Texas rocker Joe Ely has released B4 84, an album he made with an Apple II, using the alphaSyntauri music system and a Roland 808 drum machine. In a brief interview with the San Antonio Current, Ely discusses the details of the album, which was recorded over 30 years ago, his interactions with Woz, and […]
Em Maginnis
Em is the former editor-in-chief of A2Central, as well as a blogger and rescuer of classic manuals and books.
Posted inGeneral, Nostalgia & Preservation, People
Woz reflects on Apple’s early days
His appearance at KansasFest 2013 and recent write up on the development of Integer BASIC notwithstanding, Woz has spent much of his time recently battling the FCC’s controversial new net “neutrality” policies and generally looking to the future. This is understandable of course – you can only tell the same stories of the company’s early […]
Posted inHardware, It's a Hack!, Product News
Apple II case for your Raspberry Pi
Charles Mangin sure has been having fun with his 3D printer. Last month, his SD card reader disguised as a Disk II drive made waves in the community and now he’s followed it up with this totally awesome thing: Yes, it’s a Raspberry Pi case designed to look like an Apple IIe. Mangin explains: Each […]
Posted inNostalgia & Preservation, People, Programming, Software
Woz recounts writing Integer BASIC
BASIC, that simple language that was an integral part of the Apple II experience for so many fans, turns 50 this month and to help celebrate, Woz has contributed a nice little memoir about how he wrote Integer BASIC from scratch.
Posted inApple 1
Apple-1 Registry gets an overhaul
With all the recent news about Apple-1 computers fetching the 21st century equivalent of a king’s ransom seemingly every few months, and more and more units emerging from storage units, garages and attics, Mike Willegal decided it was time to give his Apple-1 Registry a facelift. Â The new layout features a clickable table of units […]
Posted inEvents, Interviews, KansasFest, Podcasts
Open Apple special KansasFest 2013 coverage
The Open Apple team forced Carrington Vanston of 1 MHz and KansasFest first-timer Kay Savetz of the new (and excellent) ANTIC: The 8-bit Atari Podcast into a room in the basement of Corcoran Hall at Rockhurst to record the very first Open ANTIChertz. Listen in as we discuss KFest goings-on, from Kevin’s impressions — both […]
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New run of CFFA3000s
Rich Dreher has announced that a new run of CFFA3000 boards will be available sometime later this year. Pre-orders are not currently being taken, but you can get on his email list to be notified about details as they become available. This will also help Rich gauge interest in the next run. Project Status: 4/23/2013: […]
Posted inProduct News, Software
ADTPro 1.2.7 released
David Schmidt has announced the release of the latest version of the ADTPro utility. Here’s what’s new: Just a few little niceties this go-round: Inspired by Sheldon Simms’ project to stay serial for not only booting but also disk serving, I combined Speediboot and the Virtual Serial Driver so that you can boot into the […]