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Our editorial staff from the large number of product announcements and news releases sent to us daily selected the following items. They are presented solely to keep you informed about the current market for Apple related hardware and software. As we have not tested many of these products, appearance here does not necessarily represent endorsement or recommendation by A.P.P.L.E.. Further information about items appearing in The Marketplace can be obtained through the A.P.P.L.E. Web Site. If you contact any manufacturer…
About Bill Fernandez Bill Fernandez is known in the Apple world as Apple Employee number 1 and a big part of what Apple has become today. As one of the people who has been instrumental in their growth and development, his insights into what Apple is provides a good basis for those of us who were on the outside looking in. Today Bill is both an amateur photographer as well as a 2nd degree black belt in Aikido. He has spent…
Normally, we would be listing a product item or a press release in this column, however, this month we found an item which deserved a closer inspection. We were looking at G4 notebooks online and naturally ran to Ebay to try to find a good deal on that new titanium G4 notebook. What we found was that the section for Apple G4 Powerbooks was rife with fraud waiting to happen. There were several listings for the 667mhz version of the…
On the 20th of May 2002, A.P.P.L.E. had the pleasure of sitting down with Dominique Goupil, the president of FileMaker Corporation and talking with him about the company. Dominique has been the driving force behind the incredible rise in stature the company has enjoyed over the last several years. With a background in business and Aerospace, Dominique brings his European upbringing with the Asian perspectives to FileMaker. A.P.P.L.E.: Thank you for taking the time to speak with us today. To…
Mystery Monologue Having written these past couple of months on A.P.P.L.E.’s accomplishments in various fields brings us to this month’s harangue\\ …er, monologue. Today, we’ll talk about A.P.P.L.E. software. Lest the reader go away thinking we have done nothing but pat ourselves on the back, we should set the record straight. For the benefit of those of you who are hearing about the club — A.P.P.L.E. (Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange) and the later A.P.P.L.E. co-op and Tech Alliance –…
Seattle – 21 June 2002 0545am – Vintage Micros of Marietta, South Carolina is offering a rare Apple Lisa 1 “Twiggy” personal computer online. The machine, which is among the uncommon machines of the Apple Computer, Inc., is expected to draw in the range of $15,000 based on past online auctions for similar items. The Lisa 1 sold originally for nearly $10,000 when it was released in 1982, however, due to the number of problems with the machine, very few were…
Digital photo taken 1999 by Aza Raskin (Agfa 1280 Camera). Jef is holding a model of a computer he designed in the mid-1980s. Notice the handle in the palm rest. The object to the right of the display was a removable, hot-swappable, storage module. The model was built by Ralph Voorhees. Jef’s haircut by Adobe Photoshop. Jef found it much easier to trim his hair and beard on the computer than in a mirror.(comments by Aza Raskin) Over the years,…
Publications and More That A.P.P.L.E. gained notice for both the quality and the quantity of its publications is a given. First came the “Wozpak,” a thick, ungainly red-covered book – if one could be that generous with “book” – that was mainly an unorganized collection of various obscure Apple ][ assembler program listings, data sheets and entry point information. The Wozpak was rushed into publication to supplement Apple Computer’s skimpy user manual of about 32 pages, familiarly known as the…
Press Release 9 July 2002 – Seattle, Wa – The August issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine will carry a 5 page interview with Bill Fernandez, also known around the world as Apple Computer, Inc. employee number 1. Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine is the monthly magazine produced by Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) and carries information for all of the Apple computers. Bill Fernandez developed much of the software, which was available for the early Macintosh computers as well as the Lisa….
Press Release 10 April 2002 Jef Raskin Interview in June 2002 Issue of the New Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine Seattle—Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) released it’s second issue of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine since its return in March 2002. The latest issue of the magazine includes an exclusive interview with the father of the Macintosh, Jef Raskin. Jef speaks candidly in this interview about his days at Apple Computer, Inc. and his relationship with Steve Jobs during the years he was developing…
The First Edition of Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine. (Reproduction) Apple Puget Sound Program Library Exchange C/O Val J. Golding 6708 39th Ave. S.W. Seattle, Wa. 98136 (206) 937-6588 (Home) (206) 623-7966 (Work) February 7, 1978 Dear Apple Owner: The purpose of this letter is to form an Apple computer users group, as indicated by the tentative name above, and to further the exchange of information and programs of interest to Apple Users. A preliminary meeting has been set for 7pm Thursday, February…
Over the last several months, I have entertained several requests for information about Apple to PC transfers and vice-versa. Though several packages are available to perform this task, there is only one that we think is as seamless as it gets. Apple Disk Transfer (ADT) by Paul Guertin is one of the simplest packages to use. Although many Apple II web sites still have software in Shrinkit (.SHK) format, the .DSK format is catching on. There are currently 3 packages…
In 1981, I worked with a group of people who had begun a journey of amazing proportions. This particular group had managed to provide much of the information about the Apple computer available at the time. This information came in many forms. Software. Documentation. Even Hardware. It was only available through Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange or A.P.P.L.E. for short. The brainchild of Val J. Golding, the group started in December 1977 as an idea due to the fact that…
A.P.P.L.E. Glimpses is a product introduction article. Each month, we will be introducing items which we think are noteworthy here. Although items are listed here, it does not mean an endorsement. It only means that we figured the item was interesting enough to be noted to the Apple community. This month we have a nice variety of items. We hope that you will find them as interesting as we did. If you do decide to purchase a product we mention…
Back in the late seventies and through the eighties, the quintessential user group was the Apple Puget Sound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) later known as TechAlliance. Based near Seattle (hence the name), A.P.P.L.E. provided its members with Apple ][ software collections at low cost, held informational seminars, and published the magazine Call-A.P.P.L.E. Steve Wozniak was an enthusiastic supporter, and the club prospered for a number of years. In 1990, many of its functions were taken in house by Apple, and…
Press Release Date: 20 March 2002 News: A.P.P.L.E. to publish Call –A.P.P.L.E. magazine again. The premier Apple computing magazine available once again. Seattle, Wa. – 20 March 2002 — Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.), one of the worlds largest user groups will be releasing the first issue of Volume 14 of it’s magazine Call-A.P.P.L.E.. This will be the first issue of the magazine after a twelve-year hiatus. The last issue released by A.P.P.L.E. was Volume 13, Number…
Press Release Date: 1 March 2002 News: A.P.P.L.E. to re-establish users group in Seattle. A.P.P.L.E., The world’s largest users group returns to the Apple community Seattle, Wa. – 1 March 2002 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.), one of the worlds largest user groups from the 1970’s and 1980’s has been re-established. Former A.P.P.L.E. employees, directors, and authors decided to revive the users group with the focus of the group being the entire line of Apple computers…
The Catalog Our new catalog should be sent to you around the first of this year. It will contain our latest products for the Apple II, Macintosh, Amigo and MSDOS compatible computers. We also want to remind you of the questionnaire that will be included with the catalog. The purpose of the questionnaire is to determine whether or not we should publish a catalog of products for all the computer systems we support or should we publish separate catalogs for…
in the lead: Communication has changed through the years. The Greeks were known for their runners, who hand delivered important messages. Our native Indians used smoke signals, Africans used drums, and then … Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Today we use computers and telecommunication packages to send words and graphics across the wires. Although this subject has been covered in Call-A.P.P.L.E. before, things have changed considerably with the passage of time. Cecil Fretwell’s Telecommunications Software Review examines five products:…
By Dr. Dave Lingwood In Journalism classes long ago I had drilled into me the five “W”s of reporting: “who, what, where, when, and why?” Since my purpose here is to describe /// Cheers, I figured what the heck … Here goes: WHO? /// Cheers is brought to you by A.P.P.L.E., Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange, which is, as you no doubt know, the world’s largest Apple users group. We grew beyond the functions of a local club years ago…
