Category: Apple II
Kelvin sherlock has released the latest version of the Ample MAME interface for macOS. Ample version 0.289 brings the emulation interface for MAME in line with the latest release of the MAME emulator. This release requires an additional 7 ROMs to be downloaded, all of which are downloadable from within the App. You can download the latest version of the…
Seattle, Washington – August 1, 2026 – Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has published a new book, Apple II Notes: Early Technical References & Notes From Steve Wozniak. It contains early technical references for the Apple II computer, encompassing more than 200 pages. It also features Steve Wozniak’s article on High-Resolution Color Graphics, and 14 pages of previously unseen handwritten notes…
Seattle, Washington – August 1, 2026 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has published The WOZPAK Original Edition: Steve Wozniak’s Apple II Computers, intended for collectors who want to own a reprint of this early work. It contains almost 300 pages, with much of it in the original handwriting of Steve Wozniak. The WOZPAK is a historically important collection…
Seattle, Washington – August 1, 2026 – Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has published a new book and a sequel to a prominent magazine — GS+ Magazine v8 n1: The First Apple IIGS Magazine + Disk Publication. It has been 30 years since GS+ Magazine stopped publication and people are still talking about it and learning about the Apple IIGS…
The Xmas Display stack was developed by Script-Central staffer HangTime for Macintosh HyperCard and then converted to HCGS and released on what unexpectedly turned out to be the final issue of Script-Central (issue 22). It included 7 Christmas themed animations, 5 Christmas songs, and 7 instruments. The enhanced version “Xmas Display 23” which has many additional songs, instruments, and snow…
Gerard Putter has announced the immediate release of the update for the Virtual II Apple II emulator. Virtual II Version 13.2 includes the following new features and changes: When using the “arrows as joystick” option, the arrow keys were also forwarded to the virtual machine. This caused issues in some games, and has been solved. The Inspector can now save…
Fredrik Ramsberg has announced the release of Adventure 350p Release 10. According to his posting, “Release 10 of Adventure, 350p version, PunyInform edition, is out. Earlier releases have used something called a custom alphabet table, to improve text compression and thus reduce file size. The resulting game works fine in all modern Z-code interpreters, but as it turns out, not…
The latest version of the Clock Signal Emulator by Tom Harte has been released. CLK version 2026-07-20 includes the following changes to the emulator: resolves incorrect placement of data within a floppy disk track, potentially overwriting unrelated data, when any machine wrote two or more discontinuous regions during a single rotation; corrects video output of the Apple II, Vic-20 and…
For those of you who missed out on the in-person festivities of Kansasfest 2026, you now have a chance to catch up. Thanks to the Kansasfest Committee, you can now peruse the first batch of edited KansasFest 2026 sessions, which are now available over on the Kansasfest YouTube page for your enjoyment!: Tuesday Evening Orientation w/ Jay and Ron! Wednesday…
The latest version of the Apple II Desktop is now available for download from the Apple II Desktop GitHub. This release is an Alpha release for version 1.6 and includes a slew of changes and updated. They include the following: General Show app icons for system files in file picker. Make mouse cursor responsive while drawing menus. DeskTop Add Space…
