Eric Shepherd, author of the Sweet16 emulator for the Mac, posted an announcement today about the status and future plans for Sweet16. He starts with a comforting “this isn’t a death announcement!”, then continues: With that out of the way, I know it’s been a while since the last update to Sweet16, and that it […]
January 2017
Posted inHardware, Product News
A 65816 in a PAL //e
a2heaven.com has just revealed one of their projects: a microprocessor replacement for the PAL Apple //e. Switch from your current 8-bit 65(c)02 to the 16-bit 65816 one. You are still running at 1 MHz and access 64 KiB of RAM — but is that the first step before a modern accelerator interface card similar to the one […]
Posted inGames
Portal for the Apple II – A Cake-acquisition Simulator
Vince Weaver has written an Applesoft rendition of Portal for the Apple II. “While attempting to travel to the future to get a copy of Portal 3. I accidentally traveled to alternate-1987 and obtained a copy of Portal 1 for the Apple II!”, Weaver says. “In actuality I originally just planned to do the end […]
Posted inProduct News, Software
Brutal Deluxe Software announces i’m fEDD up v2.2
Brutal Deluxe Software announces the maintenance release of i’m fEDD up, their copy/preservation utility program. Now at version 2.2, the program can export 5.25? disk bitstreams in a .FDI file. If you own an Apple IIgs, the copy process runs in a single pass. A faster copy means more chance to reliably preserve track sync’ed […]
Posted inNostalgia & Preservation
Happy 40th Birthday, Apple Computer Inc.!
As tweeted by early (and current) employee Chris Espinosa, today is the 40th anniversary of Apple Computer’s incorporation in California. https://twitter.com/cdespinosa/status/816335019207639040
Posted inKansasFest, People
Steve Gozdziewski, former KansasFest committee chair, passes away
Steve Gozdziewski, the former “Grand Gouda” of the KansasFest committee, has passed away. He was 69. Steve was the champion of KansasFest for many years, leading the event around the turn of the century, after the Apple II had been discontinued but before it became retro. He recruited several committee members as well as such […]
Posted inEmulation, General, Product News, Programming, Software
The Source Is Strong With This One – System 6.0.4.
Happy II Year! A New, New Release. But first I would like to address the auxtypo, er auxtype issue recently discovered with the 6.0.3. release. Sometimes there are many ways to accomplish the same task. Most of the time it matters not how it is done so we don’t think about it. The auxtype issue […]
Posted inEvents
The Oregon Trail play opens in NYC
The Oregon Trail, playwright Bekah Brunstetter‘s original and unauthorized stage production of the classic MECC game, opens next week at the Fault Line Theatre in New York City. The play runs January 13–February 12, 2017, and tickets range from $9 to $24. This production was previously performed at the Portland Center Stage at The Armory […]
Posted inProgramming, Software
Phoenix Software text adventure source code released
The source code for three text adventures from Phoenix Software has been released by the original programmer, Paul Berker. Adventure in Time (1981), Birth of the Phoenix (1981), and Queen of Phobos (1982) were published for both Apple II and Atari, with source code for both platforms now available from the AtariAge forum. These releases […]