I have played that way too much in my Apple ][ and //e days.
Hopefully I won’t be addicted to it as back in those days.
Just watching the demo mode is soooooo cool!
I remember designing my own lievens, then winning from the local Apple shop (Vlasveld Computers, which also had a country wide Apple magazine). Cool days!
[WayBack] GitHub – dschmenk/apple2pi: Apple II client/server for Raspberry Pi: hybrid computer of a Raspberry Pi inside an Apple II (either ][, or ][+, or //e) so the Apple II can be a front-end to the Raspberry Pi which then can run an Apple IIGS emulator, talk to the Apple II storage hardware and much more.
Why did you choose to start aggressively de-protecting, archiving and re-distributing Apple II software? It’s tempting to rewrite history and give myself some noble purpose for starting this hobby, but in this case the truth [more…]
Around this time, episode 500 of RetroMacCast should be out.
It’s an “about weekly” podcast centered around classic Apple computers, mainly of the Macintosh kind but occasionally also on the Apple I, ][, //e, //c and ///, IIgs and Lisa kinds.
After all these years since they started in 2006, It’s still fun to listen to.
Occasionally they do a vodcast on YouTube, for instance their 100th show below.
Apple II Ethernet Module – This product is based on the Wiznet W5100 chip. It has an embedded hardware IP stack. Contiki, IP65, Marinetti and ADTPro have been updated to work with the new card.
We will be using Itead as our current PCB supplier.
The card will be assembled by Circuits Central
This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Glenda Adams, better known on the Apple II as The Atom. She was a cracker of some note back in the 1980s, and she shares great stories with us…
I expect few people to still have a functioning Apple LaserWriter Pro as – despite them bing very solid devices – having them last for almost 25 years is quite a feat.
But I do know many people have machines from the Apple II through Macintosh II era, and that’s what the first manual is about. Some of the contents:
Peripheral Interface Guide rev. Jan 91
Macintosh Family Computers
Introduction 3
Computer Port Locations 4
Computer Ports 6
Modem and Printer Connectors – DE-9 6
Modem and Printer Connectors – Mini DIN-8 7
SCSI Connector (Pins 1-12) 8
SCSI Connector (Pins 13-25) 9
Apple Desktop Bus Connector 10
Keyboard Connector 11
Mouse Connector 11
Audio Input Connector 12
Audio Output Connector – Monaural 12
Audio Output Connector – Stereo 12
External Disk Drive Connector 13
External Video Connector 14
External Video Connector – Macintosh Portable 14
Interface Cards 16
Macintosh Display Cards 4/8, 8/24, 16 and 8/24-GC
Macintosh II High-Resolution and I-bit Monochrome Video Cards 17
Macintosh II Portrait Display and Two-Page Monochrome Monitor Video Cards (Current Version) 18
Macintosh II Portrait Display and TWO-Page Monochrome Monitor Video Cards (Obsolete Version) 19
EtherTalk Interface and EtherTalk NB Cards 20
TokenTalk NB Interface Card 20
Coax/fwinax Interface Card – Coax Connector 21
Coax/fwinax Interface Card – Twinax Connector 21
Serial NB Interface Card (Pins 1-20) 22
Serial NB Interface Card (Pins 21-40) 23
Serial NB Interface Card (Pins 41-62) 24
Apple II Family Computers
Introduction 3
Computer Port Locations 4
Apple IIGS Computer Ports 5
Sound Input/Output Connector 5
Audio Connector 5
Composite Video Connector 5
Modem and Printer Connectors 6
Apple Desktop Bus Connector 6
Disk Drive Connector 7
RGB Video Connector 8
Joystick/Hand Controller Connector 9
Apple lIc/IIc plus Computer Ports 10
Modem and Printer Connectors – Mini DIN-5 10
Modem and Printer Connectors – Mini DIN-8 11
Joystick/Hand Controller/Mouse Connector 12
Video Expansion Connector 13
External Disk Drive Connector 14
Composite Video Connector 15
Audio Connector 15
Power Adapter Connector 15
Apple II/II Plus/lIe Computer Ports 16
Cassette Input Connector 16
Cassette Output Connector 16
Composite Video Connector 17
Auxiliary Video Connector 17
Game Controller Connector 18
Joystick/Hand Controller Connector 19
Apple II Interface Cards 20
Communications Card Pin-outs 20
Super Serial Card Pin-outs 21
Super Serial Card Printer Mode – Switch SW1 22
Super Serial Card Printer Mode – Switch SW2 23
Super Serial Card Communication Mode – Switch SWI 24
Super Serial Card Communication Mode – Switch SW2 25
Serial Interface Card Pin-outs 26
Serial Interface Card Switch Settings 27
Parallel Printer and Centronics Printer Interface Card Pin-outs 28
IEEE-488 Interface Pin-outs 29
Parallel Interface Card Pin-outs 30
Parallel Interface Card Switch Settings 31
Apple II Video Overlay Card Pin-outs 32
Apple II SCSI and High-Speed SCSI Cards Pin-outs 33
Conditions are very, very good right now for easy, top-quality, final ingestion of original commercial Apple II Software and if you know people sitting on a pile of it or even if you have a small handful of boxes, please get in touch with me to arrange the disks to be imaged. apple@textfiles.com.
For example, piles and piles of educational software has returned from potential oblivion, because it’s about the preservation, not the title. Wonderfully done works are being brought back to life and are playable on the Internet Archive.
In other words: if you have or know someone who has disks with original, uncracked software that cannot be copied easily, let the team at the WayBack machine know as they have the resources that can help preserve that software.