Alex Lee has posted a lengthy review of Rich Dreher’s CFFA card on his Apple IIgs web site. It includes a step-by-step guide to setting up the card.
Andy Molloy
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Apple II game Lemonade Stand coming to iPhone
TouchArcade reports that Lemonade Stand is being remade for the iPhone. Although the graphics are being redone, the gameplay, economics and even music will be carried over from the classic Apple II version. The game should be available in the App Store this week.
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A couple of Apple IIgs emulator updates
Two Apple IIgs emulator updates slipped under our radar. Richard Bennett-Forrest has ported his Florence emulator from Java–it’s now a Mac OS X native application. The version numbering was reset and presently stands at 1.0d2. Although not available for download, you can follow the progress on his site. KEGS-OSX 1.94 added support for Intel Macs. […]
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KansasFest first call for session presenters
Now that registration is officially open, the KansasFest Committee is asking for session ideas and presenters. Sessions are 30-60 minute topics covering almost anything Apple II-related (we’ve also had Mac, Windows and *NIX too). Everyone who is planning to present sessions or product demonstrations is asked to submit a proposal and get on the schedule […]
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Five reasons why GS/OS beats Vista and OS X
Everyone has their favorite operating system, and the holy wars among each camp continue indefinitely. Among the modern candidates — Mac OS X, Linux, Windows XP, and Windows Vista — one OS is conspicuously absent: GS/OS. Ken Gagne offers five reasons why this 16-bit, 15-year-old operating system is superior to Vista and Mac OS X.
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New CFFA card firmware under development; 6th batch of cards on the way
Rich Dreher’s compact flash card for the Apple II continues to improve. The new version 2.0 firmware is expected to offer a 25% improvement in read/write performance, a built-in user configurable menu, and several other interesting features. The firmware will be incorporated into the new run of cards, but good news for folks with 4th […]
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8-Bit Sound & Fury site covers music making on the Apple II
Simon Williams’ 8-Bit Sound & Fury web site covers hardware and software solutions for making music on the Apple II. The site has added lots of material since we last wrote about them a few years ago. From the high end alphaSyntauri synthesizer to the Drumulator to SquareWaver, you can tap into a variety of […]
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FASTDSK – new disk imaging tool for 8 bit Apple II computers
Jean-Marc Boutillon’s freeware FASTDSK program images 5 1/4? disks, and runs under ProDOS on 8 bit Apple II computers. It features logging and auto-name generation, which makes it useful for converting large stacks of floppies to DSK format images. The program was written with Merlin assembler 8 and the source code is available.