Author: A.P.P.L.E.
Gerard Puter has updated the Virtual ][ Emulator to version 6.4. The biggest change to the program is that this version of Virtual ][ will be the first version which is totally dedicated to the Apple Intel platform. Most of the changes and feature fixes in version 6.4 are oriented around moving totally to the Intel platform and getting the most out of its performance. The main changes in the program according to Gerard’s posting on the Virtual ][ website…
The latest rendition of the SDL /MAME for MAC OS X has been updated. Version 0.144u6 was updated earlier this morning and as of yet, the change log has not been listed. The current version requires at least Mac OS X 10.6 or newer. You can find the update on the SDL/MAME website at: http://sdlmame.parodius.com/
In what Egan Ford is calling a completed release, the Apple ][ Game Server and the Apple ][ Disk Server have been updated. The updates included adjusting the speed to a slightly lower speed for transfers as the higher speeds initially listed as hi-fi were causing some issues and a higher rate of failure in the transfers between the Apple ][ and the PC. Be sure and check out Egans work at: http://asciiexpress.net/gameserver http://asciiexpress.net/diskserver
The first sample of the Smartport Virtual Hard Drive for the Apple //c has been released. The sample shown on the SmartportVHD Website by Cedric Peltier is largely ready for production. Cedric says in a posting on CSA2 that “Some minors details have to be reviewed before the public availability, but the device start to see the light”
David Schmidt has released the latest version of the ADTPro disk imaging software. Apple Disk Transfer Prodos (ADTPro) is a vintage Apple computer series specific disk imaging software package and will work on APple ][‘s and Apple ///’s. The latest version of ADTPro 1.2.0 was released to address a host of issues with the previous version and is not a “revolutionary” update as would normally be suggested by the version number. The issues addressed in this release include the following…
PIPA, the senate version of SOPA is now officially on the rocks. Seven members of the Senate who are co-sponsors of the bill are now asking Majority Leader, Harry Reid, not to hold a vote on PIPA. Apparently, they have been feeling the heat from their constituents and are finally agreeing that there are just too many issues with the bill as written that would severely censor the internet, cause litigation and impede on the 1st Amendment rights of Americans….
For those who have been waiting for the next edition of their iPad, it appears that your wait is nearly over. Bloomberg is claiming that the iPad will be released in March, complete with high definition screen as well as LTE networking capability. This speculation could be due to the Apple Event which is scheduled for next week, however, it is highly unlikely that Apple is ready to deliver on such an advanced model of the iPad so soon. The…
Lamar Smith (Texas) apparently doesnt even abide by what he is sponsoring. His campaign website used a photograph which was created by DJ Schulte. The Photograph was released under Creative Commons which requires credit for the photograph to be given somewhere within the website. However, on Smith’s website, no such credit was given and Schulte is actually a bit upset about it, saying on Facebook “So according to the SOPA bill, should it pass, maybe I could petition the court…
OnLive Desktop App for the iPad is now in the Apple App Store. The App which allows you to use Microsoft Office on your iPad features 2gb of Free cloud storage as well as the full capabilities of the Desktop version of Office, right on your iPad. For more information, check out the OnLive Desktop Website To Download the iPad App, go to the App Store at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onlive-desktop/id490292278?mt=8
Frank Kunze has posted a slew of new screenshots on the Eamon Adventurers Guild Online Blog showing some of his work on the recently announced Eamon Deluxe 5.0. Eamon Deluxe is Franks offshoot of the original Donald Brown created classic Eamon. The latest version of Eamon Deluxe will run on multiple platforms and will also have a number of the original calssics updated to run on the new platform. The Eamon Adventurers Guild was originally run by Tom Zuchowski but…
The Apple Archives site has been updated with the January 2012 update. There are now well over 300 links on the website and we have begun to add more links for the February update. The Apple Archives is a Vintage Apple specific link library and contains links to Apple-1, Apple II, Apple ///, Apple IIgs and Mac 68K specific websites. There are currently over 300 websites in the database and growing. The entire library is maintained by hand and links…
Popular news website Reddit is planning on a 12 hour blackout in protest against the SOPA piracy bill that is currently being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives. Apparently Wikipedia will be joining Reddit in that Protest as will many other websites acorss the Internet. While the goal of SOPA was to make it easier to fight against copyright infringement, the reality is that it provides anyone who claims copyright infringement an easy way to censor the Internet without…
The Beijing Apple store has had a major debacle in its opening of sales of the new iPhone 4S there. The store was supposed to open at 7:00 am but as the time reached 7:15, the crowds of people who had amassed waiting for the sales to begin, began chanting and hurling eggs at the store. Swat teams were called in to control the crowd and the sale of the iPhone there halted. In most other cities, tickets were given…
As predicted here by our staff, Apple has scheduled an education related event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The event which will be held at 10:00 am on the 19th of January will outline Apple’s Education initiative. While many have said this event will feature the iPad 3 prominently, we are expecting it to take more of the Standford and MITx education initiatives in hand and show how those initiatives will integrate with iTunes. As stated in…
A report in CIO states that Enterprise level corporations will likely put about $19 billion USD into purchases from Apple, Inc. this year according to the research firm Forrester Research. This is nearly 20% of the corporate market and will likely increase to a total of $28 Billion USD in 2013. Most of the purchases will be for iPads and Macs according to the report. The iPad has made major inroads into many enterprise level corporations including the airlines and…
Laminar research has released an update for their X-Plane Application for the iPad. Version 9.770 is a maintenance update which addresses several issues including: Autopilot response improved… the plane should lock onto your current pitch and roll when autopilot power is dfirst applied. THEN you should be able to enter heading or altitude mode at your liesure. If you are in a fighter, then the other plane should be a fighter as well. RAM footprint is now lowered a bit,…
The Open Apple Podcast, produced by Apple ][ fans Mike Maginnis and Ken Gagne, is now available on the Open Apple Poscast website. This is the 11th edition of Open Apple and features guest host David Greelish of the Retro Computing Rountable Podcast. This month Ken and Mike run through a host of news items including Steve Jobs’ passing, the 175,000 Apple-1, the 1.6 million dollar apple document, and the John Scully Interview done by David Greelish, as well as…
Kodak, one the verge of being bankrupt, has filed a lawsuit against Apple and HTC suggesting that the companies have infringed on patents held the Kodak. The patents concerned in the release from Kodak stated that Apple and HTC both infringed on: U.S. Patent No. 7,210,161 – “Automatically Transmitting Images from an Electronic Camera to a Service Provider Using a Network Configuration File” U.S. Patent No. 7,742,084 – “Network Configuration File for Automatically Transmitting Images from an Electronic Still Camera”…
A new coating produced by Liquipel, a company in Santa Ana, California, totally waterproofs the iphone. The process, being displayed at CES 2012, cost $59.95 to have done, and the user must ship the iPhone to the company to have it waterproofed. This process can be applied to any smartphone and apparently will protect the phone even if it is totally submerged in water. For more information about Liquipel, check out their website at: http://www.liquipel.com
Vintage Computer festival East (VCF East) keynote speakers have been announced on the VCF website. VCF East is scheduled to happen May 5th and May 6th at the InfoAge Science Center in Wall New Jersey. Considered the smorgasbord of vintage computing, VCF covers the gamut of vintage computing platforms. It also is the only remaining event of the VCF Festivals after the downturn in the economy. The Saturday session will be headlined by the creator of the BASIC programming language,…
