Nibble Disassembly Lines: Volume 1 is a compendium of all of the Apple II DOS 3.3 “Disassembly Lines” articles that appeared in Mike Harvey’s Nibble magazine as well as Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine during the 1980s. Written by Sandy Mossberg, a medical doctor, avid reader, science fiction fan, bird watcher, photographer and especially a self-taught programmer who had one of the longest-running columns in Nibble. If you are an Assembly Language programmer who wants a greater understanding of some tricks of programming…
Written using Greasy graphics by Sellam Abraham and PT3- Mockingboard player by Deater. Following on from ‘The Shining’, my Halloween demo, I decided to tackle the subject of Penguins dancing and generally being amusing by going back to my roots in single lores. I found an amazing PT3 conversion of a Christmas classic which resides in Aux Ram, so 128k Apple IIe, IIc and IIgs with mockingboard if you want to enjoy it to the max. This is my forth…
Seattle, Washington — November 30, 2024 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) is pleased to announce the immediate release of Star Fury – a new, exhilarating arcade-style Apple II game developed by Raphael Rezende. It offers a captivating experience that puts players’ skills and endurance to the ultimate test. With fast-paced gameplay, endless levels, and challenging mechanics, Star Fury promises to deliver a challenging and unforgettable flight through space as you battle the endless levels of aliens. Availability To accompany…
Silverwand Software has released the ninth and final issue of Script-Central Special Edition. This issue includes many new stacks, many updated stacks, fonts, many utilities and tools, and even Macintosh versions of several stacks. SCSE v9n4 floor plan Highlights of this issue include: HyperMover GS v1.2 – a new version of HyperMover by Brendan Bellina that includes the improvements from HyperMover v1.1u and additional support for the properties sharedHilite, sharedText, dontSearch, and button families. The Macintosh version of HyperMover v1.2…
Seattle, Washington — November 27, 2024 — Thanks to the tireless workings of Paul H. Lee, Henry Pedro, Brian Wiser, and Bill Martens, the popular Bulletin Board System, GBBS Pro, has received a significant update to version 2.4 – both the software and the expanded physical manual that accompanies it with an additional 30 pages, totaling over 410 pages. GBBS Pro 2.4 is a user-friendly, highly-modifiable Bulletin Board System (BBS) for communications and entertainment. It has advanced features that can…
Gerard Putter, the curator of the Virtual II Apple II Emulator project has announced the release of a bug fix release of the Emulator. This release fixes two items that were at hand: This release is a free download for all users of the Virtual II Emulator and is available at:https://www.virtualii.com/
In this episode of the RetroMacCast, James and John discuss their latest eBay finds including the following items: John also takes a few minutes to show off his MacRecorder. Some of the News Items in this episode include the Mac IIvx, Apple Twiggy Macintosh auction, and overclocking an LC475/Quadra 605/LC575 and Mystic Color Classic to 40 MHz and beyond. If you would like to subscribe to the RetrroMacCast or to listen to their latest episodes, be sure the check out…
The PunyInform Library has been updated. Puny Inform is a library written in Inform 6 which allows authors to create text adventure games / interactive fiction using the Z-machine virtual machine, to be played on 8-bit computers as well as newer platforms. It provides a parser, implementations of common verbs, as well as a framework for writing text adventures. Maintained by Fredrik Ramberg, the PunyInform library Version 5.10 includes a host of updates around the Talk features of the library….
Over the past 15 years, Daniele Liverani has been working on a series of Apple II based arcade games titled GENIUS. The games, now numbering three (GENIUS 1-3) are on their 20th and most likely according to the author, the final release of the games. Originally taken on as a challenge to learn a bit of 8-bit programming, Liverani who is an accomplished musician of some renown (https://www.geniusrockopera.com/), created the first experimental bits of the first version of GENIUS –…
Brutal deluxe Software has announce the release of MountIt version 1,6 for the Apple II GS. MountIt allows users of the Apple II to mount disk image files directly under GS/OS, just like another volume. MountIt 1.6 is a new Permanent Init File devoted to handling different disk image files (.DSK, .PO and .2MG) of any size (from 32KB to the maximum RAM available), only ProDOS based. Up to sixteen volumes can be added to the system. MountIt mounts volumes as…
Joshua Bell has released the first alpha version of Apple II Desktop Version 1.5. Apple II Desktop, previously known as MouseDesk includes a number of new features and is available in 9 langauages. This release includes a number of new features and fixes including the following: General Launcher DeskTop Desk Accessories The latest release as well as all source code for the Apple II Desktop project is available on GitHub at:https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d
From Fenarinarsa: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4apr_G3Tbw Download: http://fr3nch.t0uch.free.fr/DIX/DIX.html
Lebanon, NH – Thomas Eugene Kurtz, whose pioneering work in computer science made programming accessible to the masses through the development of the BASIC programming language, died on November 12, 2024, in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He was 96 years old. Along side the venerable John Kemeney, Kurtz worked tirelessly at Dartmouth College to bring programming to the masses, even working on his own version of BASIC into his later years. Early Life and Academic Journey Born on February 22, 1928,…
The new Crucible v2.0 beta app for newer MacOS has been released and is available to download for free from the Infinity Products store page. Additional features include: -ROM file creation can be done in 4 splits, 2 splits and single files. -In split mode, you can choose between 4 splits and 2 splits. This is for dividing into Lo and Hi, or LL ML MH HH. This is not a ROM SIMM specific configuration, but a general Mac ROM…
In a Twitter (X) announcement this week, Achim Baqué , curator of the current Apple-1 Registry announced the addition of another Apple-1 Computer. According to the posting by @Apple1Registry : https://apple1registry.com/en/105.html#Apple1 The Apple-1 Registry was originally created by Mike Willegal as a way of keeping track of where the original Apple-1 computers were or of their existence. At the time Mike was running the database, there were a total of 67 machines which had been identified to that point….
The author of Zephyr, Pleins Gaz and other titles that have been recently re-issues, Richard Sorbeka, has announced that he is releasing a number of his games on his personal website.According to his recent posting in the Apple II Enthusiasts group, Richard says:As a former developer and an Apple enthusiast, I’d like to share one of my creations for the Apple II.
Longtime Apple, Inc. employee, Bill Atkinson has announced that he is afflicted with Pancreatic Cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. His announcement on Facebook reads as follows: Request for PrayersNovember 12, 2024 I am asking friends and well-wishers to pray for me. I believe that group intention can actually make a difference. On October first, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Because of vascular involvement, surgery is not possible. I am taking weekly chemo treatments to shrink the tumor before…
What is Encounter Adventure? The original game was published in 1983 by Severn Software. It was released for the Oric computer, and then for the Spectrum one. We heard of it recently on the Facebook group Ordinosaures when the HD version made by Mickaël Pointier was announced. The only differences between the original game and our version are the addition of the word “SCORE” to know how the game goes, and of the word “INVENTORY” to list what you are currently…
Fredrik Ramsberg has announced the availability of the latest update to the PunyInform adventure programming library. PunyInform version 5.8 includes some changes including the following: Changes in functionality: Bugfixes: PunyInform is a library written in Inform 6 which allows authors to create text adventure games / interactive fiction using the Z-machine virtual machine, to be played on 8-bit computers as well as newer platforms. It provides a parser, implementations of common verbs, as well as a framework for writing text…
The Virtual II Emulator, a full featured shareware Apple II Emulator has been updated. Virtual II Version 12.1 includes a slew of updates and fixes including the following items: The virtual II emulator is the product of long time developer Gerard Putter and has been in development consistently for the past 20 plus years. The emulator includes the ability to emulate the Apple II, II+, IIe and the IIc computers. Virtual ][ requires a Mac with macOS 12.0 (“Monterey”) or better. It…
