Month: July 2007

1 MHz
Apple II

1 MHz Episode 10

July 14, 2007 1 MHz

A brief (for me) show this month as I rush to get ready for KansasFest. In this episode, I take a look at the announcement of two new ways to transfer disk images from a ‘modern’ computer to an Apple II: ADTPro software, which finally hits version 1.0.0 after a …

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Apple II

The Switch

July 13, 2007 Christopher Shepherd

Everything is hosted in ORCA now, and the switch was somewhat pleasant. It took about 4 hours to reformat the source and get used to the new assembler directives and such, but I have a working version of snddemo that launches from the ORCA shell now. This is significant as

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Apple II

Turbo Cube Restoration Begins

July 12, 2007 Christopher Shepherd

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Since the new Apple IIGS building project went so well, I decided to clean up and restore the NeXT cube as well. I did not want to use the 90-pound Hitachi CRT (although I do still have it, sadly enough), but the

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Apple II

Another Weekend

July 9, 2007 Christopher Shepherd


(Above: The IIGS corner, which due to square-footage restrictions, is not permitted to exceed this cart. In this case, Disk IIc fits where Apple 5.25″ Drive would not.)

Just an update. I’ve primarily been working on my tiles and maps. I’m really excited

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RetroMacCast
Mac

iPhone: Activated!

July 3, 2007 retromaccast

I’ve achieved partial success at least.  I now have one activated iPhone!  It has a number from Birmingham, Alabama for some reason I don’t understand.  I’ll worry about that later.  The iPhone makes a wonderful enhanced podcast player! …

RetroMacCast
Mac

James’s iPhone Woes

July 2, 2007 retromaccast

I’m now into day four of my iPhone activation process.  I decided to write the entire story — it might be useful to have when I set the record for the longest activation in AT&T history.

– James …

Retrobits
Computers

Show 091: The Users Group

July 2, 2007 Retrobits

“…you might like to come to a gathering of people with likeminded interests.  Exchange information, swap ideas, talk shop, help work on a project, whatever…” – excerpt from the original Homebrew Computer Club newsletter, March 15, 1975

Welcome to Show 091!  This week’s topic: The Users Group!

Direct link to the

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