appleii Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/tag/appleii/ Electronics, Computing and Videogame History! Sun, 25 Nov 2018 02:07:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 http://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-keyicon-1-32x32.png appleii Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/tag/appleii/ 32 32 146320098 microM8 now supports large volumes (HDV, 2MG, 800K PO) http://paleotronic.com/2018/08/07/microm8-now-supports-large-volumes-hdv-2mg-800k-po/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/08/07/microm8-now-supports-large-volumes-hdv-2mg-800k-po/#respond Mon, 06 Aug 2018 17:26:26 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=1327 You can now use “Smartport”-based large volume images with microM8 (HDV, 2MG and 800K PO), via the file catalog or drag-and-drop. We’ve also uploaded a variety of images to the built-in cloud library including Pitch [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/08/07/microm8-now-supports-large-volumes-hdv-2mg-800k-po/feed/ 0 1327 Paleotronic attends KansasFest 2018: Day 1 http://paleotronic.com/2018/07/28/paleotronic-attends-kansasfest-2018-day-1/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/07/28/paleotronic-attends-kansasfest-2018-day-1/#respond Fri, 27 Jul 2018 18:21:16 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=1229 Recently, our intrepid Paleotronic explorers flew to Vancouver and then ventured by minivan deep into the heart of America. We picked up a few fellow travellers along the way, and eventually, after journeying through the [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/07/28/paleotronic-attends-kansasfest-2018-day-1/feed/ 0 1229 “Upcycling” Pong: Putting a new “spin” on an old game using microM8 http://paleotronic.com/2018/07/07/upcycling-pong-putting-a-new-spin-on-an-old-game-using-microm8/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/07/07/upcycling-pong-putting-a-new-spin-on-an-old-game-using-microm8/#respond Sat, 07 Jul 2018 06:32:05 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=1114 Pong was exciting when it came out back in 1972 but it hasn’t aged very well. By modern standards it’s kind of boring. Luckily in microM8 we can do two things to improve it: first, [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/07/07/upcycling-pong-putting-a-new-spin-on-an-old-game-using-microm8/feed/ 0 1114 The Internet Archive’s Jason Scott Talks Apple II Software Preservation http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/15/the-internet-archives-jason-scott-talks-apple-ii-software-preservation/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/15/the-internet-archives-jason-scott-talks-apple-ii-software-preservation/#respond Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:57:50 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=703 Paleotronic had a chat with archivist and documentary film-maker Jason Scott (Get Lamp) about his efforts to preserve Apple II and other vintage computer software… Firstly, could you give a little background on how the [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/15/the-internet-archives-jason-scott-talks-apple-ii-software-preservation/feed/ 0 703 Confessions of a Disk Cracker: the secrets of 4am. http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/15/confessions-of-a-disk-cracker-the-secrets-of-4am/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/06/15/confessions-of-a-disk-cracker-the-secrets-of-4am/#respond Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:53:42 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=693 Why did you choose to start aggressively de-protecting, archiving and re-distributing Apple II software? It’s tempting to rewrite history and give myself some noble purpose for starting this hobby, but in this case the truth [more...]

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