Thursday, February 15, 2007

Willamette Apple Core, Inc.

The Willamette Apple Core, Inc. was a small Oregon based Apple II users group from the late 80's and early 90's. They produced seven years of newsletters and had over 600 floppies in their public domain library. These items have been preserved for all to use at the WAC Inc website.

http://wac.callapple.org

Beagle Brothers Software Repository

The Beagle Brother Software Repository is the only place on the web that is dedicated to preserving the software and other items produced by Beagle Brothers. The site contains software, manuals, posters and catalogs from the San Diego based company.

http://beagle.applearchives.com

Virtual Apple 2

Virtual Apple 2 is an online emulation system containing over 1100 games and other programs. The site has also been combined with the A.P.P.L.E. website from callapple.org producing one of the largest resources for Apple information on the Internet. (The Emulator requires Windows and IE or Firefox).

http://www.virtualapple.org

Virtual II Emulator

Virtual II is one of the best emulators available today. Specifically designed for the Mac and OS X, this emulator is always being updated with the latest version being released in Feb. 2007. The emulator is not only powerful but also is very visually appealing. Allows printing to PDF in their commercial version.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~gp/VirtualII/

Low End Mac's Apple II Page

Low End Mac is well know for supporting older Mac hardware. While they dont particularly support Apple II's, they do have some information out the usenet groups here on this page

http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html

Andrew Gregory's Web Page

This is the home of the famed Java Apple II emulator that is the basis for several other Java emulators available on the net. This site is still being updated with the last update in February 2007.

http://www.scss.com.au/family/andrew/apple/

University of Michigan Apple II Archive

The University of Michigan Apple II archive is one of the longest surviving archive on the internet today and remains a good resource for free Apple II software.

http://www.umich.edu/~archive/apple2/

OSXII Emulator

The OSXII Emulator is an early OS X Apple II emulator which is based on Cocoa. Programmed by Axel Bauer, the development seems to have stopped at version 0.9 and the last update to the site occured in July 2006. While Virtual II has surpassed this emulator, it is still worth the look see.

http://apple2.intergalactic.de/

Apple II History

Dr. Steven Weyrich has created on of the most extensive histories of the Apple II. A project he started in 1991, the site at http://apple2history.org/ has grown to include almost every aspect of the Apple II. Includes photos of hard to find magazines and hardware. Definately worth the reading.

http://apple2history.org/

Apple II Clones

Apple II Clones is a very nice website containing information about almost every Apple II clone ever produced. You will find photos and information about the clones and even some antidotes about the workings of the clones.


http://www.apple2clones.com/

Wikipedia Apple II Entry

Wikipedia is the worlds largest online encyclopedia and contains one of the most extensive entries about the Apple II available anywhere. This site, while it tends to always lean towards one group or another, depending on who has been editing the entry lately, still is a good read for the Apple II enthusiast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II