Category: Apple II
Joshua Bell has announced the immediate availability of the latest version of the Apple II Desktop project. Apple II Desktop is a graphical user interface platform for the Apple II series computers and includes an array of utilities and programming languages built into the platform. The first beta release in the version 1.4 chain comes with a slew of updates…
Disk Jockey is an app for creating and analyzing disk images for retro computing platform emulators as well as actual hardware, including the Apple II, Amiga and Atari ST. The add will run on the following Mac OS platforms: 10.13 High Sierra 10.14 Mojave 10.15 Catalina 11 Big Sur 12 Monterey 13 Ventura 14 Sonoma It also runs natively on…
From Jesse Blue: New features: hover over mnemonics shows some information about it (hover over an “LDA” for example) format document format selection added configuration settings for format functions go to declaration (only works in current document) find all references (only works in current document) show symbols (only works in current document, press @ in search bar to show them)…
Script-Central Special Edition v9n2, Summer 2024 was released June 1, 2024. This 32 MB Disk Image for the Apple IIGS contains several new HyperCard IIGS stacks by author Brendan Bellina. Script-Central SE v9n2 Floorplan The issue includes all of the regular departments: Q+A, Tips & Trix, Scripter’s Workshop and the Lounge. The Lounge has been updated to include a musical…
Colin Leroy Mira has released STP, a new FTP client package for the Apple IIc. According to the release notes published by Colin: New release of my #AppleII things! STP, my FTP client, is now much more usable. It gets search, is ported to non-enhanced Apple II, and more importantly can now transfer floppy images (.po and .dsk) to a…
The latest beta release of Apple II Desktop, version 1.4-alpha9 pre-release has been unveiled. Curated by programmer Joshua Bell, this alpha release introduces a plethora of enhancements and improvements, albeit with a cautionary note to use it with care due to its alpha status. Key Features of Apple II Desktop v1.4-alpha9: Compatibility: Users can now seamlessly integrate this release with…
Wozamp 2.4 has been released. The author, Colin Leroy-Mira, announced the release with a miriad of video improvements including the following: * Better sound * Perfect sync * Better compression * Implement pause, rewind, forward * Implement volume normalization and control * Implement clean text subtitles * Leak fixes * Implement full-screen mode * Implement half-lines mode * 80-columns Wozamp – an Apple II music and video player
from Fredrik Ramsberg: PunyInform v5.4 is out! https://github.com/johanberntsson/PunyInform/releases TAKE ALL will now also take animate objects which you can take talk_menu has shorter versions of the strings to describe the options to end the conversation and show the next page of topics, for screens with less than 40 columns. They’re actually adapted to the smallest screen size on any Ozmoo…
Kelvin Sherlock has announced the immediate availability of the latest version of the Ample MAME Interface for Mac OS. This latest version of the emulation system includes the following: Includes MAME 0.265. Added a couple more Tandy machines including support for most retro TRS-80 machines. Added UI support for selecting slot-level ROMs Ample-MAME changes of note Lots of extra keys…
From the Kansasfest Committee: We are pleased to announce that Rob Gemmell, Apple employee from 1981-89 and one of the key designers of the Apple IIc, will be joining us virtually at KansasFest 2024 as a featured speaker! From 1981 to 1989, Rob was the Apple industrial designer of computers and accessories, then Creative Director of packaging, tradeshows and events, corporate…
