WELCOME! It's hard to believe that more
than thirty years after the Apple II came
on the scene, there are still enthusiasts gathering the bits and pieces that
still linger from the 1980's. But
you're here for a reason, to recapture some of the nostalgia, fun and affection
that permeated those years of discovery and creativity. And we're here to gladly
help you do it.
Nibble was founded in 1980 by Mike Harvey
(he personally wrote every program and article in the first four issues) and it
was published for more than twelve years. During that time, it helped many
readers discover the magic and excitement of the first significant personal
computer -- the Apple II. This site explores the history, and the products
offered here can bring the entire collection to your library.
NEW -- DOS 3.3
Beginner's Guide to Assembly Language Examples
courtesy of Cristian Ramirez
Cristian Ramirez has generously offered a complete set of
the examples used with the Beginner's Guide to Assemly Language in the
DOS 3.3 format. The three disks are available in a ZIP format on the
Nibble Disks page. So now you can select either (or both) ProDOS
and DOS 3.3 for your Assembly Language exploration.
NEW --
Ampersoft for DOS 3.3
courtesy of Stavros Karatsoridis
We're delighted to announce that Stavros Karatsoridis has generously
contributed the Ampersoft (DOS 3.3)
utilities library representing Applesoft enhancements and blazing fast
routines for: Sorting up to 60 times faster; Garbage
collection up to 300 times faster; Matrix Arithmetic; Selective Array
Clearing; and much more. Your Applesoft programs using these
utilities will run better and faster than ever before. In the days
of Nibble, we used Ampersoft routines extensively in actually running
MicroSPARC's daily operations.
NEW -- Nibble magazines and books
are now OCR SEARCHABLE through
courtesy of Brian Wiser
We're very pleased to announced
the Brian Wiser has graciously contributed OCR versions of the PDF files
for Nibble magazines and books. This means that you'll be able to
type in a word or two and search an entire issue (or book) for "hits" on
the word(s). For those of you who are interested in finding
specific topics, titles, products, programs or anything else in an
issue, it'll be a huge asset.
Starting immediately, all new
orders for Nibble Express and Nibble books will be shipped
with the OCR-scan version.
ADDED BONUS: The
second DVD will also contain a number of memorable collections that have
been assembled by Brian:
User groups
Nibble cartoons
Interviews with Apple industry leaders
Product ads organized by type of product
All the Nibble Covers in a single library - Cleaned
up and Enhanced
and much much more.
Since the OCR-scan of the Nibble magazine library pushes the library to a second DVD, there
will be a price of $99.95 for the two-DVD library of OCR capable files.
This compares to the regular $89.95 price for the straight PDF files on
a single DVD.
If you've
previously ordered the standard Nibble library, you can Upgrade to the
new 2-DVD set for $19.95... which includes the added features
(above).
We hope you'll enjoy the new
search capability... and the collections of memorabilia... and
many thanks to Brian for his efforts!
Over the years, many people have suggested that Mike
Harvey publish
the collection of his editorials/business models as a book. For the
first time, we're offering the complete CD collection of more than 150
editorials that span the 12 1/2 years... and they're searchable!
To see some samples and order the library, go the the
Nibble Editorials page of this site. The library includes
such memorable models as:
For the past several years,
Mike has been creating a series of abstract
computer
graphic art pieces and they're displayed on this page. Since
publishing the images, we've had a number of requests for prints of the
art, so you can now purchase signed, high quality prints suitable for
framing. Each image is printed on 13" x 19" Ultra Premium
Presentation paper with archival ink. The prints are available for
$18.95 each, plus $1.95 shipping (per order).
And each print is personally signed.
There's a partial sample
of the images below... and you can see the full gallery and place an
order by clicking: Mike's Art
Nevertheless,
the primary focus of this site is Nibble magazine, books, and software,
so we hope you'll enjoy the visit and diversion!
Image Samples
from Mike's Art page. Click
on an image to see a larger version and to optionally order a print.
Birds Eye View I
Birds Eye View II
Mountain Mist
Three Paths I
Three Paths II
Chess-Henge
Tumbling Rainbows
Energy Core II
Energy Core III
Lonesome Tree
Arboreeal Exodus
Drought
HIGHLIGHTS
DOWNLOADABLE NIBBLE PROGRAMS LIBRARY! THE MAJOR
PROGRAMS FROM EACH ISSUE! They can be run using an
Apple II emulator that is also downloadable here.
We
have an extensive interview with Mike Harvey that was conducted by the
Apple II journal, Juiced.GS,
in September 2006. You'll find some of the insights about Nibble's origins are
interesting reading.
In addition, in the
Nibble Editorials
pages, we've added some of the more popular "business models" that Mike wrote
about in his Editorials through the years. The principles still apply...
25 years later! Check them out.
In the
Nibble,
Nibble Mac,
Nibble Books
and PC
Hands On sections, you'll discover the fruits of many months of
effort to reproduce Nibble and
Nibble Mac books and magazines on CD and DVD.
Here are some other highlights:
16 volume
Nibble Books Library containing all the books that
were published from 1980 through 1991... Apple Secrets... Games... Money
Management... Programming Tools... they're all there!
(1980-1992) Nibble
Programs Index) in an Excel spreadsheet format. So you
download the file and look up specific articles and authors. The Nibble
Index is courtesy of Stavros Karatsoridis, and you can get it by clicking
the "(1980-1992 Nibble Programs Index" above.
Now you can order the full
12 1/2 years of Nibble... more than 16,000 pages on DVD. The Standard library barely fits on one DVD, and the
Searchable OCR library requires 2 DVDs so that's the reason for the
difference in price.
The 2-DVD OCR Searchable set
includes a number of other special collections of
cartoons, covers, etc.
User groups
Nibble cartoons
Interviews with Apple industry leaders
Product ads organized by type of product
All the Nibble Covers in a single library - Cleaned
up and Enhanced
and much much more.
If you previously ordered the
standard Nibble library you can upgrade to the 2 DVD OCR version for
$19.95
Complete Standard Nibble Library on DVD - $89.95
Nibble Searchable OCR Library on 2 DVDs (includes
features collections) - $99.95
UPGRADE Previous Nibble Library Order to Searchable OCR on 2 DVDs (includes
features collections) - $19.95
Now you can order the full
set of Nibble Books that were published from 1980 through 1991... The
16 volumes are on a CD packed with articles and programs on the Apple II.
The library is searchable OCR PDF files. Here's the library:
Apple II Games Gallery
Your Apple Money Manager
Applesoft Power Tools
Beginner's Guide to AL
Hands On Applesoft
Apple Secrets
More Apple Secrets
3rd Book of Apple Secrets
Apple II Classics
1 Minute Apple Programs
2 Minute Apple Programs
3 Minute Apple Programs
Disassembly Lines 1
Disassembly Lines 2
Disassembly Lines 3
Disassembly Lines 4
You can see the contents of each
book on the Nibble Books page. We hope
you'll enjoy this collection too!
The entire 11-Volume Nibble
Express library features the best Nibble Apple II programs in each year from
1980 through 1990. You can check out the contents of each annual volume on
the Nibble Books page... or get all of them right here. The library is
searchable OCR PDF files.
Each year, we picked the best
features for the previous year, and updated the articles with the latest
program listings with corrections to any "bugs" that had cropped up... and
everything is collected here.
Complete Nibble Express Library on DVD -
$69.95
Nibble Mac
Library
Now Available
Now you can order the full
4+ years of Nibble Mac magazine on DVD or CD. In its day, Nibble Mac was the
premier Hypercard stacks magazine in the industry, with original,
commmercial-grade stacks for the Macintosh. It also covered key
applications in Microsoft Basic and contained lots of tips and techniques
for making better use of commercial programs. It's a great historical
archive for your library.
All 4 1/2 years of Nibble Mac magazines
PLUS 6-volume Nibble Mac books library (and we'll include the
HyperTalking II disk stacks)
$59.95
(Saves $18.90 off the individual prices)
"OmniBook Library
Collections" now available (DVD only)
All 12 1/2 years of Nibble magazines
PLUS 27-volume Nibble books library
(and we'll include all the Nibble Magazine .DSK images)
$239.95
(Saves $51.40 off the individual prices)
Note: If you have any of the original
Nibble programs on disk, I'd love to hear from you.
It would be great to expand the library of disk images
to offer original programs to loyal enthusiasts.
So if you have any, please contact me at:
mikeharveyz@cs.com
Let me also call
your attention to the
Apple II Links page, where NBasic provides
a great tool for reliving some of the old nostalgia of converting Nibble
programs that will run under Windows.
So we hope you enjoy the site... the
trip back into the excitement of the 80s... and the reminiscence of those days
of discovery and creativity.
Contact Information
Let us know if you have any problems or
comments about the site... or any
Nibble archive material that you'd like to contribute!
Send mail to mikeharveyz@cs.com with
questions or comments about this web site.
All contents of this site are copyrighted 2003 by
Mike Harvey . All rights reserved.
Last modified: 05/01/09
