Pink
Another great article by Thomas Hormby at the Braeburn website. It begins:
"Apple had transformed from a small three man venture in the late seventies into a huge, multinational corporation in the late eighties. With the change, came troubles. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak had both left the company and so to had its entrepreneurial spirit. The Macintosh had saved the company in the mid eighties, but Apple had now become totally reliant on it, and was unwilling to pursue any projects that might compete with it. Engineers all over the company had become frustrated with the lack of creativity and innovation in the products they were working on. Apple was struggling."

Pink

A2 News and Notes
The August, 2005 issue of the A2 News and Notes Newsletter for Apple II fans has been posted by Howard Katz!
This issue:
* Old Items Are New
* A piece of Apple II History
* Apple II Imaging
* Software News
* SignOff

A2 News and Notes

Pippin Page
Here's a brief page at the Assembler website with details on the short-lived Apple/Bandai Pippin. Some good pictures of the original packaging for the collectors out there.

Apple Pippin

Ecrans Transparents
Ok - this isn't exactly Vintage Apple News, but it doesn't exlude vintage Macs either! Quite frankly, it was just too interesting not to pass along. Hopefully, everyone hasn't already seen this, (pardon us if you have) but when we stumbled on this gallery at macbidouille.com we had one of those, "That is so cool - we have to try it NOW!" moments that kept all of us up late last night trying to make it work. One thing we now know for sure - it is harder than it looks! Try it and you will see. It may not be the most fascinating thing you will ever see, but it will be the most fascinating thing you will see today! What is it? Check out the image and follow the link below to see for yourself.

Ecrans Transparents

VisiCalc
An article by Thomas Hormby recounting the history of VisiCalc. It begins:
"Apple Computer without VisiCalc would have been an entirely different company. VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet, was a major cause of the success of the Apple II, and attracted the attention of IBM to the microcomputer market. "

VisiCalc by Thomas Hormby

The Missing Bite and Katrina
The Missing Bite - THE source for Apple Logo Merchandise, Think Different Posters, and Apple Apparel, including vintage items - has announced that during the month of September, they are contributing 10% of every sale to the American Red Cross to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
They've recently added 55 NEW Apple logo items to The Missing Bite. There are many new posters, keyrings, mugs, hats, shirts, and other rare Apple collectibles now for sale.

The Missing Bite

Contributions can also be made directly here:
American Red Cross

The Macintosh Battery Web Page
If your older Mac is misbehaving and you suspect it may be the logic board battery, this page may be the place to start. Lots of information for helping get that Mac back in order!

The Macintosh Battery Web Page

Information Age: People, Information & Technology
Photographs & descriptions from the exhibition, Information Age: People, Information & Technology in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The exhibition displays visually and interactively how electrical information technology has changed our society over the last 150 years.
Includes Enigma, Eniac, Homebrew Computer Club and the Apple 1.

Information Age: People, Information & Technology

Virtual ][ Emulator Updated to Version 4.1
The fantastic 8-bit Apple II emulator for Mac OS X, Virtual ][ has been updated to version 4.1.
New in this release:
• A Mac OSX folder can now be mounted as a ProDOS disk image, making it easy to share files and folders between the Apple II and Mac environments.
• The included Spotlight module now also scans ProDOS disks (OSX 10.4 "Tiger" only).
• The program now suports double low resolution graphics on the Apple //e.
• Solved a diskette compatibiliy problem; as a result the game "Alternate Reality The Dungeon" now runs.
• Solved a cassette port compatibility problem; as a result "Beyond Castle Wolfenstein" now runs.
• Solved a issue that could cause the machine to run too fast in "high speed" mode (it would behave like "maximum speed" instead).

Virtual ][

Star Trek: Apple's First Mac OS on Intel Project
A very interesting article from Tom Hormby at Low End Mac. It begins:
"The first Apple proposal to move the Macintosh to Intel hardware did not begin with Mac OS X. It began in 1985, shortly after Steve Jobs' departure from Apple. The project was quickly nixed by Apple's management, but it would be revived several years later in a joint effort by Novell and Apple to port the Mac OS to the x86 processor."

Star Trek: Apple's First Mac OS on Intel Project