Category: Software
If you are a fan of the game “Another World”, the Éric Chahi produced game, on the Amiga or Atari ST or “Out of this World” as it is known in the U.S., then you will want to check out the demo of the game for the Apple II that Vince Weaver has created. While he has only mocked up the first two screens of the game, the game demo is still playable. According to Vince, “so far it is…
Clip Copy Plus by Chris Vavruska gets an update. The latest version, V.1.1, brings the ability to cut, copy and paste files from modern computers to the Apple IIgs. Clip Copy Plus is a Finder extension brings the convenient ability to cut, copy and paste files of modern operating systems to the Apple IIGS. Clip Copy Plus also allow the ability to delete files quickly New with version 1.1 null CCP now works with Eric Sheppard’s System Init SideClick. Easily…
Dagen Brock, the author of Flapple Bird and the GS PLUS emulator, has released an new multi-platform tool for producing icons. Buckshot is an image production utility which is based on the BMP2DHR conversion program. Buckshot is available for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows and is a free download. While still in the early phases of development, it is stable and allows users to convert their images immediately. Buckshot has support for a host of graphics sizes as well…
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 project is to produce a Unix like multi-tasking operating system which will run on a standard Apple IIe. Check out the project at:https://github.com/burniouf/A2osX
The Apple II DiskBrowser, a java based disk image utility for Mac OS X, has been updated. Created by Denis Molony, DiskBrowser Version 1.0.30 was released with features to support A.P.P.L.E.’s hybrid Pascal/DOS and CPM/DOS type floppy disks. You can download the latest version of DiskBrowser from Github at:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser/
In 1979, Jeff Finn submitted a program to the A.P.P.L.E. users group for inclusion in its Diskpak 2. It was the Holiday Greeting Pak, a program which utilized the low resolution graphics capabilities of the Apple II computer. Included in the Holiday Greeting Pak were 9 different screens covering both the Christian and the Jewish holidays, giving users a variety of screens which could be personalized as well. Originally written in Integer Basic, not only was it formatted for the…
Option8 also known as Charles Mangin has released a new Apple II game, BlockChain. Fresh off his recent success of his new game DropBlock which came in two flavors, single and double player, he now has released a game which gives a new twist to the idea of placing falling blocks. One of the twists on BlockChain is the fact that combines blocks change color making it harder than DropBlock. According to the BlockChain blurb on the Option8 website, Match…
The AppleCommander Apple II data conversion software has been updated.AppleCommander has long been a go to tool for many users converting data from Apple II disk images to standard files on the Mac and Windows. The program includes support for all standard disk sizes and formats as well as 32mb HDV type hard disk images. AppleCommander version 1.5.0 was released with a number of changes including: New images Updates to AppleSingle support. Also see the asu utility for direct manipulation…
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 deal by supporting the new .Woz file format. The Wdrive is a small device, very well designed and built, It is a real floppy replacement…
Oliver Schmidt has announced a major update to the IP65 TCP/IP Stack for the Apple II Computer. According to his press release in the CSA2, “It is likely that you think of IP65 as an asm written TCP/IP library for asm programmers. But IP65 has significantly changed recently in two directions: 1. C Interface The IP65 programming model has deliberately always favoured simplicity over flexibility. However, targeting only asm programmers there weren’t too many to appreciate that design. Since I…
The Apple II DiskBrowser has been updated. DiskBrowser, a creation of Denis Molony, is a utility which allows users to view the contents of Apple II disk images on their Macintosh computers. The java based utility has had additional graphics capabilities added to the program and offers rudimentary WOZ disk image support at the moment. DiskBrowser is a free utility and the latest versions of the utility are available for download from Github at: https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser/releases/
DiskBrowser has been updated to version 1.0.25. The latest version of Denis Molony’s Apple II disk image browsing software now supports the WOZ format. DiskBrowser is a Java based application and includes the following features: Applesoft and Integer Basic Pascal disassembler 6502 disassembler Wizardry internals and maps Infocom text adventure internals Appleworks Visicalc HDV and 2mg Compressed disks – shrinkIt, gzip, zip Track and sector display Dual DOS disks CPM disks Comprehensive disk listing You will need the latest version…
Earlier this month, Matthew Clark posted a long held mystery of Eamon #80 – Search For The Key by Eamon’s creator, Donald Brown. Apparently, Dr. William Trent had a unique way of winning the game, however, he never disclosed the secret. In follow up emails with Dr. Trent, he no longer seems to remember what that solution was and thus Matthew Clark has put our a call to the entire Eamon community looking for those who might have a clue…
For those of use who used Apple computers in the early 1980’s, there have been two constants in the gaming world. The first was Oregon Trail which every school age child of that generation still recognizes today. The other, while not as recognizable, was just as influential in the Text Based Interactive Fiction realm. That would be Eamon, the adventure system created in 1980 by Donald Brown. Over the years since his initial version of the Beginners Cave appeared in…
MacTracker, the Ian Page produced Apple product information tracking app has been updated. The latest release, version 7.7.2, includes the following changes: HomePod added to the database The latest OS updates have been added Support status and obsolete status of Apple products added Other minor changes, fixes and additions. MacTracker is a Free app and is available from the Apple app store. For more information, check out the MacTracker website at: http://mactracker.ca/
During the past week, I have been re-visiting a number of the original Apple II archives which we produced here at A.P.P.L.E. during my testing with John Morris’ Applesauce. In the bunches of floppies, I found one disk labeled mysteriously “March Special E-Base Program“. Initially, I thought it might be an old database program that never came to light, however, to my surprise, it was the original Eamon version 2.1 Base Program which was modified by John Nelson and Robert…
Chris Vavruska has announced the immediate availability of his Apple II gs tool, Clip Copy Plus. He made the program available this morning with an announcement on the Apple II gs group. After many years away from the GS I am proud to announce the release of Clip Copy Plus V1.0. Clip Copy Plus is a Finder extension that brings the convenient ability to cut, copy and paste files of modern operating systems to the Apple IIGS. Clip Copy Plus…
If you haven’t seen it yet, check out Ricardo Macri’s Drum8 project. The program which runs on an Apple II computer, is an 8 bit drum machine which allows real time graphics based editing using either single or quad channel DAC configurations. To use Drum8, you will need an Apple II S.A.M card or any Apple II sound/DAC card, which, if you dont have one, can be built using plans from the Drum8 website. The Drum8 software can be downloaded…
ProDOS 2.4.2 is a minor release with bug fixes and updates. It replaces ProDOS 2.4 and ProDOS 2.4.1. Bugs fixed: 1. If a directory with more than 255 files was used, and then a different disk was used, a Bad Dir Error $51 was reported. 2. Bitsy Bye was not compatible with the Appletalk Workstation card. 3. Bitsy Bye was not compatible with the Mac LC Apple IIe card. Updates: 1. Thunderclock driver is updated for years 2018 – 2023…
SoftRAID, the venerable RAID software solution, has been updated to 5.6.4 and is now fully compatible with macOS 10.13 High Sierra and also back to OS X 10.6.8. While fully compatible with High Sierra, it does not support APFS volumes – that level of support is slated for the upcoming SoftRAID 6.0. Besides supporting RAID 0, 1, 4, 5 and 1+0, one of the best features is the Certify feature. Certify can run multiple passes to verify that every sector…
