Category Archives: Apple II

Readers will recall that one of my favorite projects of late was putting my beloved Apple //c to daily use as a text terminal to Mac OS X running an IRC client, by way of a null modem serial link. … Continue reading →

Apple II lovers take note: a2RetroSystems is selling a limited run of the $89 Uthernet ethernet board for the Apple ][+, IIe, and IIgs. As of this posting there are 16 available. I ordered mine this morning. Rest assured that … Continue reading →

I experienced 30 minutes of intense pain this evening. I took a quick glimpse at eBay’s “Vintage Computing” listings this evening and what I saw was amazing. That’s right. A new-in-box Apple //c system: main unit, monitor, monitor stand and … Continue reading →

Apple marketing has long done a number on me. And not just in these flashy days of iPod “shadow dancers” and all that hipness. No, even back in the mid-’80s days of their classy, perhaps conservative product ads featuring the … Continue reading →

So, I wanted to pick up (one) ImageWriter II color ribbon to do a few test pages from the Apple IIgs on my new Apple ImageWriter II printer. I’ve since found that one can still buy these at Staples, but … Continue reading →

It was with the purchase of my second computer, an Apple //c back in 1984, that I first received a set of Apple stickers. Apple has long bundled an Apple logo sticker with its major products, so users can show … Continue reading →

Earlier this evening I was reading posts at the 68kMLA Forums when I stumbled upon one of the most interesting retro computing projects I’ve ever encountered. I am speaking of the BlueFlash board, a combination Bluetooth / Disk Controller / … Continue reading →

Someone in a recent IRC chat pointed out to me an eBay auction for what might actually be the object on this earth that I would most like to possess, surpassing all other material items by a rather significant margin. … Continue reading →

As regular readers may be aware, one of my first machines was an Apple //c. I sold my TI-99/4A and got a //c in April or May of 1984. I was 11. I have particularly fond memories of it and … Continue reading →