Tag: apple II
It was announced that MacGUI website will fade out and eventually close over the next few months. “Dog Cow” explained that last year he started to downsize his collection giving away tons of Mac related materials to whoever was willing to pay for postage. Now, the website, which has already been downsized as well will eventually close down. “Dog Cow” wants…
The feat is fairly old, from 2008, but Hackaday has published an article about it today. Joshua Bell, the author of the Apple’s VNC client, shows a video streaming Second Life (!!!!) from a Windows XP to the Apple IIc over a 115kbps serial connection. If you haven’t seen it, or if you don’t rememeber what Second Life is (ba-dum-pump chsh!), check…
The Call-A.P.P.L.E. 1978 Compendium is a complete collection of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine issues originally published in 1978 by Val Golding and the members of A.P.P.L.E. The 1978 Compendium is a fully enhanced version of the issues giving the reader a window into the past of the Apple computing revolution as it was happening. All 10 issues from the first year…
We have been hosting a forum for many years, but with so many good forums around the internet, we assume we never were able to gain regular members, helping to increase the interest. For many months, we’ve been using the Facebook groups more actively, and the results are really amazing, with interesting discussions, news, photos and whatever comes to your…
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:…
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…
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…
