Tag: apple II
Colin Leroy-Mira, a passionate retro computing enthusiast, has made a significant stride in the world of integration of vintage tech and modern tech with the release of his Mastodon client for the Apple II series, including the //c, IIe, and IIgs models. If you’re intrigued by the idea of bringing a piece of the modern internet to these classic machines, Colin’s creation is bound to either make you giggle incessantly at the idea of posting from your Apple II or…
In the realm of vintage computer emulation, precision and user-friendliness are often at odds. However, Tom Harte’s creation, Clock Signal (‘CLK’), defies this dichotomy. CLK, designed with an unrelenting focus on both authenticity and accessibility, sets a new standard in the world of classic computing emulation. Unveiling Clock Signal’s Distinctive Features At its core, Clock Signal, conceived by Tom Harte, is engineered to provide an emulation experience that is both seamless and remarkably accurate. Here’s what sets this emulator apart…
Apple II gaming enthusiasts, brace yourselves for a game-changing release! Anti-M, the ultimate solution for running early Apple II games on any Apple II model, version 2.0 was just released. Developed to provide compatibility across the entire Apple II range, Anti-M allows you to enjoy classic games that were once restricted by overly aggressive copy protection and hardware limitations. Breaking Down Anti-M: What Does It Do? In the early days of Apple II gaming, some titles were notorious for refusing…
The first official release of Reinetten II Plus Dot Py, Version 1.0 is now available. This exciting new Apple II Plus emulator, coded in Python and comes with a rich set of features and user-friendly controls. Created by Arthur Ferreira, Reinetten II Plus Dot Py not only simple to use but will run on any platform that supports Python. Features That Bring the Apple II Plus to Life Reinetten II Plus Dot Py offers a comprehensive feature set that captures…
Why Yet Another Emulator? What does Bobbin do that Nintendon’t? Bobbin: – Runs entirely in your terminal, using either standard input/output, or a curses screen display– Can be used in shell scripts to accept typed text from standard input, and emit program output to standard output– Can watch a program binary file for changes, and reload itself with the new program binary when it does, greatly accelerating development cycles for software on the 8-bit Apple Get it at https://github.com/micahcowan/bobbin/releases/tag/v0.4 Bobbin is…
Do you remember the SmartportSD that Katherine Stark created about two years ago? It is based on SmartPortCFA programmed by Robert Justice and ported to Arduino hardware by Andrea Ottaviani. Unfortunately Katherine has left Facebook, but I’ll be posting on her behalf. https://gitlab.com/nyankat/smartportsd I tried to miniaturize this device. The program was designed for Arduino Nano, but I found that it works well on the same chip, UNO and Pro Mini. So I ported this to Pro Mini. Read my…
The Ample MAME Interface has been updated. Managed by Kelvin Sherlock, the latest release of Ample, version 0.258 brings the Apple centric graphical frontend for MAME in line with the current release of the MAME Emulator. Included in this update are the following: You can download the latest version of Ample from the Github website at:https://github.com/ksherlock/ample
The Editor Still Bytes Back KansasFest 2023: A Celebration of Apple III’s Legacy KansasFest 2023 has concluded, once again leaving the retro Apple hobby faithful with a treasure trove of exciting developments. This year’s event with its focus on the Apple III computer, was graced by Apple luminaries Wendell Sander and Dave Ottalini as keynote speakers, and as usual, was nothing short of spectacular. Come along with us now as we delve headlong into the highlights of this gathering of…
A New Apple II Demo from Daniel Henderson is available. The demo, Star Wars Episode 6 – The Empire is Mildly Offended, is a tongue in cheek, satirical look at Star Wars, the main characters and political, societal stances through the low resolution graphics of the Apple II Computer. The look is taken through a visit to each of 6 planets and the occupying main character with a new perspective on line and then once you have gone through each…
If you need a really good run-through of the various Karateka versions and the different platforms it was produced for, Ernst Krogtoft, shared his collection this month with the world. In a wildly extensive posting on the Retro365 Blog at https://retro365.blog/2023/08/05/karateka-a-stellar-debut/, Ernst shares the various boxes as well as a ton of information and tidbits about Jordan Mechner’s extremely popular game.
Digital Eclipse has announced the trailer of their new documentary, “The Making of Karateka”, a look at the game that became known as one of Jordan Mechner’s best and most enduring from the 1980’s. This video is proposed to be the first in Digital Eclipse’s Gold Master Series. According to the release, two new remastered Karateka games will also be released along with the documentary, made from “Cutting room floor” materials.1 If you need a really good run-through of the…
Henry Lowe has released the latest version of his Apple II card recognition software, Card Cat. Version 1.2 now has the ability to recognize more than 70 different peripheral cards in the Apple II computer. There also have been a number of bug fixes included in the latest release. Card Cat version 1.2 includes better detection for the new A2 Analog Cards. You can download the latest version of Card Cat from the Card Cat homepage at:https://henrylowe.net/card-cat/
The Apple II History site is hosting an updated version of the Apple II Redbook, long considered to be one of the most important manuals in the history of the Apple II Computer. This updated version has been reproduced and upgraded with additional materials included from Apple II history. You can download the updated Redbook for the Apple II computer and get further information about the update from: https://www.apple2history.org/sdm_downloads/apple-ii-redbook-digital-edition-2023/
A.P.P.L.E. has introduced a new Apple II series computer related Games release page which lists games introduced over the past several years. While still in the works, the game page now contains 2022-203 games that have been released by some of the great programmers of the Apple II community. This collection is freely accessible to everyone. The goal of the page is to be a one stop shop for recent game releases announced on the A.P.P.L.E. website or in Call-A.P.P.L.E….
An announcement in the Apple II Software Enthusiasts group by Fabrizio Caruso heralds the 7th game created with the CrossLib library that allows games to be written quickly for more than 200 retro computing platforms. This library was highlighted last year in Call-A.P.P.P.L.E. magazine and has been in the works for a number of years now. According to the announcement: Hi everyone! I present Shuriken, the seventh game I have written in C with my Cross-Lib framework (https://github.com/Fabrizio-Caruso/CROSS-LIB), which provides…
The Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller client software has been updated. John Morris, the creator and curator of Applesauce FDC posted the following bit about the update in the Slack channel. From John Morris:
Kelvin Sherlock has released the 47th update to his Ample interface for the MAME Emulator. Version 0.257 of the primarily Apple and Macintosh centric Ample interface includes the following updated or enhanced items: This latest release requires MacOS 10.13 or later and can be downloaded for free from the Ample Github Page at: https://github.com/ksherlock/ample. Ample also includes preliminary support for the Atari ST as well.
Seattle, Washington — July 30, 2023 — Thanks to the tireless workings of Paul H. Lee, Henry Pedro, Brian Wiser, and Bill Martens, the popular Bulletin Board System, GBBS Pro, has received a significant update to version 2.3 – both the software and the expanded physical manual that accompanies it with an additional 142 pages. GBBS Pro 2.3 is a user-friendly, highly-modifiable Bulletin Board System (BBS) for communications and entertainment. It has advanced features that can be configured by a…
Seattle, Washington — July 30, 2023 — An early Bulletin Board System, Net-Works II, has received a an update to version 2.6 – and a new physical manual over 100 pages. Net-Works II is a Bulletin Board System written by Nick Naimo for the 300 baud Hayes Micromodem. For a time, it was the most popular BBS software for the Apple II computer. As many as 60 BBS’s were using the software in 1984. Availability Net-Works II is available through the A.P.P.L.E….
Seattle, Washington — June 20, 2023 — The Apple II KeyCaps OpenType font created by John Snape has been released. The font allows you to make key presses clear in your text, and also includes over 160 glyphs and ornaments for Apple II and Mac documents, such as the Open-Apple and Solid-Apple keys. The printed manual includes instructions and samples of all the fun and useful icons. Availability Apple II KeyCaps Font is available through the A.P.P.L.E. bookstore with production and…
