For $35 USD, this snazzy ROM adapter from A2Heaven.com will let you switch your original Apple IIGS between ROM 0 and ROM 01, or (even more interestingly) between the beta 2.0 and IIBF ROMs if you’re curious about those. It features a color-changing LED to indicate which ROM is active. Obviously, due to architecture differences, […]
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UltimateMicro announces new products
UltimateMicro has announced new products to enhance your favorite Apple II, with even more enhancements and fun projects on the way. ROM 0 to ROM 01 Adapter v2.0 The IIgs ROM0 to ROM1 Adapter v2.0 is a redux of the v1 adapter where I used to Machine Pin Sockets stacked together to allow use of […]
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New vendor ByteBoosters releases 4MB RAM card for Apple IIGS
ByteBoosters appears to be a new Apple II vendor in Roth, Germany. Their first product is a $60 (USD) 4MB RAM card for the Apple IIGS currently being sold on eBay. It looks like it may be a clone of the Applied Engineering GS-RAM III which is a really nice card, as far as we’re […]
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Ian Kim produces first internal Mockingboard for the Apple IIc
Ian Kim has beat a few other similar projects to the punch with his new Mockingboard 4c, an internal Mockingboard compatible card for the Apple IIc. It appears to be music only (no speech synthesis). Details are very limited at this time, but we know (or don’t know) the following: Lots of pictures to see […]
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ZDNet posts article on how communist-era clones of the Apple II influenced today’s technologists
ZDNet has posted an interesting story on how clones of popular computers (notably, copies of the Apple II) built during the communist era have influenced today’s technologists in Bulgaria, Romania and other former Soviet Bloc countries. Even today, the Apple II Community is benefiting; Plamen Vayssilov’s A2Heaven.com is a great example.
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Big Mess o’ Wires introduces Floppy Emu Model B
Steve Chamberlain has revised his successful Floppy Emu product and added additional enhancements for vintage Apple II and Macintosh users. Check out Steve’s intro attached below.
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Mockingboard v1a and SSI-263 back in stock at UltimateMicro
Henry Courbis has informed us that the Mockingboard v1a ($85 USD) and SSI-263P Speech Synthesis Chip ($65 USD) are back in stock, thanks to Tom Arnold. They won’t last very long.
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A2Heaven opens its gates at last
Plamen Vayssilov has opened A2Heaven.com, a new Apple II site to sell his Apple II products. The site will also host a blog and forums for technical support. Plamen, a Bulgarian retro-computing enthusiast, has been prolific in cloning and reverse-engineering and even modernizing several Apple II peripheral products, such as the Mockingboard, AE RAMWorks and […]
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UltimateMicro to begin shipping their new 8Meg IIGS RAM Card v2.0
UltimateMicro will begin shipping pre-orders of their new 8Meg IIGS RAM Card v2.0 starting next week. Priced at USD $249 in their store, there will also be a $279 Buy It Now option via eBay. The design of this card started out as a clone of the CVTech 8MB card, but it’s an entirely new […]