Category: Apple News
In 1989, Jordan Mechner released Prince of Persia for the Apple II and it was a best seller as the history tells. Later the game was ported to all computer and game platform you can think of, making it one of the most iconic games ever released. 28 years later, the original game is still fun to play, even on retro machines…
Vintage Computer Festival East is starting today, March 31 and goes until April 2nd at InfoAge Science Center in New Jersey. The show is targeted for the whole family (but we know we would enjoy it the most!) with conferences, exhibit, vendor stands and more. In terms of presentations, the show will have Bill Herd talking about Surface Mount Technology,…
Yes, you read it right! On March 17th, 2017, Adobe Illustrator turned 30 years old! Since it is a piece of software that are still being developed and is relevant to this day, we never think of it as something that has started back in the 80’s. Released in 1987, Illustrator changes the way designers create graphics for all sorts of…
Cult of Mac has published this article talking about Jason Scott’s quest to find and archive all software ever published for the Apple II. Jason works for the retro computer enthusiast’s best friend, the Internet Archive. Although it is something that many people have been doing over this years, it is reassuring that the Internet Archive has someone dedicated to such task. “I tell…
Even after uncountable years out there, Virtual II developer, Gerard Putter keeps working on it and make it even better. A few weeks back, Gerard had released another update for the emulator, but at that time he had to disable the full-screen mode. The explanation he gave me was that the API used to achieve that mode was deprecated and…
Open Apple brings excellent content for any retro computer enthusiast, doesn’t matter the brand. If you want to know a bit more what is going on in the Apple II world, make sure to listen every month! Mike and Quinn sit down with each other and catch up on all the news they’ve been neglecting lately. They discuss the disappointing…
Juiced.GS subscribers should start receiving the new issue of Juiced.GS soon. The issue 1, volume 22 brings lots of interesting articles, as state the official announcement: This issue features a tutorial for telnetting to bulletin board systems from your Apple II; reviews of the AP40 wireless Bluetooth game controller and the Floppy Emu storage device; an interview with Joe Santulli,…
The Retrogaming Party happened last January 13 and 14 in Portugal. Result of a partnership between Retromania website and ISPGaya, the event was divided in two days to serve two different publics. One day was dedicated to the ISPGaya students, who had the opportunity to get in contact with the most important and iconic machines from the 80s and 90s. The second…
Hackaday has always being a “friend” of retro-computing with many articles pointing to cool projects related to the computers of the golden age! Today, they are showing off a portable Apple IIe created by Jorj Bauer, which include a tiny keyboard, a TTF screen, SD card support, all powered by the microcontroller development board Teensy 3.6 equipped with an 180 MHz ARM…
There is never too many magazines around, and we are happy to see Call A.P.P.L.E is also contributing to the community with a magazine with excellent content. The 36-pages Jan/Feb issue is available to all A.P.P.L.E (Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange) members with the following content: – Akalabeth: The Beginning of a Legacy – Steve Jobs: The Quiet Philanthropist – GBBS Pro:…
