Tag: apple II

Bobbi Webber-Manners has released an update to her Applecorn emulator. Applecorn is an Apple II ProDOS based BBC Micro emulator that has multiple language capability within the emulator. The emulator features 32KB of program space and has been confirmed to work with the following BBC Based languages. BBC BASIC Acornsoft COMAL Acornsoft FORTH Acornsoft Lisp Acornsoft MicroProlog Acornsoft BCPL In addition the emulator should work with any single BBC ROM based language. The latest release of Applecorn adds the ACCESS…

The Applewin Apple II Emulator has been updated. Tom Charlesworth, the curator of the Applewin project has added additional configuration support to the latest release, version 1.30.4 as well as a host of other items: [Change #975] Extend Configuration’s Disk GUI to support a Disk II controller in slot 5. [Change #977] Add per-slot configuration to the Registry (and conf.ini). eg. “Last Disk Image 1” has moved from “Preferences” to “Configuration\Slot 6”. [Change #976] AppleWin’s help now documents Control-PrintScreen to copy the debugger’s…

The A2D project has released Apple II Desktop 1.2 Alpha 35. The latest version includes a slew of changes to the desktop as well as the launcher, selector and also updates and fixes to the Desk Accessories. Some of the changes include: DeskTop Fix list views showing as empty (regression in alpha34). Use more consistent alerts for all DeskTop warnings/errors. #207 Correctly restore all 14 devices in ProDOS DEVLST table on exit. #549 Make selection when opening items more consistent. #415, #544 Volume icons…

From Bobbi Manners on the CSA2 group on Usenet: I am pleased to announce the release of Emai//er v2.1.8. This is a bugfix release which fixes a little issue in the quoted-printable decoder.  Emai//er is an email and Usenet news suite for the Apple //e or IIgs with Uthernet-II ethernet card.  Download v2.1.8 here: https://github.com/bobbimanners/emailler (Naturally, I am posting this using Emai//er v2.1.8 on my //e.)  All the best, Bobbi 

Denis Molony has released the latest version of his Java based application, Apple II Diskbrowser. This application allows users to view the files on a myriad of standard Apple II disk types as well as combination hybrid disks containing both DOS and PASCAL as well as DOS and CPM. Diskbrowser version 1.60 adds CPM BASIC support and fixes a bug related to the date function in ProDOS. You can download the latest version of the Apple II Diskbrowser from the…

From the CSA2 group and Andy McFadden: This was a relative minor release. I bumped the minor version because of the compatibility break. Changes since v4.0.5:  * Added save and restore of main window placement (issue #41). * Added workaround for ProDOS sparse file issue (issues #15 and #49). * Updated to modern build tools (breaks WinXP support).  This version runs on Windows 7 and later. See http://a2ciderpress.com/ for downloads for the latest version as well as older versions that run on WinXP/Vista and…

Gerard Putter has announced the release of the latest version of his Virtual II Apple II Emulator. The latest release, Virtual II version 10.4, includes a number of fixes and improvements including: Improved the appearance and behavior of the main window toolbar. Created an option to save screen snapshots with an 8-pixel black border. Previously, some keys repeated when held down and some didn’t. This has been solved: all keys now repeat. Fixed a number of bugs and memory leaks….

Atsushi Ushiroda of Ninja.info, introduced a 68008 card for the Apple II series computers. The card is based on the Q-68 card from Stellation II and adds an additional 1mb of onboard RAM to the design. The card is a 7mhz MC68008 with 32kb and 1mb of RAM and runs runs on the entire desktop based Apple II series computers including the Apple II, IIe, and IIgs. The card is available from nanja.info for $200 including the shipping costs from…

Stefan Weasels has released an update to his Manic Miner re-work. Manic Miner was originally written for the ZX-81 in 1983 by Matthew Smith, this version maintains all of the original spirit of the ZX version and makes a very playable Apple II version. According to the author: The 1.1 Release was meant to be what’s in this release but I bungled it, so now a 1.1A release; The render loop has been unrolled and therefor the game does not…

Gerard Putter, Curator of the Virtual II Apple II Emulator app has released a new version with a number of small improvements and bug fixes requested by users of the App. Some of the fixes include: Added a pull down menu to save an Apple II screen as a PNG file. Previously, this function was only available through Applescript. If the “shift key modification” has been configured, the initial value of game controller button #2 was incorrect. This has been fixed….

Seattle, Washington — July 23, 2021 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) and Jules H. Gilder are proud to announce the immediate availability of the book Apple Software Protection Digest. You will learn how to protect, unprotect and backup your Apple II software. Inside this collection are Jules H. Gilder’s six rare issues published between 1985 and 1986. Availability Apple Software Protection Digest is available through the A.P.P.L.E. bookstore with production and fulfillment by Lulu.com. A new disk image…

Seattle, Washington — July 23, 2021 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has released a new manual for “Applesoft Program Editor” by Richard Hackl. Applesoft Program Editor (APE) is a popular Applesoft BASIC editor for DOS 3.3 and ProDOS that helps you enter lines and correct mistakes.  It works in Applesoft, in the Monitor, and can even be used within the programs you write. Availability The “Applesoft Program Editor (APE)” manual is available through the A.P.P.L.E. bookstore with production…

BBC Micro fans who are also Apple IIe users can now rejoice. Bobbi Manners has released her Applecorn emulator which is as she says, “It is basically my little program pretends to be the BBC Micro’s Machine O.S. (MOS) so the language ROMs can run.  So far I have gotten BBC BASIC, COMAL, Forth and MicroProlog running.” The program does require the 128K Enhanced Apple IIe and uses the BBC BASIC v2 from the BBC Micro. It will leave 32K…

The latest alpha release of the Apple II Desktop has been released. Version 1.2 Alpha 31 is now available for download from the Apple II Github page at https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d. Changes in this latest release include the following: General Various string updates. DeskTop Don’t use “shift key mod” on Laser 128 (since mouse button is detected as BUTN2 as well) Clip long paths in dialogs. Fixes Adjust fixed list view line width to handle wide dates. Desk Accessories This Apple DA:…

Tom Harte has updated the Clock Signal multi platform emulator. This release updates to the Apple II and Macintosh emulation sections of the program. Included in the update list are the following: adds support for Macintosh drive images, in addition to its existing support for volume images; substantially improves messaging and semantics around ROM loading, hopefully to ease application setup; accepts state snapshots by drag and drop, in addition to regular media images; adds a square-pixel option for Apple II…

Paul Wasson, Winner of last winter’s Apple II Software Enthusiasts programming contest, has released his Double Hi-Res Graphics Toolbox to the general public. The program includes a number of features for Adventure Game Designers including: A tile-editor to create either 14×16 or 7×8 tiles using double hi-res A map-editor to place the tiles and see how they fit together. Full in program Help Screen Paul has released the source code for the toolbox as well. The Source and Disks can…

Denis Molony has released the latest rendition of his Apple II disk viewing utility, Diskbrowser. Version 1.59 includes updates to the system level items including Saving individual files. You will need to have the Java SDK installed in order to use Apple II Diskbrowser, however, the program will function on Windows, Macintosh and Linux based machines. You can download Diskbrowser 1.59 for free from the Diskbrowser Github page at:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser

Lexington Infosystems, owned and operated by Renee Harke, has introduced a piggyback card for the Apple II Ramworks cards that allow users to utilize the modern Apple II memory cards with the piggyback and RGB cards. This card allows users to not only use the cards but also to reduce the amount of heat produced by the cards as well as to reduce the power requirements, thus also expanding the lifespan of both the machine and the cards. The cards…

Vince Weaver (AKA Deater78) has released a new Apple II demo. The demonstration titled Island Adventure fits in a whopping 32K of memory and has been put forth as his entry into the Outline 2021 event. The demo finished in 2nd place which according to Vince, “was a shock as it is rare for Apple II demos to place very high in a combined demo entry, especially when competing against DOS or Amiga entries”. Outline 2021 is the longest running…

Denis Colony has released the latest rendition of his Apple II disk viewing utility, Diskbrowser. Version 1.58 includes updates to the system level items and bug fixes. You can download Diskbrowser 1.58 for free from the Diskbrowser Github page at:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser