
Pages | Type | Headline | Author | Summary |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 | My Home Page | Paper Cuts | Ken Gagne | We should make modern technology adapt to us, just like how we've customized the Apple II to suit our desires. |
3-5,17 | Hardware | Speed Source | David Schmidt | The challenges, technology, methods, and potential of Apple II accelerators. |
6-8 | MusinGS | A Lesson in Modularity | Peter Neubauer | An interview with Peter Easdown, developer of ORCA/Modula-2. |
9 | Programming | Learning by Example | Peter Neubauer | A sample of Modula-2 code, complete with written explanation. |
10-11,14 | ]['s Company | Activision's Pitfalls | Ken Gagne | What does the purchase of Activision by Microsoft — two gaming companies with roots in the Apple II — mean for us? |
12-14 | Programming | SWEET16's Hidden Potential | Paul Hagstrom | A look at SWEET16, Steve Wozniak's 6502 dream machine. |
15 | Retrospective | Operation Froggy Went A-Courtin' | Kay Savetz | Remembering the 1987 court case between Jenifer Graham and a California school, instigated by the Apple II edutainment title Operation: Frog. |
16-17 | Cover ][ Cover | Making the Fantasy Real | Kate Szkotnicki | A review of the book "The Making of Nox Archaist", by Mark Lemmert of 6502 Workshop. |
18-19 | DumplinGS | Million Perfect Releases | Ken Gagne | KansasFest returns to Rockhurst in 2022; 4am releases Million Perfect Letters game; Iván Izaguirre releases izapple2 emulator; The CRPG Book available for preorder and download; Jeremy Rand releases ListenerGS in open beta; Vince Weaver demakes Lemmings; Sharon Knoblock and Matthew Dornquast (Mini Appler) pass away. |
19 | Simplicity Notes | What We Leave Behind | Steve Weyhrich | After inheriting his father's estate, Steve reflects on the computer collection he'll leave his own children. |
20 | Advertisement | KansasFest |
Hardware
Scrooge McDuck
Andy Hertzfeld related the story of the very first image on the very first Macintosh.
Apple II Pi setup
David Schmenk’s video tutorials on how to set up the Apple I Pi.
The 100 MHz 6502
Jürgen Müller’s 65F02 project.
MCL65-Fast
Ted Fried’s video demonstration.
Microcore Labs
Ted Fried’s repositories of Apple II projects.
MusinGS
Peter Easdown
GitHub repo of the developer of ORCA/Modula-2.
World of Hex
An Apple IIGS game inspired by SSI’s Fortress.
][‘s Company
Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard
Official press release of Microsoft’s to purchase the former Apple II game publisher once known as Activision.
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations
As reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Retrospective
Apple commercial
Jenifer Graham stars in a commercial for Operation: Frog.
Operation: Frog
4am’s crack of the Scholastic edutainment title.
Cover ][ Cover
The Making of Nox Archaist
A book by Mark Lemmert of 6502 Workshop.
DumplinGS
KansasFest
The annual Apple II convention, returning this July 19–24 to Rockhurst University.
Million Perfect Letters
4am’s shifty word game.
izapple2
Iván Izaguirre’s Apple II emulator.
The CRPG Book
A new edition of the hardcover book covering the history of computer role-playing games.
ListenerGS
Jeremy Rand’s voice-to-text application for the Apple II.
Lemmings
Vince “deater” Weaver’s video demo of an Apple II demake of Psygnosis and DMA Design’s classic puzzle game.
LemminGS
Brutal Deluxe’s fully playable Apple IIGS port of Lemmings.
Sharon Knoblock
Obituary for a KansasFest alumna.
Matthew Dornquast
Obituary for Mini Appler.