Category: Apple II
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…
The 2024 rendition of the FAPPLE2 Fest was held yesterday with 11 people showing up for the annual event in Kawasaki, Japan. The FAPPLE2 Fest is the annual get together of the Japanese Apple II hobbyists, originating from the 1980’s and is held each year at the home of one of the members, Atsushi Ushiroda. This years event included 11…
The Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller client software has been updated. Release notes from Applesauce FDC creator, John Morris stated: Client Release 1.88.5 – https://evolutioninteractive.com/applesauce/Applesauce_1885.zip Fix to CP/M support for disks that need a masked extent number for record count calculations. Improved disk layout when loading IBM-sectored disks that contain a lot of sectors on each track. macOS 14.2 and higher was incompatible…
Big Mess O Wires (BMOW) has announced the availability of the Mac Sync-inator, a sync signal converter dongle for the Apple IIgs and Macintosh. According to the website, “The Mac Sync-inator supports all classic Macintosh computers and video cards with a standard DB-15 monitor connector, and is also compatible with the Apple IIgs (a 15 kHz monitor is also needed for the…
Colin Leroy-Mira has announced the availability of the latest version of his WOZAMP Video and Audio player for the Apple II series computer. “I’m happy to say I’ve released Wozamp version 2.3 at https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/wozamp-an-apple-ii-music-and-video-player/You may notice that the page’s title is now “a music and video player” Please find attached to this message’s replies a few examples!”
From our friend of the program, curator of the Free Tools Association (FTA) and creator of the ActiveGS Plugin and iOS app emulator – Back in 2011, I published my first iPhone app as a tribute to my Apple 2GS/FTA days. It was both a challenging journey to develop for iPhone 3GS/4 and iOS 3.2 back then, but also the…
Jeff Mazur has announce the immediate release of the updated Firmware 1.2.0 for all ROMX* (ROMX+, ROMXe, ROMXc, and ROMXc+) which is now up at https://theromexchange.com/utilities/romxce Also, images for instant load ProDOS 2.4.3. https://theromexchange.com/rom_images/romxce theromexchange.com ROMXc ROMXc+ ROMXe ROMX+ | ROMX ROMX – The ultimate ROM replacement for your Apple ][! theromexchange.comROMXc ROMXc+ ROMXe ROMX+ | ROMXROMX – The ultimate ROM replacement…
