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!

Little Rubber Feet
An article at Folklore.org. "When industrial design and the reality of purchasing meet, and we find that no detail was too small to cause problems..."

Little Rubber Feet

Apple IIGS emulator KEGS Updated
Version 0.91 of the Apple IIgs emulator KEGS is now available for download.
Changes in KEGS v0.91 since v0.90 (12/06/04):
- Fixed serious bug in engine_c.c that could cause Finder file copies to silently corrupt data.
- Virtual Modem support--modem appears on serial port, allows outgoing and incoming connections.
- Sockets (and Virtual Modem) supported on Windows.
- Fixed various reset bugs (where pressing Ctrl-Reset would cause infinite beeps, etc).
- Allow user to select ROM file from config panel if not found.
- Improved Mac OS X interface: Full Screen support and error dialogs.
- Better floppy support by always having 5.25" read nearest track regardless of head position (supports Last Gladiator game bad crack by emulating other emulators).

KEGS

This Week in Apple History, December 1-11
The latest entry in the continuing series at The Mac Observer by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin!

December 1-11: Byte Opens, Star Trek Demo, NeXT vs. Be