Tom Charlesworth has just posted to comp.sys.apple2 that AppleWin 1.14.0 beta is now available. AppleWin is a highly regarded, open source Apple //e emulator for the Windows operating system.

According to Tom, Applewin 1.14.0 beta includes the following:

Fixes:
. Super Serial Card: PR#2 & IN#2 now working
. Full support for Peripheral Expansion ROM (at $C800) & $CFFF access
. F2 (Power-cycle) when ROM is switched *out* caused Apple to freeze

Changes:
. Attempt to use drive1’s image name as the name for the .aws file
. Added Apple //e (original 6502 version with “Venetian Blinds” self-test)
. Turbo mode via Scroll Lock (temporary or toggle mode) – selectable via UI

Beta:
. Mouse Interface card support in slot 4 (selectable via UI)
– Full 6821 emulation & 2K ROM. Based on code by Kyle Kim (Apple in PC)
– Tested with: Dazzle Draw, Blazing Paddles, Archon II: Adept, Orge[Fix], Dragon Wars

I’ve released as beta as there have been many changes under the hood.

The mouse card is interesting: I assumed that the 2K Rom would appear at $Cn00 & $C800..$CEFF (ie. like the SSC). But it pages itself in dynamically only at $Cn00-$CnFF! I guess this is so it can coexist with the extended 80-col ROM.

We got the heads up on this press release via Bruce Damer’s DigiBarn Computer Museum newsletter (which by the way, is one of our favorite retro-computing sites on the net and highly recommended).

The Washington Apple Pi User Group (WAP) has collected a huge array (4GB!) of legacy Apple /// manuals, information, disk-imaged software and placed it all on DVD! The Apple /// Legacy DVD is available for $35 USD + shipping, which goes to help the Washington Apple Pi.

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Gerald Stocker has posted information on a new Linux-based Apple II emulator project named Twoapple on comp.sys.apple2. According to Gerald’s post, Twoapple emulates the 6502 and video display, but doesn’t yet have sound, cassette or disk support. See the project’s ReadMe file for further details.