Chris Vavruska has announced the release of the Homer finder extension for the Apple IIGS. Home is an extension of the Extras Menu “Make Alias” function in Apple IIGS System 6.0. Home proves an easy to use means to give you a quick route to finding the location of the alias as well as to […]
Our friends over at Brutal Deluxe software have released a new update for Hypercard IIgs. The update is primarily oriented around the Y2k issues that the long date in the program had. You can download the latest version of the Hypercard IIgs application from the Brutal Deluxe website at: http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr
Chris Vavruska has released the GS Speaker App on the Microsoft Store which allows a WindowsPC to communicate with your TCP networked Apple IIGS running the Listener application by Jeremy Rand. For more information or to download Listener, check out the Listener Github page at: https://github.com/jeremysrand/Listener The App is a free download from the Microsoft […]
Brendon Bellina has announced the release of the HyperCard IIgs Extras. Best known for his Scipt-Central SE packages, Brendon mentions that this “Extras” stack release will greatly enhance the capabilities of HyperCard IIgs. According to the HyperCard IIgs Extras webpage, “Apple included many stacks for the Macintosh version of HyperCard that were never released for […]
From Jeremy Rand: ListenerGS version 1.0 is available: https://www.rand-emonium.com/2022/04/10/listenergs-version-1-0-released/https://www.rand-emonium.com/listenergs/ This app lets you do speech dictation to an Apple IIgs. You must have a network interface on your GS and have Marinetti setup. You also need a modern iPhone, iPad or Mac. With that, you can do speech dictation in desktop application on your GS […]
From Jermy Rand: “I have updated the Listener beta builds. Both the iOS/macOS and the GS side software have had updates. For information about how to join the beta, links to the GS software and some video demos of the app, check out this page: https://www.rand-emonium.com/listenergs/ Among the fixes: The NDA now actively closes the connection […]
Brendan Belina has released his most recent collection of Apple IIgs Hypercard Stacks. Script-Central Special Edition 2021 is a collection of Hypercard stacks . Script-Central SE 2021 Stacks This year’s release of Script-Central includes the following stacks: HyperTuneMaker Haiku Stack Xmas.Display.21 Itsy Bitsy Spider TuneBuilder (an updated version of Apple’s stack) Birthday Warp Speed IIGS […]
Rand-emonium Software has announced the release of the Apple IIgs Build Pipeline for Xcode version 3.0. The Apple IIgs Pipeline is a package, which allows users to create their Apple IIgs software in Xcode and to build disk images that are end user ready. Some of the updated features included in Apple IIgs Build Pipeline […]
Brendan Bellina has announced the release of his Script-Central 2020 Special Edition package of Hypercard scripts for the Apple IIgs. Script-Central 2020 is a 16 mb ProDOS, based disk image chocked full of Hypercard IIgs stacks and other related items. Included in the Script-Central 2020 release are more than a dozen new or updated Hypercard […]
The 6502 Workshop team is thrilled to announce that Nox Archaist has been released! Journey with us back in time to the 1980s an experience an adventure inspired by classics like Ultima and Bard’s Tale. Lord British himself has traveled to Vali, the world of Nox Archaist, to help thee on thy quest! We would […]
Brutal Deluxe Software has released an update to Genesys, the #AppleIIgs resource editor. This release includes a number of bugs fixes as well as all features of #AppleII System 6.0/6.0.1 controls being added. Also a new editor for rUpdateInfo by Ewen Wannop is included. Developing for the #AppleIIgs is fun! You can download Genesys from […]
Adventurer’s Log Game Day 13: Why did I listen to that ornery mage? Now we’re on a quest to find an uncharted ocean island. Wow, that sea serpent was huge! When it thrashed its tail and swamped the ship, I thought we were goners. Game Day 15: Made it back to the Captain’s Quarters pub. […]
Petar Puskarich has announced the immediate availability of the latest beta 4 build of hfs.fst for GSOS. This release FIXES many of the old corruption issues found over the years. Mount the .po file Drag the new hfs.fst to your System FSTS folder. INACTIVATE the old hfs.fst or remove it from the folder. Only one […]
Two new HTML tools for Babelfish on the Apple IIgs have been released. HTML+ and HTMLView by Chris Vavruska are now available from the Speccie website. According to the press release in the google groups, HTML+ is a translator for Babelfish, which allows you to import an HTML file directly into applications that support Babelfish, […]
MacEffects, LLC, creator of the clear Macintosh SE case, just released the kickstarter for an Apple IIe case, and it’s fantastic! From their project:Our custom case will make your Apple II stunningly unique, yet still recognizable by its classic shape. You will have the ability to peer inside the system at its beautifully engineered internal components. […]
Anti-M v1.6 is out: https://github.com/a2-4am/anti-m/releases/tag/v1.6 Anti-M can boot any 5.25-inch Apple II disk on any Apple II, including – 13-sector disks – SpiraDisc on //c or IIgs – games that require a ][+ or 6502 – booting from drive 2 Version 1.6 of the Anti-M program adds support for Personal Software 13-sector disks.
For nearly 20 years, Wordperfect 2.21a for the Apple II gs did not support the year 2000 and beyond. That is no longer the case. Thanks to some skillful hacking by Brutal Deluxe’s Antoine Vignau, Wordperfect now has full Y2K compliant date support. For nearly 20 years, Wordperfect 2.21a for the Apple II gs did […]
Chris Morrison has posted an interesting new item to his VintageGeek Blog this past couple of weeks. He takes the viewers on a ride through the ups and downs of building a MicroDrive Turbo card for the Apple IIgs using images from the Alex Lee curated WITA2GS website as well as the utility CiderPress running […]
Original Posting: 13 January 2017 Ryan Suenaga was a well known Apple II gs programmer and Ryan’s Apple Software curator, with a number of Apple IIgs tools and utilities to his name. He was an active Apple II community member until his unexpected death hiking the Alamona Trail in Hawaii in 2011. Sadly, when his […]
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 […]