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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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