4am ❧

MicroTimes (1985): "[They] met a couple of years ago at a party ... They became good friends before they started in partnership to produce software." <https://theprintshop.club/2024/07/26/the-people-behind-the-print-shop/>

@LaineNooney, "The Apple II Age" (2023): yeah I interviewed them personally. They were a gay couple. "Both had relocated to the Bay Area ... to explore their nascent identity in what was then a vibrant locus for the gay liberation movement in the United States."

Happy Pride! 🌈

#AppleII #retrocomputing #PrideMonth

Jun 23 at 4:17pmPhanpy
Show threadMsMerope6d ago
@a2_4am @LaineNooney awwww.... I miss Print Shop
Show threadChris Pepper6d ago
@a2_4am @LaineNooney @Cdespinosa My cousin held the contract to clean Broderbund's office, so one year when I visited him in CA he brought me over after hours, and I got to play Lode Runner on their tabletop console. Now I wish I had enough time to get a high score, but I did not! They had a room full of Apple ][s, each with many 5 1/4" floppy drives for copying. So cool!
Show threadPoloniousmonk5d ago

@a2_4am @LaineNooney

Great piece of software. I used it all the time as a kid.

Show threadboggo4d ago
@a2_4am @LaineNooney they were office mates! 🤩