There was a thriving industry devoted to the Apple II

Apple II

The Apple II is an 8-bit home computer, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products, designed primarily by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer and introduced in 1977...

 at one time, including:

• 8/16
• A+ - Published by IDG
  IDG
  International Data Group is a technology media, research, event management, and venture capital organization.IDG evolved from International Data Corporation which was formed in 1964 in Newtonville, Massachusetts, by Patrick Joseph McGovern and a friend, Fred Kirch...
  
  
• A2-Central On Disk
• Apple Assembly Lines
  Apple Assembly Lines
  Apple Assembly Line was a monthly newsletter published from October 1980 through May 1988. This newsletter focused on assembly language for the Apple ][, //e, //c, and //gs computers...
  
  
• A.U.G.E.
  A.U.G.E.
  The Apple User Group Europe was founded in 1979 and is one of the oldest interregional, private and independent computer clubs of Germany....
  
   Apple User Group Europe
• Call-A.P.P.L.E.
  Call-A.P.P.L.E.
  Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine is the monthly journal publication of the Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange . The magazine was published from 1978 until 1990 when it was discontinued; after a 12 year lapse publication was restarted in 2002...
  
   Still published as an E-Zine
• Compute! Apple
• Co-Op Spirit Published after A.P.P.L.E. Co-Op Ceased Business operations in 1990 returning the group to User Group Status.
• GS+
• Hardcore Computist (later renamed just Computist after young subscribers' parents kept throwing it out as porn)
• II Alive (published by Quality Computers, a large mail-order retailer specializing in the Apple II)
• inCider (later merged with A+ and renamed "inCider/A+")
• Juiced.GS
  Juiced.GS
  Juiced.GS is a print magazine/newsletter for Apple II computer users. Although the name implies a focus on the Apple , its coverage encompasses all Apple II systems...
  
   Still in print.
• Nibble
  Nibble (magazine)
  Nibble was a magazine for Apple II computer users with a focus on hobbyist programming. The name meant "half a byte" or "four bits." Its slogan was "The Magazine for Apple II Enthusiasts." Most of the articles incorporated the source code of a small to medium-sized utility, application program,...
  
  
• Open-Apple (later renamed "A2-Central") - Published by Resource Central
  Resource Central
  Resource Central was an Apple II publishing house in Overland Park, Kansas. It was founded by former Softalk columnist and Beagle Bros software author Tom Weishaar. Resource Central was responsible for many Apple II publications, including:...
  
  
• Pom's (France). See http://sbm.ordinotheque.free.fr/apple/poms/
• Peelings II
• Reboot
• Softdisk
  Softdisk (disk magazine)
  Softdisk , originally Softdisk Magazette, was a disk magazine for the Apple II computer line, published from 1981 through 1995. It was the first publication of the company that was also known as Softdisk, which would go on to publish disk magazines for other systems, other software, and later be...
  
   & Softdisk G-S - by Softdisk Publishing
  Softdisk
  Softdisk is a software and Internet company based in Shreveport, Louisiana. Founded in 1981, its original products were disk magazines...
  
  
• SoftSide Apple Edition
  SoftSide
  SoftSide Magazine is a defunct computer magazine, begun in October 1978 by Roger Robitaille and published by SoftSide Publications of Milford, New Hampshire.-History:...
  
  
• Shareware Solutions II
• The Apple II Review (later renamed "Apple IIGS Buyer's Guide")
• The Road Apple
• The Sourceror's Apprentice
• Script-Central
• Softalk
  Softalk
  Softalk was a magazine of the early 1980s that focused on the Apple II computer. Published from 1979 through 1984, it featured articles about hardware and software associated with the Apple II platform and the people and companies who made them...
  
  
• Studio City
• Washington Apple Pi
• Windfall
• Understanding the Apple II by James Fielding Sather

Most Apple user groups published newsletters; some of these gained fame outside their local area. The best known of these were probably Call-A.P.P.L.E.

Call-A.P.P.L.E.

Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine is the monthly journal publication of the Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange . The magazine was published from 1978 until 1990 when it was discontinued; after a 12 year lapse publication was restarted in 2002...

 (published by the Apple Puget Sound Program Library Exchange, A.P.P.L.E., in Seattle), the Washington Apple Pi Journal (published by Washington Apple Pi in Washington, DC). The Washington Apple Pi is still in operation and still publishing (though the focus is now on the Macintosh); A.P.P.L.E. ceased publication of Call-A.P.P.L.E.

Call-A.P.P.L.E.

Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine is the monthly journal publication of the Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange . The magazine was published from 1978 until 1990 when it was discontinued; after a 12 year lapse publication was restarted in 2002...

 in 1990, printing the Co-Op Spirit for 3 years and restarting publication of Call-A.P.P.L.E.

Call-A.P.P.L.E.

Call-A.P.P.L.E. Magazine is the monthly journal publication of the Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange . The magazine was published from 1978 until 1990 when it was discontinued; after a 12 year lapse publication was restarted in 2002...

 as an E-Zine in 2002.

Juiced.GS

Juiced.GS

Juiced.GS is a print magazine/newsletter for Apple II computer users. Although the name implies a focus on the Apple , its coverage encompasses all Apple II systems...

is still in print today, and is the only remaining print publication dedicated to the Apple II computer.

External links

• Juiced.GS
• A2Central.com – Apple II news and downloads