From Gizmodo, someone made this appetizing gingerbread Apple II: Check out all the sugary goodness at this Imgur gallery.
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Mike is the editor-in-chief of A2Central, as well as a blogger and rescuer of classic manuals and books.
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Open Apple #65 (November 2016) : Alex Lee, What Is The Apple IIgs?
This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Alex Lee, purveyor of the canonical IIgs reference site What Is The Apple IIgs? We talk about what it was like being one of the brave few with this machine, and that feeling of living in a secret world of incredible graphics and sound that nobody […]
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Simulating a Burroughs 220 on your Apple II
If you ever wanted to simulate a Burroughs 220 vacuum tube computer on your Apple II, rejoice! Those lucky enough to be at KansasFest this past July had the opportunity to check out Michael J. Mahon’s preliminary work on his B220SIM. Functional but limited at the time, B220SIM aimed to show off the state of […]
Posted inGames
Nox Archaist milestone: Shattered Stone
The hard-working developers over 6502 Workshop have announced a major gameplay milestone in the development of Nox Archaist, which is illustrated in a video through the short story: Shattered Sword. In this episode, our hero travels to town and faces an epic struggle to get his sword repaired after breaking it over an ogre’s head. […]
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Open Apple #64 (October 2016) : John Brooks, Tiger Learning Computer, Softalk
This month on Open Apple, we share an excerpt of an interview with John Brooks, courtesy of Juiced.GS. John talks about how and why he updated ProDOS, and his experiences getting back into the community. Tune in to hear Quinn lose 20 years of time perception around the Tiger Learning Computer, then pretend to know […]
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A2Heaven’s Apple II VGA Scaler now available
A2Heaven continues to bring Apple II hobbyists great new hardware. The Apple II VGA scaler (AIIVGAS) is an Apple II compatible circuit board for converting Apple II, II+, Europlus and Apple IIe video to VGA compatible signals for displaying on a VGA monitor. The board is compatible with both NTSC and PAL systems. Due to […]
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Analogue and 8Bitdo to bring wireless gaming to Apple II
Gizmodo brings us news that a wireless gaming controller is being developed for the Apple II. Check out all the juicy details here and then head to their Kickstarter to get in early on the action.
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Open Apple #63 (September 2016) : Kate Szkotnicki, ProDOS 2.4, KansasFest
This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Kate Szkotnicki, long time Apple II fan and new addition to the retro community. We chat about her first impressions as a newcomer to the community, and the big splash she made at her first KansasFest. Kate is a cosplayer and frequent attendee of anime and […]
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Open Apple #62 (August 2016) : Mark Pilgrim, Passport, Ancient Legends
This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Mark Pilgrim, one of the most active software preservationists in the Apple II community. Mark has been spending his free time working on Passport, an automated cracking tool. It automatically detects and defeats copy protection schemes on Apple II disks, producing copyable disks that are otherwise […]