What a cool idea. And, note, this is a press release that needed no editing. This is how you do it. Facts, facts and more facts. PR pros, take note.
Rockland, MA February 22, 2005 — Syngress Publishing, Inc., today announced the publication of “Apple I Replica Creation: Back to the Garage” (ISBN: 1-931836-40-X) featuring a foreword by Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple Computer.
According to Wired Magazine, the Apple I is one of the hottest machines on the vintage computer market. There are now fewer than 50 systems still in circulation and collectors have paid as much as $50,000 for a computer originally priced at $666.66. While the average Apple enthusiast is unlikely to get their hands on an original, they can build a system from scratch with roughly $100 worth of hardware and a copy of “Apple I Replica Creation: Back to the Garage.”
Chapter topics include: Foreword by Steve Wozniak, The History of the Apple I, Tools and Materials, Digital Logic, Building the Replica, Programming in BASIC, Programming in Assembly, Understanding the Apple I, ASCII Codes, Operation Codes and Status Register, OpCode Matrix, Instructions by Category, Hacking Macintosh, Electrical Engineering Basics.
BOOK DETAILS
ISBN: 1-931836-40-X
PRICE: $39.95 U.S.
PAGE COUNT: 368 PPInside the book coverage:
-Build a Working Replica of the Revolutionary Apple I Computer
-Go “Old School” With BASIC and Assembly Language Programming
-Solve the Same Challenges That Forced Early Microcomputer Design Innovations
I’m working on a wind machine now. Maybe Apple will start marketing AM radio iPods.
They could actually open a law department as well. They are now busy suing somebody for leaking a version of Tiger. How wasteful!