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== History ==

The group provided software, hardware and support services for the [[Apple ComputerInc.|Apple]]<ref name=Info1>{{cite journal |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sy4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24&dq=Apple+Puget+sound+Program+Library+Exchange+32&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimgpGYxez2AhXhKEQIHcdnDGIQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=Apple%20Puget%20sound%20Program%20Library%20Exchange%2032&f=false |title= Grapevine: A Bumper Crop |journal= [[Info World]] |date= May 14, 1984 |volume= 6 |issue= 20 |ISSN= 0199-6649 |page= 24}}</ref> world until 1990.<ref name= GeekWire>{{cite web |url= https://www.geekwire.com/2018/can-renton-major-tech-hub-greater-seattle-tech-history-guide-approach-must-change/ |publisher= [[GeekWire]] |title= Can Renton be a major tech hub in greater Seattle? If tech history is a guide, its approach must change |author= Frank Catalano |date= November 2, 2018 |access-date= March 29, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181102215815/https://www.geekwire.com/2018/can-renton-major-tech-hub-greater-seattle-tech-history-guide-approach-must-change/ |archive-date= November 2, 2018 |url-status= live}}</ref> [[Val Golding]] left the group in 1984 and the group became a Co-Operative in 1985.

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Other books included the "Call-A.P.P.L.E. In Depth" series and the "Call-A.P.P.L.E. Compendium" series which were primarily related to the source code listings from the magazines. Most of these books included floppies classified in the Anthology series. The Anthology disks were mostly [[Applesoft BASIC|Applesoft]] and [[Integer BASIC|Integer]] basic programs from the monthly issues of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine. The 1981 Pascal anthology was produced by current A.P.P.L.E. president [[William Martens|Bill Martens]]. Most of these books and software are still available today in CD or DVD format.

A.P.P.L.E. has produced 19 volumes of ''Call-A.P.P.L.E.'' magazine from 1978 to 1990 and 2002 to 2007. The magazine is produced on a monthly basis and contains information about all aspects of Apple computers all the way from the [[Apple I|Apple-1]] to the latest Macintosh computers with [[Mac OS X]].

A.P.P.L.E. has also produced other publications over the years including ''/// Cheers!'' (1984–1985), ''32 Little Apples'' (1984–1986), ''Mac A.P.P.L.E.'' (1986–1988), ''Mac Horizons'' (1988–1989), ''The APDA Log'' (1984–1989), ''The Mac Tech Quarterly'' (1989–1990) and the ''Co-Op Spirit'' (1991–1994).