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For those members who are interested in our Vintage Magazines, Out collection of the Australian Apple Review is nearly complete. The issues will be downloadable as they are scanned over the next 3 days. We will be adding cropped versions of the issues and making an announcement on Christmas Day for the general public. Thanks to the efforts of Andrew Roughan, Bill Martens, and Brian Wiser, these issues will be available to the public for the first time. While…
We have decided to once again make the PDF available of Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine. Once again, the magazine will be chocked full of news, interviews, and product announcements and will coincide with the release of articles here on the A.P.P.L.E. Website. Stay tuned for more!
The Open Apple Podcast, run by Ken Gagne and Mike Maginnis features Bill Martens of A.P.P.L.E. this month. Discussions about the latest news in the Apple world, Apple II software, preservation and other related topics took place. Brian Wiser also joined the trio of long time Apple II afficandos to discuss his and Bill’s WOZPAK Special Edition release as well as other forthcoming projects. You can listen to the podcast in its entirety on the Open Apple website at: http://www.open-apple.net/2013/11/02/show-032-martens-history-founders-wozpak/
We learned today that one of our directors, Mike Pfaiffer, has passed away. Michael was a programmer, editor of Call-A.P.P.L.E. and The Digital Civilization, as well as A.P.P.L.E. President. He passed away at his home in Manitoba Canada. Mike was a driving force behind the rejuvenation of A.P.P.L.E. in the early 2000’s and will be sorely missed by all of us.
Due to a systems breech in the previous 6 weeks, we have been forced to re-issue all ID’s and passwords to our members. If you are a member of the A.P.P.L.E. Users group and have not received your new ID and password, please let us know. We are currently working to reestablish all of the members systems and integrate them into the main website. Stay tuned for more news and a return to full operations. Non-members are no longer able…
We have been upgrading our servers here at A.P.P.L.E. in the hope of providing more resources and a faster server for our users. During our migration yesterday, we hit a snag with services on the primary server being pinged out so we decided to go ahead and do the migration by hand which will take a few days longer than planned. Stay tuned for more as we go through this upgrade.
The Erie Apple Crunchers Users Group has posted the dates for all of their 2012 meetings. The group serves the Erie, Pennsylvania and surrounding area and has been serving Apple users since 1978. For more information about the group or for the complete schedule, check out the website at: http://www.erieapplecrunchers.com
In preparation for a major website overhaul and server upgrade, we have changed all of the categories on the website. All of the Vintage Apple computing platforms are now under Vintage while the more modern items such as the iPad, Macintosh, iPhone and other items are under Apple Computing. Also, external companies from Apple which make Apple related products are now under Other Companies. If you find items which are suddenly orphaned on the website, please let us know as…
The Apple Archives site has been updated with the January 2012 update. There are now well over 300 links on the website and we have begun to add more links for the February update. The Apple Archives is a Vintage Apple specific link library and contains links to Apple-1, Apple II, Apple ///, Apple IIgs and Mac 68K specific websites. There are currently over 300 websites in the database and growing. The entire library is maintained by hand and links…
Sandvox is an easy to use Website Creation package produced by Karelia Software. The package allows the user to produce high quality websites with a minimum of effort and knowledge, yet has all the tools for even advanced web site creators. Currently at version 2.2.3, Sandvox has a number of updates each year and has evolved to become one of the most powerful Website creation pacgaes available. Our Users group has used this package in house here at A.P.P.L.E. now…
The Seattle Retro-Computing Society or SRCS is a group of Retro Computing entusiasts which meet once a month at The Living Computer Museum in Seattle. The group has decided that due to the fact that the fourth Saturday this month would fall on Christmas Eve, there would be no December meeting. The next scheduled meeting of the group will be on the 28th of January, 2012. The meetings last from 10:30am to 5pm and is a chance to get together…
A.P.P.L.E. Founding Member Dave Lingwood passed away this week. Dave was well known for his insightful columns in Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine over the years and was one of the first 15 members of the group. According to the announcement: Dave Lingwood was a beloved family member and friend who shared his numerous talents with the world. He passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2011. Please join us for a memorial and short graveside service on Friday, February 25th, 2011 at 12:30…
The Virtual Apple ][ website has been upgraded to allow emulation on all platforms for their Apple ][ section. The emulation site which is popular among educators for their games and ease of use in the classroom has long been criticized for their support of only Windows based platforms. That has all changed thanks to the efforts of Marc Ressl and Nick Westgate. Using a modified version of Marc’s AppleIIGo emulator, the new Virtual Apple ][ website now runs on…
Reviewer : Bill Martens Version : 1.0 Date : 2008/12/30 Publisher: Kreative Korporation Website : http://www.kreativekorp.com/software/fonts/apple2.shtml Category : Mac Intel / Miscellaneous / New Release Cost : Free About The Program : A young college student, Rebecca Bettencourt, has creative a beautiful rendition of the Apple II and Apple IIgs fonts. These fonts have been done in True Type format for both Mac OS X and Windows as well as any other system which can handle true type fonts. The…
The latest version of the Google Maps Plugin for Mac OS X is now available from the Google Map Plugin site. We decided that since we use Google Maps quite often, we would download and install the package on an iBook that we had sitting around. While most packages are take a lot to install, these plugins are about as easy as it gets. Just unpack the zip file from the download. Copy the plugin files from the Google Maps…
Well another month has passed, and it seems that every month we get a will later in later in the production process. The this month we have a few special items in the magazine, including reviews of iListen, by emulator, and various other software packages. In the world of innovation, Vince Briel has been working on a new version of the replica one. The latest version will include a USB connector as well as power connectors for the newer ATX…
Press Release 19 November 2003 A.P.P.L.E. Releases Call-A.P.P.L.E. Complete Collection (Seattle, Wa.) – Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange is pleased to announce the release of the Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine Complete Collection. This collection is a 15 CD Set which includes every issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine released from 1978 through 1990. This collection has been two years in the making and now thanks to the efforts of David Craig, Bill Martens, and Val Golding, the collection is now available to all Apple…
About this ListThe A.P.P.L.E. Links list is one of the most complete Apple and Macintosh lists available on the internet today. As the Internet is one of the most fluid entities in existence, this list is also always in transition. The Apple II list is a compilation of many lists of URL’s and has addition information and comments added by the staff of A.P.P.L.E. You will find almost any link that you will need for any Apple related project contained within this…
Over the previous month, we here at A.P.P.L.E. have been remodeling our online store and adding new items to the catalog trying to enhance our content and making unique products available to our members. You will find our new product catalog online at www.callapple.org. All of the products in the catalog which have a Add To Cart button are available now and may be purchased. We have also included some hardware items which are not available anywhere else. This included…
The Houston Area Apple Users Group (HAAUG) will be holding a swap meet on Saturday 28 July 2002 from 9am to 4pm. This swap meet is for Apple enthusiasts and is open to the general public. This is the place to take your chance to pick up relatively inexpensive Apple equipment. HAAUG members can get a table for free while non-members can rent the table for $50 per table. If you need electricity for your display table, there is an…
