I ordered one of the chips that is supposed to be the No Slot Clock. It comes from China and will take some time to get here. The estimated delivery date is between October 29 and November 15. I’m looking…
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Mapper’s Map, Continued
I spent a bit of time working on the print map routine today. It’s a little slow going with each change requiring a round of compiling and a test print. It is slow going, but it is going, so I’m…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple IIe, Programming, Projects Tagged with: Apple //c, Apple IIe, Programming, Projects, ZBasic
Mapper’s Map
I had run into a mental block with the map on Mapper, so I put it aside to mull it over. I had the data in the map file and could read and write it without any problems. In order…
No News today
Bupkiss. That’s what I have today. I didn’t accomplish a thing on my Apple II today. I looked for a copy of Sherlock to acquire v5 of in infocom interpreter but could not find one yet.
No Slot Clock
In my travels on the internet today, I stumbled across some notes and articles about the No Slot Clock. The one thing I always missed on the Apple II was the presence of a clock/calendar function. The No Slot Clock…
What can you do?
What can you do with an Apple II? I started this post in May of this year, but put it aside in favor of something else. I’ve used the Apple II to create documents, do spread sheets, and create databases;…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple IIe Tagged with: Apple //c, Apple IIe, Apple Pascal, AppleWorks, AppleWriter II Prodos, Assembler, Games, Interactive Fiction, Kyan Pascal, ZBasic
Apple II Finds
Every now and then when I go into eBay to search for Apple II stuff the sort comes up with Price + Shipping:highest first. Normally I just quickly switch to a sort by ending date or lowest price. Today I…
Z-Machine Interpreter
Awhile ago I was looking for a z-machine interpreter for the Apple II. As far as I can tell none exist on their own. There were three that I found, two were for the Apple //gs, but the third was…
Apple II Sites
Sometimes when I’m programming I hit a spot where the code is just not looking right and I have to scrap it. I hit such a spot with the Print Map Subroutine. I scrapped the code I had and just…
Ultima I
Lord Britania claimed my time this evening in exploration and questing. From the Castle of Lord British, I moved on to visit the City of British where I bought additional supplies before I crossed through some woods and over the…
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