From Antoine Vignau’s post at comp.sys.apple2 on August 17: Graffidisk is a new kind of software for the Apple II. Its limit is your imagination: enter text or draw a GR picture on your Apple II and let Graffidisk tag your 5.25? floppy disks. See the results of your piece of art with John Morris’ […]
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Marinetti 3.0b9 is now available
A new version of Marinetti, the implementation of TCP/IP for the Apple IIgs, is now publicly available. The previous public announcement of a release of Marinetti was 3.0b3 in 2006. Since then there have been several bug fix versions that have not been made widely available. In 2014, the then-latest build, 3.0b8, was made available […]
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A2osX: Multi-Tasking OS for Apple II goes v0.9.1
Rémy Gibert, the author of A2osX, a now preemptive multi-tasking OS for the Apple II, announces the release of v0.9.1. Rémy is also looking for contributors. If you believe you could help, please visit https://github.com/burniouf/A2osX Announcement: Kernel 0.9.1 is now preemptive. All you need is a “tick” source, see below for supported hardware. For now, […]
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Announcing ProDOS 2.4.2 for all Apple II computers
Via Callapple.org at http://www.callapple.org/vintage-apple-computers/apple-ii/announcing-prodos-2-4-2-for-all-apple-ii-computers/, thanks to John Brooks: ProDOS 2.4.2 is a minor release with bug fixes and updates. It replaces ProDOS 2.4 and ProDOS 2.4.1. Bugs fixed: 1. If a directory with more than 255 files was used, and then a different disk was used, a Bad Dir Error $51 was reported. 2. Bitsy […]
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Andy McFadden releases CiderPress v4.0.3
Andy McFadden announced today, on comp.sys.apple2, the release of version 4.0.3 of CiderPress, his (more than) disk image utility for Windows. If you want to know more about the update, click the second link!
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Nox Archaist Kickstarter is Live!
6502 Workshop announced today that their Kickstarter Campaign for Nox Archaist has been launched! Nox Archaist’s Kickstarter Collector’s Edition recaptures the immersive 8-bit RPG experience of the 1980s with its full color game box stuffed with feelies including fabric map, printed manual, and game artifacts – all with custom, professional artwork. Listen to this episode […]
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Nox Archaist Kickstarter
6502 Workshop has announced that their Kickstarter campaign for Nox Archaist is scheduled to launch in September 2017. As unveiled at KansasFest, Nox Archaist will be available on Kickstarter in an old school plastic bag and a collector’s box edition*. There will be several box sets to choose from all of which will be loaded […]
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Nox Archaist dungeon module completed
6502 Workshop announces a major milestone in the development of Nox Archaist, their 8-bit, tile-based RPG: the dungeon module has been completed. The short narrative video Dungeons of Drathnor uses the Nox Archaist engine to demonstrate this module, along with new combat spells, new tile graphic animations, and dungeon puzzles. In the previous episode, the […]
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Nox Archaist combat module, part 2
6502 Workshop announces the release of Part 2 of the short short narrative video Cow-A-Pult using the game engine of their 8-bit tile-based RPG. This video shows more combat features. Mark Lemmert assures us that “Part 2 really does have cows in it. The people who omitted the cows from Part 1 have been sacked.” […]
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Nox Archaist combat module completed
6502 Workshop announces a major milestone in the development of Nox Archaist, their 8-bit, tile-based RPG: the combat module has been completed, as showcased via the short narrative video Cow-A-Pult (Part 1) using the Nox Archaist engine. In