Now that registration is open, the KansasFest planning committee is accepting session proposals for this year’s event. Sessions run from 30-60 minutes, and cover most any Apple II related subject. They are the lifeblood of KFest, and a great way for attendees to share their knowledge, interests and passion with others. You don’t have to […]
Andy Molloy
Posted inHardware
Installing the Apple IIe Card in a Mac Color Classic
Em Maginnis takes us step-by-step through his project to add the Apple IIe Card to his Color Classic. Nice write up and pictures, including some gotchas to look out for.
Posted inElsewhere, General
Apple II screens recreated as weavings
Melissa Barron’s recent art installation consists of a number of Apple II game and program screens recreated as loom weavings. ExTV writes that she “creates ‘glitch’ weaves by hacking a Jacquard Loom. What materializes is code, made tangible.” Amazing! Visit Melissa’s web site for additional projects.
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ActiveGS browser plugin adds save state and rewind mode and Silagra
Free Tool Association’s ActiveGS browser plugin received a couple of updates in January, including: Visit FTA’s site for the complete list of improvements and bug fixes. ActiveGS is a front-end for the Apple IIgs emulator KEGS. It can be run standalone or in a web browser on Windows and OS X.
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Apple IIgs Laptop Project redux
The A2GS-L01 project folks posted a brief update to say they are building a new unit to replace the prototype that was lost last year. Plans are to show it and take orders at this year’s KansasFest.
Posted inNostalgia & Preservation, User Group
Apple’s first user group newsletter available
Brutal Deluxe has made available the last three issues of Apple’s Contact newsletter from 1978 and 1979, as well as the 32-page Best of Contact ’78. The Apple Bibliography on page 30 is filled with classic early article references on the Apple II, such as: Wozniak, Stephen, “Sweet 16: the 6502 Dream Machine”, Byte 2, […]
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ActiveGS browser plugin updated
FTA‘s browser plugin ActiveGS is a front-end based on the Apple IIgs emulator Kegs, running on Windows and Mac OS X. Version 3.2.619 was released on December 6th and includes adjustments to the emulator speed, screen shot function and various other fixes.
Posted inPeople
Becky “Burger” Heineman extensive interview
Matt Barton (author of the excellent book Dungeons and Desktops, a history of computer role-playing games) interviewed famed Apple II programmer and game developer Rebecca Heineman as part of his popular Matt Chat series. The interview is broken into four parts with possibly one more to come. Becky discusses Bard’s Tale, Dragon Wars, Tass Times […]