These pages are about my time at Apple Computer Ltd in Cork, from 1983 up to 1998. During 1985–86 I was transferred to Cupertino to work on the Apple //gs diagnostics and was lead for the machine's ROM diagnostics. A short time was also spent at Apple's Singapore plant, to help them prepare for the introduction of the //gs.
These folders are photos of various items I've photographed or scanned. I don't have time to do up a nice web site, so for now I've just put everything in browsable folders.
Photos
- Super II 1981 — Apple //e prototype motherboard. I used this to test character ROMs for the //e in 1983, Apple Cork.
- Cork Test Engineering equipment for Apple ][, ][ EuroPlus, //e, //c, 1980–1986.
- //gs ROMs on a butterfly, EEPROM programmer used for test diagnostics, Cupertino & Cork, 1985/86.
- //gs EDR Engineering Design document, 3 Jun 1985 (old) scanned kg
- Mike Collins //gs Tester document, Dec 1985. scanned kg
Folder Containing (fixed link Jan 2022)
- Apple //gs ROM Diagnostics technical documentation (partial) & ROM listings (partial), and a PVT (Production Validation Test) //gs casing. The //gs motherboard is, I think, a production one & not PVT.
- Apple goodies of the era given to employees in Hollyhill.
- Inside Macintosh promotional edition (opening pages).
- Apple Computer Cork — some test hardware, including an Apple Cork single stepper and its wire-wrapped prototype.
Other links of interest
- Apple IIgs enthusiast site by Brutal Deluxe, and the IIgs diagnostics page with some of my 1985/6 diagnostics listed & lots more, including IIgs software they have developed.
- Apple IIgs (French) — apple-iigs.info