The Apple II computer celebrates its 40th anniversary this summer and to celebrate, The New Apple II User’s Guide by David Finnigan is now reissued under new 40th anniversary covers.

The New Apple II User’s Guide with 40th Anniversary cover is available to order from Amazon.com for $25. This special 40th anniversary cover will only be available through the end of 2017. An ebook edition is also available for sale directly from the author. Visit the companion web site for more information.

The book has received praise and accolades from dozens in the Apple II community, including Steven Weyhrich, author of Sophistication & Simplicity: The Life and Times of the Apple II Computer; Chris Torrence, editor of Assembly Lines: The Complete Book; Eric Shepherd, well-known Apple II programmer and shareware author; and Open Apple, the Apple II podcast.

This book covers all models of Apple II, and contains everything that the new user needs to know to get started using and programming his Apple. Learn how to setup and start using the Apple, then learn how to program in BASIC. Further chapters cover graphics and sound, the disk system, networking, printing, and much more. This book is completely up-to-date and covers all recent advancements and developments in the Apple II world.

Rich Dreher updated his project status page yesterday with the following:

The assembly house has just informed me that they have shipped 280 (a little over half of the batch) CFFA3000 boards and Remotes to me. They should be here next week. The remaining 220 boards will follow in a few more weeks. I will be opening up and order page and sending out an email to everyone in a week or two.

This is great news for everyone who missed out on the first batch of cards and for those of us who, having sampled the card the first time around, are hungry for more.

(HT: Sean Fahey)