Ryan Suenaga presents A2Unplugged, show #0034. In this episode, Ryan is back from a break in podcasting to remember Joe Kohn and his contributions to the Apple II Community. A2Unplugged can be freely downloaded from the podcast’s web site, or subscribed to from the Apple iTunes store.
February 2010
Posted inGeneral, Nostalgia & Preservation
AppleWorks now softwear
Pop culture and audio vendor Turntable Lab is offering a t-shirt with the AppleWorks folders interface on it. It’s an unusual way to show your Apple II pride for a cool USD $34.
Posted inHardware
Device Side Data USB 5.25 floppy drive interface now shipping (UPDATED)
Back in January of 2007, we learned about Device Side Data’s USB 5.25 floppy drive interface project. Time passed without an update or response to our queries, and we had almost forgotten about it. Today, I was surprised to see fellow retro-computing enthusiast Matthew Reed tweeting about it. Since our last post, the Device Side […]
Posted inApple 1
Mimeo 1 kit available for order soon
The Apple 1 has been replicated and cloned several times but Mike Willegal’s Mimeo 1 promises to be the most authentic recreation to date. Pricing for the Mimeo 1 is USD $666.66 for the kit, or $150 for just the mainboard. Click here for ordering instructions.
Posted inDeals
8bitsystem products on sale at ReactiveMicro
For a limited time, all 8bitsystem products are on sale at ReactiveMicro. Now is a great time to pickup a DoubleSeven, //e or IIGS LittlePower Adapter, LittleProto II or any other 8bitsystem product.
Posted inProduct News, Software
Introducing Digital Music Synthesizer for the Apple II
Seth Sternberger of 8 Bit Weapon sent in the following announcement: We thought this would be something you could appreciate. We teamed up with MJ Mahon to create a new digital performance synth out of a standard Apple II c/e! No cards or other hardware required. Its based on MJ’s original rt.synth, but streamlined for […]
Posted inSoftware
Agat Emulator: Russian Apple II and Agat 7/9 emulator
I tripped over this fairly new Windows-based Apple II emulator project by accident the other day. Check out the Agat Emulator by Oleg Odintsov — it emulates the Apple II and Agat 7/9 series (Soviet-era Apple II clones). Agat Emulator is in Russian, so… all I can say is: ??????? ?????????????
Posted inElsewhere, Software
Apple II Quickies (02-07-10)
Alex Lee announced What Is the Apple IIGS has added new content to it’s already impressive array of Apple IIGS media. The most recent additions are courtesy Tony Diaz and Andy Molloy. Read all about new content here David Schmenk posted an updated VM02 Beta 5, a pseudo Java environment for the Apple II. This […]
Posted inSoftware
Virtual II 6.3.6 released
Gerard Putter has updated Virtual ][, the leading 8-bit Apple II emulator for Mac OS X to v6.3.6 What’s new in version 6.3.6 The upgrade is free for all users of Virtual ][, and can be downloaded on http://www.virtualii.com
Posted inSoftware
Brutal Deluxe releases MountIt 1.3
Paris, 5th Feb. 2010 – MountIt 1.3 is a new Permanent Init File devoted to handling different disk image files (.DSK, .PO and .2MG) of any size (from 32KB to the maximum RAM available), only ProDOS based. Up to sixteen volumes can be added to the system. MountIt 1.3 corrects a bug which prevented other […]