Now hush, little baby, don't you cry Everything's gonna be alright Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya Daddy's here to hold ya through the night I know Mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why We fear how we feel inside It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby But I promise, Momma's gon' be alright

The Apple II and the Mockingboard - promise unfulfilled #appleII #apple

As I continue to optimize what remains of my collection, I’ve been focusing a bit lately on my Apple IIe Platinum (after a few hours with a nice multi-cart on my Atari 1200XL). Previously I “fixed” the keyboard, and now I have both a single and dual Mockingboard configuration working (and, after this posting, I set up my CFFA3000 v1.3).

For those who don’t know, the Mockingboard was an expensive…

U3.5 #PaxBritannia: New Year's Update; Sountrack Being Converted to #ZXodus Engine Format

Yesterday, Andrew Owen posted an update on the Ultima Dragons Facebook group to let us all know where things stand with his project, U3.5: Pax Britannia:

As you may or may not have gathered, last year was personally eventful for me. Became a dad. Clocked up another decade. Did a road trip from England to Italy and back that I’d been planning for a few years. Left my writing job in enterprise Web…