While perusing bootZero.com, I came across these pictures of the sweet-looking HDDD A2 Deluxe. The Deluxe is an HDDD A2 adapter and 3.5 drive in an attractive external enclosure, which I’m pleased to see has a daisy chain port.
2009
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First look at the iDisk for Apple II
Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe was the first person to purchase a iDisk for Apple II and he’s kindly sent us several pictures and a short write-up on it. The announcement on comp.sys.apple2 of the availability of the iDisk card for the Apple II, the first dual USB Bluetooth/Disk controller/Disk image archive for our platform, […]
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Carte Blanche getting sound, USB add-ons
AppleLogic has announced new add-ons for the Carte Blanche card. First, the CB Audio/Visual card (CBAV) is a Delta-Sigma stereo adapter that connects in-line between the Carte Blanche VGA port and your display. It does this by using the SDA and SCL lines which normally are not utilized. With the CBAV, the Carte Blanche may […]
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Guimauve 2000 VGA adapter for Apple //c now available
Gregory Estrade today announced the availability of the Guimauve 2000, a VGA adapter for Apple //c and IIc Plus computers. The Guimauve 2K is essentially a specialized CPLD-based scandoubler, converting 15Khz video signal to 31Khz. It is available now for EUR 75, or USD $115 shipping included. Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery. Euro-//c models […]
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bootZero HDDD A2 adapter now available
Bulgarian Apple II vendor bootZero.com is now selling the HDDD A2 3.5 Disk ][ replacement adapter on eBay. As of this post, three options are available: a deluxe HDDD A2 kit including adapter, 3.5 disk drive, IDC20 and DB19 cables for interfacing via Disk II controller or smartport, power leads, a box of diskettes and […]
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Virtual II 6.3.5 released
Gerard Putter has updated Virtual ][, the leading 8-bit Apple II emulator for Mac OS X to v6.3.5 Gerard’s announcement is attached:
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iDisk for Apple II released (prepare for something completely different)
Back in June of 2007, A2Central posted a story about the BlueFlash Card, an exciting new project that was to bring USB and Bluetooth functionality to the Apple II. However, when no new information or a way to order the BlueFlash materialized, some relegated it to vaporware status. Out of the blue (no pun intended), […]
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The somewhat robotic-sounding computer
When I was a kid, I used to spend 2-3 weeks of my summer vacations with my aunt, uncle and cousin. They lived several hours away, and I would otherwise see them only around Thanksgiving and Christmas. So for my cousin and me, the summer weeks were nonstop spacemen vs. aliens (pew-pew!), swimming, fort building, […]
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cc65 2.13.0 released
Ullrich von Bassewitz has announced that version 2.13.0 of the popular cc65 cross-development package has been released. cc65 features a macro assembler, linker, C compiler and library manager for 65(C)02 based systems. Ullrich’s announcement is attached: I’m proud to announce version 2.13.0 of cc65. cc65 is a complete cross development package for 65(C)02 systems, including […]
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KansasFest 2009 – Saturday/Sunday – The Lost Updates
Saturday My ambitious plan to get a decent night’s sleep was thwarted by e-mails from work with new server problems demanding immediate attention. I think I finished those up and crashed around 3:30am or later. Next year, the phone and laptop stay at the office. Someone else is going to have to deal with all […]