Welcome to the Apple II History The core of information presented here was originally a series of articles printed in the early 1990s in the Metro Apple Computer Hobbyists MACH User Group Newsletter in Omaha, Nebraska. It was gathered from personal experience, from various Apple II periodicals and books, and from networking with other Apple II enthusiasts on the GEnie online service. As it was being printed in the monthly MACH newsletter, I also uploaded these files to GEnies Apple II library, and made it available for others to download. I stated that it could be used in other user group newsletters; my only stipulation was that I be mailed a copy of any newsletter in which it was printed. Shared via local BBS bulletin board systems and the fledgling World Wide Web on the Internet, it soon went around the United States and even around the world. I know that there were probably many instances in which the groups printing it did not send a copy to me, but I immensely appreciated then and now those who did take the time and postage to do so. At one time I was receiving a monthly mailing from the AUSOM user group in Australia, and from another large group in Great Britain. Furthermore, the history has been translated into French for at least one user group there, and another individual is in the process at this time of making a translation of the history for his French web site see links. In 1994, I was asked via email by Erik Kloeppel if the History could be converted to HTML to make available as a web site on the Hypermall, a new webhosting service in Colorado. Since I did not know how to create web pages at that time, I gave my approval, and the Apple II History became one of the early web sites on the Hypermall. Now called foreThought, they have graciously continued to host this site, even in its new and updated form.

Website: http://apple2history.org/