a2_4am, 1 day ago to retrocomputing

I was exploring some old Softdisk (magazine-on-a-disk, Apple II) and stumbled on this double hi-res title screen and it's... a lot

#AppleII #retrocomputing

fenarinarsa, 4 days ago to retrocomputing

Still checking why chiptunes sound bad on the Apple II Mockingboard and we have a pretty good idea of the root cause right now.

We're waiting for a specific board in the following days to make a final check, but we may bring bad news for some people out there.

#retrocomputing #appleII

fenarinarsa, 5 days ago to retrocomputing

Trying to fix a Unidisk drive I've just got. The loading mechanism was completely stuck. The famous faulty eject gear seemed fine but broke as soon as I touched it... I don't have any spare, so I need to find one before going further.

(The Unidisk is a 3"1/2 floppy drive for Apple II that uses an internal Macintosh drive with an adapter card)

#retrocomputing #appleII

The opened disk drive mechanism.
Some small geares into the opened ejection system.
A gear broken into pieces.

a2_4am, 11 days ago to retrocomputing

Perfect product demo, no notes

#AppleII #retrocomputing

boot video of "Super Draw+Write" ©Avant-Garde, for Apple II

a2_4am, 12 days ago to retrocomputing

Mathosaurus: Kindergarten (cracked by Passport, 13-sector track embedded in 16-sector disk)

https://archive.org/details/MathosaurusKindergarten4amCrack

#AppleII #retrocomputing

flux visualization of "Mathosaurus: Kindergarten" disk

colin_mcmillen, 14 days ago to retrocomputing French

I've spent the weekend finding a more efficient solution to stream videos to my #AppleII and found one that gains me 1.5fps, here's some documentation about it. https://www.colino.net/wordpress/archives/2024/04/28/how-i-stream-audiovideo-through-an-apple-ii-serial-ports/

#RetroComputing #6502

a2_4am, 15 days ago to retrocomputing

"Mommmm, can I have a chatbot?"

"We have chatbot at home."

Chatbot at home:

#AppleII #retrocomputing

sidde, 16 days ago to VintageComputing

OpenEmulator.app is a great #AppleII Emulator. (https://openemulator.github.io/)

Spent hours with Applesoft/Microsoft #Basic last evening and been playing Oregon Trails over and over again since then.

And all the software and magazines from Asimov's Apple II Archive will take a lifetime or two to go through.

#VintageComputing #Retrocomputing #retrogaming #Apple #6502 #8bit

iigs, 18 days ago to random

Happy 40th to this little workhorse of a computer. #aprilapples #appleii

thomasfuchs, 19 days ago to apple

Happy 40th birthday, Apple IIc!
Launched April 24, 1984.
#Apple #AppleII #retrocomputing

Next screen: a 50s dad smoking pipe in recliner with the Apple IIc snugly sitting on the desk, everything is neat and tidy. A cat is sleeping on the desk. “It just so happens that’s your Apple can help put your life in order by doing a lot of the routine tasks most people hate doing.”

fenarinarsa, 19 days ago to retrogaming

Currently finding out that the Mockingboard design is shit and most of it is useless

#appleII #retrogaming #demoscene

jdyer, 21 days ago to retrogaming

My journey on the first Italian adventure game continues

with some intuitive and not-so-intuitive leaps of logic

and a very, very, large cat

#retrogaming #adventuregame #appleII #apple2 #apple

https://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/21/avventura-nel-castello-the-sorcerers-apprentice/

fenarinarsa, 21 days ago to demoscene

Serial transfer of disk image is what happens when you fry your floppy emulator because of those dumbass connectors

#appleII #demoscene

Javmaster, 24 days ago to apple

First full production unit ready to ship!

https://www.8bittees.com/product/floppy-emu-disk-case-option-3-complete/
#Apple #AppleII #AppleIIForever #floppyEmu #DiskII

a2_4am, 25 days ago to retrocomputing

Nothing but respect for my president of AI

#AppleII #retrocomputing

a2_4am, 25 days ago to retrocomputing

You will not believe the sound this 1985 Apple II educational software makes after animating the sperm uniting with the egg.

#AppleII #retrocomputing

fenarinarsa, 26 days ago to demoscene

Just fried my Floppy Emu while testing some new and amazing code on my Apple IIe. 🤬

I'm tired and f*ck those connectors

#appleII #demoscene

jdyer, 27 days ago to gaming

I have finished The Mask of the Sun, which was a cacophony of softlocks, mazes, and an "outsider" approach to using information in puzzles that ends up being fascinating.

The link is to the series of four posts in chronological order:

https://bluerenga.blog/tag/mask-of-the-sun/?order=ASC

#retrogames #appleII #adventuregame #apple2 #adventuregames #apple

colin_mcmillen, 1 month ago to retrocomputing French

#Wozamp 2.3 is out. You can now play movies, with sound and subtitles, on your #AppleII 📽️

#RetroComputing
https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/wozamp-an-apple-ii-music-and-video-player/

jdyer, 1 month ago to apple

In my second post on The Mask of the Sun, I discuss the (somewhat overhyped) parser, the real-time animation as you type, and the gamebook-style structure.

https://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/07/the-mask-of-the-sun-inside-the-first-ruin/

#retrogames #adventuregame #appleII #apple2 #apple #retrogaming #adventuregaming

jdyer, 1 month ago to retrogaming

Wherein I embark on one of the most well-regarded Apple II adventures of 1982: The Mask of the Sun.

https://bluerenga.blog/2024/04/04/the-mask-of-the-sun-1982/

#retrogaming #adventuregame #appleII #apple2 #apple

fenarinarsa, 1 month ago to demoscene

My Apple IIe and IIc got new stickers at @revisionparty

I never put stickers on my machines before but we live only once.

#demoscene #appleII

ryanfb, 1 month ago to random

Restarting my thread for #WozADay videos, where I play through the @internetarchive Woz-A-Day collection of #AppleII disk images from @a2_4am in upload order and post the video! You can find the old thread here: https://digipres.club/@ryanfb/110395916573555503