Howard Katz has posted the March, 2006 issue of Apple II News & Notes, the freely-redistributable monthly newsletter about the Apple II world.
Eric Shepherd
Posted inKansasFest
KansasFest 2006 registration opens!
Registration for KansasFest, the annual celebration of all things Apple II, has begun. You can now sign up and take advantage of the early-bird discount rate of $325 for a double room. KansasFest is a great deal of fun, and is always educational as well. This year’s event runs from July 18th through the 23rd.
Posted inHardware
Rich Dreher taking orders for fourth run of CFFA card
Rich Dreher is taking orders for the new, fourth, run of the CompactFlash for Apple II card. The card sells for US $105 plus shipping. The new run of the card improves compatibility with CompactFlash cards, particularly larger sizes. It also includes a few other changes. Instructions are available on Rich’s web site for how […]
Posted inKansasFest
KansasFest 2006 rates coming soon
Tony Diaz announced this week that rates and other information about KansasFest 2006 should be announced very soon. He continued to mention that rates will be a bit higher this year than last, due to increased costs at Rockhurst University, our venue for the second year in a row.
Posted inGeneral
March 2006 issue of The Lamp! released
Lyle Syverson has posted the March 2006 issue of The Lamp!, the monthly distillation of the most interesting discussions on Syndicomm Online’s Apple II bulletin board.
Posted inSoftware
Virtual ][ 5.1 released for Mac OS X
Gerard Putter has released version 5.1 of Virtual ][, his excellent 8-bit Apple II emulator for Mac OS X. The new version is a Universal Binary that runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macintosh computers.In addition, the following changes have been made:
Posted inNostalgia & Preservation
Wish Apple a happy 30th birthday
Check out HappyBirthdayApple.com, which is collecting 30th birthday greetings for Apple from Apple fans around the world. The messages will be collected and printed in a hardcover book which will be given to Steve Jobs in celebration of the anniversary on April 1. In order to fund layout and printing, each message costs US $2 […]
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February A2 News and Notes posted
The February, 2006 issue of Apple II News & Notes has been posted by its editor, Howard Katz. The freely redistributable newsletter covers the key goings-on in the Apple II world over the past month.