At All the Adventures, Zodiac Castle continues, with ornery secrets being hidden by an even more ornery parser.
Also, killing tiny dragons.
https://bluerenga.blog/2025/04/22/zodiac-castle-as-in-the-fairy-tale/
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Weird Workplace Stories 10: The Version Control Nightmare
A real-life tale of software chaos in the 1980s, with floppy disks, BASIC programming, and version control that involved guessing which disk contained the latest files.
#1980s #programming #coding #basic #appleii #commodore64 #versioncontrol #softwaredevelopment #truestory #funny
Soul to Scribe · Weird Workplace Stories 10: The Version Control Nightmare
All the Adventures reaches what might be its last "traditional" adventure of 1982 with the North Star / Apple II game Zodiac Castle.
Includes a single-path labyrinth and an omnipresent dragon that can visit any dark room.
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Second Apple II Shufflepuck beta released: https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/archives/2025/04/19/first-beta-release-of-shufflepuck-for-apple-ii/
It contains three fixes, a few animations improvements, and a Pause feature.
colin@colino.netFirst beta release of Shufflepuck for Apple II
Amazing conversion of Shufflepuck Cafe for Apple II by @colin-mcmillen.piaille.fr.ap.brid.gy !
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The first beta version of Shufflepuck Cafe for the Apple II is... published!
colin@colino.netFirst beta release of Shufflepuck for Apple II
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In addition to the Amdek DVM, I also have two Amdek RGBI cards, and a Kaga-Taxan analog RGB card.
The top card is an Amdek DVM II, it doesn't have any daughter cards and the 80 column input is an RCA connector on the front.
The middle card is a Video-7 card made by Amdek. It also has no daughter cards and has many of the same features as the Video-7 IIe only card that Apple produced.
The bottom card by Taxan does analog RGB.
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That’s what I see by beeping it out without removing the boards. I should have drawn the 2x8 connector in the middle. Oh well, that’s what #KiCad is for. #AppleII #VintageComputing #RetroComputing
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Case separated, giving me access to the two Amdek DVM daughter boards. #AppleII #VintageComputing #RetroComputing
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Taking the case apart requires removing 10 screws from the bottom. Because it's a late model RFI case, it also requires removing 4 screws from the motherboard so the RFI back shield can be slid out from under the motherboard. #AppleII #VintageComputing #RetroComputing
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This II+ motherboard is one of the last ones made, from 1984. #AppleII #VintageComputing #RetroComputing
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Listening to very old (up to 2011 currently) Open Apple podcasts, and they have a listener question I've asked for years:
Why is there so little public Apple ][ fan stuff and online material?
There's preserved stuff, a few emulators, people buying old machines & disks for $$$, but nothing like the many Atari & C= sites & rabid fandom.
The hosts blame it on numbers, but that didn't make sense, Apple sold more than Atari did, right?
#retrocomputing #appleii #atari
Compute!’s Gazette Returns After 35 Years, Welcomes Entire Retro Computing Community
#ComputesGazette #RetroComputing #Commodore64 #C64 #VintageComputers #RetroGaming #RetroTech #ModernRetro #Atari #Sinclair #Tandy #AppleII
https://theoasisbbs.com/computes-gazette-returns-after-35-years-welcomes-entire-retro-computing-community/?feed_id=2877&_unique_id=6802509e201ed
The Oasis BBS · Compute!’s Gazette Returns After 35 Years, Welcomes Entire Retro Computing Community - The Oasis BBSCompute!’s Gazette magazine makes its return after 35 years, expanding its reach to include all retro computing enthusiasts. Discover subscription options and secure your first collectible issue.
Cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen died Monday.
Many are celebrating him for "Dry Bones," his great life's work.
But he has a lesser-known legacy: as a tech innovator who brought humor and humanity to the cold silicon world of computers.
New blog post time!
This week's game is The Demon's Forge, one of the earliest games made by game designer Brian Fargo. As you'd expect from an early adventure game, you're gonna get stuck and/or die, but if you see it as a canvas for creative problem solving, you'll have fun exploring this one:
https://ephemeralenigmascom.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/the-demons-forge/
Ephemeral Enigmas · The Demon’s ForgeA lot of adventure games of this era were relatively grounded, a murder mystery here, a haunted house there, but The Demon’s Forge manages to cook up a uniquely playful tone in an uncommon en…
Do you want to program #Atari2600 console like it used to be done back then on an #AppleII computer? Now you can do it thanks to FROB card and associated software https://gitlab.com/retroabandon/apple2-re/-/tree/main/frob #atari #retrogames #retroprogramming
Yesterday I was reminded of how smart I am:
-Installed parallel printer card in slot #2
-Powered on Apple II
-Typed PR#1 and wondered why things weren't working.