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Floppy Days 87 - The Apple III - with Paul Hagstrom


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The Apple III - Part 1

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Episode 87 of the Floppy Days Podcast for November, 2018.  In the timeline, we continue to cover machines that were released in the year 1980. The topic of this show is a machine that while it came from a very well-known computer company, was never popular enough to make a large splash in the computer market.  Nevertheless, it was an important piece in the history of personal computers and I’m happy to bring it to you this month. Of course, the machine that we’re talking about, as you already know from the excellent memories intro by Mike Maginnis, is the Apple II’s more powerful brother, the Apple III.

I’m very happy to have one of the well-known members of the Apple III community today, and co-host of the Apple III podcast “Drop III Inches” as well as a cohost of the RetroComputing Roundtable Podcast, Mr. Paul Hagstrom, assist me with this month’s topic.

New Acquisitions/What I’ve Been Up To

  • Little Darling Designs - (http://www.littledarlingdesigns.com)
  • arcade joystick from Benj Edwards -  https://twitter.com/benjedwards/status/1025119835179634689
  • Mega ST-1 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/ATARI-MEGA-ST-1-WITH-GOTEK-EMULATOR-VINTAGE-RETRO-COMPUTER-FULLY-WORKING/283035614842
  • voltage up/down transformer - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004MPR3XQ
  • ST trackball - atarifreakz on ebay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-520-1040-ST-STE-Mega-Falcon-computer-Amiga-500-600-1200-2000-Trackball/163273344945
  • Mega ST manual - MyAtari on eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mega-ST-Owners-Manul-New-Mint-Atari-Original/13089043845

Upcoming Shows

  • Tandy Assembly - http://www.tandyassembly.com , Nov. 10-11, Springfield, OH
  • TI International World’s Faire - http://ctiug.sdf.org/ - Nov. 10, Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL
  • World of Commodore - https://www.tpug.ca/category/woc/ - December, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Feedback

  • DEC Legacy - http://declegacy.org.uk
  • 3D Monster Maze Copyright - https://www.sinclairzxworld.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2802

Peripherals

  • III Plus IIe - http://www.6502lane.net/tag/titan/

References

  • https://www.mac-history.net/computer-history/2007-07-14/apple-iii-and-apple-iie
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_III
  • http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/archives/appleii/0002.php
  • http://lowendmac.com/2015/apple-iii-chaos-apples-first-failure/
  • http://www.applelogic.org/AIIIDesignBugs.html
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