Apple II Disk Repair - On The Cheap!
This page at Applefritter.com recalls the repair of an Apple Disk II drive. A little techie, but it may come in handy to those who regularly dabble in the sometimes dicey world of creaky old hardware. (Like us!) Reprinted from parts of a "II Alive" magazine article.
Apple II Disk Repair - On The Cheap!
Larry's Original Review of the Macintosh
This review of the Original 128k Macintosh by Lawrence J. Magid from January 29, 1984 originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. An interesting read!
Larry's Original Review
Mike Riddle & The History of CAD
A Special page at The DigiBarn Computer Museum; Mike Riddle & the Story of Interact, AutoCAD, EasyCAD, FastCAD & more.
It begins:
"Mike Riddle, the father of AutoCAD and innovator of much of what the CAD industry is today, gave us a wonderful recounting of the roots, technology, business and personalities of the early microcomputer-based CAD world. Thanks Mike for a tour de force de CAD and for filling such an important piece of the history of computing!"
Mike Riddle & The History of CAD
The Beginning ///
This article by Richard and Lavona Rann (with a bit of editing by Dave Ottalini), originally published in On Three Magazine January, 1987 is a nice basic primer on the operation of the Apple III computer.
The Beginning ///
A Lisa 2/10 Story
This story is part of computer collector Josh Dersch's website, and nicely describes his experience with a Lisa 2/10. His adventure is similar to the one all of us go through with our Lisa! (Is Lisa the plural of Lisa?) He includes a pictorial of the booting, environment and shutdown, and even manages to capture the screen flash as the Lisa shuts off!
A Lisa 2/10 Story
On Xerox, Apple, and Progress
This is an article by Bruce Horn, reprinted from TidBITS #320/25-Mar 1996. As it states in the preface, "Any number of people will try to tell you about the origins of the Macintosh, but Bruce Horn was one of the people who made it happen."
On Xerox, Apple, and Progress
A Mac for Mick
An interesting tale authored by Andy Hertzfeld at Folklore.org recalling the less than enthusiastic Mick Jagger as he was presented with a new Mac by Steve Jobs, Mike Murray and Bill Atkinson in 1984.
A Mac for Mick
Apple and the History of Personal Computer Design
Ed Tracy, a graduate student at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto takes us through an extensive design history focusing largely on Macintosh computers.
Apple and the History of Personal Computer Design
A History of Apple's Operating Systems
A extensive article at kernalthread.com by Amit Singh offering a detailed history of OS history at Apple. It begins:
"Mac OS X is a unique operating system in that it represents a rather successful coming together o paradigms, ideologies, and technologies that have usually resisted each other in the past. It is a result o the trials and tribulations of Apple and NeXT, as well as their user and developer communities"
A History of Apple's Operating Systems
Alice
Alice, (aka "Through the Looking Glass") was the first Macintosh game and the only game that Apple ever published. Released in 1984 for the first 128k Mac, it is truly an important part of Apple history. The first link below will take you to the complete story of Alice at Folklore.org. the second to Andy Ihnatko's September 2000 recollection of playing Alice at Macworld.com. You can even find a download of Alice by searching Google, but you will need a real vintage Mac or the vMac emulator, as Alice won't run in Classic.
The Story of Alice at Folklore.org
The Game Room at Macworld.com
