Category: Disk Utility

Ciderpress II, the command line version of the popular Apple II and retro Macintosh disk image utility by Andy McFadden has been updated. Version 1.2 of Ciderpress II includes a bevy of updates and changes including the following items:: CiderPress offers a wide range of tools for working with files stored in disk images and file archives. You can list, add, extract, import, export, copy, rename, move, delete, test, print, and modify file attributes. It also allows you to create…

CiderPress II version 1.06 has been released. Andy McFadden, the programmer behind Ciderpress and CiderPress II, announced the release of the update to the command line version of the CiderPress Apple II disk image manager program. Changes included in Version 1.06 are as follows: CIderPress II is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux with the full source code also available. You can download the packages as well as additional information about CiderPress II from the Github page at:https://github.com/fadden/CiderPress2/…

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Apple II gaming enthusiasts, brace yourselves for a game-changing release! Anti-M, the ultimate solution for running early Apple II games on any Apple II model, version 2.0 was just released. Developed to provide compatibility across the entire Apple II range, Anti-M allows you to enjoy classic games that were once restricted by overly aggressive copy protection and hardware limitations. Breaking Down Anti-M: What Does It Do? In the early days of Apple II gaming, some titles were notorious for refusing…

In a move that’s sure to delight many Apple II enthusiasts, Mark Percival’s DiskMaker 8 software has been set free as open source! This announcement comes as a result of a collaboration between Mark Percival and David Schmidt, with the goal of preserving and extending the life of this classic 8-bit Apple II utility. The source code for both ORCA/M (8-bit) and ca65-based versions of the software are now available on GitHub. DiskMaker 8, originally inspired by Eric Shepherd’s 16-bit…

Notes from the Applesauce Floppy Disc Controller client software update: Improvements and Fixes in 1.85 You can download the latest version of the software through the Applesauce FDC Client or from the Applesauce website at: https://applesaucefdc.com/software/

The Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller client software has been updated. John Morris released Applesauce FDC Software version 1.74 with the following changes: New bulk processor named Catalog Disks that will generate directory listings for image files and save them into individual txt files. Writing MFM disks now have improved write precompensation handling. It is automatically handled from the Disk Writer. From within the Mastering system of the Disk Analyzer, you can now specify custom write precompensation settings. The Flux Imager…

Denis Molony has released an updated version of his Apple II Diskbrowser program. Diskbroser 1.61 includes some updated features and capabilities in the Wizardry browser function of the program. You can download the latest Jar file and the source code for the Apple II Diskbrowser from the Github page at:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser/

The Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller Client Software has been updated. John Morris has added a number of new items to the latest release, version 1.58, including the following: Fast Imager Improvements The save file name has now been separated into 2 parts. The first is the product name as before, and the second part can optionally be used for a disk number or other identification. What benefit does this have? Well, if you choose to create enclosing folders then the…

Denis Molony has released the latest version of his Java based application, Apple II Diskbrowser. This application allows users to view the files on a myriad of standard Apple II disk types as well as combination hybrid disks containing both DOS and PASCAL as well as DOS and CPM. Diskbrowser version 1.60 adds CPM BASIC support and fixes a bug related to the date function in ProDOS. You can download the latest version of the Apple II Diskbrowser from the…

From the CSA2 group and Andy McFadden: This was a relative minor release. I bumped the minor version because of the compatibility break. Changes since v4.0.5:  * Added save and restore of main window placement (issue #41). * Added workaround for ProDOS sparse file issue (issues #15 and #49). * Updated to modern build tools (breaks WinXP support).  This version runs on Windows 7 and later. See http://a2ciderpress.com/ for downloads for the latest version as well as older versions that run on WinXP/Vista and…

Denis Molony has released the latest rendition of his Apple II disk viewing utility, Diskbrowser. Version 1.59 includes updates to the system level items including Saving individual files. You will need to have the Java SDK installed in order to use Apple II Diskbrowser, however, the program will function on Windows, Macintosh and Linux based machines. You can download Diskbrowser 1.59 for free from the Diskbrowser Github page at:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser

Denis Colony has released the latest rendition of his Apple II disk viewing utility, Diskbrowser. Version 1.58 includes updates to the system level items and bug fixes. You can download Diskbrowser 1.58 for free from the Diskbrowser Github page at:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser

Ben Zotto, recently featured in the news for his disk recovery, now has one upped himself with a new Apple II DSK to WOZ 2.0 format disk image converter. dsk2woz2 is a program that not only converts the dsk format Apple II disk images to WOZ 2.0 format disks but also makes the resulting WOZ format disk images writable. Written in c, the program compiles in the standard C compiler under Mac and then runs from the command line. This…