More gems from my visit last Tuesday. Btw. most of the machines are ready to run or run (like that #apple2). #retrocomputing #datarena #computermuseum

#FujiNet is a WiFi Adapter for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming systems. It speaks JSON, XML, and HTTPS, so it can talk to any Internet endpoint, directly.

We use it for FujiNet 5 Card Stud, so this Apple ][ (#Apple2) has no problem speaking JSON. :)

FujiNet is a WiFi Adapter for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming systems that (among many other features) brings together cross-platform game play!

Example shown here playing 5 Card Stud btw #Atari8bit, #apple2 and #pcjr systems.

https://youtube.com/shorts/lIx67Gwns_8

For #525FloppyDay I chose to post a picture of a box with disks containing old a new software (as recent as 2000) for #apple2.

This box has been a bit of problem for me to read correctly and I think the problem lies that all my drives for archiving have their track 0 sensor calibrated correctly. This box of floppies have been likely written with an Apple Disk 2 - those don't have a track 0 sensor and the alignment can be all over the place.

I don't have a good plan on how to connect my Apple Disk 2 with a #greaseweazle right now, another solution could be to acquire another 40 track 5 1/4 inch drive and play with the track 0 sensor.
Another plan could be to acquire a calibration disk, so I can re-adjust my regular floppy drive I use for archiving, but these seem to be almost impossible to find. Suggestions welcome!

Bin nun in den heiligen Hallen angekommen. Die Schätze (gehütet von @toroe ) funkeln schon in der Schatzkammer, aber erstmal gleich "Jahreshauptversammlung" des @ide !

"They sold the van..."
My goodness, what a powerful talk this is.
Didn't think I could admire what @shanselman does for the tech community more. I was wrong
Come for the laughs. Stay for the tears.
Learn, Change, then change the world...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4NWZHrfGlI&t=11300s
#Technology #TEDx #Apple2 #C64 #T1D #OpenSource #AI

I have added flicker-free planets to the #Apple II version of #Elite.

Flicker-free on the left, original version on the right.

That's every 6502 version done now. No-one left behind!

Info and downloads: https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/flicker-free_elite.html

#AppleII #Cistercian numerals written in #Applesoft BASIC running in the KEGS #apple2 emulator. #rosettacode
https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Cistercian_numerals#Applesoft_BASIC

Deep dive into the Apple II mouse firmware: https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/archives/2025/05/08/yes-the-apple-ii-mousecard-irq-is-synced-to-the-vbl/

#FujiNet is a network adapter for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming systems. It has a gaming lobby to connect users of different platforms, together.

Shown: #Atari8bit, #Apple2 and #TRS80CoCo playing FujitZee!

Registration is now open for INIT HELLO, the new Apple II conference to be held at the System Source Computer Museum in the Baltimore, MD area.

I'll be there - just registered. I hope you're there too!

https://init-hello.org/2025/05/registration-is-open/

I love how the canonical file extension for old-school disk images for Apple II emulators is .DSK — its subconsciously implies that Apple II diskettes are the canonical diskettes. Everyone else: pick another file extension, this one's taken

35 years later... It's finally there! https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/shufflepuck-cafe-for-apple-ii/

All the Adventures reaches what might be its last "traditional" adventure of 1982 with the North Star / Apple II game Zodiac Castle.

Includes a single-path labyrinth and an omnipresent dragon that can visit any dark room.

https://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/21/zodiac-castle-1982/