Seattle, Washington — July 23, 2022 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has published a new manual for “Directory Title Writer” written by Val J. Golding in 1981 for the Apple II computer. Directory Title Writer is a DOS 3.3 utility that lets you create elaborate and fancy file names on your Apple II disk catalog. Type inverse, flash, and lower case directly from the keyboard. Availability Directory Title Writer is available through the A.P.P.L.E. bookstore with production and…
The latest update for the ORCA/C Compiler for the Apple IIgs package from Byteworks Inc. has been released. This release includes a bevy of enhancements and bug fixes including: Support for new language features from C99 and C11: Compound literals Hexadecimal floating-point constants Unicode strings and characters in code Type qualifiers or static in the declarations of array parameters Support for new library features, mainly from C99 and C11: Unicode conversion functions Many new <math.h> functions from C99 strftime function for formatting date/time strings va_copy macro…
The Nox Archaist team announced has announced their new expansion pack for Now Archaist, Lord of Storms. According to their website, You have learned of Lord Estintar’s suspicions that the cult has something to do with the increase in storm activity. He charges you with investigating. The task will not be easy, but you accept this duty. Your quest will take you to uncharted reaches of the Isles of Wynmar. Traps, puzzles, and powerful magic items await, which may or…
Ralle Pa has announced the release of an updated version of the 512 KB NVRAM Drive Card for the Apple II computer. According to the posting on FaceBook, the newer version uses one less chip than the older version. This card is a ProDOS based card and uses a special protocol to write to the card via a newly released driver for the card. Ralle has released all of the schematics and related files to the public through his Github…
If you are an old school ASCII art fan like we are, then you will like the website Adelfaure.net. The website, created by one Adel Faure, features a slew of ASCII art , tools and games from over the past several years and even goes so far as to use ASCII Art for their menu selectors. The site itself allows users to view the art in JGS5, 7 and 9 font modes, single, double or triple size modes as well…
From the VCF SE Folks : It’s (4) days until our annual Vintage Computer Festival Southeast, version 9.0. Marc Tessier will present Tiny Replicas (and some bigger ones too!)! Come see Marc’s 3D printed tiny replicas of micro computers and game consoles along with working replicas of the Enigma machine and Apollo Guidance Computer! Marc will also be speaking on the creation on the Enigma and AGC replicas. VCF SE 9.0 will be July 15-17, 2022 at the Renaissance Atlanta…
Is There Enough energy available to power our planet? Russia’s war of aggression and nation destruction has the obvious consequences of squeezing Western Europe on energy supply, as much of the oil and gas for that region comes from there–a deal done with the devil with payment now coming due, as Russia is counting on Europe blinking in the face of turned off taps. Given the choice between freezing this coming winter and abandoning Ukraine to dismantlement, it is difficult…
Brutal Deluxe’s own Antoine Vignau announced the release of the third rendition of Dragon’s Lair for the Apple IIgs. According to the release notes on the Brutal Deluxe website, A year has passed since Mordroc’s demise at the hands of Dirk the Daring. Having pursued the evil wizard through the depths of time, Dirk confronted Mordroc in the chamber where Daphne lay in a deep, magical slumber. Using the wizard’s own magic against him, Dirk managed to get the Ring…
Script-Central SE v7n1 has been released. This is the third issue of Script-Central Special Edition. Script-Central is a HyperCard IIGS stack collection presented as a disk magazine. Originally published on floppy disks in the 1990’s, v7n1 is the third issue published by Brendan Bellina released as 16 MB hard drive images. Stacks include hard-to-find content, stacks converted from Macintosh HyperCard, and original stacks. Along with the stacks themselves is a great deal of information as well as updated instructions on…
Kelvin Sherlock has released a bug fix release of the Ample MAME Interface for MAC OS. The latest version 0.244-1, includes the following updates: Includes experimental Uthernet II support. IPRAW, MACRAW, and UDP sockets should be fine. TCP/IP sockets are a little rougher (resends and timeouts not yet implemented) but wget65 and A2Stream worked in my tests. Tested: IP65 (requires a recent version with DHCP fixes) Tested: Marinetti (make sure you have the most recent Uthernet II link layer) Tested: A2OSX (the initial DHCP request sometimes get…
Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange is proud to announce a major update to our legacy magazine offerings. In our quest to upgrade offerings for A.P.P.L.E. members, all legacy Call-A.P.P.L.E. PDF magazine issues and website pages have been updated. The biggest change in the magazine issues is that the extraneous borders have been removed for a more streamlined reading experience. The OCR of the new versions are also greatly improved for those members who wish to copy text or programs from…
Thx to your support and feedback ID2 V.2.11 is now officially released into the wild tonight. The new version contains bug fixes and enhancements: BugFix: Detection of SLOT AUX on Apple //e with a 6502 CPU had a bug showing the card physically in AUX SLOT to be listed in SLOT 7. With a 65C02 CPU the detection worked correctly. This has been fixed in this version. BugFix: Slot scans for SATURN RAM cards now also take place in slots 5, 6 and 7 withou… See more For more…
Thanks to the vivid support and feedback of the Apple II community ID2 V.2.11 is now officially released into the wild tonight. The new version contains bug fixes and enhancements: New cards/hardware detected: Information about the tool and DSK-images: Visit 8-Bit-Shack’s website: https://8bitshack.org/post/id2/
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It’s often been said that half of Physics can be summed up in the sentence “You can’t push on a rope.” The other half is: T M A U H S W T Well, the Spy has said both often enough, at least. It’s a common belief, reinforced by a boatload of Speculative Fiction led by Isaac Asimov’s books featuring thinking robots, that RSN (Real Soon Now) we will succeed in creating true thinking machines that will either be equal…
From Antoine Vignau at Brutal Deluxe Software: Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp for the Apple IIgs is released today. This is our 5th gift for the 30th anniversary of Brutal Deluxe Software. Get it at : https://brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2gs/dragonslair2/
An update to the Applewin Apple II emulator has been released. Applewin 1.30.10 was released by Tom Charlesworth as a major bug fix update and includes the following change: [Change #51097] Extend Uthernet II to support DNS offloading. [@audetto] Details: https://github.com/a2retrosystems/uthernet2/wiki/Virtual-W5100-with-DNS No need for ethernet, so now works with host PC’s WiFi. Supported by @oliverschmidt‘s A2Stream v1.2. NB. This virtual DNS is enable by default (but can be disabled via the Config UI). NB. Real W5100 chips don’t offer this! [Bug #1078] WOZ…
John Romero, the author of the computer game Doom among many other games and owner of Romero Games, has announced his memoir. The book, DOOM GUY – Life in First Person is a look back at Johns forays in the gaming industry and where it has gone during his tenure. Although the book is not being released until the 23rd of January, 2023, people can pre-order the book today at:https://www.amazon.com/Doom-Guy-Life-First-Person/dp/141975811X/
This week, TubeTimeUS on Twitter announced that he had successfully replicated the Quadram Quadlink card from the 1980’s. While Quadram was better known for their RAM cards, the Quadlink offered a ray of hop to those computer users who wanted the best of both worlds, the XT and the Apple II. Sporting a look right out of the inside of the Apple II computer, the Quapple is a quick and easy way to repurpose the IBM XT into a machine…
The April 2022 issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine is available for download by A.P.P.L.E. members. You will need to log into your account to access it. This month we take a look at the history of Synergistic Software and Bob Clardy through the eyes of Ernst Klogtoft. We also re-visit the Jonathan, the prototype computer Apple never built and Steve Jobs shot down upon seeing. There’s an expose of absolutely breathtaking photo collection of this Jonathan computer and what could have…
