The Apple II Desktop project has announced the release of the latest pre-alpha of the new Apple II Desktop project. The Apple II Desktop or MouseDesk as it is also know is a graphical interface for the Apple II series computers. The Apple II Desktop Project. is led by Joshua Bell, a programmer know for […]
Atsushi Ushiroda has released an update for the Apple II Flex OS for The Mill 1.1 card. The update includes a fix to the ASMB command in which there apparently was an error in the SOURCE BUFFER address of the command. He has also included the Santa Barbara Tiny BASIC to the disk and has […]
The Joshua Bell led Apple II Desktop project has released a new alpha version of the remake. Apple II Desktop 1.2 Alpha 23 includes a host of changes and fixes along with their bug numbers as reported in the A2Desktop project bug list: DeskTop Correct some problems with menus/windows after a failing to restore a […]
The A2osX project has a new home on github. The A2osX team has created a new GitHub Team for Open Source organization and moved the A2osX repository to this new organization. This allows us to expand the number of contributors to the project. Developers with Apple II Assembly experience are welcome to join! In addition, […]
The A2osX team have announced their first Release Candidate of the A2osX Operating System for the Apple II. Build 1643 is the latest build of the A2osX Operating System and is available as a 140K floppy, an 800K floppy, and a 32mb Hard Drive image. For more information about the A2osX project or to download […]
John Brooks has made another alpha of ProDOS 2.5 available for the general public. ProDOS 2.5 Alpha 2 is the latest release in the new production of ProDOS which began with the release of ProDOS 2.4. and has undergone a number of changes addressing bugs and capabilities in ProDOS. This latest release is primarily a […]
Remy Gilbert has announced an update to his A2osX Multi-Tasking operating system for the Apple II. Version 0.92+ of A2osX has introduced a number of major updates to the kernal and APIs of the OS. According to the A2osX Github page, some of the changes to the system include: support of an enhanced shell support […]
Now available due to popular demand is a spiral bound version of the Apple II DOS 4.1 manual. You can order your copy of the DOS 4.1 manual by going to our A.P.P.L.E. Bookstore. Be sure to check the discount code in the Specials posting on our website. https://www.callapple.org/books
Hidden in the wings of the Apple II world has been a gem of an operating system re-build, DOS 4.1. The new DOS is a complete re-work of DOS 3.3 from the perspective of retired Raytheon engineer and former Sierra On-Line developer, Walland Philip Vrbancic. Changes in DOS 4.1 Included in this new version of […]
The floppies for the A2OSX multi-tasking operating system project have been updated. The update to the version 0.92 has been ongoing for several months now with all but two or three items remaining in the 0.91 version. The project is currently run by Remy Gibert with programming help from Patrick Kloepher. The aim of the […]
Brutal Deluxe Software, known for its many contributions to the Apple II gs community has announced a proof of concept project. DOS 4.4 and MUFFIN for DOS 3.3 to 4.4 has been released and is available for free download from their website. According to the posting, DOS 4.4 is A proof of concept project For […]
Since the announcement of the availability of the newly-released Apple IIgs System 6.0.2 a week ago, over 22 years since the last release, the feedback has been positively awesome from all around the world. That is great news for our active and enthusiastic Apple II community. CallApple.org news of the release has been featured on […]
What’s new for Apple IIgs System 6.0.2After 22 years, 2 months, 2 days and 2 hours since System 6.0.1 was released, this is a summary of the visible changes. There have been many bugs fixed and many features added that are not immediately visible–they will enable developers to create better future products. Be sure to […]
Apple has updated iOS to version 6.1.4. The latest version of the software is intended to address issues related to the audio profile for speakerphone. It is specifically targeted to the iPhone 5 as no other platforms currently have this issue. iOS can be updated through the General tab on your Settings for your iPhone. […]
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 […]
Oliver Schmidt, long known for his work on several projects in the Apple][ community including Contiki and Applewin, has now delved into documenting the internals of GEOS, the Berkeley Softworks produced operating system for the Apple ][. In his announcement in the comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup, Oliver says” Although the Apple GEOS filesystem is based on ProDOS […]
