[Apple3-L] Apple /// - where do we go from here?

[Dave Ottalini]

Folks..

I'm sorry it's taken so long to let you know my thoughts about what  
to do with the A3 PD Library and all my A3 holdings.

Here is where things stand and where I think I'd like to go - but I  
am totally open to ideas.

1) The WAP A3 PD library will be archived by my friend and fellow  
Sarasaur David Craig. We're discussing the best way to make sure the  
archived disks can, in fact, get BACK onto 5.25" floppies that will  
boot on a ///.

2) I'm going to try and get the long-promised DVD finished - it will  
likely include iPod versions of the "How To Use Your Apple /// in 10  
EZ Lessons" and perhaps the archived A3 library if there's room. But  
it must be finished... I'm sorry it has sat unused for so long.

3) There currently is a website someone on this list set up -  
www.apple3.org - that has been held pending some kind of decision  
about what to do. I'd like to move the Apple /// files currently on  
WAP over to this web site. That said I do NOT want to be the  
webmaster - simply someone who contributes material. I am open to  
ideas about how to accomplish this (or if you would rather NOT use  
this site - that's ok too..).  I want this to be a community decision  
since we are all in this together. This site can be THE repository  
for all things A3 so everyone could contribute material to it..but it  
will have to be set up and managed by someone else.

4) I have a ton of software and hardware and will want to find a good  
home for it. I suspect Vintage or one of the other museums would take  
it but I am open to ideas - I just want it somewhere safe for  
preservation that is NOT my basement. If it is anywhere near  
Washington, DC, I can drive it someplace, or meet someone half way.   
I am not interested in breaking it up - I want it to be a complete  
set.  I have not contacted anyone yet - I want to hear from you  
first. And yes, it's fairly large - many books, software packages,  
hardware, even an A3 carrying case!

5) Your support and willingness to help has long been appreciated by  
me - considering the fact we're talking about a machine that ended  
its production run in 1983 - it is amazing anyone cares but you do -  
WE do - and this is special. Thank you!


Dave Ottalini