Category: Apple News
John Kavanagh has announced to his Kickstarter campaign backers that the issue 1 of the Eight-bit Magazine is in full production and on contrary to what he has published, it won’t have 48 pages, but 60! John also tells that the issue 2 work has started, and he is looking for authors to help make the magazine relevant. I am particularly…
Since we have very angry visitors (I am looking at you Commodore community), we don’t do any prank or fake article for April 1st in respect to them. That don’t prevent us from posting something about someone else’s jokes containing a note stating that it is an April fool’s joke, of course. This one came from Apple II Juiced.GS…
Blake Patterson has published on his blog “The Byte Cellar” an interview he made with the members of a group responsible for the first demo for the Apple Lisa. The interview happened via IRC channel back in 2011, and he now decided to take it from his archive and make it public. Even being four years old, it is fascinating…
This issue features a behind-the-scenes look by Ian Johnson at his work bringing Japanese language support to the Apple IIGS; an interview with Jimmy Maher of The Digital Antiquarian; David Schmenk’s introductory tutorial for programming in PLASMA; a review of Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs film; a reflection on lessons learned using the Apple II in a modern high-school classroom; and…
With a small target of €600 (for Kickstarted standards), the Eight Bit Magazine campaign has started and by the time I write this, has almost reached its goal. The project is a retro computer magazine that goes beyond the usual game review magazines we are used to. They plan to cover the hardware and programming side of computers from the 70’s to early…
The 8-Bit Guy YouTube channel has published about a month ago, which I was watching this morning where he talks about Apple and Steve Job’s biggest mistakes. This first video of the series compares the Apple IIGS and the Macintosh, two computers that came to market at around the same time. It is interesting to see how the Apple IIGS…
Quinn Dunki, host #1 of Open Apple podcast and the woman behind Blondihacks blog, has published an extensive review of the most recent release in the modern storage realm, the Floppy Emu by Steve Chamberlin of Big Mess O’ Wires fame. “The best part of the Floppy Emu is probably its flexibility. It will emulate 5.25″ drives, 3.5″ drives, and Smart Port devices…
Directly from Korea surfaces a brand-new Apple II emulator for Windows, the Apple in PC (AIPC). Features include: Emulates Apple //e enhanced computer Mockingboard and/or PHASOR card support Mouse Interface card support Disk II card with disk image (DSI, DO, PO, NIB images supported) Mass storage “SD Disk][ HDD” (HDV, 2MG images supported) Joystick with NumPad or PC Joystick Various…
Stack Overflow is a site for question and answers widely used by the software development community. It is valuable because all issues and answers can receive up/down votes, and they stay forever, accessible at any time. This is the second attempt to create a Stack Exchange site exclusive for vintage computer hobbyists interested in restoring, preserving, and using the classic computer and…
Yes, the game features a suicidal mob of cute creatures is already 25 years old! Lemmings was first published by Psygnosis for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC in 1991. It was also ported for more than 20 different platforms, including NES, C64, Amstrad and Playstation. On this puzzle game, you control the lemmings trying to guide then to the…
