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- [AII]//////////////////////////////
- APPLE II /
- /////////////////////////////////
- Apple II History, Part 4
- """"""""""""""""""""""""
- By Steven Weyhrich
- [S.WEYHRICH]
-
-
-
- >>> APPLE II HISTORY <<<
- """"""""""""""""""""""""
- Compiled and written by Steven Weyhrich
- (C) Copyright 1991, Zonker Software
-
- (PART 4 -- THE APPLE II, CONT.)
- [v1.1 :: 12 Dec 91]
-
-
- INTRODUCTION As the Apple II History moves on, this month we continue the
- """""""""""" discussion about the design of the original Apple II,
- concentrating on the contributions made by people other than Steve Wozniak.
- We will also see its introduction at the First West Coast Computer Faire in
- April 1977, just over fifteen years ago, and see how it was for the first
- Apple buyers way back then.
-
- [*][*][*]
-
-
- THE APPLE II: OTHER DESIGN FEATURES Since Steve Wozniak was the designer
- """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" of the Apple I and II, exactly what
- contribution did Steve Jobs make to the effort? Unlike Wozniak, who would
- not think much of extra wires hanging out of a computer that worked
- properly, Jobs had an eye for the appearance of the final product. He
- wanted the Apple II to be a product that people outside the Homebrew
- Computer Club would want to own:
-
-
- "Jobs thought the cigar boxes [housing the home-made computers] that
- sat on the ... desk tops during Homebrew meetings were as elegant as fly
- traps. The angular, blue and black sheet-metal case that housed Processor
- Technology's Sol struck him as clumsy and industrial ... A plastic case was
- generally considered a needless expense compared to the cheaper and more
- pliable sheet metal. Hobbyists, so the arguments went, didn't care as much
- for appearance as they did for substance. Jobs wanted to model the case
- for the Apple after those Hewlett-Packard used for its calculators. He
- admired their sleek, fresh lines, their hardy finish, and the way they
- looked at home on a table or desk."<1>
-
-
- The final case design made the Apple II look quite different from most
- of their competition. The other computers looked like they had been
- assembled at home (and many of them were). The Apple had no visible screws
- or bolts (the ten screws attached at the bottom). It had the appearance of
- some variation of a typewriter, but still looked futuristic enough to be a
- computer. The friendliness of the design even extended to the lid, which
- popped off easily to allow access to the expansion slots, almost inviting
- the user to look inside (unlike most electronic devices that held the
- warning "CAUTION! NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE").<2>
-
- Other aesthetics to which Jobs paid attention were the color of the
- keyboard, vents for heat dissipation (avoiding the need for a noisy fan),
- and a shape and color that would blend in with other items in a home or on
- a desk. He also hired an engineer who was good with analog circuitry (not
- Wozniak's area of interest) to design a reliable, lightweight power supply
- that would stay cool. The engineer, Rod Holt, was working at Atari at the
- time, but was convinced to help Jobs and Wozniak. He developed a new
- approach (for microcomputers) by taking household current and switching it
- on and off rapidly, producing a steady current that was safe for the
- expensive memory chips. The final design of this switching power supply
- was smaller than a quart carton of milk and was quite reliable. Holt also
- helped design the television interface for the Apple II.<3>
-
- The new company was racing to have the Apple II ready for the First
- West Coast Computer Fair in April of 1977. Some last minute bugs had to be
- eliminated; because of a static electricity problem affecting a sensitive
- chip, the keyboards went dead every twenty minutes. Chris Espinosa and
- Randy Wigginton, two high school students who were early employees of
- Apple, had written programs to demonstrate the computer's color and sound.
- They were hurriedly working to duplicate these programs on cassette.
- People at Apple were working to fix blemishes in the computer cases that
- had returned from the plastics molding company. The name for this new
- computer was also finalized as "Apple II", following the example of Digital
- Equipment Company, who had given each newer version of its PDP series a
- higher number (PDP-1, PDP-6, etc.). They stylized the "II" in the product
- name by using right and left brackets, and displaying it on the case as
- "][". The final product bore the mark of each person at Apple:
-
-
- "The computer that appeared at the West Coast Computer Faire was not
- one person's machine. It was the product of collaboration and blended
- contributions in digital logic design, analog engineering, and aesthetic
- appeal. The color, the slots, the way in which the memory could be
- expanded from 4K to 48K bytes, the control of the keyboard and hookup to
- the cassette recorder, and the BASIC that was stored in the ROM chip--in
- effect the motherboard--was Wozniak's contribution. Holt had contributed
- the extremely significant power supply, and Jerry Mannock the case. The
- engineering advances were officially recognized when, some months later,
- Wozniak was awarded U.S. Patent #4,136,359 for a microcomputer for use with
- video display, and Holt was given Patent #4,130,862 for direct current
- power supply. But behind them all Jobs was poking, prodding, and pushing
- and it was he, with his seemingly inexhaustible supply of energy, who
- became the chief arbiter and rejecter... [Finally,] the combination of
- [Mike] Markkula [Apple's first president], Jobs, and the McKenna Agency
- turned Apple's public bow [at the West Coast Computer Faire] into a
- coup."<4>
-
-
- THE APPLE II: PRODUCT INTRODUCTION As they prepared for the display at
- """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" the First West Coast Faire, it was
- decided to create a new corporate logo. The original one, used in sales of
- the Apple I, was a picture of Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree,
- with a phrase from Wordsworth: "Newton...'A Mind Forever Voyaging Through
- Strange Seas of Thought...Alone.'" Jobs had been concerned that the logo
- had part of the slow sales of the Apple I, and the Regis McKenna Agency was
- hired to help in the design of a new one.
-
- "Rob Janov, a young art director, was assigned to the Apple account
- and set about designing a corporate logo. Armed with the idea that the
- computers would be sold to consumers and that their machine was one of the
- few to offer color, Janov set about drawing still lifes from a bowl of
- apples ... He gouged a rounded chunk from one side of the Apple, seeing
- this as a playful comment on the world of bits and bytes but also as a
- novel design. To Janov the missing portion 'prevented the apple from
- looking like a cherry tomato.' He ran six colorful stripes across the
- Apple, starting with a jaunty sprig of green, and the mixture had a
- slightly psychedelic tint. The overall result was enticing and warm ..."
-
- "[Steve] Jobs was meticulous about the style and appearance of the
- logo ... When Janov suggested that the six colors be separated by thin
- strips to make the reproduction easier, Jobs refused."<5>
-
-
- For the Faire, Markkula had ordered a smoky, backlit, illuminated
- plexiglas sign with the new logo. Although Apple had a smaller booth than
- other companies displaying their products at the Faire, and some of the
- other microcomputer makers (Processor Technology, IMSAI, and Cromemco) had
- been in business longer, Apple's booth looked far more professional, thanks
- to Markula's sign. Some of the other participants, companies larger than
- Apple, had done no more than use card tables with signs written in black
- markers.
-
- Because they had been one of the first to commit themselves to
- displaying at the Faire, Apple's booth was near the entrance and was
- visible to everybody entering the convention center. They demonstrated a
- kaleidoscopic video graphics program (possibly an early version of "BRIAN'S
- THEME") on a huge Advent display monitor, catching everybody's attention.
- But, after the Faire its organizer Jim Warren (Homebrew club member and
- editor of DR. DOBB'S JOURNAL) didn't think that Apple was a strong
- exhibitor. Byte magazine, in their report of the show, failed to even
- mention Apple. Despite these early opinions by influential people, over
- the next few months Apple received about three hundred orders for the Apple
- II, over a hundred more than the total number of Apple I's sold.<6>
-
-
- THE APPLE II: COST Prebuilt systems were also sold by Commodore (the
- """""""""""""""""" 6502-based PET, for $595), and Radio Shack (the
- Z80-based TRS-80, for $600). This was quite a bit less than the Apple II's
- premium price of $1,298 for a 4K computer, a pair of game paddles, and an
- audio cassette with demo programs. This price did not include a cassette
- recorder or monitor (which both the PET and TRS-80 did include). The
- hardware limitations and lack of expandability of those machines, however,
- offset some of the price difference. Also, one other hardware introduction
- for the Apple II that happened in mid-1978 set it well ahead of its
- immediate competitors; we'll get to that shortly.
-
-
- THE APPLE II: EXPERIENCES OF EARLY USERS The original manual for the
- """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Apple II was sparse. It
- consisted of thirty photocopied pages, including some handwritten notes
- from Woz. The over stated, "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication:
- introducing Apple ][, the personal computer." In early 1978 these original
- photocopied manuals were replaced with the new "Apple II Technical
- Reference Manual" (also known as the "Red Book"), and copies were mailed to
- previous customers. Steve Jobs realized that people often viewed the
- quality of a product by the quality of its documentation, and so he took
- pains to get manuals that were easy to read and had a professional
- appearance.<7>
-
- Setting up an early Apple II was fairly simple. The lid popped off
- easily, and one of the first things you would attach was the Sup'r Mod (RF
- modulator). This was plugged onto two pins sticking up from the back rear
- of the motherboard, near the video output jack (assuming that you did not
- also buy a REAL computer monitor). The game paddles were two small black
- boxes, with a knob on the top attached to a potentiometer (similar to
- volume controls on a radio) and a tiny black button on the side. These
- boxes were attached via a narrow cable to a plug that looked (and was)
- fragile; this plug also went into a small socket in the motherboard.
- Lastly, you attached your data storage device (the cassette recorder) to
- the input and output jacks in the back of the computer.
-
- After turning on the Apple II, the first thing to greet you was a
- screen full of random alphabetic characters and symbols, and possibly some
- colored blocks (lo-res graphics mode might be turned on). Here you had to
- press the RESET key in the upper right hand side of the keyboard, which,
- after releasing the key, would cause a "beep!" and an asterisk to appear in
- the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. (If the lo-res graphics mode
- had been on, it would now be off). Next to the asterisk (which was a
- prompt to show that you were in the Monitor) was a flashing box, the
- cursor. To get into BASIC, you had to press the "Ctrl" key and the "B" key
- simultaneously. Now you would see a different prompt, one that looked like
- a ">".
-
- At this point, you could either begin entering a BASIC program, or try
- to load one from cassette. To load from cassette was not always easy; it
- took time to get the right volume and tone settings on the tape player in
- order to avoid getting the "ERR" or "*** SYNTAX ERR" message. (And if you
- didn't have much memory, you might get a "*** MEM FULL ERR" message!) When
- you got it properly loaded, you could type RUN and see what happened.
- Beyond that, it was more or less up to you to actually find something to DO
- with your new toy.<8>
-
-
- THE APPLE II: EARLY HARDWARE ADD-ONS Aside from the M&R "Sup'r Mod" that
- """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" allowed early Apple II users to run
- their computer on their color TV's, some other enterprising hackers
- designed their own versions of modulators. One used by an early member of
- an Apple user group in Washington State (Apple Pugetsound Program Library
- Exchange, or A.P.P.L.E.) was somewhat better shielded than the "Sup'r Mod".
- It had its own power supply and plugged into the video output jack on the
- back of the Apple. The "Sup'r Mod" was by far the biggest seller,
- however.<9>
-
- At first, there were no interface cards for any of Woz's eight slots.
- With the limited funds that computer purchasers had then (and now) there
- was not much they could afford after shelling out anywhere from $1200 to
- $1800 just to get their own Apple II. But they were innovative, and like
- many other hardware hackers of the day managed to make do with old or
- surplus parts. Some people, for instance, had gotten their hands on used
- teletype printers, such as the ASR-33 (called "battleships" because they
- were so rugged and heavy). Since there weren't any printer interface cards
- to plug into the slots to allow the computer to communicate with the
- teletype, they used a trick they learned from Woz himself. The Apple II
- had four single-bit output pins on the game controller socket that could be
- used for various purposes. A schematic floated through the various user
- groups that showed how to connect the teletype to an annunciator pin; along
- with it was a machine language program that re-directed output from the
- screen to that one-bit port, and on to the printer.<10>
-
- [*][*][*]
-
-
- NEXT INSTALLMENT The Disk II
- """"""""""""""""
-
- NOTES
- """""
- <1> Michael Moritz, THE LITTLE KINGDOM, p. 186.
-
- <2> Steven Levy, HACKERS: HEROES OF THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION, pp.
- 263-264.
-
- <3> Moritz, p. 189.
-
- <4> Moritz, pp. 190-191.
-
- <5> Moritz, p. 188.
-
- <6> Moritz, pp. 192-193.
-
- <7> Philip Chien, "The First Ten Years: A Look Back", THE APPLE II
- REVIEW, Fall/Winter 1986, p. 12.
-
- <8> -----, APPLE II BASIC PROGRAMMING MANUAL, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981,
- pp. 1-19.
-
- <9> -----, "A.P.P.L.E. Co-op Celebrates A Decade of Service",
- CALL-A.P.P.L.E., Feb 1988, pp. 12-27.
-
- <10> Val J. Golding, "Applesoft From Bottom To Top", CALL-A.P.P.L.E.
- IN DEPTH #1, 1981, p. 8.
-
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
- / "Read my lips. No new political messages in the Falcon Topic!" /
- / - Candidate Jeff Williams. /
- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// JEFF.W ////
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- Yours For The Downloading
- """""""""""""""""""""""""
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- [MELSOFT]
-
-
-
- >>> FINANCIAL GENIUS <<<
- """"""""""""""""""""""""
-
- >>> Number: 18671 Name: FGS.SHK.BXY
- >>> Address: R.ADAMS48 Date: 920525
- >>> Approximate # of bytes: 139904
-
-
- HOME FINANCE PACKAGE Commercial venders have produced a vast array of
- """""""""""""""""""" programs since the Apple IIGS was introduced. These
- programs covered just about every application thinkable, except for a good
- quality home financial program. There have been many templates for
- Appleworks and Appleworks GS that cover everything from checking and
- savings accounts to home budgets and car loans, but nothing that would do
- all these things and much more.
-
- Financial GeniuS (FSG) is an excellent home finance program written
- specifically for the Apple IIGS using the standard GS/OS interface and is
- completely compatible with System software 6.0. With FSG you can keep
- track of all you financial records including; checking and savings
- accounts, credit card management, home budgets, investment management, car
- loans, assets, liabilities, cost projections, home mortgages and mush more.
- FSG uses standard methods to enter information into your financial records
- such as menus, line edits, radio buttons, check boxes, and pop-up menus.
-
-
- Financial GeniuS comes complete with an 8 page tutorial that
- completely covers all the features included in the program. Starting a new
- account mainly consists of opening a checking account followed by various
- categories (up to 120 per account) which lists assets, liabilities, income,
- and expenses. Each category can be used to break down assets such as your
- car, home, summer cabin, fishing boat, and jet plane (don't we wish).
- Liabilities like credit cards and Uncle Fred, expenses like groceries,
- household goods, Car loan monthly payments, mortgage monthly payments and
- interest. Income can be included also as various categories such as
- Paycheck, Savings interest, and stock dividends.
-
- The checking account acts as a base for the other categories as most
- transactions are done through your checking account. However, each
- category can also be accessed for individual transactions, for example your
- savings account. Automatic Transactions is a neat feature were you can
- create a list of transactions that take place each month, like your car
- loan payment, mortgage payment or any month payment where the amount does
- not change. Then when it comes time to enter that car loan payment all you
- do is call it up from the list of Automatic Transaction. You can also
- setup automatic transactions for your savings account for Social Security,
- Retirement pay that go into your savings on a monthly bases.
-
- Another great feature is the ability to Split Transactions. This is
- useful when you write a check for the local market and not all that you
- purchased will fit into one category. Perhaps you also purchased
- detergent, bleach, paper towels and toilet tissue. These items would go
- under household expenses and not groceries. With Split Transactions you
- can split up a single check into two or more categories.
-
- One draw back to the program, and it is a minor one, is that you must
- use the TAB key to move from input edit box to the next input edit box. Of
- course you can also use the mouse. The TAB key after entering information
- in order to go to the next entry box takes some getting use to. The RETURN
- key would be more traditional and easier as that is the way most programs
- are written. After a bit of use though you seem to get over hitting the
- RETURN key to go to the next input box.
-
- Another feature I would like to see added is an Automatic monthly
- entry into the savings or checking accounts to handle automatic deposits
- from retirement or Social Security payments. I have my Navy Retirement
- and VA benefit check deposited automatically and my mortgage and
- maintenance fee withdrawn automatically from my savings account. Yes I
- can use Automatic Transactions to list these four transactions and enter
- them one at a time into my savings account, but it would be nice to have
- the programs do this automatically without any actions on my part.
-
- Let's get to the bottom line. This is not only an excellent home
- financial program for the Apple IIGS, it also fills a rather large hole in
- this somewhat forgotten applications area. We should all give a hardy
- congratulations to Rick Adams for taking the time and effort to write such
- an outstanding financial program. The $35 Shareware fee is so very small
- considering what this program offers. This is not just a Shareware
- program, it is indeed commercial quality and we should be thankful that
- Rick decided to go the Shareware route because an equivalent commercial
- Finance GenuS would cost in the neighborhood of $90 to $100 dollars. I
- highly recommend this program for those among you that want to keep track
- of your home finances.
-
-
- ///////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
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- / in.....and out pops an answer. I wish we'd had this when I /
- / was in school. Thanks folks." /
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- SupraFAX Modem V.32bis A month and a half ago, my modem was hit by
- """""""""""""""""""""" lightning. I'm fortunate that it was the only
- piece of hardware affected. After wrestling with the insurance company for
- a few weeks, I collected, and bought a new SupraFAX Modem V.32bis.
-
- At first glance, it's a neat little modem. It's very small, about
- half that of most modems. It measures 6-3/8 by 4-5/8 by 1- 1/4 inches.
- The case is silver, and it has a black faceplate. The faceplate has four
- LED indicators, Off Hook (OH), Send Data (SD), Receive Data (RD), and
- Terminal Ready (TR). To the right of that are a pair of 5x7 dot matrix LED
- displays that show the rest of modem's modes and functions. Next to that
- is the power switch, a rarity on today's computer equipment. Finally
- somebody has put the power switch in an easy to reach location!
-
- The modem comes from the factory with two presets to get you up and
- running immediately. One is for IBM PC/Amiga/Atari owners (AT&F2), and the
- other is for Macintosh owners (AT&F1). Other settings allow you to set how
- the modem tells you its connect rate, and which protocols it uses. Some
- terminal software chokes on these extras, so it takes some time to
- determine just how your program will react. One very interesting command
- is AT%Q. When you are logged onto a BBS, return to command mode with +++,
- then type AT%Q. The number it gives you is the quality of the connection,
- from 0 being good, to 10 being awful. Then you can return to the BBS with
- ATO.
-
- The documentation is excellent. Included are a thick reference manual
- that explains every feature of the modem, all of its Hayes-compatible
- commands, a glossary of terms, and even an index; a Getting Started manual
- that explains how to install your terminal software (PC and Mac users
- only), what the different display codes are on the modem's fancy display,
- and a very basic guide to sending a FAX (if you have FAX software); and
- very handy reference card with all of the commands, the display codes, and
- even an RS-232 pinout.
-
- UP & RUNNING Okay, so how does it work? My first impressions are
- """""""""""" excellent. The character display is very interesting, and
- is certainly a change from the typical row of LED's found on most modems,
- although I would have preferred a larger display, since to a novice, a
- flashing sequence of 144, LP, DC, and CD don't mean much. What it does
- mean is a connect rate of 14,400 bps, LAP-M error correction (V.42), Data
- Compression (V.42bis), and Carrier Detect, respectively. After a while, I
- discovered a very annoying problem with this modem in particular. When
- first powered up, I have no problem connecting to any BBS. But after the
- first call, the modem will only connect using MNP error correction. Since
- performing a soft reset with the ATZ command didn't cure the problem, I
- found that powering the modem off and back on did the trick.
-
-
- CUSTOMER SUPPORT Now we get to Customer Support. It takes a while to
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- helpful. I tried all afternoon, and the line was busy. Finally, it rang,
- and I got the recording, "All operators are busy. Please stay on the line,
- and someone will be with you shortly." After about three minutes, someone
- came on. He was completely baffled with my problem, as it wasn't one
- they'd heard of. He was very knowledgeable and, and decided the easiest
- thing to do was to replace the modem. He said there were two ways to do
- it: I could send it back, and wait a few weeks for a new one; or I could
- give them a credit card number (as a deposit), and they would express-mail
- me a replacement, with a prepaid return envelope. The only catch is that
- there is a $20 charge for this. I opted for the faster way. Two days
- later, the UPS Red Label package arrived at 10:00 am. I sent the old modem
- back via Federal Express, in the included envelope.
-
- THE BOTTOM LINE The new modem works great! It has no problems that I
- """"""""""""""" have detected so far. I regularly achieve speeds in the
- high 1600 cps range, with V.42bis and Ymodem-G, on files compressed with
- Quester's LHARC. This modem really flies! I'm very pleased with it, and I
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-
- The SupraFAX V.32bis retails for $399, but I have seen it as low as
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