BOY HAVE WE GOT BIG PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND! A2Central has received its TranswarpGS v1.0 clone prototype and we are going to test it in our primary Apple IIGS starting this weekend. The first run of 10 PCBs are intended for testers and developers, with the remainder being sold to a lucky few who have […]
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Charles Mangin is ready for KansasFest. Are you?
KansasFest Preview #2
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Play Bob Bishop’s ‘Dung Beetles’ online
Pierre Durant posted via Facebook, his remake of Bob Bishop’s classic game “Dung Beetles” that you can play in your web browser. Check it out at: http://www.monkey-x.com/Apps/app.php?id=347
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Open Apple #46 (April 2015): Paul Lutus, ReactiveMicro, and KansasFest Keynote
This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Paul Lutus, author of seminal early Apple II software such as AppleWriter and GraFORTH. We talk about the impacts of software development on society, the value of the individual in the process, and the trials of coding software in the woods. We talk extreme offsite backups, […]
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KansasFest 2015 opens for registration
KANSAS CITY, MO — April 10, 2015 — KansasFest, the 27th annual convention dedicated to the Apple II computer, is now open for registration. Users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts are invited to Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday, July 14, through Sunday, July 19, for six days and five nights of sessions, […]
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Check out the source code for Don Worth’s Zap, FixCat and Linker
Em Maginnis is busy posting some of Don Worth’s Apple II legacy online. Check it out at http://www.6502lane.net/ Source code for Zap, FixCat and Linker Beneath Apple Manor Bag of Tricks original manual files More to come!
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Cloned TranswarpGS in testing — IT LIVES!
Achievement Unlocked! ReactiveMicro and UltimateApple2 appear to have successfully cloned the Applied Engineering TranswarpGS! A2Central has been granted exclusive access to pictures of the prototype running self-diagnostics during a marathon burn-in session (at 16.5MHz), along with pics of the assembled prototype’s front and back. Within a week or so, prototypes will be shipped out to […]