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Tribute to the French United Crackers Klan

by Antoine Vignau April 7, 2016December 21, 2023

Brutal Deluxe is a big fan of the works of the French United Crackers Klan/Miami Software and the group wanted to thank them for what they have brought to the Apple IIgs. Find a page with their software (cracks, demos, games, slide shows, utilities) and source code (yes, source code of ZZCopy ;-)) now @ http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/tribute/fuck/

Elsewhere, Events, General, Hardware, Nostalgia & Preservation, People

Vintage Computer Festivals Spring/Summer 2016

by a2fan March 14, 2016February 15, 2023

Vintage Computer Festivals are like no other events! Come join us for a few days of family-friendly historic computing awesomeness. Each event has a hands-on exhibition hall where you can see and try computers from the 1960s-1980s. There are also keynote lectures, technical classes, special attractions, and much more. There are four U.S. editions of […]

Interviews, Podcasts

Open Apple #57 (March 2016) : Bill Budge!

by Em Maginnis March 12, 2016March 1, 2023

This month on Open Apple, we sit down with legendary Apple II programmer, Bill Budge. In addition to being an icon of Apple II gaming and graphics, he is the number-one-requested guest by listeners of the show. Mike and Quinn are very excited he was able to make some time to talk to them, and […]

Apple III, Elsewhere, General, Interviews, Nostalgia & Preservation, People

Drop /// Inches #16: Taylor Pohlman

by a2fan March 7, 2016February 15, 2023

In this episode of Drop /// Inches, we interview Taylor Pohlman, who joined Apple in 1979 and became the Apple /// Product Marketing Manager in 1981, managing the “Reintroduction” of the Apple ///. He is also well known for the series of columns in Softalk magazine (“The Third BASIC”) introducing concepts in Business BASIC programming. […]

General

ZDNet posts article on how communist-era clones of the Apple II influenced today’s technologists

by a2fan February 12, 2016April 3, 2023

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.

Elsewhere, General, Nostalgia & Preservation, People

“Classic Computing: The Complete Historically Brewed” now a free download

by a2fan February 8, 2016February 15, 2023

Back in 2011, David Greelish ran a successful Kickstarter to republish “Historically Brewed”, a series of ‘zines for fans of retro-computing. It was one of the first Kickstarter projects I’ve backed, and I was pleased with the results. It’s not an Apple II-specific ‘zine, but there are plenty of articles of interest for the Apple […]