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Melvin Astrahan

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We’re back for Episode 11.  This time, we talk about really very small advances in booting a /// from a flash drive, the Cursor /// joystick and the history of The Keyboard Company, and a visit to the Stanford archives of Apple materials to get the real scoop on EMI/RFI emissions and the timeline of the /// plus.  After that, another talk from the 1987 Phase III conference, this one by Dr. Melvin Astrahan, author of Draw On /// and the Mr. Sandman game, talking about the graphical abilities of the Apple ///. The trip to the Stanford archives yielded two interesting Apple ///-related documents.  More about these on apple2scans.net (link will be retroactively inserted here when it’s ready over there), but here are the documents themselves:  Apple /// plus beta testing (Nov 15, 1982) Preliminary RFI testing on Apple III computer (Jun 24, 1980)  Links of Interest:  Michael Muller’s History of The Keyboard Company, on Wendell Sander’s apple1notes site Mike Willegal’s page on early Apple keyboards SDFloppy II RetroConnector cable for connecting /// and SDFloppy II RetroConnector keyboard interface for Apple //e Archive guide to the Stanford Apple collection Draw On ///

We’re back for Episode 11. This time, we talk about really very small advances in booting a /// from a flash drive, the Cursor /// joystick and the history of The Keyboard Company, and a visit to the Stanford archives of Apple materials to get the real scoop on EMI/RFI emissions and the timeline of the /// plus. After that, another talk from the 1987 Phase III conference, this one by Dr. Melvin Astrahan, author of Draw On /// and the Mr. Sandman game, talking about the graphical abilities of the Apple ///. The trip to the Stanford archives yielded two interesting Apple ///-related documents. More about these on <a href="http://apple2scans.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple2scans.net</a> (link will be retroactively inserted here when it’s ready over there), but here are the documents themselves: <ul> <li><a href="http://drop-iii-inches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Apple-III-Plus-beta-memo.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple /// plus beta testing</a> (Nov 15, 1982)</li> <li><a href="http://drop-iii-inches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Apple-III-RFI-Testing-Results-Memo.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Preliminary RFI testing on Apple III computer</a> (Jun 24, 1980)</li> </ul> Links of Interest: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.apple1notes.com/old_apple/History_files/The%20Keyboard%20Company.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Muller’s History of The Keyboard Company, on Wendell Sander’s apple1notes site</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.willegal.net/appleii/appleii-first_page.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Willegal’s page on early Apple keyboards</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/SDFloppyII/1377746059152612" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SDFloppy II</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tindie.com/products/option8/apple-iii-disk-ii-cable/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RetroConnector cable for connecting /// and SDFloppy II</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tindie.com/products/option8/retroconnector-keyboard-interface-for-apple-iie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RetroConnector keyboard interface for Apple //e</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4t1nb0n3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archive guide to the Stanford Apple collection</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.apple2scans.net/apple-iii-documents/draw-on-graphics-tool/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Draw On ///</a></li></ul>

Episode 11: Fort Stanford, b/w Phase III: Dr. Melvin Astrahan