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

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