David Schmenk has announced the release of the latest version of the PLASMA programming environment for the Apple II series computers. PLASMA 2.0 Alpha 1 includes the following improvements: Improved entry/exit for 128K Apple IIe //c Improved entry for Apple /// Improved entry and function calls for 16 bit VM Apple3 ReadyToRun compatible images You […]
David Schmenk has released another update to the PLASMA 2.0 Development Platform for the Apple II. PLASMA Version 2.0 Developer Release 4 includes several fixes and changes including: Improved editor auto-indenting Compiler fix for terneray operator precedence Machine check for HGR library About PLASMAPLASMA is a medium level programming language targeting the 8-bit 6502 processor. […]
David Schmenk, creator of the PLASMA development system for the Apple II and III series computers, has released the latest version of the PLASMA Environment. PLASMA 2.0 Developer Preview 3 is the latest pre-release version of the environment and includes the following changes: File manipulation utilities fixed for Apple /// SOS vs ProDOS differences More […]
David Schmenk has released a new Trival File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server for the Apple II. The release is part of his PLASMA Programming Language for the Apple II release. To use the TFTP Server, boot the PLASMA System Floppy which you can download from the PLASMA Archive. Simply boot the floppy in your Apple […]
David Schmenck has released version 1.1 of PLASMA. The programming environment which allows users to use a modern programming language on all of the vintage Apple computers, is the first new programming language for the Apple II in more than 30 years. According to the release notes for PLASMA 1.1, changes in this version include: […]
David Schmenk has updated the PLASMA disk images. For those of you who have been running on the original version 1.0 floppy disk images, you will want to download the new disks. Included in this update are a number of Keyboard related updates for both the Apple II and the Apple III version of the […]
PLASMA, the modern programming language for the Apple 1, II, and III series computers has been officially released. Version 1.0 was announced today by the developer, David Schmenk. The new version includes disks which will run on a variety of Apple platforms including the entire Apple II series as well as the Apple III. While […]
David Schmenk has released the latest developers preview of his PLASMA programming environment. The third version of the 1.0 developers preview includes a few changes and fixes. PLASMA is a modern high level programming language for the Apple II, which has been in development for the past 12 years. Along with David Schmenk, a host […]
David Schmenk has released a second developer preview of PLASMA 1.0. This release includes a number of minor fixes and optimizations including a bevy of them from Peter Ferrie and John Brooks. The PLASMA Preview #2 1.0 System disk has been updated and is available for download from the PLASMA website. This release, while not […]
David Schmenk has released his long awaited PLASMA programming language for the Apple II series computers. Under development since 2006, version 1.0 of PLASMA can be run both from floppy as well as from hard disk. It includes a bevy of improvements and enhancements with a number of people from the Apple II community taking […]
The PLASMA (PLASMA: Proto Language AsSeMbler for Apple)programming language, developed and curated by David Schmenk has gotten an overhaul and update. For those who have never used PLASMA, ” PLASMA is a medium level programming language targeting the 8-bit 6502 processor. Historically, there were simple languages developed in the early years of computers that improved […]
In the Assembly Lines Podcast #18, Chris Torrence displayed the capabilities of the Apple II based Web Server. For those wanting to install their own, you will want to meander over to David Schmenk’s PLASMA Source page. David has made the source code available as part of the samples package for PLASMA. Web Server Source […]