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Animation, Games, and Sound for the Apple II/IIe (1984)

Roman — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:04:12 +0000

Business Program Portfolio For Your Apple IIe (1984)

Roman — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:02:29 +0000

Essential Programs for Small Business Planning – II IIe IIc (1985)

Roman — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:58:35 +0000

Another Apple II BASIC programming book aimed at business professionals.

BASIC Business Subroutines for the Apple II/IIe (1984)

Roman — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:24:26 +0000

From the days when one could run his business on an Apple II. A collection of programs and subroutines for all of your business needs.

I picked up a User Manual for my “new” Apple DuoDisk Drive.

Roman — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:01:29 +0000

Still in the shrinkwrap.

A Golden Age of Flight Sims – Red Baron, Aces of the Pacific, & Aces Over Europe

Roman — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:02:12 +0000

Definitely a golden age of historical flight simulators when Dynamix released Red Baron, Aces of the Pacific, and Aces Over Europe. Each game comes with a nice spiral manual with historical goodness that rivals the Lucasfilm sims.

inCider Magazine March 1983

Roman — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:42:20 +0000

I finally found an inCider magazine on eBay that was priced right for the content. In the March/1983 issue inCider reviews Apple’s newest computer, the IIe. This along with 200 pages of articles, BASIC program listings, and other retro goodness made it a steal for $10 (includes shipping).

Compute!’s Third Book of Apple (1986)

Roman — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:37:39 +0000

Completing the Compute!’s trilogy with the rarest volume of the three.

Two Lucasfilm Classics from when game documentation mattered.

Roman — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:25:29 +0000

Once upon a time, game publishers were not slimey, greedy, rip-off artists. When you purchased a game, you got an experience. With infocom, you got the feelies and lots of reading material. With Origin, you got a cloth map or an ankh and again lots of reading material. With these two WWII flight sims, you not only got some kickass games, you got a history lesson. Each game came with a 200 page manual that contained not only the instructions to play the games, but real photos from the era, historical accounts, and strategy. Compare this to the what you are getting in today’s gaming era for $50 (a cd and 5 page reference “manual”), and you get a sad sense of what younger gamers have lost out on..

Complete in the box with those juicy manuals of historical goodness, Their Finest Hour, and Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe.

Happy Halloween

Roman — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:36:57 +0000