The newly-released desktop versions of our microM8 Apple IIe emulator now include an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server built-in. Claude Code playing Zork These allow external AI applications to control them in various ways. We [more...] The post Connect AI to microM8 Apple IIe Emulator using MCP (Model Context Protocol) for ‘Vibe Coding’ and other activities… appeared first on Paleotronic Magazine.| Paleotronic Magazine
Paleotronic was lucky enough to be given the chance to have a chat with Apple co-founder and engineer-extraordinare Steve Wozniak, who gave us a personal look into the development of the Disk II. I like talking [more...] The post Steve Wozniak Talks Disk ][ appeared first on Paleotronic Magazine.| Paleotronic Magazine
Why did you choose to start aggressively de-protecting, archiving and re-distributing Apple II software? It’s tempting to rewrite history and give myself some noble purpose for starting this hobby, but in this case the truth [more...] The post Confessions of a Disk Cracker: the secrets of 4am. appeared first on Paleotronic Magazine.| Paleotronic Magazine
While Asian manufacturers were feverishly working on perfecting videotape, American RCA was working on a videodisc system – not a laserdisc system, which did not contact the surface of the disc, but instead a system [more...]| Paleotronic Magazine
Did you miss it last year? Well, here’s another chance to check out Paleotronic’s 12 years of Retro-Christmas, a series of 12 mini-mags looking back at consumer electronics covering the years 1980-1991. It was the [more...]| Paleotronic Magazine
Christmas graphics and sound demos were common software for 1980s home computers. Most of them were public domain and circulated by users groups, while there were a few commercial offerings, such as the Ziggy Christmas [more...]| Paleotronic Magazine
We’ve created two new web-based interfaces for our cyanIIde Apple II webassembly emulator! The first allows you to load and edit Applesoft BASIC programs using a CodeMirror-based editor with syntax highlighting and colon line separation. [more...]| Paleotronic Magazine
Make your own Christmas and holiday cards using the original Apple II version of The Print Shop with no emulators or downloads required at theprintshop.club Created by David Balsam and Martin Kahn, The Print Shop [more...]| Paleotronic Magazine
cyanIIde is a subset of our microM8 Apple II emulator meant to run on lower-power systems such as the Raspberry Pi and in the browser. This page contains an early release of the WebAssembly version. [more...]| Paleotronic Magazine
A new clever hack allows Apple II users to run BBC BASIC!| Paleotronic Magazine