While the most recent Apple-1 auction failed to close with a successful sale – bidding on the non-functional unit didn’t meet the $80,071 minimum price – another unit is scheduled to hit the auction block in November.  This particular Apple-1 is not only complete and working, but  comes with several original peripherals including a 9? […]
2012
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Open Apple podcast #20 (October 2012) now available
This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Ewen Wannop, British programmer of 16-bit telecommunications programs such as Spectrum, SAM, SNAP, and SAFE. The hosts share feedback galore from the last episode and contemplate how to record a live show. After catching up on some headlines from last month, we plow forward, celebrating […]
Posted inHardware, Product News
Latest batch of Mimeo-1s to go on sale
The latest batch of Mike Willegal’s Mimeo-1 Apple-1 replica kits is scheduled to go on sale shortly. Willegal has upped the revision number to 1.01 to go with some changes he made to the latest version: What follows is summary of changes. 1) I changed the solder mask to matte. I’ve had a few people […]
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Brutal Deluxe is fEDD up!
October 1st, 2012 – Antoine Vignau and Olivier Zardini, founders of Brutal Deluxe Software, are proud to introduce their newest software to the Apple II community. “I’m fEDD up†is Brutal Deluxe’s second answer to nowadays preservation of 5.25″ diskettes on the Apple II. Its main features are: Essential Data Duplicator compatible If Utilico Microware’s […]
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Juiced.GS Volume 17, Issue 3 now available
Volume 17, Issue 3 (June 2012) of Juiced.GS, the longest-running Apple II publication in print, has been mailed to all subscribers. This issue features coverage of KansasFest 2013, including a behind-the-scenes look at Jeremy Rand’s winning HackFest entry, CurtaSim; a review of David Finnigan’s book, The New Apple II User’s Guide; the conclusion of Peter […]
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Melissa Baron’s “73H 0r3g0n 7r41L” glitch screenprints now available
Daniel Kruszyna (AKA Krue) today made the following announcement on comp.sys.apple2.marketplace: Melissa Barron has made available screenprints of glitches she encountered while working on her 73H 0r3g0n 7r41L project. You can find the prints at Melissa’s Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/MthreeL Here is a video of the presentation she gave about 73H 0r3g0n 7r41L at Kfest 2010: […]
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Brutal Deluxe’s DeluxeWare CD-ROM reclassified
Apple IIGS French programming super-group announced that their DeluxeWare CD-ROM has been reclassified as freeware. The text of their press release follows. Paris, September 11st, 2012 – Brutal Deluxe’s DeluxeWare CD-ROM now available Antoine Vignau and Olivier Zardini are proud to announce that DeluxeWare, their CD-ROM released in 1996 in partnership with La Pomme Illustrée, […]
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ADTPro updated to version 1.2.4
David Schmidt has released another update to his popular ADTPro disk transfer utility. New functionality: * [Client] ProDOS Serial and Ethernet clients can extract and send nibble images * [VDisk] Virtual drive over a comms link – any serial or Ethernet connection can host a virtual ProDOS disk on slot 2, […]
Posted inApple 1, Deals, Elsewhere
Briel Computer’s second annual ‘I can’t solder sale’
Vince Briel is having what is now an annual ‘I can’t solder sale‘ with significant savings on his assembled retrocomputing products. If you’ve been considering a Replica-1 (or any of the other cool kits), now is your opportunity for major savings. Sale ends 09/16.
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Open Apple podcast #19 (September 2012) now available
This month on Open Apple, the Apple II community’s only co-hosted podcast, Mike and Ken chat with David Schmidt, the programmer responsible for ADTPro. Beyond his own program, David has also contributed to the development of Davex, GSport, AppleCommander, CiderPress, OpenEmulator, DiscFerret, CFFA3000 — and much, much more. Collectively, the show’s hosts marvel at the […]