Decisive Battles Scenario Disk: Pleasant Hill.woz

https://archive.org/details/wozaday_Decisive_Battles_Scenario_Pleasant_Hill

Thanks to @A2_Canada for the disk!

#wozaday #AppleII #retrocomputing

Back in THE APPLE II AGE, the first encounters with computers for millions were defined by a software ecosystem including The Print Shop & early games.

Historians Laine Nooney & Finn Brunton explore the lasting cultural impact of this influential 1977 machine on the Future Knowledge #podcast.

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https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/the-apple-ii-age

@LaineNooney #AppleII #Apple #PersonalComputing

RE: https://oldbytes.space/@jf_718/116341930549225030

By looking again for info about hardware I own, TIL my Taxan 410-64 RGB card in my Apple IIe will only display double-hires in monochrome - I already had observed that behavior (see quoted post, RGB monitor is top-right) but now I have confirmation. I'm only slightly disappointed as the image is still really good.

#retroComputing #appleII

I don't really know much about this particular sphere of the world, but if there's anybody who has a hyperfixation with educational software from the 1980s, it would be here on Mastodon.

Friend of mine is clearing out her parent's house and has found several old 5¼" floppy educational games for the Apple II. They've still got their original boxes, but have definitely been "loved".

I am always paranoid about lost media and software preservation... are these something anybody would... want? Is it worth trying to find people who are into this?

#RetroComputing #RetroGaming #AppleII #SoftwearPreservation

All roads to the best strategy games for the Apple lead to SSI.
Source: Computer Gaming World 4.3 (June 1984)
Scan Source: CGW Museum

#retrogaming #appleii

For anyone who is an old school #Apple fanatic, check out these interviews of my good friend and colleague, Jimmy Mensch, who retired from Apple in 2023 (about 6 months before I retired).

He talks about working as an Apple Computer service technician and then starting a long and successful career at Apple working on the #AppleII #AppleIIgs #MacLC #MacOS #MacOSX Rosetta #AppleTV #iCloud, and more.

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Some double-hires goodness on a VGA monitor (a2Vidga card), CGA monitor (Taxan 410-64 RGB card) and monochrome security monitor (composite output) all from the same Apple IIe.

All I need now is a cat on top of one of these monitors.

#retroComputing #apple2forever #appleII #AprilApples

On Apple’s 50th anniversary, the Future Knowledge #podcast presents THE APPLE II AGE 🍎

A computer that didn’t just launch Apple but shaped how a generation discovered technology. Historians Laine Nooney & Finn Brunton explore how games, classrooms, and creative tools made the Apple II a cultural phenomenon.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/the-apple-ii-age

@LaineNooney #Apple #Apple50 #AppleII #PersonalComputing