Charles Mangin from Retroconnector has released a version for two players! Here is the info from his site: One of the first games I ever played on my family’s Apple IIe was the Jordan Mechner master work, Karateka. Fight the bad guys, save the princess – it’s a simple but classic formula. My brother and I would take turns making our way through Akuma’s fortress. Even then, we wanted a two player version. Fast forward more than 30 years, and…
The Virtual II Emulator has been updated. Virtual II version 8.6 is a highly rated shareware Apple II emulator and has received a host of Bug fixes and enhancements including: Added a keyboard shortcut to enter and exit full screen. The Inspector’s instruction trail now also shows the processor cycle count at the start of each instruction. The instruction trail can now be saved as a tab-separated text file. Increased the maximum capacity of the instruction trail to 9999999 instructions…
The Applewin Apple II Emulator for Windows has been updated. Version 1.27.7.0 has been posted by Applewin’s curator, Tom Charlesworth. Included in this update are the following bug fixes: [Bug #564] Fixed ‘Save State on Exit’ not working correctly when there’s a Configuration change to the hardware. [Bug #556] Reverted default so that ALT+TAB is not hooked Support new command line switch: -hook-alt-tab to support hooking ALT+TAB. [Bug #558] Reverted default so that ALT GR’s fake LEFT CONTROL is not…
Denis Molony has released a new version of the Apple II Disk Browser. The latest update to the popular disk browsing utility includes updates to the graphics handling within the program. You can download Version 1.0.28 of the Apple II Disk Browser JAR from the Disk Browser github releases page at: https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser/releases
The “Eaten by a Grue” podcast, run by Kevin Savetz and Carrington Vanston, has announced the release of two new episodes of their popular Infocom based podcast. Two, yes TWO, new episodes of the #EatenByAGrue podcast are posted today, both recorded at @KansasFest https://t.co/Bqla5rpw7K #a2kfest #interactivefiction — Kevin Savetz (@KevinSavetz) August 7, 2018 The two new episodes, #19 and #20 cover the game Rollercoaster, the very first game to use the Laserdisk and the Infocom Non-Interacive releases including their production…
By Rick Sutcliffe Record Breaking Heat in numerous parts of the world has been a staple of the news for several recent years, including 2018. Shifting weather patterns and a steady general temperature increase have combined to see some locales with record-breaking heat waves and produce devastating wildfires, most notably in Canada Greece, and the western U.S. But weather and fires are not the only hot topics. Apple has a long history of heat problems with its devices. The switch…
The RetroMacCast Episode 274 is now available on the RetroMacCast website. This episode includes discussions on: The latest interesting eBay finds including an Apple organizer, 2c flat panel collection, and brass paperweight. Discussions about General Magic, and news includes World Emoji Day, Apple employee #345, and using a IIsi today. You can hear Episode 274 as well as all of the RetroMacCast podcast episodes on the RMC website at: http://retromaccast.ning.com/
Roger Wagner was the keynote speaker at KansasFest 2018, held July 17-22 at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. Chris Torrence sat down with Roger to chat about his past and current experiences at KansasFest, including tips on how best to Bite the Bag. Watch now!
The Applewin Apple II Emulator has been updated. Version 1.27.6.0 of Applewin, is primarily a maintenance release which addresses a few bugs including [Bug #570] Fixed lag when repeat-stepping in debugger. [Bug #558] Fixed ClosedApple + <key> not working (when using right ALT key). Applewin is made for the Windows operating system and can be downloaded for free from the Applewin Github releases page at: https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/releases
Chris Torrence shows how you can use John Keoni Morris’ new Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller to image copy-protected disks directly from your Disk ][ to your Mac. The video includes surprise guest appearances from Javier Rivera, John Morris, and Roger Wagner. Watch here!
Ewan Wannop has released an update for the Spectrum Platinum communications suite for the Apple IIgs. Version 2.5.5 includes a number of new features. Prior to Kansasfest, Ewan released his toolset, The Undo Manager, which according to Ewan was his pre-Kaansasfest offering to the community. The Undo Manager is a tool which according to Ewan, adds 32 levels of Undo and Redo to your LineEdit, TextEdit, or Picture controls. To activate Undo and Redo Menu Items, simply install the Undo…
The 2018 edition of Kansasfest has closed and along with this ending came the announcement by the committee of the 2019 dates for the event Can’t wait for the next #A2KFest? It’s less than a year away: July 15–21, 2019! pic.twitter.com/AsuWiV5rX0 — KansasFest (@kansasfest) July 22, 2018
The NetBSD project has announced the availability of the sixteenth major release of the NetBSD operating system. NetBSD Version 8.0 includes a number of bug fixes and includes new hardware support as well as additional security features. NetBSD is designed to run on over 50 platforms including the Macintosh 68K and Power PC machines. Some of the fixes and enhancements included in the latest version are as follows: USB stack rework, USB3 support added. In-kernel audio mixer (audio_system(9)). Reproducible builds…
Denis Molony has announced an interim update to allow WOZ format disk images to be recognized by DiskBrowser as raw files. Version 1.0.27 is now available from the DiskBrowser website at: https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser/releases
James and John have released the latest rendition of their RetroMacCast podcast. This time around, they take a look at a host of new items including The Latest eBay finds: NeXT brochure, pallet of Apple stuff, and TechStep. A chat with Noah Leon about Love Notes to Newton A variety of news items including MacBook Pro updates, General Magic, and cross-stitch Control Panel. To listen to this edition of the RetroMacCast or other older editions, check out their website at:…
Henry Courbis of Reactive Micro and Anthony Smith of Ultimate Apple2 have announced an effort to continue the tradition of the KansasFest Garage Giveaway which has been the brainchild of Sean Fahey and James Littlejohn until now. According to the email from Henry, As announced previously, this is unfortunately the last year of the Garage Give Away. We all owe Sean and James our gratitude for their past efforts and the great memories. Thanks from one and all you two!…
Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has released a new manual for the Apple II word processor MicroWriter by William H. Starbuck. MicroWriter is a screen-oriented word processor for the Apple II computer that is easy to use and will satisfy the needs of most users. It shows as much text as possible so that you can see your words in context. It is more complex than the simplest word processors, and simpler than the most complex ones. Availability MicroWriter…
Denis Molony has announce the immediate availability of version 1.0.26 of his Apple II DiskBrowser program. DiskBrowser is a Java based browsing program which allows users to view the contents of their Apple II disk images in native formats. DiskBrowser supports all of the popular disk image formats including John Morris’s WOZ format disk images. It also includes all of the main program and operating system formats. This update to DiskBrowser completes the move to Java 10 for the Application. …
The third and final installment of the saga of the Rev 0. In the first two videos (here and here), Chris Torrence attempted to fix a Revision 0 Apple II which was stuck in an infinite loop of bells. Finally, in the latest episode, Chris tracks the problem down to a broken trace. See how he diagnoses and fixes the problem!
What’s wrong with Chris Torrence’s Apple II Plus? Check out his latest video to find out how he fixes not one, but two problems with his Apple II Plus! Then, dive into his next video for a review of Daniele Liverani’s new Apple II game, Genius 2. Plus, you can download both Genius games here!
