Brendan Robert continues to improve JACE, the Java Apple Computer Emulator. Ă‚ Today, he added Passport MIDI Adapter support and fixed a minor bug. Ă‚ Per Brendan’s comp.sys.apple2 post: “I just confirmed that JACE can output music from Ultima V very very very very beautifully.Ă‚ Note that if you use linux you might be better off […]
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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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Virtual II emulator updated
Gerard Putter has released another update to the popular Virtual II 8-bit Apple II emulator. The following changes are included in this latest version: Version 6.5 requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later. Version 6.3.7 is still offered for users of OS X 10.4 and 10.5. Visit the main Virtual II site here to download […]
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Shrink-Fit X released
Kelvin Sherlock, the IIGS programmer responsible for GShisen and many other popular applications, has released Shrink-Fit X for Mac OS X. Ă‚ According to the App Store description:Ă‚ “Shrink-Fit X is a utility for opening and extracting NuFX (ShrinkIt) files on OS X.” Shrink-Fit X, which requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later, is available now […]
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Ewen Wannop releases SNAP v1.1 update
Speccie’s News Acquisition Program (SNAP for short) today received an update to v1.1, according to program author Ewen Wannop. SNAP is an NNTP client program for the Apple IIGS. According to Ewen: This is an update release of SNAP, which fixes a multitude of bugs, as well as introducing many enhanced features. Please read the […]
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Virtual ][ emulator bugfix update released
Gerard Putter today posted v6.4.1 of the popular and awesome Virtual ][ emulator for Mac OS X. Coming on the heels of the recent major update which among other things, dropped support for Mac OS X 10.4 and PPC Macs, this update is designed to address a couple of minor bugs found in 6.4: Double-clicking […]
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JACE Apple II emulator updated
Brendan Robert has released an update to JACE, a Java-based Apple II emulator.Ă‚ Here’s a list of the latest changes, per his comp.sys.apple2 post: Changes since last build: -Better NTSC color emulation -Fixes to prevent crashes on start (race condition in video initalization) -Tweaks to sound timing -Experimental raw sound output (activate/deactivate with F7) -Help […]
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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 […]