Now you can easily build your own FTP client, or add FTP functionality to your IIgs applications. Just drop the new FTP Tool Set into your System:Tools folder, add a few simple commands to your applications, and it is done… Also being released is a new NDA, SOS.FTP. This utilises the FTP Tool Set, and […]
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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 […]
Once again I converted a 15″ Apple Color Monitor IIe to a modern display, using a 15″ color LCD screen. I had to cut lots of plastic from the front plastic panel of the IIe monitor, but didn’t compromise the integrity of the plastics and locking mechanism. To solve the main issue – the curved […]
Dagan Brock has announced the creation of a new Apple IIgs focused forum. According to his facebook posting, ” In my grand tradition of A) announcing things before they are ready and B) creating things that we don’t need… I am happy to announce that there’s a new forum on the scene over at http://apple2.gs/forum. […]
Bill Buckels, curator of the Aztec C Museum has released a new image comverter for the Apple IIgs. According to the announcment on CSA2, “BMP2SHR is a command line utility to convert BMP files to Apple IIgs SHR Files. Please see the User’s Manual and the Tutorial for information on using BMP2SHR. If you have […]
Message from Daniel Kruszyna: Hello All, I’ve released a new version of sixtyfive, my forth-style assembler. http://krue.net/sixtyfive/ Here are the changes: Miscellaneous new 8 bit definitions: prntx and text window direct page locations. Miscellaneous new IIgs bit definitions: ADB modifier and status registers. New standalone script which converts the sector order of floppy images from […]
OMF Analyzer is a command-line tool for Windows to analyze OMF Files we can find on 16 bits Apple IIgs operating systems like Prodos 16 or GS/OS. Because OMF files are the core of any executable code on the Apple IIgs system (S16, Exe, CDA, NDA, FST, PIF, Library, Tool…), OMF Analyzer will be helpful […]
Win32 etc. http://www.aztecmuseum.ca/extras/bmp2shr.pdf Apple II http://www.aztecmuseum.ca/extras/PicSave.pdf Download it here: http://www.aztecmuseum.ca/extras/B2S.zip This download contains programs, source code, documentation, and disk images for creating Super Hi-Res Pictures, and for viewing and saving Super Hi-Res pictures on an Apple II GS, or on an Apple //e with a Carte Blanche, or an Apple //e or Apple II GS […]
The What is the Apple IIgs Website (WITA2GS) has added a host of new educational titles to their website. The new titles, archived by the website’s curator, Alex Lee, while on a trip to California offer an ever expanding glimpse into the world of Apple II education. There are over 20 new titles on the […]
Ewen Wannop has released two software updates this week. The first is to his Apple IIgs Byte Editor, Chewbagger. The second update is to his NNTP client, SNAP. According to the press release in CSA2, “ Version 1.1.5 of ChewBagger and 1.1.5 of SNAP are now available from my website: http://www.wannop.info/speccie ———————— This is an […]
Eric Shephard, owner and operator of the Apple IIgs Software producing SheppyWare, has announce a new push for an Apple IIgs based SMB2 client. According to his posting on CSA2, ” We’re now accepting pledges to increase the value of the S-Prize! The Prize has been established to encourage Apple II developers to create an […]
WITA2GS has added a bevy of home brew courses for the Apple IIgs Golf Game from Accolade, Mean 18. According to the posting on the website, “Sorting through many miscelleous archives forwarded on from Antoine as he comes into contact with random collections and images each disk from them, I came across 8 disks worth […]
I’m a pretty happy camper at the moment. After buying IIGS games like Mean 18, World Games and Winter Games some 25 years ago, I can now finally play them from a hard drive, thanks to some instructions I found on the TABBS CD-ROM. Thanks to Speccie for making TABBS available to all and for […]
Brian Picchi has posted a new video review of the Will Harvey produced Apple ][ Game, The Immortal. The Immortal was a glossy graphical adventure that was produced in 1990 by Electronic Arts. Brian takes you through an entire level of play in the 12.5 minute video and talks about some of the nifty tricks […]
The Creator of the Apple IIgs program SoundSmith and the Apple IIgs game LaserForce, Huibert Aalbers has added his Apple IIgs based programs to his website. SoundSmith was one of the premier music programs of the Apple IIgs years and allowed game music to be written quickly and eloquently. inspired by what he had heard […]
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 […]
The Apple ][ Documentation Project which was started by Marc Ressl, author of the Apple][GO emulator for cell phones and Java based systems, has reached a milestone not thought of in the 1980’s. With disk sizes measured in kilo bytes and hard disk images in megabytes, the project has been accumulating documentation and software over […]
The FreeToolsAssociation has released the latest version of the ActiveGS Emulator. Version 3.5.772 was released to address a keyboard issue and caps lock issue that was introduced in the previous release with Mac based users. ActiveGS is a plugin and stand alone app which is used as the primary emulator at Virtual Apple ][. You […]
Have you ever wondered what Apple had in mind when it was designing new Apple IIgs machines back in the 1980’s? Lim Thye Chen gives us a brief glimpse into some of those designs of prototypical Apple machines with a few pictures from the original Apple Design book at: http://retromaccast.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=rxq26qsiiir9 While this is not the […]
Program: Shink-Fit X Category: Archiver Utility Released: Feb 02, 2012 Version: 1.0 Size: 1.4 MB Language: English Seller: Kelvin Sherlock Price: Free For many of us, the SHK or Shrinkit files have been a thorn in our sides, especially if we were on a Mac. Now, our time in purgatory has been relieved by a […]