Jawaid Bayzar, famous for the Apple IIgs Second Sight card, has been working on a new Apple IIgs Emulator for the past several months. He has just released the latest update of his work. GSSquared 0.3.0 is now available on Jawaid’s github page. According to the press release with the emulator: The video display now offers three modes: NTSC (default), RGB, and Monochrome. Monochrome offers three colors: white, green, and amber. Pressing F2 will cycle between the three modes. In…
Exploring Business BASIC contains all 23 articles on Apple III Business BASIC as written by Taylor Pohlman for Softalk magazine, including every program developed for use with those articles. They were written at the behest of Margot Comstock and exist because of her encouragement. Demonstrating a number of features and capabilities of the Apple III computer, this book will benefit programmers and users. The contents of the 300 page book are summarized in a Table of Contents PDF. Availability Exploring…
DOSource 3.3 by Randy Hyde is a disassembled listing of DOS 3.3 for the Apple II computer with comments created by studying the disassembled code. While the code was first released in 1981 on disk by Lazer Micro Systems, and later by A.P.P.L.E. in 2002 on CD, this is the first time Randy’s commented disassembled listing is available as a 140+ page printed book. The contents are summarized in a Table of Contents PDF. Availability DOSource 3.3 is available in…
From the author, David Schmenk: PLasma Enhanced InterActive Development EnvironmentS After a long gestation period, PLASMA has been reborn as PLEIADES with many new features, enhancements and bug fixes. TLDR; Check out the video: https://youtu.be/nrCwYxA_N_E From the GitHub project page: https://github.com/dschmenk/PLASMA PLASMA has grown from a language compiler to a full featured interactive environment for developing and running applications. With the addition of FORTH and LISP to the PLASMA ecosystem as well as support for assembly programming with EDASM and…
The KEGS Apple II GS emulator has been updated to version 1.38. This release includes the binaries for Linux, Mac OS X 10.13 and newer as well as the Windows 10 binaries. Some of the changes in this latest release of KEGS include: You can download the latest version of KEGS as well as previous versions from the KEgS SourceForge page at: https://kegs.sourceforge.net/
A short call for beta-testing of my latest game, Shufflepuck Cafe for the Apple II.
Brutal Deluxe Software has announced a fix for the Adventure game “Mystery of Kikekankoi”, in which one command within the game would not work. According to the post by the developer of the Apple II version, Antoine Vignau: One could not CUT ADHESIVE on the boat of “The Mystery of Kikekankoi”. Now, one can UNGLUE TAPE and get the key. A maintenance release of the English version of the game is now available @ https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2/kikekankoi/ Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe Software…
Over the past several weeks, Thomas Cherryhomes has been taking on a project of reverse engineering the FROB development platform for the Atari 2600. The FROB development platform allows Apple II users to develop software for the Atari 2600 through the use of the FROB card. As the owner of the only FROB known to exist currently, Thomas has spent many days working through the engineering bits of the card and test the software and entire platform and has now…
Brutal Deluxe software has announced the release of PicViewer version 1.07 for the Apple IIGS. This version of Pic Viewer includes a major bug fix in the program. PicViewer was one of the first extensions written by Brutal Deluxe software for the Apple IIGS System 6 FinderExtras. PicViewer will handle picture viewing up to 3200 colors. For more information about this release or to download the latest version of PicViewer and the Source Code, check out the Brutal Deluxe Software…
The Ample MAME Emulator Interface has been updated. Ample is a graphical emulation interface specifically tuned for those users running MAC OS and includes easy to use interfaces for a number of retro computing platforms including Apple II, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore among others. This release of Ample brings the latest version of MAME, version 0.276, into the interface. It is available for download from the Ample GitHub page at: https://github.com/ksherlock/ample
Seattle, Washington — November 30, 2024 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) is pleased to announce the immediate release of Droid Raid – 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, Droid Raid promises to deliver a challenging and unforgettable gaming experience as you maneuver through the grid, battling the endless levels of aliens. Availability To accompany the…
From the Kansasfest Committee: People come to KansasFest for the Apple II and stay for the people. The creativity, resilience, and dedication of the community developed over the last 37 years is worth preserving and nurturing. People and organizations change though, and this year marks an evolution for KansasFest as we strive to do better for the community. The leadership of KansasFest is changing. Sean Fahey first joined the planning committee in 2004 and became president in 2015. This year, he is…
Apple II Desktop project curator, Joshua Bell, has announced the latest release of the Apple II Desktop project. Version 1.5 Alpha 3 introduces a Bulgarian version of the graphical platform for the Apple II. Changes since the previous version include the following items: General DeskTop Selector Disk Copy Desk Accessories The latest release of the Apple II Desktop package is available in one of 10 languages from the Apple II Desktop project Github page at:https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d
Programmer Robert Baruch of Mountain View, California, has announced the complete reverse engineering of the game Lode Runner for the Apple II series. Once one of the most popular games for the Apple II, this reverse engineering provides users a means by which to re-assemble the game and check out the inner workings of Lode Runner. The file, main.pdf, is the literate programming document for this project. The explanation of the disassembly is contained within the lines of the source…
From the creator of FujiNet, Thom Cherryhomes: The newest firmware for ATARI, Apple2, CoCo, and Coleco Adam devices, FujiNet Firmware 1.5, has been released! Below you’ll see a distilled set of changes that have gone into this firmware release, which supersedes the 1.4 release that happened last year in August.A huge thank you to everyone who helped get this release cut! FujiNet is a multi-peripheral emulator and WiFi network device for vintage computers. The first completed hardware was for Atari…
An apparently lost episode of the Open Apple podcast from 2018 featuring Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller creator John Morris has been located. Originally from July 2018 and hosted by Em Maginnis and Quinn Dunki, this two hour episode, Open Apple #86 (July 2018): John Keoni Morris of Applesauce FDC, includes a ton of Tidbits about the Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller and its workings. To listen to the episode, check out the Open Apple podcast website at:https://www.open-apple.net/2025/03/31/show-086-john-morris-applesauce/
Registration for Kansasfest 2025 has now opened. This year’s event will be a completely virtual event from July 18-20. Be sure and get your tickets soon to reserve your part in this annual Apple II related event. Check out the website for more information at: www.kansasfest.org/registration/
Get VCF East 2025 Tickets now! Early bird prices end 4/3! Prices are higher at the door! https://events.humanitix.com/vintage-computer-festival-east-2025The show is April 4-6 in Wall, NJ
April 1, 2025 Dear Spy Can you help me with a family issue? It’s really breaking us up. See, we have this uncle who’s lately become a problem for the family. O.K. strictly speaking Samuel’s not actually our uncle, but he styles himself so. Yeah, we’re distantly related, but that was, like, centuries ago. For almost that long, our two branches of the family have lived peacefully on side-by-side properties, and we’ve both built up extensive business interests that over…
Seattle, Washington – March 26, 2025 – Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has published a new 2nd Edition of The WOZPAK II, intended for collectors who want to own this early work. It is a reprint with an additional introduction by A.P.P.L.E. founder Val J. Golding, and a new back cover. It contains over 130 pages of Apple documentation with many examples and explanations. A disk image with the Apple II programs is available. First published in 1979, The WOZPAK II was an…
