Macs for the Masses: Three New Macs Priced to Sell
Here is another cool vintage article at atarimagazines.com. This time a 1991 David English article discusses the new Classic, LC, and the IIsi. It originally appeared in Compute!, Issue 128/April, 1991/Page 26.
From the article:
"Computers for the rest of us? That's what Apple hopes it has with its three new Macs: the Classic, the LC, and the IIsi. With earnings down for the third quarter of 1990, Apple had been criticized for concentrating on its high-end models at the expense of its entry-level machines.
The new Macs are designed to shore up Apple's low end with a competitively priced black-and-white Mac, and entry-level color Mac that sells for less than half the price of any previous color Mac, and a new color Mac II that's $1,600 less than the model it replaces. With increased competition from Windows 3.0 and a barrage of cheap MS-DOS computers, Apple had to act and act decisively."

Macs for the Masses

And Another Thing...Friction Between the Mac and Lisa Teams
This bit of folklore at Folklore.org by Andy Hertzfeld details the sometimes adversarial relationship between the Macintosh and Lisa development teams at Apple.

And Another Thing...

512K Mac: Packing the Missing Punch; Apple Introduces the Fat Mac.
We hope you are enjoying these hidden treasures at atarimagazines.com as much as we are. This time we've found an evaluation article of the 512k Mac by John J. Anderson. This originally appeared in Creative Computing Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 2/February, 1985/Page 46.
From the article:
"It has been six months now since my initial review of the Macintosh computer appeared in the pages of the July 1984 issue of Creative Computing. I received more mail concerning that review than any piece I have ever written. I got letters telling me I was wrong: that the Macintosh was a gimmick, a flash in the pan, and I was foolish to call it a "breakthrough." I got letters telling me I was wrong: that the Macintosh was the greatest thing to happen to computing, and I was foolish to poke holes in such a miraculous development."

Apple Introduces the Fat Mac

The Apple IIgs Anachronistic Application Ring
A software archive featuring applications that can be used with both emulators and real Apple IIgs machines alike.
From the site:
"This site's sole purpose is to accurately represent every Apple IIgs application so they don't vanish forever while we were all waiting for software companies to reclassify their programs as freeware."

The Apple IIgs Anachronistic Application Ring

Newton Gallery
This great gallery of Apple Newton MessagePads covers all models from the original MessagePad to the able Newton 2100 with pictures, descriptions and specifications. Also features concepts, prototypes and other Newton OS based devices like the eMate 300 and the Digital Ocean Tarpon. Cool!

Newton Gallery

Spotlight on Apple Lisa
Here is a great tribute to the Apple Lisa from frequent contributer to The Mothership, Marcin Wichary at the Guidebook website! Great information and very well done!
From the page:
"In 1983 Apple launched Lisa - an office computer with one of the first commercial GUIs. Lisa survived on the market only for two years, but paved way for Macintosh and other user-friendly computers. In this spotlight you can find many unique or hard-to-find materials about this groundbreaking machine."

Spotlight on Apple Lisa

Apple Computer: An Interview With Steve Wozniak
Another hidden treasure at atarimagazines.com. This time Danny Goodman interviews Steve Wozniak in Creative Computing Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 11/November, 1984/Page 285.
From the article:
"At the extravagant unveiling of Apple's IIc computer last April, the legend of Apple's humble beginnings was documented in a special historical exhibit. Vintage photographs of two young, blue-jeaned, beaded, and shaggy haired computer freaks surrounded other memorabilia, including the wood-cased Apple 1 computer, a foreunner of the personal computing revolution."
Enjoy!

An Interview With Steve Wozniak

Apple Discontinues Development of Newton OS
This is the February 27, 1998 Press Release announcing the death of the often maligned, yet also widely loved Newton operating system and Newton OS-based products. It was truly a sad day for Newton fans!

The Death of Newton

The Secrets of ProDOS
This article is reprinted from The Australian Apple Review - June 1987, by Gareth Powell. It details the joy that was and is ProDOS. From the article:
"As the Apple progressed forward so did the operating system until we arrived at ProDOS which is, in effect, a two level operating system. At its highest level it is a sophisticated tool which programmers can and do access to make the Apple run better/faster/smarter. At another level it is an operating system which offers a series of commands to the normal user which helps improve the interface between user and computer or, slightly less pompously, lets you get the best out of your Apple."

The Secrets of ProDOS

The Apple IIgs Educational Retrospective Slamdunk
From the site:
"This site's sole purpose is to accurately represent every piece of Apple IIgs educational software so they don't vanish forever while we were all waiting for software companies to reclassify their programs as freeware."

IIgs Educational Retrospactive Slamdunk