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Silverwand Software has released the ninth and final issue of Script-Central Special Edition. This issue includes many new stacks, many updated stacks, fonts, many utilities and tools, and even Macintosh versions of several stacks. SCSE v9n4 floor plan Highlights of this issue include: HyperMover GS v1.2 – a new version of HyperMover by Brendan Bellina that includes the improvements from HyperMover v1.1u and additional support for the properties sharedHilite, sharedText, dontSearch, and button families. The Macintosh version of HyperMover v1.2…
James Joseph Shackel, an A.P.P.L.E. Member, Kansasfest attendee, long time Apple II user, Arizona Air National Guard Lt. Col. and Southwest Airlines pilot passed away January 19th, 2023 at the age of 58. Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/james-shackel-obituary?id=39585348
Script-Central SE v7n1 has been released. This is the third issue of Script-Central Special Edition. Script-Central is a HyperCard IIGS stack collection presented as a disk magazine. Originally published on floppy disks in the 1990’s, v7n1 is the third issue published by Brendan Bellina released as 16 MB hard drive images. Stacks include hard-to-find content, stacks converted from Macintosh HyperCard, and original stacks. Along with the stacks themselves is a great deal of information as well as updated instructions on…
The March Meeting for the A.P.P.L.E. User Group Meeting was held online with the meeting being brought to order by Bill Martens. The initial items on the agenda were the releases of the February and March issues of Call-A.P.P.L.E. It was announced that both of these issues would be posted the first week of April due to the size of the files, and the problems working from a laptop creates. Announcements: The new peeking at Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine prints for 1978…
Apple User Group Bulletin – August 17, 2020……………………………………………………………. This month’s featured vendor is O’Reilly Media. O’Reilly has been a part of the user group community for more than 30 years, so it is hard to remember back to 1978 when it was a small consulting company with a focus on UNIX and related technologies. By 1992 many user group members were reading copies of the Whole Internet Users Guide and Catalog while our more adventurous members were reading Programming Perl. Today, O’Reilly is an…
Crow Cousins, the computing family who recently released a 6502, 65C02, and 65816 printable opcodes poster in true Beagle-esque fashion, announced the general availability of SpellWielder for the enhanced Apple //e, //c, and IIgs. The action / adventure game, which allows you to control the game’s protagonist as he sets out on a mission to rid the land of evil, brings the classic NES / Zelda type of look and feel to the Apple II for the first time. Explore…
Contact: Jon Christopher Co John Valdezco https://www.manilagear.com Henry Courbis http://reactivemicro.com Manila Gear Introduces the 2soniq and Announces New Partnership with ReActiveMicro Mountain View, CA, 7 April 2016 — Manila Gear today announced the 2soniq interface card for the Apple IIGS. The card gives IIGS owners the ability to connect 2 powered speakers so they can enjoy stereophonic sound. This is a simpler version of the 4soniq – the quadraphonic sound card with a monophonic input digitizer that the company…
We here at A.P.P.L.E. have had a busy year and as many of you know, we produced our first iOS app here this year. Structris was a coordinated effort between Martin Haye, Brian Wiser, Olivier Goguel and Bill Martens to bring the game to the iOS platform. Now just in time for Christmas, we are announcing a 50% off sale. That means the app is now just $0.99! For more information, check out the Structris Website at http://www.structris.com If you…
The December 2016 issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine has been released to A.P.P.L.E. members. This 41-page full-color issue features the full interview with Nibble magazine publisher Mike Harvey, a special feature on Castles of Darkness, an Interview with Apple III creator Wendell Sander about his Apple-1 Project, and a BASIC programming article on User Input. There are also many other news items on a variety of subjects. A.P.P.L.E. members can log into their accounts and download the magazine in PDF format. …
Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has updated the manual for the popular Apple II graphics programming tool Turtlesoft: Turtle Graphics for Applesoft with a new softcover manual. Originally published in 1983 by A.P.P.L.E., the new manual features revised formatting and now includes the 15 sample programs with screenshots. In addition to the original Turtlesoft DOS 3.3 version by Robert Gallup, John Brooks converted it to work with ProDOS. Both Turtlesoft disk images are available and also include sample programs….
The long-running, Apple-centric Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine has returned. Started in 1978 by Val J. Golding, the magazine has a long history with publication from 1978-1990 and 2002-2010. Produced by the Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange user group, the magazine focuses on Apple-related topics including retro Apple II and Mac computing, in addition to current Apple news and general technology. Volume 25 Number 1 of Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine is available to A.P.P.L.E. members today with a number of unique articles, book reviews, iOS…
A.P.P.L.E. is proud to announce a reduction of the price of The WOZPAK Special Edition just in time for Kansasfest 2015. The WOZPAK Special Edition is a complete restoration of the original WOZPAK from A.P.P.L.E. and has additional material not included in the original WOZPAK. The WOZPAK Special Edition is available in Softcover and Hardcover through the Lulu bookstore.
The WOZPAK Special Edition has been re-published as a hardcover book. The new book is still the same 352 pages of Apple II information, however, it now fits nicely on the collectors shelves. The WOZPAK Special Edition was produced by Bill Martens and Brian Wiser and released as a paperback book in time for KansasFest 2013. This is one book you won’t want to miss and the Hardcover is…
Paris, January 6th, 2015 – Brutal Deluxe Sofware releases Merlin 32 Merlin 32 is a multi-pass Cross Assembler running under Windows targeting 8-bit processors in the 6502 series (such as 6502 and 65c02) and the 16 bit 65c816 processor. It is compatible with Glen Bredon’s Merlin 16+ syntax, including support for Macros, Pre-processor, Logical Expressions, Conditional Operations, Variables, Loops, Local Labels… It can build fixed position object code or relocatable executables (OMF v2.1) as we can find on 16-bit APPLE…
The Virtual Apple II website database version 1.27 is now available. Those users who are using emulator apps which rely upon the Virtual Apple II database for their apps and data can download the latest version. This latest update includes new data for over 200 apps as well as a number of new games that were not in the previous version. Virtual Apple is an online disk repository for the Apple II computer which features disks, manuals, as well as…
For those members who are interested in our Vintage Magazines, Out collection of the Australian Apple Review is nearly complete. The issues will be downloadable as they are scanned over the next 3 days. We will be adding cropped versions of the issues and making an announcement on Christmas Day for the general public. Thanks to the efforts of Andrew Roughan, Bill Martens, and Brian Wiser, these issues will be available to the public for the first time. While…
We learned today that one of our directors, Mike Pfaiffer, has passed away. Michael was a programmer, editor of Call-A.P.P.L.E. and The Digital Civilization, as well as A.P.P.L.E. President. He passed away at his home in Manitoba Canada. Mike was a driving force behind the rejuvenation of A.P.P.L.E. in the early 2000’s and will be sorely missed by all of us.
We have been upgrading our servers here at A.P.P.L.E. in the hope of providing more resources and a faster server for our users. During our migration yesterday, we hit a snag with services on the primary server being pinged out so we decided to go ahead and do the migration by hand which will take a few days longer than planned. Stay tuned for more as we go through this upgrade.
In preparation for a major website overhaul and server upgrade, we have changed all of the categories on the website. All of the Vintage Apple computing platforms are now under Vintage while the more modern items such as the iPad, Macintosh, iPhone and other items are under Apple Computing. Also, external companies from Apple which make Apple related products are now under Other Companies. If you find items which are suddenly orphaned on the website, please let us know as…
Sandvox is an easy to use Website Creation package produced by Karelia Software. The package allows the user to produce high quality websites with a minimum of effort and knowledge, yet has all the tools for even advanced web site creators. Currently at version 2.2.3, Sandvox has a number of updates each year and has evolved to become one of the most powerful Website creation pacgaes available. Our Users group has used this package in house here at A.P.P.L.E. now…
