Playing with the Platinum color 3D printer filament. Made a simple gamepad case for my Apple II "funpad". Would people be interested in such a thing if I sold them?

19.06.2025 01:58 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

[Pre-Order] Retro Platinum PLA - 1kg 1.75mm (estimated ship date 7/14/ Special thanks to Joe's Computer Museum for designing and funding this color, and choosing to release it to the public. Polar Filament Premium PLA – 1.75mm, 1kg Spool (AMS Classic & AMS-Lite Compa...

Kudos to Polar Filament for making this product. Amazing no one has thought of this before. Sure to be copied so maybe support them as they seem to be a nice group of people.
polarfilament.com/products/ret...

10.06.2025 01:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Three Apple IIgs slot covers, middle is printed in the new Platinum PLA filament.

@museumjoe.bsky.social Quick 3d print test and I'm satisfied.
Review:
-cost: $21.99+$9.58 -very good for niche product (can't always get free shipping)
-speed: 4 biz days to Midwest US -great
-color match: excellent
Score 5/5. Didn't need, but if you have a IIgs and printer,you OWE it to yourself.

10.06.2025 01:18 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Ordered. I'll let you know how it goes.

05.06.2025 00:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nerds in hell

No comment.

13.02.2025 01:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A video for Apple IIgs Desktop programmers. Bill Atkinson (of Atkinson Dithering and Apple Lisa/Mac fame) gives great insight on the design principles of QuickDraw, Regions, FontManager, and other pieces that would eventually become part of the Mac and Apple IIgs toolbox calls.
youtu.be/kGIIwyJ7G94

13.02.2025 01:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

After too many weeks, my TCP/IP Link Layer driver is finally working! But I still have many fixes and optimizations to do. Code (and card) coming soon. The card is not my work. I'm just working on Apple IIgs firmware/support.

I wanted to wait, but here's a sneak peek.
youtube.com/shorts/lG_Ob...

30.11.2024 16:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Two weeks ago we had a really fun game jam for the Foenix 256. I was able to do a complete text adventure in 2 days and added graphics in the finale. It's a great little machine and easy to program if you know 6502-type machines (or BASIC).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7nh...
github.com/digarok/fnxg...

13.11.2024 14:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

SenseiPlay v2.0 is released for the Apple IIgs and the code is now in the public domain. Download disk image from the releases page.
github.com/digarok/sens...

17.09.2023 14:52 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

That's cool. Klax is a great fit for the IIgs since there's no scrolling. You'll still be limited by how slow the graphics RAM writes are, but if you can avoid updating the whole screen you will have no problem achieving good frame rates. What language are you using?

09.07.2023 02:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A cartoon drawing of the wizard Merlin giving a thumbs up

The original Merlin icon I clicked on for the last 30+ years.

Stable Diffusion of my Apple IIgs desktop icons 4/4

> Merlin

08.07.2023 14:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A detailed drawing of a trashcan with flowers coming out of the top on a striped background

The original pixelated trash can icon from the Apple IIgs desktop with some of the "periwinkle" background (dithered so looks striped when enlarged)

Stable Diffusion of my Apple IIgs desktop icons 3/4

> Trashy Desktop

08.07.2023 14:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A metallic frame of lines on the right and a shiny Apple logo on the left.

A pixelated icon meant to show the outline of an Apple IIgs computer

Stable Diffusion of my Apple IIgs desktop icons 2/4

> Iconography

08.07.2023 14:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A high resolution picture of a hand holding a pencil inside a shiny box.

A pixelated icon from the Apple IIgs intending to show a hand holding a pencil inside an application window.

Stable Diffusion of my Apple IIgs desktop icons 1/4

> Application

08.07.2023 14:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

You'll hurt your neck staring at that monitor.

12.06.2023 12:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0