| Pages | Type | Headline | Author | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | My Home Page | Scholarly Pursuits | Ken Gagne | Pursuing a master's of publishing has made it easier to generate story ideas for Juiced.GS |
| 3 | Apple Mysteries | A Peek Problem | Martin Haye | Detective Hugo Pomme and Col. Hexings contemplate how a PEEK could erase a floppy disk |
| 4-8 | MusinGS | Retailing the Past | Andrew Molloy | Wayne Bibbens, retailer of Wayne's Computer and star of the Welcome to Macintosh documentary |
| 9-11 | Behind the Scenes | Machine Language Made BASIC | Ivan Drucker | The creation of Slammer and Slaminator, which allows access to assembly commands from within Applesoft |
| 12-13 | Retrospective | Apple III Forever? | Mike Maginnis | Technologies implemented in the failed Apple III made their way into successful models of the Apple II |
| 14-18 | Connections | The Floppy Disk Shuffle | Tony Diaz, Ivan Drucker, Ken Gagne, Mike Maginnis | How to access Apple II floppy disks, removable media, hard disks, and disk images on modern computers |
| 19-20 | DumplinGS | Digital Reunions | Ken Gagne | Bob Bishop to keynote KFest 2011; Echoes of KFest and Retro Computing Roundtable podcasts debut; FTA reunion; Apple-1 sold at Christie's; Steve Wozniak at the Computer History Museum, on NPR, and on a trading card; and Leadlight Eamon text adventure |
| 20 | Random Numbers | Developing Community | Eric Shepherd | Version control tools are needed to make Apple II software development collaborative |
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Wayne’s Computer
Elbridge, New York-based retail store of Wayne Bibbens.
Old Apple Stuff
An Apple-centric subset of Wayne’s Web site.
Welcome to Macintosh
The documentary that launched Wayne Bibbens to stardom.
Behind the Scenes
Slammer
Ivan Drucker’s method of issuing monitor commands from within Applesoft programs.
S.H. Lam Revisited
A programming routine that inspired Slammer.
Retrospective
Apple III Resources
A site of manuals, tech notes, and disk images for the Apple III.
The Apple III Resource
Apple III software, manuals, emulators, and links.
Apple3-L
An email list for Apple III users.
Apple III Enthusiasts
A Facebook group for fans of the Apple III.
6502 Lane
Author Mike Maginnis’s Apple III blog.
Connections: Physical Media
MacDrive
A Windows program by Mediafour for accessing HFS-formatted volumes.
CiderPress
Apple II file and disk reader and translator for Windows.
Trackstar
Information about a rare Apple II card for the PC.
FC5025
A 5.25″ floppy disk drive controller with a USB interface.
Firewire-to-SCSI converter
An expensive adapter from RATOC Systems.
USB-to-SCSI converter
An expensive adapter from RATOC Systems.
Apple Floppy Drives
An index of the many kinds of floppy drives made for Apple computers.
Media Wiki
Information about many kinds of Apple II media and cables.
RetroFloppy
David Schmidt’s commercial service for converting your disks for you.
Floppy Recovery
Kay Savetz’s commercial service for converting your disks for you.
Connections: Disk Images
ADTPro
Create, transfer, and convert disk images between an Apple II and a modern machine.
DiskMaker 8
Convert disk image files to real disks using your enhanced Apple IIe, IIc, or IIc Plus.
DSK2FILE
An 8-bit tool for creating disk images.
ImageMaker
Eric Shepherd’s Apple IIGS utility for converting disks to images.
DiskMaker
Eric Shepherd’s Apple IIGS utility for converting images to disks.
Asimov
Ninjaforce’s utility lets you create and extract all kinds of disk images used by Apple II and IIGS emulators.
MountIt
Antoine Vignau and Olivier Zardini’s utility for mounting disk images directly within GS/OS.
Saltine’s Super Transcopy
Converts disks to NIV images.
ProDOS archivers
File compression utilities, including ShrinkIt. Also available via FTP.
GS/OS archivers
File compression utilities, including GS ShrinkIt (GSHK). Also available via FTP.
Semi-Virtual Diskette
A piece of hardware that can store disk images in a way the Apple II can access.
iDisk
USB and Bluetooth expansion card for the Apple II.
DumplinGS
KansasFest
Apple II convention in Kansas City, Missouri, coming July 19–24, 2011.
Retro Computing Roundtable
David Greelish’s star-studded retrocomputing podcast.
FTA Wormz Party
Videos from a reunion of Apple II programmers, including the Free Tools Association.
Apple-1 Registry
Mike Willegal tracks and documents the whereabouts of the remaining Apple-1 computers.
Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing
A new exhibit at the Computer History Museum.
Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
Steve Wozniak dials into National Public Radio (NPR). Also available via iTunes.
Leadlight
A survival horror text adventure, based on Eamon, by Wade Clarke.
