AppleCrate II: A New Apple II-Based Parallel Computer Michael J. Mahon – July 26, 2008 Revised – May 7, 2010 Introduction In 2004 I built the first AppleCrate, an 8-board system, as an inexpensive, easy to program vehicle for experiments in parallel programming—a kind of "blade server" for the Apple II, if you will! AppleCrate I (at the time I didn't realize that it was number "I" ;-) was great f

