If you’ve listened to the latest Open-Apple podcast (#45), you’ll know that Em Maginnis and I have recently had the opportunity to test a few new products from UltimateApple2 and ReactiveMicro. First up is an improved clone of the No-Slot Clock (NSC), aka the Dallas Smartwatch DS1216E. Well, it’s more than a clone, really. It’s […]
March 2015
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David Finnigan announces Marina, IP stack for 8-bit Apple II computers
MacGUI operator David Finnigan has announced ‘Marina’, a TCP/IP stack for 8-bit Apple II computers. The web page says Marina is written in assembly language (Merlin Pro source code), and contains numerous features such as link-local addressing, address conflict detection, built-in DHCP client, malicious IP packet rejection and much more. Cool stuff to be sure […]
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Juiced.GS Volume 20, Issue 1 now available
Volume 20, Issue 1 (Mar 2015) of Juiced.GS, the longest-running Apple II publication in print, is now arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes. This issue features a guide to compiling cc65 code in Xcode on the Mac; the first chapter of a serialized Apple II mystery; a review of Assembly Lines: The Complete Book; instructions for using […]
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Open Apple #45 (March 2015): Mark Kriegsman, FastLED, Transwarp GS Clone, and Newsapalooza
Open Apple #45 has been published. This month, we sit down with Mark Kriegsman, author of Star Blaster, and a modern Apple II hacker. He has ported the awesome FastLED driver library to the 6502, so you can drive many hundreds of 32-bit RGB LEDs with your Apple II. Meanwhile, we browbeat people into attending […]
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Crazy Cycles Demo by The French Touch
The French Touch strikes once more with multi-desynchronized video modes. The demo runs on an Apple IIe. Get the disk image @ http://www.ctrl-pomme-reset.fr/french-touch/
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David Schmidt releases ADTPro 2.0.1, bug fix for RS-232 users
Version 2.0.1 of ADTPro has been released. This version has a fix that is important for users with native RS-232 serial ports (though they’re getting more and more rare all the time). There’s also some help for our friends that are trying to tune their audio settings, and a few other bug fixes. Initial text […]
Posted inEmulation, General, Programming, Software
Ivan Drucker updates A2SERVER, A2CLOUD and Raspple II for Pi A+ and 2B
Hey all, I’ve posted new updates to A2SERVER, A2CLOUD, and Raspple II. Biggest deal is compatibility with the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, which is much faster than previous Raspberry Pi’s. Go get one! Also, the GSport emulator is now installed on non-Raspberry Pi machines. A2SERVER is a file server and network boot host for […]
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Rebecca “Burger Becky” Heineman to deliver keynote at KansasFest 2015
KansasFest 2015, the 27th annual Apple II convention, is scheduled for July 14 –19 in Kansas City, Missouri. Rebecca “Burger Becky” Heineman, a prolific computer game programmer, designer, and industry veteran, will join us with a keynote presentation. Heineman learned programming at age 16 and gained fame in 1980 as the first National Space Invaders […]
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Check out the source code for Don Worth’s Zap, FixCat and Linker
Em Maginnis is busy posting some of Don Worth’s Apple II legacy online. Check it out at http://www.6502lane.net/ Source code for Zap, FixCat and Linker Beneath Apple Manor Bag of Tricks original manual files More to come!