I am currently at the end of the week-long annual event known as KansasFest (or “KFest” to the old-timers), and have again been enjoying my time here. I especially enjoy the opportunity to learn something new about something old — the Apple II, of…
One of the earliest articles that I added to the History was back in 2002, a very brief discussion of Bob Bishop and his program, APPLE-VISION. It concluded by saying that he had written “a lot of programs” and “did many other things” (weasel…
Check out Ken Gagne has posted a great list of classic Apple II and IIGS games in his post here on the Apple II Bits blog.
Blake Patterson of the ByteCellar has Apple promotional DVDs that he obtained many years ago. These contained commercials and other videos about Apple products, primarily from the late 1980s and early 1990s. He uploaded these videos to YouTube, and his post here shows a…
I often found it frustrating in my high school English classes when it was necessary to critique a piece of fiction that we were assigned as a class to read. What was the symbolism expressed by this character? What philosophy is being championed in…
Can’t be all work and no fun – though this fun was a lot of work! See what it’s like to walk around inside of an Apple II: Addendum: After I originally posted this, I decided that it needed a little more explanation. (I…
My first introduction to a microcomputer was a North Star back in 1980, and soon after had my first contact with the Apple II Plus. In both cases, I experienced the benefits of the latest and greatest in data storage and retrieval: The power…
The 6502 holds a place of honor amongst the Apple II faithful only slightly lower than that occupied by Steve Wozniak. Apple likes to conclude their press releases with a brief company history that begins with the phrase, “Apple ignited the personal computer revolution…
The end of one year and the start of a next has traditionally made us think of the past, present, and future. Perhaps that was where Dickens got the idea to use ghosts of those persuasions in order to tell his Christmas Carol story….