Tag Archives: ProFile

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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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: 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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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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