Jonno Downes is soliciting feedback from anyone interested in a KansasFest-like event, to be held in Australia (specifically in scenic Katoomba NSW, west of Sydney) over the weekend of July 24-26. If interested, contact Jonno on usenet newsgroup comp.sys.apple2 for further details. Jonno’s post is attached. Howdy, Anyone aussies here interested in a meetup around […]
April 2009
Posted inHardware
A2Retro devblog updated: Uther, //cxmp progress reports
Glenn Jones of A2RetroSystems has posted a fairly large update to his devblog covering the status of future Uthernet cards and the highly anticipated //cxmp project.
Posted inSoftware
Networker 1.0 released
Ewen “Speccie” Wannop has released Networker, a Marinetti-aware educational and diagnostic application for anyone interested in learning about TCP/IP programming on the Apple IIGS. It can be used to issue commands to remote servers and display their response. Networker is free, and requires an Apple IIGS with GS/OS 6.0.1, and Marinetti. An Ethernet card with […]
Posted inHardware, Product News
AppleLogic’s Carte Blanche card nears production
AppleLogic has announced their new Carte Blanche for the Apple II is nearly ready for production. The Carte Blanche is a versatile FPGA-based card that can be programmed to replicate the functionality of practically any interface card for the Apple II. Currently, AppleLogic is preparing demonstration units that mimic the Z80 Softcard (for running CP/M), […]
Posted inKansasFest
KansasFest countdown
It’s April 1st, and there are 111 days until KansasFest. It might be a sign, a cosmic message… that YOU should be planning to attend KansasFest this July 21st through 26th, and not fooling around. Registration will open soon!
Posted inElsewhere, General
Conficker probably not a threat to Apple II users
Well, it SHOULD be obvious, this was an April Fools post. Leading anti-virus and security firms contacted today, affirmed that the Conficker worm and its variants circulating on the Internet pose no threat to the Apple II or the data files it uses. Jordon Beck, a support analyst with McAfee is quoted as saying, “Conficker […]
Posted inElsewhere, Product News
Syndicomm offering ‘pick up now’ checkout option soon
Well, it SHOULD be obvious, but this also was an April Fools post. In a move to be more competitive with big chain store Apple II software distributors, Eric “Sheppy” Shepherd has announced Syndicomm will soon offer a ‘pick up now’ option in their online store. “It will more or less be similar to the […]