Category: Software
The new game Mad Max and the Revenge of the Killer Pumpkins has been released by game author Daniel Henderson. For the Apple II gamer, Mad Max offers users a high speed arcade game that is both fun and not just a walk in the park. According to the author, Mad Max is “A Halloween themed dog game featuring Evil Pumpkins and written in compiled Basic. I used a sprite drawing program rather than shape tables written by Sellam Abraham…
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 the latest release images, go to the A2osX Github page at:https://github.com/burniouf/A2osX
John Keoni Morris has announced the update to his Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller client software. Version 1.2.0 of the Applesauce FDC Client includes a bevy of fixes and enhancements. Some of the new features and changes included in Version 1.2.0 include: Massive amount of work in .woz generation for 5.25 disks. More improvements to 3.5. Detects the proper width of tracks so that protections like the EA fat track are now properly preserved. Support for locating data on half tracks….
Denis Molony has updated his java based Apple II Diskbrowser program. The free program which allows users to view a variety of disk images for the Apple II, has gone through a series of updates this month adding more accurate WOZ support for the application. Version 1.0.38 of Diskbrowser includes the following changes and improvements: Support for WOZ 2.0 format 3.5 Inch Floppies Display options for Applesoft and Assembler listings added. Diskbrowser also supports multiple flavors of Apple II floppy…
Denis Molony has updated his java based Apple II Diskbrowser program. The free program which allows users to view a variety of disk images for the Apple II, has gone through a series of updates this month adding more accurate WOZ support for the application. Coordinating effort with John Morris, creator of Applesauce and the WOZ format, Denis has added support for WOZ 2.0 format to the version 1.37.0 of the Diskbrowser program. Diskbrowser also supports multiple flavors of hybrid…
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 public preview according to the lead programmer and will definitely have some caveats in its functionality. For more information about ProDOS 2.5 Alpha 2, check…
A new version of Marinetti, the implementation of TCP/IP for the Apple IIgs, is now publicly available. The previous public announcement of a release of Marinetti was 3.0b9 in July 2018. Since then there have been several bug fix versions that have not been made widely available. This release includes fixes for the following issues: – TCPIPSendIPDatagram was not using the correct Direct Page and looks like it never worked correctly. – TCPIPReadLineTCP now returns the correct error code and…
Daniel Henderson has given the Apple II community the latest Apple II game. Oubliette is a simple yet effective game for the Apple II which puts the user in the position of trying to work their way through seven levels of a dungeon, collecting the prize in each level. According to the author, “Ok… It basically a medieval themed puzzle game. The knight is trapped in a dungeon (or oubliette) you and has to work out how to get to…
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 functioning files, but still has a good amount of work left to do. Also, 3.5″ sync sensors are now available for purchase from the Order…
The 6502 Workshop team is pleased to announce that the Kickstarter campaign for the boxed edition of Nox Archaist is now live! Click here to pledge! What’s better than a brand new, hand-coded 8-bit classic 80s era tile based RPG? Answer: One that comes in an awesome collector’s edition box with lots of cool physical goodies! What’s even better than that? When the game will also feature an NPC appearance by Lord British, the alter ego of Richard Garriott, the creator of the Ultima series of…
It’s official, Lord British will appear as an NPC in Nox Archaist! It is a dark time for the metaverse. Ripples of discord radiate out from Vali, the world of Nox Archaist. Lord British learns of the dangerous omens and seeks to return order to the chaos that threatens to consume creation! He has journeyed to the world of Vali to assist and guide adventurers as they unravel the mysteries and face the challenges of Nox Archaist. This is a big…
It’s official! Nox Archaist will have at least beta support for Mockingboard music when released. For more details check out the blog post here! https://www.6502workshop.com/2019/04/mockingboard-support-update.html
The Nox Archaist Kickstarter launch on May 2nd is right around the corner so we thought you might enjoy seeing a preview of what we have in store! We hope to earn your support!
Denis Molony’s Apple II DiskBrowser program for the mac has been updated. Version 1.0.34 now has support for the WOZ 2.0 format created by John Morris. The Apple II Diskbrowser is a Java based disk viewer which allows users to view a myriad of disk types including both Normal DOS / ProDOS disks as well as Pascal and hybrid disks. You can download the latest version of the program from the DiskBrowser Github page at: https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser/
The 6502 Workshop team is launching a Kickstarter campaign on May 2, 2019 to produce a collector’s edition of Nox Archaist! Nox Archaist is a brand new tile based 8-bit RPG inspired by classics like Ultima and Bard’s Tale. It is written for the Apple II computer, but is easily playable on any modern Mac or PC via emulation. It’s been designed and hand-coded from scratch by a team of awesome programmers and artists, and even a few legends from the golden…
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 of many new scripting capabilities the ability to redirect and eventually piping output Current kernel also supports multiple virtual terminals Support for TCP (via TELNETD)…
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 DOS, is the ability to have full lowercase commands for all commands, a 24 letter volume name, the ability to include DOS Version and Build…
The Apple II DiskBrowser, the popular disk viewing app created by Denis Molony has been updated. DisBrowser Version 1.0.33 includes several new capabilities including the ability to view DOS 4.1 floppy disks as well as CPM/DOS and PASCAL/DOS hybrid disks. The Apple II DiskBrowser is a free download in .JAR format from:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser
Brutal deluxe software announced the immediate release of the entirety of their Applesauce Disk image collection. The Brutal deluxe collection created by Antoine Vignau is a 1680+ program collection containing more than 3000 disk sides. The entire collection is now available for download via Bit Torrent through the Archive.org website at:https://archive.org/details/Antoine_Applesauce_Vignau
