home.social

#appleii — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #appleii, aggregated by home.social.

  1. #Dominodisk might be the closest to an USB key for the #AppleII. (But it's not hot-pluggable. The microSD is, though).
    #RetroComputing

  2. #Dominodisk might be the closest to an USB key for the #AppleII. (But it's not hot-pluggable. The microSD is, though).
    #RetroComputing

  3. @fuuma #AppleII for me. More specifically the Apple #IIgs, but I'm a fan of the entire line.

    I am growing increasingly fond of my Power Macintosh G4 desktop, though. It's still a very nice computer, and pleasant to use, 25 years on.

  4. @fuuma #AppleII for me. More specifically the Apple #IIgs, but I'm a fan of the entire line.

    I am growing increasingly fond of my Power Macintosh G4 desktop, though. It's still a very nice computer, and pleasant to use, 25 years on.

  5. 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.

  6. 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

  7. 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.

    archive.org/details/MiniReplay

    Thanks to @a2_qkumba for everything.

    #AppleII #retrocomputing

  8. 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.

    archive.org/details/MiniReplay

    Thanks to @a2_qkumba for everything.

    #AppleII #retrocomputing

  9. 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

  10. 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: colino.net/wordpress/quicktake

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

  11. 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: colino.net/wordpress/quicktake

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

  12. 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: colino.net/wordpress/quicktake

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

  13. 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: colino.net/wordpress/quicktake

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

  14. 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: colino.net/wordpress/quicktake

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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

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