Macintosh News from 25 Years Ago: Computer Warehouse deals and thoughts on backing up data
Published: Thursday, 31st January 2019
Well, January has absolutely flown by so I figured I’d mark the passing of the first month of 2019 by taking another look back to 25 years ago via the pages of the January 1994 issue of The Mac magazine. I’ve always had a fascination with the cost of computing way-back-when and once made a...
Read More...Donated and Archived: Lode Runner The Legend Returns
Published: Friday, 25th January 2019
I launched VintageAppleMac.com with the intention to create an archive of Macintosh shareware games and utilities. As time has progressed, I’ve expanded the scope of the site to include preservation of a much broader range of Apple software and ephemera from my wider collection. That scope has broadened once more to now include software items...
Read More...Fundraiser to buy and archive 3 year collection of Apple Sales & Marketing CDs
Published: Monday, 21st January 2019
Hello folks! OK, here’s a curveball for you; I’m running a fundraiser! 😀 This is to fund the purchase of a large collection of Apple Sales & Marketing Resource Library CDs from a seller in America. They have them listed at $399.99 plus $90 for international shipping and that’s *way* above my budget! I did...
Read More...The Alternative Mac Manual by MacFormat
Published: Wednesday, 16th January 2019
Vintage Macintosh retrocomputing is a great hobby to get into but, for those who have only ever used Windows or for OSX users that never experienced the “classic” Mac OS, there is a steep learning curve to overcome before the hobby can really come alive for them. The web has many Macintosh resources available (not...
Read More...Twin Peaks Bedside Companion HyperCard Stack
Published: Thursday, 3rd January 2019
Phew! That article title’s quite the mouthful, eh? But it does exactly what it says on the tin, I’m writing about a HyperCard stack called “Twin Peaks Bedside Companion”! But why? Well, I was thumbing through the January 1994 issue of The Mac yesterday after publishing this article on one of its features and my...
Read More...Macintosh News from 25 Years Ago: The Mac Decade
Published: Wednesday, 2nd January 2019
In a new regular feature on VintageAppleMac.com, I will be looking back through time and poring over the ups and downs in the world of Apple and the Macintosh from a quarter of a century ago. I have a large collection of Apple magazines (500 or so!) and these are fascinating time capsules, filled with...
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