Charles Mangin has announced Option8’s latest RetroConnector will be a joystick shield. For only USD $35, you can now use your much-loved, classic CH Mach II joystick (or any other Apple DB9 or DIP16 joystick) and interface it to your USB equipped Mac or PC for some retro-gaming fun. The joystick shield joins Option8’s family […]
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David Schmenk’s latest Apple II Pi update posted
David Schmenk is on a mission to tightly integrate the Raspberry PI and Apple II into an amazingly awesome fusion of old school retrocomputing facilitated by modern hardware. Pure Genius. Apple II Pi Part 4 In case you missed the previous installments: Apple II Pi Part 3 Apple II Pi Part 2 Apple II Pi […]
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Ivan Drucker updates A2Cloud
A2Cloud is now out of testing and has reached it’s first official release. Users of the prior beta release are encouraged to download the new version at: http://appleii.ivanx.com/prnumber6/category/a2cloud/ Per Ivan’s site, the ideas behind A2Cloud are to:
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Build your own SwyftCard
Mike Willegal has just finished work on converting his SuperProto card into a Jef Raskin SwyftCard kit. The SwyftCard firmware contains a set of instant-on word-processing and calculator applications which don’t require an operating system to load or store data files on diskette. The cost of the kit is $65 USD plus shipping. Good soldering […]
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Ian Kim’s SD DISKII Emulator
Meanwhile, over in Korea… Ian Kim has been busy developing his own SD-based Disk II emulator. The site is in Korean, but movies of the card in action are available for viewing.
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RetroConnector //e and //c – adapt your Apple II keyboard to a modern device
Usually, retro-computing hobbyists attempt to hack and adapt new hardware to interface with older machines. The RetroConnector by Option8 does the opposite. It let’s you interface your Apple //c or //e keyboard with a modern device such as a PC or iPad. Two models, both based on the PJRC Teensy (an Arduino clone), are available […]
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Apple II Community embracing Raspberry Pi – UPDATED
The Raspberry Pi (RPi) is becoming a phenomenal hacker’s tool for retrocomputing enthusiasts, and the Apple II Community is no exception in benefiting from this tiny but potent little computer. Previously, we’ve covered Ivan Drucker’s fabulous A2SERVER, the ‘server in a can’ that provides a file server and network boot host for Apple IIGS and […]
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David Schmenk’s QuickCam //e project gets documentation
Remember David Schmenk’s awesome hardware hack where he routed the output of an old parallel Connectix QuickCam to his Apple IIe through an Apple Parallel Card? Â Of course you do. Â Here’s how he did it, in case you want to build your own: Part I – The Hardware, Part II – The Software.