Tag: Apple IIgs

Anti-M v1.6 is out: https://github.com/a2-4am/anti-m/releases/tag/v1.6 Anti-M can boot any 5.25-inch Apple II disk on any Apple II, including – 13-sector disks – SpiraDisc on //c or IIgs – games that require a ][+ or 6502 – booting from drive 2 Version 1.6 of the Anti-M program adds support for Personal Software 13-sector disks.

Crow Cousins, the computing family who recently released a 6502, 65C02, and 65816 printable opcodes poster in true Beagle-esque fashion, announced the general availability of SpellWielder for the enhanced Apple //e, //c, and IIgs. The action / adventure game, which allows you to control the game’s protagonist as he sets out on a mission to rid the land of evil, brings the classic NES / Zelda type of look and feel to the Apple II for the first time. Explore…

For nearly 20 years, Wordperfect 2.21a for the Apple II gs did not support the year 2000 and beyond. That is no longer the case. Thanks to some skillful hacking by Brutal Deluxe’s Antoine Vignau, Wordperfect now has full Y2K compliant date support. For nearly 20 years, Wordperfect 2.21a for the Apple II gs did not support the year 2000 and beyond. That is no longer the case. Thanks to some skillful hacking by Brutal Deluxe’s Antoine Vignau, Wordperfect now…

Clip Copy Plus by Chris Vavruska gets an update. The latest version, V.1.1, brings the ability to cut, copy and paste files from modern computers to the Apple IIgs. Clip Copy Plus is a Finder extension brings the convenient ability to cut, copy and paste files of modern operating systems to the Apple IIGS. Clip Copy Plus also allow the ability to delete files quickly New with version 1.1 null CCP now works with Eric Sheppard’s System Init SideClick. Easily…

Chris Morrison has posted an interesting new item to his VintageGeek Blog this past couple of weeks. He takes the viewers on a ride through the ups and downs of building a MicroDrive Turbo card for the Apple IIgs using images from the Alex Lee curated WITA2GS website as well as the utility CiderPress running on Windows. If you are interested in running real Apple IIgs hardware with the Microdrive Turbo then you definitely will want to have a look…

A few months ago i acquired an Apple IIgs, and to my surprise it had a Vulcan drive inside. The Vulcan was an internal combo of hard drive/power supply with a controller card. At that time, the only hard drive options were an external drive or an IDE card. The Vulcan was attractive by combining a strong power supply that also housed the hard drive. It was black colored and looked really nice replacing the internal power supply. The controller…

Stepehen Heumann has announced the release of AFPBridge for the Apple IIgs.   According to the announcement on CSA2,  AFPBridge is “a tool that allows an Apple IIgs to connect to file servers using the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) over  TCP/IP.  It works by using the existing AppleShare FST, but redirecting  its network traffic over TCP/IP rather than AppleTalk.” AFPBridge is compatible with Apple IIgs’s with system 6.01 or later and a Network card compatible with Mainetti such as the Uthernet….

Ultimate Micro just released the Scalable Oscillator v2 for use in the TransWarp GS and ZXIP-GSX.  Each Scalable Oscillator is now custom tailored to fit each board better.  It also now uses a better grade clock IC which provides a cleaner signal, although with this better signal came complexity of design. this item comes with a Power LED to let you know it’s working, and a resettable fuse on the +5v power line to protect the board from any damage…

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…

What’s new for Apple IIgs System 6.0.2After 22 years, 2 months, 2 days and 2 hours since System 6.0.1 was released, this is a summary of the visible changes. There have been many bugs fixed and many features added that are not immediately visible–they will enable developers to create better future products.  Be sure to also read the Shortcuts file on the SystemTools3 disk for more information. Finder (see also Finder Help)The list is FSTs now includes the RDOS 3.3…

The world of Apple II is never dull; there are new projects and things happening each month! Let’s take a look at what’s going on this week:

Ewen Wannop has released an upgrade to his original ByteBagger hex editor program. It is now called ChewBagger and it is a stand-alone file viewer, editor and disassembler. ChewBagger lets you view the raw data of either the data or resource fork of a file, search for target strings within that fork, using either Hex or ASCII data, and optionally allows you to edit the data, and write the changed data back to the file. You can also load an OMF…

Paris, March 3rd, 2013 – Brutal Deluxe Software is proud to announce Mr Sprite, a command-line tool to manage sprites and to simplify the integration of sprites into Apple IIgs games. Programmers spend a lot of time to prepare Sprites sheets : – You have to ensure the Sprite width is a multiple of 4 pixels (16 bit), – You have to prepare both Even and Odd aligned version of the Sprite, – You have to organize your Sprites into 320×200 pictures to…

A few weeks ago, Ewen Wannop, author of the premier telecommunications program for the Apple IIgs, Spectrum, announced that he had transitioned the program to freeware status. He has now released revised and redesigned manuals for his program, including the main program and scripting manuals. Says Wannop, I have updated the various Spectrum manuals to my new PDF format, and combined the original v1.0 and v2.5.3 manuals into single manuals. I have also added the reference manuals for the various…

Apple IIgs programmer Ewen Wannop announced yesterday that he has decided to change the status of his commercial software to freeware. Said Wannop: As my contribution to KFest ’12, I am reclassifying all my commercial software. From now on, all my commercial titles that have been sold by Syndicomm are now Freeware, and can be downloaded either from Syndicomm at no cost, or from my own web site: http://www.wannop.info/speccie The titles include: Spectrum 2.5.3 Deluxe disk image Spectrum 2.5.3 floppy…

Former Apple Employee Karl Grabe has given us a look into what went into the Apple IIgs when it was still known as Cortland.  Karl was the lead engineer of the Rom Diagnostics team assigned to the Cortland / Vegas project.  The project eventually became the Apple IIgs computer.   Some great old photos provide a nice nostalgia trip down Apple IIgs Memory lane. Also included on the website are a number of photos of some vintage goodies which were only…

:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:Issue # 27:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:a weekly journal devoted to the Apple II family of computersSunday, April 28, 1996 – issue 27 – II.Smthg.960428:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:Contents:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: About… Editor’s Greeting – welcome to issue 27 Letters Not A Funny Story – PG13 – Some Of This Will Be Disturbing WebFind of the Week – Lane Roathe The Wire Service – Endless Mike The Wire Service – E Pluribus Unix Updata – Internet Email Subscriptions to II Something So High I Can’t Get Over It So…

:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:Issue # 26:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:a weekly journal devoted to the Apple II family of computersSunday, April 21, 1996 – issue 26 – II.Smthg.960421:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:Contents:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: About… Editor’s Greeting – Our Sixth Month is Complete! Letter Hair We Are Again WebFind of the Week – User Group Connection Home Page Do It In Hardware – EZ Drive the sequel Updata – Syquest Prices and Plans Updata – Internet Email Subscriptions to II Something So High I Can’t Get Over It So Wide I Can’t…

:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:Issue # 25:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:a weekly journal devoted to the Apple II family of computersSunday, April 14, 1996 – issue 25 – II.Smthg.960414:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:Contents:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: About… Editor’s Greeting Letters WebFind of the Week – Sun Remarketing The Wire Service – Internet University The Wire Service – KansasFest 96 Updata Updata – Readership on Genie Updata – Internet Email Subscriptions to II Something Wish List – Audio Launcher :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:About…:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: As you know, Apple Computer, Inc. owns all of the Apple II computer copyrights…

:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:Issue # 24:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:a weekly journal devoted to the Apple II family of computersSunday, April 7, 1996 – issue 24 – II.Smthg.960407:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:Contents:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: About… Editor’s Greeting Letter Webfind of the Week – KansasFest The Wire Service – ISDN, 14.4 modems, and other stuff The Wire Service – Cyberian Express and Prodigy Opinionata – All the world shall be taxed Opinionata – oh that computer company Updata – Internet Email Subscriptions to II Something Wish List – Sticky Notes :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:About…:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: As…