Developer restarts Apple II AI programming project
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Developer andrewstuart has restarted the open-source project Apple II Agent, launched in January this year, enabling the Apple IIe to call Anthropic's Claude Opus via chat, directly generate BASIC or assembly programs, and write them into real Apple II memory. In use, the agent needs to run on a Unix-like machine (which can be a Mac); the Apple II side currently requires a Uthernet II network card, but the author says other network interfaces can be adapted. The code is already public on GitHub.
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The author revived an open source Apple II Agent project in which an Apple IIe client connects over an Uthernet II Ethernet card, via a Mac proxy with Claude API access, to Anthropic's Claude Opus model so AI can write software through a chat on the machine itself. After automated testing in emulators on the proxy, the agent deploys new BASIC or assembly programs directly into real Apple II memory over the Ethernet link, and the author has made mouse-supported solitaire games and a Sim City clone. The code is on GitHub, the proxy runs on a Unix-like machine, and the Apple II end currently requires an Uthernet II card though it could be adapted to other network interfaces.
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