This isn’t the first z-machine interpreter for Apple’s mobile operating system, but Activision’s just-released “Lost Treasures of Infocom” for iOS is the first official way to play many of Infocom’s classic text adventures on your iPhone or iPad.  The app is available for free from the App Store and comes with Zork I: The Great Underground […]
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Open Apple podcast #19 (September 2012) now available
This month on Open Apple, the Apple II community’s only co-hosted podcast, Mike and Ken chat with David Schmidt, the programmer responsible for ADTPro. Beyond his own program, David has also contributed to the development of Davex, GSport, AppleCommander, CiderPress, OpenEmulator, DiscFerret, CFFA3000 — and much, much more. Collectively, the show’s hosts marvel at the […]
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Lim Thye Chean’s VirtualGS book now on iTunes
Lim Thye Chean’s IIGS programming book, “Virtual GS” is now available from the iTunes store.  This free iBook was created with Apple’s free iBooks Author app and requires an iPad with iBooks 2 running iOS 5 or later.  Lim’s book covers several popular IIGS programming topics, including Pascal and GSoft BASIC.
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Open Apple podcast #9 (November 2011) now available
The November 2011 episode of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II podcast, is now available. This month, Mike and Ken talk with Melissa Barron, the Apple II community’s famed tapestry artist. The three relate their experiences exploring the past and future of computer media at conventions and museums in Chicago and Rochester, exploring the […]