There’s a new Apple II podcast, and it’s hosted by Craig Johnston and (*the*) John Romero. Check out the pilot episode of Apple Time Warp, available on iTunes or as a direct download here. If you’re a serious Apple II enthusiast, prepare to squee! It’s really very good. Apple Time Warp is a nostalgic look […]
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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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Jason Scott announces Apple IIGS and IIe now on JSMESS
Jason Scott has taken to Facebook to announce the inclusion of Apple IIGS and //e emulation into the JSMESS site. The Javascript MESS (JSMESS) project is dedicated to porting the MESS emulator to the Javascript language, so that many gaming consoles and classic computers can be emulated from within a web browser. It’s all in […]
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AppleIIWorks Envoy released, out of beta
You may recall, we announced the beta of Hugh Hood’s AppleIIWorks Envoy back in March of this year. Hugh has now released (a highly polished) finished application. As before, AppleIIWorks Envoy adds full Finder and Spotlight metadata support for Classic AppleWorks word-processing, spreadsheet and database files as well as a viewer to OS X. Get […]
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Bill Buckels releases programming aids for Aztec33 C65 compiler
Bill Buckels has released several utilities (and source code) for DOS 3.3 users of the Aztec33 C65 compiler:
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Lawless Legends
You may recall from our KansasFest 2013 coverage that Martin Haye gave attendees a sneak peek at an upcoming NEW Apple II game called ‘Lawless Legends’, a fantasy role playing game set in the wild west for the Apple II & other platforms! Today, Brendan Robert announced the launch of the Lawless Legends community page […]
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Eric Shepherd announces ‘S-Prize’
Eric ‘Sheppy’ Shepherd has announced the “S-Prize”, a project to encourage and reward the development of a SMB2 compatible FST for GS/OS, the graphical operating system for the Apple IIGS. Sheppy has fronted $400 of his own money, and will accept donations to increase the reward. See the S-Prize site for rules and requirements.
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Nathan Griffith posts Apple II Video Player (GIF converter/player)
Source and documentation are located at: https://github.com/nategri/apple2/tree/master/animation_2color