Tag: apple II

From Colin Leroy-Mira: Wozamp is a simple network music player for the Apple II. It can: Requirements: Wozamp should run on any 64k Apple II with a serial card. In addition to that, it requires a surl-server proxy to handle the transcoding and resampling. Screenshots: Playing « Jesus built my hotrod » from Ministry Browsing my ftp://diskstation.lan/music share Preparing to listen to 8bit.fm Installing the surl-server proxy: See the dedicated surl-server page. Transferring the floppy to your Apple II: Download the latest…

I designed a type of RAM card to be used as a daughter board for the AIIE 80COL card. Many people may like the 80COL card, but I never used it and had a lot of it in my drawer. *In fact, 80COL is also supported in AII VGA projects, so there is no need to use the 80COL card alone. For now, it will not be open sourced and will be sold in my store. It will probably be…

If you have a passion for retro computing and enjoy bridging the gap between vintage technology and modern platforms, you’ll be delighted to discover that a binary release of the Mastodon client for the Apple II is now ready for download. This latest version, 2.0, has undergone extensive testing primarily on an Apple //c and IIgs. The brain child of Colin Leroy-Mira, the Apple II Mastodon Client is an advanced social media client with a number of feature found on…

From Oliver Schmidt: A2Pico is a generic Apple II peripheral card based on the Raspberry Pi Pico. As of today there are already five different A2Pico firmwares available basically turning A2Pico into five different cards: Some background: Soon after the introduction of the Raspberry Pi Pico in 2021 Glenn and I started to experiment with directly connecting it to the Apple II slot bus. In 2022 I published a working Pico firmware on GitHub. Based on that we started to…

Joshua Bell has made the latest pre-release of Apple II Desktop, v1.4-alpha7, available for Apple II enthusiasts. This release is packed with a number of enhancements and optimizations, offering a tantalizing glimpse into the future of the Apple II Desktop package. What’s New in v1.4-alpha7? Notable Changes in Apple II Desktop version 1.4 Alpha7: Desktop Enhancements: Desk Accessories: Available Language Options: Apple II Desktop is now available in nine languages including the following: How to Get v1.4-alpha7: Download the latest…

Author: ksherlockVersion: 0.263Repository: ksherlock/ampleTag: r55Commit: 8b37b5e With a slew of enhancements and optimizations, the latest release of Ample, version 0.263, curated by Kelvin Sherlock, is now available. With a focus on compatibility, performance, and usability, this update promises to streamline your MAME Emulation experience on MacOS.  With a focus on the retro Apple II series computers and the retro Macintosh line, Ample makes it easier for you to get started with the Multiple platform emulation of MAME. Platforms included in…

The latest version of the Apple II disk boot utility, Anti-M has been updated. Anti-M version 2.2 adds support for booting ABM. Anti-M is a disk boot utility created by the Apple II hacker, A2_4am, which allows users to boot older games made specifically for the Apple II and II plus on their Apple IIe and Apple or IIgs machines. The booster users a modified PROM that can boot any disk allowing the machine to bypass ROM checkers that are…

David Schmenk has released a new version of PLASMA. According to the release notes, PLASMA version 2.11 is a minor update to address the relocating loader for EDASM generated modules with 8 bit fixups. All modules up to now have been generated by PLASM and only use 16 bit fixups. Mostly usefull for future modules built with EDASM. You can download the latest version of PLASMA for the Apple-1, Apple II or Apple III computers from the Plasma Github page…

The author of the Apple II game Castle Dain is offering a physical release of his mini-RPG game for the Apple II. This limited release includes a 6″ x 9″ folder, 5.25 disk, quick-start guide, cross-section diagram of the castle, and 4 collectible cards. The cost is $25 plus shipping. For more information and an in-depth video about this release, click on the video below: Castle Dain physical copy (Apple II)

Colin Leroy-Mira has announced the latest release of Mastodon for Apple II, version 1.14.0! It provides a big performance improvement on the serial bandwidth, all the way to 115,200bps. This is especially visible for loading images. You can download the latest version and find out more about the program at:

Announcing the release of Script-Central Special Edition v9n1. This is the sixth issue of the HyperCard IIGS disk magazine Mr. Bellina has released since 2020 and is made available as a zipped 32 MB ProDOS disk image. Full announcement at: https://bbellina.blogspot.com/2024/02/script-central-special-edition-v9n1.html In addition to the regular departments which provide news, jokes, HCGS tips and tricks, sound effects, icons, useful handlers and functions, and more, this issue includes a few hard to find stacks, converted Macintosh HyperCard stacks including the Apple…

If is not often that we post Tandy related news here at Call-A.P.P.L.E. but this new Apple II emulator for the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer 3 was just a bit too fun to pass up so here it is: From: Todd Wallace Via Facebook TRS-80 Color Computer group Hello all! I uploaded a new version of my Apple II+ emulator   It felt unfinished when I first put it out there and so I wanted to give it some more love….

From the europlus zone blog: Further details on the announcement post, and updates will be posted under the europlus zone’s WOzFest tag.

Total Replay version 5.1, the Apple II Emulation frontend created by the Apple II hacker a2_4am and puts 100s of games at your fingertips, has been released. This latest version includes the following additions and changes to the platform: Download You can Download Total Replay version 5.1 (2024-02-16), in the form of an Apple II emulator ready 32 MB disk image from here, and the release notes of what’s new here About Total Replay is a ready to use frontend for exploring…

From David Schmenk : A great number of performance and reliability improvements. The big feature update is PLFORTH, a FORTH language module for PLASMA that makes FORTH a first class citizen to the PLASMA environment. Many programming tools for software development or use PLASMA as a command line interface with a full suite of file manipulation tools and program launcher. Included in this release are many bug fixes and new FORTH language support: https://github.com/dschmenk/PLASMA/releases/tag/v2.1

The latest update to the ApplePi Apple IIe emulator, version 0.2.3 in now available. This release of the ApplePi Apple IIe Emulator brings a plethora of changes and updates, addressing several bugs that had snuck into the emulator. One notable fix includes the swapping of the Apple IIe and enhanced IIe ROMs, ensuring correct functionality. Additionally, The proper Apple II and Apple II Plus character sets have been added to the emulator. ApplePi, crafted by retired engineer J.B. Ward, stands…

Introducing the amazing 3D Printed Apple II Joystick – A Fusion of Nostalgia and Innovation! I am thrilled to unveil a product that seamlessly blends classic design with updated technology: The 3D recreation of the iconic Apple II Joystick, keeping all the classic features with brand new mechanical parts. The moving parts brand new, adapted to work seamlessly with Apple II’s that use the DB9 port. The switches are brand-new Matias key switches, a new version of the ALPS keys…

From Emmanuel Castello I wrote a new game for the apple II, and arcade simple game, based on one of the oldest video games, PONG. So here’s the version 1.0 of PONG RELOADED, for the Apple II. Except for a few bitmaps minor bugs, the only untested part is the physical paddles on a real Apple II because I don’t have them at home. So if anyone does, please let me know how the game feels on the real hardware….

Quicktake for Apple II, version 1.13.0, is released!This release contains large performance improvements for the Quicktake 100 and 200 decoders, with conversion time halved for the Quicktake 100, 35% less for the 200. https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/quicktake-for-apple-ii/

Apple II Desktop Version 1.4 Alpha 6 has been released by Joshua Bell, the curator of the project. Updates to the latest Alpha include the following items: General DeskTop Selector Desk Accessories The latest version of the Apple II Desktop can be downloaded from the Github page at: https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d/releases/tag/v1.4-alpha6