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

The End of eWorld
A minute-by-minute account of the closing of Apple's online service. This page uses chat logs and screen shots to document the dying breath - the very last moments - of Apple's eWorld, and what it was like to be online as it was shut down. Pretty cool!

The End of eWorld

Wow - Rare - Look!
A page at Binary Dinosaurs sarcastically discussing the common practice of selling of common computer items as "Rare" on online auctions.

Wow - Rare - Look!

Maybe It's Time to Buy a Newton
An article by Dennis Sellers at Macsimum News discussing our favorite PDA. From the article:
"Maybe it's time for me to buy a Newton. I had one years ago, but sold it--and have regretted it ever since. And the Apple-developed PDA continues to thrive."

Maybe It's Time to Buy a Newton

2005 Classic Computers of the Past Calendar
Digicraft Software's 2005 Classic Computers of the Past Calendar features a different vintage computer each month. Apple, Commodore, Texas Instruments, Atari and others are represented! They are only $7.99 + shipping so get one while they last!

Classic Computers of the Past Calendar

Revolution in The Valley - The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
Were back on the mainland, but still on vacation - and all nursing a bit of tropical sunburn! Regular updates will resume on Monday, but in the meantime here is an link to Andy Hertzfeld's new book tracing the development of the Macintosh computer from its inception as an underground skunkworks project in 1979 to its triumphant introduction in 1984 and beyond.

Revolution in The Valley

Fantastic Apple Historical DVD's
We were stunned to see the amount of rare video content on these five compilation DVD's featuring early footage, most never seen by the general public. They are available for purchase at the link below, and every Apple fan interested in Apple History (and you wouldn't be reading this if you weren't) absolutely MUST check them out! Really an amazing collection that you will never again find available in one place. Thank you to Andrew for giving us this link to his eBay store!

Apple-History-Store

The Mothership Crew Winter Vacation
Next week the entire Mothership crew will be taking our annual holiday break. There will be no updates next week unless we go temporarily insane and find an online computer in a quite spot in the Bahamas and can put down the umbrella drinks long enough. See you when we return, and remember - play nice!