Links
last updated 24 September 06

Apple History Links

• apple-history.com - A comprehensive listing of almost every model of computer (and iPod) that Apple has built and sold since the company started.
• Apple Computer History Weblog - This weblog author is collecting stories written by people who were involved in work on projects at Apple Computer between 1976 and 1993. A great resource!
• Apple Computer Reading List - Andrew Molloy's comprehensive list of books, current and yet-to-be-published, that deal with Apple Computer, Inc. While these do not deal exclusively with the Apple II, they do give background of this company from multiple points-of-view. Included with this list are sources for getting copies of the books (even those that are not currently available), and links to authors' web pages (if available). Good links to to other Apple history pages!
• Apple Computer The Early Days A Personal Perspective - Paul Laughton was one of the programmers who developed parts of Apple DOS 3.0 for Apple Computer. He relates some of that story here, along with pictures of part of the drawings for the original Apple II Disk Controller created by Steve Wozniak, and the early meetings with Apple to contract out this part of the Apple Disk II project.
• The Beagle Bros Online Museum - Steven Frank's "tribute to the coolest software company of the 80's", with authorized reproductions of the best of Beagle humor. A must see!
• Birth Of An Industry 1976-77 - Regis McKenna Advertising has done advertising for Apple for many years. This site was put up by Bill Kelly, who was involved in creating the early ads for the Apple II.
• Folklore - A "blog" type of site, written by people who worked at Apple during the years that the Apple II and Macintosh were being created. A great resource, as it contains stories directly from the players who were involved, and it not limited (as is much of the Apple II History site) to previously published information.
• Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present - Historical overview of microprocessors, with a bias towards Unix and RISC processors. Shows where the 6502 and 65816 family fit into the overall development of processors in the past 30 years.

Apple Photo Collections

• The Apple II Information Resource - Maintained by Tony Diaz, this site includes pictures of lots of different Apple II hardware over the years, including some items that were never released.
• Apple II World - A Japanese web site containing a large collection of images of Apple II related hardwre, software, and other items. (Use this link to view it through AltaVista's Babelfish translation service).
• Charlie Anderson's Apple II Shrine - GIF's of some Apple I, II, and III memorabilia.
• The Mothership! - Apple Lisa and early Macintosh Archive. It also has some good advertisements and brochures for the Apple-1 and Apple II series (see under "Apple Advertising and Brochure Gallery").
• Yuji Takahashi's Apple-II Tree - A fascinating collection of photos from this prolific collector of Apple II equipment, books, and other related items. There are English titles on the page, but if you want to see it translated from Japanese to English, use this link to view it through AltaVista's Babelfish translation service.
  

Apple-1 Links

• Apple I Owner's Club - The online presence of the original and only Apple-1 user group, with many pictures, copies of letters, and more. The definitive historical archive of the Apple-1.
• The Apple 1 Computer - Joe Torzewski's site documenting his Apple-1 computer in pictures and text.
• The Apple 1 Project - The home site for Pom1, an Apple-1 emulator written in Java. I can't get it to work yet, either on my Mac or Windows PC, but I am hopeful that he will make it yet functional. Also at this site are three other items that I cannot locate elsewhere. On his Documentation page he has downloadable files for a commented listing of the 256 byte Apple-1 ROM, and PDF files of the Apple-1 Manual and Apple-1 BASIC Manual, both about 1.5 megs in size.

Computer History Links

• 6502 Enthusiast's Pages - A listing of web sites that deal with historical aspects of the 6502 processor. Part of www.6502.org, the 6502 microprocessor resource web site.
• 8-Bit Nirvana - A comprehensive collection of pictures of 8-bit personal computers (German language).
• 8-Bit Museum - History and pictures of 8-bit personal computers (also German language).
• Atari Archives - A site dealing primarily with the Atari family of computer, but also hosting sections that are of interest to users of other 6502 computers (see also the Digital Deli entry below).
• Brief History Of Home Video Games - Information about computer games, from the Magnavox Odyssey to the present.
• Classic Computing Archive - A fantastic site with the full text of Antic and STart magazines (Atari publications) and (of interest to computer and Apple history buffs) a start on the full text of Creative Computing magazine.
• Classic Computing Page - A delightful collection of esoteric computers and computing peripherals from the 1970's. Don't miss the the "Floppy ROM", software on a 33 1/3 RPM record!
• DigiBarn Computer Museum - A real museum located in northern California, with a web site displaying much of their collection.
• Digital Archive of Vintage Technology Through the Decades - A fascinating collection of images and information about technology from 1900 to the present. Items are displayed in a virtual living room, and clicking on an item in the living room allows you to view images for that type of technology, be it audio, recorded material, computing machines, or books & magazines.
• Digital Deli - The full text of Steve Ditlea's book, Digital Deli, published in 1984. It is a wonderful collection of essays about many aspects of computer, as seen through the eyes of those using them back in the early 1980's.
• DOS - History of Microsoft DOS and Windows 3.1.
• Mark-8 Mini Computer - Historical information on this pre-Altair computer kit.
• Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member - A retrospective of the famous Homebrew Computer Club by one of its members, Bob Lash. It provides fascinating information about the club, and a little information about where some of the original members are today.
• Mind Machine Museum - A virtual museum and gallery of vintage computers, from the 1955 GENIAC kit, to the Altair and IMSAI, and on through the 1990 NeXTStation computer. A fascinating trip through time and space.
• Old-Computers.com - The Museum - A large collection of various computers from the 1970's-1990's.
• Simple Microcomputers and Trainers - Information about the KIM-1 and SYM-1 6502 computer trainer boards.
• Timeline of Microcomputers - A comprehensive timeline dealing with computer history year by year, starting in 1949.
• Vintage Computer Collection - Erik Klein's collection, with many platforms represented, as well as the Vintage Computing Forum.

Apple II Resources

• A2-Central.com - The online resource for Apple II users, with both telnet (text-based) and web access. From the text side, the forum operates almost exactly like GEnie did in its heyday. The library contains nearly all of the files that existed in the A2 Roundtable library on GEnie before it fell apart in 1999.
• A2-Web! - "The Mother of All Apple II Websites!" Many resources to help new and old Apple II users, including a classified ad section for buying and selling of Apple II related software and hardware.
• Apple Assembly Lines Archive - Bob Sander-Cederlof's own site, hosting the full contents of the run of the Apple Assembly Lines newsletter from 1980-1988.
• The Apple II Information Resource - Maintained by Tony Diaz, this site (also mentioned above) includes photos, as well as the entire story of the Apple II Ethernet card that Apple cancelled.
• Apple II FAQ - A compilation of USENET FAQ's about the Apple II. (Enter "Apple II" into the search window).
• Applefritter - Apple Computers, Prototypes, Clones, and Hacks. The Obscure, Unusual, and Exceptional.
• Delphi Apple II Forum - Current discussions on the Apple II, accessible from the Web without a Delphi account.
• Free Software For The Apple IIGS - Gareth Jones' comprehensive list of software available to use or enhance the Apple IIGS, all available as freeware.
• Nibble Magazine - Mike Harvey, publisher of Nibble magazine, has made available then entire run of Nibble and Nibble Mac as scanned magazines on CD-ROM. Check it out!
• Shareware Solutions II - Source of current Apple II and IIGS software and printed resources.
• Syndicomm Online - Syndicomm operated the Apple II forums on GEnie and Delphi, and now hosts A2Central.com, as well as offering other web-hosting services. These include an online store selling Apple II software (and occasionally hardware)

Apple II Emulation

• Apple II Emulator Resources Guide - Comprehensive guide, but has not been updated since 1998 so some of the links may be dead.
• AppleIIGo - A fully functional Apple II emulator for your MIDP 2.0 compatible mobile phone.
• Bernie II The Rescue - Excellent Apple IIGS emulator for use on Power Macintosh. Carbon-compatible version available.
• casaGS - Host page for XGS-DOS and KEGS-OSX, Apple IIGS emulators for MS-DOS and Mac OS X.
• Deja //x - Mark Munz is working on an update for Deja ][, the AppleWorks-specific emulator that ran under Mac OS 9. Deja //x will be fixed so it runs properly under Mac OS X. Follow his progress at this web site.
• KEGS - Kent's Emulated GS, an Apple IIgs emulator for Mac OS X, Win32, Linux, and Unix/X11.
• Pocket //e - Apple IIe emulator for Pocket PC platform, based on the AppleWin emulator for Windows.
• Virtual ][ - An excellent Apple ][, ][+, and //e emulation for Mac OS X.

Apple II Products (current support)

• Call-A.P.P.L.E. - Revival of the old user group, with many products containing reprints of their classic publications, as well as the A.P.P.L.E. product library.
• GSE-Reactive - Great hardware site, with parts available for Apple II+, IIe, IIc, and IIGS.
• The Marinetti Open Source Project - An open source version of this TCP/IP stack for the Apple IIGS, in 65816 assembly language.
• Nibble Magazine & Books - Mike Harvey, former publisher of the Apple II magazine Nibble has all of the old magazine available again in PDF format, as well as the other books and products sold by Microsparc. Check it out!
• Andrew Roughan - Australian Apple II and IIGS programmer
• Syndicomm Online Store - Large repository for old and new Apple II products, books, and publications.
• ///SHH Systeme - Products include the Turbo IDE card (running IDE drives on an Apple II), the BlueDisk Card (allows connecting and running standard MS-DOS PC 5.25 or 3.5 floppy drives on an Apple II), upgrades for Transwarp GS, and more.
• ///SHH Systeme LANceGS Ethernet Card - Another ///SHH product, allowing an Apple IIGS to be connect to an Ethernet network.

Miscellaneous Links

• The Apple History Challenge! - A trivia challenge page, with questions dealing with not only the Apple II but also the Lisa, Newton, and Macintosh.
• Apple II Forever Song! - When the Apple IIc was released a the grand "Apple II Forever" celebration on April 24, 1984, a song was featured that celebrated the event. Thanks to Peter Judge and the ZDNet UK's IT Anthems page, you can enjoy not only the lyrics but an MP3 of the song itself!
• Implementing VisiCalc - Bob Frankston, co-author of VisiCalc, has put up a page that deals with the origins of this foundation product for the Apple II, as well as some of the programming and design decisions that were made in creation of it.
• Don Worth's Home Page - Home page for one of the authors of the classic Beneath Apple DOS and Beneath Apple ProDOS.

Fan Sites

• Apple ][ Memories - by Johnson Lam. Memories of his Apple II days, with some photos.
  

Other Sites I Run

• Go Dogs! - Yup, this has absolutely nothing to do with the Apple II, but it is another site that I am webmaster for. If you live in the Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa area, and have an interest in training your dog in agility, flyball, or obedience, check out this site to see if we could help you.
  

Broken Links (hopefully these will return someday)

• L'histoire d'Apple - The Apple II History translated into French, by Eric Stindel. Lost connection as of 3/5/06.
• Apple-1 (at emulation.net) - At this site you can download Sim6502, an Apple-1 emulator (requires a Macintosh). You can also view an HTML reproduction of the original Apple-1 product manual. Lost connection as of 3/5/06.
• Scelbi-8H MiniComputer - Claire Love's reproduction of the Scelbi-8H minicomputer brochure. Lost connection as of 3/5/06.
• Apple II Emulation Page - A listing of various Apple //e emulators and sources of disk images to use on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95, MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Amiga platforms. Lost connection as of 5/27/02.
• Archaic Apples - Striving to be the largest Apple photo collection on the web, ranging from the Apple-1 to the Macintosh SE. Many photos and other intesting bits of information. Lost connection as of 5/24/02.
• Computer Closet Collection - Apple I - A one-page description of the Apple-1, with pictures and a scan of an advertisement for the Apple-1 that appeared in Interface Age in October 1976.
• J Mayrand's Computer Museum - Another fine collection of Apple computer images. Lost connection as of 12/1/03.
• Lode's Land: Apple ][ Brasil - A Portuguese site all about the Apple II in Brazil, with pictures, technical information, and more.
• Reini's Computer Museum - Pictures dealing with the Apple II and some other classic computers.
• The Retrocomputing Museum - A pictoral museum of many Apple computer models, Apple II and Macintosh, as well as older computers made by other manufacturers. Lost connection as of 1/11/02.
• Timbolaya's Virtual Apple II Collection - An extensive collection of scans of Apple II magazine covers and product manuals. The magazine collection includes Call-A.P.P.L.E., inCider/A+, Nibble, Open-Apple/A2-Central, Softalk, and some special issues of Call-A.P.P.L.E.. Lost connection as of 10/01.