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68KMLA (Forum, Apple II, Macintosh)
68KMLA has several boards of interest to the vintage Apple user. Their older archived board can be accessed here.

A2Central (News, Apple II)
A2Central.com is your total online source for Apple II news. We curate announcements, releases, tidbits, and surprises that you’d otherwise have to scour the Internet to find. Whether you’re a fan of the Apple II or the IIGS, hardware or emulation, programming or gaming, we have the latest updates to feed your retrocomputing appetite.

A2Heaven (Vendor, Hardware, Apple II, Misc.)
Пламен Вайсилов (Plamen) of Plovdiv, Bulgaria designs and produces several popular Apple II enhancement products.

Apple2History (Reference, Apple II)
Dr. Steven D. Weyhrich’s in-depth history of Apple Computer, the Apple II and many other adjacent topics. Now also available in hardback.

Apple2Infinitum (Forum, Apple II)
Dagen Brock’s Slack site dedicated to Apple II development and general interests.

Apple Archives (Reference, Periodicals, Archives)
Scans and images of many magazines, newsletters and software curated by Call-A.P.P.L.E.

Apple II Documentation Project (Reference, Apple II)
This site contains scans of Apple II cards, peripherals, manuals, disk images… an essential link for your Apple II bookmarks.

Applefritter (Forum, Apple II, Macintosh)
Applefritter is a forum that caters to “the obscure, the unusual, the exceptional” of Apple micro topics.

Applesauce FDC (Vendor, Hardware, Apple II)
Applesauce is a project targeting retro computing enthusiasts and digital archivists who need to work with floppy disks. It combines the most capable and full featured disk analysis software available along with powerful hardware, and packages it up into a product that it easy to use for even non-technical folks.

Archive.org (Reference, General)
The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, people with print disabilities, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge.

BMOW/Big Mess o’ Wires (Vendor, Hardware, Apple II, Apple III, Macintosh, Lisa)

Big Mess o’ Wires is an electronics blog and e-commerce store for hobbyists and enthusiasts, run by Steve Chamberlin. Need some accessories for your Apple II, Lisa, or vintage Macintosh? Looking for info on microcontrollers or custom embedded hardware development? Enjoy tinkering with a soldering iron and vintage electronics? If so, you’re in the right place. You might even learn something about life in the maker business too.

Brutal Deluxe (Developer, Software, Demoscene, Archive)
Antoine Vignau and Olivier Zardini are exceptionally active programmers located in Paris, France.

Byte Works (Developer, Apple II, Other)
Byte Works is the famous developer and publisher of the ORCA line of programming languages. They are now combined into two products: Opus ][ The Software and Opus ][ The Source available exclusively through Juiced.GS.

Call-A.P.P.L.E. (Vendor, News, Periodical, Reference, Forum, Apple II, Apple III, Macintosh)
Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) was one of the first official Apple User Groups in the United States. Founded in 1978 by Val J. Golding, A.P.P.L.E. grew quickly and membership peaked to almost 50,000 global members by 1985.

INIT HELLO (Conference, Apple II)
INIT HELLO is “an accidental conference.” In 2025, community member Kate “Cat” Szkotnicki had the idea to “get some people together for a small weekend gathering in a hotel ballroom or party suite.” Well, scope creep happened, and INIT HELLO was born! INIT HELLO is another opportunity for members of the Apple II community to get together and celebrate our favorite retro computer!

JD Micro (Vendor, Hardware, Apple II)
JD Micro is a collaboration between Dean Claxton in Australia and Jeff Mazur in the USA. The produce the popular line of ROMX, Xdrive and RAMX products for the Apple II, sold through ReactiveMicro.

Joe’s Computer Museum (Vendor, Hardware, Apple II, Apple III, Macintosh)
Joe Strosnider produces and sells a variety of enhancements for Apple II and vintage Macintosh computers.

Juiced.GS (Vendor, Periodical, Reference, Apple II)
Juiced.GS is a quarterly print magazine devoted to all models of Apple II computers, featuring exclusive reviews, interviews, and tutorials for all Apple II users. We also collaborate with software developers and authors to offer free and commercial software, PDFs, and books for purchase and download.

KansasFest (Conference, Apple II)
KansasFest is the largest and longest running annual convention dedicated to the Apple II computer that revolutionized the personal computing industry. Held every year, KansasFest invites hobbyists, retrocomputing enthusiasts, and diehard aficionados to gather from all corners of the world.

Lost Classics Project (Reference, Apple II, Archive)
The Lost Classics Project was originally established by Tony Diaz and others in the mid 1990’s within the GEnie A2 RoundTable. It then transitioned to the original A2Central.com, and is now preserved via The Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

MIRRORS.APPLE2.ORG.ZA (Reference, Apple II)
This site contains mirrors (backup archives) of several Apple II sites, some which have faded away over the years and many that are still online. The Apple II Documentation Project is hosted here.

Ninjaforce (Developer, Software, Demoscene, Archive)

Open Apple (Podcast, News, Apple II, Apple III)
A podcast dedicated to the Apple II. Join us each month as we share news and memories of Steve Wozniak’s most famous personal computer. Hosted by Em Maginnis and Quinn Dunki.

ReactiveMicro (Vendor, Hardware, Reference, Apple II, Apple III)
Henry Courbis produces and sells an immense array of enhancements for the Apple II, Apple III and other vintage computers, consoles and devices.

Retro Roundup (News, General Retro)
Retro Roundup is a curator of retrocomputing news. Whether you’re a fan of the Apple II, Atari 800, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, or other older personal computers and video game systems, Retro Roundup is your single source for all the latest retrocomputing and retrogaming headlines.

Shareware Solutions II (Reference, Periodical, Apple II)
This web site is dedicated to the memory of Joe Kohn 1947-2010, the publisher and editor of the print publication Shareware Solutions. The Kohn estate has kindly given permission for these facsimiles of the magazine to be reproduced, in order that Joe’s legacy to the Apple II world can live on. 22 issues of Shareware Solutions II were published from July 1993 to July 1999. These PDF files were prepared from the original AWGS files by Tony Diaz. The site is hosted by Ewen Wannop.

Sheppyware (Developer, Emulation, Software, Apple II, Macintosh)
SheppyWare is a name that encompasses all the software written by Eric Shepherd. Most of the software you’ll find here is freeware or shareware for the Apple II computer, but some of it is for Mac OS X or even classic Mac OS or BeOS.

Speccie’s Software Archive (Developer, Archive, Apple II)
Ewen Wannop is easily one of the most impactful, trailblazing developers within the Apple II community. He wrote many of the first Internet-enabled applications for the IIGS (Spectrum, SAFE2, SNAP) and helped show us the way to the future. This site has his complete library available for download.

Vintage Computer Federation (Organization, General Retro)
The Vintage Computer Federation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to preserve computing history through education, outreach, conservation, and restoration. The VCF holds several regional conferences throughout the year.

VCF East (Conference, General Retro)
VCF East is the original event, hosted at the InfoAge Science and History Museums, in Wall, New Jersey.

VCF Midwest (Conference, General Retro)
VCF Midwest is a popular retro-computing and technology conference usually held in the greater Chicago, Illinois metro area.

VCF Montréal (Conference, General Retro)
VCF Montréal is a one-of-a-kind celebration of computing heritage: a gathering where enthusiasts, collectors, and the curious come together to discover, restore, and share the stories of the legendary machines that shaped our digital world.

VCF Southeast (Conference, General Retro)
VCF Southeast is a popular retro-computing and technology conference usually held in the greater Atlanta, Georgia metro area.

VCF Southwest (Conference, General Retro)
VCF Midwest is a popular retro-computing and technology conference usually held in the greater Dallas, Texas metro area.

VintageWare (Vendor, Hardware)
Maker of the Apple IIGS SCART cable, PS/2 Mouse Adapter

What Is The Apple IIGS (blog, Software, Reference)
This site is dedicated to the preservation of the Apple IIGS computing platform. The archives held within can be used with emulators or for use on real Apple IIGS computers.