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Re Mini Replay

Some of these games could take ~32k on disk, and there are 8 of these crammed into 140k, so there's got to be some compression going on

It's impressive, given the target is a 1MHz 6502. It's got to handle decompressing the stored games, and a little code to boot the disk (no traditional OS like DOS 3.x or ProDOS here)

The 8 games were possibly carefully chosen for controls, size on disk, not needing to use the disk after they're running, etc.

#AppleII

Re Mini Replay

Some of these games could take ~32k on disk, and there are 8 of these crammed into 140k, so there's got to be some compression going on

It's impressive, given the target is a 1MHz 6502. It's got to handle decompressing the stored games, and a little code to boot the disk (no traditional OS like DOS 3.x or ProDOS here)

The 8 games were possibly carefully chosen for controls, size on disk, not needing to use the disk after they're running, etc.

#AppleII

Mini Replay v1.0 is out. It features 8 Apple II games on a single floppy disk, complete with game help, loading progress bars, and selectable "infinite lives" hacks. All games are fully playable with only a keyboard.

Mini Replay runs on any 48K Apple II. 64K machines also get a bonus screensaver mode that cycles through self-running demos of each game.

It is not copy protected.

https://archive.org/details/MiniReplay

Thanks to @a2_qkumba for everything.

#AppleII #retrocomputing

Mini Replay v1.0 is out. It features 8 Apple II games on a single floppy disk, complete with game help, loading progress bars, and selectable "infinite lives" hacks. All games are fully playable with only a keyboard.

Mini Replay runs on any 48K Apple II. 64K machines also get a bonus screensaver mode that cycles through self-running demos of each game.

It is not copy protected.

https://archive.org/details/MiniReplay

Thanks to @a2_qkumba for everything.

#AppleII #retrocomputing

Behold! A good book for a good computer!

I used to have the older version as a teen in the 80s and I have it as a PDF, but this is so much nicer. Spiral-bound computer books were cool.

#appleII #retroComputing #appleIIe

This worked! @txgx42 is a wizard! https://mastodon.social/@txgx42/116943084310029564

It amazes me how even now I’m still learning #AppleII tricks.

#BASICMonth #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

This worked! @txgx42 is a wizard! https://mastodon.social/@txgx42/116943084310029564

It amazes me how even now I’m still learning #AppleII tricks.

#BASICMonth #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

Extremely back on my bullshit

#AppleII #retrocomputing

Extremely back on my bullshit

#AppleII #retrocomputing

Using software written in 2026 (by @colin_mcmillen) on a computer released in 1983 to extract digital photos from a digital camera released in 1994.

Apple QuickTake 200 connected via serial to my 128K enhanced Apple IIe (video output via composite to CRT and to LCD via VidHD video card) with "large" volumes mounted via CFFA3000 flash storage card.

The 640x480 camera images (JPEGs) are decoded and scaled for display in the double high-res graphics mode at 560x192 monochrome pixels. Just lovely.

More about Colin's Quicktake for Apple II: https://www.colino.net/wordpress/quicktake-for-apple-ii/

#AppleII #QuickTake #QuickTake200 #Apple #vintageApple #apple2forever #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #photography #photo #retrocomputers #cameras #digitalcameras #CRT #floppydisk #vintagetech #tech #modernretro #FujiDS8 #AppleIIe #ByteCellar #setups

Using software written in 2026 (by @colin_mcmillen) on a computer released in 1983 to extract digital photos from a digital camera released in 1994.

Apple QuickTake 200 connected via serial to my 128K enhanced Apple IIe (video output via composite to CRT and to LCD via VidHD video card) with "large" volumes mounted via CFFA3000 flash storage card.

The 640x480 camera images (JPEGs) are decoded and scaled for display in the double high-res graphics mode at 560x192 monochrome pixels. Just lovely.

More about Colin's Quicktake for Apple II: https://www.colino.net/wordpress/quicktake-for-apple-ii/

#AppleII #QuickTake #QuickTake200 #Apple #vintageApple #apple2forever #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #photography #photo #retrocomputers #cameras #digitalcameras #CRT #floppydisk #vintagetech #tech #modernretro #FujiDS8 #AppleIIe #ByteCellar #setups

Using software written in 2026 (by @colin_mcmillen) on a computer released in 1983 to extract digital photos from a digital camera released in 1994.

Apple QuickTake 200 connected via serial to my 128K enhanced Apple IIe (video output via composite to CRT and to LCD via VidHD video card) with "large" volumes mounted via CFFA3000 flash storage card.

The 640x480 camera images (JPEGs) are decoded and scaled for display in the double high-res graphics mode at 560x192 monochrome pixels. Just lovely.

More about Colin's Quicktake for Apple II: https://www.colino.net/wordpress/quicktake-for-apple-ii/

#AppleII #QuickTake #QuickTake200 #Apple #vintageApple #apple2forever #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #photography #photo #retrocomputers #cameras #digitalcameras #CRT #floppydisk #vintagetech #tech #modernretro #FujiDS8 #AppleIIe #ByteCellar #setups

Using software written in 2026 (by @colin_mcmillen) on a computer released in 1983 to extract digital photos from a digital camera released in 1994.

Apple QuickTake 200 connected via serial to my 128K enhanced Apple IIe (video output via composite to CRT and to LCD via VidHD video card) with "large" volumes mounted via CFFA3000 flash storage card.

The 640x480 camera images (JPEGs) are decoded and scaled for display in the double high-res graphics mode at 560x192 monochrome pixels. Just lovely.

More about Colin's Quicktake for Apple II: https://www.colino.net/wordpress/quicktake-for-apple-ii/

#AppleII #QuickTake #QuickTake200 #Apple #vintageApple #apple2forever #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #photography #photo #retrocomputers #cameras #digitalcameras #CRT #floppydisk #vintagetech #tech #modernretro #FujiDS8 #AppleIIe #ByteCellar #setups

Using software written in 2026 (by @colin_mcmillen) on a computer released in 1983 to extract digital photos from a digital camera released in 1994.

Apple QuickTake 200 connected via serial to my 128K enhanced Apple IIe (video output via composite to CRT and to LCD via VidHD video card) with "large" volumes mounted via CFFA3000 flash storage card.

The 640x480 camera images (JPEGs) are decoded and scaled for display in the double high-res graphics mode at 560x192 monochrome pixels. Just lovely.

More about Colin's Quicktake for Apple II: https://www.colino.net/wordpress/quicktake-for-apple-ii/

#AppleII #QuickTake #QuickTake200 #Apple #vintageApple #apple2forever #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #photography #photo #retrocomputers #cameras #digitalcameras #CRT #floppydisk #vintagetech #tech #modernretro #FujiDS8 #AppleIIe #ByteCellar #setups

I bought recently a #R36S retro console for just 31€ on Aliexpress.

Highly recommended if you love retro stuff. Works with retroark under linux.

It comes with thousands of #GB, #GBC, #GBA, #NES, #SNES, #MSX, #Famicom, #Game Gear, #Mega Drive, #MasterSystem, #Atari2600, #NeoGeo, ... even #Playstation 1 and #PSP roms ready to play!

I added games for #C64, #Amstrad, #BBCMicro, #MSDOS, #AppleII, #Ti 99, ... and of course, #ZX81 and #ZXSpectrum games! 🧐

#retrogaming

I bought recently a #R36S retro console for just 31€ on Aliexpress.

Highly recommended if you love retro stuff. Works with retroark under linux.

It comes with thousands of #GB, #GBC, #GBA, #NES, #SNES, #MSX, #Famicom, #Game Gear, #Mega Drive, #MasterSystem, #Atari2600, #NeoGeo, ... even #Playstation 1 and #PSP roms ready to play!

I added games for #C64, #Amstrad, #BBCMicro, #MSDOS, #AppleII, #Ti 99, ... and of course, #ZX81 and #ZXSpectrum games! 🧐

#retrogaming

I bought recently a #R36S retro console for just 31€ on Aliexpress.

Highly recommended if you love retro stuff. Works with retroark under linux.

It comes with thousands of #GB, #GBC, #GBA, #NES, #SNES, #MSX, #Famicom, #Game Gear, #Mega Drive, #MasterSystem, #Atari2600, #NeoGeo, ... even #Playstation 1 and #PSP roms ready to play!

I added games for #C64, #Amstrad, #BBCMicro, #MSDOS, #AppleII, #Ti 99, ... and of course, #ZX81 and #ZXSpectrum games! 🧐

#retrogaming

I bought recently a #R36S retro console for just 31€ on Aliexpress.

Highly recommended if you love retro stuff. Works with retroark under linux.

It comes with thousands of #GB, #GBC, #GBA, #NES, #SNES, #MSX, #Famicom, #Game Gear, #Mega Drive, #MasterSystem, #Atari2600, #NeoGeo, ... even #Playstation 1 and #PSP roms ready to play!

I added games for #C64, #Amstrad, #BBCMicro, #MSDOS, #AppleII, #Ti 99, ... and of course, #ZX81 and #ZXSpectrum games! 🧐

#retrogaming

I bought recently a #R36S retro console for just 31€ on Aliexpress.

Highly recommended if you love retro stuff. Works with retroark under linux.

It comes with thousands of #GB, #GBC, #GBA, #NES, #SNES, #MSX, #Famicom, #Game Gear, #Mega Drive, #MasterSystem, #Atari2600, #NeoGeo, ... even #Playstation 1 and #PSP roms ready to play!

I added games for #C64, #Amstrad, #BBCMicro, #MSDOS, #AppleII, #Ti 99, ... and of course, #ZX81 and #ZXSpectrum games! 🧐

#retrogaming

This program is pure magic.
#RetroComputing #AppleII

This program is pure magic.
#RetroComputing #AppleII

It would be amazing if someone actually has a disk or other copy of these pictures for the #appleII from 1984.

It would be amazing if someone actually has a disk or other copy of these pictures for the #appleII from 1984.

I paid a ridiculous amount of money on a new-in-box still mostly-shrinkwrapped (some tears and shelf wear) Microsoft Premium Softcard IIe, which is significantly different than the earlier Microsoft Softcard and the later Microsoft Softcard II. I bought it in the expectation that the system programmer's manual was included, as it was in the original Softcard, as there's no preserved copy of that manual for the Premium Softcard IIe.
#Microsoft #Softcard #PremiumSoftcardIIe #AppleII #Apple IIe
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I paid a ridiculous amount of money on a new-in-box still mostly-shrinkwrapped (some tears and shelf wear) Microsoft Premium Softcard IIe, which is significantly different than the earlier Microsoft Softcard and the later Microsoft Softcard II. I bought it in the expectation that the system programmer's manual was included, as it was in the original Softcard, as there's no preserved copy of that manual for the Premium Softcard IIe.
#Microsoft #Softcard #PremiumSoftcardIIe #AppleII #Apple IIe
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Dvorak 4eva ⌨️
#aoeu #AppleII

Dvorak 4eva ⌨️
#aoeu #AppleII

O Primeiro Leilão Oficial da Municipalidade de Retrópolis

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/16/o-primeiro-leilao-oficial-da-municipalidade-de-retropolis/

#Especial #MundoRetro #Notificaes #Alphasmart #AppleII #AppleIIc #atari #cartuchos #ChannelF #Commodore128 #Commodore16 #CommodoreVIC20 #FM7 #joystick #JR200 #Leilo #leiles #loja #MatraAlice #MC1000 #MInidisc #MSX #Odyssey #PC98 #Pong #sharp #SharpX68000 #Telejogo #TI994A #TK2000 #TK85 #TK90X #TRS80ColorComputer #TRS80MC10 #TurboR #Venda

O Primeiro Leilão Oficial da Municipalidade de Retrópolis

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/16/o-primeiro-leilao-oficial-da-municipalidade-de-retropolis/

#Especial #MundoRetro #Notificaes #Alphasmart #AppleII #AppleIIc #atari #cartuchos #ChannelF #Commodore128 #Commodore16 #CommodoreVIC20 #FM7 #joystick #JR200 #Leilo #leiles #loja #MatraAlice #MC1000 #MInidisc #MSX #Odyssey #PC98 #Pong #sharp #SharpX68000 #Telejogo #TI994A #TK2000 #TK85 #TK90X #TRS80ColorComputer #TRS80MC10 #TurboR #Venda

O Primeiro Leilão Oficial da Municipalidade de Retrópolis

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/16/o-primeiro-leilao-oficial-da-municipalidade-de-retropolis/

#Especial #MundoRetro #Notificaes #Alphasmart #AppleII #AppleIIc #atari #cartuchos #ChannelF #Commodore128 #Commodore16 #CommodoreVIC20 #FM7 #joystick #JR200 #Leilo #leiles #loja #MatraAlice #MC1000 #MInidisc #MSX #Odyssey #PC98 #Pong #sharp #SharpX68000 #Telejogo #TI994A #TK2000 #TK85 #TK90X #TRS80ColorComputer #TRS80MC10 #TurboR #Venda

O Primeiro Leilão Oficial da Municipalidade de Retrópolis

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/16/o-primeiro-leilao-oficial-da-municipalidade-de-retropolis/

#Especial #MundoRetro #Notificaes #Alphasmart #AppleII #AppleIIc #atari #cartuchos #ChannelF #Commodore128 #Commodore16 #CommodoreVIC20 #FM7 #joystick #JR200 #Leilo #leiles #loja #MatraAlice #MC1000 #MInidisc #MSX #Odyssey #PC98 #Pong #sharp #SharpX68000 #Telejogo #TI994A #TK2000 #TK85 #TK90X #TRS80ColorComputer #TRS80MC10 #TurboR #Venda

O Primeiro Leilão Oficial da Municipalidade de Retrópolis

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/16/o-primeiro-leilao-oficial-da-municipalidade-de-retropolis/

#Especial #MundoRetro #Notificaes #Alphasmart #AppleII #AppleIIc #atari #cartuchos #ChannelF #Commodore128 #Commodore16 #CommodoreVIC20 #FM7 #joystick #JR200 #Leilo #leiles #loja #MatraAlice #MC1000 #MInidisc #MSX #Odyssey #PC98 #Pong #sharp #SharpX68000 #Telejogo #TI994A #TK2000 #TK85 #TK90X #TRS80ColorComputer #TRS80MC10 #TurboR #Venda

Conservation takes an entire community!
https://youtu.be/Bclh4w5FU_w
#KansasFest #AppleII #Preservation

Conservation takes an entire community!
https://youtu.be/Bclh4w5FU_w
#KansasFest #AppleII #Preservation

Current status: "Track 0 has 5 bytes free. They are not consecutive."

#AppleII #retrocomputing

Current status: "Track 0 has 5 bytes free. They are not consecutive."

#AppleII #retrocomputing

The H-Wings in "Sneakers" are named after the location of the computer room at the local college where Mark Turmell worked while writing the game.

https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1981&pub=6&id=2 (p. 22)

#AppleII #retrocomputing

The H-Wings in "Sneakers" are named after the location of the computer room at the local college where Mark Turmell worked while writing the game.

https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1981&pub=6&id=2 (p. 22)

#AppleII #retrocomputing

Inufuto ataca outra vez, com Swordwork.

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/10/inufuto-ataca-outra-vez-com-swordwork/

#MundoRetro #AcornElectron #AmstradCpc #AmstradCPC464 #AppleII #Ascend #Atari8bits #colecovision #Commodore64 #CommodoreVIC20 #Creativision #FM7 #FMR30 #GameTank #Inufuto #Jogos #JR200 #MattelAquarius #MegaDuck #MSX #panasonic #PC6001 #PC6001mkII #PC88 #RafaelLima #SegaSG1000 #SharpMZ #SharpX1 #TI994A #TRS80ColorComputer #TRS80MC10 #VZ200 #ZXSpectrum #ZX81

Inufuto ataca outra vez, com Swordwork.

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/10/inufuto-ataca-outra-vez-com-swordwork/

#MundoRetro #AcornElectron #AmstradCpc #AmstradCPC464 #AppleII #Ascend #Atari8bits #colecovision #Commodore64 #CommodoreVIC20 #Creativision #FM7 #FMR30 #GameTank #Inufuto #Jogos #JR200 #MattelAquarius #MegaDuck #MSX #panasonic #PC6001 #PC6001mkII #PC88 #RafaelLima #SegaSG1000 #SharpMZ #SharpX1 #TI994A #TRS80ColorComputer #TRS80MC10 #VZ200 #ZXSpectrum #ZX81

Inufuto ataca outra vez, com Swordwork.

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/10/inufuto-ataca-outra-vez-com-swordwork/

#MundoRetro #AcornElectron #AmstradCpc #AmstradCPC464 #AppleII #Ascend #Atari8bits #colecovision #Commodore64 #CommodoreVIC20 #Creativision #FM7 #FMR30 #GameTank #Inufuto #Jogos #JR200 #MattelAquarius #MegaDuck #MSX #panasonic #PC6001 #PC6001mkII #PC88 #RafaelLima #SegaSG1000 #SharpMZ #SharpX1 #TI994A #TRS80ColorComputer #TRS80MC10 #VZ200 #ZXSpectrum #ZX81

Inufuto ataca outra vez, com Swordwork.

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/10/inufuto-ataca-outra-vez-com-swordwork/

#MundoRetro #AcornElectron #AmstradCpc #AmstradCPC464 #AppleII #Ascend #Atari8bits #colecovision #Commodore64 #CommodoreVIC20 #Creativision #FM7 #FMR30 #GameTank #Inufuto #Jogos #JR200 #MattelAquarius #MegaDuck #MSX #panasonic #PC6001 #PC6001mkII #PC88 #RafaelLima #SegaSG1000 #SharpMZ #SharpX1 #TI994A #TRS80ColorComputer #TRS80MC10 #VZ200 #ZXSpectrum #ZX81

Inufuto ataca outra vez, com Swordwork.

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/07/10/inufuto-ataca-outra-vez-com-swordwork/

#MundoRetro #AcornElectron #AmstradCpc #AmstradCPC464 #AppleII #Ascend #Atari8bits #colecovision #Commodore64 #CommodoreVIC20 #Creativision #FM7 #FMR30 #GameTank #Inufuto #Jogos #JR200 #MattelAquarius #MegaDuck #MSX #panasonic #PC6001 #PC6001mkII #PC88 #RafaelLima #SegaSG1000 #SharpMZ #SharpX1 #TI994A #TRS80ColorComputer #TRS80MC10 #VZ200 #ZXSpectrum #ZX81

Recent photo of a vintage computer (Apple IIe) taken with a vintage camera (Apple QuickTake 200) and extracted with vintage software (Fuji's DS-7 software for Windows 95).

#QuickTake #Apple #AppleII #CRT #floppydisk #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #photo #photograph #photography #SmartMedia #vintage #vintagetech #electronics

Recent photo of a vintage computer (Apple IIe) taken with a vintage camera (Apple QuickTake 200) and extracted with vintage software (Fuji's DS-7 software for Windows 95).

#QuickTake #Apple #AppleII #CRT #floppydisk #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #photo #photograph #photography #SmartMedia #vintage #vintagetech #electronics