The A2osX team have announced their first Release Candidate of the A2osX Operating System for the Apple II. Build 1643 is the latest build of the A2osX Operating System and is available as a 140K floppy, an 800K floppy, and a 32mb Hard Drive image. For more information about the A2osX project or to download the latest release images, go to the A2osX Github page at:https://github.com/burniouf/A2osX
The latest version of the Applewin Apple II Emulator has been released. Tom Charlesworth, curator of the Applewin project, released version 1.29.3 with a slew of fixes and changes to the emulator including: [Change #692] Added command line switch to unplug HDD controller card on exit: [Change #689] Added command line switches to set CPU speed and machine type: [Change #666] Debugger: support showing video v,h and cycle count. [Bug #700] Fixed ProDOS8 2.5.0 alpha6: [Bug #695] Fixed WOZ ‘Taipan’…
A new version of Apple II Diskbrowser is now available for download from the Diskbrowser Github page. Version 1.39.0 includes sorted ProDOS directories and includes several fixes and cleanup items. You can download the latest version of the Apple II Diskbrowser from:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser/releases
A new alpha version of ProDOS for the Apple II has been released. ProDOS 2.5 Alpha 7 has a number of new features and fixes and include a new version of Copy II Plus on the disk. Included in the ProDOS 2.5 Alpha 7 Release are: ProDOS 2.5a7 kernel ProDOS BASIC.system 1.7a10 Copy II Plus 8.5a1 For further information or to download the latest release, check out the web page for ProDOS 2.5 at:https://prodos8.com/releases/prodos-25/
From the europlus zone blog: I’m very happy to announce the date for the next WOzFest, WOzFest 14.25045 MHz – Saturday 23 November 2019, starting around midday Sydney time (UTC+11:00). The theme for WOzFest 14.25045 MHz is the Apple ][ europlus, my favourite Apple ][! More generally, international Apple ][s (including the j-plus, which I have just secured a sample of) and clones will be the sub-theme – changing the PSU voltage and crystal frequency to allow (monochrome) PAL output is just…
The French Touch, an Apple II programming group in France, has released their latest graphics demo foR the Apple II computer. The latest release demonstrates a new slideshow effect for a 128K Apple IIe with Mockingboard. Featuring music from CNGSOFT after TONAL CHAOS, the demo is a fast paced feature film that demonstrates the real capabilities of this nearly 40 year old computer. To download the film or for additional information, check out the French Touch Vault website at:http://fr3nch.t0uch.free.fr/
The Biggest Change to the society of the Fourth Civilization will not be pervasive computing technology per se. Certainly, the compound, sliding, dual bevel mitre saw we call the computing appliance, whether in big iron, small iron, desktop, laptop, pocket, or embedded form, is already ubiquitous. One assumes the embedded form will soon also be so. Indeed, to the younger of our world, computing technology is such an integral of the physical, social, and intellectual landscape that they cannot wrap…
The most noteworthy book I designed and edited this year was “Graphically Speaking: Enhanced Edition” by Mark Pelczarski, and there are some fun stories to share about its development. The book teaches graphics programming on the Apple II, compiling his “Graphically Speaking” tutorial columns that appeared in Softalk magazine. This new “Enhanced Edition” includes a new preface from the author, remastered and unseen Penguin Software art, penguin trivia, and a redesigned interior. When Bill suggested that we should publish this…
Much like my experience at KansasFest every year, the people who attend are one of the best reasons for going beyond the fun and informative sessions. Before I share some fun photos highlighting a few people in “KansasFest 2019: Special Moments,” I would be remiss if I didn’t mention all of the hard work and new products that led to my annual KansasFest attendance and presentation. This encompasses five new books, six manuals, and a limited edition box for the…
At KansasFest, Woz is always with us in spirit as is the friendliness and generosity of those attending. This was the first year I arrived on Monday and enjoyed having an extra day to ease into the week. I spent several hours touring the beautiful Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and chatting with others. Steve Weyhrich brought some tasty, homemade Apple cookies to welcome everyone. The rest of the week encompassed a variety of fun and expected experiences. Jordan Mechner of…
The July 2018 KansasFest was the seventh I’ve attended and spoken at. Every year, there are so many friendly, knowledgeable and helpful people who stand out and make the event what it is. And that’s why I keep coming back – awesome people! I spent many long months before KansasFest working with Roger Wagner and Lane Roathe, while designing and editing the new “Apple’s Apprentice” and “Tome of Copy Protection” books, and enjoyed getting know them a bit better. Friends…
In his latest video, Chris Torrence shows how he fixed a rev 4 Apple II from the Media Archaeology Lab. The problem turned out to involve 6 different chips on the main logic board.
Want to run Total Replay on an Apple IIGS via the CFFA3000? Chris Torrence shows you how in his latest video:
Packard has announced the immediate availability of his new game for the Apple II computer, Darkstar Unhinged. According to the press release, You’re Deuce Darkstar, and you’ve saved the universe time and time again from alien invaders set to wipe out all the cute alien races who have pleaded for your help. They cheered you to victory, and stiffed you on your bill. Again and again. No more. You’re done. Let them burn…better yet, MAKE THEM BURN. You are Deuce…
The Applewin Apple II emulator has been updated. Applewin version 1.29.2.0 was released with a bevy of updates and fixes including: [Change #678] Hotkeys to change emulation speed: [Change #671] Register .woz extension with AppleWin. Updated AppleWin.chm & DELREG.INF. [Bug #685] Fixed support for French Touch’s “CHIP” demo (Mockingboard / multi-TIMER interrupt support). [Bug #677] Loading a save-state wasn’t restoring the pending IRQ. [Bug #672] For WOZ images: all even disk I/O read accesses will now read the data latch….
Greetings everybody! The RetroChallenge is now calling for entries in the RC2019/10 competition (1st-31st October, 2019). Time to get you thinking caps on and come up with a retro inspired project and join in the fun with other contestants blogging, tweeting, and generally having fun. If you haven’t joined in before, pop on over to http://www.retrochallenge.org/ and look at previous entries to get an idea of the wide scope of possibilities, and remember, you – yes you, set your own…
John Keoni Morris has announced the update to his Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller client software. Version 1.2.0 of the Applesauce FDC Client includes a bevy of fixes and enhancements. Some of the new features and changes included in Version 1.2.0 include: Massive amount of work in .woz generation for 5.25 disks. More improvements to 3.5. Detects the proper width of tracks so that protections like the EA fat track are now properly preserved. Support for locating data on half tracks….
Denis Molony has updated his java based Apple II Diskbrowser program. The free program which allows users to view a variety of disk images for the Apple II, has gone through a series of updates this month adding more accurate WOZ support for the application. Version 1.0.38 of Diskbrowser includes the following changes and improvements: Support for WOZ 2.0 format 3.5 Inch Floppies Display options for Applesoft and Assembler listings added. Diskbrowser also supports multiple flavors of Apple II floppy…
The Mactracker app has been updated. Mac tracker, a program created by Ian page, gives details of all the current and past Mac and Apple systems products and devices. Mactracker version 7.8.2 was released on 6 September and offers the following updates to the application. Adds details on the latest macOS releases. Update support status for apples latest vintage an obsolete products. A variety of other minor changes and additions to the application. You can download the Mactracker app for…
The Virtual II Apple II Emulator for Mac OS X has been updated. Gerard Putter, curator of the Virtual II emulator, has released version 9.2 of his shareware emulator application. Changed and updates included in the version 9.2 release include: The application is now compatible with (the public beta of) macOS 10.15 Catalina. Fixed an issue in the Mockingboard card that could cause the sound quality to degrade after a few minutes of play. Corrected a memory-related issue in the…
