KansasFest was a non-stop blast of fun, knowledge, and friends. I presented a session on solar powering an Apple II. To make room for luxuries like cups and water in my 70 square foot van, I had to put my Apple IIs in storage. Due to a bit of luck, I managed to find an [...]
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KansasFest 2011 Countdown NDA
April is a good month for the Apple II. KansasFest registration opens. Juiced.GS ships a new issue in beautiful color. Open-Apple ought to release a new podcast soon. Brain Boards ship. Briel’s MP3 player for the Apple II is coming soon. What’s next? How about an NDA, or New Desk Accessory, for GS/OS that counts [...]
KansasFest 2010 HackFest
My KansasFest 2010 HackFest entry with source code is now available for your enjoyment. This entry took second place behind Martin’s Wizardy crack. I used Complete Pascal 2.0 with Pegasoft Draw Tools 3.1, both of which are freely available, to create my first 16-bit Apple II program. The program displays pictures from KansasFest and asks related [...]
Hackfest Day 1
The annual KansasFest HackFest is on! I’ve heard rumors of Wizardy cracking and a Rockhurst text adventure. I’m learning Complete Pascal, learning IIGS toolbox programming, and, just in case I run out of things to do, using those skills to write a graphical Apple II/KFest trivia adventure. I have Complete Pascal running and am ready [...]
Apple IIgs development with MPW – Setup
The Apple IIgs is a great platform for software development. Compared to 8-bit Apple II machines, the IIgs offers a faster processor, more memory, higher resolution video, and a more modern desktop graphical user interface (GUI). The operating system, GS/OS, offers features found in modern desktop operating systems, such as a relocating system loader, dynamic [...]