Category: Apple News
A2Server is the Apple II is a file server and network boot host for Apple II computers for the Raspberry PI. The author, Ivan Drucker has announced that the new version has bug fixes and also the latest GS/OS releases. The author’s website also contains downloads for Raspple II, an easy-to-install distro for the PI, containing both A2Server and A2Cloud. Link:…
We that lived the times where we would fistfight our friends in defence of our favourite computer brand/model, know how fierce and endless these ruses can last. How about settle it in a friendly trump card game? If you wonder how, I can tell you that it is going to be possible really soon. There is an already-funded campaign running…
The Golden Apple is a luxurious one-off-a-kind replica and a tribute to the 128k. It’s handmade from American walnut instead of molded from plastics, but the dimensions are kept unaltered. And just as the original, the replica has the built in handle for lifting. The Golden Apple does look like a classic Macintosh, but in reality has an up-to-date Mac…
Wiebo de Wit has released a new post of his serie “Tetris in 6502 Assembler” for the Commodore 64. On this article he tackles the generation of random numbers and the keyboard input. Although the article is focused on the C64, the techniques are applicable for all 6502-based machines. It is worth checking this and all the previous articles. Link:…
A2heaven is a webstore selling modern hardware for the Apple II line of computers, include the IIe and IIc, including the Apple IIC VGA NTSC, allowing to connect VGA monitor to your IIc, and the SDFloppy II, and Disk II emulator that uses SD Card as storage media. Check it out the new store following the link below. Link: a2Heaven
A2Central has let us know that UltimateMicro will begin shipping pre-orders of their new 8Meg IIGS RAM Card v2.0 starting next week. Priced at USD $249 in their store, there will also be a $279 Buy It Now option via eBay. The design of this card started out as a clone of the CVTech 8MB card, but it’s an entirely new…
If you are around 40 years old or younger you’ve probably never used a punch card to code. I, when started college in 1988 also didn’t have a chance to do it, by one semester (I know, 1988 and still using punch cards is kind of weird, but my College didn’t have a big budget!). Now you can experience it (and…
Robert Bowdidge, one of three interns at Berkeley Softworks who ported GEOS to the Apple II is interviewed by Mike and Quinn, talking about what a great place Berkeley Softworks was, along with the power of good tools and proper software engineering. Robert has great memories of the culture there, the GUI technology they had built, and the brilliant people…
The YouTube user PC DOODLE has published a video demonstrating an Apple II connecting to the Internet and accessing Reddit. The connection is made via a serial port connected to an Arduino equipped with a wireless chip. The software running on the Apple II is a standard terminal emulator, and the secret sauce is really how to Arduino board is talking…
There is a new podcast called ‘New Game Plus’, dedicated to maintain old games alive and to help us better appreciate the games we have now. The most recent episode is about an Apple II original called Prince of Persia. The hosts ask for some constructive feedback about the show and its content. Just follow the link below to check the…
