a2RetroSystems is selling the new Uther ethernet card for the Apple II. The initial run of 20 cards sells for $89US and can be used in the Apple II+, IIe, IIgs and Laser 128. The card works with Contiki; support for Marinetti is under development. A FAQ offers additional details, and the install guide provides […]
June 2005
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Contiki for the Apple II arrives
Oliver Schmidt has released Contiki v1.2, which is the first public outing on the Apple II. Contiki is an open-source, multi-platform, low memory footprint, networked operating system. It runs on Apple IIs as far back as the II+. The Apple II version contains an email client (send only at present), web browser, FTP client (download […]
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Eamon #251, \"The Pixy Oak,\" released
A new Eamon adventure game, entitled “The Pixy Oak,” has been released by Bruce Haylock. The game can be downloaded from the Eamon download site.
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CiderPress version 2.2.0 released
Andy McFadden’s nifty tool for working with Apple II disk images and files has been updated to v2.2.0. This release adds support for FDI “raw” disk images.Changes from previous version:
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Virtual ][ 3.5.1 for Mac OS X released
Girard Putter has updated the excellent Virtual ][ 8-bit Apple II emulator for Mac OS X. The software, now at version 3.5.1, fixes a bug that caused the Epson printer emulation to use a very small font on Mac OS X 10.4, and subtly changes disk I/O timing in a way that lets the game […]
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Princeton Apple II Users Group to meet on June 10th
PAUG will meet in David Ciotti’s basement on Friday, June 10th at 7:30 PM. There will be a demonstration of Apple’s new iWork suite for Mac OS X, as well as possibly a demonstration of multi-way video conferencing using iChat 3.0. Apple II users are welcome as always.
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Silvern Castle 8.3 released
Jeff Fink has released version 8.3 of the popular RPG Silvern Castle, which runs on all Apple II computers that support ProDOS. The new version fixes a few bugs and adds several new features. You can download the update from our file library by clicking the link to the left.
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Join the second annual Retrochallenge
If you push your classic computer to the limits to fulfill your everyday needs, prove it! The second annual Retrochallenge provides a means for scoring your classic computer usage to find out just how retro you really are.