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.
Andy Molloy
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.
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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 […]
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TreeHugger 1.0 released
krüe’s GS/OS printer port driver TreeHugger has gone through several revisions and has hit version 1.0. The latest version features a new control panel. See our previous post for more info.
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1 MHz and the Retro Computing Roundtable offer new podcast episodes
Vintage computer historian David Greelish hosts a new podcast called the Retro Computing Roundtable (iTunes). His first guests included other retro computer hobbyists Bill Degnan, Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston. The discussion includes Apple related history, as well as ENIAC, the Xerox Alto, and more. David founded the Historical Computer Society and produced an early […]
Posted inKansasFest
KansasFest 2010 — Thursday
Thursday was the first full day of sessions, and we were excited to see what the presenters would come up with this year. Peter Neubauer started us off with a presentation on Macrosoft, an Applesoft-like programming language that allows one to achieve machine language speed without having to write assembly code. Peter used Macrosoft to […]
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Early Apple mouse prototype
Antoine Vignau scored an early Apple II mouse prototype dated November 12, 1980. Visit his site for pictures of the heavy 3-button device.
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Applied Engineering Repository on RetroMacCast
Bill Martens and Brian Wiser are interviewed on episode 161 of the podcast RetroMacCast about their Applied Engineering Repository Web site. The interview starts about 15 minutes into the show. Hear some of the history of Applied Engineering and their excellent Apple II hardware products such as the Transwarp, Ramworks and PC Transporter.
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FishNDA – use your Apple IIgs to keep tabs on Barney Miller’s Fish
Ryan Suenaga released FishNDA, a new desk accessory for the Apple IIgs that tells you whether actor Abe Vigoda is still among the living. Although Ryan bills this as “the stupidest program in the history of computing”, we know it’s a tech demo for even more interesting projects to come…