This month on Open Apple, the Apple II community’s only co-hosted podcast, Mike and Ken chat with Egan Ford, aka the datajerk, the Apple-1 and II programmer extraordinaire responsible for the Apple II Game Server Online! Egan expertly demonstrates which CPU is faster, the 6502 or 8088, running circles around everyone listening. Laurie Spiegel is […]
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Apple Game Server/Apple DIsk Server get mobile versions
Egan Ford has added mobile versions to Ă‚ the Apple Game Server and Apple Disk Server websites. Ă‚ These updates make it possible for you to use your iPhone or iPad to stream the extensive catalog of titles directly to your Apple II. Ă‚ Egan states in his comp.sys.apple2 post that he has only tested on the iPhone, […]
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Online Apple Game and Disk Servers done (for now)
Egan Ford’s disk server projects have both reached their final release versions. According to Ford’s post in comp.sys.apple2: I think I can call both projects done for now. The source has been updated and released (links in the READMEs). Thanks for all the testing and feedback. I think both services are fairly solid now. All […]
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Apple Disk Server reaches beta v5
Egan Ford’s Apple Disk Server, which is an off-shoot of his Apple Game Server ONLINE! has been in development for a while now and has reached beta v5. Here’s a list of all the changes since the project first came online earlier this month. Jan 8, 2012 * Beta v5 released. * Extra second of […]
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Apple Game Server ONLINE! updated to v0.5
Egan Ford continues to improve his Apple Game Server ONLINE! project, releasing the latest version (0.5) today. The games available to play now numbers more than 200. According to the Change Log, v0.5 has these updates: * Boosted audio volume from 50% to 75%. * Added MON download option (Apple Monitor text for pasting into […]
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Apple Game Server Online! updated
We first mentioned Egan Ford’s Apple Game Server Online! last week. Today Egan posted to comp.sys.apple2 that, with the help of Michael J. Mahon, he has updated the server to version 0.2. The game count is up to more than 200 now, and he and Michael were able to speed up the 12kHz/6kHz 8000 bps […]
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Online Apple Game Server now online
Egan Ford (aka datajerk of the jerkwerks) today announced that his web-based Online Apple Game Server is open for business. The concept is that games can be served directly to your Apple II as audio files through the machine’s cassette ports. Ford has posted a video tutorial explaining exactly how to get it up and […]