While not a new release, Mini vMAC for iOS 2.2.4 was released in October and is available as an XCode project. The port of vMAC, the Mac Plus emulator, was released to the wild by its author, Jesús A. Álvarez, complete with source code and XCode Project build files due to the fact that Apple does not really allow emulation on iOS. Recent adjustments to the project include the correcting of the scaling of the screen just over a month…
When Apple decided to move all of its China Based iCloud accounts to a chinese based partner company, Guizhou-Cloud Big Data (GCBD) , which is run by the local government, it also swept up a number of accounts which were US based. According to TechCrunch, this number is low but all the same is quite unalarming to Apple, Inc. who just meekly points to the terms of service as the basis for this overreach by the transfer of accounts.
An email announcing the availability of the WiModem232 OLED version has been received from the CMBSTUFF website. According to the email, the WiModem 232 with OLED which C. Cooper has been experimenting with attached to his Super Serial Card for the Apple II, is available for purchase from the CBMSTUFF website. The WiModem 232 with OLDE runs $54.95 according to their website at: https://www.cbmstuff.com/proddetail.php?prod=WiModem232OLED
Rich Dreher, owner of R&D Automation, LLC. and the producer of the CFFA card for the Apple II has posted an update on the status of Run # 5 of the CFFA 3000. According to his website, I see an update is long overdue… I am still waiting for one more part from supplier Arrow. It should be here soon. Most of the other parts and PCBs are already at the assembler in California. I sent a out CFFA3000 Run#5…
Brutal Deluxe Software, known for its many contributions to the Apple II gs community has announced a proof of concept project. DOS 4.4 and MUFFIN for DOS 3.3 to 4.4 has been released and is available for free download from their website. According to the posting, DOS 4.4 is A proof of concept project For a DOS upgrade And you can download DOS 3.4 below… DOS 3.4 is like the OS code of DOS 4.4 with the RWTS routines of…
A minor update to the Virtual II emulator for Mac OS X has been released. Version 8.0.1 was released by Gerard Putter just two days after the previous release with a fix for an issue which was causing problems with certain platforms. According to the author, there was a blooper in 8.0 that caused the Apple ][ and ][+ to hardly work anymore. This was dues to an “improvement” in the 6502 emulation, namely the introduction of a “false…
January 2018 The Spy thinks he understands a little about a lot of things, and quite a bit about a few things, but he does not understand… Why some people’s reactions are so ridiculously extreme? Leaving ordinary politics (if there is such a thing) aside for the moment, and as detailed here last month, the Spamhaus reaction to spam emanating from a handful of servers at the NewTek/Deerfield/Atjeu facility was to ban an entire range of 65536 IP addresses. Despite…
The 53 page, full-color Winter 2017 issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine has been released and is now available for download for Members. Members will need to Login to access the issue through the “Magazines” menu. Highlights from this issue include: • The WOZ Factor: The Legend Continues in His Own Words • Great Apple II Hardware Products From 2017 • The Best Way to Preserve Macintosh Software from Floppy • Eamon 8.0: The Lost Treasure • CompuServe Shuts Down in 2017…
The MacCast podcast episode 639 has been posted. According to the posting on the MacCast website, this episode takes a looks at: the iPhone sales debate. Possible new Apple Watch features. Early benchmarks on iMac Pro. Apple responds to iPhone battery slowdowns. How to check your iPhone battery health. Follow-up on syncing bookmarks. Positive Apple support experiences. Moving Notes to new iCloud. Dealing with malware pop-ups. Some of my favorite things from 2017. If you would like to subscribe to…
Ken Winograd, a long time Apple programmer has announced the immediate release of his latest version of TinyBooks Pro. The program which gives small businesses a full blown accounting package has been under development for many years and is available as a one time purchase complete with upgrade. According to the press release: Merrimack, New Hampshire, January 1, 2018: Ken Winograd and Space-Time Associates announced today a major update of our ultra-simple Macintosh accounting and bookkeeping program called TinyBooks Pro….
Virtual II, the Apple //e emulator for Mac OS X created by Gerard Putter, has been updated. Version 8.0 includes a bevy of updated features including: A disk image file can now be double-clicked in the Finder to start a virtual machine with that disk inserted. Added the feature to speak the text on the Apple II screen, using the Mac voice synthesizer. Fixed an issue that could cause a new virtual machine window to appear with a very small…
We’re baaaack! Sorry for the unscheduled hiatus folks, but your intrepid hosts had some family matters to attend to. This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Seth Steinberger of 8-bit Weapon. We talk about their new album Class Apples, which was made entirely on an Apple II. Yes, every sound on the album is generated by real Apple II hardware with no add-on cards. Apple IIs can make good sound with the right software and in the hands…
Tom Charlesworth, the curator and programmer of the Applewin Apple IIe emulator, has released a new experimental version of the application. Applewin 1.26.3.6 has a number of changes and fixes included in it including: Changes: [Bug #504] Full-screen: hide mouse pointer after 2 seconds of inactivity (and show again if mouse is moved) [Bug #469] New -no-printscreen-key switch to prevent the PrintScreen key from being registered. [Bug #488] New -fs-height=<best|nnnn> switch to select a better resolution for full-screen mode. best:…
The Fetch FTP client for Mac OS X has been updated. Fetch is a popular FTP client which runs on most newer macs and requires Mac OS X version 10.5 or newer. It supports both standard FTP as well as SFTP protocols. The package is available from Fetch Softworks for $29.95 for the full package. Some of the new features in Fetch include: View the overall progress and time remaining of multi-file transfers Sync shortcuts between Macs using Dropbox or…
The venerable Carbon Copy Cloner backup software has been updated to version 5.05. The software has been maintained and regularly upgraded since 2002, with version 5.0 first appearing in August 2017 to more fully support macOS High Sierra and Apple’s APFS filesystem. It has features like bootable backups, updating only files that have been added or modified, checksums, as well as scheduled and manual backups. It can even backup Macs remotely and supports macOS 10.10 through 10.13. One of my…
If you were not able to attend the Australian version of Kansasfest, OZ KFest 2017, Sean McNamara has a thorough wrap up of the event for your enjoyment at https://the.europlus.zone/ For more information on OZ KFest or for announcements of the next event, you can follow the official Twitter account at: https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&q=%23ozkfest2017&src=typd
Daniele Liverani has released his latest rendition of the Genius arcade game. Genius 2 – Into the Toy Caves introduces another 80 levels of the graphical arcade / adventure game, take the player deeper and deeper into the toy caves. The game comes complete with Manual, Disk Image and Diskette Label for those who want to produce their own copy of the the original. You can download Genius 2 — Into The Toy Caves from A.P.P.L.E. at: http://www.callapple.org/soft/ap2/genius/Genius-2.zip The original…
Andy McFadden has announced the official release of Ciderpress version 4.0.3. According to the official Ciderpress release page, the update includes the following changes: This is a minor update. Bug fixes and features since v4.0.2: Changed the behavior of file extraction so that file extensions are never added unless “add file extension” is checked. Previously, files whose contents were converted for use in Windows always had the file extension added. Added support for MouseText and inverse text in AppleWorks 5…
RetroMacCast has in quick succession posted both Episodes 451 and 452 of their podcast. Episode 451 covers a number of topics including: “eBay finds: Apple playing cards, set of 6 classic Macs, and unused Mac box. They discuss the Mac EvangeList, and news includes the end of Apple fanboyism, Apple MacBook sleeve, and Steve Jobs’ BMW auction.” Episode 452 is the RetroMacCast Holiday Buying guide. Both episodes can be heard on Flickr or iTunes via the RetroMacCast website for free…
James Friend, the Australian programmer who ported the Mac 128 and Mac Plus to run in a browser, has a new port which is making the initial rounds. Basilisk II, is now available in your browser thanks to the efforts of James. According to the posting on his website, he says: I recently ported the Basilisk II classic Macintosh emulator to run in a web browser. I’ve been hoping to get it running for some time, and originally attempting to…
