The Apple was the first computer designed and manufactured by Apple as a company. It was ahead of its time but suffered from many early mistakes it was too expensive, early versions didnt work well, and people complained there wasnt enough software that ultimately doomed it to become a footnote in Apples history. A3 system as sold on Ebay The Apple had a major impact on Apple however, since it was introduced just prior to the IBM PC. Had the really worked from the beginning, it may well have helped move businesses to a higher level Apple machine, and paved the way for the Lisa and Macintosh. As it was, Apple spent a lot of time and effort trying to make the right after a disastrous start in 1980. By 1983, the was fixed not only did it did work as advertised, but it made money for Apple. But it was all too little, too late. Luckily, user groups like Washington Apple Pi and a small group of vendors continued the cause long after the stopped production in 1983. Today, WAP as an organization no longer supports Apple II family machines, including the Apple though there are members like me who do continue to provide support when needed primarily through our Tuesday Night Clinic. That said, WAP now offers the new Apple DVD Archive 4 GB of information about the that includes the Pis entire Apple disk library in ADT Apple Disk Transfer format. Please see the Pi Store for more information on ordering. See whats in the DVD in this PDF file. See the media release about the A3 DVD Archive. Watch for our Apple tutorial DVD on two disks with other Apple material on the Pi Store as well. In December, 2003 I wrote an article about this twoset DVD that is also available for download as a pdf file.

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