The Apple II is basically like a PC, it only has a beeper by default. To get more sound you had to use a sound card.
Even if they were quite rare in the early 1980's, the best known Apple II sound card was the "Mockingboard", which used two AY-3-8910/8913. Modern versions use the compatible YM2149.
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A 10 years anniversary anthology of our demos - 30+ minutes of Apple II demos!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ap...
Released at @demosplash.bsky.social
Requirements: IIe/IIc PAL 128k, Mockingboard, Unidisk drive
Download: fr3nch.t0uch.free.fr/DIX/DIX.html
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Our X account is now inactive. Follow us here or on Mastodon!
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A screen capture of obnoxious 6502 code.
Working again on some 6502 code.
("some" = "a lot of")
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A Unidisk drive with a 3”1/2 floppy named “Oldskool Fort et Vert FT”.
Guess what 😎
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Before/after video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qsl...
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Two small adapter boards with a AY-3-8910 on each one.
Two small boards installed on a Mockingboard 2.1.
One big adapter board plugged on a Mockingboard 2.1.
The patched Mockingboard installed on an Apple IIe.
Today's a very special release.
Our first *hardware* one!
It's a patch for all Mockingboards, allowing you to replace the buggy AY-3-8913s by good AY-3-8910s or even YM2149Fs. 😎
The project is of course free and open:
github.com/Fr3nchT0uch/...
Huge thanks to JeanFred64!
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During the development of Digidream 2, we found some "strange" issues with the AY-3-8913 soundchip.
More info here: fenarinarsa.com?p=3183
by @fenarinarsa.com
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DIGIDREAM 2 - SID VOICE EDITION
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xmH...
Download >> fr3nch.t0uch.free.fr/DD2/DD2.html
Also, we found something is wrong with the AY-3-8913 chips: www.fenarinarsa.com?p=3183
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A mockingboard card near a jack plug. The audio cord is connected directly to the AY chip.
Currently finding out that the Mockingboard design is shit and most of it is useless
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An Apple IIc running ADTPro. The CRT monitor shows an ongoing data transfer.
Serial transfer of disk image is what happens when you fry your floppy emulator because of those dumbass connectors
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Yesterday @fenarinarsa.com/French Touch gave a talk about the Apple II and the demoscene at Revision 2024.
The replay is now available!
youtu.be/HMl6Tg5SFdA
@revision-party.bsky.social
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French Touch at #RevisionParty2024
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youtube.com/shorts/n-29P...
Thanks ^^ it was a real challenge to make it sound good!
Also Jess/OVR liked it ;)
Screenshot of Digidream.
Digidream is a music demo released in 2020 for Apple IIe and IIc with the 1983 Mockingboard sound card.
It replays an Atari ST tune by Jess/OVR featuring a digital drum sound, using two interrupts and almost 100% CPU time.
Check the video capture and download the disk image!
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Screenshot showing the title "Crazy Cycles"
Crazy Cycles is one of the earliest demo by French Touch on Apple IIe, released in 2015.
It shows effects that rely on 6502 code running in sync with the CRT electron beam to change video modes during every scan line.
Video capture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD3qGShEYsE
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Apple II demo screenshot
Apple II demo screenshot
Apple II demo screenshot
Apple II demo screenshot
Hi everyone,
We've been doing demos since 2014 on Apple IIe/IIc and we try to make never seen before effects on this platform.
Current members are Grouik and @fenarinarsa.com
All our demos' source code is released under GPLv3!
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