#apple-ii — Public Fediverse posts
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2026 review: which digital camera for your Apple II?
"This very serious video is there to help you, in 2026, choose the best 1990s camera for your 1980s computer."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJNdHbVP3Kg
"The latest release of Quicktake for Apple II brings quite a few more cameras to the party: Sierra cameras (Epson PhotoPC PCDC001, Sanyo VPC-G1, Sanyo VPC-G200, Sierra Imaging SD640, and probably quite a few more), Canon PowerShot 350, Fujifilm DX-8, Konika Q-Mini, Panasonic NV-DCF1."
Video by @colin_mcmillen
#AppleII #digitalcamera #photography #cameras #QuickTake #Apple #vintageApple #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #vintagecomputing #computing #computinghistory #vintagetech #tech #photo #Apple2forever
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Happy 40th Birthday, Apple IIgs!
#AppleII #AppleIIgs #Apple #vintageApple #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #vintagecomputing #computing #computinghistory #vintagetech #tech #photo #CRT #floppydisk #nostalgia #BBS #messydesk #mydesk #setups #Woz #Apple2forever
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The Neo6502kbd from Olimex is a Neo6502 board in a keyboard factor case.
It has dvi/hdmi. 4 usb ports, build-in speaker, sd card storage, and a #6502 cpu and #RP2040 microcontroller.
Runs #BASIC #pascal #cpm can emulate an #AppleII and more.
Also can function as a normal keyboard.
https://www.olimex.com/Products/Retro-Computers/Neo6502kbd/open-source-hardware
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New release of Quicktake for Apple II! This one brings quite a few more cameras to the party: Sierra cameras (Epson PhotoPC PCDC001, Sanyo VPC-G1, Sanyo VPC-G200, Sierra Imaging SD640, and probably quite a few more), Canon PowerShot 350, Fujifilm DX-8, Konika Q-Mini, Panasonic NV-DCF1.
Sadly none of those include support for thumbnails, as they are JPEG-encoded. The Sierra cameras and Fujifilm DX-8 have otherwise complete support, whereas the Powershot driver is minimal and only handles getting pictures.
The project page has been updated to include serial cable wiring for these new cameras.
https://www.colino.net/wordpress/quicktake-for-apple-ii/
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Sneak peak into my next release (which will probably come soon, after finalizing the Canon Powershot 350 driver) of #QuicktakeForAppleII
#RetroComputing #AppleII
https://www.colino.net/wordpress/archives/2026/09/11/sierra-digital-cameras-on-the-apple-ii/ -
VCFMW 21 2026 Brings Vintage Computing Back to Schaumburg
#VCFMW #VCFMW21 #VCFMW2026 #VintageComputerFestival #VintageComputerFestivalMidwest #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #Commodore64 #Amiga #AppleII #Atari #Schaumburg
https://theoasisbbs.com/events/vcfmw-21-2026-brings-vintage-computing-back-to-schaumburg/?fsp_sid=13258 -
ITT 2020 : la malédiction du standard PAL (1979)
Pour adapter l'Apple II au PAL (50 Hz), ITT a dû étendre la haute résolution de 280 à 360 pixels de large, imposant un 9e bit de données vidéo et une réécriture de la ROM.
Conséquence : rupture des adresses d'accès direct à la mémoire vidéo (VRAM) utilisées par les développeurs sur 6502. Cette tentative d'européanisation fut un échec d'interopérabilité retentissant.
As-tu connu cette machine ? L’Apple II ?
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So that is stil buggy on corner cases (can't save to Smartport...), but it globally works, I can fetch pictures from the Canon PowerShot 350 from my #AppleII!
I took the liberty of zooming in on the box's so-called "System Requirements".
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RavenWolf Channel Update Brings a C64 Birthday Surprise
#RavenWolfRetroTech #Commodore64 #C64 #RetroComputing #DDM #Amiga2500 #AppleII #VCFMidwest
https://theoasisbbs.com/ravenwolf-channel-update-brings-a-c64-birthday-surprise/?fsp_sid=13059 -
Canon PowerShot 350 on #AppleII: Started implementing image download. I'm not there yet. It is ugly, inefficient, buggy, and does not even fit in the Apple II binary. But it will work at some point.
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This subproject would be dead in its tracks if file downloading worked in the same "data firehose" way as directory listing, but luckily (according to the reverse-engineer doc in libgphoto2's repository) one can tell the camera to send arbitrarily-sized pieces of files, and slowly write them to disk between two pieces.
The only things implemented so far for this driver is _wakeup, _set_speed, _get_filename, and the driver is already 2.7kB, larger than other complete drivers. I might have to rewrite larger parts of it into assembly. -
Yesterday evening, after getting the basis of the protocol right on PC, I got comms working on Apple II with the Canon PowerShot 350, at 115200bps.
This required rewriting the directory list reader function in assembly, as this request entails a multiple 300-bytes packets response, with the camera not waiting between packets.
#RetroComputing #AppleII #DigitalPhotography -
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Success! After a full power supply recap the voltages are stable and the Apple IIe Platinum boots up! It happily took my BASIC command proclaiming health - it’s alive! #retrocomputing #appleii
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La carte d'extension Appletini One pour Apple II peut remplacer totalement l'Apple II http://dlvr.it/TVGXR2 #AppleII #AppletiniOne
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The Appletini ONE now has a "standalone" mode. Close a jumper on the card and it becomes a full featured Apple IIe on its own, without the need to be plugged into a real Apple II.
appletini.org/standalone
#appleII #retromputing #retrogaming -
The Appletini ONE now has a "standalone" mode. Close a jumper on the card and it becomes a full featured Apple IIe on its own, without the need to be plugged into a real Apple II.
https://appletini.org/standalone
More about this card:
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Had to take a break from 6502 assembly to do a bit of... beech wood assembly! My Apple II corner was starting to be really cluttered with the addition of new cameras for my Quicktake For Apple II project.
I'm still missing a Quicktake 200 in this collection, so I'm unsure if I broke support for it while adding support for the Fujifilm DX-8 (which has *almost* the same protocol). No biggie, it's not released yet.
Nail polish is unrelated.
