Personal Robots
This article by Gordon McComb at Atarimagazines.com originally appeared in Creative Computing, Vol. 9, No. 11 / November 1983 / Page 196. The future of personal robots is examined, including Topo, who "comes with a TopoForth disk that runs on an Apple II/IIe."

Personal Robots

Word Perfect for the Apple IIe, IIc,and IIgs
This is the official release page at apple2.org.za for Word Perfect for the Apple IIe, IIc,and IIgs as public domain software! Includes a review, and downloads.

Word Perfect for the Apple IIe, IIc,and IIgs

Nybbles
Another tale by Andy Hertzfeld at Folklore.org. This time, the story of his first job on the Macintosh project.
It begins:
"My very first job on the Mac project was to help Burrell Smith and Brian Howard verify that the disk controller was working properly. They had just wired up a Woz-style disk controller to the Macintosh prototype, but they had no way to test if it was working properly without writing a fairly complicated program."

Nybbles

Implementing VisiCalc
Bob Frankston, co-author of VisiCalc for the Apple II recalls the development process.

From the page:
"This is my long-delayed attempt at writing about my experience in writing VisiCalc and the many design decisions that we made along the way. But even after nearly a quarter century I remember many of the details though maybe my memories have evolved. The process of writing down this experience is already evoking many memories and, unless proven otherwise, I'll assume that they are memories of real events but others may view it differently and I will try to correct the more creative aspects of my memory."

Implementing VisiCalc

Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member
A fascinating recollection of the famous Homebrew Computer Club by one of its members, Bob Lash.
It Begins:
"My first exposure to computers was at age 6 (1963), as a subject in Dr. Patrick Suppes' accelerated mathematics experiment at Stanford. I was taken to a small room with what I now know was a CRT display and an intercom. I was asked to push some keys in response to some shapes on the screen. Afterwards, they showed me around a large room filled with big cabinets, some with lots of blinking white lights."

Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member

Busy Being Born
A visual history of the development of the Lisa/Macintosh user interface at Folklore.org. It Begins:
"The Macintosh User Interface wasn't designed all at once; it was actually the result of almost five years of experimentation and development at Apple, starting with graphics routines that Bill Atkinson began writing for Lisa in late 1978. Like any evolutionary process, there were lots of false starts and blind alleys along the way. It's a shame that these tend to be lost to history, since there is a lot that we can learn from them."

Busy Being Born

Free Software for the Apple II
This is an index of free software catagorized for your convenience. Apple II users, check it out!

Free Software for the Apple II

Mac Hut
Frequent Mothership contributer Joshua Coventry has started the Mac Hut section of his site to rescue legal abandonware. Worth a look to those interested in keeping those old Macs running and useful!

Mac Hut

AppleCrate: An Apple II-Based Parallel Computer
This Apple IIe based project by Michael J. Mahon is a wonder to behold! A wooden cube housing eight Apple IIe boards running in parrallel. Why? Why not!

AppleCrate: An Apple II-Based Parallel Computer

Apple II Peripheral Guide
This great reference for Apple II users at Apple2.org includes:

• RAM Card / Chip Cross References
• Floppy Drives
• Drive Compatibility
• Disk Compatibility
• SCSI Card Specs
• Parallel and Serial Cards
• Other Peripheral Cards
• Input Devices
• Upgrades & Accellerators
• Co-processor Cards

(Remember to click the navigation arrows at the bottom or top)

Apple II Peripheral Guide