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Rxsherm has published a 3-minute video on YouTube showing how would be if ‘Siri’ was available for the Apple II, circa 1984. The author’s ‘Siri’ has a complete full-text parser that can understand multiple phrases and punctuation, software-based voice synthesis, access to external (some) external data and more. This ‘Siri’ voice is not as pleasing as the modern version, but…
Floppy Emu is a Floppy Drive emulator for the Apple II and Macintosh classic. It uses a removable SD memory card and custom hardware to mimic an Apple floppy disk and drive, or an Apple hard drive. The Emu behaves exactly like a real disk drive, requiring no special software or drivers. The new rev B brings welcoming new features:…
30 years ago, in 1982, before Jordan Mechner found world wide acclaim from his now famous ‘Prince of Persia’ series of games, Jordan developed a little known game called ‘Karateka’ on an Apple 2, while he was still at Yale University. He was just 17. (At 17 I couldn’t even tie my shoelaces, let alone write a videogame!) Back then…
Kansasfest 2015 is now part of Apple II history, and if you weren’t among the 76 people that attended it, now you have the chance to watch several sessions from the event. The videos are not from a single source, but you can easily find them all clicking on the link below. The next Kansasfest will happen on July 19-24,…
NinjaForce has been very active recently. Now they are releasing a music player for the Apple IIGS, that was also used in the MEGADEMO and KABOOM!. It is based on the famous SoundSmith player by Huibert Aalbers, wich was modified by FTA’s Olivier Goguel. Link: NinjaForce Source: A2Central
Every retro computing aficionado will tell you that there is no better experience than running your favourite program or game in the real machine. The noises, the smell, the keystrokes, everything helps to take you back to the good old days. But unfortunately not everyone has the means (space, money, time, spouse’s approval) to keep that vintage computer around, ready to be…
Apple2Scans has secured the privilege to host the PDF scans of the collection of newsletters from the Rhein-Neckar Apple Users Group (RNAUG), which belongs to Jesse Blue of legendary Apple IIGS demo group Ninjaforce. The first issue is already available, and although the quality is not one of the bests since the scan is from a photocopy, it is still…
