This Week in Apple History
Once again we revisit the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The January 11-17, 2004 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "The Woz Gets Married, '1984' Starts Showing".

This Week in Apple History
January 11-17: The Woz Gets Married, '1984' Starts Showing

Apple Cart...
A column by John J. Anderson at Atarimagazines.com which originally appeared in Creative Computing Vol. 9, No. 7 / July 1983 / Page 252.
From the column:
"I had the opportunity recently to attend the International Apple Core user's group conference in Santa Clara, CA. Apple footed the bill for attendance by representatives of over 90 user's groups in the U.S. and Canada. The IAC has a membership of over 80,000, all tole, in some 4000 independent groups. I met representatives from as far away as West Germany and Australia. IIe or not IIe.
The reason for the three day party at the Marriott Hotel was to introduce the fold to the IIe, and the IIe into the fold. Apple personnel who were part of the development of the IIe were on hand to discus the machine, highlight to differences between it and the older Apple, and provide insight into its improvements."

Apple Cart...

Apple II Hardware Review
A 1978 A Creative Computing Equipment Profile by Steve North presented at The Trailing Edge site.
The Intro:
"The following is a review of the original Apple II microcomputer. It appeared in the Jul-Aug 1978 issue of Creative Computing. The magazine is no longer published so the address in the following notice is invalid but I'm including the notice per the instructions in the magazine on re-printing their articles"

Apple II Hardware Review

8-Bit Apple II Expansion
This page from the neat "Mainly Neat Stuff" website by Phil Beesley documents expansion options for Apple II owners. The introduction:
"When the Apple II was on the drawing board, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs argued whether it should have expansion slots. Fortunately, Wozniak won the argument and the Apple II was not a closed system. The range of cards below gives an indication of how much more powerful a basic Apple II could become."

8-Bit Apple II Expansion

A2 News and Notes
The December, 2005 issue of the A2 News and Notes Newsletter for Apple II fans has been posted by Howard Katz!
This issue:
* Oh Baby!
* Apple Knowledge
* Apple II Addict
* Online Reading
* Gaming Memories
* Software News
* Emulation News
* SignOff

A2 News and Notes

This Week in Apple History
Today we return to one year ago to revisit the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The January 1-10, 2005 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, " eWorld, Cloning Begins, Gil Puts 'Em To Sleep, & iPod mini". Worth a second look!

This Week in Apple History
January 1-10: eWorld, Cloning Begins, Gil Puts 'Em To Sleep, & iPod mini

Max IIfx
A 1999 article by Steve Wood. It begins:
"I'd always wanted a Mac IIfx. I'm not really sure where or when I got on this jag, but I knew it had been the 'King of Macs' at one time. Listing for around $10,000, circa 1992, I was delighted to get one loaded for $162.50 on eBay. Automobile depreciation drives folks nuts at times, but this example of computer depreciation had me shaking my head."

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Max IIfx

A/UX Server Penelope
The definitive source for Apple A/UX information, images, screen shots and downloads. From the site:
"Apple Unix (A/UX) is Apple's port of Unix to the original Macintosh. Specifically, it's a port of AT&T Unix System V.2.2 (with a handful of BSD-extensions) to Macintosh systems that were based on the Motorola 680x0 line of processors. You might be asking, "Another port of Unix... What's so special about that?" Well, A/UX combines the stability of Unix System V with the friendly graphical-user-interface (GUI) of the Macintosh Operating system. This hybrid-environment allows you to run both Macintosh and Unix programs on a single system. Sounds vaguely familiar, doesn't it?."

A/UX Server Penelope

Beagle Bros. of the 90's?
An article at Panic.com by Steven Frank , Panic co-founder, about the coolest software company of the 80's.

It Begins:
"It's nostalgia time!
I was about eleven years old during my Apple II+ heyday. Somewhere in this time frame I was thumbing through the latest issue of inCider magazine when I noted with excitement the latest advertisement from Beagle Bros. Micro Software.
I don't generally get a rush from print ads, but there was just something about them. Standing amidst the promotional copy were these old-fashioned, Victorian style, wood-cut looking figures who mysteriously carried around placards or signs with short BASIC programs on them.
The beauty of it was, if you typed these programs into your Apple II and ran them, they actually did something cool."

Beagle Bros. of the 90's?

Good Earth
Once again we tap that valuable Apple history resource, Folklore.org for a tale of days gone by. Today we present an article entitled Good Earth by Andy Hertzfeld, about the original Mac team's original office.

Good Earth