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The Witch Trial adventure game from Dan Henderson has been updated. The latest version of the game, version 1.1, was released to address some game play issues as well as some technical issues on the Apple IIc computer. These issues were causing the initial release of the game to crash when played on real Apple IIc hardware due to the way the IIc handles the screen. Witch Trial was featured at the monthly A.P.P.L.E. meeting with both Dan Henderson and…
Denis Molony has released a new version of the Apple II Diskbrowser App for the Macintosh. The latest version of the Apple II Diskbrowser, version 1.62, includes the ability to view Pascal based WOZ format disks. You can download the latest version of the Apple II Diskbrowser app from the Github page at:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser/
Joshua Bell has released the latest build of the Apple II Desktop graphical interface application. Apple II Desktop 1.2 alpha 43 includes the following changes: General New folder structure. App modules are in MODULES/, configuration files in LOCAL/, optional components now in EXTRAS/. IIgs: Enable monochrome composite display Menu bar clock is right-aligned. Text input fields: Mouse cursor obscured when typing. Appearance and movement of insertion point is improved. Control+X (or Clear key on IIgs) clears text. File pickers: Ignore non-pathname characters typed in pathname fields….
Oliver Schmidt has released the initial version of his Apple II Based audio streaming app, A2Stream. Version 1.0 of the the Apple II disk image allows the Apple II to receive an .a2stream file from any HTTP server, playing it on the Apple II’s built in speaker. A2Stream requires that the Apple II be either an Enhanced Apple IIe or an Apple IIgs. Users will also need to have an Uthernet II card installed in any slot of the Apple…
A trip back to 1641 In the realm of the Apple II, there have been many different types of adventures produced but rarely has one delved into the ideas of witches and witch trials. Dan Henderson, Roby Sherman, and Dr. Mark A. Golombeck have resolved this oversight in a rather spectacular way. About the game The Witch Trial adventure game places the adventurer squarely back in the year of our lord, 1641 A.D. You play a character that stands…
Kelvin Sherlock has released an intermediate bug fix release for the Ample MAME interface. Ample is an Apple centric graphical interface for MAME running under MAC OS which allows users to quickly configure and run a variety of Apple 1, II, III, IIgs, Apple II clones, and retro macintosh computing platforms. The bug fix, released as Ample version 0.241-1 resolves the following issues: The previous build had problems with the Preferences window. When running MAME, a software list entry is…
The Apple related MAME emulator frontend for Mac OS, Ample, has been updated. Ample version 0.241 matches the latest release of the MAME Emulator and includes all Apple related retro computer systems in a single, easy to use and configure interface. The Ample frontend is the creation of Kelvin Sherlock and is generally updated with each release of MAME. According to notes about the latest version of the interface program, “Bookmarks and Recent Disk Images were switched over to use…
Crow Cousins Software, a creation of Roby Sherman, has announced the release of Double-Paint 1.5. From the website: Welcome to the golden age of double lo-res drawing! Harnessing the awesomeness of Marc Golombeck’s Double LORES drawing command library for the Apple II, Double-Paint is a first-of-its-kind double lo-res drawing program allowing you to draw, paint, copy/paste images, and undo mistakes on multiple in memory double lo-res canvases using your mouse, koala pad, joystick, etc. and saving those images in fast-loading bitmap images. Double-Paint includes…
Tom Charlesworth has released a new edition of the Applewin Apple II Emulator for windows. Version 1.30.8 is the latest version and includes a lot of new debugger features and bug fixes. Changes [Bug #1023] WOZ support: Tweak to track sync support. [Bug #1020] WOZ support: Significant bit-cells after a gap between latch access upped from 50 to 100. Fixes: What’s My Logic, Forbidden Quest, The Isle of Mem. [Bug #1018] Support AN3 for //e models. [Bug #1015] Registry: fix support for legacy ‘Harddisk…
Kelvin Sherlock has announced the immediate release of the AMPLE Apple specific front end interface for MAME. This interface runs under Mac OS X version 10.11 and later and provides the user an easy to use interface with all of the Apple I, II and III series computers, Apple II clones, and early Macintosh related emulator interfaces complete with setup screens which allow quick setup and usage of the App. What Changed Changes included in the 0.240 release of AMPLE…
Denis Molony has released an updated version of his Apple II Diskbrowser program. Diskbroser 1.61 includes some updated features and capabilities in the Wizardry browser function of the program. You can download the latest Jar file and the source code for the Apple II Diskbrowser from the Github page at:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser/
Gerard Putter has released the latest version of the Virtual II Apple II Emulator for Mac OS. The latest version, 10.6.5, includes some cool upgrades for the free version of the program as well as for the base emulator. What’s new in version 10.6.5 Twenty years ago I started the Virtual ][ project! Because of this anniversary, I include a free upgrade for all users with a limited license; from now on this license includes the full matrix printer emulation. If…
Identify ][, the Hardware identification software by Marc Golembeck has been updated. Version 2.0 and the subsequent 2.02 include a host of new features with version 2.02 being a bug fix release. According to the website, : BugFix: The Saturn Card detection code lead to an unwanted “flying” disk write on Disk II controllers and connected drives to it. Hence booting the tool from floppy disk lead to a destruction of a disk track and leaving the disk partially unreadable and…
The Apple II Desktop Project has been updated. Version 1.2 alpha 41 has been released with a complete separation of individual language version floppy sets. These languages include English, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. Some of the changes and fixes included in this update are: GeneralConsistently clear text screen when exiting apps. #621File Pickers:Enable Apple+letter selection for lowercase filenames. #615Allow type-down selection when holding Apple key. #610Don’t require exact match for Apple+letter selection. #609Allow Shift to reverse device order, when detectable. #605Make scrollbar position correctly…
The Lawless Legends development team has released a new playable demo of their game. The game which has been under development for a number of years is currently at a game version 0.95 but has progressed in leaps and bounds over the past year or so. The Lawless Legends development team includes long time Apple II programming legends such as Rebecca Heineman, Martin Haye, Brenden Robert, David Schmenk as well as legendary D&D designer Jennell Jaquays and famed documenter Andrew…
The Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller Client Software has been updated. John Morris has added a number of new items to the latest release, version 1.58, including the following: Fast Imager Improvements The save file name has now been separated into 2 parts. The first is the product name as before, and the second part can optionally be used for a disk number or other identification. What benefit does this have? Well, if you choose to create enclosing folders then the…
Andy McFadden has released an update to the CiderPress Disk Management Utility for Windows. The release addresses a bug which occurred with scaling in the Windows environment. CiderPress is a Windows based program and allows users to create and manage Apple II digital file archives and disk images. This update, CiderPress Version 4.4.1-d1 is designed to run on Widows 7 and newer. You can download the latest release as well as all source code from the CiderPress Github Releases page…
The Virtual II Apple II Emulator for MacOS has been updated. Virtual II Version 10.6 includes a slew of user requested additions to the emulator including the following items: Improved the unshrink feature. The extracted files are assigned the metadata stored in the archive: ProDOS file type, aux type, file creation date, as well as file modification date. Support for disk images with 13 tracks per sector (file extension .d13). Note that these disk images can be mounted, but any…
Kelvin Sherlock has updated his Ample front end for the MAME emulator. Ample is a Apple Centric front end for Mame with emphasis on Apple II Series and Retro Macintosh related emulation. Version 0.239 brings the Ample front end in line with the latest release of MAME and adds a new section to the interface for the Franklin line of computers including the Franklin Ace 100, 500, 1000 and 2200. There are also some improvements to the Apple SCSI CD-ROM…
The Apple II Desktop Project has released the latest version of the Apple II Desktop software. The Apple II Desktop Project is run by Joshua Bell and started its life as MouseDesk by Version Soft. Apple Computer licensed the software and released it, at first as MouseDesk 2.0, then rebranded Apple II DeskTop as the initial system software for the Apple IIgsbefore 16-bit GS/OS replaced it. It still functions on 8-bit Apples, including the Apple IIe, Apple IIc, Apple IIc Plus, Apple IIe Option Card…
