Episode 13: Wendell Sander
This month, Paul’s Apple /// has trouble connecting with the world outside, so he speculates on possibilities for WiFi connectivity, and Mike’s Apple /// has trouble connecting with any worlds at all....
View ArticleDr. Sander on the Clock chip and Applelogic.org
Here are the relevant sections of the email from Dr. Sander, as mentioned in show #13. First, on the infamous clock chip: “The Clock chip chosen was state of the art for the time and worked pretty well...
View ArticleEpisode 14: Daniel Kottke, Diving into SOS.DRIVER, Misc., and Etc.
We begin 2016 discussing the “Driv3rs” python script with its author, Mike Whalen, some miscellaneous topics, and a phone interview with Daniel Kottke, from some years ago. Mike Whalen’s Driv3rs script...
View ArticleEpisode 15: Baseball and Business BASIC
Mike came across a reference to “The greatest baseball game never played”, a well-hyped simulated baseball game broadcast in July 1982, pitting National League and American League stars of diverse eras...
View ArticleEpisode 16: Taylor Pohlman
In this episode, we interview Taylor Pohlman, who joined Apple in 1979 and became the Apple /// Product Marketing Manager in 1981, managing the “Reintroduction” of the Apple ///. He is also well known...
View ArticleWhy the Apple /// Failed
David Fradin was the product manager for the Apple /// in its final days and was the person tasked with winding down the project after the decision was made to kill the line. He has written an...
View ArticleEpisode 17: PSUs, KPIs, RPS, and more!
In this episode, Mike and Paul chat about various things that were newsworthy when the recording was made. Replacement power supplies, insights from the last Apple /// product manager, Apple ///-themed...
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Hantarex CT 2000 monitor
Back in October, there was an eBay auction for a Hantarex CT 2000 monitor. If you are reading this sufficiently close to then, you can see the auction itself, although eBay removes these links after a...
View ArticleEpisode 18: Don Burtis
We’re back, with an episode that was three months in the making. Mike and Paul talk (in November 2016) about the state of things in our Apple /// worlds, and then speak at some length with Don Burtis...
View ArticleEpisode 19: May Wait No August
As August 2017 draws to a close, here is an episode we recorded in May with a lead-in we recorded earlier in August. It’s been a busy summer. Topics include: Martin Haye’s Satan Mode disk, Reactive...
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