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'AMay' Answers an Apple II Creative Mayday

Posted 19 October 2008 | 0 Comments | » Read more...

Tags: Apple II, Fantavision, Music Video, AMay, Aeriae

Upon reflection, one of the many things I enjoyed about the IIGS back in 1987 as an impressionable 11 year old was not having one. That's right - the wait itself, although painful at the time, was made thrilling knowing this was the computer we were going to get after visiting the local Apple Centre and seeing various ‘multimedia' examples of what the machine was capable of. ...


Game Interpreters: an Adventure in Themselves?

Posted 15 September 2008 | 3 Comments | » Read more...

Tags: Apple IIGS Games, Lucas Arts SCUMM Games, SCUMMVM

What a bumper year it's been for IIGS hardware: The custom built IIGS portable, version 2. ...


Set Scanners to Stun! Restoring Printed Material for the Apple II

Posted 25 August 2008 | 1 Comments | » Read more...

Tags: Photoshop, Digital Restoration, Apple II

Hello Apple II and digital restoration fans!

After I first asked around for scans of hardware and publications around July 2007 some of you may have been wondering the last year: what the hell took so long in seeing them on the newly revamped site?

The short answer is this: I take great lengths to ensure that every scan submitted, whether it be a game box, magazine cover or promotional piece is represented as best as possible in high resolution digital form.

Why bother to do this when the images appear in a relatively low resolution on the web site? Well, the impending Apple IIGS coffee table book for one. ...


The Book of the Website

Posted 1 August 2008 | 23 Comments | » Read more...

Tags: Apple IIGS coffee table book

At the same time as I’ve been collating and preparing the new ‘What is the Apple IIGS?’ website I’ve also been preparing a coffee table book of the same title.

My aim is that it will be the most comprehensive visual history of any Apple computer, including its dedicated software, hardware, periodicals and books, honouring the work of everyone who made the platform a joy to use. ...


The Apple IIGS or "It's the Cute Little Flaws that Keep a Guy Interested"

Posted 1 February 2001 | 0 Comments | » Read more...

I don't know what it is about me, but I've always backed the underdog. It could be said that the Apple IIGS was such a beast; industry pundits noting only its weak points, meeting with limited success and the machine itself being abandoned by the very company that had produced it. ...