Bobbi Manners has been hard at work over the last several months creating a suite of programs to send, receive and edit email on an enhanced Apple //e or Apple IIgs equipped with an Uthernet II. emai//er 1.0 has been announced and includes programs to download, read, edit, and send emails including attachments. The suite […]
Andrew Roughan
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Registration for KansasFest 2020 is now open!
KansasFest 2020, the 32nd annual Apple II convention, is open for registration. Users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts are invited to gather virtually from Friday, July 24, through Saturday, July 25, for two days and one night of sessions, demos, announcements, contests, and camaraderie. They will make the best of the virtual arrangement and return […]
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Marinetti 3.0b11 is now available
A new version of Marinetti, the implementation of TCP/IP for the Apple IIgs, is now publicly available. The previous public announcement of a release of Marinetti was 3.0b9 in July 2018. Since then there have been several bug fix versions that have not been made widely available. This release includes fixes for the following issues: […]
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Retro computing event in Melbourne Australia April 2019
Update: Unfortunately GORF was cancelled in early April due to lack of registrations. The Great Oz Retro-Fest, (GORF) is a multi-day event celebrating the personal computing platforms of the 1970s, 80s and 90s including the Apple, Microbee, Commodore, Atari, Sinclair and other 8- and 16-bit computer lines. GORF is being produced by Teaching Electronics and […]
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Marinetti 3.0b9 is now available
A new version of Marinetti, the implementation of TCP/IP for the Apple IIgs, is now publicly available. The previous public announcement of a release of Marinetti was 3.0b3 in 2006. Since then there have been several bug fix versions that have not been made widely available. In 2014, the then-latest build, 3.0b8, was made available […]
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Orca/C, Linker & library source released on GitHub
Mike Westerfield of The Byte Works recently announced on the Facebook Apple II Enthusiasts group that he had made the source code to Orca/C, the Linker and the OrcaLib library available on GitHub. Mike retains copyright of the code and rights to distribution, but is making it available on GitHub to accept contributions of fixes […]
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Oz KFest 2017 is now open for registration
Oz KFest 2017, the Australian retro computing gathering, is now open for registration. Oz KFest is happening at Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia between August 30th and September 3rd 2017 Oz KFest provides a similar experience to the well known and admired Kansasfest Apple II convention. For the first time, Oz KFest will be held at […]
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WOzFest PR#6 Announcements
The sixth WOzFest, the informal, irregular, afternoon gathering of Apple II enthusiasts in Wollstonecraft, Australia happened on Saturday 29th April. Here is a brief recap of the announcements that were made. For full coverage, head over to the organiser’s blog post about WOzFest PR#6. Manila Gear has announced that their version of the No Slot […]
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AFPBridge facilitates TCP/IP based AppleShare connections for Apple IIgs
Stephen Heumann has released AFPBridge, a tool that allows an Apple IIgs to connect to file servers using the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) over TCP/IP. It works by using the existing AppleShare FST, but redirecting its network traffic over TCP/IP rather than AppleTalk. With AFPBridge, anyone with a Marinetti-compatible network interface (such as an Ethernet […]
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Oz KFest 2017 – August 30th – September 3rd
The next Australian multi-day retro computing gathering, Oz KFest, will be happening on Bribie Island near Brisbane, Australia, August 30 through September 3, 2017. Come join us down under for a few of days of retro inspiration, Aussie ingenuity and camaraderie! The goal of the event is to provide a user group style environment to […]