A.P.P.L.E. hosting Terry Allen's web site

[kauai96765@yahoo.com (The Apple Man)]

I just got this from A.P.P.L.E. and thought it was interesting enough
to post to the group.

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PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14th 2002

Seattle -- Apple PugetSound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has
completed arrangements which will see the extensive Apple II site
created by Terry Allen of Australia being hosted and maintained by
A.P.P.L.E..  The web Site which was formerly hosted at
http://www..educate.net.au/~apple2 will be transferred and integrated
with the current A.P.P.L.E. web environment to complement their
existing Apple II content.

Earlier in 2002, Terry, an Apple II user since 1981, announced in
the comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup due to the time requirements of the
project he would no longer be in a position to maintain and update the
site, but wanted the resource to remain available as an active part of
the Internet. Several Apple II veterans including A.P.P.L.E contacted
Terry.

While this agreement was begun in early 2002, several items delayed
the
Implementation.  Those delays aside, A.P.P.L.E. has been moving
forward
with the project and has agreed to host and update the site on a
regular basis in conjunction with their other efforts. A.P.P.L.E. will
host the site at http://www.callapple.org/apple2 in order to maintain
a similarity to the original site.

The site, once transferred, will retain much of it's original
concept,with a user friendly atmosphere and the same basic layout and
will remain a freely available resource to the global Apple II
community, with A.P.P.L.E.'s Apple II message forum being positioned
to cover the forums formerly on Terry's web site. The repositioning
will allow Apple II users to interact with existing A.P.P.L.E. members
as well as other members of the Apple II community.

One of the major attractions for Apple II users to the original site
is
that Terry had been able to come to an agreement with Apple Computer
Australia for online versions of Apple II manuals to be made available
in their entirety. A.P.P.L.E. hopes to continue enhancing this
resource by updating and expanding this and other content areas of the
original site.

In conjunction with A.P.P.L.E., Terry will continue his contact and
administration of sections of the site on occasion, including the
handling of email and other correspondence. As Terry says "I'm excited
about the possibilities this presents for the original site. After a
number of delays on both the personal and business side, I am happy to
see this proceed. It is my hope that the agreement with A.P.P.L.E.
will allow the expansion of the site with the same spirit in which it
was started. I'm just glad to see it continue on and while it won't be
a full time exercise, I'll be looking in from time to time and
answering email for the site as in the past."

A.P.P.L.E.'s Bill Martens had this to say about the new section of the
site "A.P.P.L.E. is glad that we were in a position to assist Terry
and continue the legacy he has created for the Apple II community.  We
certainly hope to continue to make more resources like this available
to both our members and the Apple community as a whole."


For information concerning the contents of this press release, please
contact Terry Allen at apple2@callapple.org. or A.P.P.L.E. at
webmaster@callapple.org.


END PRESS RELEASE