It literally took decades to produce, but a new DVD containing 4-plus gigabytes of information and previously unavailable material about Apple Computer’s first product is now available through the Washington Apple Pi User Group.
“Much of this disk contains invaluable articles from the Pi, Apple Three Users of Northern California, Third Apple Users and other historic Apple user groups,” said Dave Ottalini, the Pi ’s /// SIG Chair and developer of the DVD. The disk also includes every article Ottalini has ever written for the Pi and other publications – most about the ///. The Pi ’s entire Apple /// public domain library of 250 disks in ADT (Apple Disk Transfer) format is included along with videos, audio files, graphics and much, much more. Many other /// users contributed to the development of the disk as well.
The DVD is available through Washington Apple Pi’s online store. The cost is $35.00 (plus postage) – which goes to help Washington Apple Pi.
“This DVD is a must for anyone interested in Apple’s early history and especially that of the Apple ///,” says Ottalini. The machine was the first computer produced by Apple as a company and was manufactured for only a few years in the early 1980s. The Apple /// suffered from some initial bad publicity and eventually found itself unable to compete with the original Apple II or with the original IBM PC and Macintosh computers.
Categories include: WAP, A3 Info, A3 Tech Library, A3 Archives, Emulation, ///s Company BBS, Mac Software, Vendors, Fliptrack, A3 Media, MAUG, Source Code, A3 Manuals, DataBases, and Videos. Consult the PDF file for a full listing.
The Pi Store also offers a two set DVD that includes Quicktime ™ versions of this video tutorial about the Apple ///. MP4 versions for your video iPod are included with the Apple /// DVD. The /// community is talking about transferring as many software titles as possible onto DVD using the ADT format to preserve the legacy of the Apple ///.