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French Foreign Conquest :: Over 150 Items!

Dog Cow

Well-known member
This is certainly one way to kick off the new year: with a French Foreign Mega-Conquest.

Here's the story. On December 24, 2009, I left the United States to visit my grandparents and other family living in France. I had a really great time and got to see many excellent historic sites and beaches. Since my grandfather was a big Apple II and Mac user back in the day, he had amassed quite a huge collection. When he moved to France 2-3 years ago, he naturally had all of his belongings, furniture, Apple stuff, and so on packed into a container and shipped (on a ship) over to France. When I came, most all of the old Apple stuff was still in boxes. I helped go through those boxes, one by one (there were over 30) and anything interesting was essentially mine to claim. The important part, though, was remembering that while my grandparents had the luxury of an entire container, I just had 2 carry on bags plus one black duffel bag for luggage.

With the transport limitation in mind, I stuck to mostly just software and manuals, with just a few little bits of hardware. Some things that I had to leave behind included the Apple II Reference Manual January 1978 (Red Book), Programmer's Guide to Enhanced IIe, and ProDOS programmer's guide. These three things, however, I already had copies of at home, so it wasn't a big loss. Many 3.5" and 5.25" disks were also left behind.

Now, even getting these to the US was interesting. I had three bags: an overnight bag which was stuffed with clothes, a back pack which was partially filled with presents and such, and a black duffel bag which was completely empty. Just a few things were stuffed in between my clothes, the back pack got even more stuffed in it, and the black duffel bag contained the remaining, largest and heaviest items. The black bag weighed 18 KG, and was the only bag which I wasn't taking as carry-on. Now, the two other bags made it safely through inspection and customs (with some looks of "What the deuce is this crap?"), but the large duffel bag was lost at Detroit! Ack! As it turned out, the flight was weight-critical, so my ridiculously heavy bag along with some other bags from other people, was left behind. I received it the next day, so all was well.

Overall, though I did expect some damage to the loot, everything came over OK and the damage was quite minimal. On Tuesday the 12th, I took everything out and started cataloging it on a sheet of lined paper. Well, I ended up using 3 sheets of paper, 5 sides in total. I'll include that full 159-item list at the end of this post.

Here are the initial photos. Just group shots.

Beagle Bros shirt

Loot on Desk

Loot on Bed

It doesn't seem like a lot, but I suppose that nearly 160 items is rather substantial, considering that I was given all of this for free. Of course, one must also count the cost of the flight and such, but there you go! I don't know if this is my largest conquest ever, but it would certainly rank top 5, I'd suppose. Overall, it's just a small fraction of my overall collection. I probably really do have too much stuff, even before this conquest.

Since these items were freely given to me by a respected family member, I will not be offering any of them for sale or trade. Thanks for understanding.

Here's the Grand List, as typed from hand-written notes.

French Foreign Conquest

09 Jan 10

1.) Beagle Bros Shirt

2.) AppleWriter II User's Manual ©1984

3.) WPL Manual for IIe only ©1982

4.) Apple Pascal a hands on approach by Arthur Luerhmann and Herbert Packham ©1981

5.) Apple Technical Introduction to the Macintosh Family ©1987

6.) QuicKeys Guided Tour ©1993

7.) QuicKeys Reference ©1993

8.) WriteNow for Macintosh version 2.2 User's Manual ©1990

9.) Macintosh REdit manual ©1985

10.) Discover BASIC - Problem Solving with the Apple II Computer, Student Workbook by Rick Thomas ©1982

11.) What's Where in the Apple: A Complete Guide to the Apple Computer, including the Atlas and Gazetteer by William F. Luebhert

12.) Jasmine MegaDrive Owner's Guide ©1988

13.) Call-A.P.P.L.E. In Depth: All About Pascal ©1982

14.) ALSoft MasterJuggler manual ©1988

15.) Juggler Utilities from ALSoft, Inc. booklet ©1988

16.) ALSoft Font/DA Juggler Plus manual ©1988

17.) Fingertips Desktop Accessories manual ©1986

18.) Programmer's Fingertips Desktop Accessories ©1986

19.) BASIC from the Ground Up by David E. Simon ©1978

20.) Programming & Interfacing the 6502, With Experiments by Marvin L. De Jong ©1980

21.) Apple II User's Guide for Apple II Plus and Apple IIe, Second Edition by Lon Poole, Martin McNiff, Steven Cook ©1983

22.) Electric Checkbook, software for Macintosh 128k, in box with manual and disk

23.) Beagle Compiler, in box with manual and disk

24.) Beagle Graphics, in box with manual

25.) Beagle Bros Peeks, Pokes and Pointers poster ©1983

26.) Beagle Bros Fatcat summary card

27.) Beagle Bros large sticker

28.) Beagle Bros Apple Software Catalog & Beagle Bros Bulletin, volume 0, number 8 WInter/Spring 1986

29.) Apple Autostart ROM Installation and Operation Manual ©1979

30.) Beagle Bros Pronto DOS manual and disk

31.) Beagle Bros Hex Equivalents chart and Peeks & Pokes supplement card ©1984

32.) Tempo 1.1 User's Manual ©1986

33.) Beagle Bros Big U in box with manual

34.) TML Source Code Library for the Apple IIgs User Manual ©1987

35.) Beagle Bros Extra K manual ©1985

36.) The Apple Interface Manual ©1984

37.) Connectix Speed Doubler for Macintosh & Power Macintosh, box with manual and disl

38.) Program Writer, vinyl folder with disk ©1985

39.) AppleFacts 10.92 (October 1992)

40.) AppleFacts 10.94 (October 1994)

41.) AppleFacts 5.94 (May 1994)

42.) AppleFacts 5.94 (May 1994, duplicate copy)

43.) AppleFacts 4.95 (April 1995)

44.) AppleFacts 8.95 (August 1995)

45.) AppleFacts 10.95 (October 1995)

46.) AppleFacts 5.96 (May 1996)

47.) AppleFacts 1.98 (January 1998)

48.) 3-ring binder with Apple II Pascal Attach tools disk and Apple II Pascal ProDOS and ProFile Support Tools disk, labels

49.) Beagle Bros Pro-Byter manual ©1985

50.) Beagle Bros FlexText manual ©1982

51.) Beagle Bros large sticker and Hex chart (duplicate copies)

52.) easyPrint for Macintosh, disk and manual

53.) Apple world instructions, photocopied and stapled booklet

54.) Lower Case Character Generator by LJK Enterprises, Inc. manual ©1981

55.) Pinball Construction Set, folder and manual

56.) MasterType manual ©1982

57.) A.P.P.L.E. Presents: ProZap manual ©1984

58.) Mockingboard Owners Manual ©1984

59.) A2-FS1 Flight Simulator manual ©1980

60.) TurboCharger for Macintosh Users Guide ©1985

61.) Dayna DOS Mounter User's Guide and disk ©1989

62.) The Sensible Speller, in 3-ring binder with manual and disks

63.) ProDOS Technical Reference Manual in 3-ring binder ©1983

64.) Electronic Arts PHM Pegasus simulation in cardboard folder with disk and manual

65.) Electronic Arts Skyfox game in cardboard folder with disk and manual

66.) Kyan Pascal 3-ring binder with Kix manual and Toolkit III Advanced Graphics and MouseText and disks

67.) MacASM Macro Assembler for the Macintosh, 3-ring binder with manual and disk

68.) Kyan Pascal 3-ring binder with manual, reference card, and disks

69.) Surf'n with Apple, The Best Mac Deals are on Campus, The Computer Source/ Illinois State University refrigerator magnet

70.) Apple AppleShare PC in box with manual, disk and IBM interface card

71.) The DOS Manual ©1981

72.) The DOS Manual ©1981 (duplicate copy)

73.) Super Serial Card Installation and Operating Manual ©1981

74.) Applesoft II BASIC Programming Reference Manual ©1981

75.) Acta Advantage Desk Accessory User's Manual ©1988

76.) Stack Cleaner: Utilities for HyperCard manual ©1988

77.) A.P.P.L.E. Presents: Ampermanager manual ©1983

78.) The Syntech Standard MIDI Interface manual ©198?

79.) Spellswell Expanded Dictionary Instructions manual

80.) Nosy Usage Notes and Documentation - Revised 1/26/86

81.) Profix Update 2.1 10/9/85 Read Me First

82.) C Language Reference Card from Plum Hall ©1983

83.) Quick Reference Guide for Designing Computer-based Instruction for Music and the Arts ©1986

84.) ProDOS Orca/M reference card ©1984

85.) Super Serial Card Reference Card

86.) Acta Advantage Application User's Manual ©1988

87.) ASCII Codes and Key Codes, for 3-ring binder, page 30

88.) Profix User's Manual for version 2.0 ©1984

89.) UniDOS 3.3 manual ©1985

90.) Apple Pascal 1.3 Quick Reference Card

91.) MegaWorks User's Manual (stamped Demo Not For Sale) ©1984

92.) Pro-Copy ProDOS Utility System ©1985

93.) Information for Ordering TEX HyperCard Indexer/Browser System, 2 sheets

94.) Mac+ //e emulator for Macintosh, photocopied manual pages

95.) Program Writer Reference Manual ©1985

96.) Apple Assembly Line Volume 7 - Issue 5 February, 1987

97.) Apple Mouse IIe model no. A2M2070, label on top reads "Mouse Platinum Mac+ 661-0400"

98.) Apple Macintosh Mouse M0100 (new style)

99.) PhoneNET miniature connector

100.) PhoneNET miniature connector (duplicate)

101.) PhoneNET miniature connector (triplicate)

102.) Interex ReadiNET connector (PhoneNET look-alike)

103.) Farallon PhoneNET PLUS connector

104.) Farallon PhoneNET connector

105.) Fontastic Macintosh Font EDitor v2.0, vinyl folder with manual and disk ©1985

106.) SuperLaserSpool for Apple printers User Manual ©1992

107.) Beagle Bros Fatcat manual ©1984

108.) Beagle Bros DOS Boss manual ©1981

109.) Beagle Bros DOS Boss manual ©1982

110.) ORCA/M in box with manual and disk

111.) P-Tral BASIC to Pascal Translator in box with manual and disk

112.) Apple Service plastic bag with lithium PRAM battery (charge good)

113.) Mac Bag O' Tricks 3.5" disk

114.) Copy II Plus 3.5" disk

115.) Quark Catalyst 3.5" disk

116.) ALSoft MasterJuggler 3.5" disk

117.) Oracle v1.2 for Macintosh Preview Disk (3.5")

118.) MacPaint MacDraw II 1988 3.5" disk

119.) Mac Cricketgraph '86 3.5" disk

120.) CP MacTools Deluxe version 1 disk 1

121.) CP MacTools Deluxe version 1 disk 2

122.) Copy II Mac 4.51 3.5" disk

123.) HyperCard Ideas 3.5" disk

124.) HyperCard Startup 3.5" disk

126.) HyperCard Help 3.5" disk

127.) Copy II Mac / MacTools disk

128.) Macintosh Anti-virus 3.5" disk

129.) Mac Anti-virus via U of I Resource Center 3.5" disk

130.) Copy II+ Mac 4.51 3.5" disk (duplicate copy)

131.) Adobe Photoshop 2.0 for Macintosh in box with disks and manual

132.) Apple Super Serial Card in box with manual and card

133.) Apple 5.25" Disk Controller Card (was in Super Serial Card box)

Apple II 5.25" disks

134.) Apple Presents Dot Matric Printer Demo Diskette

135.) Diskware Pascal Profile Manager Startup

136.) Diskware Pascal Profile Manager Program

137.) ProDOS 1.1.1 Assembler - Console Driver + User Input Rtn

138.) Mac Com for Apple II

139.) Diskware ProDOS Exerciser for the Apple II family, ProDOS 1.0 Based

140.) A// College May 8, 1984 Developers Disk

CD-ROMs

141.) Fundamental Apple Sales Training April 1997

142.) Apple Products CD - 1995

143.) Apple Americas Training - Higher Education Reseller Training - January 1996

144.) Apple CD-ROM Titles Sampler 1992

145.) AppleSoft Mac OS Essentials Kit November '94 Supplement

146.) Selling Apple Products Fall 1997

147.) Service Source 2.5 October 1997

148.) Service Source Companion 2 October 1997

149.) Service Source Companion April 1996

150.) Service Source Companion 1 October 1997

151.) Macintosh CD Install Me First 1993

152.) AppleOrder 4.0 Service Product Update September 1998

153.) Service Source 2.0 October 1996

154.) MacTest Pro for Power Macintosh August 1997

155.) Apple Internet Connection Kit 1996

156.) Service Source Companion June 1997

157.) Support Professional Apple Software Archive 1994

159.) Apple Macintosh CD Macintosh PowerBook System Software for PowerBook 5300/2300/190 computers and PowerPC hardware upgrades

 

Dog Cow

Well-known member
A2-FS1 Flight Simulator manual
Oh, man! Don't tell me you got the manual but not the disk?!?
It would seem so. It was in a plastic bag, and there were just two other small leaflets for other products by the software company, but no disk to be found.

 

Dog Cow

Well-known member
As a follow-up to my own question which I asked on another group, the AppleFacts books were used by the Apple Sales representatives, which explains why basically no one

a.) has any, nor

b.) knows what they are

Neat-o.

 
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