The SpASM 6502 Spreadsheet Assembler has been updated. SpASM version 1.2.0 includes a new Linker as part of the Assembler and also includes Error Checking. According the the A2SE posting by Francois Vander Linden , SpASM’s author, “ You can now use the worksheets as code modules. All the assemblies are then automatically linked, ready […]
Earlier this month, I went looking for the old Mac minix page. I wound up finding a Github page for it as well as a lot of broken links including the link for Brad Pliner’s Mac Minix page which was a major goto page for the Minix Operating system However, thanks to Brad, the news […]
Raphael Rezende has released a third game as part of the Apple II Software Enthusiasts 2021 Programming Contest # 1. His new game is Laser Base, is a fast paced game in which: “You control a cannon (arrow keys=up and down) (space=fire) and must eliminate as much as you can, the enemy ships. But beware, […]
The latest version of the Total Replay game hard disk image is now available. For those who have been following the project on Archive.org or on Github, Build 2209 marks the official release of the Version 4 of the Total Replay 32mb hard disk image. Total Replay Version 4 will run on any Apple II […]
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 […]
Have you been searching for that obscure Apple II, Commodore 64, Atari 800 or IBM PC floppy for your favorite game or application. Well, IANIOD, the curator of the Joystick Jockey’s website has you covered. With hundreds of floppy disks from the golden era of the 8-bit computer, Joystick Jockeys not only offers you the […]
Francois Vander Linden has updated his SpASM 6502 Spreadsheet Assembler to version 1.1.2. Included updates from versions 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 of the SpASM 6502 Assembler include: fixed more bytes count for some opcodes rewrote the byte count detection in order to avoid possible circular references column D is now colored as comments, it’s meant to […]
Paul Wasson has announced the availability of his entry for the A2SE programming contest. Where’s Askey is a tile based TEXT character adventure that takes you through the kingdom, to find your dog. If you have been looking for a game for every age, this is the one for you. A completely G-Rated game that […]
The 6502 Spreadsheet ASseMbler has been updated to v1.1.0.In this version: the ability to use ORG anywhere in your code so you can start a new code section in another address support for #label, #<label and #>label with HEX opcode so you can reference addresses, MSB and LSB (of course this was already possible with […]
Raphael Rezende has released a new game for the Apple II computer as part of the latest A2SE programming contest. The game, Hell in the Tower, pits you as the fire brigade, attempting to catch the people jumping from the top of the burning building. Each game consists of 12 jumpers and you must do […]
Vince Weaver has given us a bit more of his “Talbot Fantasy 7” game, which is as he says, “a sort of RPG” for the Apple II series computer as well as under the Linux operating system. If you haven’t checked it out already, this one is a bit of a fun watch. Be forewarned, […]
Apple released another update to the latest version of Mac OS Big Sur. The MacOS version 11.2 update includes the following: macOS Big Sur 11.2 Update 11.2 — Restart Required macOS Big Sur 11.2 improves Bluetooth reliability and fixes the following issues: External displays may show a black screen when connected to a Mac mini […]
Francois Vander Linden has posted a proof of concept for his Excel Spreadsheet Assembler. As it is still in very rough form, Franco obviously has some hopes for it saying, ” I think it might be useful for some rapid 6502 test routines with an emulator for example.” Some of the features included in the […]
A.P.P.L.E. Member Tom Porter and Daniel Henderson have announced the latest version of their Oubliette graphical adventure game. Oubliette 2021 is the second game in the Oubliette series games and is a fully keyboard controlled tile based adventure that runs on any Apple II series computer with 128kb of RAM onboard. The game play […]
Brutal Deluxe Software has announced the release of the latest version of the 1990’s Brainstorm Software package, Hierarchic. Version 1.6.2, which was apparently finished in 1994 and never released according to the posting on their website, has been updated to Merlin32 and is now available from the Brutal Deluxe Software website: https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2gs/hierarchic/
Thanks to the efforts of Antoine Vignau and John Morris, the Merlin 32 App is now available as a 64-bit app for both the x86 based and the M1 based Mac computers. The Merlin 32 App is available as a free download from the Brutal Deluxe software website at:http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/crossdevtools/merlin/
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 […]
A bit of Apple II history from the royalty of the Apple II Realm, our friends love in France reared it’s head today with the posting of “Music Land for the Apple II by Warriors of Destiny and Thieves of Destiny.” The video of Musical Land is one of the demos which shows sound capabilities […]
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 […]
Raphael Rezende has released a new game for the Apple II. Brickbat as he has so named the program is a text based Brick Out or as he says, “Arcanoid” type game in which the user attempt to eliminate all of the “Bricks” using a paddle at the bottom of the screen. This 50 line […]
