The ClamXav Anti-Virus software has been updated. The latest update to the software includes a number of improvements to the software related to backups and recovery as well as being updated for Apple’s latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitain. Version 2.8.7 includes the following changes: Improved recognition of Time Capsule data volume Improved recognition of Recovery HD Added ability to reorder the items in the source list Fixed ClamXav Sentry crash on OS X 10.6 when using…
For those folks who have been shopping from Amazon over the years, or those complaining that Amazon was driving the brick and mortar stores out of business, then this story is for you. According to the Seattle Times, Amazon will be opening a store in the University District at 9:30am tomorrow morning. While many major book stores have been forced to close in the past several years, this is the first time that the entirely online Amazon has ventured into…
This month on Open Apple we sit down with Robert Bowdidge, one of three interns at Berkeley Softworks who ported GEOS to the best line of 8-bit computers. We talk about what a great place Berkeley Softworks was, along with the power of good tools and proper software engineering. Robert has great memories of the culture there, the GUI technology they had built, and the brilliant people who built it. Apparently GEOS existed for some other 8-bit computer as well, but we imagine…
A Word or Two November 2015 Apple’s sales saga continues to flummox many pundits. They forecast earnings estimates too low or too high, and when they miss, they criticize–not themselves, but Apple–as if it were Cupertino’s fault they aren’t more prescient. The latest take on this is that because Apple’s iPhone sales generate so large a percentage of the total income, and aren’t breaking records by a very wide margin these days, the company is somehow in trouble, and…
This month on Drop /// Inches, Paul’s Apple /// has trouble connecting with the world outside, so he speculates on possibilities for WiFi connectivity, and Mike’s Apple /// has trouble connecting with any worlds at all. So, we turn our attention to literature, including the full Apple /// patent, a survey of Apple II users, an early interview with Trip Hawkins, and books on the Apple ///. Paul’s gotten himself a Cursor /// and some late-era PFS software, and unexpectedly managed…
The October 2015 edition of the Marina IP stack for Apple II is now available. This project is a completely new TCP/IP networking implementation written in 6502 assembly language for the Apple II series. The Uthernet card is the network interface used, and programs interface with a Berkeley sockets-style API. Marina is not complete, for it has only a UDP implementation, and not TCP, but it does have a good DNS resolver and DHCP client. The October 2015 edition of…
Have you seen the high gloss screen savers of the Apple TV and thought to yourself, “I wish I could run that on my Mac.” Now you can. A free, open source program, Aerial allows the user to not only run the screen savers but to utilize all of the high gloss fly overs of the Apple TV. For more about this program, check out the Aerial repository on GitHub at: https://github.com/JohnCoates/Aerial
Christies Auction house is once again the focus of the Apple world. With another Apple-1 computer coming available, the question begins to arise, “How many of these machines are left?” Over the past 5 years a dozen or so of the classic Apple-1 computers have sold at various auction houses with some fetching well over $900,000 USD. The recent sale by Bonhams Auction House brought less than 40 percent of that, yet it still had a decent selling price compared…
The long-running, Apple-centric Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine has returned. Started in 1978 by Val J. Golding, the magazine has a long history with publication from 1978-1990 and 2002-2010. Produced by the Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange user group, the magazine focuses on Apple-related topics including retro Apple II and Mac computing, in addition to current Apple news and general technology. Volume 25 Number 1 of Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine is available to A.P.P.L.E. members today with a number of unique articles, book reviews, iOS…
I just received an Apple //c VGA adapter from Пламен Вайсилов, a prolific Apple II hardware creator. This adapter has a button that lets you switch between video modes: color, green, mono and mono-white. also simulates scanlines in all those modes. Check the video. At the time of this post there has not been pricing and availability announced, keep checking Apple II heaven site. Also important to mention is that this is only NTSC, a PAL version is on the…
The new Steve Jobs movie opens today in a number of theaters today across the US. The Aaron Sorkin directed biopic has come under fire somewhat over the past several days as people began to see the previews. Now, with the release of the movie comes new full-length two-minute clip that highlights a confrontation between Wozniak and Jobs.
The famous Mockingboard sound card for the Apple II has been cloned and is available from Ultimate Micro. Besides being a 100% compatible clone and featuring stereo music and a 6-voice sound synthesizer, the board has been updated with a 3.5mm audio jack and a computer speaker input.
The What is The Apple II GS website has announced a number of updates to it’s database. Owned and operated by Alex Lee, the site has been updated with a host of items from Andrew Roughan, Antoine Vignau, Francois Michaud, Herbert Fung among others covering both hardware peripherals and software for the Apple IIgs. One of the highlights includes a scan of 2400AD 8-bit version on 3.5″ floppy disk which was provided by Wade Clarke with manual scans provided by…
Chalres Mangin of Option8 and Retroconnector fame has posted a YouTube video outlining the steps for repairing an Apple //e keyboard. In the video he covers basic level keyboard switch replacement as well as a method for replacing the power-on bulb with a modern LED. Some of the points of his video include using a solder sucker over copper mesh, the need for care in not over heating the solder during removal and adding a bit of solder to the…
The Lisa Emulator website announced a version of the LisaEm for the Rasberry Pi. The emulator, based on version 1.2.6 of the LisaEm product has been built to run on a number of plaforms over the years, however, this is the first update of the product in about 7 years or so. You can download LisaEm as well as get instuctions on setup on the LisaEm website at:http://lisa.sunder.net/
The wildly popular novel series, Harry Potter is now available on the iTunes Book Store. The entire series of the J.K. Rowling penned books are available. Each book is a fully enhanced version of the Harry Potter books specifically created for iBooks and can be purchased on the Harry Potter page at: https://search.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZContentLink.woa/wa/link?path=HarryPotter
Stephen Heumann, author of the virtual computing client, VNCview GS, recently announced an update and the open sourcing of his client software. He updated the program to version 1.0b2 and simultaneously released the software on GitHub. From: Stephen Heumann <stephen.heumann@gmail.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Announcing VNCview GS 1.0b2 – updated and open-sourced Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:26:40 -0500 I recently dusted off the code for VNCview GS, the virtual network computing client for the Apple IIgs. It allows you to…
The French Touch has released a new demo for the Apple //e computer. Plasmagoria runs through a series of text and low resolution graphics demos accompanied by a musical score from Crawdaddy. The demo runs on a Mockingboard enabled 128K Apple //e as well as most emulators. You can download the Plasmagoria Demo disk image from the French Touch website at: http://www.ctrl-pomme-reset.fr/french-touch/
Parallels has released an update to their Parallels Desktop for the Mac. Version 11.0.2 addresses a host of issues and program stability. Fixes to the program include the following: Resolves an issue with mouse cursor positioning in Windows 10 when using all displays in Full Screen Resolves an issue with dragging and dropping from a virtual machine to OS X in Coherence Resolves an issue with installing an OS X El Capitan virtual machine from the .app image Resolves an…
Tim cook sent and email out to Apple Employees this week mentioning the anniversary of Steve Jobs’ passing. Team, Today marks four years since Steve passed away. On that day, the world lost a visionary. We at Apple lost a leader, a mentor, and many of us lost a dear friend. Steve was a brilliant person, and his priorities were very simple. He loved his family above all, he loved Apple, and he loved the people with whom he worked…
