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Virtual Apple ][ has published a new Apple ][ game.  SHELL*SHOCK is a high paced action tank battle game for the Apple ][ computer.   Originally written in 1985 by Peter Blum, Alan Burkle, and Jonathan Dunaisky, the game has been largely unseen until this month when it was resurrected by the original authors and sent to Virtual Apple ][. SHELL*SHOCK is unique in the Apple ][ gaming realm as it allows users to battle each other in two player mode…

David Schmidt has released an update to the ADTPro program.   According to the posting on CSA2, the update includes: New functionality: * [VDrive] Added the ability to bootstrap into ProDOS with VSDrive active * [Server] Added a command-line invoker for AppleCommander Bug fixes: * [Server] Start the numerical part of batch name at 1, not 0; reset the counter when a batch name changes * [Server] 5-1/4″ disk images with unrecognized filesystems are always written with DOS-ordered physical interleaving You…

KansasFest, the 25th annual convention dedicated to the Apple II computer, is now open for registration. Users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts are invited to Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday, July 23, through Sunday, July 28, for six days and five nights of sessions, demos, announcements, contests, and camaraderie. The week kicks off with keynote speaker Randy Wigginton, Apple employee #6, who worked on the Disk ][ disk drive, Apple DOS, and Applesoft BASIC.  Wigginton will be…

France, March 22nd 2013 – Brutal Deluxe Software, in partnership with Jean-Louis Le Breton (CEO of Froggy Software) and Richard Soberka (programmer, author of Pleins gaz), is happy to announce the relase of the arcade game Zéphyr for the Apple II. This monochrome DHGR arcade game had to be released by Froggy Software in 1987. As the company shut its doors, the game has never been released nor distributed by its author. Together, in 2013, we have decided to release…

The Eamon Adventures have long been one of the favorite adventure systems available for the Apple ][.  With over 255 adventures written for Eamon, it is also likely the most prolific adventuring system as well. Eamon was designed in 1980 by Donald Brown and released in Recreational Computing Magazine as a public domain system.   While the first dozen or so adventures were written by Donald Brown himself, most of the following 200  plus adventures have been written by over 50…

Bill Buckels, the curator of the Aztec C Museum website has released his latest graphics tool for the Apple ][ computer.  BMP2RAG converts a 280 x 190 Windows BMP file to Apple ][ based HGR or High Resolution Graphics files.   The converter is a free tool and is available for download from: http://www.aztecmuseum.ca/bmp2rag.zip The manual for the program is also available in PDF format from the website at: http://www.aztecmuseum.ca/BMP2RAG.pdf Other graphics tools and compilers are available from the Aztec C…

Gerard Puter, developer of the Virtual ][ Emulator has released a maintenance update to the Apple ][ emulator.  Version 7.2.1 addresses an issue with sound compatibility in the emulator with Mac OS X 10.7. Virtual ][ is a Mac based Apple ][ Emulator which contains many advanced features including Print to PDF as well as interface card control.   The program is shareware and costs $49.95 for the full version of the program. You can download the latest version of the…

Chiu Keung, a Hong Kong based Apple fan has debuted his Lego Apple ][.  The machine, created totally from Lego bricks, details the entire machine, internals, the lid, the dual floppy drives, and  the monitor.  From the outside, it looks nearly as if it would start right up and run the latest in Apple ][ software.  Sadly, the machine does not actually run and is truly for appearances only, yet was cool enough for a note here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiukeung/8565233993/in/photostream

Have an old Parallel interfaced Connectix Quickcam sitting around collecting dust?  David Schmenk may well have just found a purpose for it.  Using a standard Apple //e and Low Resolution graphics on the //e for display, David has managed to get real time data into the machine and displaying fairly respectably. While this setup does require a massive wired connector as was so stated by David in his video, it is a setup which works and proved that there is…

Darren Crawford has managed to do what no one ever considered possible:  Post a Facebook posting from an Apple //e computer.   In what is a first ever event, Darren posted his message using a combination of Lynx and the mobile version of the  Facebook website. It wasn’t just an instant success, but instead was a work of some trial and error.   In discussions in the A2C.Chat channel of A2Central’s IRC, much of the discussion was about issues with character loss…

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…

The Apple ][ specific Cassette Tape collection maintained by Brutal Deluxe has reached 589 tapes and is continuing to grow nearly daily.  Antoine Vignau, curator of the site has added a number of items in the past few days including items from the following vendors: A.P.P.L.E. (Library pak 1C/2B), Hayden (Applesoft utility programs, Engineering mathematics-1, Revive, Slow list/stop list) MUSE (Maze game) Programma (Ampersoft, Jumpout/Shooting stars, Saucer war, Time clock) Systems design lab (Funpak I by Chuck Sommerville) Tsukumo (Apple…

Gerard Puter, the developer of the Virtual ][ Emulator has released an update to the emulator.  Virtual ][ Version 7.1 is primarily a bug fix release witht he following items changed: Fixed an issue that could cause Apple II screen pixels to be randomly shown or hidden. Improved implementation of the “mounted OS X folder” feature to fix an incompatibility with EDASM. Some of the Applescript demos didn’t work in version 7.0; this has been fixed. Virtual ][ is a…

The Latest version of Brendan Robert’s Apple // Game Server  is now available from the Apple // Game Server Sourceforge website.  Of particular note with version 3.1 of Apple // Game Server is the requirement of Java 6 on machines using the Apple // Game Server progam. The Apple // Game Server allows the user to send floppies directly to the Apple II computer over a serial connection, eliminating the need for floppies to play games on an original Apple II series…

Brendan Robert has announced a minor bug fix update to the JAVA Apple Computer Emulator or JACE as it is known. The JACE 12-30-12 update includes the following fixes: + Leaving fullscreen mode caused a blue border to appear at the top, shifting the whole display area down.  This has been corrected.+ Mouse pointer was not properly positioned when in fullscreen mode, especially when proportional mode (F8) is active.  This is now fixed, with an optional fix to fix the…

The latest version of the Applewin Apple ][ emulator, version 1.22, have been posted in the Applewin SVN repository.  Changes in version 1.22 include: . [Feature #005557] Support DOSMaster image created by Apple Oasis. . [Feature #003272 and #005335] Support 2x windowed mode: – Toggle between 1x and 2x by using Resize button (or F6). – Full screen now enabled by CTRL+Resize button (or CTRL+F6). Fixes: . [Feature #004346] Don’t show mousetext for original Apple //e. . Fixed HDD firmware…

Dr. Steven Weyhrich, long known for his complete history of the Apple ][ computer and http://apple2history.org/, has announced the impending release of his new book,  “Sophistication & Simplicity: The Life & Times of the Apple II Computer“. Just over twenty years ago, the final part of the Apple II History was uploaded to the A2 Roundtable on GEnie. From a series of newsletter articles explaining the various models of Apple II computers released by Apple, it had evolved into a…

Brendan Robert has released a new version of his JACE or Java Apple Computer Emulator.  The latest update includes a number of fixes and enhancements as per his posting in CSA2: for more information about JACE or to download the program, check out Brendan’s JACE project page at:

David Finnigan, author of the widely acclaimed New Apple II Users Guide, announced a price reduction of the book for the holiday season.   According to the press release posted in the CSA2 newsgroup, “Just in time for the holidays! The price of the hottest new book for the  Apple II series, The New Apple II User’s Guide is now reduced from $25 to  the low, low price of a mere $20! Don’t miss your chance to snatch up your first…

Antoine Vignau and Olivier Zardini, founders of Brutal Deluxe Software, are proud to introduce their newest software to the Apple II community. “I’m fEDD up” is Brutal Deluxe’s second answer to nowadays preservation of 5.25″ diskettes on the Apple II. Its main features are: • Essential Data Duplicator compatible If Utilico Microware’s EDD or compatible card is installed in your system, it will use the card’s powerful features to read track data. • Nibble and timing preservation It saves raw…