John Morris has announce the availability of the version 1.57 of the Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller Client Software. According to the release, The new version of the Applesauce Client includes the following changes: New Features Official support for 8-inch drives is here! You can now specify them in the Drive Configuration screen. If you were being sneaky and already using an 8-inch drive with a 5.25-inch profile, then you should edit your profile to change it to 8-inch. This will…
The latest rendition fo ColdMac from Mac Fixer is online. The annual startup of the annual test of the 2009 iMac has been upgraded a bit this year with some addition caching and query optimizing according to the owner. According to the ColdMac website, ” ColdMac is an old Apple computer that lives in my shed and tracks its own internal and external temperatures, and also hosts this webpage displaying that data. The shed this Mac lives in is very…
Steve Nickolas has released a zip of modified Infocom adventure disks that allow them to run on the Apple III One of the problems over the years has been getting original Apple II games on the Apple III computer. While the traditional startup disk and then swap floppy method has been the preferred manner for many years, the Infocom games were always a bit problematic for the machines. Steve Nickolas has resolved this issue and has released a zip of…
Release 0.5 of the 8bit-Unity SDK is ALMOST ready!!! This version includes support for the NES/Famicom and Atari 400/800 (48K of RAM). As always, the API and Asset packager are compatible with all systems, making multi-platform 8bit game development a breeze!For now, I have uploaded the Tech-Demo disc which show the various features available in 8bit-Unity. You can download them from: http://8bit-unity.com/?page_id=617
The ProDOS Drivers Disk project has been updated. Joshua Bell, the projects owner has released a new ProDOS Order disk containing the following changes has been released: Add ROMX RTC driver, c/o Jeff Mazur. This is a modified version of the ROMX Real-Time Clock driver to improve compatibility with ProDOS applications that use page 2. BUHBYE: Compatibility fixes for Franklin ACE 2000 and ACE 500. Fix auto-launching quit handler, c/o @rharke You can download the disk at the ProDOS Drivers Disk…
Sean Bugler has released an updated version of the Ultima IV Remastered program. The version 1.2.6 release is a bug regression issue which apparently was introduced into the program in June 2021. The gold amount actually awarded to the player now matches the actual amount. You can download the latest version of Ultima IV Remastered from the Github page at:https://github.com/sean-gugler/u4remasteredA2
The latest version of the Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller software has been released. Applesauce FDC version 1.56.1 includes the following updates: Improvements and Fixes A new system has been created for processing hard-sectored disks. This will allow for the rapid implementation of support for new disk formats. Added another data repair technique for disks using IBM sector structure. Added DMK exporting for TRS-80 disks. Improved IMD exporting. Analog Chacteristics test has been revamped a bit to allow for drives with…
It used to be that the three most important things to business success were location, location, and location. Today they are the content of your inventory, the content of your web site that permits access to ordering said inventory, and how content you make your customers (you don’t want your reputation slagged on social media do you?) Apple seems to consistently navigate all this in a manner that leaves many of its competitors in the dust. Yes, there have been…
NeoFinder 8 was recently released for the Mac and is a substantial upgrade to a program that has been developed over 25 years. If you have been looking for something to catalog and manage your drives, photos, videos, DVDs, and audio CDs, NeoFinder continues to be the best program available. Beyond great features, Norbert M. Doerner is one of the most responsive developers I have encountered – listening to and implementing feature suggestions. NeoFinder is 64-bit, built for Intel and…
Marc Golembeck has released his entry for the Apple II Software Enthusiasts Challenge 2021 programming contest. The program, The Pudding Strikes Back, is a double low resolution graphical shooter game, is appropriately themed for the Christmas 2021. Pudding runs on an enhances Apple IIe, IIc and the IIgs as well as a variety of Apple II Emulators including Applewin and Virtual II. This is an unusual First Person Shooter game as it features a number of effects not normally seen…
Jim C. Warren Jr. was more than a technologist; he was a bridge between the free-spirited counterculture of the 1960s and the revolutionary dawn of personal computing in the 1970s. Born in the midst of the Great Depression and passing away in the era of ubiquitous digital connectivity, Warren’s life encapsulated the transformation of computers from monolithic machines to tools of empowerment for the masses. His contributions as an educator, entrepreneur, editor, and activist helped shape the Silicon Valley ethos,…
Jim Warren, the famed founding editor at the People’s Computer Company, publisher of Dr. Dobbs Journal has passed away. Jim was aged 85 and was known for his intelligent editing of Dr. Dobbs as well as the founding of the West Coast Computer Faire. He died on the 24th in St. Michaels Medical Center in Silverdale, WA.. Some of the publications he worked on included Intelligent Machines Journal, Later known as InfoWorld, Silicon Gulch Gazette, Datacast Magazine, Computer World, in…
Kelvin Sherlock has released an update to the Ample MAME interface. Ample is a front end for the MAME emulator which is Apple II series and Macintosh centric. Complete with easy to use customization of the emulation setup, Ample is one of the easiest setups to use. The current version matches the current version of MAME. You can download the latest version of Ample from the GitHub page at:https://github.com/ksherlock/ample
Bobbi Manners has released the latest update to her emai//er suite for the Apple //e and Apple IIgs computers. The latest release, version 2.1.13 addresses the following issues in the program: * Both SMTP65.SYSTEM and NNTP65UP.SYSTEM parsed the first 20 lines of the message looking for headers, and failed to stop at the first blank line, as they should. The consequence of this was when forwarding an email, the headers of the message being forwarded were parsed when they should be ignored. Fix is…
Kent Dickey has announced the latest version of the Kent’s Emulated GS (KEGS) Apple II gs emulator. KEGS version 1.14 is primarily a minor bug fix with fixes for Pulse Audio and serial DCD signals as well as providing support for the M1 Silicon Macs. He has also added preliminary support for DynaPro. Changes in KEGS v1.14 since v1.13 (11/14/21) Better support for disk images inside .zip files. Linux sound fixes to make PULSE_AUDIO work a little better. Better handle…
In the run up to the holidays, Roby Sherman of Crow Cousins software has Re-released his Snow Display Demo for the Apple II. The Demo which was released last year, carries a Christmas theme and runs through 9 different animated displays as it runs. You can download the floppy disk image from the Crow Cousins Software website at:https://err0r.tech/crowcousins/let_it_snow_2020.dsk
Ultima IV Remastered is a fan project with over 40 bug fixes and enhancements upon the original 1985 game by Lord British. Notable features include: trainer menu (optional cheat codes); gender-neutral character creation; faster dungeon exploration with a single-character mode; skull artifact supported in combat; Mockingboard support on Apple IIgs and //c models. The latest release of the game, Ultima IV Remastered Version 1.2.5, includes changes for a couple of items including: Fixed Lord British says Moonglow is on the…
For this folks who are fans of the Steve Chamberlain created ROM-inator, there is good news. Kay Koba, the owner of Kero’s Mac Mods store has contracted with BMOW to create and sell them again. The ROM-inator is a replacement boot ROM which allows the Mac 128K and 512K to have up to 1mb on the boot rom. Some of the features of the ROM-inator include: Startup beep is replaced by a glass “ping” Happy Mac icon is replaced by…
Gerard Putter has announced the immediate release of an update specifically targeting the Apple Silicon Macs. Issues with the functionality of the Quicktime Movie recording feature on the M1 has led to Virtual Apple II version 10.5.1 being released. To download the latest release of the Virtual Apple II emulator, go to:https://www.virtualii.com
Some four decades ago when many of us knew some form of net-based document linkage was coming, just not who would instantiate it and what form it would take, the Spy coined the term “metalibrary” to refer to the collection of all a society’s knowledge, in whatever medium, together with the means of accessing them. He reserved the term “The Metalibrary” for such collection in electronic form, somewhat anticipating the linguistic distinction later adopted for “internet” versus “The Internet”. The…
