Mark Pilgrim wrote on CSA2: I just had a brief but constructive email discussion with Paul Lutus, the author and copyright holder of “Electric Duet,” the 2-note software synthesizer for the Apple II. He has generously agreed to release the music player routine itself under the GNU GPL. Paul requested that I credit it like […]
2014
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Silvern Castle 9.5 released
Jeff Fink has released Silvern Castle 9.5, the popular Wizardry-like RPG game for the Apple II. You can download it from either: http://webpages.milwpc.com/finkjc/silverncastle/ or http://finkjsc.a2hq.com/silverncastle/ Bugs Fixed in v9.5: Stuff Changed in v9.5: New Stuff Added in v9.5: Tip o’ the hat to Ken Gagne for sharing this story.
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What is the 2gs? Gaming Update Bonanza!
And straight from Alex Lee’s “What is the 2gs?” website: Hot on the heels of the educational and hardware related finds made amongst Tony Diaz’s collection, we now turn our attention to gaming related finds – and there’s quite a lot of new cool stuff archived. Discover new titles and rarities at http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/news/
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AppleWin 1.24.0 released
Straight from comp.sys.apple.2 Hi, Here’s a new build of AppleWin which fixes a few issues: http://prdownload.berlios.de/applewin/AppleWin1.24.0.0.zip As usual, if anyone spots any problems then either post here or file a bug report on berlios: https://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?group_id=6117 This is really just a maintenance release rolling up the small set of changes/fixes since April 2013. NB. The Win8 […]
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Sixtyfive 2014.01.04 Forth-style assembler is released
Daniel Kruszyna, the man behind Drift, has just announced on comp.sys.apple2 the release of the latest version of his Forth-style assembler: Hello All, I’ve released a new version of sixtyfive, my forth-style assembler. http://krue.net/sixtyfive/ Here are the changes: Miscellaneous new 8 bit definitions: prntx and text window direct page locations. Miscellaneous new IIgs bit definitions: […]
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Brutal Deluxe releases OMF Analyzer
Paris, January 4th, 2014 – Brutal Deluxe Software introduces OMF Analyzer. OMF Analyzer is a command-line tool for Windows to analyze OMF Files we can find on 16 bits Apple IIgs operating systems like Prodos 16 or GS/OS. Because OMF files are the core of any executable code on the Apple IIgs system (S16, Exe, […]
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Open Apple #34 (Jan 2014): 2013 end-of-year roundtable
At the dawn of 2014, Open Apple, the Apple II community’s only monthly podcast, engages in its annual tradition of reflecting on all that has transpired in the Apple II community in the past year. Ken Gagne moderates a panel of Em Maginnis, Andy Molloy, Ivan Drucker, and David Schmenk to look at topics in […]