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  • apple,  imagewriter,  macintosh,  peripherals,  vintage

    Testing an Apple ImageWriter II Printer

    May 24, 2024 /

    For my next video, I try to remember how to setup and use a 37 year old dot matrix printer. How many mistakes can I make trying to print a short ClarisWorks 2.0 document from a Mac Classic II?! You will have to watch to find out.

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    Alan Grassia
  • apple //e,  Appril2,  peripherals,  retro computing

    Apple Joystick and Retro Gaming

    April 30, 2023 /

    How about a little retro gaming fun to close out #Appril2? While looking for replacement RAM chips for my Applied Engineering GS-RAM card for my Apple IIgs, I ran across an Apple Joystick IIe and IIc. Not finding one at the VCF East 2023 consignment sale, I snapped up this one on eBay at a reasonable price.

    Now that I have a joystick for my Apple //e, it’s time for a little 8-bit retro gaming nostalgia!

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    Alan Grassia
  • apple,  apple //e,  peripherals,  throwback thursday

    Throwback Thursday: Apple Super Serial Card II

    July 24, 2014 /

    When was the last time you saw one of theses?  The Super Serial Card II from Apple was the serial card interface for the Apple ][ line of computers, including the wildly popular Apple ][e.  This particular Apple serial card was released in 1981.

    For more information about the back story and history of the Apple Super Serial Card II can be found over on Wikipedia.

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