It’s Black History Month once again in the US, so I thought it would be timely to share this Apple PowerBook advertisement from 1992. One big happy family - and a PowerBook (click to see entire ad) Posted in Computer History, Gaming History, Macintosh, News & Current Events, Retrogaming, Vintage Computing | 8 Comments » Not quite sure why that is, but if you’re out there, let me know. I’m not sure, but I get the feeling from the lack of comments on my Apple-related posts that not many Apple or Mac fans visit VC&G. The Mac Color Classic and Abandoned Apples pieces are some of my favorites as well. Plenty of interesting little-known history there. I’ve been busy! Of those eight pieces, the Apple Lisa one can’t be missed. 03-22-2013 – Apple’s Five Most Important Displays.03-15-2013 – Teach Your Old iPod New Tricks.03-01-2013 – The Evolution of Apple Pointing Devices.02-18-2013 – Evolution of the Smartwatch.02-11-2013 – The Mac Color Classic, 20 Years Later.02-08-2013 – The History of Electronic Board Games.01-30-2013- The Little-Known Apple Lisa: Five Quirks and Oddities.Below you’ll find a list of the ones I haven’t mentioned yet on this blog in convenient digest form. Since then, I’ve been busy writing more historically-minded pieces for the site as well as its sister site, TechHive. I last updated you on my Macworld work back in January. Posted in Computer History, Humor, Regular Features, Retro Scan of the Week, Vintage Computing | 8 Comments » Call toll free for the Spartan dealer nearest you.ĭiscussion Topic of the Week: Open Discussion: Whoever posts a question first gets to decide what we’ll talk about this week. There is a whole other world out there! And if you’d just give it back, a huge selection of Apple II+ hardware and software would be mine to explore. By building on my investment in my Commodore 64 - an excellent introductory computer - I create a whole new system with both C-64 an Apple II+ capabilities. But the Spartan gives me much, much more, mime! Oh yes. The suggested retail value of comparable products offering only these capabilities is over $2,200.00*. Just for a second, imagine if I could add these features to my Commodore 64: Apple II+ hardware and software capabilities, 64K RAM expansion, four software selectable Commodore 64 cartridge slots, non-dedicated 8-bit parallel port, and standard audio cassette deck capabilities for my C-64. I need it to open up a whole new world of hardware and software. Hey mime! Yeah, you! Stop stealing my $599 Mimic Spartan Apple II+ compatibility box for the Commodore 64. Posted in Computer History, Regular Features, Retro Scan of the Week, Technology Commentary, Vintage Computing | 22 Comments »Ī scene from one of Benj’s recent nightmares. Mice everywhere.ĭiscussion Topic of the Week: What was the first printer you ever owned? Of course, I was still using a dot matrix printer until the early 1990s, so I am pretty much scarred for life. Like any dot matrix printer, once you hear one in action, the sound will never leave you. I can recall crawling under our computer desk (the printer was on the floor beneath it for some reason) and watching it print out whimsical banners and calendars from a program like Broderbund’s The Print Shop.īut what I remember most about it, of course, was the sound it made: like a screeching robot mouse spraying lead into tractor-feed paper with a tiny machine gun. It’s probably the first printer I ever saw in action, likely before I could even walk. If I’m not mistaken, we used it with our Apple IIe system - the one my dad built from a bare circuit board and a set of cloned ROM chips (much like the one in this 2006 VC&G post). In fact, I think it’s still sitting in my parents’ attic as we speak. The Star Micronics Delta-10 Dot Matrix Printer: Mouse with Machine Gun Posted in Art, Computer Games, Gaming History, Regular Features, Retro Scan of the Week, Retrogaming | 11 Comments » I’m not quite sure what game it was for (other than “Golf”), but it was likely a game for the Apple IIc, as I found it among related Apple IIc ephemera when I acquired his collection some years ago.įor more hand-drawn video game goodness, check out this VC&G post about my friend’s Deadly Towers maps from 2006.ĭiscussion Topic of the Week: Do you ever hand-draw maps for modern video games? Case in point: this map/reference key created by family friend Chris when he was a kid in the 1980s. There is a certain rustic beauty in hand-drawn video game notes that I will never cease to enjoy. If there were only 40 degrees in a circle, this is what it would look like.
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