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Seattle, Washington — July 22, 2016 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) and Robert Tripp are proud to announce the immediate availability of the book What’s Where in the Apple – Enhanced Edition: A Complete Guide to the Apple II Computer. And now on November 23, 2020, due to popular demand, What’s Where in the Apple is available in additional versions and formats! First and foremost, our “Enhanced Edition” has more design readability enhancements, a few small corrections, and…
Seattle, Washington — July 22, 2016 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) is proud to announce the immediate availability of the classic book The Apple II Monitor Peeled by William E. Dougherty. Last published by A.P.P.L.E. in 1979, this release returns the book to print and for the first time in Hardcover. Writing programs for an Apple II computer is simplified by having a useful reference for the Apple II Monitor that describes how to make use of a…
Dear A.P.P.L.E. Here is the final version of the Program Launcher “SQUIRT”. This version has some additions, corrections and added a launcher when you type “BYE”. The previous version was called just “FileSelector.po”. SQUIRT directions Squirt can navigate directories with ease and minimum keystrokes. Squirt can launch system, binary and Applesoft programs. Squirt can view text, source and Mousetext screen files. Squirt can view bitmap fonts. Squirt can view hi-res and dbl-hi-res graphics screens. Squirt can automatically recognize the difference…
Dear A.P.P.L.E, Here is a pretty nifty file selector you can add to your website. It does all of the following. Launches system, binary and applesoft programs, even though Basic.system is not installed. Navigates in and out of directories with ease View text, source and mousetext screen files View Hi-res and Dbl-Hi-res graphic images. The program has been tested with Applewin, Sweet 16 and a real Apple II computer. The caps lock key needs to be off. Also when viewing…
A.P.P.L.E. is announcing a reduction of the price of The WOZPAK Special Edition just in time for Black Friday. 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 price reduction applies to both the Softcover and the Hardcover version of The WOZPAK Special Edition. The Softcover edition is reduced 25% and is now available for $37.46 with the Hardcover edition going for $53.95. The reduction in price will last…
Seattle, Washington — November 23, 2015 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine 1978 Compendium. The Call-A.P.P.L.E. 1978 Compendium is a complete collection of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine issues originally published in 1978 by Val Golding and the members of A.P.P.L.E. The 1978 Compendium is a fully enhanced version of the issues giving the reader a window into the past of the Apple computing revolution as it was happening. All 10 issues from the first year of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine are included….
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…
I just received an Apple //c VGA adapter from Пламен Вайсилов, a prolific Apple II hardware creator. This adapter has a button that lets you switch between video modes: color, green, mono and mono-white. also simulates scanlines in all those modes. Check the video. At the time of this post there has not been pricing and availability announced, keep checking Apple II heaven site. Also important to mention is that this is only NTSC, a PAL version is on the…
Press Release via Ken Gagne SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 — LEOMINSTER, MA — Gamebits, publisher of premier Apple II magazine Juiced.GS, is proud to announce its partnership with software developer The Byte Works to sell Opus ][: The Software and Opus ][: The Source. These products, which collect the majority of The Byte Works’ products and source code, are available immediately on CD and USB and as downloadable disk images, starting at $25 each or $40 for both. “Juiced.GS’s collaborations with…
Benoit Gilon has announced the immediate release of the Peersoft Applesoft Extensions version 1.5.5. Shown extensively at the recent Apple II Festival France, this extension package allows for user defined functions to be added to Applesoft through both machine language and Applesoft. What’s new? Ability to define up to 10 user defined functions. Such functions could handle up to 2 input arguments instead of just one. Sample functions provided, GCD, LCM, Factorial, Binary operations on 16bits integers, MAX and MIN…
There are a number of the recorded sessions now on YouTube from Kansasfest 2015. For those of you who were unable to attend, this is a chance to catch up on some of the unique sessions and presentations made during the annual pilgrimage to Kansas City. You can find the complete list of available videos at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Kansasfest+2015 A.P.P.L.E.’s presentation was made by Brian Wiser this year and begins at 2:15 of the video shown below.
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…
We wish to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. It has been an interesting 2014 and we look forward to serving our members once again in 2015. Stay tuned for more exciting products coming in the new year. Happy Holidays!
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…
The Wozpak Special Edition is now priced for the Christmas Holidays. The 350 page book with the notes from Steve Wozniaks’s Apple-1 and Apple II notes was produced in coordination with Steve Woznaik by Brian Wiser and Bill Martens. It includes a number of interesting items and introductions from the men who made the Apple II computer what it became. It is normally available for the list price of $49.95, but during the holidays, it is 20% off at just…
The Australian Apple Review has been officially released by A.P.P.L.E.. The release announcement occurred last evening in the Downunder Chat on A2Central’s IRC channel. Accordsing to the announcement made by A.P.P.L.E.’s Bill Martens, “The project is the culmination of a number of people including Andrew Roughan, Brian Wiser and even the National Library of Australia.” the Australian Apple Review was a magazine published in Australia by well known publisher Gareth Powell. In 2005, permission was initially received to reproduce the…
In a recent excursion into the A.P.P.L.E. storage boxes in Seattle, Brian Wiser discoverd a number of issues of our original Mac-A.P.P.L.E. magazine. The magazine which was published from 1986 to 1988 was A.P.P.L.E.’s attempt to differentiate the Mac from the Apple II computers, carry original content specifically attuned to the Mac computers. A total of 15 issues were found in the archives and today, we are happy to announce that the first scan of those Mac-A.P.P.L.E. issues, May 1986…
Earl L. Keyser, Jr., long time programmer and A.P.P.L.E. Member died on the 29th of January. He passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Windmill Manor in Coralville, Iowa, after battling Parkinson’s disease. Earl, 70, of North Liberty,Iowa, was best known in the Apple world for his programs on the early Apple II computer. He produced over 20 programs for the early Apple II under the Rainbow Computing moniker which were carried by Apple Computer in the Contact…
