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 […]
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Virtual ][ Emulator updated to v6.4
Gerard Putter’s excellent 8-bit Apple II emulator Virtual ][ for Mac OS X has been updated to version 6.4.Ă‚ The most significant change is that support for Mac OS X 10.4 and PowerPC Macs has been dropped.Ă‚ Here’s a list of what’s new: – Dropped support for Mac OS X 10.4 and the PowerPC processor. […]
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ADTPro 1.2.0 released
David Schmidt posted to comp.sys.apple2 this morning that the latest version of ADTPro is now available to Apple II (and III) users. The text of his post: This release, contrary to its “.0” suffix, isn’t revolutionary – I just ran out of digits in the mod level counter before I came up with anything extraordinary […]
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Washington Apple Pi Apple /// DVD Reclassified as Public Domain
Dave Ottalini of the Washington Apple Pi user group announced today on Facebook that their Apple /// DVD, which formerly sold for $45, is now reclassified as public domain.Ă‚ Here’s the text of David’s announcement: Folks – I’d like to let you know that I’ve decided to put the old Apple /// DVD into the […]
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FTA updates ActiveGS to 3.5.750
From Bill Martens over at Call-A.P.P.L.E. comes the news that the FTA ActiveGS plugin Apple IIGS emulation system has been updated to version 3.5.750.  Primarily a maintenance release, this version addresses the following issues: Download ActiveGS here.