Tag Archives: Apple III

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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Apple: Touch the Screen

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

Here’s a fun set of videos that were captured from a 1984 Apple Kiosk Laser Disc.  Designed to be used in a touch screen kiosk, the disc goes over the latest offerings from Apple Computer, including the Apple IIe, III … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Trivia

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

One of the problems with coming up with a trivia item for something like the Apple II is that it’s been out for more than 30 years.  Quite possibly, everything that can be known about it, already is and by … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Trivia, Round 2

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

Okay, this should be an easy one – no chance of a technical inaccuracy like last week.  Everyone knows the Apple /// was a colossal failure for Apple.  Even so, it still managed to make a few appearances on the … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Trivia

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

A quick Apple /// trivia question: what’s wrong with this picture?

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Apple Panic? Oh Yes!

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

Okay, as promised the Apple III presentation I gave at KansasFest is now available at the KansasFest website (it’s in the downloads area, along with a link to my pictures and a bunch of other goodies).  I should probably clarify … Continue reading →

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Newton, Franklin, Macintosh

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

It’ been a while since I’ve checked in here, and I’m sure the two of you who still bother to stop by here now and then are beginning to wonder if this blog would ever be updated again.  Good news! … Continue reading →

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Working with Catalyst

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

This turned out not to be as bad as I’d thought.  The first Catalyst disk I tried (which I’d made from an image I stumbled across somewhere in the dark recesses of the net) immediately popped up a Drive Not … Continue reading →

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Maybe I should just drive downtown and visit Quark, Inc.

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

So, it’s back to the Apple ///.  Hey, it’s been calling – what can I do?  I just can’t leave a problem unresolved.  Anyway, I’d like to thank Dave Ottalini from Washington Apple Pi for providing me with working Quark … Continue reading →

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Maybe not so bad after all

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Mike Maginnis

If you’re like me, you’ve come to accept the popular wisdom that the Apple III was a deeply flawed machine, crippled from the beginning and doomed to failure before it left the design stage.  We’ve all heard the rumors of … Continue reading →

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