Wednesday, 26 January 2005
The Apple IIgs Anachronistic Application Ring
A software archive featuring applications that can be used with both emulators and real Apple IIgs machines alike.
From the site:
"This site's sole purpose is to accurately represent every Apple IIgs application so they don't vanish forever while we were all waiting for software companies to reclassify their programs as freeware."
The Apple IIgs Anachronistic Application Ring
Tuesday, 25 January 2005
Newton Gallery
This great gallery of Apple Newton MessagePads covers all models from the original MessagePad to the able Newton 2100 with pictures, descriptions and specifications. Also features concepts, prototypes and other Newton OS based devices like the eMate 300 and the Digital Ocean Tarpon. Cool!
Newton Gallery
Monday, 24 January 2005
Spotlight on Apple Lisa
Here is a great tribute to the Apple Lisa from frequent contributer to The Mothership, Marcin Wichary at the Guidebook website! Great information and very well done!
From the page:
"In 1983 Apple launched Lisa - an office computer with one of the first commercial GUIs. Lisa survived on the market only for two years, but paved way for Macintosh and other user-friendly computers. In this spotlight you can find many unique or hard-to-find materials about this groundbreaking machine."
Spotlight on Apple Lisa
Friday, 21 January 2005
Apple Computer: An Interview With Steve Wozniak
Another hidden treasure at atarimagazines.com. This time Danny Goodman interviews Steve Wozniak in Creative Computing Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 11/November, 1984/Page 285.
From the article:
"At the extravagant unveiling of Apple's IIc computer last April, the legend of Apple's humble beginnings was documented in a special historical exhibit. Vintage photographs of two young, blue-jeaned, beaded, and shaggy haired computer freaks surrounded other memorabilia, including the wood-cased Apple 1 computer, a foreunner of the personal computing revolution."
Enjoy!
An Interview With Steve Wozniak
Thursday, 20 January 2005
Apple Discontinues Development of Newton OS
This is the February 27, 1998 Press Release announcing the death of the often maligned, yet also widely loved Newton operating system and Newton OS-based products. It was truly a sad day for Newton fans!
The Death of Newton
Wednesday, 19 January 2005
The Secrets of ProDOS
This article is reprinted from The Australian Apple Review - June 1987, by Gareth Powell. It details the joy that was and is ProDOS. From the article:
"As the Apple progressed forward so did the operating system until we arrived at ProDOS which is, in effect, a two level operating system. At its highest level it is a sophisticated tool which programmers can and do access to make the Apple run better/faster/smarter. At another level it is an operating system which offers a series of commands to the normal user which helps improve the interface between user and computer or, slightly less pompously, lets you get the best out of your Apple."
The Secrets of ProDOS
Tuesday, 18 January 2005
The Apple IIgs Educational Retrospective Slamdunk
From the site:
"This site's sole purpose is to accurately represent every piece of Apple IIgs educational software so they don't vanish forever while we were all waiting for software companies to reclassify their programs as freeware."
IIgs Educational Retrospactive Slamdunk
System 6 Vault
The System 6 Vault has lots of links to Utilities, Control Panels, Extensions and a whole lot more - all for the loveable System 6!
System 6 Vault
Monday, 17 January 2005
Old Macs in an OS X Environment
This page describes various aspects of compatability between System 6 and OS X. Some handy information!
Old Macs & OS X
Friday, 14 January 2005
Apple's Twiggy Disks
This page explains the history of the Twiggy drive and disks which were used in the original Lisa 1 and Macintosh prototypes, and includes images of the disks and packaging.
From the page:
"In the early '80s, Apple fell victim to a serious case of NIH Syndrome (Not Invented Here), and decided to manufacture their own disk drives. Not content to be industry compatible, instead they designed what they believed to be leading-edge drives: the Twiggy floppy drive and the Widget hard drive."
Apple's Twiggy Disks
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