Well, it SHOULD be obvious, but this also was an April Fools post. In a move to be more competitive with big chain store Apple II software distributors, Eric “Sheppy” Shepherd has announced Syndicomm will soon offer a ‘pick up now’ option in their online store. “It will more or less be similar to the […]
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Briel’s 4MB GS RAM card available again at reduced cost
Vince Briel wrote in to let everyone know that his popular 4MB GS RAM card (Apple IIGS only) is available again and at a reduced price of only $49 USD while supplies last.
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ProFUSE extension reads ProDOS volumes on Mac OS X
Kelvin Sherlock, prolific programmer of iShisen, Silver Platter, and PNG Floyd, is now developing ProFUSE, a command line tool for Macintosh OS X that mounts ProDOS-formatted disk images as volumes on the Mac desktop. These volumes are read-only, allowing files from the disk images to be opened and read in any Mac program, or copied […]
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Get Lamp launches its own blog
Jason Scott, creator of BBS: The Documentary, recently created a blog dedicated to his latest project, a documentary of text adventures. The new site, “Taking Inventory“, is “a weblog related to the production of the documentary Get Lamp and the general subject of interactive fiction.” A trailer for this film’s pending release is also available.
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GShisen now available for iPhone
If you’ve ever played GShisen, the incredibly addictive puzzle game for the Apple IIGS, then you’ll be happy to know you can now take it on the road. Kelvin Sherlock, the game’s programmer, has created a version for the Apple iPhone mobile device. iShisen is now available from the iPhone App Store for the low, […]
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Get Lamp documentary update
Jason Scott, creator of BBS: The Documentary, recently updated his blog with news on his latest project, Get Lamp, a documentary of text adventures: I have finished going through all 120 hours of footage for useful clips. This is the most dreary aspect of the way I do these documentaries. I listen to an interview […]
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MIT team developing $12 OLPC loosely based on Apple II UPDATED
This post has been disavowed. Please refer to the UPDATE link for additional information. John Gruver wrote in to share this spectacular bit of news, that an MIT team may develop an OLPC based “loosely” on the Apple II. The Boston Herald [article] and PC Pro UK [article] are reporting the device is projected to […]
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Syndicomm to offer discs of GNO Apple II library in 2007
Starting early in 2007, Syndicomm will offer discs containing the contents of the GNO Apple II library. The discs will be sold for around US $5 apiece, and will be periodically updated to reflect the latest contents of the archive. A specific date on which the service will begin has not been determined yet.