The Apple II is often referenced as the personal computer that started its namesake company down the path that would eventually lead to the iPhone and iPad we know today. Thanks to the joint efforts of DigiBarn and and the Computer History Museum, part of that unique history is being preserved.
With the approval of Apple, the original Apple II DOS source code has been released to the general public. The code comprises the original disk operating system that made it possible for the Apple II to transition from magnetic tape storage to the floppy disk by way of a drive and controller card assembly created by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (the Disk II).
The program commissioned by Apple and built by Paul Laughton of Shepardson Microsystems cost a total of $13,000 in 1978. Scans of the original paperwork documenting the deal are also preserved on the DigiBarn museum site.
[via Computer History Museum]
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