Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member
A fascinating recollection of the famous Homebrew Computer Club by one of its members, Bob Lash.
It Begins:
"My first exposure to computers was at age 6 (1963), as a subject in Dr. Patrick Suppes' accelerated mathematics experiment at Stanford. I was taken to a small room with what I now know was a CRT display and an intercom. I was asked to push some keys in response to some shapes on the screen. Afterwards, they showed me around a large room filled with big cabinets, some with lots of blinking white lights."
Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member
Busy Being Born
A visual history of the development of the Lisa/Macintosh user interface at Folklore.org. It Begins:
"The Macintosh User Interface wasn't designed all at once; it was actually the result of almost five years of experimentation and development at Apple, starting with graphics routines that Bill Atkinson began writing for Lisa in late 1978. Like any evolutionary process, there were lots of false starts and blind alleys along the way. It's a shame that these tend to be lost to history, since there is a lot that we can learn from them."
Busy Being Born
Free Software for the Apple II
This is an index of free software catagorized for your convenience. Apple II users, check it out!
Free Software for the Apple II
Mac Hut
Frequent Mothership contributer Joshua Coventry has started the Mac Hut section of his site to rescue legal abandonware. Worth a look to those interested in keeping those old Macs running and useful!
Mac Hut
AppleCrate: An Apple II-Based Parallel Computer
This Apple IIe based project by Michael J. Mahon is a wonder to behold! A wooden cube housing eight Apple IIe boards running in parrallel. Why? Why not!
AppleCrate: An Apple II-Based Parallel Computer
Apple II Peripheral Guide
This great reference for Apple II users at Apple2.org includes:
• RAM Card / Chip Cross References
• Floppy Drives
• Drive Compatibility
• Disk Compatibility
• SCSI Card Specs
• Parallel and Serial Cards
• Other Peripheral Cards
• Input Devices
• Upgrades & Accellerators
• Co-processor Cards
(Remember to click the navigation arrows at the bottom or top)
Apple II Peripheral Guide
The Apple Question
In this little time capsule from 1997 at the TCU.edu help desk, Steve Levering discusses the future of the Mac OS. Will it be Copland, NeXt or the lovely and talented Be OS?
It begins:
"Here's the most frequently asked question I've heard through January so far: "Hey Steve, you said Apple was going to buy Be Computers-so why did they buy NeXT instead?" The phrasing and wording varies somewhat, but the truth is that Apple surprised many people, myself included, by purchasing NeXT instead of Be."
The Apple Question
Great A/UX Collection
This is a list of articles and links to more information than you need about Apple's original UNIX based operating system, A/UX. It's mysterious. It's legendary. It's useful? You be the judge.
Great A/UX Collection
Old Mac, New Tricks
Here's a 2001 article from Macworld on increasing the usefulness of that vintage Apple computer!
It begins:
"Remember that old Power Mac 7500 you banished to the attic when you bought your speedy new G4 last year? Granted, it's not the lightning-fast Windows killer it used to be, but that doesn't mean it's ready for the junk pile. If you find the right job for it, you can still get plenty of use out of your old Mac friend, often with only a small investment in hardware, software, or both."
Old Mac, New Tricks
PowerBook Repair Nightmares
This pair of repair nightmares from The PowerBook Source is presented here not to insult specific retailers, but just as a lesson in learning from the struggles of others.
PowerBook Repair Nightmares, Volume 1
PowerBook Repair Nightmares, Volume 2
