I had a package of 25 diskettes I bought last July. They sat for a long time without me checking them out. When I finally got around to trying them I had several of them that I couldn’t use. I…
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Retrochallange 2015/01 Third Post
I worked on my challenge for a short time while watching a movie, The Prince of Persia. I thought it was fitting to be working on an Apple II game while watching a movie inspired by iconic Apple II game. It’s funny,…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple //gs, Apple IIe, Emulation, Games, Programming, Projects, Retrochallenge Tagged with: Apple //c, Apple IIe, Applesoft, Eamon, emulation, Games, Interactive Fiction, Programming, Projects
Retrochallenge 2015/01 Second Post
In order to play Eamon you need at least one diskette from the Eamon Library. The Main Hall and Beginners Cave (EAMON001.DSK) is where everything starts, and hopefully ends. In order to create more adventures a second diskette, the Dungeon…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple //gs, Apple IIe, Emulation, Programming, Retrochallenge Tagged with: Apple //c, Apple IIe, Applesoft, Eamon, emulation, Games, Interactive Fiction, Programming, Projects
Retrochallenge 2015/01 (Winter Warmup)
Retrochallenge 2015/01 starts today. To learn more about it use the Retrochallange link under Links & Disk Images. I’ve had a fascination with Eamon ever since I first found it, about twenty years ago. I like the whole concept of carrying…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple //gs, Apple IIe, Emulation, Programming, Projects, Retrochallenge Tagged with: Apple //c, Apple IIe, Applesoft, Eamon, emulation, Games, Interactive Fiction, Programming, Projects
No Serial Ports
I haven’t posted in months, six months in fact. I had a problem develop a couple of months ago with AdtPro. It stopped recognizing the serial ports. The problem seemed to be with Java so over time, I uninstalled Java…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple //gs, Apple IIe, Posts Tagged with: ADTPro, Apple //c, Apple IIe, Serial Port Problems
Kansas Fest
This whole week is just me wishing I was there. I anxiously await the Kansas Fest report on csa2 each day. Its not like being there, but as close as I can get at this time. Warren Ernst on csa2,…
Another No Slot Clock
Last night I ordered another No Slot Clock chip for my Apple //e. I had planned to buy one last fall when I got one and tried it out on my Apple //c. This one was about 65 cents cheaper…
Posted in Apple //c, Apple IIe Tagged with: 3 1/2" Diskette Drive, 5 1/4" Diskette Drive, Apple //c, Apple IIe
I’m Back
I’m back. I have no special reason or excuse for not posting, I just haven’t posted in a day under a month. I signed into Daily Apple to find 2,308 comments, or more accurately spam. After spending about twenty minutes…
Flapple Bird – Retry Again
In my last post, I went back to ADTPro 1.2.8, downloaded Flapple Bird and tried running it, only to have it lock up. Since that didn’t work, I downloaded ADTPro 2.0.0 and redownloaded Flapple Bird. That didn’t work either. With that…
Flapple Bird – Retry
The last time I had a chance to try Flapple Bird, I downloaded it using ADTPro 2.0.0 both in the 140 K image and the 800 K image and both images would boot ProDOS 8 v1.8 and stop at the…
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