Billed as the newsletter of The Original Apple ///rs, an Apple III User Group based in San Francisco, the bi-monthly Open Apple Gazette began its publishing run in 1982. With the third edition, OAG combined with another newsletter, APPLE THREE and introduced a BBS for members called the APPLE /// NETWORK.
Beginning with the eighth edition (Oct./Nov. 1983), the newsletter masthead changed from “The Original Apple ///rs” to “Business Apple Group, Inc.” indicating that the user group may have merged with another around this time, or perhaps underwent a name change.
I don’t know how many issues of the newsletter were published in total; my library includes eight editions, #2 through #9 and a 4-page promotional flyer. If you have any more information about the user group or this newsletter, or issues I don’t have that you’d be willing to let me borrow long enough to scan, drop me an email and I’ll update the information I have here.
Note: this page indicates that the user group was the Apple III SIG of the San Francisco Apple Core user group.
Premier Edition – Volume 1, Number 1 – March 1982
Second Edition – Volume 1, Number 2 – May/June 1982 (PDF, 27 MB)
Third Edition – Volume 1, Number 3 – July/August 1982 (PDF, 28 MB)
Fourth Edition – Volume 1, Number 4 – September/October 1982 (PDF, 30 MB)
Fifth Edition – Volume 1, Number 5 – November/December 1982 (PDF, 38.5 MB)
Sixth Edition – Volume 1, Number 6 – May 1983 (PDF, 35 MB)
Seventh Edition – Volume 2, Number 1 – July 1983 (PDF, 36.5 MB)
Eighth Edition – Volume 2, Number 2 – October/November 1983 (PDF, 47.8 MB)
Ninth Edition – Volume 2, Number 3 – February/March 1984 (PDF, 47.6 MB)
Promotional Flyer – February/March 1984 (PDF, 5.2 MB)
