Apple, Inc. celebrated the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Macintosh this week. January 24th, 1984, Steve jobs showed the world his new machine complete with graphical user interface. The machine initially envisioned by The like of Jef Raskin and Steve Jobs had come to a fruition and Apple introduced it in a manner […]
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Communications packages for the Apple II by Graeme PhilipsonAustralian Apple Review March 1984 An increasingly popular use of microcomputers, the Apple of course included, is as terminals. With the addition of a few bits of hardware and software the Apple 11 can become a complete intelligent terminal, capable of communicating via normal telephone lines with […]
by Graeme PhilipsonAustralian Apple Review March 1984 BASIC is in many ways a great computer language. It is very easy to learn, in fact it was originally designed as a language to teach people how to program. The letters “B.A.S.I.C.” stand for “Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code”. It is also suited to a wide range […]
by Gareth PowellAustralian Apple Review March 1984 I wrote this article originally for the “Weekend Australian”. To those select few who already read that august paper, my apologies. However, there is a consolation prize. The “Weekend Australian” charged $2 for the program listing that appears at the end. You get it free. Dick Francis writes […]
