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Awesome list of Apple 2 resources

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Awesome list of Apple 2 resources

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Blog / Directory

1mhz, Apple 2 podcast

a2blog, Apple 2 blog

a2central, Blog

apl2bits, Apple 2 Bits

APPLE CRAPPLE, Adventures in Retro Computing, Hacking and Other Madness

Apple2 org, The site contains over 500 images of Apple 2 Hardware and a few others as well

apple2.gs, This is a place to learn about programming the Apple IIgs

apple2online.com, single-source, easy-to-use library of reference materials - software, manuals, FAQs, photos, links, etc…

appleii-box, Misc resources

applelogic, The AppleLogic website is all about FPGAs and Apple systems

bluerwhite, Bluer White

brutaldeluxe, Brutal Deluxe Software is a small group of programmers located around Paris, France

call apple, Apple user group

clipshop, Disk Images and Tools for the Apple 2

crack-screens, Apple 2 crack screens

ctrl.pomme.reset, Apple 2 French blog

davidstancu, How to write a text editor for a 31 year old computer

dreher, Projects for Apple 2

EDHEL, Edhel's Apple 2 Stuff: Main Page

finapple, Apple 2 in Finland

Here, Apple 2 related project blog

Main_Page, ReActiveMicro Apple 2 Wiki

MG's Apple II Site, MG's Apple 2 Site

open-apple, An Apple 2 podcast

ultimateapple2, Apple 2 resources

willegal, Home of the Apple 1 Registry

xjmaas, Projects

xtof, Apple 2 programming blog

Book

beneath-apple-prodos, re-typeset the classic Don D. Worth / Pieter M. Lechner book

Cross / Develop

65816 tmbundle, 65816 assembly language (various Apple IIgs assemblers) syntax support for TextMate / Sublime Text

apple_iigs_java, Java Grinder to support the W65C816 as a CPU for with target platforms of first the W65C265SXB dev board, then Apple IIgs, and hopefully soon also Super Nintendo

Apple2BuildPipeline, A build pipeline (with sample project) for making Apple 2 software on OS X

BASIC.tmbundle, TextMate tmbundle for various Apple 2 BASIC dialects

CC65BuildSolution, Visual Studio makefile solution to build Apple 2 projects with CC65

libsane, SANE - Standard Apple Numerics Environment. A reimplementation thereof

Merlin 32, Merlin 32 is a multi-pass Cross Assembler running under Windows, Linux and Mac OS X targeting 8 bit processors in the 6502 series (such as 6502 and 65c02) and the 16 bit 65c816 processor

Merlin32BuildSolution, Visual Studio makefile solution to build Apple 2 projects with Merlin32

regs, Apple IIgs reverse engineer tools

Cross / Hardware

Apple_II_vhdl, Apple II+ implemented in VHDL for FPGAs

apple-one, An attempt at a small Verilog implementation of the original Apple 1 on an FPGA

AtomBusMon, An Incircuit Emulator for 6502, 65C02, Z80 and 6809. I don't think this has been tested on an Apple 2 as yet

ossc, Open Source Scan Converter. Board designed for connecting retro video game consoles and home computers into modern displays

Cross / Tools

Apple Commander, AppleCommander is a tool that manipulates Apple 2 disk images. Files may be imported, exported, viewed, or printed with various file filters

Apple2 Graphic, Programs and library to draw Apple 2 graphics formats. Support for HGR, DHGR and Apple IIgs $C1 format with export to BMP or PNG. Support also for apple shape

ciderpress, CiderPress Apple 2 archive utility for Windows

a2cloud, Connect your Apple 2 to the world via Linux

a2rchery, A multi-purpose tool for manipulating .a2r disk images

a2reinterleave, Convert interleave (sector ordering) of Apple 2 5.25-inch floppy disk images

a2tools, Cat's Eye Technologies' fork of a2tools Apple 2 disk image utilities

a2zip, Infocom ZIP version 1 through 3 interpreters for Apple 2, partially reverse-engineered

adfs, Apple DOS File System (ADFS)

adir, Apple Disk Image Reader

adtpro, Apple Disk Transfer ProDOS (ADTPro) transfers classic 8-bit Apple disk images over a serial, ethernet or audio link to a more modern computer

Analyst, Analyst debugger for Apple 2

apple2_disk_utils, Utilities for reading from Apple 2 disks

apple2_png_to_hgr, Convert PNG to HGR bytes

apple2_prodos_utils, Apple 2 virtual DSK tools for ProDOS volumes

apple2-converters, Programs I wrote many years ago to convert Apple 2 binary file formats to things that are usable on current systems

apple2-disk-util, Apple 2 Disk Utility

apple2gs_shr_converter, Bill Buckels Apple IIgs Super-Hi Res Screen Images converters

apple2-image-encoder, Convert a modern image into a format usable by an Apple 2

AppleIIDHGRConverter, Apple2ColorDHGR.playround is a Swift playground for loading and viewing coloured Apple 2 Double Hires graphic files

Apple-II-Disk-Tools, A few command line tools for manipulating Apple 2 series floppy disk images

Apple-ImageWriterII, Collection of code for using an Apple ImageWriter II with a modern computer

applesaucefdc, WOZ Disk Images

AppleSAWS, AppleSAWS - toolkit for exploring DOS 3.3 disks

applesingle, A Java library and command-line tool for AppleSingle support

asbasic, BASIC interpreter with Apple 2 flavor for Mac and UNIX

bastools, An Applesoft BASIC tool library and command-line tool

buckshot, Apple 2 Image Converter Tool - Cross Platform

c2d, Apple 2 Code to Disk

c2t, C2t is a command line tool that can convert binary code/data and/or Apple-1/II Monitor text, as well as 140K disk images, into audio files suitable for use with the Apple-1 and II (II, II+, IIe) cassette interface

cadius, A maintained fork of BrutalDeluxe's Cadius ProDOS disk imaging utility

chargen2png, Apple CHARGEN ROM display utility

copy, A command to copy files in BASIC.SYSTEM on an Apple 2

da65, Da65 a simple 65C02 mini disassembler

DiskBrowser, Apple 2 Disk Browser in Java

diskii, Apple 2 disk image manipulation commandline tool

diskm8, DiskM8 Apple 2 disk image manipulation, cataloging and analysis tool

DOS33, Perl Modules and utilities for working with Apple 2 DOS 3.3 disk images

dos33fsprogs, Tools for manipulating Apple 2 DOS files

dsk2nib, Apple 2 DSK/NIB Converter Utilities

dsk2po, Python script to convert Apple 2/III .DSK (DO) images to ProDOS-ordered images

dsk2woz, A command-line tool to convert Apple 2 DSK images to WOZ format

DSKalyzer, Cross-platform command-line tool for manipulating and managing Apple 2 DSK (and other) images

dsktool.rb, dsktool.rb is a command line tool + libraries (all in ruby) for manipulating DSK format images used by Apple 2 emulators

EETool, A dump and burn tool for Apple 2 ROMs and EEPROMs

GraphicConverterIIGS, Convert an unpacked Apple IIgs graphic file

gs-image-conversion, Image Conversion Tools for the Apple IIgs

hexmon, Apple 2 system monitor-style hexdump

hgr2rgbntsc, Apple HGR to RGB NTSC

java-libomf, Java package to manipulate OMF files

minix.fst, This is a read-only FST for the Minix v1 and v1L (linux extended) file system

nulib2, NufxLib and NuLib2, Apple 2 file archive utilities

omfutils, A variety of applications for dealing with OMF files

omm_disassembler, OMM disassembler

passport.py, A verification and copy program

ProDisk, Imports/exports file(s) between Ms-Dos and ProDos HD Image used by Apple 2 emulators like ApplePC

ProDOS, Perl modules and utilities to access ProDOS volume disk images

prodos, ProDOS filesystem reader

profuse, ProDOS file system for FUSE

ptp2bin, Convert the ITS CROSS assembler PTP file to an Apple 2 disk image

radius, 6502 / 65816 Merlin-style assembly code indenter tool

Rgb2Hires, Converts an RGB image (.png, .jpeg) into a binary file compliant with the Apple 2's HIRES format

sdisk2, Software for the SDISK 2 Disk II emulator for Apple 2 computers

ShrinkItArchive, A Java library for managing Apple 2 ShrinkIt archives

sosar, Utility to manipulate Apple SOS and ProDOS disk image files

treckr, Recovery tool for your old Apple 2 formatted DOS 3.3 disks

wdc-utils, Missing utilities for WDC's 65xx developer tools

wozardry, A multi-purpose tool for manipulating .woz disk images

Develop

standard-delivery, Apple 2 single-sector fast boot-loader

Zapple-II, Tools for building and running Z80 code under ProDOS on an Apple 2 with a Z80 Softcard (or clone)

Develop / Library

WeeGUI, A compact and easy to use GUI library for 8-bit Apple 2 computers

6502, 6502 Assembly source files, utilities, bits and bobs. Mostly Apple 2

0boot, Fast bootable Read Track/Sector routine (single)

65816-crypto, Crypto algorithm implementations for the 65816

8bit-unity, 8bit-Unity is the cross-platform C language SDK for the CC65 compiler, which allows writing your game only once, and then deploy it on all those platforms

a2graph, CC65 Lo-Res graphic library for the Apple 2

a2render, Apple 2 game rendering engine

apple2_printm, printm - a modular micro printf replacement for 65C02

apple2_rwts18, Roland Gustafsson's RWTS18 source code

apple2-fonts, Experimentation with custom fonts on HGR screen

Apple-6502-Scaffold, Basic scaffolding for a new Apple 2 project written in 6502 assembly

AppleIIAsmLib, A general purpose ASM libriary for the Apple 2. Assembled in Merlin 8 Pro

cristel, 6502 assembly code to extend the Applesoft BASIC with 20+ new commands to access the Apple Tell card

gscifs, CIFS implementation for the Apple IIgs using Marinetti TCP/IP stack

here, Monitor II on Apple 1

HIRES-scroll, Apple 2 HIRES scrolling algorithm

HiSprite, A hi-res sprite compiler for Apple 2

HW-detect, Hardware detection for Apple 2 computers

iigs-game-engine, A tile-based game engine for the Apple IIgs written in 65816 asssembly language

iigs-sprite-compiler, Utility to generate 65816 compiled sprites using informed search methods

libsoundGS, Apple IIgs sound library

marinetti, TCP/IP stack for the Apple IIgs, in 65816 assembly language

Play-BTc, Play Binary Time constant Sound on the Apple 2

prorwts, Open/read/write files in ProDOS filesystem

qboot, Fast bootable Read Track/Sector routine (multi)

ResolutionII, Resolution ][ is a programmer's API library for developing Apple 2 software using the Apple 2 double-high-resolution graphics mode

rollingdemo, A mixed display mode demo for the Apple IIe, written in 6502 Assembly

SpriteGen, A hi-res sprite generator for the Apple 2. It takes PNG files and produces assembly source files with data statements that can be rendered with the included sprite drawing code

standard-delivery, Apple 2 single-sector fast boot-loader

Develop / Tools

ORCA-C, Apple IIgs ORCA/C Compiler, an ANSI C compiler for the 65816 with libraries for the Apple IIgs

ORCA-Pascal, Apple IIgs ORCA/Pascal Compiler, an ISO Pascal compiler for the 65816 with libraries for the Apple IIgs

PLASMA, Proto Language AsSeMbler for All (formerly Apple)

6502code, Code collected on 6502 Assembly Programming course

a2-chargen-1987, HGR Character Generator for the Apple 2

Apple-Befunge, A dialect of Befunge for the 8-bit Apple 2 (or Apple II+ or Apple IIe)

brainfuck6502, BrainFuck 6502 Interpreter for the Apple IIe

brainfuck6502, Interpreter for 6502 Apple 2 in 144 bytes

C02, I'll add my language and compiler for the 6502 that I just put up on GitHub. I don't have library support for Apple 2 yet. I'll have to add that

dot_clean, Merge ._AppleDouble files (cross-platform version of Apple's dot_clean utility)

DumpObj, DumpObj utility for examining Apple IIgs object modules

EightBall, An 8-bit algorithmic languange for Apple 2, C64, Vic 20. Includes: Interpreter, Bytecode compiler, Virtual Machine, Bytecode disassembler

FIG-Forth, FIG Forth model for Apple 2 6502

Golden Gate, Golden Gate by Kelvin Sherlock is a compatibility layer for ORCA and GNO/ME command line programs

Linker, Apple IIgs ORCA Linker, a link editor for the Apple IIgs object module format

MakeLib, A utility designed for use with the ORCA development environment for the Apple IIgs, MakeLib creates Apple IIgs formal libraries

ORCALib, Libraries for the ORCA language suite (ORCA/C, ORCA/M, ORCA/Pascal) for the Apple IIgs

shapes, Apple 2 Shape Table Tools

supermacs, Merlin Assembler Macros for Apple IIgs System Software

Unidisk, UNIDISK 3.5 Apple 2 co-processor in Merlin Assembler

VM02, VM02 is a Java compatible environment for the Apple 2 series of computers (also https:2sourceforge.net/projects/vm02/)

Develop / Tutorials

APLOC2, Master directory for Apple Programming Language Objective C II

apple2_hgr_font_tutorial, Apple 2 HGR Font Tutorial

apple2_hgrbyte, Apple 2 HGR Byte Inspector

greenscale, Low res monochrome experiments for Apple 2

gslib, Apple IIgs Assembly Language Crash Course

mrbuffer, Apple IIgs simple 40char buffer editor. Written in 658c16 assembly

Docs

peek&pokes, The Big PEEKs, POKEs, and CALLs List

Emulator

AppleWin, Apple 2 emulator for Windows

gsport, Apple IIgs emulator based on Kent Dickey's KEGS

A1, Apple I Emulator

a2audit, Apple 2 audit routines: for testing your Apple 2 or emulator

ActiveGS, ActiveGS Support page

activegs-ios, ActiveGS, Apple 2/IIgs emulator for iOS

agatemulator, Apple 2 and Agat 7/9 software simulation program for Win32

aiie, Apple IIe emulator, primarily for the Teensy 3.6

apple1js, Apple I emulator written in Javascript

apple2, Apple IIe emulator

apple2, Portable emulator of an Apple II+. Written in Go. Runs Karateka

Apple2000, Apple 2 emulator for the Amiga

apple2e, Yet another Apple IIe emulator

apple2-go, Apple 2 Emulator in Go

apple2js, Apple 2 emulator written in Javascript

apple2shader, Port(s) of the OpenEmulator NTSC/PAL GPU shader

apple3rtr, Apple 3 Ready-to-Run

appleii-android, Apple 2 Emulator for Android

appleii-bdj, Apple 2 Emulator for BD-J

applelin, A continuation of linapple, which is a port of AppleWin to Linux

applepy, Apple 2 emulator in Python

Applerm-II, Apple 2 emulator running on ARM Cortex-M0

arduino-appleii, Emulating the original Apple 2 microcomputer on an Arduino Uno microcontroller

Catakig, Catakig is an emulator for the popular Apple 2 series of personal computers, supporting the Apple 2, ][+, IIe, and IIc models

CLK, An emulator of the Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Apple 2/II+/IIe, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore Vic-20, MSX 1, Oric 1/Atmos, Sega Master System and Sinclair ZX80/81

dapple, Dapple/NDapple are Apple 2 emulators, aiming to support a well-fitted Apple 2, ][+ or IIe machine with 64K. It is (was) based on Marat Fayzullin's M6502 with 65C02 additions. DApple 2 aims for a 128K IIe

EPPLE, EPPLE ][ is an emulator of the Apple 2 computer

ewm, Emulated Woz Machine

fruitmachine, Apple I emulator

FruitMachine-Swift, Fruit Machine Apple I emulator, but in Swift

gamebloke, Apple on the go. Take that gameboy!

goapple2, Apple II+ emulator written in Go

grape, Apple 2 emulator for Nintendo DS

GSjs, Apple IIgs Emulator written in 100% HTML5 and JavaScript

GSPlus, Apple IIgs Emulator - Cross Platform - Modern Features

homebrew-appleii, Homebrew formulae for Apple I/II/III/GS emulators and utilities

JACE, Java Apple Computer Emulator. Apple IIe emulator written in JAVA. Includes all resolution modes and Mockingboard Support. Runs all Windows, Mac OSX and Linux

japple2, A Complete Apple 2/II+ Emulator written in Java to be capable of running from Java Webstart

jsbasic, Applesoft BASIC in JavaScript

kegs, Android port of KEGS Apple IIgs Emulator

Kegs, Apple IIgs emulator for Mac OS X, Win32, Linux, and Unix/X11

kegs, KEGS/SDL Apple IIgs emulator

LinApple, Apple IIe emulator (forked repo)

LinApple, Apple IIe emulator (original repo)

LinApple, AppleWin for Linux, SDL1.2 support

OpenEmulator-OSX, OpenEmulator

POM1, Apple I emulator ported to C and Android from the original Java version

POM1, Apple IIe emulator Java applet

reinette, Reinette, the french Apple 1 emulator

reinette-II, Reinette II, the french Apple 2 emulator

RetroPie, Apple 2 on retropie how to

rustyapple, Rust version of an Apple 2 emulator

soundsmith, Javascript Soundsmith Music Player

twoapple-reboot, An Apple 2 emulator for linux, written in D

Virtu, Apple IIe emulator for the .NET Framework using C# with Silverlight, WPF, and XNA

Virtualii, Virtual ][ is an application that emulates the vintage Apple 2 computer on your Mac

WOZ format, The WOZ Disk Image format was designed to be able to contain every possible Apple 2 disk structure and layout. It can be so accurate that even copy protected software can’t tell that it isn’t an original disk

Hardware

A2JoystickAdapter, A simple board to connect a 16-pin Apple 2 joystick to the 9-pin connector on the back of Apple IIe and later computers

A2NoSlotMIDI, Apple 2 series No Slot MIDI interface using Annunciators on internal Game I/O socket

A2Server, A2SERVER lets you use a Raspberry Pi, or almost any other computer, to serve files to Apple IIgs and enhanced IIe computers on your network. You'll also be able to boot into GS/OS or ProDOS 8 directly from tne network (no drives needed)

a2watch, Apple 2 watch

aekii, Tuning an Apple Extended Keyboard II

Apple_II_Keyboard, Arduino Sketch to use a USB keyboard with an Apple 2 as ASCII keyboard

Apple_IIGS_MemExpansion, Collection area for my Apple IIgs Memory Expansion board

Apple2CharGen, How to create a custom Apple 2 character generator ROM

apple2pi, Apple 2 client/server for Raspberry Pi

Apple2-Prototyping-Card, Prototyping card for developing new hardware for legacy Apple 2, IIe and IIgs computers

Apple-410, Documentation and driver for the Apple 410 Color Plotter

applecb, A FPGA based programmable hardware card for the Apple 2

Apple-II_MiSTer, Apple II+ for MiSTer

apple-iic-testing, Just me figuring out how to write assembly for the Apple IIc

Apple-II-Gate-Level-Xilinx-ISE-14.7-Schematic-Entry, Creating a functional gate level Apple 2 from Apple 2 schematic

Apple-II-Joystick-to-USB-Adapter, Apple 2 Joystick to USB Adapter

AppleIIMini, A miniature Apple 2 for those how cannot afford the real thing or just want a miniature version!

AppleIIMouse, Apple 2 mouse

AppleIISd, SD card based ProFile replacement for IIe

applelogic.org, The AppleLogic website is all about FPGAs and Apple systems. After thirty odd years since the initial introduction of the Apple 2 and more than fourteen years since it was discontinued, new FPGA technologies have given this fascinating and incredibly popular computer a new lease of life

cricket, Apple 2 ProDOS Clock Driver for The Cricket!

espple, Apple 1 Emulator with PAL RF Output

fpga-disk-controller, An FPGA-based disk controller card for the Apple 2

gp2io, GP2IO board for Apple 2, presented at KansasFest 2016

mango_one, Simple Apple I-inspired 6502 computer in Verilog

NetBoot_LC, Replacement AppleTalk boot blocks for Apple IIe Card for Macintosh LC

RetroConnector, RetroConnector series of open source adapter boards for Apple 2 series computers

serial-wifi, A serial-to-wifi adapter for the Apple 2

Misc

abandonware, Apple 2 Abandonware

Apple 2 projects, Apple 2 related projects

Apple 2 projects, Various Apple 2 related projects

asm816, Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/asm816

brutaldeluxe, Since 1992, we have made several software for the Apple IIgs. Before that date, we have released other software for the Apple 2 line

iigs, Miscellaneous Apple 2 stuff that doesn't warrant a full project in and of itself

IIgsResource, Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/IIgsresources

iigsresources, Apple IIgs resources

lessismore, Collection of the very best Apple 2 abandonware

linkiigs, Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/linkIIgs

Michaelangel007, Graphic tutorials, RWTS18 source code, Mockingboard, Diversi DOS the list goes on

peterferrie, Fast boot, Hires compression, Lawless Legends too many to list just look

TechNotes, Apple 2 Technical Notes

Other

sword_of_kadash_map, A vintage map of the Apple 2 game Sword of Kadash

Shop

ct6502, Shop

Software

Prodos, Advanced version of ProDOS that adds new features for all Apple 2 computers, including the 1977 Integer ROM Apple 2

rogue-like, A rogue-like game for the Apple 2

3D-Demo, 3D-Demo for the Apple 2

3D-star-field, 3D star field demo

4cade, 100s of games at your fingertips, as long as your fingertips are on an Apple 2

6502_linux_logo, Linux Logo in 6502 assembly

8BITCOIN, Mining Bitcoin on an Apple 2

a2audit, Apple 2 audit routines: for testing your Apple 2 or emulator

a2-chemi-gs-1993, Apple IIgs Drawing program for chemical structures (unfinished)

A2osX, Multi-Tasking OS for Apple 2

a2server, AppleTalk server for Apple 2 computers

a2-terminfo, Apple 2 Terminal Info

A2-webserver, Applesoft BASIC Webserver

AFPBridge, A tool to let the Apple IIgs connect to AFP file servers over TCP/IP

alarm-clock-6502, A retro alarm clock app

anti-m, Boot any Apple 2 disk on any Apple 2

Apple1-Slideshow, ASCII art slideshow for Apple 1 (as seen on most Apple 1 auctions)

apple2, Apple 2 Software

apple2_castle_wolfenstein_sound_board, Sound Board (Speech) for Castle Wolfenstein (Apple 2)

apple2_count_million, One of the fastest ways to count to 1,000,000 on the Apple 2

apple2_dclock, Apple DClock Driver for ProDOS

apple2_dos33, Apple 2 DOS 3.3

apple2_fantavision_reloaded, Fantavision (Reloaded)

apple2_gr_load_save, Load / Save the GR screen avoiding the screen holes

apple2_hat3d, Atari 3D Hat converted to Applesoft

apple2_hgr_packer, Simple packer to remove/add screen holes

apple2_mockingboard, Apple 2 Sound Card (Mockingboard) Test

apple2_nox_todo, Misc SW

apple2_print_fixed16_fraction, Apple 2 Assembly – Print Fixed Point X.16 fraction

apple2_print_uint16, Apple 2 Print Unsigned Int16

apple2_printshop_viewer, PrintShop MiniPix Unpacker and Viewer (6502 asm) Apple 2

apple2_saturn_ramdrive, Saturn 128K Language Card ProDOS RAMDrive

apple2_softswitch, Basic program to visually show basic Memory Banks and Soft Switches

apple2a, Custom ROM for the Apple IIe. Looks mostly like a real Apple IIe, but when you type RUN, the code is compiled instead of interpreted

apple2-delete-key-handler-from-gid, Delete key handler

Apple-II_DOND, My Deal Or No Deal game for Apple 2

appleiigraphica, Apple 2 graphical web browser, using uIP and Uthernet, RamWorks III type AUX RAM card

Apple-II-Programs, A collection of short programs for the Apple 2

Apple-II-System-Masters, Collection of System Master disk images for the Apple 2 series computers

apple-II-videos, Full-speed lores video playback on the Apple 2-series computers

apple-pascal-time, Reading RTC clock hardware and setting the system date at boot for Apple Pascal

Applied Engineering, Applied Engineering Repository

australian-apple-ii-software, Australian Apple 2 software

babelfish_applesoft, Applesoft translator for Babelfish

badapple, Bad Apple classic demo on a regular Apple II+ with floppy drive

bunzip2, Bzip2 decompressor for GNO

chtype, Change file type command for Apple 2 ProDOS

ConwayII, Pretty fast implementation of Conway's Game of Life for Apple 2

cppo-ng, Rewriting cppo one piece at a time

Cybernoid, Apple 2 Cybernoid music disk

Davex, Davex is a command-line shell for the Apple 2 family of computers. Davex runs on ProDOS 8, and a subset of functionality is ported to SOS

davex-mg-utils, MG's utilities for the davex shell for Apple 2 ProDOS

delhndlr, Makes the Delete key work as expected on an Apple 2 in ProDOS BASIC.SYSTEM

dict, IIgs dict (RFC 2229) client

Directi-DOS, Apple 2 Diversi-DOS direct to LC, in two tracks

dmake, Make tool for GNO

electric-mock, Apple 2 Electric Duet player for the Mockingboard and the Cricket!

F15-DGamma-Clone-A2, Apple 2 crack intro style release

Factory-Game, A factorio inspired game for the Apple IIc and IIe

festro, Festro by Digarok - Apple 2 intro/demo with a KansasFest theme - 65c02 assembly

fr3nch.t0uch, French touch demo vault

gameoflife-appleii, port of Conway's Game of Life for Apple 2 computers

GEOS, GEOS For the Apple 2

gno, GNO is the UNIX-like environment for the Apple IIgs

gno-kern, GNO/ME kernel (split from monorepo)

gopher, A gopher client for the Apple IIgs

host-fst, Apple IIgs host FST (for emulators that support it)

host-modemworks, ModemWorks modules for the KEGS emulator

hush, Hush (a Bourne-style shell) for the GNO multitasking environment on the Apple IIgs

ii-vision, Streaming video and audio for Apple 2

ksynth, Beginnings of a dual tone synthesizer for the Apple 2

marignotti, GNO + Marinetti = MariGNOtti

marlene, Four-color, vt100 telnet client for the Apple IIgs

matrIIx, Apple 2 matrix demo

mcs-player, Music Construction Set Mockingboard interrupt player for Apple 2

mktrashdove, Apple 2 Trash Dove (A Double Lores / BMP2DHR Tutorial)

MouseII, A mouse driver for Apple 2 computers

mouse-maze, Mouse A.I. simulation for the Apple 2 computer

NetDisk, NetDisk is an Apple IIgs utility that allows you to mount disks images hosted on an HTTP server

nox-archaist, A modern era Apple 2 CRPG with boxed set

online, Shows all online volumes on an Apple 2 computer

OREGON78, Applesoft BASIC port of the original Oregon Trail game from 1978

passport-test-suite, A collection of disk images to provide code coverage for Passport

pitch-dark, It is Pitch Dark. You are likely to be eaten by a GUI

pitch-darker, It is Pitch Dark. You are likely to be eaten by a GUI

PrintShopCompanion-Apple-II, Print Shop Companion

proboot, Load arbitrary .system file from ProDOS-format floppy, without using ProDOS

prodos-path, PATH command for Apple 2 ProDOS

ProDOS-ROM-Drive, A bootable 1 MB solid state disk for Apple 2 computers

prorwts2, Open/seek/read/write any binary file in ProDOS filesystem

pt3_player, This is an attempt to play some complex chiptune files on an old Apple 2 with a Mockingboard card

qserver, Apple IIgs Quote Of The Day server

rain, Low res falling rain animation for Apple 2, in 6502 assembly

ram.drv.system, Glen E. Bredon's RAM.DRV.SYSTEM for Apple 2 ProDOS

rlint, lint for IIgs resource forks

robotwar, Robots fight to the death in a virtual arena (based on the game for the Apple 2)

rom4x, Improved Apple IIc (ROM 4X) and Apple IIc Plus (ROM 5X) firmware

romex, Enhanced ROM for Apple IIe computers

septic-a2, A small Apple 2 demo with beeper music

SHR-NTSC, NTSC artifact colors for Apple IIgs

sider-xebec-disassembly, Disassembly of the Sider/Xebec SASI card ROM and tools for the Apple 2

Snake, Snake game

softwarelibrary_apple_games, Games and entertainment software for the Apple 2

SpellWielder, SpellWielder brings the classic feel of an open-ended action+adventure game to the Apple 2

Tales of Florb, The Sparkstone: Tales of Florb, a choice-based adventure game for the Enhanced Apple IIe, Apple IIc, and Apple IIgs computer systems and emulators

tb1, This is the git repository for all Tom Bombem related projects

tcpsnooper, Marinetti tcp snooper CDA

telnetd, Telnetd for GNO

the_mill_daughterboard, Apple 2 Stellation Two The Mill OS9 Daughterboard PCB and PROM source

transformer, Transform 2D coordinates with an Apple IIgs

Turbo-Cassette-for-the-Apple-II, Transfers at up to 14.76 kbaud through the cassette port of the Apple 2

Undertale_AppleII, Undertale music/graphics demo for Apple IIe/IIc computers with 64K RAM or more

VBMP, BMP Viewer for the Apple 2

vi65, VI editor for 6502 based systems

vn//c, Desktop streaming to an Apple 2 with Super Serial Card

VNCviewGS, VNCview GS: The VNC client for the Apple IIgs

vnIIc, Screen streaming to the Apple 2

xHD, Virtual disk drive based on ideas from Terence J. Boldt

Software / Games

AII2048, Apple 2 2048 Game

Apple_IIe_Snake, Apple 2 Snake game written in 6502 Assembly

appleii_lander, A Lunar Lander Game written in Applesoft Basic for the Apple 2

codebreaker, CODEBREAKER! is a Mastermind implementation for the Apple-1 computer

dropblocks, Simple block-dropping games for Apple 2

flapple, Flapple Bird - A de-make of Flappy Bird for the Apple 2 computer

GSCats, An artillery style game for the Apple IIgs. But with cats

jewel-of-kaldun, The Jewel of Kaldun

jumpyguy, Low Res game for the Apple 2, programmed in 6502 assembly

LightCycles, 3D light cycles game from 1977?

minesweeper, A small minesweeper game for Apple 2, built in 6502 assembly

mouse-maze-2001, Play Henry the mouse and try to escape from the mad scientist

PCS_AppleII, Pinball Construction Set Source code for Apple 2

spaceaceiigs, Space Ace for IIgs

xrick2gs, Apple IIgs port of Dangerous Rick

Software / Tools

4live, The invisible editor for your Apple 2

a2fc.system, A very small .a2fc graphics file viewer for Apple 2 computers

ADTPro, Apple Disk Transfer ProDOS

afscanner, Apple Disk II address field scanner

anti-m, Boot any Apple 2 disk on any Apple 2

Apple-Disk-II-PROM-Verify, Apple Disk II PROM Verify

basic-system-cmd, ProDOS BASIC.SYSTEM commands

dhrslide, A small double hi-res slideshow for the 128K Apple 2

fdraw, Fast graphics routines for the Apple 2

fhpack, Compression for Apple 2 hi-res images

mmt, A program designed to exhaustively test expansion memory on an Apple IIgs

passport, A verification and copy program for 5.25-inch Apple 2 floppy disks

Source code

a2d, Disassembly of the Apple 2 Desktop

a2d, Disassembly of the Apple 2 Desktop - ProDOS GUI

a3a2em, Partial reverse-engineering of the Apple 2 emulation disk for the Apple 3

apple2_applesoft, Mirror of Jamtronix's HTML Applesoft Source

apple2_gumball, Apple 2 Game Gumball Reverse Engineering

apple2_thunderclock, Thunderware Thunderclock Plus

AppleII_DOS, Apple 2 DOS Source Code

apple-II-DOS, How Apple Booted Up key Documents in the Creation of Apple's First Operating System

AppleIIModula2Interpreter, Source code from the disassembly of Apple DOS Modula2 Interpreter package

Apple-II-Platform, Various programs (source code) for the Apple 2 series platform

Apple-II-Source, Source code for Apple 2 series System Software and DOS

beneath-apple-dos, Beneath Apple DOS on github. A version of the book and also source code of Don Worth's Programs

bilestoad-apple2, Source Code and Data for The Bilestoad by Datamost (1983)

diskserver, Online Apple 2 Disk Server

EdAsm, Source code from the disassembly of Apple ProDos Assembler package

gno-sources, GNO Sources from the Golden Orchard CD

goldengate, Golden Gate by Kelvin Sherlock is a compatibility layer for ORCA and GNO/ME command line programs

lawless-legends, Open-source code and assets from Lawless Legends and its supporting tools

macross, Macross 6502, the assembler written by Lucasfilm Ltd. that was used for Habitat and SCUMM

mxp, a2RetroSystems Memory Expansion Plus

OUP-M, Source for OUP/M - a CP/M-like operating system for 6502

Prince-of-Persia-Apple-II, Prince of Persia Source Code

ProDOS8, Disassembled source code of ProDOS 8 v2.03 in Merlin assembler format

Sorgenti-Apple-II, Many software source code (mostly in Italian)

awesome, retrocomputing, apple2

Palenque - Yaxchilan - Bonampak (Wednesday 05/09/07)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-01-19T16:07:07+0000

Palenque - Yaxchilan - Bonampak (Wednesday 05/09/07)

For this hike it is imperative to have a chaffeur… get to Yaxchilan and Bonampak is a task for local people … you will be safer, but not without emotions.
Bring water down the road because there are not great places where to stop to drink.
This trip has occupied the entire day, but it was worth it. We started early, the sun had not risen, we made the breakfast under a thatched hut in the faint light of dawn (we were the first).

Yaxchilan

Usumacinta River

The region of Usumacinta and its tributaries acquires a great importance to the development of Yaxchilan, the main center in the early sixth century. This site is nestled in a strip of the river and knows its peak during the “Late Classic” with the JAGUAR dynasty whose reign and achievements are mentioned on the many carved monuments of the city, stems, altars, lintels. The last entry is dated early ninth century. Moreover, the lush vegetation that surrounded it makes Yaxchilan a magnificent panorama.

After two hours of travel we arrived at the border between Mexico and Guatemala the Usumacinta River, from there our driver become a boatman who, by river, took us to the site, after about an hour of navigation. The river is the source of livelihood for local people.
The boatman left us two hours to visit the site and we realized that there are few, it is really huge.
Shame not to have brought with us a stack, as this is the only site where it would be possible to do a few laps in the tunnels, in the company of bats, though!
From the main square an immense and slippery staircase that leads to the Great Acropolis.
Unlike other sites, here is all original, none of the buildings have been reconstructed to make revive the grandeur, but it's all very well preserved and very beautiful, surrounded by tropical jungle.
This time we are truly isolated, we are the first group to arrive at the site, and the only crowd that we are the howler monkeys that we hear all around in really lush jungle.

Yaxchilan

Residents of Yaxchilan

Yaxchilan

Main Square

Staircase

Great Acropolis

Yaxchilan

Bonampak

Cauchou tree

Bonampak, has preserved the most complete of all the monumental paintings Maya, is a site of medium importance discovered in 1946. It's very likely that in all the Maya sites were covered with painted walls that complete the decoration carved or modeled outwardly.

Bonampak you leave the car at about 8km before the site and take a car driven by the natives after to agree with them on price and time to tour the archaeological site, and this is where the chaffeur become useful again, he makes all the arragment with natives.
The last stretch of road is bumpy, it's a kind of Indian reservation, and only few people speak Spanish, main language is a local Mayan dialect, which obviously differs from those of neighboring areas.
On this site we had the chance to have a local guide (who speaks Spanish only), he has explained the history of the place, wars and local customs. He described us the various well-preserved frescoes in time.
He showed a cauchoutree where there was still evident where the incisions made to collect the liquid with which to make objects, including the ball for the game of pelota.

Bonampak

Paintings

⇐ Day 11: San Cristobal - Palenque

⇒ Day 13: Palenque - Campeche

Travels, Mexico, Yaxchilan, Bonampak

Campeche - Uxmal - Merida (Friday 07/09/07)

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Campeche - Uxmal - Merida (Friday 07/09/07)

Uxmal ("Three times built" in Mayan language)

Uxmal is a site notable for the delicacy of its architecture and the end working of stone (do not forget that this civilization did not use metal to build) its peak is dated around the year 600 of our era.

Inside you can admire:

The Temple of fortune-teller, on which stands the Temple of Chenes whose entrance is the mouth of a huge animal.
The Quadrangle of the Nuns richly decorate.
The game of pelota.
The House of Turtles.
And the Government Palace.
The Great Pyramid where the view is superb. The name Maya is “Och Mal” (three buildings).

Temple of the fortune-teller

Temple of Chenes

Quadrangle of the Nuns

The game of pelota

The House of Turtles

Government House

Great Pyramid

Uxmal

Along the way we have always been accompanied by iguanas, Uxmal seems their reign.

Iguana

Merida

Founded in 1542 the area of the Mayan city of Tiho, by Francisco de Montejo, called the “ship's boy” is often also called the Ciudad Bianca, the white city.
After the glorious era at the beginning of the century with the production of “Sisal” agave, Merida knows the difficult times during the revolution of 1910. Today, Merida is back to being the main center of the region. It's a university town, agricultural, industrial and with the birth of Cancun 30 years ago, has found a new momentum to position itself among the most urbanized city in the country.
Do not forget to visit the zocalo, the murals on the first floor of the palace of the governor, the Hall of marriages (beautiful style Porfiriato “inspired by the French at the beginning of the century), the market (on the corner of routes 56 and 57), the Paseo Montejo and the Archaeological Museum (closed on Mondays). Check with your hotel on the cultural activities taking place on different squares of the city according to the day of the week. You can do after the Zocalo of carriage walks (beautiful at night).

⇐ Day 13: Palenque - Campeche

⇒ Day 15: Merida – Chichen Itza - Cancun

Travels, Mexico, Uxmal, Merida

Mexico City (Tuesday 28/08/07)

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Mexico City (Tuesday 28/08/07)

Museum of Anthropology

Museum of Anthropology

Built in 1964 by Pedro Ramirez Vasquez, the structure revolves around a giant pylon that supports, by means of steel rods, the roof from which descends a scenic waterfall.
At the entrance stands a giant statue of the god Tlaloc. The rooms follow chronologically the evolution of pre-Columbian civilization, the museum has very clear approach that allows to understand the intricate interweaving of the various civilizations that have lived in these regions through time.
Archaeological and ethnographic collections relating to the various current Indian population are unparalleled. The museum has also a restaurant and a well-stocked bookshop.
Immediately after the taquilla, there is room on the right of temporary exhibitions, on which follows that of Mesoamerica, with the map of the location of the various centers and a comparison between the different pre-Hispanic cultures. in the Hall of Teotihuacan, thre is the copy of the Mural Tlalocan on which you look at the conception of the world beyond, there are some elements of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, with the heads of the Plumed Serpent. The monolithic sculpture of 57 tonnes of water goddess Chalchiuhtlicue and, in a display case, encrusted with turquoise and coral, funeral masks.

Head of the plumed serpent

Statue of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue

Funerary mask

The Sala Mexica is the most important room of the entire museum dedicated to the Aztec culture, in the opening it has a sculpture of an ocelot, which were placed the hearts of human sacrifices intended to fuel the Sun.
In the room there is the city of Tenochtitlan reconstructed model, the Aztec calendar, an 24 tons circular (a diameter of 3.60m) stone filled with reliefs and the statue of Coatlicue, of the goddess of Earth.

Aztec Calendar

Sculpture of an Ocelot

Statue of Coatlicue

Zoo

At the zoo we went a bit as a joke to do a short tour before heading towards the city center… the joke lasted several hours. The zoo is huge, an uncountable number of races from all continents including aviary and reptile house that we could not see since the zoo closes at 17:00 (as virtually all museums in Mexico) and all visitors must be out.
It was exhausting.

⇐ Day 3: Teotihuacan

⇒ Day 5: Mexico City - Puebla

Travels, Mexico, Mexico City, Museum of Anthropology

Tuxtla - San Cristobal De Las Casas (Sunday 02/09/07)

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-01-19T16:07:07+0000

Tuxtla - San Cristobal De Las Casas (Sunday 02/09/07)

We entered into Chiapas.

Chiapas

State of exceptional beauty and great ecological diversity. After the plateau of the valley of Oaxaca, you'll discover a mountainous region rich in wild rivers, deep canyons and virgins forests. It's also one of the poorest states of Mexico which has undergone significant changes in the next fifteen years.
Diverging interests of the indigenous people of Chiapas, refugees from Guatemala, the companies of exploitation of forests and the government, have put a strain on the fragile culture and economy of this state… Although the timing of the rebellion (pacifist and media based) supported by “sub commander Marcos” now is just a remeber, is recommended during this journey to stay on the main crowded and road.

The distance between Tuxtla and San Cristobal is not great, but to do this path it took a day because it was necessary to make a stop along the way to make a boat trip on the Rio Grijalva (Rio Grande de Chiapa) to cross the imposing Canyon of Sumidero.

Chiapa de Corzo

This small colonial city located on the banks of the Rio Grijulva has a beautiful place to walk. You can visit his beautiful Spanish fountain on zocalo (central square), the Temple of Santo Domingo, the small museum of “lacquer” and the frescoes in the town hall (Palacio Municipal).

For hiking in the Canyon of Sumidero, the launches expect that the number of people required to fill the boat, fortunately it did not last long, although ours was the first boat to leave that morning.

Chiapa De Corzo

Boats

Canyon of Sumidero

Canion of Sumidero

Gigantic natural canyon crossed by the Rio Grijalva. Chicoasen dam has transformed in 1981 into a large reserve. The canyon walls in some places reaches a height of 1km.

If it's a sunny day be sure to sprinkle them carefully the sunscreen, the breeze caused by the boat ride you will not feel the sun shining and you can hold nasty surprises.
Along the river you come across an area that locals call “El Tapon”.
In this area of the river, a strange game of currents collect all debris that sail along the river and during raining days fall from the canyon walls.
To cross “El Tapon” the boat had to make several maneuvers to not be entangled with the numerous floating logs.
It was amazing to see how the layer of waste allowed birds to walk on water of the river and also see that families are kept picking up the larger debris and then resell them as firewood.
If we were to pick you warm, be quiet, the boatmen have a habit of making a joke to all the tourists, a quick refreshing shower under a beautiful waterfall, where time has created several terraces covered with moss where the water falls.

Canion of Sumidero - El Tapon

Canion del Sumidero - cascata

San Cristobal de Las Casas

Toward San Cristobal

We go back into the car and starts to climb.
Founded in 1528 by Captain Diego de Mazariegos is located at 2120 meters altitude.
San Cristobal is a charming little colonial town surrounded by pine forests on the shores of a valley in the heart of the mountainous of the central region of Chiapas.
Following events of 1994, the military presence has been reinforced in recent years, this does not prevent you a peaceful and enjoyable stay in this city, where lives the largest indigenous community in Mexico.

⇐ Day 8: Oaxaca - Tuxtla Gutierrez

⇒ Day 10: San Cristobal and its surroundings

Travels, Mexico, Chiapas, Chiapa de Corzo, Canyon del Sumidero, San Cristobal

Faces of Mexico

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-01-19T16:07:07+0000

Faces of Mexico

Ecco il nostro viaggio in Messico …

You need to know

In winter the archaeological sites are open every day from 08:00 to 17:00 and until 18:00 in summer.
The museums are generally closed on Mondays.
The lunch time is from 14:00 to 15:00 or so.
Be prudent in indigenous regions with photographs, it is often forbidden to photograph the people for religious beliefs reasons. Respect the customs and manners!
The word Zocalo, is the term used to indicate the main square of the city.

Recommendations for driving

In Mexico, the road signs are generally the same as in Italy, but the indications are rather flimsy. The essential thing: to fill up with gasoline in the morning before leaving for anywhere.

Differences

Traffic lights are located just after the intersection, which is not very obvious.
In Mexico City, it is permissible to turn right also with a red light (or left, according to the direction of traffic), with all the necessary precautions.
In Mexico right of way does not exist. The vehicle that is on the main road takes precedence. A vehicle that must pass a slowdown after the junction had to give way to others, who go straight will take precedence over who turns, with regard to roundabouts go there in “Mexican” way.
In town the speed is 60km/hour and 80km/hour on road with high flow of traffic.
On the highways, the speed is 110km/hour.
Mexicans drivers, especially of the truck, use the courtesy to indicate with arrows the possibility of surpassing or potential hazards (four arrows). his is very useful on mountain roads with poor visibility!

Special precautions

On federal roads (those not subject to payment of tolls) you must pay particular attention:

to eople on foot or bicycles (without position lights)
to animals (cows, dogs, …) crossing or parked safely on the roads
to slowdowns (tope in Spanish) that are numerous and generally bad or just highlighted. Welcome to the roller coaster!
to never leave anything on vehicles parked in the street. If you visit a site, with the luggage full, it is recommended first to leave your car locked and in a secure park.

Roadside assistance

Highways, and touristy federal roads have a (ree service of mechanical assistance: the “green angels”, are easily recognizable by their green trucks bearing the logo of the Ministry of Tourism.

Our itinerary

Mexico City (Saturday 25/08/07)

Welcome to Mexico City, capital of the country, considered as the largest city in the world with its approximately 23 million inhabitants, all is well positioned at a high altitude, 2240m above sea level, this means that even in warmer periods in Mexico City the temperatures are very mild.

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Mexico City (Sunday 26/08/07)

You can not see all of this huge city in a single day!
Mexico City often suffer from bad publicity even by tour operators. The tourist areas of the city and the districts themselves are not so dangerous as they say. However, it is better not to walk around the city wearing valuables and be careful.
The city traffic is very intense. When you do not know the city the best means of transport is by taxi. Taxis in front the hotels are recommended because the drivers are bilingual and can wait during your visits. Simply agree on a price before departure according to your itinerary.
To get an idea of how is the everyday live in Mexico City is absolutely necessary to use one of the many buses that “fly” in the city traffic. They are numerous and all crowded, the peculiarity is that there are not “stops”, wherever you find one, just make a sign and you can literally “jump” on board. To use the bus requires a fair amount of balance in order to remain standing, and a greater amount of agility and coordination for both go down and, above all, to go up (the brakes are used very little).

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Teotihuacan (Monday 27/08/07)

For reasons of traffic you should visit Teotihuacan in the morning. For convenience, we endorsed one of the many taxi drivers affiliated with the hotel, and it was good.
As a first step took us to the place of a cooperative living by making Obsidian objects and multicolored fabrics made of cotton and agave. They shown us the working of obsidian, how to build cord from the agave and how to extract the Pulche, agave lymph, which can be drunk as it is slightly alcoholic (not bad after all).
Subsequently, the driver took us to the Pyramid of the Moon and he waited us at the end of the Way of the Dead, but only after making a long introduction to the site and having us hear the cry of an ancient extinct bird, a strange acoustic effect produced clapping in the middle of the squares of some archaeological sites (also at Chichen Itza).

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Mexico City (Tuesday 28/08/07)

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Mexico City - Puebla (Wednesday 29/08/07)

After the largest urban area in the world, we wnet to the magnificent colonial cities, several pre-Hispanic sites (Aztec, Zapotec, Mixtec Maya), the stunning scenery and indigenous regions still preserving their traditions.

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Puebla - Oaxaca (Thursday 30/08/07)

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Oaxaca - Monte Alban - (Friday Mitla 31/08/07)

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Oaxaca - Tuxtla Gutierrez (Saturday 01/09/07)

So far our journey has proceeded in mountain areas (Mexico City is located at 2240m above sea level), but this 550km shift has led us to the capital of Chiapas only 542m above sea level, the thermal shock was considerable and the humidity stifling when we crossed a vast wetland.

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Tuxtla - San Cristobal De Las Casas (Sunday 02/09/07)

We entered into Chiapas.

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San Cristobal and its surroundings (Monday 03/09/07)

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San Cristobal - Palenque (Tuesday 04/09/07)

Be careful on this road which is full of curves, slippery and practically paved with “Topes” (bumps).
In this stage we did most unpleasant encounters, nothing to worry about, but we met groups of kids who tend ropes along the road, near the Topes (but not only) in order to stop the car and try to sell fruit or whatever. Not worrying, but very sad, we have often been afraid to let them hurt as they surround the car.

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Palenque - Yaxchilan - Bonampak (Wednesday 05/09/07)

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Palenque - Campeche (Thursday 06/09/07)

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Campeche - Uxmal - Merida (Friday 07/09/07)

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Merida - Chichen Itza - Cancun (Saturday 08/09/07)

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Travels, Mexico

Merida - Chichen Itza - Cancun (Saturday 08/09/07)

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Merida - Chichen Itza - Cancun (Saturday 08/09/07)

Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza - “The enter of sorcerers wells” in the Mayan language.
Born in the classical epoch, Chichen Itza shows, however, due to different architectural styles, two distinct periods of Mayan history. The monumental pyramid “El Castillo” (also called the Pyramid of Kukulcan) of Toltec and Mayan influence, testify the rich cosmological symbolism: the four sides to a total 365 steps (the days of the calendar), 52 panels (the years of the century Maya ) and 18 terraces (the months of the religious calendar).
Thousands of visitors are interested to the Castillo in spring and autumn equinoxes, in these days, the sun lights up the pyramid creating a shadow shaped like a snake, which goes down the stairs to meet the head of a snake engraved at the base.
Close to Castillo sits the Tzompantli, a platform marked by stone carvings of human skulls. Close to the Tzompantli is the Templo de lo Jaguares. Nearby is the wonderful game of pelota.
From here a path leads to the cenote where human sacrifices took place. This holy well, represents for the Maya the most important place of worship throughout the territory. The name of Mayan origin was undoubtedly: “Uuc-jab-nal”.
Returning to the Castillo, we arrive at the Templo de los Gurreros (Temple of the Warriors). The figure, on top of the temple, holding a plate on which the human hearts were offered to the gods and to Mila Columns (the Thousand Columns).
Following the thousand columns we reach the market and continuing we arrive to steam baths.
Returning to Castillo and going south we reach the Caracol (Observatory), which dominates the area. From its dome priests observed the motion of the stars and made their rituals.
Not far away, the monastery with many rooms, built in the ancient Maya royal palace adjacent to the Iglesia.

Chichen Itza - The Pyramid

Tzompantli

Templo de lo Jaguares

Game of pelota

cenote

Templo de los Gurreros

Mila Columnas

Market

Steam bath

Caracol (Observatory)

Convent

Iglesia

Cenotes

The Yucatan Peninsula is one of the last parts of the continent to be emerged from the ocean. It's a great platform limestone where water seeps into the cracks to form underground streams, caves and wells (cenotes). In this way on the surface there is no water, no rivers, due also to to lack of hills.
During the pre-Hispanic times, these wells have been crucial for the installation of the populations (for example at Chichen Itza, the sacred cenote was used also for rituals).
The IK-KIL Cenote is very similar to those of Chichen ltza. It was fixed so we can go to the water for bathing. The depth is 46 meters and is certainly the most profound in Yucatan.

Valladolid

Valladolid

This small city is the second most important Yucatan. Founded in 1543 by Francisco de Montejo “el Mozo” (to distinguish him from his father “el Adelantado”) takes its name from its namesake in Spain. In Valladolid, you will see two buildings of the colonial era: the church of San Gervasio (seventeenth of the century) and the convent of San Bernardino (sixteenth century).
We recommend just two steps walk to the zocalo and to climb the first floor of City Hall to see the murals.

Valladolid - Murales

The adventure is coming to an end, this was the night before we expect the plane to Cancun for the fraudu home. So take a break under the trees that cool the Zocalo of Valladolid.

eIrOcA

Cancun

Great resort developed in 1967, when the Mexican government chose this narrow strip of sand between the sea and the lagoon as a favorite place to develop the tourist potential.
Cancun and the Riviera Maya has everything to seduce. It's hard to imagine a site with more rich in natural, historical and tourist attractions. For lovers of sun drenched beaches 20km of turquoise water of the Caribbean Sea and for lovers of history a vast region steeped in Mayan influence.
There are two great roads in Cancun: Tulum road, the main north-south km long gravity around which the city center and the boulevard Kukulkan that runs through the lagoon where is the hotel zone.

Greetings to all!

⇐ Day 14: Campeche - Uxmal - Merida

⇒ Faces of Mexico

Travels, Mexico, Chichen Itza, Cenotes, Valladolid, Cancun

Mexico City (Saturday 25/08/07)

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Mexico City (Saturday 25/08/07)

Città del Messico

Mexico City

During the pre-Hispanic times, this marsh city was the capital of the “Aztec” or “Mexican” empire.
Founded in 1321 with the name of “Tenochtitlan” by the priest “Tenoch”, Tenochtitlan in the indigenous Nahuatl language means “the city of Tenoch”. After the Spanish conquest, will retain its role of capital, to become today the largest urban concentration in the world. Mexico D.F. (Federal District) is the administrative, political, economic and social country; all is centralized in the capital, even if the government tries to create local agencies.
With its 23 million people in this enormous city knows the real problems of circulation, sanitation, insecurity and above all pollution. However Mexico City remains a beautiful city with an history immensely rich.

After 12 grueling hours of flight, we arrived at the airport, collected our luggage and took the car (unfortunately with automatic gear), then we settled into the hotel. To drive the car is better to know “something” for driving in Mexico (recommendations for driving).

⇐ Faces of Mexico

⇒ Day 2: Mexico City

Travels, Mexico, Mexico City