2016
Posted inHardware
Apple IIc RamExpress II+ now available
The RamExpress II+ Memory Expansion Card adds extra random-access memory (RAM) and Real time clock to your Apple IIc computer. The standard memory expansion card comes with 1024K (1Megabyte) RAM. It is now available for $69.99 through a2heaven.com. Shipping is free.
Posted inPodcasts
Open Apple #65 (November 2016) : Alex Lee, What Is The Apple IIgs?
This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Alex Lee, purveyor of the canonical IIgs reference site What Is The Apple IIgs? We talk about what it was like being one of the brave few with this machine, and that feeling of living in a secret world of incredible graphics and sound that nobody […]
Posted inEmulation, KansasFest
Simulating a Burroughs 220 on your Apple II
If you ever wanted to simulate a Burroughs 220 vacuum tube computer on your Apple II, rejoice! Those lucky enough to be at KansasFest this past July had the opportunity to check out Michael J. Mahon’s preliminary work on his B220SIM. Functional but limited at the time, B220SIM aimed to show off the state of […]
Posted inGames
Nox Archaist milestone: Shattered Stone
The hard-working developers over 6502 Workshop have announced a major gameplay milestone in the development of Nox Archaist, which is illustrated in a video through the short story: Shattered Sword. In this episode, our hero travels to town and faces an epic struggle to get his sword repaired after breaking it over an ogre’s head. […]
Posted inPodcasts
Open Apple #64 (October 2016) : John Brooks, Tiger Learning Computer, Softalk
This month on Open Apple, we share an excerpt of an interview with John Brooks, courtesy of Juiced.GS. John talks about how and why he updated ProDOS, and his experiences getting back into the community. Tune in to hear Quinn lose 20 years of time perception around the Tiger Learning Computer, then pretend to know […]
Posted inHardware
DynaComp 240V power supply dissection
Long time Australian Apple // enthusiasts and full time technicians Dean Claxton and Mark Cummings, lamenting the lack of official documentation on power supply circuits, have reverse engineered a circuit diagram, schematic and a parts list for the DynaComp 240V power supply (model 699-00136) which was commonly used in the Platinum Apple //e. The DynaComp […]
Posted inHardware
A2Heaven’s Apple II VGA Scaler now available
A2Heaven continues to bring Apple II hobbyists great new hardware. The Apple II VGA scaler (AIIVGAS) is an Apple II compatible circuit board for converting Apple II, II+, Europlus and Apple IIe video to VGA compatible signals for displaying on a VGA monitor. The board is compatible with both NTSC and PAL systems. Due to […]