Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:04:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Antoine Vignau
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Brutal Deluxe releases Fishhead, the Caped Copier
Dear All,
Brutal Deluxe Software is proud to introduce Fishhead, the Caped
Copier, to the Apple II community.
Fishhead is a GS/OS desktop file copier application. It offers several
features which make it a powerful software for diskette and file
preservation purposes:
- Attributes preservation
All copied files keep their original date, time and other
attributes (e.g. invisible or locked) information
- Batch mode
Removable devices can be ejected and Fishhead will wait for the
next medium to be inserted before copying it, and so on
- Error handling
Fishhead does not stop on read errors, it copies as much data as
possible
- History log
The program displays and saves a log file including the result for
each copied file from the source disk
Fishhead recursively copies files from a selected volume by chuncks of
256 bytes. The main idea is to recover as much data as possible from a
bad medium. Fishhead has been tested (for months) on an Apple IIgs ROM
01 and ROM 3, with Appleshare (localtalk, netatalk) under System
6.0.1.
Visit their website at http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2gs/fishhead/
Comments and ideas are welcome,
Antoine Vignau & Olivier Zardini
Brutal Deluxe Software
http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/
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Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:05:22 +0000
From: Ewen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: SNAP Update
Announcing: SNAP - Speccie's News Acquisition Program
Update release v1.1
This is an update release of SNAP, which fixes a multitude of bugs, as
well as introducing many enhanced features. Please read the manual fully
to see what has changed, and what has been been enhanced. A IIgs
readable manual is included with the archive package, or alternatively,
download the enhanced PDF manual.
SNAP is an online NNTP News Client for the IIgs
SNAP accesses Usenet and NNTP news servers, right from your IIgs
desktop.
SNAP gives you multiple server configurations, with custom Group lists,
allowing you to easily tailor your daily news fix.
SNAP lets you Post messages, or Followup existing messages.
SNAP will optionally Forward or Reply to a message through a normal SMTP
mail account.
SNAP is ideal for accessing the A2Central, or CSA2 news Forums.
SNAP requires a IIgs running Marinetti 3.0b3 or later.
SNAP works best with a direct connection to the Net, such as that from
an Ethernet card.
SNAP is available from http://www.wannop.info/speccie/
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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:56:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Ivan X
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Introducing A2SERVER
Hello world,
I am very happy to announce A2SERVER, which is a ready-to-go, easy-to-
use file and network boot server for Apple II client computers. It's
basically Netatalk running in a virtual machine, without the
configuration pain. You can read all about it at:
http://appleii.ivanx.com/a2server/
I'm expecting that issues will come up, so consider this a soft-
launch, and send me an email if you have questions or comments. I'd
like to make A2SERVER as easy to use as possible and have the web site
be as useful as possible so I'd welcome the feedback.
Thanks to Steven, Geoff, Antoine, and all the others here who have
been so helpful in answering my questions and helping me put this
together.
Cheers,
Ivan.
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Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:08:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Marc S. Ressl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: OpenEmulator 1.0.2 released [Apple II support!]
Hello everyone,
it is once again my pleasure to announce that a new version of
OpenEmulator was released.
http://www.openemulator.org/
The highlight in OpenEmulator 1.0.2 is 1977 Apple II support. A short
feature list:
* Emulates the 1977 Apple II
* Joystick/mouse support with programmable axis and button mapping,
sensitivity, reversal, and joystick auto detection
* Supports PAL/NTSC video generation and crystal frequency (14.31818
MHz vs 14.25 MHz)
* Cycle-accurate video emulation
* Support for several character sets
* Emulates the floating bus
* Support of the Apple II cassette interface
* Support for Apple II revision 0 and 1 or later.
* Added the AppleColor Composite Monitor
Some tips:
* Besides the Controls menu and toolbar, you can also press CTRL
+BACKSPACE for reset and CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE for restart
* To start BASIC, type E000G
* You can get cassette recordings of software here:
- http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/projects/cassettes
- https://public.me.com/lord_philip
(to load a cassette, follow the instructions with the recording, or
try LOAD from the BASIC > prompt)
* You can load Applesoft from cassette :-). You just won't be able to
use HIRES.
* Try entering this in the monitor:
^?^?1000:AD 51 C0 EA AD 50 C0 4C 00 10
1000G
* As always, you can tinker with the XML emulation description
Your comments are more than welcome!
Merry christmas,
and a great 2012,
with the best wishes,
Marc.-
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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:39:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Antoine Vignau
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Gertrude's secrets (TLC) now available
Gertrude's secrets v1.2
(c) 1982-84, The Learning Company
(k) 20/DEC/2011, LoGo
Gertrude's secrets is an educational software. Help Gertrude, the
goose, solve puzzles and earn treasures.
In the archive, you will find the following files:
- *asimov.rtf
This file
- *cracked.dsk
The playable and unprotected diskette
- *diskette.jpeg
A scan (in color) of the original diskette
- *howtocrack.rtf
A step-by-step guide to help you copy your original diskette
- *protected.dsk
A raw 16-sec diskette, not the original NIB diskette, but one with no
bytes changed and thus with the protection check included!
A later revision of the archive will contain a scan of the box and the
manual.
On Asimov, the archive will be found under /images/educational/ (I
have just uploaded it)
Until then, it is can downloaded from http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/
Antoine "LoGo" Vignau
Brutal Deluxe Software
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Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:37:47 +0000 (UTC)
From: D Finnigan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Silver Platter (IIgs NDA HTTP server) is now freeware
Silver Platter is the first (and only) IIgs NDA HTTP server. It supports
HTTP .9â~@~S1.1. Formerly a commercial product sold by Syndicomm. As of
10/1/2011 it is now reclassified it as freeware (Syndicomm still sells a
disk version which might include documentation).
A page with more details here: http://iigs.ksherlock.com/silver-platter.html
Download: http://iigs.ksherlock.com/bxy/sp_1.1.bxy
--
]DF$
Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and
Macintosh computing.
http://macgui.com/vault/
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Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:36:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Antoine Vignau
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple II cassettes: it is my turn now!
After Philip's announcement, I'm glad to make 27 AIF cassettes
available on brutaldeluxe.fr. Those come from a lot a gentle man who
has kindly sent them to me for free.
There are files from Apple, Creative computing and Softape. Some
others are GR or HGR demos and there are some games too. All recovered
files were put on a disk image (a ProDOS one, I know, that does not
ease life) for your viewing pleasure.
One click away @ http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/other/
Regards,
Antoine
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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:33:18 -0800
From: Michael J. Mahon
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Release of DMS Drummer: A Percussion Sequencer for the Apple II
With inspiration and musical mentoring provided by Seth Sternberger
of _8-Bit Weapon_, I've impemented a percussion sequencer/synthesizer
for the Apple II.
It allows a user to create sequences as long as 255 patterns, where
each pattern is one of a set of 16 musical measures. Within each of
these patterns, any one of 8 percussive voices can be played at any
1/16th note boundary. In addition, the "pitch" for playing back the
percussion sample can be specified, which is useful for pitched drums,
like tom-toms.
Like RT.SYNTH (which Seth also offers as DMS Synthesizer) DMS Drummer
uses the DAC522 5-bit 22kHz pulse-width-modulation wavetable synthesizer
engine, driven by a sequencer that runs in real time. DAC522 represents
"silence" as pairs of 6 cycle pulses spaced 46 cycles apart, regardless
of whatever the code is doing--which subroutine it's calling or which
branch path it's taking. Executing "branchy" code while maintaining
a constant stream of evenly spaced pulses is pretty tricky, but it must
be done if the sequencer is to keep silent except for the desired
sounds.
Seth is offering the full version on his website:
http://www.8bitweapon.com/store.htm
for $15, but the demo version (downloadable both from my website
and his) is free for you to play with! It is limited to 8 distinct
programmable patterns and the Save function is disabled.
Listen to the sample song, created by Seth, on either of our websites
to hear the realistic rhythm line that an 8-bit Apple II can produce!
The melody and bass lines are being played on RT.SYNTH, so the only
non-Apple II-produced sounds are the "explosions" (which could also
have been played by SOUND.EDITOR on an Apple II!).
-michael
DMS Drummer for more rhythmic Apple II computing!
Home page: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon/
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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:41:35 -0500
From: John B. Matthews
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Apple Commander 1.3.5.9
Apple Commander v1.3.5.9 is now available. This version features an
update by David Schmidt to allow writing Pascal TEXT files on DOS
ordered disk images. The current release candidate is here.
Visit the AppleCommander web page on Source Forge.
--
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
Website
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:35:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Antoine Vignau
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: French Apple II "Forum des développeurs" documentation online
Dear All,
This is the complete documentation (in English, PDF OCRed) given to
the French Apple II developers, circa 1985, and it is available at
http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/documentation/forumdesdeveloppeurs.html
Here is the table of contents:
Sommaire (PDF, 25 KB)
Les outils souris texte de l'Apple II (Apple II mousetext tools)
(PDF, 4.1 MB)
Les règles de l'interface souris (mouse interface rules) (PDF, 5.7
MB)
Utilitaires de programmation (programming utilities) (PDF, 3 MB)
Routines de saisie et d'affichage écran (screen display and input
routines)
Driver d'écran Apple II (Apple II screen driver)
Unité Pascal de l'environnement multi-dossiers (multi-folders
environment Pascal unit)
Notes techniques ProDOS (ProDOS technical notes) (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Notes techniques Pascal (Pascal technical notes) (PDF, 5.7 MB)
Notes techniques Apple IIe (Apple IIe technical notes) (PDF, 3.9 MB)
Notes techniques Apple IIc (Apple IIc technical notes) (PDF, 2.4 MB)
Notes techniques souris (mouse technical notes) (PDF, 618 KB)
The six double-sided disks are available as pictures and disk images.
Enjoy!
Antoine Vignau
Brutal Deluxe Software
http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/
ps. The user input routines may interest some guys of our community...
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Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:00:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: C700 Club
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: CompatiBoot: a new fast loader
CompatiBoot is a fast loader for single file games. Compared to the
plethora of other fast loaders, it offers these unique advantages:
* works in all emulators, including those with "enhanced disk speed" mode
* uses a standard DOS 3.3 disk catalog, compatible with all disk utilities
(including modern ones like CiderPress)
* boots from any slot, not just slot 6
* can be launched from a ProDOS hard drive with DOS 3.3 launcher
* compatible with the CFFA3000 card
To use CompatiBoot, just copy your favorite (single file, binary) game
to a blank CompatiBoot disk. That's it! CompatiBoot reads the DOS 3.3
catalog and automatically loads the file. There are no menus to
navigate, no "maker" programs to fuss with.
Here is a blank CompatiBoot disk image: http://bb2k.net/download/CompatiBoot/
Since the disk has no files to load, CompatiBoot will display its
built-in help file instead.
Here are some sample CompatiBoot disk images with games we like:
http://bb2k.net/download/CompatiBoot/samples/
On a real Apple II (and most emulators), CompatiBoot can load a 139-
sector game in 4 seconds. (By comparison: in AppleWin's "authentic
disk speed" mode, the same game loads in 25 seconds under ProntoDOS
and 82 seconds under standard DOS 3.3.) In AppleWin's "enhanced disk
speed" mode, CompatiBoot is essentially instantaneous.
The CompatiBoot code and help text is contained in track 0. All our
code is dedicated to the public domain.
Raven
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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 11:24:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: N.N. Thayer
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Captain Crunch's EasyWriter now available on Asimov!
We now have disk images of the very first word processor for the Apple
II, written by John "Captain Crunch" Draper himself: EasyWriter!
It is available on Asimov in the /images/productivity/word_processing
folder:
EasyWriter (Cap'n Software - John Draper - 1979) - Program.dsk
EasyWriter (Cap'n Software - John Draper - 1979) - Formatted Disk.dsk
Thanks to Dirk Backenköhlâ~@~Ker for supplying the disks, and to Antoine
Vignau for deprotecting and imaging them!
You can read the good Captain's account of EasyWriter's development
here:
http://www.webcrunchers.com/stories/easywriter.html
Of more interest to programmers might be his implementation of Forth,
which Antoine is currently working on deprotecting. :)
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Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 14:02:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Antoine Vignau
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Big Red Computer Club archive expanded again!
Dear All,
Thanks to Dale Wilkins, there are 23 new IIgs disks in the archive and
some more in the 8-bit archive. There are now two separate compressed
files to keep them light.
Once again, the files are available at http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/
Antoine
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Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 09:25:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Antoine Vignau
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Big Red Computer Club archive expanded!
Dear All,
Thanks to Dave Touvell, there are 28 new disks in the BRCC archive.
I have also:
- added several entries in the catalog thanks to the numerous Scarlett
issues I own,
- transformed files from .po to .2mg
Still available at http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/
Regards,
Antoine Vignau
Brutal Deluxe Software
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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:25:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sheppy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Introducing "Trasher" for the Apple IIgs
I've released my first all-new project in years! Trasher is a new
extension for the Apple IIgs that adds support for using Command-
Delete on your keyboard to delete the selected icons in the Finder.
In addition, if you have SideClick installed, you get "Move to Trash"
and "Empty Trash" contextual menu items as appropriate!
The funny story behind Trasher is that I actually started working on
this project back in 1994, but was unable at that time to figure out a
way to make it work. I finally had the grand epiphany this summer
during KansasFest and spend the last few weeks working out the kinks
and making it work.
You can get more information about, and download, Trasher here:
http://www.sheppyware.net/apple-ii-software/trasher.html
It's available for download both as a ShrinkIt archive and as a
Universal Disk Image file, so it's easy to get onto both real Apple
IIgs computers and emulators.
If you don't already have SideClick, you can get that here:
http://www.sheppyware.net/apple-ii-software/sideclick.html
I hope you find it as handy as I do!
Sheppy
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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:29:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Antoine Vignau
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Sprechen Sie Deutsch? New German SW on Asimov
Hallo meinen Freuden,
I've uploaded the following German software on Asimov (/images/
german/):
- BASIS Software, Cashier
- Fantastic Software, Giant world (works well in a real machine, does
not run on Sweet16 2.3.1)
- Martin Kallenbach, Deutschesprachausgabe
- Martin Mossakowski, Borsenstar
- Per Comp, Sterne in Computer
The software is in the "german software" ZIP archive. Each software
has a dedicated readme file.
Viel Spass,
Antoine
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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:49:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: "bill.martens@gmail.com"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: MECC Website is now up and running
For a while now, we have been running the MECC website on the
Applearchives site. However, as of 22 July, the MECC website has it's
own URL at http://mecc.co
You will find manuals, catalogs and software runnable in Virtual
Apple ][ style. (We will be adding the software later in the week).
If you have manuals you can scan and contribute to the project, please
contact us.
Thanks to all those who contributed so far to the project.
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:06:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: bloomer_au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Apple II fixes for Space Shuttle fans
If, like me, you're a fan of Space Shuttles and want to get your
shuttle on now that the last shuttle landing ever has taken place, you
can do it Apple II style in a couple of ways.
*** 8-BIT STYLE ***
Play 'Space Shuttle: A Journey into Space', a shuttle flight simulator
from 1983.
The disk image path at asimov is:
./images/games/simulation/spaceshuttle.zip
Also, you'll need the manual.
... You really think you can fly the freaking space shuttle without
some instructions? Get real!
Path to the manual at asimov:
./documentation/games/misc/space_shuttle.pdf
*** 16-BIT STYLE ***
For a less hairy experience than having to fly the shuttle, solve easy
maths problems with 'Space Shuttle Word Problems' for the IIGS:
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/space-shuttle-word-problems/
- Wade
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Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:07:24 +0000 (UTC)
From: D Finnigan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Mac GUI Vault Updated
Today, over 300 items are now added to the Vault, including 165 software
downloads. The rest of the items are photos or PDF files.
For a list of all new download files, see here:
(Apple II files are at the bottom of the list)
--
]DF$
Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and
Macintosh computing.
http://macgui.com/vault/
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:08:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: N.N. Thayer
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: First disk image of PLATO courseware for Apple II now available
Thanks to Antoine, we now have the first disk image of PLATO
courseware for the Apple II! It's sitting in the Asimov /incoming
folder at the moment (I imagine it'll be moved to /images/
educational), but I've also sent it to the csa2 Gmail account.
This one is "Computer Literacy: Introduction", and it's an interesting
window into how the role of computers was perceived in 1982. Given
the tremendous significance of the PLATO name - and, for that matter,
of Control Data Corp. - I considered preserving this disk to be more
important than usual, and didn't want it to rot away due to my lack of
skill. Antoine graciously agreed to do the deprotection. His details
are below:
*****
The disk uses a modified DOS 3.3 where:
- header markers were D5 AA 96 / FF FF instead of D5 AA 96 / DE AA
- data markers were D5 AA AD / FF FF instead of D5 AA AD / FF FF
- sync bits were changed from FF to AB
- nibble translation table was also changed: first entry value $96 was
changed to $AA
As it was probably not sufficient, there was a nibble sync at
$BB00 ;-)
1- Boot the disk, check the RWTS, understood the changes
2- Launched Advanced Demuffin 1.4, press B to get the original disk's
RWTS
3- Copied the disk
2b+3b- Launched Advanced Demuffin 1.4, press P to pass boot / Copied
T0/S0 to T0/SA (the original RWTS with no nibble translation table
change)
4- Updated the disk
5- Gotcha :-)
*****
Thanks again to Antoine for helping to preserve a little of the PLATO
legacy!
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 12:10:54 +0100
From: Ewen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: BASUG/Apple2000 magazine archives
BASUG/Apple2000 Magazine archive
The British Apple Systems User Group, renamed in 1986 to Apple2000, ran
continuously from 1981 to 1992, and was the National Apple User Group
for the UK. Over that period of time, they published regular magazines
and other publications, much of which may not have been seen outside of
the UK.
In the early years, the magazines were devoted exclusively to the Apple
II, but as the years progressed, they encompassed the Apple /// and the
Macintosh. Till the very end, all the many Apple computers were treated
equally, so coverage for both was always given in the magazines.
In parallel to the magazines and printed material, BASUG/Apple2000 ran a
bulletin board, which under various sysops, ran for most of the years,
and survived in the form of TABBS for some years.
Disk libraries were available to members, and the Apple II disk
libraries survive in the form of the TABBS CD-ROM available from
Syndicomm.
The BASUG/Apple2000 magazines and printed material have now been
scanned, and are online as PDF files. They are currently hosted on a
MobileMe web site, and will remain there as long as Apple deign to let
us keep it!
Go to: http://homepage.mac.com/speccie/apple2000.html
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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:36:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Marc S. Ressl
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: AppleIIGo 1.0.8
Hello everybody,
thanks to Nick Westgate, AppleIIGo was just promoted to version 1.0.8!
The changes include:
* - implemented disk writing (only in memory, not persisted)
* - added support for .2MG (2IMG) disk images, including lock flag and
volume number
* - support meta tag for write protect in disk filename eg:
NotWritable_Meta_DW0.dsk
This should allow Castle Wolfenstein and Wizardry to work on VA.
Best wishes,
Marc.-
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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 14:40:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: 200 Big Red Computer Club & 60 Public Domain Exchange disks available
Dear All,
Brutal Deluxe Software has imaged nearly 200 disks from the Big Red
Computer Club and nearly 60 disks from The Public Domain Exchange.
Those disks are from the archives of the French IIgs Club and are
freely available from http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/
Readme and index files can also be downloaded from the same
repository. If someone owns the missing disks, please contact us.
Enjoy,
Antoine Vignau and Olivier Zardini
Brutal Deluxe Software
nb. it is now time to switch back to programming ;-)
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Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 12:45:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: The 500 GS Club disks are now available
Dear all,
Brutal Deluxe Software and Arnaud Brossard from apple-iigs.info make
more than 500 Apple IIgs disks available to you.
Those disks are from the French IIgs Club and are the complete sets of
the public domain and diskazines of the club.
The 491 disks of the GS Club and the 66 diskazines of GS Infos are available
as file archives at http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/france/gsclub/
or as independent disks at http://www.apple-iigs.info/revuegsclub.php
Enjoy,
Antoine Vignau, Olivier Zardini and Arnaud Brossard
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:27:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: New cassettes on brutaldeluxe.fr (27/APR/2011)
Dear All,
Two "new" cassettes scanned and digitized @
http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/
- Microcomputer games, a division of the Avalon Hill company :
Andromeda Conquest
- Microcomputer games, a division of the Avalon Hill company :
Shootout at the OK galaxy
The Microcomputer games section is now complete!
Sorry for disturbance :-)
antoine
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:44:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: rich12345
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Ryan Suenaga passes away
We lost another great from our slowly shrinking group of Apple II
hobbyists....
FROM A2CENTRAL.COM :
Ryan Suenaga passes away
By: Ken Gagne
Apple II writer, editor, podcaster, programmer, advocate, and friend
Ryan Suenaga passed away yesterday. The Hawai=92i Star Advertiser
reports that Ryan was hiking the Olomana Trail with friends when he
suffered a fatal fall.
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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:44:44 +0100
From: Ewen
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: NiftySpell v1.1
NiftySpell v1.1 NDA
A welcome return to the NiftySpell NDA by Chris Vavruska. Originally
sold by Shareware Solutions II, NiftySpell has been reclassified as
Freeware, and is now available on general release.
The NDA can be used on its own, to spell check an open TextEdit window
or the Clipboard, or through a Spectrum XCMD, and from IPC calls from
any program.
For the Freeware release, various bugs have been fixed from the original
release back in 1998.
Full instructions are included, along with a user manual. Select from
either a .bxy or .2mg version, which can be downloaded from:
http://homepage.mac.com/speccie
Ewen Wannop
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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:14:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ken Gagne
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Juiced.GS's March issue now available
Juiced.GS Volume 16, Issue 1 is now arriving in subscribers'
mailboxes, surprising everyone by featuring the publication's first
full-color cover. Full details and subscription info are at http://juiced.gs/
but I thought I'd post some short samplers to the four in-depth
articles that compose this issue's four main features.
=======
A Leading Light: The nature and future of text adventures
By Ken Gagne and Ivan Drucker
Text adventures, one of the earliest forms of electronic
entertainment, have enjoyed a recent resurgence in popularity, due in
part to the release of Get Lamp, Jason Scott's documentary on the
subject. And it's not just retrocomputing enthusiasts who are taking
notice: in the past year, interactive fiction, or IF, has appeared in
such mass media as the television sitcom Big Bang Theory and the Xbox
360 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Yet IF has been alive and well, albeit out of the limelight, for
decades. The sixteenth annual Interactive Fiction Competition was held
this past fall, with 26 new adventures competing to earn their
designers an array of prizes, all demonstrating new explorations of
the text interface. The Apple II was represented at the IF
Competition by Wade Clarke, who submitted the game Leadlight, which
ran on a customized version of Don Brown's Eamon adventure system ...
Whether you love it or hate it, Leadlight is an example of the dynamic
and evolving potential of this tried-and-true pastime.
=======
The Magician Behind Macrosoft
An interview with Alan Floeter, by Peter Neubauer
Alan Floeter purchased his first Apple II in 1978 for $1,200. Unlike
his previous professional experience with the Intel 8080, the Apple II
was his computer in his house. Soon, Alan became a prolific author
with appearances in Call-A.P.P.L.E., Nibble, MICRO, and Kilobaud
magazines. He was also a talented programmer with multiple commercial
software releases, including The Assembler and Macrosoft programming
tools and the Skybombers II game. Today, he cannot bear to part with
his collection of Apple II and classic Mac computers, even the ones
with the broken keyboards. In his words, "those were exciting times."
=======
Getting Started with the Apple II
By Martin Haye
In this three-part series, Juiced.GS will address the following
questions: What can you do with these old machines anyway? What should
you buy and where? Older or newer, 8-bit or 16- bit? How do you get it
all working together? What if you get stuck?
This first part will cover decisions and suppliers. The next issue
will delve into hooking up an 8-bit system and the various things you
can do with it. The third and final installment will add the 16- bit
Apple IIGS to the mix, including all its enhanced capabilities.
=======
Apple II file transfer methods
By the Juiced.GS staff
In the past year, we've looked at a variety of methods of accessing
and transferring disks and files between an Apple II and a Mac, PC, or
UNIX machine. The first entry covered how to use the Internet as an
intermediary, while the second issue cut out the mid- dleman and made
a direct connection between the Apple II and another computer. The
third installment re- viewed how to create a local area network, or
LAN, and last issue, we covered creating and using disk images on an
Apple II. In this issue, we review emulators that use those disk
images to recreate the Apple II experience in a modern operating
environment, then suggest some native, modern utilities that can be
used to create and manipulate disk images and files outside the Apple
II.
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Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:32:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: New cassettes on brutaldeluxe.fr
Now, we have 533 cassettes identified, one more than last count.
I received the following cassettes this week:
- Avalon hill / Microcomputer games: an earlier version of Planet
miners
- MUSE: Global war
- Powersoft: Function graphs and transformations
- Programma: Boxing, Speedway
- Sotape: I got mine, Racer
...I've scanned them, I need to digitize them.
Next round will be:
- Compu-Things: House of seven gables, Journey to the center of the
Earth
- Instant Software: Bowling/Trilogy
- Mad Hatter Software: Enchanted island, Journey to Atlantis
- Personal Software: Checker king, Stimulating simulations
- Programma : Canter downs, Hi-Res boxing (same as above?),
I own 185 cassettes now (out of 533) and will reach 194 (out of 537)
with two new publishers. I still need to add Peter Lord's Japanese
cassettes.
Yeepee!
antoine @ http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/
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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 14:04:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Brutal Deluxe's MountIt goes 1.4
Mount your disk image files files directly under GS/OS, just like
another volume.
MountIt 1.4 is a new Permanent Init File devoted to handling different
disk image files (.DSK, .PO and .2MG) of any size (from 32KB to the
maximum RAM available), only ProDOS based. Up to sixteen volumes can
be added to the system.
MountIt mounts volumes as read-only if the original disk image file is
locked. Otherwise, the disk image file is mounted as read/write and
the following operations can be performed: read, write and format.
MountIt is not ProDOS 8 compatible. A switch to P8 will remove any
drivers from memory.
The package contains an Installer program which will copy MountIt to
your startup disk. Note that the source code of the program can be
found under the Documentation folder.
MountIt 1.4 fixes the issue with ShrinkIt archives and can be
downloaded from http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/
Antoine Vignau & Olivier Zardini
Brutal Deluxe Software
http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/
--------------------
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:29:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Brutal Deluxe's pictures library is now online
Dear All,
Today is the official grand opening of our pictures library @
http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/pictures/
The pictures are or were part of our collection and if some items
interest you (trade, info, scans, etc.), contact us and we'll tell you
the status of the items.
Regards,
Antoine Vignau & Olivier Zardini
Brutal Deluxe Software
--------------------
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:42:56 -0700
From: Mike
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Gary B. Little's Inside the Apple //e
... has been scanned and posted. Get it here:
http://apple2scans.net/apple-ii/inside-the-apple-2e
- Mike
http://apple2scans.net
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:48:42 -0500
From: Sheldon Simms
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: AppleWin WS-NTSC-05
I have just uploaded AppleWin WS-NTSC-05 to my AppleWin page:
http://wsxyz.net/applewin.html
The previous release has a bug that prevents selections to the video
display mode in the preferences panel from being used. That is now
corrected. More importantly, however, the color TV emulation has been
greatly improved. Screenshots are on display at the above URL.
--------------------
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:40:53 -0700
From: Mike
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: What's Where in the Apple, Computist, etc
First, the Computist Project is dead... It's been static since 2006
and the website had been slowly falling into disrepair, so to speak.
So now it's been re-christened the Computist Archive, and has a new
home at:
http://apple2scans.net/computistarchive
Second, "What's Where in the Apple" has been scanned and posted. Get
it here:
http://apple2scans.net/apple-ii/whats-where-in-the-apple
And finally, the Apple Business BASIC Reference Manuals have been
scanned. Find them here:
http://apple2scans.net/apple-iii/apple-business-basic-reference-manuals
- Mike
http://apple2scans.net
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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 07:22:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Docs & manuals scans: TWGS programmer's ref & others...
Dear All,
Thanks for Paul L., please find new scanned docs & manuals @
http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/documentation/manual/
- Apple in Europe v1n1
A 8-page magazine from 1981.
- BitComput n2
A French magazine about computer science and medical doctors
- The Apple shoppe
Two magazines from 1981
- Transwarp GS programmer's reference
Part (?) of the programmer's reference of the Transwarp GS
- United Software of America (by Paul Lutus)
The complete manuals of 3D Super graphics and Apple World
Yeah!
Antoine Vignau
Brutal Deluxe Software
p.s. Paul, you have one of the biggest Apple II computer collection in
the world!
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Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:33:42 -0500
From: Geoff Weiss
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Announce: Hash Tool 1.3 available
The Hash Tool has been upgraded to version 1.3 and is now licensed with the
standard GNU Public License. New feature: md2 and sha1 support has been
added. A big thanks to Mike Stephens for providing Orca/C code as a basis
for the md2 and sha1 additions. Source has been included with the archive.
Contributions for any additional message digests source code will be
accepted to extend this tool set.
Visit http://hashtool.gwlink.net/ for documentation and download.
Geoff
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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:44:56 -0800 (PST)
From: schmidtd
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: ADTPro 1.1.8 released
If you have a LANceGS card from ///SHH Systeme - this release is for
you. Thanks to Sean Fahey for lending me his cards, and thanks to
Oliver Schmidt for the Contiki source code. The ip65 stack has been
updated to automatically detect and use either the A2Retrosystems
Uthernet card or the LANceGS card. Both cards can be used in any Apple
II or Apple /// computer that ADTPro runs on (as long as it has a
slot).
The Ethernet autodetection routine twiddles the I/O bits a little more
now. AppleWin decides to make a (blank) printer.txt file when it
runs. Virtual ][ doesn't seem to produce anything on its virtual
printer. I'd be interested to know if a real printer gets bothered by
it.
http://adtpro.sourceforge.net
1.1.8 - January 17, 2011
New functionality:
* [Client] Added support for LANceGS Ethernet card
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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 11:35:47 -0800 (PST)
From: "ict@ccess"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Mousetext toolbox
For those of you who still enjoy applesoft programming, here it is. I
finally gone and done did it. I have for the most part completed an
applesoft toolbox that adds virtually unlimited power to applesoft.
That is, up to the size of the hard drive and not so limited by RAM.
With this toolbox you can:
1) create sophisticated mouse text screens in minutes
2) full mouse support
3) create and click on up to 55 buttons per screen
4) create and select drop down menus (max: 8)
5) over 40 enhanced applesoft ampersand commands at your disposal
6) quick load of most files - no more chr$(4) commands
7) the toolbox has a very small footprint size compared to same thing
done in applesoft main toolbox is only 4096 bytes; menus,
buttons, window definitions and a capture buffer take up
another 4096 bytes
8) applesoft programs are a fraction of the size due to help
instructions, screen creation and REMarks are no longer needed
within the program
9) ML commands are much faster than interpreted applesoft commands,
so overall, programs are much faster
minimum requirements: enhanced IIe with mousetext characters, 80 col
card and mouse
Once I have created the &SAVE file command, then basic.system can be
totally eliminated, thus making almost 10kb available to your
programs.
Included in the demo is a multitude of mousetext screens I have
created. I am releasing this toolbox in the hopes that it will
stimulate programming for the Apple II again. Especially for
beginners. I am releasing this software as TradeWare. Meaning, if you
use this toolbox then I would like a copy of the program that you
created with this toolbox or any other programs you may have created.
Imagine quick and easy navigation between programs and games, quick
view of files (applesoft, text, binary listings, graphics), more
visually pleasing programs and games, Image all those Eamon text
adventures with a compass for easy direction clicking and automatic
map creation to show the rooms you have visited.
I'm sure you get the picture
You can download the toolbox demo here:
disk image: www.pv3.ca/Apple/Mousetext.demo.2mg.zip
extended command set: www.pv3.ca/Apple/Extended%20commands.txt
enjoy!
Rob
--------------------
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:44:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: 531 cassettes as of today.
Dear All,
This is my Christmas present, 531 cassettes are now listed. Among the
recent additions (of yesterday):
- Apple's Datamover and Telepong, cassette 600-2001-00,
- Creative Computing Software's Space games-1 by Bob Bishop,
- Powersoft's Cubik and Swarms
- Program Design's Step-by-step BASIC (three double-sided cassettes)
- Programma International's Laser blast
- Softape's Bomber by Bob Bishop
As usual, the ciderpress archive is also available.
Enjoy and merry Christmas,
antoine
----------------
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:15:03 -0800 (PST)
From: schmidtd
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: ADTPro 1.1.7 released
ADTPro is a feature-rich communications platform for exchanging disks
and disk images between Apple II and Apple /// family computers and
the modern world.
ADTPro has two new translations: Italian provided by Mauro Rospocher,
and Brazilian Portuguese provided by Mario Sergio Almeida. Grazie and
obrigado!
The rest amounts to bug fixes and various quasi-improvements that have
come in over the past few months. Enjoy!
http://adtpro.sourceforge.net
1.1.7 - December 21, 2010
New functionality:
* [Server] Italian translation provided by Mauro
Rospocher
* [Server] Brazilian Portuguese translation provided by
Mario Sergio Almeida
Bug fixes:
* [Client] Eliminated phantom disk drives from volume
display screen
* [Client] Disabled ZipChip and TransWarp accelerators
during timeout loops in Ethernet version
* [Client] Fixed intermittent crash on 'Quit' when
booted into ProDOS 8 from GSOS
----------------
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:54:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Review of 2010 and forecast for 2011
Dear All,
I know it is only the last day of November but due to my recent move,
I don't know if I will find enough time to write this in December.
2010 was the "vintage" year:
- scans of plenty of documents, reviews and magazines
- the Apple cassettes catalog list (now 529 with manuals also)
- GS/OS internals PDF book
...and for the programming part:
- the Sword of Sodan 2010 demo release
- updates on MountIt
and that's it!
2011 will be the "programming" year:
- Fishhead or Batchman, the caped crusader
- some other IIgs coding ideas
...and for the vintage part:
- go on with the cassette catalog (I have nearly 200 tapes now)
- build the Apple II French catalog
- still try to gather French underground materials
(and probably some cracking practice)
That was an interesting year, less programming than expected but that
takes time, that's for sure!
Thanks for reading,
Antoine
---------------
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:20:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Cassette count turns 368 -> 527!!!
Hi All,
I've included the Contact '78 newsletter Dirk sent to me a few months
back, there are now 159 new cassettes identified and more than 20 new
publishers.
I've scanned the Bridge Challenger manual from Personal Software and
uploaded it in its dedicated section.
I think I am close to the end: there are some early Apple cassettes
missing as well as some Softside. I foresee about 550 cassettes as a
grand total.
Thank you, Dirk.
Antoine
---------------
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 16:25:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Subject: Announcing Apple IIgs GS/OS Internals
Dear All,
The "Apple IIgs GS/OS Internals" book is now published for advanced
Apple IIgs programmers and curious people. It is an unofficial
publication from Brutal Deluxe Software and all the information given
herein are related to the Apple IIgs System 6.0.1 version and (c)
remains to their respective owners.
The book can be freely downloaded @ http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/
Antoine Vignau & Olivier Zardini
Brutal Deluxe Software
----------------
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:40:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Cassette count turns 356
Hi All,
http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/
October 2010 was the month of cassettes on eBay and I purchased about
80 new cassettes I need to digitize and put online. Until then, I've
browsed my archives and the internet and I've been able to identify a
grand total of 356 cassettes and 2 new publishers.
But shall I count 14 for the Wang 700 tapes or only 1? What's your
opinion?
antoine
---------------
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 21:43:49 +0000 (UTC)
From: D Finnigan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: One Year of Mac GUI Vault
Today marks an entire year of Mac GUI Vault being online and accessible
to the masses of retro Apple computing enthusiasts. Launched on 09-09-09,
Mac GUI Vault is now the world's largest online archive of vintage Apple
II and Macintosh computing material, including software, photos, text
files, Usenet posts, and other resources.
Here are some quick facts about Mac GUI Vault:
- Mac GUI Vault contains roughly 23,000 software files in a searchable
index, and since February of 2010, over 12,000 files have been downloaded.
- Mac GUI Vault was the first archive site to offer hard-to-find software
such as:
- MacBASIC version 0.355, the earliest version of the
never-released Mac BASIC known in existence.
http://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=17339
- The "Pepsi Caps" Window manager demo, by Andy Hertzfeld,
possibly the earliest-surviving Macintosh program ever.
http://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=20125
- Consulair Mac C, by Bill Duvall, the first C compiler that was
sold for the Mac.
http://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=24076
- Mac GUI Vault is the only Apple archive site to contain over a
quarter of a million Usenet posts from 1982 to mid-1991, with more planned
to come.
- Mac GUI Vault was the first (and currently only) archive site to offer
full access to nearly 14,000 binary Usenet posts, from newsgroups
including:
- comp.binaries.apple2
http://macgui.com/usenet/?group=105
- comp.binaries.mac
http://macgui.com/usenet/?group=17
- mod.mac.binaries
http://macgui.com/usenet/?group=109
- Mac GUI Vault has over 650 text and PDF files online and searchable,
which all together have been viewed nearly 20,000 times.
The Mac GUI Vault home page is located here:
http://macgui.com/vault/
A FAQ page for Vault is located here:
http://macgui.com/infobooth/faq/20/
----------------
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:56:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Sword of Sodan: the 2010 demo
Paris - August 29th, 2010 - Sword of Sodan: the 2010 demo
Twenty years after its initial release, download the updated Apple
IIgs demo version of Sword of Sodan by Brutal Deluxe Sofware at
http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/projects/sos/
The original demo is (c) Visionware, Inc. and the original program is
(c) Soren Gronbech and Torben Larsen.
The buried routines of the original IIgs demo are now unveiled: the
introduction and help pages, the hall of fame animation and the inter-
level screens. The modified source code is included in the disk image
provided.
The added items were collected from various places on the web, mainly
from the longplay video of the game on youtube.com.
Will we ever see the playable 3-level game of Sword of Sodan?
Antoine Vignau & Olivier Zardini
Brutal Deluxe Software
http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/
----------------
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:58:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: wyeo
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: [Reclassification] Eliminator, Rear Guard, Sea Dragon
The Treasure Chest Project brings you:
Adventure International's Eliminator, Rear Guard and Sea Dragon, for
the Apple II series.
The Copyright owner, John Anderson, has given permission for
Eliminator, Rear Guard and Sea Dragon to be distributed via the
Treasure Chest Project as freeware download.
They used to be published by Adventure International.
I'm currently hunting for unmodified versions of the game to add into
the TCP archives.
Willie Yeo
Librarian
Treasure Chest Project
http://www.treasurechestproject.org
librarian@treasurechestproject.org
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:18:22 -0700 (PDT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: New batch of Uthernets
(Ethernet card for Apple II+/IIe/IIgs) for sale.
"(Note: if you are buying one for an Un-enhanced IIe please contact me
first before placing an order.)
The price is $89ea USD plus shipping.
More details can be found on my web site.
http://www.a2retrosystems.com/order.htm
Glenn Jones
Website: http://www.a2retrosystems.com
A2RetroBlog: http://www.a2retrosystems.com/blog/
Message forums: http://www.a2retrosystems.com/phpbbs/
----------------
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:57:38 GMT
From: Oliver Schmidt
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Contiki 2.4 binary release for Retrocomputing
Hi,
I just released the 'Contiki 2.4 binary release for Retrocomputing'.
It is available at
http://cbm8bit.com/contiki/
and at
http://a2retrosystems.com/contiki.html
This release was built using cc65 2.13.2 from (modified) Contiki 2.4
sources. The orginal sources are available at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/contiki/files/Contiki/Contiki%202.4/contiki-2.4.zip/download
and the modifications at
http://cbm8bit.com/contiki/contiki-2.4-addon.zip
Contiki 1.x integrated all programs into a common GUI as windows. Very
cool but very complex to to write programs for. In fact there was
never a Contiki 1.x GUI program which was not developed by the Contiki
core team - and as the Contiki core team doesn't develop GUI programs
anymore Contiki 1.x was sort of a deadend street.
So in order to ease development of 3rd-party Contiki program I
modified Contiki 2.x to focus on individual standalone programs with a
fullscreen GUI. This simplification significantly reduced the memory
consumption thus allowing to replace custom "hacks" with generic cc65
components:
- C-library startup code
- Linker config file
- CONIO library
- Mouse driver
As a result Contiki 2.x contains only very little assembler coding and
even less target-specific assembler coding. This allowed for easy
porting to targets beside the C64 namely the C128 and Apple II.
Porting to other cc65 targets wasn't done due to missing Ethernet
hardware.
Contiki 2.4 is the first 2.x release to contain the following
programs:
- dhcp client
- web server
- web browser
- wget
- smtp client
- irc client
- Twitter client
The Twitter client called BREADBOX64 proves that the Contiki 2.x
approach was actual successful as it was independently developed by
the 3rd-party developer Johan Van den Brande.
BTW: In case you want to run Contiki 2.4 on a real Apple II you might
be interested in that fact that there's a new run of Uthernet cards
available right now :-)
Regards,
Oliver
---------------
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:23:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: "bill.martens@gmail.com"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Applearchives Updated
We updated the Apple Archives ( http://www.applearchives.com ) links
database this week with about 30 additions to the site. Our thanks go
out to everyone who submitted links to us for addition as well as to
James Littlejohn, who singlehandedly caused us to add over 20 new
ones. Keep the links coming and we will continue to update the site.
We also will be releasing a new section of the site in the coming
days. Stay tuned for more!
cheers
--billm--
----------------
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:41:06 +0000 (UTC)
From: D Finnigan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: 1,000 New Files added to Vault
Hello,
I've just completed the first major Vault update since February, and have
added a little over 1,000 new files in all three categories: Apple II, Apple
IIgs, and Macintosh. This brings the total file count to 23,280. Since
February, there have been 10,000 downloads from Vault.
For a partial list of what's new, see here:
http://macgui.com/downloads/?mode=toplist&selected_date=1281461467
To access the downloads, see here:
http://macgui.com/downloads/?cat_id=53
And finally, the Vault home page is here:
http://macgui.com/vault/
Future updates planned:
- better searching options
- full access, similar to PeekBot, allowing archives to be opened, searched,
and individual files decoded and downloaded
- user upload feature to allow anyone easily to contribute files
--
Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and Macintosh
computing.
http://macgui.com/vault/
----------------
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:17:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: "bill.martens@gmail.com"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: MICRO Magazines Library Now Complete
A.P.P.L.E. ( http://www.callapple.org ), the Apple Vault (
http://www.applevault.com ) and 6502.org ( http://www.6502.org ) are
pleased to announce that an unprecedented cooperation has brought
forth a re-release of MICRO magazine to the general public. The new
site at http://micro.applearchives.com is the result of many hours of
hard work by a number of people within the 6502.org community and
A.P.P.L.E..
The completion of the collection has been facilitated greatly by
Kevin Greene of the Apple Vault (http://www.applevault.com) and has
been made available through the MICRO website (http://micro.applearchives.com).
The last 4 issues are now scanned and have been released on the
MICRO Magazine website at http://micro.applearchives.com . Many of the
covers have been re-scanned at the same time, making them more
visually appealing. The covers will be added over the coming week.
Our thanks go to the publisher Robert M. Tripp for kindly granting
us permission to release these magazines and for officially releasing
the magazines into the public domain.
For more information, contact the webmaster at callapple.org or
contact Mike at 6502.org or Kevin at applevault.com.
----------------
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:02:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: rich12345
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Legend Industries Ltd. products reclassified freeware
from a2central.com:
Legend Industries Ltd. products reclassified freeware
By: sfahey
Tony Diaz of the Apple II Lost Classics Project announced today that
Dave Heiden of Legend Industries Ltd. has generously reclassified all
of Legend~Rs products as Freeware. All rights are being retained, and
the release is applicable for non-profit, private enjoyment only.
Posted in KansasFest News, Product News
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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:10:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Discover ProDOS 1.0 online
Dear All,
Following the early mouse prototype, discover a dedicated webpage to
the Golden Master of ProDOS 1.0, another unique item I bought from the
Huston brothers.
Everything is a click away:
http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/documentation/ProDOS10/
Regards,
Antoine Vignau
Brutal Deluxe Software
---------------
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 10:22:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ken Gagne
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Care & feeding of your Q-Drive now on YouTube
Inspired by Antoine's digitization of various historic Apple II
videos, I've uploaded to YouTube the "Q-Drive Care & Feeding Video",
which details the installation and maintenance of Quality Computer's Q-
Drive, an external SCSI hard drive for the IIGS. The video's three
parts can be found in this playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2185BE1292AA1B8C
Should anyone else want to try their hand at preserving VHS tapes, I
detailed my conversion method and the legality of this particular
video on my Apple II blog, where I've been posting new content every
Monday and Thursday:
http://www.apl2bits.net/2010/05/31/quality-computers-q-drive/
My thanks to Antoine, Sheppy, and Sean!
-Ken
---------------
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:21:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Another new Apple II video on youtube.com (bis repetita)
Dear All,
Today's upload on YouTube.com:
- 1992 A2/Central special event @ KansasFest
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C50E5EB0F3D9539E
Discover the Apple II people of 1992 in a 2hr show! With an interview
of Steve Wozniak by Tom Weishaar. In color thanks to JM.
Enjoy,
Antoine
----------------
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:23:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: "bill.martens@gmail.com"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Applied Engineering Site now live!!!
The Applied Engineering Repository, located at http://ae.applearchives.com,
was first unveiled in April 2008. While the site wasn't well
publicized at the time, it has undergone several major revisions and
is now as complete as possible.
Created by Brian Wiser and Bill Martens, the site features unique
content such as catalogs, manuals, pictures, software and self-created
brochures for all known Applied Engineering products. From an
Employee Cookbook to an ad for the Transwarp III, many interesting
items are available. Many hundreds of hours have gone into making
this the ultimate resource, as we feel strongly that Applied
Engineering was one of the finest computer peripheral companies in
history. Please visit the site and use the contact form if you can
contribute any missing resources.
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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:58:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: New Apple II videos on youtube.com (again!!)
Dear All,
Thanks to the world-famous Jim Maricondo, please find several new
Apple II and Macintosh videos on YouTube:
- Apple IIgs commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX_56cYx6Es
- The Computer Chronicles - Apple IIgs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i07wOb3kVjo
- Welcome to the world of Apple II Video Overlay card (in color :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCgDiZNleio
- Jim Maricondo at AppleFest, Boston, 1988 (two videos)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Dbu8a02Ns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R8eOmNrNEU
- Macintosh / Finance, 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGAI1MKmcPY
- Macintosh / Sales, 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHnXhqV08S8
Enjoy those colorful videos... Stay tuned for more...
Antoine Vignau
Brutal Deluxe Software
http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:11:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: DaveSchmenk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.cbm
Subject: VM02 v1.0 Released! April Fools???
Years ago, you may have seen this announcement about Java running on
an Apple //c: http://www.desnoix.com/apple2/
Initially looked like they had pulled it off, but after a brief
inspection it was revealed for the April Fools joke it was.
This is no joke.
Announcing version 1.0 of VM02, the Java compatible VM for 6502 based
Apple II computers. Running on the full line of Apple II computers,
from the Rev0 Apple ][ with Integer Basic, to the last-of-the-line
Apple //c+, and everything in-between. Most basic features of a Java
VM are implemented to allow direct execution of standard Java class
files.
Download here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vm02/
Screenshots here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=239665
There are a number of packages available to suit different
configurations. There are three ShrinkIt archives: the full version
supporting floating point numbers and demand memory swapping, a
minimal version without floating point or swapping to increase
available RAM for machines without an adequate swap device, and a full
version with debugging enabled for developers. There are also DSK
images available to help with "sneaker-net" installation.
VM02.EXTRAS.DO contains all the samples classes and the Character User
Interface classes. There are then the 64K and the 128K versions.
140K is just too small to have a combined image, so they have been
split apart. The VM02 version is for 64K machines, VM02E is for 128K
IIe and IIc machines. These are meant to install on a larger drive,
as no ProDOS is included on the image. Finally, there are the minimal
versions of VM02 (VM02.MIN.DO) and VM02E (VM02E.MIN.DO) for booting
and running on floppy-only machines (ProDOS included on the image).
The only difference in these images are the actual VM image, the
system classes are identical. To install on a hard drive simply copy
the EXTRAS image and the appropriate VM02 image to the same directory.
In order to fit in the constraints of a 64K, 8 bit, 1 MHz computer,
some aspects of a JVM have been reduced or removed.
What is missing:
- 64 bit data types unimplemented
- Standard class library missing or limited implementation
- Lots of memory
What is implemented:
- Standard Java class file loading and execution.
- Full object inheritence
- Pre-emptive multithreading (4 threads max by default)
- Exception handling
- Arrays up to 15 dimension
- 32 bit integers and single precision floating point
- Garbage collection
- Demand memory swapping to RAM disk or other available volume
- Finalizers
- Software and hardware implemented timing
- Device drivers for common hardware (80 col/mouse/serial/uthernet/
graphics tablet)
- 128K memory support for //e and //c
- Full access to Apple II platform features
VM02 is implemented from scratch in 6502 assembly, optimized for the
6502 and Apple II platform. The entire VM fits in about 20K of RAM
after initialization. This leaves about 30K of RAM available for data
and code in the 64K version, or about 32K for data and 44K for
bytecode in the 128K version. Not a lot, but Java was defined for
small platforms so you can get some reasonable programs even in such a
small space.
Performance is acceptable for a 1 MHz, 8 bit CPU; on par with the UCSD
p-System VM used in Apple Pascal. As with any memory managed
environment, garbage collection can really take its toll on the
system. CUI (character user interface) programs will attempt to force
some startup garbage collection and memory swapping to improve the
initial response of these programs. Java can eat through 32K of RAM
in no time. If you think the computer has locked up, a little
patience will probably pay off with the resumption of execution.
Demand memory swapping on an Apple II isn't the most brisk operation
it can perform; CF disks and RAM disk greatly aid the speed of
swapping. Other garbage collection operations involve defragmenting
RAM - an accelerator will improve this.
All features of the Apple II are made available through either
specific classes, a low-level class that can access ROM routines and
memory, or both. A high-resolution graphics page is available for use
with small programs. There is a device driver architecture that
currently supports 80 column cards, the Super Serial card, and the
Apple Mouse card with preliminary support of the Uthernet card and
Apple Graphics Tablet. Probing for the Uthernet card can cause
problems in some machines with hardware VM02 doesn't detect. If
probing for the Uthernet card causes the machine to hang at VM02 init
time, hold down the Open-Apple key (or PushButton 1) during
initialization and the Uthernet probe will be skipped.
Swapping from main memory extends the available RAM, dependent on the
swap volume. VM02 will automatically take advantage of large hard
drives or RAM disks for swap volumes, giving precedence to RAM
drives. If you have a RamWorks card, you must load the ProDrive RAM
drive software before running VM02 in order to use the extra memory.
"Slinky" style memory cards are automatically used. IIgs computers
should have a RAM disk of 256K or greater to use for swapping. AUX
memory in the IIe and IIc computers is used for storing the Java
bytecodes, thus freeing up main memory for data.
Class filenames are missing the ".class" suffix due to filename
limitations, however the file type of $ED is used to identify class
files and are given the type identifier of JVM. System classes are in
the JAVA/* subdirectories. Apple II specific classes are found in the
APPLE2/ directory. VM02 specific classes are found in the ORG/VM02/*
subdirectories.
Included with VM02 are sample classes that show off the capabilites of
the environment. They can be executed from the samples disk or copied
to another location.
HELLO - A simple text entry program
HELLOWORLD - sample multi-threaded program
MOIRE - Hires example, requires AppleSoft in ROM
HIRESDEMO - Another hires demo
RODSCOLORS - Lores demo
SIMPLEPONG - Lores demo with paddle input
TERMINAL - Simple terminal program using the SSC
VOLUMES - List online volumes
CATALOG - Catalog a directory
LIST - List a text file to the screen
STRESSMEM - Allocate 64K 2D array. Stresses swapping code
TESTSELECT - select() type call using mouse, keyboard, and timeouts
TESTCHAIN - Chain to another class passing parameters and exit status
TESTARP - Send ARP request from Uthernet card
TESTCUI - Show off the CUI's controls (128K and hard drive install
required)
With this release of version 1.0, a file launcher utilizing the
character user-interface classes is included to navigate through
volumes and directories and execute Java classes. Files of type $ED
show up as JVM executable files. Requires 128K IIe or IIc.
You can find more information to read here:
README.TXT: http://vm02.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/vm02/vm02/README.TXT?revision=1.8
DESIGN.TXT:
http://vm02.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/vm02/vm02/DESIGN.TXT?revision=1.18
Enjoy,
Dave Schmenk
March 31st 2010, 11:59:59 PM
P.S. I cross posted to other 6502 based micros in case they might have
some interest in this. If not, don't hate, just ignore.
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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:08:18 +1100
From: Alex Lee
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: A Nice Round of Updates...
...include publication and hardware scans, a manual or two, some patched
games that now work from a hard drive and System 6 and some curious titles
dependent on laser discs:
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/news/
--
- Alex
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:58:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Exploring AppleWorks 4 on Youtube.com
Discover the new features of AppleWorks 4 by Randy Brandt and Dan
Verkade. (c) 1993, Quality Computers.
Click-click: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=533BD71CB61F2755
Antoine
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:34:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Apple II cassettes now reaches 234
Thanks to a new Softape catalog, the number of identified Apple II
cassettes reaches the huge number of 234 cassettes.
Eight new cassettes are available for download in the Softape section:
http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/
Will that project end at 256?
Antoine Vignau
Brutal Deluxe Software
http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/
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Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 22:14:40 +0000 (UTC)
From: D Finnigan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: 2,092 comp.binaries.apple2 posts added to Vault Usenet Archive
I just finished adding a little over 2,000 binary posts from the
comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup to the Mac GUI Vault Usenet Archive. These posts
were obtained from the Internet Archive, and cover about half of 1994,
nearly all of 1995, and the majority of 1996.
Existing posts are comprehensive from April 1988 (the creation of the
newsgroup) to July 01, 1991. This recent addition brings the total posts in
the archive up to 3,867. There is still a large gap from July 1991 to June
1994.
I would sincerely appreciate any and all donations of posts, no matter what
format they are in. Please send me an email if you have any saved posts
which are not already in the archive. It would be a shame if they were lost
to the ages.
Browse comp.binaries.apple2:
http://macgui.com/usenet/?group=105
Search comp.binaries.apple2:
http://macgui.com/usenet/search.php?group=105
--
Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and Macintosh
computing.
http://macgui.com/vault/
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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:00:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike Westerfield
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: ANNC: The original Cortland documentation is now online
Since the documentation for the Cortland is now online, it only seems
fair that at least our part of the software should be online, too!
Visit http://www.byteworks.org and follow the link to Cortland
Programmer's Workshop for a walk down memory lane--and for a copy of
the last software submittal we sent Apple while the Cortland code name
was still in use.
Mike Westerfield
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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:40:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Apple II cassettes goes 222
Dear All,
Thanks to P. and the Softalk's catalog V1N4, the number of identified
Apple II cassettes is now 222. New publishers have been added: Howard
Computer Services, Sonotec and Symtec.
Enjoy the visit and feel free to download the updated archive of the
programs @ http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/
Antoine Vignau
Brutal Deluxe Software
http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:31:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: ANNC: The original Cortland documentation is now online
Paris, February 25th, 2010 - Brutal Deluxe is proud to announce the
original Apple IIgs documentation is now published online: the
Cortland technical documentation. It is available at
http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/documentation/cortland.html - Six volumes
are currently online in PDF with OCR active.
A big thanks to P.
Antoine Vignau
Brutal Deluxe Software
http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:45:49 -0800 (PST)
From: schmidtd
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: FC5025 5.25" USB floppy controller available
This came across my desk yesterday - I guess I get to "scoop" it:
(quote)
The FC5025 5.25" USB floppy controller is now available!
Device Side Data's FC5025 USB 5.25" floppy controller plugs into a
USB port and enables you to attach a 5.25" floppy drive. With the FC5025
and its included software, you can read Apple, Atari, Commodore, MS-DOS,
North Star and TI disks.
For more information and to order, see the web site: http://www.deviceside.com
Before ordering, please note the limitations described on the website. In
particular, the FC5025 is read-only; it can read floppies but it can't
write to them.
(quote)
I'm not affiliated in any way, but I did succumb to a knee-jerk
reaction to order one. That was before I remembered I don't have a
1.2MB 5.25" floppy drive to hook up to it. ;-)
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Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:48:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Youtube.com - An introduction to Newton
An Apple related video, an introduction to Newton @
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-kROZ41ZTw - From the User Group
Connection tape, dated August 1993.
Here is another video linked into a playlist which you can watch @
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AE81CF7984013FCF - This is
about Ergonomics, creating a healthy work environment. Just replace
the Macs with Apple IIs :-)
I may upload the rest of the tape in the coming days, it is 90 minutes
long.
By the way, our previous videos have been viewed more than 1000 times
(but not each :-), thanks for that.
Antoine
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Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:21:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.apple2.programmer,
comp.emulators.apple2
Subject: Brutal Deluxe's MountIt goes 1.3
Paris, 5th Feb. 2010 - MountIt 1.3 is a new Permanent Init File
devoted to handling different disk image files (.DSK, .PO and .2MG) of
any size (from 32KB to the maximum RAM available), only ProDOS based.
Up to sixteen volumes can be added to the system.
MountIt 1.3 corrects a bug which prevented other inits from handling
disk images it could not open.
MountIt 1.3 mounts volumes as read-only if the original disk image
file is locked. Otherwise, the disk image file is mounted as read/
write and the following operations can be performed: read, write and
format.
The package contains an Installer program which will copy MountIt to
your startup disk. Note that the source code of the program can be
found under the Documentation folder.
Download MountIt 1.3 from http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/
Antoine Vignau
Brutal Deluxe Software
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:37:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: New Apple II videos on youtube.com
Dear All,
Let's deal with video tapes tonight. Please welcome the three
following copies on youtube.com:
Welcome to the Apple II Video Overlay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd1Zxxhhl2U
An introduction to Apple's Video Overlay card.
Apple Happiness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYt5WbVBmw0
A description of Apple's lease program.
The Apple Zone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8dZpTDSCjs
An introduction to the Apple Zone service.
As usual, those are copies of an original NTSC tape, acquired in
greyscale.
Also:
Discover the world of AppleWorks and meet the authors who designed the
best-selling program for the Apple Computer. (c) 1993 Q Vision, a
division of Quality Computers.
Follow this link: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0B86ACC43CFD596C
Please note that it is a greyscale acquisition from an original NTSC
videocassette... in color.
Enjoy,
Antoine Vignau
Brutal Deluxe Software
http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/
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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:32:21 -0800
From: Ewan Wannop
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Obituary - Joe Kohn
It is with heavy heart that I report this--one of the Apple II's notable
personalities has passed away.
Joe Kohn of ShareWare Solutions II, died on Jan. 6th, 2010 following a
battle with metastatic cancer. He was 62 years old and lived in Marin
County, Calif.
Joe got to know many Apple II people when he was a Sysop on the Source,
and his interest in the Apple started to grow. He became interested in
writing about the II and was a regular contributor to the Apple IIGS
Buyer's Guide and then wrote for inCider/A+, most notably writing about
shareware programs. He then started ShareWare Solutions II from 1993
thru 1999, while running an online store for Apple shareware and
freeware titles. He was active on several of the online services when
they were still supporting the A2, including Compuserve, AOL and Delphi.
An avid Apple II fan, Joe owned numerous Apple II computers including
the rare Mark Twain IIGS, and used his GS for all of his work, including
online work as his preferred machine.
In his later years he was was president of the Marin Chapter of the
Californian Native Plant Society, and became an expert on native
wildflowers and other California plants.
Burial will be in Marin County on Jan. 8th, and a memorial service will
be held on Saturday.
There is no contact information for the family at this time, we will
update this in the future should a memorial book be posted online.
Howard Katz - Ewen Wannop
---------------
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:56:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Toinet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Apple II cassettes by Brutal Deluxe Software
Dear All,
Brutal Deluxe Software is proud to introduce the group's Apple II
cassettes to you on http://www.brutal-deluxe.fr/
With a list of around ninety cassettes from different publishers, we
firstly offer scans of the cassettes and their decks. We will then add
audio extracts of each cassette before we create an exhaustive list of
Apple II cassettes around the world. Finding a dedicated space for
such information is another part of the project.
You are welcome to participate in that project by providing us with
your cassette scans and audio extracts.
We wish you a happy new year to you and yours,
Antoine Vignau
Brutal Deluxe Software
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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:58:34 +0000 (UTC)
From: D Finnigan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: 2009 in review
It's been a good year for us Apple II users.
Let's make a list of some good projects which were released this year:
- iDisk system
- enhanced 5.25" driver for GS/OS
- Vault archive + Usenet archive
- Carte Blanche
- Sweet16 and Virtual ][ updates
- Lost Classics Project
- Apple Game server updated
- ADTPro update
- NadaNet 3.0
- AppleWin updates
What else? We all have done a good job this year to keep the Apple
interesting! :-)
From: Warren Ernst
The TimeOut line of Beagle Bros software was officially released as
freeware in 2009.
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:12:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Ken Gagne
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Beagle Bros president to keynote KansasFest 2010
KANSAS CITY, MO -- December 22, 2009 -- Mark Simonsen, employee number
three and later owner of Beagle Bros, will be the keynote speaker at
KansasFest 2010. At Beagle Bros, whose popular software products for
the Apple II hobbyist demonstrated the publisher's quirky sense of
humor, Mark developed software including Flex Type, Beagle BASIC,
Beagle Graphics, Triple-Dump, and Double-Take. In the early 1980s,
Mark decided that he "wanted to work with the Apple for the rest of
[his] life," a statement that captures the enthusiasm and spirit of
Mark, Beagle Bros, and many Apple II users.
Beagle Bros started in 1980 under the direction of Bert Kersey to
provide software to casual users of the Apple II. A year and a half
after graduating with a degree in computer science from Brigham Young
University, Mark "fell in love with the Apple." Mark published Flex
Type through Beagle Bros in 1982, joined the company as a programmer
in 1983, and bought it in 1987 at the age of 29.
Besides software like Shape Mechanic, GPLE, and DOS Boss for budding
programmers, Beagle Bros produced books, posters, and even
advertisements full of clever and useful tidbits demonstrating the
capabilities of the Apple II. Later, the company produced highly
regarded productivity software like Platinum Paint, BeagleWrite GS,
and the TimeOut line of AppleWorks add-ons. Beagle Bros earned many
loyal followers thanks to the combination of quality products,
enthusiasm, and humor.
Mark sold the company's product line in 1991 and 1992 to Quality
Computers. Today, Mark helps save memories as the CEO of iPreserve, a
company specializing in photo, film, video, and document preservation.
KansasFest 2010, the 21st annual Apple II conference, is set for July
20th through July 25th at Rockhurst University in Kansas City,
Missouri. KansasFest was originally hosted by Resource Central and has
been brought to you by the KFest Committee since 1995. Any and all
Apple II and Macintosh users, fans, and friends are invited to attend
this year's "summer camp for geeks." Registration details will be
announced on the KansasFest Web site in early 2010. Please heed the
warning from Beagle Bros and refrain from feeding your disks to
alligators. For photos, schedules, and presentations from past year's
events, please visit the event's official Web site at:
http://www.kansasfest.org/
CONTACT:
KansasFest 2010
http://www.kansasfest.org/
http://twitter.com/kansasfest/
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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:36:08 -0800
From: Alex Freed
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: MockingBoard
I've put some info here:
http://alexfreed.com/FPGApple/mockingboard
Including Verilog AY-8910 implementation and disk images.
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Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 21:37:46 +0000 (UTC)
From: D Finnigan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: 10 Years of old Apple II and Mac Usenet posts
now online at Mac GUI Vault
Today, the Mac GUI Vault collection is excited to have expanded its Usenet
archive to include a quarter of a million Usenet posts from the 80's and
early 90's on the Apple II and Macintosh.
These posts are now online and fully searchable, and cover 35 newsgroups
including: comp.binaries.apple2, comp.binaries.mac, net.micro.apple,
net.micro.mac, comp.sys.apple, and comp.sys.mac. In addition, several
newsgroups including topics such as the Pascal language, CP/M, and
microcomputers in general were included.
Mac GUI Vault was fortunate to have acquired a copy of the UTZoo archive
from the University of Western Ontario, which is the same source that
provided the basis for Google Groups. However, Mac GUI Vault offers the
following advantages over Google's collection:
- All binary posts have been made available.
The binary posts are some of the most fascinating aspects of the Vault
Usenet archive, as these newsgroups contain thousands of programs and source
code listings which haven't seen the light of day in literally 20 or more
years. Though Google indexed the binary posts from their archive donors,
Google chose not to make any binary content available to the public.
- No posts have been removed or hidden.
Google provides a way for users to manually remove selected posts from their
archive, or to automatically remove all posts made by a single email
address. While certainly not all of the thousands of removed posts would be
of interest today, some might be. In light of that potential risk, Mac GUI
Vault currently will not honor any requests to remove or alter any posts in
its archive.
- No email addresses or other message content have been obfuscated.
With the overwhelming majority of email addresses from the past decade being
no longer valid, obfuscating them as Google does makes no sense. Aside from
being a bit of a distraction, not having the full email address makes
searches by author and email address more difficult.
Mac GUI Vault is currently looking for more Apple II and Macintosh Usenet
posts covering the early 1990's and onward, and would welcome any donations.
In addition, more newsgroups and posts from the UTZoo archive may be added
later, covering more general computing areas outside of Apple Computer's own
products.
In addition to historic Apple II and Mac Usenet posts, Mac GUI Vault also
maintains a growing archive of current posts from 2006 up to today.
Anonymous users may freely read and search the discussions, while registered
users may post new threads and replies via a web interface.
Mac GUI Vault's Usenet Archive is available at the following URL:
http://macgui.com/usenet/
A Frequently Asked Questions list on Mac GUI Vault's Usenet Archive is
available here:
http://macgui.com/infobooth/faq/23/
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Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:34:04 +1100
From: Alex Lee
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,comp.emulators.apple2
Subject: Updates to the 'What is the Apple IIGS?'
Check them out everybody:
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/news/
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/
Anyone remotely interested in the IIGS and Japanese videogames, manga and
anime will find this blog interesting :-)
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/the-japanese-connection/
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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:34:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Games for Christmas, again!
The guy's over at PACE have ported a few of their arcade game machines
to Carte Blanche. This is pretty much a functional copy of the hardware
main board to such games as space invaders, lunar lander, pacman,
galaxian, mooncresta etc but built inside CB's FPGA. The keyboard and
video is connected up and provided by the apple IIe so that it can be
played normally, except, with that classic 80's quality of vintage stand
up arcade machines. Audio is available via the CBAVI board, and you will
need this board to prevent audio interference of the video image. If you
would like a CBAVI, email me. These are free to CB'ers (expect for
postage - which is 10US smackeroo's).
The first game is space invaders, and only for the 250E at the moment
(I'll get onto the 500E soon);
http://www.applelogic.org/Downloads.html
Here is the email I got from Mark on how to set it up and play;
"Give this a whirl...
Notes: keep pressing '1' to coin up - it takes a bit to be recognised.
I think the coin mech debounce scan is less frequent than the 60Hz/
16ms I pulse each key for. Also use QAZX for movement as well as arrow
keys. All perfectly playable on the A2 keyboard.
I'm not sure I've solved any problems just yet. I was looking at the
pull-ups/pull-downs on the SRAM A0,5,6 lines... Will have to play
around some more and see..."
I'll put the other games up shortly once I've done the screen snaps etc.
They have done an amazing job! The IIe makes a great platform as a
vintage arcade machine console. The next step is connecting in the
Apple IIe joystick.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:16:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gregory Estrade
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Guimauve 2ooo - a VGA adapter for Apple //c computers
I'm glad to announce the availability of a product I've been working
on lately. It's a VGA adapter for Apple //c computers, which is able
to produce both color and monochrome video display.
More info can be found here : http://silicium.org/g2k/
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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:39:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: idisk apple2
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: A new project finished -- iDisk for Apple ][ is ready
iDisk is a dual USB Bluetooth/Disk Controller/Disk Image Archive Card
for Apple II.
Please go to the website to see:
http://sites.google.com/site/idiskapple2/
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Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:30:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: schmidtd
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: ADTPro 1.1.3 Released
http://adtpro.sourceforge.net
New functionality:
* [Client] Enabled ProDOS booting (and bootstrapping) on the
Franklin Ace 1000/1200
* [Server] OSX distribution now comes with a double-clickable .app
that automatically does all the magic to start a Java program under
the covers with no terminal window
Bug fixes:
* [Client] Space bar wasn't cycling through configuration items on
machines without up/down arrow keys
* [Server] Fixed breathtakingly slow operations with FTDI-based USB
serial adapters
* [Server] Integrated new level (2.2Pre2 + fixes) of RXTX serial
library; this offers 64-bit Windows support as well as improved
Mac OS X support, including Snow Leopard
* [Server] Made the "change working directory" work a little more
sensibly on OSX - allowing you to navigate "into" a directory and
pick that as the current working directory
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:19:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sheppy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Sweet16 2.1.3 released
I've released Sweet16 2.1.3. This is a nice little update that
improves performance and offers a modest user experience improvement.
Changes in this version:
1. Adjusted the CPU emulation loop, resunting in a substantial
emulated IIgs speed increase, especially on PowerPC.
2. Fixed the CPU speed control feature to work on PowerPC.
3. Rewrote the Recent Disks menu code to only show the names of the
disk image files, instead of full URLs, in the Recent Disks submenu.
4. The Control-H keystroke no longer resets the emulated Apple IIgs.
Oops.
5. Removed some stray debug output.
http://www.sheppyware.net/downloads/downloads-mac/files/Sweet16%202.1.3.dmg