1984 Apple Macintosh Evaluation
Yesterday we presented the text of an Apple Lisa evaluation article by Melvin Merkin at atarimagazines.com. Well, just to round things out, here is a Macintosh evaluation article by John J. Anderson which originally appeared in Creative Computing magazine, Vol. 10, No. 4/April, 1984/Page 38.

1984 Apple Macintosh Evaluation

In love with Lisa!
Buried deep at atarimagazines.com (a great classic computing resource), we found the text of an Apple Lisa evaluation article by Melvin Merkin, which originally appeared in Creative Computing magazine, Vol. 9, No. 10/October, 1983/Page 12. An enjoyable read!

In love with Lisa

Early Apple Manuals in PDF Format
The first published technical reference manual for the Apple II computer, known as the "Red Book" as well as several other early Apple II manuals are available for download in PDF format at Bitsavers.org!

Early Apple Manuals - Mirror 1

Early Apple Manuals - Mirror 2

Early Apple Manuals - Mirror 3

A2 News and Notes
The December, 2004 issue of the A2 News and Notes Newsletter has been posted by Howard Katz!
This issue:
* Geek Pinup
* Wonderbook Wonderment
* Apple II Photo Finish
* Software News
* Emulation News
* SignOff

A2 News and Notes

This Week in Apple History, December 19-31
The latest entry in the continuing series at The Mac Observer by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin!
This completes the year in Apple History!

This Week in Apple History, December 19-31

The Woz Wonderbook
The DigiBarn Computer Museum presents the wonderful Woz Wonderbook!
From the page:
"The 'Woz Wonderbook' was a compilation of notes from Steve Wozniak's filing cabinet that served as the first documentation and technical support manual for the Apple II computer (before the more famous "red book" of January 1978)."
This treasure should be of interest to all Apple history enthusiasts as well as vintage computer fans in general!

The Woz Wonderbook

An Interview with Wendell Sander, Father of the Apple III
An interesting interview with Wendell Sander, Ph.D. by David Ottalini at The DigiBarn Computer Museum. Originally published in The /// Magazine, November, 1986 Issue.

Interview with Wendell Sander

Apple and the Floppy Drive
From the site:
"The histories of Apple Computer and the floppy drive have been intertwined ever since Steve Wozniak hacked together a workable floppy drive controller hours before the start of the 1978 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
In this site, we will explore how Apple's choice of the floppy as the storage medium of choice for the Apple II and later, the original Macintosh influenced the development of floppies as an industry standard.
We will follow Apple's use of the floppy up to May 1998, when the company's dramatic omission of the floppy drive in the iMac demonstrated the ultimate rejection of the floppy as a viable method of data storage."

Apple and the Floppy Drive

Rare NRI Computer Kit on eBay!
Ok...this isn't exactly Vintage Apple News - but should be of interest to any vintage computer fan. Here is a very rare, very early, very complete, very NEW, 1971 National Radio Institute NRI 832 Computer Kit! I think we can safely say that you will never see another one like it.

1971 National Radio Institute NRI 832 Computer Kit

Old-Tyme Mac Disks
This is an interesting project - the scanning of old Mac floppy disk labels. Lets hope this continues to grow. It's a part of Apple history that should be documented!

Old-Tyme Mac Disks