Category: Apple News
‘Beneath Apple DOS’ is considered one of the most important publications for the Apple II for providing deep information about Apple’s DOS. Mike Maginnis, maintainer of 6502lane.net and Apple II Scans has made the original text files public, with the help of the original author, Don Worth. In a 6502lane’s article he tells us a bit about the process he…
Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Stack Exchange posted an article telling about his early experience with Beagle Bros software and how that influenced how he thinks about software today. “Playing with the Beagle Bros quirky Apple II floppies in middle school and high school, and the smorgasboard of oddball hobbyist ephemera collected on them, was a rite of passage for me…”…
First known as “Apple Music II”, and later renamed “Music Card MC1”, this Apple II sound card had nine voices on a single card, delivering excellent sound quality for your projects. But what if you can’t find one nowadays? To fill this gap, Plamen Vaysilov has produced a clone of the ALF MC1, and he’s selling it on eBay for…
This month on Open Apple, the guys sit down with Beagles Bros Randy Brandt, Mark Simonsen Tom Weishaar, and Alan Bird. They share stories of Beagle’s development, poke lots of fun at each other, and check in on where everyone is now. They also talk about the upcoming Oz KFest in Australia, and much more Apple II love! Link: Open-Apple
Back from a long hiatus, Drop III Inches podcast has Mike and Paul discussing+ the newly-available cornucopia of games for the Apple ///, and then introducing the next bit of audio from the 1987 Phase III conference. The conference presentation was a panel discussion of the future of Apple III hardware and SOS, with Bob Consorti of On Three and…
Blumenau, Santa Catarina is a city located in southern of Brazil, and it is well known for its Oktoberfest, as well as its unique architecture influenced by the German colonization. Now the city inhabitants can also enjoy a bit of retro computing. Last November, the city received its first Retro computing museum, dedicated to the history of Apple computers. With…
KansasFest will happen from Tuesday, July 14, through Sunday, July 19. It will be the 27th convention bringing together users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, for six days and five nights of sessions, demos, announcements, contests, and camaraderie. Registration details and the identity of the keynote speaker are coming very soon. Link: KansasFest…
Apple II Scans has just made available the book The Apple //c Book – Your Complete Guide to Mastering Apple’s Newest Computer by Bill O’Brien. Today’s hobbyist won’t find much new here, as it lacks the technical depth of Gary B. Little’s Inside the Apple IIc, but it’s a well-written, fun beginner’s guide, and worth preserving. To download the book,…
Well, it is not really ‘ours’, but the one The Henry Ford bought from the auction at Bonhams’ last year. Kristen Gallerneaux, Curator of Communications and Information Technology at The Henry Ford, wrote an interesting article covering the steps the institute followed to buy that specific machine. To read the full article, follow the link below. Link: The Henry Ford
In mid-November, John Romero shared with the Apple II community some sad news: Bob Bishop, co-founder of Apple’s R&D department and KansasFest 2011 keynote speaker, had passed away. According to A2Central and Apple II Bits, the word went out on Facebook via Gary Koffler that the late Bob Bishop’s Apple II collection might be heading for the dumpster. John and…
