Tag: appleII

Woz on Apple not advertising the Apple II from 1980 to 1983

Sometimes memory tricks you and perception heavily differs from reality. Case in point, Apple cofounder and technical genius Steven Gary “Woz” Wozniak who in Jessica Livingston’s 2007 book…

Chrisann Brennan, Lisa’s mother, worked at Apple

In “The early days of Apple Computer, Inc.” I wrote about a partial list of early Apple execs and employees that worked in Apple’s first proper office space…

Two great Apple-retro-styled items: the Disk II SD Card Reader and the Classic Macintosh iPod Nano Dock

The world of retrocomputing (or computing history, if you wish) and modern tech products seldom meet. I have been asked a few times to haw^^advertise new products for…

Jack of all Apple trades – Interview with Bill Fernandez

Bill Fernandez describes himself as an “User Interface Architect” but he is much, much more. Being one of the first employees he has contributed immensely to Apple’s growth…

Who created the Apple IIgs?

The first 50000 Apple IIgs were released in a special “Woz” limited edition which had identical hardware but featured the signature of Steve Wozniak on the front right…

The Apple IIsi

Codenamed “Centossa”, the Apple IIsi was the swan song of the Apple II line: dating back to the first half of 1988 and envisioned as an heir of…

Captain Crunch on Apple – An interview with John Draper

Nota: l’intervista è disponibile anche in una versione tradotta in italiano su Storie di Apple.it At the MOCA2008 “hacker camp” in Italy I had the pleasure to meet…