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Seattle, Washington – July 20, 2025 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has published a new, expanded, color 2nd Edition of “Nibble Viewpoints: Business Insights From The Computing Revolution.” The book was first published June 26, 2016 with Mike Harvey’s enthusiasm. This new color edition adds 45 pieces of Mike’s art, over 80 magazine covers, plus an interview with Mike, a historic presentation, and stories of friendship and production details by producer Brian Wiser. It also includes over 60…
For those of our retro friends north of the border, the Chilliwack Retro-Computing Club has announced their first meeting of 2025. The announced meeting will be on the 16th of January from 6:30pm to 9:30pm at the Chilliwack Cowork at 12-8465 Harvard Place, Chilliwack, BC, Canada, British Columbia. The Chilliwack Retro-Computing Club generally meets the 3rd Thursday of each month and topics include a variety of Retro computing platforms. The host of the event is Rob C FrameHaven . For more…
Silverwand Software has released the ninth and final issue of Script-Central Special Edition. This issue includes many new stacks, many updated stacks, fonts, many utilities and tools, and even Macintosh versions of several stacks. SCSE v9n4 floor plan Highlights of this issue include: HyperMover GS v1.2 – a new version of HyperMover by Brendan Bellina that includes the improvements from HyperMover v1.1u and additional support for the properties sharedHilite, sharedText, dontSearch, and button families. The Macintosh version of HyperMover v1.2…
Seattle, Washington – 28 July 2024 – Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) is proud to announce a new, ‘extra special’ 3rd Edition of The WOZPAK Special Edition: Steve Wozniak’s Apple-1 & Apple II Computers. The WOZPAK was the first official technical resource for the Apple II computer, with original material provided directly by Steve Wozniak and Apple Computer president Mike Scott to the A.P.P.L.E. User Group. 2024 Update: a mere 11 years after we released the “Special Edition,” we…
Randy Brandt, programmer of Beagle Bros and JEM Software fame, has launched a Kickstarter for “Heroes of D-Day: 101st Airborne“ – playing cards featuring WW2 mini-biographies. The Kickstarter has 23 days to go with a goal of $1,944 to fully fund the project. As Randy shared, “We are three months from the 80th anniversary of D-Day. In honor of the brave paratroopers of the 101st Airborne, I’ve created a special deck of playing cards.” Randy is passionate about history and…
It is with a heavy heart that we convey the passing of a trailblazer in the adventure gaming community, Gerald Marshall Moore, known to most people as Shay Addams. Gerald’s extraordinary journey, spanning 76 years, concluded tragically on December 8th, 2023, as a fire consumed the childhood home that had been witness to the chapters of his remarkable life. Born in Manchester, GA, in 1946, Gerald was a man of diverse interests. Literature, writing, and exploration defined his essence. From…
The Apple-Dayton User Group Disk of the Month Software Library, a valuable resource for Apple II enthusiasts, has recently received an update with the addition of a number of new disks. Thanks to the contributions from James Littlejohn and John Burchett, the library has expanded its collection of software. The Apple-Dayton User Group Software Library is known for its comprehensive collection of Apple II software, providing users with a wide range of programs, utilities, games, and educational tools. With the…
James Joseph Shackel, an A.P.P.L.E. Member, Kansasfest attendee, long time Apple II user, Arizona Air National Guard Lt. Col. and Southwest Airlines pilot passed away January 19th, 2023 at the age of 58. Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/james-shackel-obituary?id=39585348
A Note from Peter Forth, curator of the Forth2020 Programming language legacy Group on Facebook:
Recently, Apple II programmer Brian Picchi had a chance to catch up with Beagle Bros founder, Bert Kersey. According to Picchi, Bert was surprised that so many people still remembered and were fans of Beagle. Here is the recorded video message from Bert Kersey to the Apple II community: https://www.facebook.com/bpicchi/videos/533635638687240
Sean Gugler is the talented programmer and game designer behind the highly-acclaimed Apple II puzzle game Candy Weaver as well as the much appreciated Ultima IV Remastered project to rid the world of troublesome crashes and bugs! Sean’s Candy Weaver rose to the top of the competition during Apple II Software Enthusiasts (A2SE) fall programming exhibition on Facebook, showcasing his skills and Applesoft BASIC ingenuity. Candy Weaver has received much praise for its engaging gameplay, story mode, and challenging puzzles,…
Script-Central SE v7n1 has been released. This is the third issue of Script-Central Special Edition. Script-Central is a HyperCard IIGS stack collection presented as a disk magazine. Originally published on floppy disks in the 1990’s, v7n1 is the third issue published by Brendan Bellina released as 16 MB hard drive images. Stacks include hard-to-find content, stacks converted from Macintosh HyperCard, and original stacks. Along with the stacks themselves is a great deal of information as well as updated instructions on…
Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange is proud to announce a major update to our legacy magazine offerings. In our quest to upgrade offerings for A.P.P.L.E. members, all legacy Call-A.P.P.L.E. PDF magazine issues and website pages have been updated. The biggest change in the magazine issues is that the extraneous borders have been removed for a more streamlined reading experience. The OCR of the new versions are also greatly improved for those members who wish to copy text or programs from…
The April 2022 issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine is available for download by A.P.P.L.E. members. You will need to log into your account to access it. This month we take a look at the history of Synergistic Software and Bob Clardy through the eyes of Ernst Klogtoft. We also re-visit the Jonathan, the prototype computer Apple never built and Steve Jobs shot down upon seeing. There’s an expose of absolutely breathtaking photo collection of this Jonathan computer and what could have…
The March Meeting for the A.P.P.L.E. User Group Meeting was held online with the meeting being brought to order by Bill Martens. The initial items on the agenda were the releases of the February and March issues of Call-A.P.P.L.E. It was announced that both of these issues would be posted the first week of April due to the size of the files, and the problems working from a laptop creates. Announcements: The new peeking at Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine prints for 1978…
We just wanted to take this moment to express our gratitude to our members, our readers and our staff for making 2021 a wonderful year and say “Merry Christmas” to one and all. We pray that it is a joyous time for you and yours.
The FORTH 2020 group is holding a Zoom based Chat with Chuck Moore, the inventor of the Forth language. You can also chat with other great computer and FORTH language geniuses around the world in the Zoom meeting. This is one meeting you won’t want to miss!https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=170644201881192&id=100123365599943
Preemptitive schedule for our Zoom Meeting 8.May2021– if I am missing some of you, pls. advise ! If someone want´s to give a talk in any future meeting, pls, contact me, or John HardyAbraham MollerTony LewisUlrich HoffmannDon Golding or just post on the group, you want to give a talk forth related, or you want to show us something. All of you are heartly invited to speek ! Even beginners to forth, or present yourself to the group. Is a pleassure to receive you. https://www.forth2020.org/zoom-meeting
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Apple User Group Bulletin – August 17, 2020……………………………………………………………. This month’s featured vendor is O’Reilly Media. O’Reilly has been a part of the user group community for more than 30 years, so it is hard to remember back to 1978 when it was a small consulting company with a focus on UNIX and related technologies. By 1992 many user group members were reading copies of the Whole Internet Users Guide and Catalog while our more adventurous members were reading Programming Perl. Today, O’Reilly is an…
