Colin McMillen<p>Finally, it would have been sad if <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Quicktake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quicktake</span></a> for <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> didn't benefit from this DHGR pixel-fest. Latest release, v24.0.1, is now able to dither your Quicktake pictures to a beautiful 512x192 mix of black-and-white pixels, making them look better than ever!</p><p>Quicktake for Apple II gets another notable improvement, with the Quicktake 200 JPEG decoder speed improved by about 200% (decoding takes a bit less than 2 minutes @1MHz), and the Quicktake 150 decoding time is now under 3 minutes).</p><p>The project's homepage is at <a href="https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/quicktake-for-apple-ii/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">colino.net/wordpress/en/quickt</span><span class="invisible">ake-for-apple-ii/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrocomputing</span></a></p>
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Colin McMillen<p>Once I had the plumbing necessary to display DHGR in my library, it would have been too bad to stop there, so, guess what can now show you album art in double-high-graphics-resolution? You're right, that's <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Wozamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wozamp</span></a>, your favorite <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> media player!<br>(*video playback still in simple HGR, for obvious bandwidth reasons)<br>Release available at <a href="https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/wozamp-an-apple-ii-music-and-video-player/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">colino.net/wordpress/en/wozamp</span><span class="invisible">-an-apple-ii-music-and-video-player/</span></a></p>
Colin McMillen<p>This new release of <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> for <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> mostly brings you the ability to view pictures and send pictures in DHGR - Double High Graphics Resolution! 560x192 in monochrome, or 140x192 in 16 colors. <br>You can find it via <a href="https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/mastodon-for-apple-ii/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">colino.net/wordpress/en/mastod</span><span class="invisible">on-for-apple-ii/</span></a></p><p>Attached are two examples, courtesy of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@GLaG_38" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GLaG_38</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.bike/@8ctobre" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>8ctobre</span></a></span></p>
4am ❧<p>Thanks, Copy II Plus manual</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Game Magazine Print Ads<p>Consultant Systems, inc. games | Destined To Become Classics<br>Source: Softline Vol. 2 No. 4 (March 1983)<br>Scan Source: CGW Museum</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a></p>
4am ❧<p>Fun fact: Copy II Plus v6, the first version that supported ProDOS, shipped with a number of empty subdirectories on the disk. Their sole purpose was to trigger the new tree-shaped directory selection screen, as a means of teaching users about subdirectories. The manual has a whole section about it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Game Magazine Print Ads<p>Global Thermonuclear War!<br>Source: Softline Vol. 3 No. 1 (September/October 1983)<br>Scan Source: CGW Museum</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/c64gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a></p>
Game Magazine Print Ads<p>DARE TO BE DIFFERENT | Hot New Simulations From the Computer Craftsmen at MicroProse<br>Source: VideoGames and Computer Entertainment 1 (December 1988)<br>Scan Source: RetroMags</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/c64gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dosgaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dosgaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a></p>
Game Magazine Print Ads<p>All hands on deck for a swashbuckling adventure with the legendary warship — Old Ironsides!<br>Source: Softline Vol. 2 No. 4 (March 1983)<br>Scan Source: CGW Museum</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a></p>
Game Magazine Print Ads<p>The Quest & other Penguin Software games<br>Source: Softline Vol. 2 No. 6 (July/August 1983)<br>Scan Source: CGW Museum</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a></p>
4am ❧<p>Up to something</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Game Magazine Print Ads<p>Empire II: Interstellar Sharks<br>Source: Softline Vol. 2 No. 3 (January 1983)<br>Scan Source: CGW Museum</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a></p>
Colin McMillen<p>Preview of Ammonoid, the soon-to-be-out new Apple II file manager.</p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a></p>
Colin McMillen<p>Not yet a release, but I think it's functional enough for a beta of Ammonoid, a file manager in the style of MC for the Apple II. It aims to be simple, and implements VSDrive so disks images presented over serial (David Schmidt's ADTPro, Bobbi Manner's ProDOS-Utils or my own surl-server) are accessible. I'd like to hear your thoughts! </p><p>Floppy image available at <a href="https://www.colino.net/tmp/ammonoid.po" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">colino.net/tmp/ammonoid.po</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a></p>
Game Magazine Print Ads<p>Try to stop... The Desecration<br>Source: Softline Vol. 2 No. 5 (May/June 1983)<br>Scan Source: CGW Museum</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a></p>
Game Magazine Print Ads<p>Take a break! With Night Mission Pinball<br>Source: Softline Vol. 3 No. 2 (November/December 1983)<br>Scan Source: CGW Museum</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/c64gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a></p>
Game Magazine Print Ads<p>The incredible new progressive game from Sydney. EVOLUTION only the strong survive.<br>Source: Softline Vol. 3 No. 1 (September/October 1983)<br>Scan Source: CGW Museum</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/c64gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a></p>
Colin McMillen<p>Hi.<br>I've been working on <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Quicktake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quicktake</span></a> for <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a>, am quite happy with where it's going so far. (I'm looking at performance, specifically with the Quicktake 200's JPEG decoder, but give stabs at other parts too, like the ditherer.)</p><p>To celebrate, here's a picture of my cat Mistigri hiding in the bushes to avoid the current heatwave as much as possible.<br><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Game Magazine Print Ads<p>Stellar 7<br>Source: Softline Vol. 2 No. 6 (July/August 1983)<br>Scan Source: CGW Museum</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a></p>
Game Magazine Print Ads<p>Flight Simulator II<br>Source: Softline Vol. 3 No. 3 (January/February 1984)<br>Scan Source: CGW Museum</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/c64gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a></p>
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