We got the heads up on this press release via Bruce Damer’s DigiBarn Computer Museum newsletter (which by the way, is one of our favorite retro-computing sites on the net and highly recommended).

The Washington Apple Pi User Group (WAP) has collected a huge array (4GB!) of legacy Apple /// manuals, information, disk-imaged software and placed it all on DVD! The Apple /// Legacy DVD is available for $35 USD + shipping, which goes to help the Washington Apple Pi.

Washington Apple Pi Offers New Apple /// Legacy DVD

David Ottalini
apple3info@verizon.net

03/18/07
For Immediate Release

ROCKVILLE, Md. ­ It literally took decades to produce, but a new DVD containing 4+ gigabytes of information and previously unavailable material about the Apple /// computer is now available through the Washington Apple Pi User Group (WAP).

“Much of this disk contains invaluable articles from WAP, Apple Three Users of Northern California, Third Apple Users and other historic Apple and online users groups,” said Dave Ottalini, WAP’s /// SIG Chair who compiled the DVD with contributions from his own library and other /// users. The disk includes every article Ottalini has ever written for WAP and other publications. It also includes WAP’s entire Apple /// public domain library of 250 disks in ADT (Apple Disk Transfer) format, along with videos, audio files, graphics and much, much more.

The DVD is available through Washington Apple Pi’s online store at http://www.prestostore.com/cgi-bin/storefront.pl?ref=WAPiStore. The cost is $35.00 (plus postage) ­ which goes to help Washington Apple Pi.

“This DVD is a must for anyone interested in Apple’s early history and especially about the Apple ///,” says Ottalini. The machine was the first business computer produced by Apple as a company and was manufactured for only a few years in the early 1980s. It suffered from a number of highly publicized problems, major and trivial, and could not compete with the original Apple II or with the original IBM PC and Macintosh computers, yet those who owned and used the machines found them far more flexible and innovative than anything else available.”

WHAT’S IN THE APPLE /// DVD?

Categories include: WAP, A3 Info, A3 Tech Library, A3 Archives, Emulation, ///s Company BBS, Mac Software, Vendors, Fliptrack, A3 Media, MAUG, Source Code, A3 Manuals, DataBases, and Videos. See the disk for a full listing or goto http://www.wap.org/a3/.

APPLE /// IN 10 EZ LESSONS AND MORE

The Pi Store also plans to offer a two set DVD that is a TV-quality video tutorial about the Apple ///. MP4 versions for the video iPod are included with the Apple /// legacy DVD. As for future projects, the /// community is talking about transferring as many software titles as possible onto DVD(s) using the ADT format to preserve the legacy of the Apple ///.

ABOUT WASHINGTON APPLE PI

Washington Apple Pi is one of the oldest and largest Apple/Macintosh User Groups in the U.S. Since 1979, WAP has worked to help its members take advantage of their computers. From special interest groups to monthly meetings, Tuesday repair clinics to Internet service, the Pi offers a host of services to members of all ages for just $49.00 per year. For more information about the club and how to join, point your browser to http://www.wap.org.

Washington Apple Pi, Ltd.
12022 Parklawn Drive
Rockville, MD USA 20852
301-984-0300