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Apple II DeskTop

Home Page: https://a2desktop.com

Project Page: https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d

1.5 Alpha

General

  • Correctly exit 80-column firmware when exiting.
  • Option "Copy to RAMCard" now defaults to off.
  • Option "Preserve uppercase and lowercase in names" no defaults to on.

Launcher

  • Don't trust a partial copy of DeskTop on RAMCard; use DESKTOP.SYSTEM itself as a sentinel.
  • If running from a RAMCard, don't try to copy DeskTop to it.

DeskTop

  • Don't always select window's icon after refresh (just usually)
  • When closing window, select volume icon if folder icon absent.
  • Ignore non-alpha character typed at start when naming file/volume.
  • Hold either Apple key when selecting File > Close to Close All.
  • Fix Apple+O to not "Open and Close" when menu already showing. (#796)
  • Show tip about copying PRODOS during Format/Erase process.
  • Arrow keys now move icon selection in appropriate direction. (#300)
  • More consistently refresh (or don't refresh) window contents after canceled or failed operations.
  • Special > Make Alias now creates link file in same directory as original.
  • Add Edit menu with Cut/Copy/Paste/Clear, relocate Select All.
  • Ensure the modification date for copied folders matches the original.
  • Prompt to re-insert system disk when launching Apple Menu items.
  • Add Text-to-Speech file type ($D9) and icon.

Selector

Disk Copy

Desk Accessories

  • About This Apple II
    • Detect Microdigital TK-3000 //e
    • Detect Pravetz 8A/C
    • Detect Passport MIDI card
    • Show duplicate SmartPort device names with counts.
  • Print Screen
    • Renamed from "Screen Dump"
    • Improve use of SSC and IW2.
    • Show alert on startup if no SSC found.
    • Don't corrupt "File" on menu bar. (#810)
  • Print Catalog
    • Improve use of SSC and IW2.
    • Show alert on startup if no printer card found.
  • Options: Add option to show invisible files.
  • Calendar: Allow modifiers when clicking, double-modifiers for decade. (#693)
  • New DA (in Extras): "Screenshot" - saves screenshot file to application directory.

Misc

  • Add TTS.system (and SAM) for playing "speech" files.

1.4

An unofficial release with bug fixes and enhancements. July 28, 2024.

See the release notes at: https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d/blob/release-1.4/RELEASE-NOTES.md

1.3

An unofficial release with bug fixes and enhancements. July 1, 2023.

See the release notes at: https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d/blob/release-1.3/RELEASE-NOTES.md

1.2

An unofficial release with bug fixes and enhancements. December 28, 2022.

See the release notes at: https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d/blob/release-1.2/RELEASE-NOTES.md

1.1

Final release by Version Soft/Apple Computer dated November 26, 1986.

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