The guys at Mac software developer Panic use an iPad to load “Jed’s Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)”, a demo program written in Applesoft BASIC, onto an Apple //e via it’s cassette port. Proof positive that Apple continues to (indirectly) support the Apple II; products like the Macintosh and iPad are among the best Apple II peripherals ever produced. ?

Here’s a video featuring the developers of the iconic The Oregon Trail, quite possibly the most famous program ever written.


The Oregon Trail Bottlecap Talk from The Nerdery on Vimeo.

It’s about 45 minutes long… don’t die from dysentery while trying to watch it!