“Elk Cloner,” largely believed to be the first computer virus released outside a lab environment, turned 30 this year and tech news website The Register took the opportunity to interview its author Rich Skrenta, who was just 15 at the time of its release in February, 1982. The boot sector virus was written for Apple […]
2012
Eamon Deluxe 5.0 Public Beta now open, “Stronghold of Kahr-Dur” released
According to the Eamon Adventurer’s Guild Online blog, the Eamon Deluxe 5.0 Public Beta has been released.Ă‚ Additionally, the previously announced “Stronghold of Kahr-Dur” by Derek C. Jeter is available for the first time.Ă‚ Find all the details and downloads here.
JACE build 2012-12-09 released
Brendan Robert has released the latest Java Apple Computer Emulator (JACE) build. Here are the changes: ] Fixed nasty bug that caused crashes when joystick buttons (alt-keys) were pressed. Airheart is 100% playable again! ] RamWorks support is now available for up to 8 megabytes of memory. In addition to the RamFactor support it is […]
Open Apple podcast #22 (December 2012) now available
This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Kay Savetz, Internet publisher and author of the memoir Terrible Nerd. We cross enemy lines to look at a book about the cultural, scientific, and philosophical implications of Commodore 64 programming, some of it applicable to the Apple II. Paul Terrell’s Polaroid snapshots of the […]
Prototype //c on eBay – $5500 (or make offer)
If you’re into collecting Apple II gear, you know prototypes are hard to find and highly sought after. So when an authentic prototype like this Apple //c shows up anywhere, it gets some attention. This specimen appears to be from late in the development phase, and it may even be a seed machine ie. pre-release […]
Apple-1 sells for €500,000
The Apple-1 to most recently hit the auction block went for a record €500,000 (nearly $650,000 USD). Read all about it here. (HT: Mike Willegal)
Brutal Deluxe Software releases Window Capture
*Paris, Nov. 19, 2012* Brutal Deluxe Software releases WindowCapture. It is a utility focused on screen capture. It has been designed to help in Graphic Resources catching (backgrounds, sprites, animations, palettes…) from games running under emulators. Unlike Windows native Screenshot functionality (PrintScreen key), WindowCapture captures only the content of a window (not the whole screen) […]
What might have been: a trip through the Eamon IIGS tech demo
In September, the Eamon Adventurer’s Guild Online blog took a look at Whit Crowley’s attempt to port Eamon to the Apple IIGS using HyperCard.Ă‚ The project was ultimately abandoned, as was Darrel Raines’ non-HyperCard porting effort, for which he produced a “tech demo” of what he envisioned for the final product.Ă‚ Today, the EAGO blog […]

