Rich Dreher of R&D Automation has confirmed that the parts have been ordered for the fourth run of his wildly popular CFFA3000 flash storage and disk emulation card. If you want one, get on the waiting list NOW.
June 2015
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Big Mess ‘o Wires adds Apple II Smartport compatibility to Floppy Emu board
Steve Chamberlin at Big Mess’o Wires has successfully added Smartport compatibility to his Floppy Emu product. With the latest update, it now can read and write to most of the common disk image formats used to emulate 5.25, 3.5 and larger drives. Compatible with the Apple IIGS and Apple //c, IIc Plus, the Floppy Emu […]
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Juiced.GS Volume 20, Issue 2 now available
Volume 20, Issue 2 (Jun 2015) of Juiced.GS, the longest-running Apple II publication in print, is now arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes. This issue features reviews of Ninjaforce’s KABOOM and GGLABS’ RAMGS card; coverage of Oz KFest; a breakdown of how ProDOS formats disks and stores and manages files; a deepening mystery with Det. Pomme and […]
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Tecnowarp 7MHz 512KB accelerator for Apple II, II+ //e available soon
Tecnobytes has released a new demo video of their upcoming Tecnowarp accelerator card. It’s rated at 7MHz and has 512KB cache which puts it on par with the very rare Transwarp II card (which only had 256KB cache). Things we haven’t seen yet are adjustable slot configurations, diagnostics, adjustable speed settings, i.e. some of the […]
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Quinn Dunki gamepad project on Hackaday
Quinn Dunki has been featured (again) on Hackaday, this time for a gamepad she’s been working on. We’re posting links to the Hackaday post and to Quinn’s project page at Blondihacks. Something interesting is going on there!
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UltimateMicro to open new store Wednesday, June 17th 2015
Anthony Martino and Henry Courbis will be opening their new, updated UltimateMicro storefront on Wednesday, June 17th. You can expect to see many of their innovative new products showcased, such as the MicroDrive Turbo, 2MB RAMWorks Expander, the improved No-Slot-Clock and the new Switchable Oscillator along with ROM, RAM and miscellaneous upgrades. Something for everyone!
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NinjaTracker Tool221 released for the Apple IIgs
Thanks to Ninjaforce and the FTA, Brutal Deluxe Software is happy to announce the release of a new toolset for the Apple IIgs, NinjaTracker Tool221. NinjaTracker Tool221 is a GS/OS toolset to play musical scores made with Ninjaforce’s MODConvert2 software. It works like the Soundsmith toolset 219 written by the FTA. Tool221 integrates the NinjaTracker […]
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Wade Clarke releases old text adventures
Wade Clark (author of horror survival adventure Leadlight) has dug up some of his prior adventure games dating back 25 years. If you like text adventures, you should check them out.
Posted inElsewhere, General, Nostalgia & Preservation, People, Product News, Software
Original The Bard’s Tale series to live on with The Bard’s Tale IV
inXile Entertainment is currently running a Kickstarter to fund development for The Bards Tale IV. Yesterday, it was announced that backers at the $20 or higher level would receive free digital copies of the original The Bard’s Tale, The Bard’s Tale II: Destiny Knight and The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate along with a […]