Tag: mike willegal
Several people lately have been looking at the replica realm with great interest and I found myself looking back through the files at what people had done already. One of the mainstays in the Apple II replica real was Mike Willegal, the former curator of the the Apple-1 Registry. One of the wonderful pages he had done was the “Information on Building your own Rev 0 Replica”, a page dedicated to the idea that the first Apple II available on…
Another Apple-1 computer is up for Auction on EBay. The Apple-1, the 79th listed in the official Apple-1 Registry is set for a buy it now of a cool $1.5 Million USD. The Apple-1 computer was built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in their now famed garage and was the stepping stone to making Apple Computer, Inc. what it is today. Owned now by a Krishna B. Blake of Canada, the machine was recently repaired by the famed curator…
This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with famed demo programmer Daniel Kruszyna, aka krüe. We chat about @party, the upcoming fourth annual demoparty to be held in recently beleaguered Boston, and how even non-programmers will find plenty to like. The first of three movies based on the life of Steve Jobs is now available for free online streaming — what’s the popular verdict on iSteve? There’s still more CFFAs coming from Rich Dreher, and they’ll work on even…
Howard Cantin was the man behind the printed circuit boards for many of the early atari machines as well as the Apple01 computer. Recently, Mike Willegal, creator of the Apple-1 Mimeo, sat down with Howard in a telephone interview to talk about what when into those days and his relationships with the heads of what was then Apple Computer as well as how things went with Nolan Bushnell of Atari As for the proverbial story about how Atari refused the…
Mike Willegal has announced that final beta testing on the Brain Boards has begun and that the kits will be $59.00. Pre-built units will be available at some point for an additional fee. Mike has also put out a beta of the users guide for users to familiarize themselves with the board and created a website for the board at: http://www.willegal.net/appleii/brainboard.htm Orders for the Brain Board will begin to be taken on 19 March 2011 with the first units expected…
Mike Willegal has posted a photo of his fully assembled Brain Board for the Apple II. The Brain Board turns an ordinary Apple ][ computer into an Apple-1 allowing the user to perform all of the same functionality of the Apple-1 computer while utilizing the Apple ][ cassette interface and keyboard for I/O. For more on the brainboard, check out the post at: http://www.willegal.net/blog/?p=1321
