCal is also still seeking Vendors, Speakers and Sponsors for the event. More information concerning these items are available at the VCF SoCal event page at:https://www.vcfsocal.com
UPDATED: The latest version of the game Star Fury for the Apple II has been released. Star Fury version 1.21 includes some changes to the stages of the game and how it handles the ending of main stage challenges. Also a scoring bug has been updated in the minor update. Star Fury is a high speed arcade style game for the Apple II by Brazilian game author, Raphael Rezende. His latest game includes elements which make it a challenge for…
Ian Brumby has announced the release of the latest version of the Crossrunner Apple II GS Developer Environment for Windows. Cross Runner version 1.1 includes a host of fixes and changes including: You can download the latest version of the Crossrunner environment and get further information at the Crossrunner website at: https://www.crossrunner.gs/
Kelvin Sherlock has announced the immediate release of the latest version of the Ample Graphical Interface for MAME on Mac OS. This latest version includes addition Mac support as well as some updates on the Apple II series side. IMPORTANT: Apple IIgs roms need to be updated. Apple //e, and //c roms should be updated.(//e and //c added international version, IIgs added an international character set). This latest update includes the following changes: Ample is a free download and the…
Expect Apple tohave a big hardware year in 2025, with new phones, tablets, Apple TV and a new MacPro. The latter has become somewhat of a niche product of late, as busy professionals can now use a laptop as a heavy duty machine with suitable accessories such as multiple external monitors and bulk storage without sacrificing much by way of workflow capability. Still, for people doing video editing and/or running multiple high-demand applications at once, the big bulky desktop beast…
David Schmenk has released a new 32mb Disk image of DHGR RGB conversion samples within Plasma for the Apple II series computers and Emulators. According to his posting: For those wanting to play with DHGR RGB conversions at home, I’ve made a disk image (32 MB!) of PLASMA and sample images for you to convert. I’ve also documented the process to add your own images so you can amaze your family and friends with your 40 year old digital picture…
Happy New Year to all of our members and readers. We wish you and yours the best of the new year and all that it will bring. A.P.P.L.E. Staff
The Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller client software has been updated. This update is primarily a patch update with several fixes to the software including the following: Enhancements and fixes for 2.0.1 Also included in this release is an update for the Firmware of the Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller, version 2.77. These updates can be downloaded through the Applesauce FDC Client. For more information about this update, the Applesauce FDC or the client software, check out the website at:https://www.applesaucefdc.com
