David Schmenk has released the first update to his Proto Language AsSeMbler for All programming language in five years.
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Open Apple #34 (Jan 2014): 2013 end-of-year roundtable
At the dawn of 2014, Open Apple, the Apple II community’s only monthly podcast, engages in its annual tradition of reflecting on all that has transpired in the Apple II community in the past year. Ken Gagne moderates a panel of Em Maginnis, Andy Molloy, Ivan Drucker, and David Schmenk to look at topics in […]
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Juiced.GS Volume 18, Issue 4 now available
Volume 18, Issue 4 (December 2013) of Juiced.GS, the longest-running Apple II publication in print, has been mailed to all subscribers. This issue features a review of the Replica 1 Ten from Briel Computers; a preview of David Schmenk’s Apple II Pi card; an interview with Jonathan Zufi of the Shrine of Apple and Iconic; […]
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David Schmenk’s QuickCam //e project gets documentation
Remember David Schmenk’s awesome hardware hack where he routed the output of an old parallel Connectix QuickCam to his Apple IIe through an Apple Parallel Card? Â Of course you do. Â Here’s how he did it, in case you want to build your own: Part I – The Hardware, Part II – The Software.
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Apple //e Quickcam – Now in Hi-Res!
On Friday, David Schmenk posted a video of a neat hardware hack: a Connectix parallel Quickcam running real-time images to his IIe through an Apple Parallel Card. Â Today, he showed off the natural evolution of his hack: the Quickcam transmitting in glorious monochromatic high resolution. Â According to Schmenk, it’s slow – about 1 frame per […]
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PLASMA – Proto Language Assembler for Apple
David Schmenk today introduced PLASMA.  According to David’s write-up, “PLASMA is a combination of virtual machine and assembler/compiler matched closely to the 6502 architecture. It is an attempt to satisfy a few challenges surrounding code size, efficient execution, small runtime and fast just-in-time compilation. By architecting a unique bytecode that maps nearly one-to-one to the […]
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Open Apple podcast #7 (August 2011) now available
The August 2011 episode of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, is now available. This month, Mike and Ken keep the KansasFest vibe going with first-time attendee David Schmenk, getting his perspective on the greatest products, sessions, and experiences of last month’s Apple II convention, from the CFFA3000 to Sweet16 and more. Ewen […]