Diskbrowser version 1.51 has been released. The Apple II Diskbrowser is an Apple II disk image viewer created by Denis Molony, which runs on Mac OS X, Windows X, as well as Linux. It allows users to view the contents of varying types of Apple II series disk images including the John Morris created .WOZ […]
Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller Client Software has been updated. Version 1.36 of Applesauce FDC includes the following improvements and fixes: Support for imaging/validating/exploring 3.5″ PC (FAT12) disks is now officially supported! Imaging these disk requires an Apple SuperDrive connected to your Applesauce. I know this isn’t Apple-related, but some folks really wanted me to get […]
Apple II Disk image data conversion program, Applecommander, has been updated. Version 1.6.0 includes some nifty new features including. Ability to load a text file with conversion to Apple format with highbit off (see ac -ptx …). See #33. An ac build for Java 1.5 is available (AppleCommander-ac-1.6.0-java5.jar). See #29 for discussion. Applecommander is an aplication for multiple platforms which allows […]
The new Applesauce client 1.1 has been released! This is a huge update with lots of new features all over the app. The biggest work has been around .woz generation. The 3.5″ woz generation is now complete, including the ability to write copy protected images back to floppy! The 5.25 woz generation is spitting out […]
The Apple II floppy emulator options have been shrinking lately, with availability being limited to a few devices. From the CFFA 3000 last run to most other devices deprecated, there’s only two or three available right now. That’s why KbooHK coming into the Apple II community is quite welcome, and their product promises a great […]
Andy McFadden has announced the official release of Ciderpress version 4.0.3. According to the official Ciderpress release page, the update includes the following changes: This is a minor update. Bug fixes and features since v4.0.2: Changed the behavior of file extraction so that file extensions are never added unless “add file extension” is checked. Previously, […]
Denis Molony has released a new version of his Java based Apple II Disk management utility, Apple II Disk Browser. This disk image utility was covered in the Summer 2017 issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine and is one of the hottest net utilities available for management of Apple II disk images, allowing users to see the […]
Andy McFadden, curator of the CiderPress GitHub repository, has made his latest changes to the app available through the CiderPress releases page. According to his posting, this latest version includes the following changes: Changed the behavior of file extraction so that file extensions are never added unless “add file extension” is checked. Previously, files whose […]
The Apple II hacker, 4am (@a2_4am) has announced that the Apple II Disk Image cracking utility Passport has been updated. Passport is a utility for the Apple II computer which automatically removes the disk protection schemes from the original disk, leaving the program completely unprotected. Passport v20171114 includes a host of new features and fixes […]
Ciderpress 4.0.3 a2 is now available from the Ciderpress releases page. Ciderpress allows users to manipulate disk images and hard drive images on a windows machine. This update to the program in this minor alpha release ncludes the following changes: Added support for MouseText and inverse text in AppleWorks 5 WP docs. MouseText can be […]
A new release of Ciderpress is now on the GitHub repository for the application. Version 4.0.3 alpha 1 contains fixes for a 64-bit math issue which was causing problems with disk partitions over 4gb in size. This version and other previous releases are available for download from the GitHub Ciderpress site. For more information or […]
Brutal Deluxe Software have announced that Bitsy Rip, a new low-level copy program for the Apple II is now available. According to the announcement by Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe Software: Bitsy Rip is a low level disk imaging software using an Apple IIgs and a standard 5.25″ disk drive, no extra hardware is required! […]
David Schmidt has announced the immediate availability of ADTPro 2.0.2. The latest update includes ProDOS 2.4.1 as the base operating system as well as a host of other new features and bug fixes including: New functionality: Support added for Uthernet II based on new integrated IP65 library from Oliver Schmidt (http://oliverschmidt.github.io/ip65/) Integrated John Brooks’ ProDOS […]
Version 2.0.1 of ADTPro has been released. This version has a fix that is important for users with native RS-232 serial ports (though they’re getting more and more rare all the time). There’s also some help for our friends that are trying to tune their audio settings, and a few other bug fixes. Initial text […]
Mike Harvey has announced through his website, the immediate availability of all of the programs from the full run of Nibble Magazine. Apple II hobbyist Stavros Karatsoidis has spent the better part of 3.5 years typing all of the programs from the magazines into an iPad. The result is more than 1200 programs on a […]
ADTPro, the vintage apple disk imaging software, has been updated to version 2.0.0. ADTPro allows users to image floppies from Apple II and Apple III series computers and allows boot strapping of machines directly from a disk image over bare wire. The software handles a number of emulator image formats and supports many of the […]
From CSA2 Announcment by David Schmidt: For your consideration this Christmas day:ADTPro 1.2.9 has been released. There are a few tweaks that came up under some heavy usage scenarios: Nibble sends now work in batch mode, and they are a little more tolerant of communications failures. This gets really handy when you have, for example, […]
David Schmidt has released an update to the ADTPro program. According to the posting on CSA2, the update includes: New functionality: * [VDrive] Added the ability to bootstrap into ProDOS with VSDrive active * [Server] Added a command-line invoker for AppleCommander Bug fixes: * [Server] Start the numerical part of batch name at 1, not […]
A note from David Schmidt on CSA2 announced the arrival of the latest rendition of the ADTPro Disk Imaging software. Ok, here’s a few more goodies. The time and date is synchronized with the host, and there’s two versions of the serial driver: one that hides between the BI and buffers, and another that stomps […]
This is of concern to people running Intel Macs, PCs, or Virtual Machines. As of May 23, 2012 the official version of Mint 13 is available from http://linuxmint.com. If anyone has the RC version, it seems to have updated successfully to the official version. The release comes on a single layer 800MB DVD. There are […]
