Applied Engineering Repository

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:49:18 +0900

Ads for Applied Engineering were well-known for Woz's supporting comments in the 1980's. The ads weren't really necessary to promote their products as the quality and the uniqueness of their products were top-notch.

All the same, we decided that in order to make this site complete, one could not cover the history of Applied Engineering without highlighting the ads, included here as searchable PDFs. Some product-specific ads are included with custom Brochures throughout this site. Please contribute if you have additional ads.

Amiga

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:14:40 +0900

In 1990, Applied Engineering expanded into the Amiga market with several great products:

* RamWorks 500, RamWorks 2000 - Memory expansion cards

* Timemaster 500 - Real-time clock card

* Datalink 2000 Modem - 4800 bps and fax capable card

* AE 880K 3.5" drive, AE High-Density 3.5" drive

* Amiga 500 Power Supply

Mac

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:14:40 +0900

In 1990, Applied Engineering expanded into the Macintosh market with several great products:

* DataLink / Mac Modem, DataLink / Mac Portable Modem, AE Send-Fax upgrade

* QuadraLink - serial port card

* MacRAM, MacRAM Portable

All

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:04:13 +0900

* AE 3.5" Drive, AE 5.25" Drive

* Analog / Digital Signal - 12 Bit A/D, A/D + D/A, I/O 32, Fast Math, Signal Conditioner

* AppleWorks Expander - Card Diagnostics & AppleWorks enhancement software

* DataLink 1200/2400 internal modems, DataLink Express external

* Music Synthesizer & Phasor - Sound cards

* Parallel Pro - Parallel IEEE 1284 card with Buffer Pro option

* PC Transporter - NEC V20 Intel 8088-compatible PC coprocessor card

* Heavy Duty Power Supply

* RamFactor

* ReadyLink - Modem software

* Serial Pro - Serial (RS-232) card

* TimeMaster II H.O. - Real-time clock card

* Vulcan, Vulcan Gold - Internal hard disk, controller and power supply

* Z-80 Plus - CP/M card

Apple II

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:49:52 +0900

History

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:51:25 +0900

Applied Engineering, headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, was the leading third-party hardware vendor for the Apple II from 1979 until March 25, 1994.

In its day, Applied Engineering built a solid reputation among Apple II owners for their innovation, excellent build quality, and generous warranty support. They were quick to fill gaps in the market for Apple II add-on boards and expansion options, often developing products for the Apple II line that neither Apple Computer nor other third-party vendors offered.

In 1990, Applied Engineering began to market products for the Macintosh and Commodore Amiga. Because of stiff competition in already active markets and their late entries, Applied Engineering could not duplicate the success it had experienced with the Apple II, eventually going out of business.

Catalogs

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:27:49 +0900

Applied Engineering catalogs are a gold mine of history and show a good cross section of information about all of the products AE produced. They are available here as searchable PDFs. The 1984 Catalog may be from an earlier year, and unfortunately there are no dates inside. Please contact us if you have other catalogs.

Updates

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:50:13 +0900

The following updates have occurred at the Applied Engineering Repository. If you have items listed here, items that we have failed to list, or missing manuals and disk images, please contact us using the form on the right-hand column.

Dealer Catalogs and More Brochures Added

After a massive effort on the part of Brian Wiser, we now have a number of Dealer related items including Price Lists, Dealer News and other items that only authorized Applied Engineering Dealers would have had access to.

There are also a number of new brochures added to the site and more Mac related items added under the Mac section of the website.

Note about the items found in the AE Repository: Before you go adding these items to your own website, keep in mind that the brochures found on this website are derivative works of art created by Brian Wiser.

These fine works have been copied onto other sites, without credit and the people running those sites actually have the gall to strip the metacredits out and claim that the brochures were created by AE back in the 1980's. Newsflash: They weren't! They were created in 2008-2012 specifically for the AE Repository.

Please respect the work and the efforts of the contributers by leaving their metacredits in place.

Jul 10, 2012 3:00 PM

Site Fixes

Our buggy development tool has created randomly bad icons and corrupted files. All PDFs, ZIPs, BINs, etc have been uploaded again and now work fine. Please bear with us as we fix any remaining glitches with icons.

An installation video for the PC Transporter was added.

May 11, 2010 11:20 AM

Major Site Updates

Thanks to Brian Wiser, all sections of the site have received major updates. Some items have been moved and new items have been added in most sections.

* Most items have additional photos, new text descriptions, and searchable PDF brochures compiled from multiple AE Catalogs and some magazine ads. Many additional manuals, GAL Equations and disks were added.

* History has added some history and an interview with Dan Pote.

* Many ads have been added, taken from AE Catalogs and magazines.

* All: 5.25” drive, Appleworks Expander, Datalink Express, Music Synthesizer, PC Transporter, Heavy Duty Power Supply, RamFactor, Readylink software, and Vulcan added.

* Apple II: 16k Pocket Rocket and Lowercase ROM Chip added.

* Apple IIc: Ram Express DClock added.

* Apple IIe: ads and pictures for the rare Transwarp II & Transwarp III, 65816 16 Bit added.

* Apple IIgs: Conserver, GS-RAM II-III, RamKeeper, Audio Animator, Sonic Blaster added.

* New Mac and Amiga sections were added with all known products.

Apr 28, 2009 10:22 AM

Apple IIc

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* Z-RAM, Z-RAM Ultra 1, Z-RAM Ultra 2, Z-RAM Ultra 3 - Memory expansion cards

* RAM Express, RAM Express II - Memory expansion cards

* Z-80c - CP/M card

* IIc System Clock

Apple IIe

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:49:58 +0900

* Ramworks, Ramworks II, Ramworks III - Memory expansion cards

* TransWarp, TransWarp II, TransWarp III - Accelerator cards

* Extended 80-Column + 64K RAM

* Color Link - Daughterboard RGB option for Ramworks

* 65816 16 Bit card

Apple IIgs

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:49:56 +0900

* GS-RAM I-III, GS-RAM Plus, GS-RAM Ultra - Memory expansion cards

* RamKeeper - Battery backed-up RAM drive

* Conserver - Integrated disk drive organizer, surge protector, and cooling fan

* TransWarp GS - Apple IIGS accelerator

* Audio Animator - Sound card with external audio mixer and MIDI I/O

* Sonic Blaster - Sound card

Applied Engineering Repository

Ads

Amiga

Mac

All

Apple II

History

Catalogs

Updates

Dealer Catalogs and More Brochures Added

Site Fixes

Major Site Updates

Updated Site to New System

Added AE Cookbook to History

Added GS RAM / RAM Plus manual to the site

Added 1990 Catalog

Added 1989 catalog to Catalogs

Added Woz Ad # 2 to AE ADs

Added Transwarp II Manual and Photo

Added front side pictures of most AE Items

Added AE Mac and AE Amiga Catalogs

Added AE Catalogs 1984-1988

Site Goes Live

Apple IIc

Apple IIe

Apple IIgs