We’re back for Episode 11. This time, we talk about really very small advances in booting a /// from a flash drive, the Cursor /// joystick and the history of The Keyboard Company, and a visit to the Stanford archives of Apple materials to get the real scoop on EMI/RFI emissions and the timeline of the /// plus. After that, another talk from the 1987 Phase III conference, this one by Dr. Melvin Astrahan, author of Draw On /// and the Mr. Sandman game, talking about the graphical abilities of the Apple ///.
The trip to the Stanford archives yielded two interesting Apple ///-related documents. More about these on apple2scans.net (link will be retroactively inserted here when it’s ready over there), but here are the documents themselves:
- Apple /// plus beta testing (Nov 15, 1982)
- Preliminary RFI testing on Apple III computer (Jun 24, 1980)
Links of Interest:
- Michael Muller’s History of The Keyboard Company, on Wendell Sander’s apple1notes site
- Mike Willegal’s page on early Apple keyboards
- SDFloppy II
- RetroConnector cable for connecting /// and SDFloppy II
- RetroConnector keyboard interface for Apple //e
- Archive guide to the Stanford Apple collection
- Draw On ///
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Great episode! Have you considered doing follow-up interviews with some of the Phase III speakers, sort of a “Where are they now?”
Hi, thanks. Yes, definitely. We’ve talked with Bob Consorti (episode 8), but we’re quite interested in talking with others and we’ve been in contact with a couple of people, though getting things lined up is somewhat challenging. But it’s definitely something we’d love to do!