Gerard Putter, creator and curator of Virtual II the emulator, has announced a new version of the software. Virtual II is the premier Apple II emulator for Mac OS X and has been consistently updated for more than 10 years now. Version 8.5 was released today with a host of patches and fixes including: Added […]
For those of you who have been following the A2osX project, there is now a new version of the Source and Build floppies available for download from the A2osX Github repository. The brainchild of Rémy Gibert, A2osX aims to be a multitasking operating system for the Apple II much like Linux or other Unix type […]
For many years, Brutal Deluxe’s Antoine Vignau has been running the Apple II Cassette Repository, a site dedicated to gathering all of the Apple II software distributed on cassette tape. With the additions to the site this week, the repository has reached a whopping 670 entries. The latest addition to the site includes Confrontation by […]
The Vintage Geek Blog has a nice write up on BBSing with the WiModem-232 OLED. If you were wondering about the WiModem 232 or how to get started, the Vintage Geek takes you through the gamut of the setup and connecting with a series of easy to understand photos. Check it out on the Vintage […]
Over the past year or so, Remy Gibert has been working on a multi-tasking operating system for the Apple II. The system, which appears to be much like Unix / Linux, is well into development with a good portion of the system completed. The goal of A2osX as Remy has named his fledgling operating system […]
For those of you who have suffered long with the old version of Apple Commander, your cries have been answered. AppleCommander 1.4.0, which allows users to manipulate Apple II Disk images, has now been released. According to the new GitHub page, changes in the new package include: We migrated from SourceForge to GitHub. This updates […]
Joshua Bell, creator of the online version of the Applesoft and Logo interpreters and curator of Calormen.com, has a new project. The project, with full sources on GitHub, is a complete disassembly of the program known as Apple II Desktop or MouseDesk by Version Soft. According to the Apple II Desktop repository readme, The goal […]
R&D Automation LLC has put the CFFA 3000 card on sale once again. Run # 5, totaling 1000 units is expected to go fairly quickly judging from the demand for it. The CFFA 3000 Card which allows users to use compact flash and USB drives to emulate hard drives and floppy drives with real Apple […]
David Schmenk has updated the PLASMA disk images. For those of you who have been running on the original version 1.0 floppy disk images, you will want to download the new disks. Included in this update are a number of Keyboard related updates for both the Apple II and the Apple III version of the […]
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 […]
