Happy 30th Birthday, Apple II

By Scott McNulty

The first Apple Computer I ever used wasn't a Mac, rather it was the grandfather of the Macintosh: the Apple II (it was actually an Apple IIe, but you get the idea). This is the machine that started it all: Apple, the personal computer revolution, and the idea of putting Apple stickers in the box with the machine. The Apple II went on sale June 5th, 1977 and it changed the world forever.

I spent many an hour of my youth staring into that black screen with green text, bending it to my will. Please help me wish the Apple II a very happy birthday, in a manner befitting it:

10 PRINT "Happy Birthday, Apple II!"
20 GOTO 10

If you want to run that little program you should check out Chipmunk, a great little BASIC emulator for OS X.

[via Retro Thing which is one of my favorite blogs.]

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