Welcome to the Apple II and Apple IIGS Magazine Archives Website! This project was started in order to help preserve old publications that have been out of print for many years. These old publications are a valuable reference tool for those that own older systems or equipment, and also have an educational benefit to those who wish to research the building blocks of today's computer systems.
Our main focus so far is the archiving of old computer system magazines and books, mainly for the Apple II series, specifically the Apple IIGS, into full color high-resolution searchable PDF files and Internet friendly web pages, with a full indexing system. All publications are provided with full permission from their original publishers and/or the copyright owners.
Run macOS on QEMU/KVM. With OpenCore + Big Sur + Monterey + Ventura support now! Only commercial (paid) support is available now to avoid spammy issues. No Mac system is required.
Documents how to build a virtual Hackintosh using KVM!QEMU. All blobs and resources included in this repository are re-derivable (all instructions are included!)
Generate macOS valid serials, uuids, and board serials for good-faith Security Research & Apple Bug Bounty Research.
This project provides two tools for generating serial numbers for Hackintosh, OpenCore, Docker-OSX and OSX-KVM.
The BackBit Pro Cartridge is a universal instant loading cartridge capable of interfacing with a multitude of vintage computers and game consoles via proprietary adapters, including:
- Apple II+/IIe/IIgs Slot
- Atari 8-bits
- Commodore 8-bits
Supports most, if not all, original cartridge-based titles for each machine, and additionally supports tape, disk, and RAM expansion for a limited number of systems. Capable of supporting most modern homebrews. Bankswitching schemes up to 1MB in size can be implemented for nearly all platforms (if they aren’t already). Flash saving support can often be implemented. Special coprocessors can sometimes be implemented. Some adapters feature additional hardware for various things, such as audio emulation, copy protection bypass, joystick plugs, reset support, and more!
Loading is always instant. No need to take a coffee break while your program is loading. Built-in versioning system preserves your original files (on systems/configurations that support saving). Supports cartridge images up to 1MB in size. Real-time-clock. One-button diagnostic mode helps you identify system faults (on most systems).
A (hopefully) complete archive of the University of Michigan Software Archives (originally at http://websites.umich.edu/~archive/), which is no longer available as of 2023.
Included in this archive is software for the following platforms:
- Apollo graphical workstations
- Apple computers (Apple II family, including the IIGS)
- Atari computers (8-bit, ST, TT, and Falcon)
- Assorted linguistics software for various platforms
- Macintosh software (for 68K and older PPC platforms)
- MS-DOS based computers
- Physics software for various platforms
- Old software for Unix and X11
This project is a VGA card for Apple II computers to ouput a crisp RGB signal to a VGA monitor instead of having to rely on the composite output. This is accomplished by snooping the 6502 bus and creating a shadow copy of the video memory within a Raspberry Pi Pico, then processing the raw video memory contents to output a "perfect" signal.
- Generates a 640x480@60 VGA signal with 3 bits per color channel using resistor DACs
- Text mode (monochrome)
- Lo-res mode with no color fringing between the chunky pixels
- Double Lo-res mode (Apple IIe only)
- Hi-res mode with simulated NTSC artifact color
- Double Hi-res mode (Apple IIe only)
- Mixed lo-res and hi-res modes with monochrome text and no color fringing
- 80 Columms text support (Apple IIe only)
This is a pair of PCBs that implements a version of the Apple II VGA design. Please see the Apple II VGA Project for details and firmware. This version differs from the original in that:
- It makes use of the Rpi Pico's regulator for 3v3 supply
- It allows the SYNC signal to be optionally routed to the Rpi Pico (instead of allowing Apple II bus read operations)
- It uses a fourth 74LVC245A instead of a 74LS07 for the remaining bus signals (fewer unique components)
Utility code that can extract an AppleDouble file's contents and extract the individual resources from its resource fork segment.
This is useful if you have stored Mac files on FAT32-formatted floppy disks or in macOS X ZIP archives and want to (further) extract the data from them on a non-Mac operating system.
It is here you'll find all sorts of 3D printed parts for your Atari, Apple, Commodore 64/128, VIC-20, Amiga, Texas Instruments computers and other interesting applications. If you have any questions about the products you see here, or have a need for a part you don't see, please do send us a message. We'll respond to you as soon as we can.
We are also beginning to feature difficult to find Commodore electronics projects. Be sure to watch for new additions.
The Print Shop for the Apple ][, running in your browser. Download what you make as a PDF.
Advanced Mac Substitute is an API-level reimplementation of classic Mac OS. It runs 68K Mac applications in an emulator without an Apple ROM or system software. Unlike traditional emulators, Advanced Mac Substitute doesn’t emulate the hardware on which an operating system runs (except for the 680x0 processor), but actually replaces the OS — so it launches directly into an application, without a startup phase.
No, I don't know why this has an IP address. It used to be part of bombjack.org.
Repairs that you can carry out at home on bricked iPods.
Phantom Access: Possibly the first icebreaker in history, written by Lord Digital of the Legion of Doom back in the 1980's. This is a real piece of history, folks... you can't use it for anything these days, but it demonstrates nicely how things used to be.