I read an article on Fortune (dot) com a while back about multitasking and why it may not be good for you). Here’s a brief excerpt (click the headline to read the rest): Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Multitask, According to an MIT Neuroscientist by Earl Miller “Start by blocking out a period of time to focus. Eliminate as many distractions as possible: Put away your phone, turn off extra computer screens, shut down your email if you have to….
Denis Molony has released a new version of the Apple II Diskbrowser. UniDOS support has been added to the latest release of the program, Diskbrowser version 1.42. Apple II Diskbrowser allows users to view the contents of many different Apple II floppy disk image types and runs under Mac OS X as well as Windows and Linux. You can download the latest version of the Apple II Diskbrowser from the Github page at: https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser
The Spy went out on a limb in October concerning the MacBook Pro 16″ model that had been the subject of so many rumours. How did his predictions and preferences do? – He implied it. would be out by the end of October. Missed it by a few weeks. Chinese trade war and Trump tariffs? – Comes with Catalina installed (pretty much certain). Done. no bezel for the screen (likely) There is very little bezel, and the size of the…
David Mutimer has made his Booti Card for the Apple II available once again. According to his posting in the Apple II Enthusiasts group on Facebook, : The pcb’s arrived today. Booti cards are now in stock again and ready to ship. The type A cards are functionally identical to the blue cards from the last batch, however the USB modules have different connections so the cards and modules are not interchangeable. So for those of you that already have…
The crew at RetroMacCast have announced the release of their 507th episode of the RMC Podcast. This episode includes: James and John discussing the latest eBay finds including a NIB Macintosh II video card, lot of Macs, and Picasso Mac dust cover. John also gets into SimCity, and some of the latest news includes a 16″ MBP and a Twiggy Mac that are currently up for auction. RetroMacCast website You can listen to the latest episode of the RetroMacCast by going…
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our US based friends. As we take time with our families during this time, we just wanted to share our thanks for your patronage and support. We will be back in our offices on 2 December 2019.
The Applewin Apple II Emulator for Windows has been updated. Applewin is a highly developed Apple II emulator managed by by Tom Charlesworth along with a host of other developers. Applewin version 1.29.6 is a major bug fix release with the following changes made to the program: [Bug #724] Fixed so that 6502 interrupt is delayed by 1 opcode when interrupt occurs on last cycle of opcode. [Bug #711] Fixed Mockingboard initial “stretched” music playback (regression introduced at 1.28.7.0). [Bug…
In the latest episode of the Assembly Lines podcast, Chris Torrence reviews the new Booti card for the Apple II. Watch now!
Clock Signal Emulator, also known as CLK has been updated. The latest release includes fixes for bugs including: corrects an overflow issue within the graphics pipeline that could cause a crash when using almost any emulated machine, though it was much more likely to do so when using a machine with a user-selectable colour border. Some of the features and stated aims of the Clock Signal CLK emulator include: single-click load of any piece of source media for any supported…
Anti-M v1.6 is out: https://github.com/a2-4am/anti-m/releases/tag/v1.6 Anti-M can boot any 5.25-inch Apple II disk on any Apple II, including – 13-sector disks – SpiraDisc on //c or IIgs – games that require a ][+ or 6502 – booting from drive 2 Version 1.6 of the Anti-M program adds support for Personal Software 13-sector disks.
Aaron Culliney has updated the release notes and source for version 2.1.0 of the Apple2ix Emulator for Android based devices. The emulator was developed originally to run on Android 4.0+ based devices also now runs on x86 and ARM Android devices, x64 macOS 10.9+, and x64 GNU/Linux. Improvements made in the emulator are related to the Joystick button functionality in the emulator. You can download the latest version of the Apple2ix emulator from the Apple2ix Github page at: https://github.com/mauiaaron/apple2
Why is Hallowe’en like Christmas? Because both have become commercialized to the point of morphing into insanely materialistic binges fueled by greed maintained by non-stop advertising? Because both, having lost all meaning as holy times, have become holidays with no more true significance than a ski weekend? Because 25 (Dec) = 31 (Oct)? Or, to morph from the trivialized to the philosophical, is this the real end game of empiricism–a Solomonesque pursuit of meaningless pleasure with no thought for the…
The Applewin Apple II Emulator has been updated. Version 1.29.4 was released with a variety of fixes including: [Change #702] Debugger: In soft-switch display (row-80), show a red ‘x’ when AltZP (and AltLC) is enabled. [Change #666] Debugger: When video-scanner position is off-screen then show v,h as yellow (was red). [PR #710] Debugger: Added BPMR and BPMW to break on a read or write (respectively) to a memory address or range. The Applewin Github Site You can download the Applewin…
A fragment from the lost manual of the Order of Nox Archaist Ages ago a group of philosopher adventurers discovered a powerful energy emanating from deep underground. They learned to harness this energy with their minds and project it to kinetic and psychological effect, which we now call magic. They called themselves the Order of Nox Archaist, and members were granted the use of the title “Nox”. Initially, the power was very weak on the Overworld and could only be…
Crow Cousins, the computing family who recently released a 6502, 65C02, and 65816 printable opcodes poster in true Beagle-esque fashion, announced the general availability of SpellWielder for the enhanced Apple //e, //c, and IIgs. The action / adventure game, which allows you to control the game’s protagonist as he sets out on a mission to rid the land of evil, brings the classic NES / Zelda type of look and feel to the Apple II for the first time. Explore…
GGlabs has announced the release of a new version of their Apple II Apple SCSI Card Clone. According to the GGlabs website, The Apple II SCSI card from 1986 was one of the first interface cards to attach a Hard Disk Drive to the Apple II line of computers. A2SCSI is a clone of the last revision (rev.C) of the card with a few enhancements to improve compatibility with modern SCSI drives. The schematics has been reverse engineered from our…
Across the digital prairie, over in the Apple II Software Enthusiasts Facebook group it feels like it’s the 1980’s all over again. The group is sponsoring a “two-liners” contest, where Apple II programmers, hackers, and other lovers of code are challenged to cram as much fun or purpose into two lines of either Applesoft or monitor code. The crowned winner will receive a “$50 Amazon gift card and all the bragging rights you can fit into 48K of memory!” Outside…
Over the past few years, many users have asked about running Apple II Diskbrowser on Windows. While the package was developed for Mac OS X by Denis Molony, the desire for some users to push the envelope of what the program is capable of has never waned. Now we have an answer to the issue thanks to enterprising Diskbrowser user and Apple II Enthusiasts group member François Vander Linden. Users can acquire Apple II Diskbrowser from Denis Molony’s Github page…
James Savage and John Leake have released the 503rd episode of their RetroMacCast podcast. Join them as they discuss the latest Apple and Mac related eBay finds: Tempest Mac, Apple leather wallet, and iMac cat bed. They discuss iMac G5, and news includes connecting an original Mac keyboard to an iPhone, SE/30 webserver, redesigned Airpods, and the new Apple Card. To download the latest episode of the RetroMacCast, check out their website at:http://retromaccast.ning.com/
The new game Mad Max and the Revenge of the Killer Pumpkins has been released by game author Daniel Henderson. For the Apple II gamer, Mad Max offers users a high speed arcade game that is both fun and not just a walk in the park. According to the author, Mad Max is “A Halloween themed dog game featuring Evil Pumpkins and written in compiled Basic. I used a sprite drawing program rather than shape tables written by Sellam Abraham…
