Category: Apple II

Two new movies added to the Take-1 Movie Library

Two new movies added to the Take-1 Movie Library

Two new movies have been added to the Take-1 Movie Library, an A.P.P.L.E. produced repository of Take-1 related programs, utilities and animated movies. The two new movies come to us courtesy of one of the creators of the Karateka III movie, Andy Cooper. The two new movies, Road Warriors of the Barren Wasteland and Space Bounty Hunter, are a fun…

Apple II Desktop v1.5 Beta 1 Released

Apple II Desktop v1.5 Beta 1 Released

The first beta for Apple II Desktop version 1.5 has been released. This release officially moves the version 1.5 release from slphs to beta and includes well over 100 changes to the application. Made for the Apple IIe and Apple IIc, Apple II Desktop gives retro Apple users a fully qualified graphical interface for their machines. Originally created in 1986,…

GBBS Pro Repository Website Updated

GBBS Pro Repository Website Updated

Over the past several months, work has been going on behind the scenes in a big way with a complete update of the GBBS Pro Website. Spearheding this effort has been none other than Paul H. Lee. Yes, that Paul Lee, the programmer who brought you GBBS Pro version 2.4 as well as the latest updates and efforts in the…

The Entire GS+ Magazine is now Available in Digital Format

The Entire GS+ Magazine is now Available in Digital Format

After two months of announcing at Kansasfest and then having to reset and edit some more good stuff in the GS+ Magazine issues, we can now say, they are all available. Every one of the issues have been restored, re-typeset and graphics enhanced. The 37 issues of the GS+ Magazine collection, along with all of the floppy disk images for…

GBBS Pro Newsletters now available online

GBBS Pro Newsletters now available online

The Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange users group is proud to announce, in coordination with copyright holder Kevin M. Smallwood, the immediate availability of the GBBS Pro Newsletters from the L&L Productions days. These newsletters were intended for the sysops and GBBS Pro owners around the world. Now, for the first time, they are freely downloadable by the general public….

Sokoban for the Apple IIGS Released

Sokoban for the Apple IIGS Released

Chris Vavruska has released a version of the tile game Sokoban for the Apple IIgs. The release, which according the author, came out of a need to explore the Generic Tile Engine on the Apple II GS. According to him, “I have been wanting to play around with Lucas’ GTE for a while so I ported a version of the puzzle…

Clock Signal Emulator Updated

Clock Signal Emulator Updated

The Clock Signal Emulator (CLK), a multi-platform emulator for Mac OS by Tom Harte has been updated. This update is primarily focused on the BBC Micro emulation and includes the following changes: corrects and improves cursor display on the BBC Micro; adds a previously-absent one-cycle delay to pixel output on the Amstrad CPC, correcting off-by-one palette changes in Bomb Jack…

Ample 0.281 Released

Ample 0.281 Released

The latest version of the Ample Emulation Interface for the MAME multiplatform emulation package on Mac OS has been updated. Ample 0.281 includes the following updates: Includes MAME 0.281 Fixed missing dock config for mac powerbook duos Fixed missing floppy disk config for some mac (lcs, quadras, etc). You can download the latest version of the Ample package from the…

Snow – Classic Macintosh emulator 1.1 Released

Snow – Classic Macintosh emulator 1.1 Released

Snow, the open source Classic Macintosh Emulator has been updated. The Latest release, Version 1.1.0 includes a myriad of updates including the following: I-cache, bus timing accuracy and other improvements to the 68020 Use bundled SDL library for MacOS builds Implement save states IWM and floppy fixes to support more copy protections New icon by Andrew Yaros Implement drag and…

A2kit 4 Released

A2kit 4 Released

The A2kit version 4 has been released. A2kit is an open source, script-able command line interface for disk image and language manipulations, and the engine behind a number of editor extensions for Apple II languages. A2Kit version 4 features the ability to define, create, and manipulate your own track formats and nibble tables (but bring your own DOS when it…