I’ve been spending about two or three hours a day working on these posts since I started in April and this past weekend I just didn’t have that kind of time to work with the Apple // and come up…
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Apple II Projects
I have been writing this blog since April and I have run into some amazing projects that people are still doing with these machines. I was wondering what kind of Apple II projects were out there that I hadn’t run into,…
Cricket //c
As I said yesterday and in other posts, I purchased a Cricket for my Apple //c back in the eighties. I primarily bought it for the clock calendar feature, however it was also known for its music and speech synthesizer.…
An Embarrassment of Riches
Back in the mid 80’s when I bought my Apple //c, all things Apple came at fairly high price for someone like me who was on a tight budget. No we suffer from an embarrassment of riches when it comes…
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Roundup
I’ve spent the last week listening to some old podcasts and playing old games. The podcasts have a treasure trove of information, some I will have to listen to a second time just to get it all. From first hand…
Lemonade
Some of my earliest memories of games that I played on computers involved a simple business simulation called Lemonade or Lemonade Stand. The object is to sell lemonade and make a profit. The first computer I ever used, PDP 11/70…
Games and TV
Have you ever sat down t watch TV and can’t find any thing you want to see right now? Sometimes I have that happen with the computer. Tonight, I wanted to play a game on my Apple //c. I’m more…
Podcasts
I spent some time, listening to the first two podcasts of Open Apple, while moving the links for podcasts to their own pages. During the second episode they mention several emulators including one I had never heard of called “II in…
Apple Time Warp Podcast
I saw a reference to a new podcast about the Apple II called Apple Time Warp Podcast on A2Central last week and tonight I took the time to watch and listen to their pilot episode. John Romero and Craig Johnston talk…
Prince of Persia
I’ve seen the movie and decided to try the game. I found a copy of it on Asimov and downloaded it to my Apple //c. I got the 800K .2mg version since I have a 3 1/2 inch drive figuring…
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