eWorld was an online service operated by Apple Inc. between June 1994
and March 1996. The services included email (eMail Center), news, and
a bulletin board system (Community Center). Users of eWorld were often
referred to as "ePeople".

 * DL #1: Apple's eWorld version 1.0 floppy disk set, comprising of
   two 1.4MB Disk Copy 6.3 "Read Only" disk image files in a StuffIt
   3.6 ".sit" archive.

 * DL #2: Folder copy of eWorld 1.0b3. ? eWorld had a long, public
   beta period.

 * DL #3: Apple's eWorld Europe Version 1.1.2 disk set. two 1.4MB
   Disk Copy images files.

 * Manual: eWorld The Official Guide for Macintosh Users (PDF).
   Originally sourced from [Vintage Apple][1], since converted,
   cleaned and made backwards-compatible for Acrobat Reader 4 or
   greater (now PPC classic Mac compatible).

The still operational [Applefritter BBS][2] is a lookalike reboot.

An obituary written by a former eWorld user:

> On April 1 there was no more eWorld. For months, I held out hope
> that the CEO-assisted suicide of the world's coolest online service
> was just one big April Fool's joke, but that was not to be. All that
> remains of eWorld now is a header or two in our forwarded messages,
> and whatever graphic scraps we've salvaged from our useless eWorld
> applications.
>
> And yet, the coolness that was eWorld, and the promise it held for
> online services, lives on. This is the legacy of eWorld.
>
> I remember the first time I logged on to America Online. It wasn't
> called that, then, and I am hard put to remember exactly what it was
> called, Apple Online, or something like that. It was an Apple only
> online service, and I signed on in a flash. I'd been using
> CompuServe for a long time, and the promise of a graphical user
> interface was a big draw. But mostly I signed up because it was an
> Apple-only service. I was tired of feeling like a secondary citizen
> on CompuServe. I relished the thought of a service that would cater
> to me, to my computer, to what I wanted to see.
>
> I gave up AOL when it added Wintel support. It wasn't just sour
> grapes, though they were a bit tart. I was in college, and my online
> dollars didn't stretch as far as they had. CompuServe filled my
> niche.
>
> Several years later, I signed up for AOL again, and yes, I thought
> the improved graphics, the color, the libraries and the chat rooms
> were cool. But it was clunky, it crashed a lot, and I could see the
> fonts, and the graphics, and the attitude that told me this was a
> Wintel service. America Online had become, in the years I was away,
> a solid, mediocre service meant for solid, mediocre people. I signed
> up again to get access for work. Otherwise, I doubt I would have
> done it.
>
> And then I heard a cry on the wind. Apple would start its own online
> service. eWorld, they were going to call it, and it was going to be
> for the Macintosh, designed and executed, with a base in AOL's
> software. That made me skeptical, but I gave them a chance. While I
> didn't manage to be a beta tester, I signed up as soon as I could,
> one of eWorld's first commercial customers.
>
> And it was a wonder. Here was a service designed to provide service.
> Beautiful graphics, killer reinterpretation of AOL's interface, fun
> content, albeit not nearly as broad as could be found on other
> services. eWorld was classy, clean, and if you'll allow me a descent
> into the eWorld metaphor, the hedges were always trimmed. It was
> like living in Disneyland, only there were no larger-than-life
> cartoon characters to hide from.
>
> Those first few months I spent hours just browsing around the
> corridors of that place, talking to people, looking at the graphics,
> checking out libraries and forums. eWorld made me feel at home like
> no other service has. I know this has been said to the point of
> excess, but eWorld was shaping up into a wonderful little community.
> People knew each other, they knew what happened, and when. One of
> the most touching moments I remember was the death of one of
> eWorld's most popular conference managers. A wake was held online,
> and an honorary word game, which he had led. Weddings occur online
> all the time, it's a tribute to how online services help people meet
> and feel comfortable. But eWorld's memorial service was a tribute to
> how eWorld helped people extend their lives.
>
> These were not geeks, hanging out online because they have no life.
> These were not 13-year-olds pretending to be adults...these were
> folks with families, jobs, lives, who felt a loss in their
> community.
>
> eWorld was, in a sense, the beginning of a global village
> experiment, a small community of only a hundred thousand, yet spread
> across the globe and across the world's cultures like we won't see
> again soon. There were world sports, and nowhere else have I easily
> found results of Formula 1 racing. There was the Listening Pool,
> where I learned about Catholicism and Universal Unitarianism in the
> same conference. There was WOW, Women Online Worldwide, which
> hopefully still exists, somewhere. There were games, too, lots of
> games where you could get together with friends to tell jokes, or
> fill in the blanks. And you didn't have to worry about picking a
> screen name that made your gender clear.
>
> And, yet, lest you think I'm waxing way too poetic, I still got my
> biggest thrill when, with the new eWorld 1.1 software last summer, I
> could click on the Town Square's bright blue sky and have it turn to
> starry night.
>
> Now that...that was cool.
>
> I mourn the passing of a wonderful little community, while I also
> understand the motives behind Gil Amelio's decision. "Does the world
> really need another online service?" Mr. Amelio never did spend time
> on eWorld, I'll warrant.
>
> Someday, maybe, a core group of former eWorlders will get together
> to start up a new global community. I know there are a number of
> disaffected eWorld engineers out there who had a vision, and never
> saw it flourish. This is just to let you know that I'll be there
> when you call. Maybe then we'll see what might have been.
>
> Alas, poor eWorld, we hardly knew ye.
>
>  Danny Novo in April 1996
>

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k

Will run under emulation but there isn't much you can use it for other
than install it out of historical interest. It requires telephone
modem connectivity and wants to connect to eWorld. Anyone got a DMC
DeLorean handy?

Contains and installs "Espy Sans" and "eWorld Tight" screen fonts.

  [1]: http://vintageapple.org/macbooks/
  [2]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/applefritter-bbs-eworld-reboot