Category: Vintage

SenseiPlay 2.0 is now available, bringing a host of new features and enhancements to your Apple IIgs music experience. Developed by Dagen Brock, SenseiPlay is a lightweight NTP (NinjaTrackerPlus) “Module” player that’s perfect for those looking to enjoy their favorite tunes on the Apple IIgs. What’s New in SenseiPlay 2.0? The latest version of SenseiPlay introduces several exciting features and improvements: About SenseiPlay SenseiPlay is designed to be a fast and lightweight player for your NTP songs. It is written…

In an exciting development for retro computing enthusiasts and fans of Bulletin Board Systems (BBS), the highly-anticipated release of Icy Term version 0.6.5 has just hit the scene, offering a comprehensive suite of features that promise to elevate the modern day BBS terminal experience to new heights. Icy Term, the brainchild of dedicated developers Mike Krüger and Bryan Ashby, allows users to connect to BBSes across various computing platforms, including Linux, macOS, and Windows, via Telnet, SSH, Websockets, and Raw…

Do you remember the SmartportSD that Katherine Stark created about two years ago? It is based on SmartPortCFA programmed by Robert Justice and ported to Arduino hardware by Andrea Ottaviani. Unfortunately Katherine has left Facebook, but I’ll be posting on her behalf. https://gitlab.com/nyankat/smartportsd I tried to miniaturize this device. The program was designed for Arduino Nano, but I found that it works well on the same chip, UNO and Pro Mini. So I ported this to Pro Mini. Read my…

Chalk another win up for France in the technology wars. SiliconSlider is now selling a wonderful aesthetic Apple-1 Integer BASIC Rom Card with 4K. According to the sales webpage on Tindie at:https://www.tindie.com/products/siliconinsider/4kb-apple-1-integer-basic-rom-card/ You are purchasing a newly made 4kb ROM card preloaded with Integer BASIC for the Apple 1 computer. The board is manufactured in a double sided printed circuit board with out solder mask and fully gold plated and is professionally hand assembled. The 4kb EPROM (2732) comes pre-loaded…

Brutal Deluxe Software, the group renowned for their Apple IIGS software, has announced the immediate release of their latest creation, the NinjaTrackerPlus FinderExtension. This new extension is specifically designed for the Apple IIgs System 6.x and provides users with the ability to play NTP (NinjaTrackerPlus) songs directly from the Finder. The NinjaTrackerPlus FinderExtension is a FinderExtras extension that enhances the functionality of the Finder by allowing users to double-click on NTP song icons to play them instantly. This streamlined approach…

A new graphics mode for the Apple IIgs has been developed by programmer Dagen Brock, called HDGR. This new mode uses two Double-Lores images to create images at 80×96 with 16 colors. While this is currently a proof-of-concept and only IIgs compatible code is included, it may be possible to make it portable to the 8-bit Apple II with 128k with more effort given to timing and synchronization code. Although software-based mixed modes have been done for years, this is…

The Classic Mac Holy Bible (Filemaker) by Darrell Johnson is an application that provides a full-text searchable version of the Holy Bible for classic Macintosh computers. This application can run on Mac OS System 6 through Mac OS 9. It will run on a Mac Plus 68K all the way to the PowerMac G4. It even runs on Mac OS X with the Classic Environment. Version 1.0.0 of The Classic Mac Holy Bible can operate as a stand-alone classic Mac…

Today, I learned about two uncommon but risky situations with the VidHD card for the Apple II that can result in data loss. John Brooks and I discussed the details and I’ve edited and updated the manual on our website. In brief: Most users do not encounter the first problem as they boot to a menu, or boot from a hard drive or other mass storage in the first six seconds, so the 5.25″ drive is not active during the…

Joshua Bell has announced the immediate availability of the INTBASIC.SYSTEM Integer BASIC system file for ProDOS version 0.9. This system file allows users to run Integer BASIC under ProDOS and runs many original DOS 3.2 / 3.3 Integer BASIC Programs. This version of the program is the first official release of the INTBASIC.SYSTEM file and includes support for these commands: Addition Notes about the INTBASIC.SYSTEM file: You can download the latest version of the ProDOS order disk with the INTBASIC.SYSTEM…

A.P.P.L.E in coordination with Kevin Smallwood and Paul Lee are pleased to announce the official release of ACOS GBBS Version 2.2 for the Apple II series computers. There are a host of changes to this latest release including the following: For users who have purchased the printed manual, there are a few other typos including the following: You can download the latest version of ACOS GBBS Pro for the Apple II series computers from Call-A.P.P.L.E.’s Github page at:https://github.com/callapple/GBBS Additional information…

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 examine the structure of the EasyMount alias files. It also opens the original folder where the alias points to. You can download the latest version…

The Apple II Desktop has been updated. Version 1.2 Alpha 48 includes a ton of updates. The program is now available in eight languages. Updated features include: General Added Sample.Media folder with some samples of various file types. Improved appearance of keyboard shortcuts in buttons. Improve appearance of ()^ glyphs in system font. DeskTop Improve error message for full volume directories. Show prompt when double-clicking a binary file, instead of just ignoring. Disk Copy Show disks as “DOS 3.3” rather…

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

For those of you following the Apple II Desktop project, there is a new release, version 1.2 alpha 47. This release includes two new localizations of the project, Swedish and Danish. It also includes a slew of other new features and fixes including the following items: General Add Swedish localization. Add Danish localization. Handle mirrored SmartPort drives in ProDOS 2.0.1-3 (as well as ProDOS 2.4). #685 Improved pointer cursor appearance on dark backgrounds. Clicking on blank lines will clear list…

from Oliver Schmidt:

From Nick Baggarly: Hi everyone, After 37 years, the Safehouse BBS has switched back on using its original telephone number! Mention The Safehouse to an Apple II devotee from the 1980’s and don’t be surprised if they enthusiastically recite the telephone number from memory: (612) 724-7066! This was an iconic bulletin board that lives in infamy and one that my 14-year old self called very often. It was created and managed by John Pechacek, aka the “Apple Bandit” who ran…

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 App Store at:https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/gs-speaker/9n8qzmc31969?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab

The latest version of the Apple II Desktop project has been released. Apple II Desktop is a graphical interface for the Apple II series computers. Joshua Bell has pushed out Apple II Desktop Version 1.2 Alpha 44 and included in this release are the following changes: General Handle mirrored SmartPort drives (ProDOS 2.4 only). #685 Alerts: Use different bitmaps when there are (?) or are not (!) multiple buttons. File Pickers: Fix path shown when folder is opened. #682 Don’t prefix disk…

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 HyperCard IIGS. Many of the stacks from HyperCard 1.2.5 and earlier were packaged into a single stack named “Stack Templates” that was released with later…

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 like Teach and Hermes. This was my KansasFest 2021 HackFest entry.  In the months since KansasFest, I have cleaned up the code and gotten it…