Introducing the amazing DMS Drummer for Apple II personal computers! The DMS Drummer is the only wavetable based Drum Sequencer for the Apple //e, IIc, IIc+, and IIGS computers. It comes complete with 8 drum sounds: Bass, Snare, Rim Shot, Hand Clap, Tom, Hat Open, Hat Closed, and Lazer. DMS Drummer also has a massive […]
2011
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Give your iPad a vintage Apple 1 or Apple II inspired docking station
MIC Gadgets is offering vintage Apple II retro-inspired docking stations with removable Bluetooth keyboards for the Apple iPad and iPad2 (and technically the iPhone/iPod Touch as well). Two models are available, a wood-grained Apple 1 style case and a platinum ‘white pearl’ Apple II case, both available in limited quantities for USD $85.90 plus shipping […]
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Apple 1 and Apple II Papercraft art projects
Papercraft enthusiast site Paper Replika has fun papercraft models of the Apple 1 and Apple II available for download in PDF format. What better way to spend a lazy winter weekend afternoon with the kiddies, than printing out and assembling your own vintage Apple computer? The site has a huge selection of other models (even […]
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Egan Ford releases Codebreaker! puzzle game for Apple 1
Egan Ford recently announced Codebreaker! for the Apple 1. His Usenet post is attached. Hello, I had a bit of time last night so I thought I’d finally get around to playing with OpenEmulator and cc65 and see what I could do. The result was a game call Codebreaker! It’s a Mastermind ripoff. I didn’t […]
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Open Apple podcast #9 (November 2011) now available
The November 2011 episode of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, is now available. This month, Mike and Ken talk with Melissa Barron, the Apple II community’s famed tapestry artist. The three relate their experiences exploring the past and future of computer media at conventions and museums in Chicago and Rochester, exploring the […]
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Ivan Drucker announces NuInput 2.0
Ivan Drucker posted an update to NuInput, a super fast (and tiny) replacement routine for Applesoft’s INPUT and GET commands.
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Open Apple Podcast #8 released
This month in Open Apple, our intrepid co-hosts chat with Kelvin Sherlock, prolific Apple II programmer of GShisen, Silver Platter, ProFUSE, and more. Ken builds the suspense before revealing the identity of KansasFest 2012’s keynote speaker before we look at the latest Kickstarter fundraising projects that appeal to Apple II users. We ask ourselves, “Why […]
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John Romero to keynote KansasFest 2012
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 — KansasFest 2012, the Apple II convention scheduled for July 17—22 in Kansas City, Missouri, comes just two months after the twentieth anniversary of Wolfenstein 3D, the first-person shooter that, when released for MS-DOS in 1992, defined a genre that is still popular today. Not only did the game, which was later […]