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Apple2info.Net: Apple II Information apple2info.net: Apple II Information This page contains links to other Apple II related web sites. If you have any information on sites listed in the Not Currently Available section, let me know. Please email me at if something needs changed, or better yet, register and edit it yourself. :) News & Information Sites These sites have Apple II news, information, links, message boards, classified ads, etc. Some of them have files to download. 1MHz (Carrington Vanston) - http://monsterfeet.com/1mhz [1] A free Apple II podcast originating from Toronto, Canada. Also available on iTunes [2]. 1000BiT - http://www.1000bit.net [3] This site has a large collection of manuals, advertisements, brochures, and other information on 8-bit computers, including the Apple II. Available in English and Italian. 8-Bit Sound and Fury (Simon Williams) - http://eightbitsoundandfury.ld8.org/ [4] Possibly the only place on the internet devoted exclusively creating music on the 8-bit Apple II computers. Lots of information and downloads for making music on 8-bit Apple II's including sofware, hardware, documentation, and audio files. A2 Central (Sean Fahey) - http://www.a2central.com/ [5] A2Central is an online Apple II User Group with news related to the Apple II, a directory of developers working on Apple II hardware and software projects, links to other sites, and more. Efforts are underway to make significant additions to the services and content offered. A2-Web - http://www.a2-web.com/ [6] Billing itself as "The Mother of All Apple II Web Sites," this large site is loaded with links to and information on Apple II hardware, software, and vendor sites, emulators, message boards, classified ads, faqs, and more. A2-Web is also home to the Apple II WebRing. Aaron Pulver's Apple II Page - http://www.weygants.net/~apulver/apple2.html [7] Information on books about the Apple II, photos of hardware, and IIgs software written by Aaron available for downloading. Adventureland (Stefan Meier) - http://www.if-legends.org/~adventure/ [8] While not geared specifically to the Apple II, this site has descriptions and box scans of adventure type games published for the Apple II and other platforms. Mirrored at http://www.lysator.liu.se/adventure/ [9] alfter.us (Scott Alfter) - http://alfter.us/computers/ [10] This site contains a complete archive of the Apple Assembly Line newsletter, and software that Scott has written for the //e and IIgs and released under the GPL. Apple2.org (Tony Diaz) - http://www.apple2.org/ [11] A site full of Apple II information, FAQs, history, pictures of Apple II related hardware, and more. Home to the Marinetti Open Source Project, a TCP/IP stack for the Apple IIgs. apple2info.net (Dave Touvell) - http://www.apple2info.net [12] Now a wiki that anyone can edit, this site highlights various pieces of Apple II hardware and software. It's mission is to have all of the information on various pieces of Apple II hardware and software in one place. Apple 2 Stuff (Paul Shlyter) - http://www.stjarnhimlen.se/apple2/dsk.html [13] Collection of Apple II assembly language information. Includes S-C Assembler disks, manuals and source code, along with the 'Apple Asembly Lines' newsletter archive. Applefritter (Tom Owad) - http://www.applefritter.com/ [14] Nice site with information and pictures of Apple II computers, clones, and peripherals, as well as discussion forums. There are also sections of the site devoted to the Apple I and vintage Macs. Apple II Bits (Ken Gagne) - http://www.apl2bits.net/ [15] An Apple II blog by the editor and publisher of Juiced GS and co-host of the Open Apple podcast. Apple II Computers on the Net (Vincent Hancock) - http://home.southwind.net/~vhancock/Apple/ [16] Links to various Apple II stuff on the net. Apple II FAQs - http://www.faqs.org/faqs/apple2/ [17] A collection of FAQs dealing with the Apple II. Apple II Online Reference (Tony Diaz) - http://apple2.info [18] An online technical reference for Apple II hardware and software, and a wiki version of the original comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup FAQ. Apple II WWW Resources (Marek Kozubal) - http://www.portents.com/marek/apple.html [19] A site listing lots of links to Apple II related WWW, FTP, and Gopher sites. Many of these links are dead, but some still work. Apple Vault (Kevin Greene) - http://www.applevault.com [20] Home of the Apple Documentation Preservation Project, a growing archive of Apple II hardware and software documentation. Also home of the AppleVault Wiki. Bruce Baker's Home Page - http://www.hal-pc.org/~bbaker/ [21] Has links to pictures from several Kfest's. Eamon Adventurer's Guild Online (Matthew Clark) - http://www.eamonag.org/ [22] A comprehensive information source and archive for Eamon adventures, the classic text adventure games that began in the early 80's. GS World View (Charles T. 'Dr. Tom' Turley) - http://www.apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/ [23] "The Online Journal of Apple II Computing." An e-zine with lots of IIgs information and a large file archive. Hardware Pages - http://rich12345.tripod.com/ [24] Lots of hardware information, scans of cards, drivers, more. II Computing (Rubywand) - http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/faqs/ [25] Lots of up to date Apple II information and links. Home of the HTML version of the Apple II FAQ. KansasFest Information Page - http://kansasfest.org/ [26] Information on KansasFest, the yearly gathering of Apple II enthusiasts in Kansas City. Knut Roll-Lund's Apple 2 Page - http://home.online.no/~kr-lund/apple2.htm [27] Information on Knut's Apple II and how to build his Apple IIe RGB to CGA interface. Landsnail.com (Andy Molloy) - http://www.landsnail.com/ [28] Here's where you'll find an on-line Apple II Programmer's Reference, a brief list of Applesoft, Integer Basic, DOS 3.3, and ProDOS commands with descriptions. Andy also has an Apple Computer Reading List, giving information on books covering the history Apple Computer. Livejournal Apple II Community - http://www.livejournal.com/community/apple_ii/ [29] A community for fans of the Apple ][. LJSilicon's Treasure Chest (Rudy Guy) - http://site.ljsilicon.com [30] Software and HyperCard/HyperStudio stacks written by Rudy Guy. Mac GUI City (David Finnigan) - http://macgui.com/ [31] A large collection of Apple II (and Mac) software is available in the Mac GUI Vault, as well as a knowledge base, an index of peripheral cards, and Usenet newsgroup discussions. Mainly Neat Stuff (Phil Beesley) - http://www.vintagemacworld.com/ [32] Information on obscure Apple II and early Mac hardware and software plus manuals and marketing materials. Also has an 'Apple IIe Card for the Macintosh LC FAQ' section. Neil Parker's Apple II Page - http://axis.llx.com/~nparker/a2/ [33] Apple II hardware and software information. Novation Apple-Cat ][ - http://www.jammed.com/~jwa/Machines/cat/ [34] Information on the Novation Apple-Cat ][ modem and a large library of programs written to take advantage of it. Open Apple (Ken Gagne) - http://www.open-apple.net/ [35] The first and only co-hosted podcast dedicated to the Apple II. New episodes are published monthly. Also available on itunes [36]. Terence J. Boldt's Apple II Site - http://apple2.boldt.ca/ [37] On this site you will find information about Terence's ProDOS ROM Drive project, and other Apple II hardware and software projects and Tech Notes. Terry Allen's Home of the Apple II - http://apple2.callapple.org [38] Apple II manual and magazine reprints, The boycott BBS, and some other information. The Unofficial Home Page of Eamon Games (Fredrik Ekman) - http://www.lysator.liu.se/eamon/ [39] Information on the Eamon text adventures. Over 200 adventures archived. Vectronic's Apple World - http://vectronicsappleworld.com/ [40] While not exclusively Apple II, this site has quite a bit of Apple II information, history, and articles. VintageWare (formerly Roger's Apple II Site) (Roger Johnstone) - http://vintageware.orconhosting.net.nz/ [41] Various Apple II information. How to make a IIgs RGB to SCART video cable, IIc monitor manual on-line, software by Roger and others. Information on the ALS CP/M card. Roger has also recently developed an adapter for connecting a modern PS/2 mouse to the Apple II or older Macintosh. Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_series [42] This free online encyclopedia has a growing Apple II section. Apple II Publications These sites have information on and archives of Apple II publications. Some allow downloading of software featured in the publication. Apple Assembly Lines Archive (Bob Sander-Cederlof) - http://www.txbobsc.com/aal/ [43] Bob Sander-Cederlof, author of the S-C Macro Assembler and publisher of the Apple Assembly Line newsletter, has made all of the issues and source code available. AtariArchives.org - http://www.atariarchives.org/ [44] While not specifically aimed at the Apple II, this site contains the full text of several books such as the Best of Creative Computing books, the Basic Computer Games books, Creating Adventure Games On Your Computer, Computer Controller Cookbook and more. Call A.P.P.L.E. - http://callapple.org/ [45] The Call A.P.P.L.E. magazine and book collections are being offered on DVD. Classic Computer Magazine Archive - http://www.atarimagazines.com [46] Full-text archives of classic computer magazines such as Creative Computing and Compute. Juiced GS - http://www.juiced.gs/ [47] Juiced GS is a quarterly print journal focusing on the Apple IIgs. Edited and published by Ken Gagne, with articles contributed by many in the Apple II community. Nibble Magazine for the Apple II (Mike Harvey) - http://www.nibblemagazine.com/ [48] Nibble was the leading Apple II software magazine during the 80's and now the entire 12 1/2 years of issues is available on DVD/CD.
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