Category: Vintage
Includes Apple-1, Apple ][, Apple ][+, Apple //e, Apple //c, Apple ///, Apple Lisa, Apple Newton, and Mac 68K
WIlli Kuche has documented the Merlin Macro Assembler IDE Source code and made it available for download. Merlin, which was written by Glen Bredon at Southwestern Data Systems, was available for download for the past two years, however, the version that was available was without documentation and without instructions for building the IDE. Now after a long effort by Willi, the IDE is documented, and according to Willi’s note left on CSA2, “it contains all the source files needed to…
There is another original Apple-1 computer now for sale on Ebay. The Apple-1 is considered to be the holy grail of the Apple computing world and only a few of them are still in existence. Originally 175 units were sold but Apple offered a trade in policy for the boards when they came out with the Apple ][ computer. This particular machine belongs to a former Apple Computer, Inc. employee, Joe Copson and is inside of a case that is…
This morning, Egan Ford posted a note to CSA2 announcing his online Apple ][ Game Server. According to the announcement, “I’ve completed my cassette port research and achieved gains of 6x (12x with compression). I did have an application in mind. Inspired by the Apple Game Server, I created a web-based version. There is a video tutorial if you just want to see it in action (single take, be kind).“ The game server allows you to connect your PC or…
In 1988, Berkeley Softworks came out with what was then one of the premier operating systems for the Apple ][ series computers. The Graphic Environment Operating System, or GEOS for short was to put it mildly, a revolution in the way that the Apple //e handled its programs. Using capabilities only available on the Apple IIgs and other personal computers on the higher end of the spectrum of the time, Berkeley Softworks gave the lowly Apple //e, //c, and the…
The Eamon Adventurers Guild Online, curated by Matthew Clark, is looking for writers who have a penchant for writing. Eamon has long been the standard for Apple ][ interactive fiction ever since Donald Brown created it in 1979. Published in 1980 in a number of magazines, complete with Software Developers Kit and a number of adventures, the system soon became very popular among Interactive Fiction writers of the 1980’s. Currently, the Eamon Adventures Guild Online library contains over 255 adventures,…
Jimmy Maher of The Digital Antiquarin has written a very thorough review of the 1980 Game Akalabeth. Akalabeth, also known as Ultima 0, was best known for integrating all of the features of the Apple II with the role playing world of Dungeons and Dragons, and for ultimately starting the Career of Richard Garriott(A.K.A. Lord British) as well as the empire of Ultima and Sierra On-Line. You can read the entire article at: http://www.filfre.net/2011/12/a-word-on-akalabeth-and-chronology/
The Apple ][ command shell, Davex is now available for download. The shell written by famed Apple programmer Dave Lyons, is a pure command line shell for ProDOS 8. According to David Schmidt’s post in CSA2, “The current (preliminary) version is 1.30p, and includes executables on disk images for both ProDOS and SOS computers and emulators. The ProDOS version currently lacks some of the external commands (but you can watch the Sourceforge project for more), and the SOS version is…
Michael Mahon and Seth Sternberger have released a new percussion sequencer software package for the Apple ][. They posted the following release information about the software package on CSA2: With inspiration and musical mentoring provided by Seth Sternberger of _8-Bit Weapon_, I’ve impemented a percussion sequencer/synthesizer for the Apple II. It allows a user to create sequences as long as 255 patterns, where each pattern is one of a set of 16 musical measures. Within each of these patterns, any…
Egan Ford has released a new update to his Codebreaker program for the Apple-1. The new program now includes three levels of play; Normal, Master, and Pro. Also changed in the program is the following items: Added “Master” level–same as “Pro” but with 60 second time limit. Added a score board on exit. Fixed a memory(stack) leak. Built for 8K Apple 1. To Load and Execute the Codebreaker program on an Apple-1 or Apple-1 Emulator, use the following commands: C100R…
Egan Ford has created a new game for the Apple-1 computer. The game, Codebreaker, is based upon the old game of Mastermind in which a user tries to break the code in the shortest time possible. The six digit color coded sequence must be solved in a minimum of moves and time. Codebreaker requires a 16K Apple-1 computer or an Apple-1 emulator such as Marc Ressl’s Open Emulator (http://www.openemulator.org) in order to play the game. Egan has provided a video…
Garnet Ulrich has released an update to his popular Apple ][ Emulator for Android mobile units. The program allows users with Version 2.1 or higher to run a true Apple ][ emulator on their phone. Changes included in version 1.63 are as follows: Bluetooth game controller support, including Wiimote, through Bluez-IME. Touchscreen joystick controls. Monochrome amber, green and white emulation options. ‘No button’ mode available in landscape. Number Munchers for download. According to Garnet Ulrich, the programs creator, “Version 1.62…
After a request by Willi Kuche, the Apple ][ community came together and managed to come up with two versions of the source code for Glen Bredon’s Mr. Fixit for Prosel 8. Being as no original source code was available, two people in particular disassembled the program and have posted their respective versions to the internet. Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe Software posted his Merlin based version of the source code at: http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/mrfixit/ Willi Kuche also decided to create a…
The Forty Column site has added a number of newly produced graphics to the site. The site features work by users using the T40 program by Brutal Deluxe (http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2/t40.html). The program allows you to create true old school forty column art. The Forty Column site is the brainchild of Daniel Kruszyna who put the idea of such an editor to Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe. Days later, the new T40 program was ready and is now available to all users. …
Dr. John B. Matthews has posted the latest version of the Apple Commander program on his website. According to his posting on CSA2, ” Apple Commander v1.3.5.9 is now available. This version features an update by David Schmidt to allow writing Pascal TEXT files on DOS ordered disk images.” Apple Commander allows users to view and manipulate the contents of an Apple ][ disk image as well as to export the contents of the disks to text files on the…
The November 2011 episode of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, is now available! This month, Mike and I talk with Melissa Barron, the Apple II community’s famed tapestry artist. We three relate their experiences exploring the past and future of computer media at conventions and museums in Chicago and Rochester, exploring the methods used to create and preserve history. Further tributes are made to Steve Jobs, while Mike Westerfield reclassifies old BASIC tools and releases new ones….
NuInput, the replacement package for Applesoft’s INPUT and GET commands has been updated. Ivan Drucker, the author of NuInput and Slammer has made the latest version 2.0, available for immediate download from the NuInput website. NuInput was initially introduced by Ivan at the 2010 rendition of Kansasfest (http://www.kfest.org) as part of a demonstration he did with both NuInput and Slammer. The latest version of NuInput includes a number of new features including: YZ$ (ST$ template) is no longer needed DELETE…
The entire collection of the French version of the Apple ][ Developers, a documentation package for Apple developers is now available online. The entire package is from about 1985 and has been made available in digital format on the Brutal Deluxe website. Here is the table of contents: Sommaire (PDF, 25 KB) Les outils souris texte de l’Apple II (Apple II mousetext tools) (PDF, 4.1 MB) Les règles de l’interface souris (mouse interface rules) (PDF, 5.7MB) Utilitaires de programmation (programming…
Marc Ressl has updated his Open Emulator program to version 1.0.1. The emulator which was recently released with Apple-1 compatibility is now being added to in order to support the Apple ][ series as well. The latest version of the software includes the following updates: * Several timing issues where fixed. The Apple-1 should run now cycle-accurate. * The audio recorder was fixed. This was impairing loading cassette tapes. * On Apple-1 emulations, backspace is now mapped to underscore. You…
R&D Automation, makers of the CFFA Compact Flash drive card for the Apple I and II series computers, has announced the immediate availability of the latest version of the CFFA 3000 Firmware for beta testers. The CFFA 3000 is a dual drive multi-capability card that R&D has been working on for about 2 years now. The card is in final stages of development and release of the initial order of cards is forthcoming. The following email was received by the…
Vintage Micros (http://www.vintagemicros.com) has produced and released one of the hardest to find products for the Apple Lisa computer. The Lisa DAC Sound Card is considered to be the holy grail of collectables for the Lisa and now for a limited time, they are offering the card for sale for $229.00 The card uses the Lisa speaker to produce the sound and can produce anything from standard computer sounds to full blown voice and audio reproduction. The card comes with…
