Episode 13: Wendell Sander

This month, Paul’s Apple /// has trouble connecting with the world outside, so he speculates on possibilities for WiFi connectivity, and Mike’s Apple /// has trouble connecting with any worlds at all. So, we turn our attention to literature, including the full Apple /// patent, a survey of Apple II users, an early interview with Trip Hawkins, and books on the Apple ///. Paul’s gotten himself a Cursor /// and some late-era PFS software, and unexpectedly managed to get a CMC Quick-20 drive working, Mike’s gotten an Axlon 320 RAMdrive. And Charles Mangin has created a miniature Apple ///.

The second half of the episode is an interview Mike conducted over the phone with Wendell Sander, designer of the Apple ///, from a couple of years ago, covering things like the Apple-internal interactions between departments, problems and solutions to initial reliability issues, the RAM design and peripherals. Recorded from a speaker through the air for added retro sound quality, but very interesting indeed!

• Apple /// full patent
• Nishida Radio’s Unisdisk Air
• FlashAir W-02
• Charles Mangin’s miniature Apple /// (Raspberry Pi case)
• Charles Mangin’s video of designing the miniature Apple ///
• Apple magazine v1n2 (sufficient, scan could be better)
• Cursor /// box scan
• Cursor /// manual scan
• CMC Quick-20 disks
• Axlon RAMDISK 320 disks (PDF scan)
• Eddie Adamis: BASIC Keywords for the Apple III
• Eddie Adamis: Business BASIC for the Apple III
• AppleLogic: What really killed the Apple ///