- CyanIIde Applesoft Interpreter (paleotronic.com)
This is an Applesoft BASIC editor that extracts and updates code into a live Apple II VM. You can load examples through the dropdowns at the top-right of the screen. The CodeMirror-based editor separates out ‘stacked’ BASIC lines to make them easier to read.
- Apple II Audio and the Mockingboard (nicole.express)
Remember this was a retrocomputing blog? A certain cookie company remembers, but if they want their name shout-out they’re going to have to send me some cookies. Today, we’re going to pick that up again, and look at fixing one of the major weak points of my lovely Apple ][plus: its audio capability. Let’s break out the AY-3s and dig in!
- Apple II graphics: More than you wanted to know (nicole.express)
The Apple ][ is one of the most iconic vintage computers of all time. But since Wozniak’s monster lasted all the way until 1993 (1995 if you could the IIe card, which I won’t count until I get one), it can be easy to forget that in 1977, it was a video extravaganza. The competitors– even much bigger and established companies like Commodore and Tandy– generally only had text modes, let alone pixel-addressable graphics, and they certainly didn’t have sixteen colors. (Gray and grey are different colors, right?)
- Apple II Vapor Lock and the Floating Bus (deater.net)
First, I want to make it clear I didn’t invent any of this. It has been well known since the early 80s. You can read more about this in Bob Bishop’s 1982 Softalk article “Have an Apple Split” and Don Lancaster’s Vapor Lock and Fun with Mixed Fields and Glitch Stomper articles. The technique was really not used that much, probably because it is difficult to use and not really officially supported by Apple.
- Apple II (original) (Wikipedia)
The Apple II (stylized as apple ][) is a personal computer released by Apple Inc. in June 1977. It was one of the first successful mass-produced microcomputer products and is widely regarded as one of the most important personal computers of all time due to its role in popularizing home computing and influencing later software development.