Tag Archives: Apple III

Unboxing Apple /// Pascal

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Mike Maginnis

I recently acquired a still-factory sealed copy of Apple /// Pascal and thought it might be fun to do an unboxing and maybe record the process.  Unfortunately, the video didn’t turn out; somewhere in the transfer process between the camera … Continue reading →

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RetroChallenge Update

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Mike Maginnis

A week or so ago, I signed up for the Winter RetroChallenge Warmup in the hopes that setting a goal by participating would spur me into action, and it has… Sort of.  I picked “an Apple III programming project” for … Continue reading →

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The End of an Era

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Mike Maginnis

To most people working in publishing today, the name Quark is synonymous with the publishing process itself. The Denver-based company’s flagship product, QuarkXPress, set the standard for DTP and anyone looking for a job in the industry had to have … Continue reading →

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Happy 31st Birthday, Apple III!

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Mike Maginnis

On this day in 1980, Apple introduced its newly designed-by-committee Apple III personal computer at the National Computer Conference in Anaheim, CA.  Later that day, the conference attendees were loaded into double-decker buses and taken over to Disneyland, which Apple … Continue reading →

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Apple III: RND(x)

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Mike Maginnis

A couple of quick Apple III items. Bill Budge Honored Did you know famous Apple II programmer Bill Budge (Raster Blaster, Pinball Construction Set) worked on the Apple III graphics driver?  Well, if you read the online edition of Wired … Continue reading →

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A Look at On Three’s 512K Memory Board for the Apple III

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Mike Maginnis

When Apple introduced the Apple III at the National Computer Conference in May of 1980 in Anaheim, California, it was touted as supporting up to 512K of RAM (as opposed to the Apple II and II Plus, which commonly shipped … Continue reading →

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More Apple III Randomness

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

Inspired by a recent posting to the comp.sys.apple2 Usenet newsgroup, I went ahead and scanned and posted all four issues of Apple /// Dimensions.  This was a newsletter that Apple published beginning around the time it launched the newly revised … Continue reading →

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Apple III: Random Appearances

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

The Apple III seems to show up in the strangest of places.  This video was recently posted to YouTube: ????????? ??????? – ?????! (No, I don’t know what it means, either…) Boingboing picked it up and it had a moment … Continue reading →

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Jef Raskin did NOT like Steve Jobs

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

Note: I’ve been meaning to blog about this since I came across it last month, but haven’t had the time… Normally, this kind of thing doesn’t grab my attention, as I have little interest in anything related to Steve Jobs … Continue reading →

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Remember the Titan

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

I finally managed to get my hands on a Titan III+IIe card this week.  This set of PCBs allows an Apple III to emulate a 128K unenhanced Apple IIe by circumventing the circuitry Apple added to the III to limit … Continue reading →

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