Antoine Vignau’s 40×24 text editor is the perfect thing for creating ASCII art screens — useful for demos, programs and crack intros. Krue is accepting art submissions for his new fortycolumn gallery, and T40 makes for an easy path to participate. Head on over the Brutal Deluxe site to download. Recent updates to v1.31 have […]
Andy Molloy
Posted inElsewhere, Nostalgia & Preservation, Software
A look back at Quark’s Apple II products
Em Maginnis reaches back into desktop publishing company Quark’s history for a look at Catalyst and Word Juggler.
Posted inKansasFest, People
Summary of Bob Bishop keynote at KansasFest
Steve Weyhrich has an extensive write-up of Bob Bishop’s keynote talk, covering Bob’s time at Apple, his Apple II software projects, and SiMPLE, a programming language for kids and adults.
Posted inPodcasts
1 MHz Podcast episode 14 released
Carrington Vanston has posted a new episode of 1 MHz: The Apple II Podcast. Download direct or subscribe via iTunes. From the summary: 1 MHz is back to shout a quick hello before KansasFest 2011. Meanwhile, Anthony Martino and Henry Courbis say their goodbyes as UltimateApple2 and ReactiveMicro both go on hiatus. But then Henry […]
Posted inKansasFest, Software
Apple II game: Escape from the homebrew computer club 3D
David Schmenk amazed KansasFest attendees with his game ‘Escape From the Homebrew Computer Club 3D’. It’s a first person shooter, minus the shooting, that uses low res graphics to produce a 2 1/2 dimension game running on all models of the Apple II. The object is to help Woz find his way out of a […]
Posted inElsewhere, Hardware
The Franklin ACE 2100 in pictures
Em Maginnis provides a fascinating look at the Franklin ACE 2100, an Apple IIe clone. Through a series of photos, he pops the top off the case and takes us on a tour of the innards.
Posted inKansasFest
An in-progress list of KansasFest sessions
Here’s a sample of the sessions planned for Kansasfest. The list is subject to change, and several more are in the works. It’s not too late to register for KansasFest and contribute your session to the pool!
Posted inHardware, KansasFest
Exclusive Apple II MP3 card workshop at KansasFest
Vince Briel will be conducting a KansasFest workshop this year to build his new A2MP3 card. Vince demoed a prototype of the card a couple of years ago at KFest. Included in the $99 workshop fee are all parts needed to build the card, along with Vince’s expert guidance (please bring your own soldering iron). […]