The first Macintosh

xoxoxoBruce · 08-07-2005, 07:11 PM

Clodfobble · 08-07-2005, 07:20 PM

Man, what a cool video. Thanks Bruce!

smoothmoniker · 08-08-2005, 11:49 AM

and that, my friends, is how cults are born. I love it.

-sm

Hobbs · 08-08-2005, 11:55 AM

I remember using one of those back in the late 80s. We ran some rudimentry graphics program on them in our office. It had a black and white screen, and it had no hard drive, everything ran off the floppy. Programs, your files, everything. And I'm not talking these high density 1.4m disk, I'm talking the normal 750k disk. If you had a particually large program you were running, you wound up swapping floppies constantly during a session.

SteveDallas · 08-08-2005, 12:02 PM

Fast forward about 10 years, and one of the neat things that was included with the first (and subsequent) PowerPC-based models was the graphing calculator.

bluecuracao · 08-08-2005, 03:16 PM

Ah, MacPaint...and no color, hi-res or anti-aliasing. No wonder everything could fit on a 750k disk.

I remember when the little Macs would freeze up, you typed in a numeric code to softboot them back to life. Is that still possible?

wolf · 08-08-2005, 03:31 PM

Anybody else pretty much immediately think of the chick with the hammer?

Perry Winkle · 08-08-2005, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Anybody else pretty much immediately think of the chick with the hammer?

Naw, a two dollar bill with Woz's face on it is what I think of.

lookout123 · 08-08-2005, 05:37 PM

wow, i am so not a computer guy. i opened the thread expecting to find out that Johnny Appleseed hadn't really planted all the apple trees or something along those lines.

BigV · 08-08-2005, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

wow, i am so not a computer guy. i opened the thread expecting to find out that Johnny Appleseed hadn't really planted all the apple trees or something along those lines.

You're kidding right? I didn't see the

or the

or the :d'oh:...

SteveDallas · 08-08-2005, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

You're kidding right? I didn't see the

or the

or the :d'oh:...

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Originally Posted by lookout123

Ribbing you - for my pleasure

A funny anti-Mac moment... back in 1992 I got to see a product demo of Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT, neither of which had been released at that point. They demonstrated the peer-to-peer networking capabilities of Windows for Workgroups by sharing a folder. We saw the sharing indicated by a little hand which appeared under the folder icon. Well, you could immediately tell who in the room had used a Mac before. All those who had never seen a Mac were ooohing and aaaahing, but the Mac users just laughed.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-09-2005, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

wow, i am so not a computer guy. i opened the thread expecting to find out that Johnny Appleseed hadn't really planted all the apple trees or something along those lines.

Well, neither am I but when I found this I thought, Hmmmm....arc of the covenant.

Major Matt Mason · 08-13-2005, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The first Mac.

Ironically enough, this won't run on a Mac.

-MMM-

Perry Winkle · 08-14-2005, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

A funny anti-Mac moment... back in 1992 I got to see a product demo of Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT, neither of which had been released at that point. They demonstrated the peer-to-peer networking capabilities of Windows for Workgroups by sharing a folder. We saw the sharing indicated by a little hand which appeared under the folder icon. Well, you could immediately tell who in the room had used a Mac before. All those who had never seen a Mac were ooohing and aaaahing, but the Mac users just laughed.

How is this anti-Mac?

SteveDallas · 08-14-2005, 10:02 AM

"anti" as in opposite from, not as in derogatory.

08-07-2005, 07:11 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The first Macintosh The first Mac. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-08-2005, 11:49 AM	#3
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	and that, my friends, is how cults are born. I love it. -sm __________________ to live and die in LA

08-08-2005, 11:55 AM	#4
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	I remember using one of those back in the late 80s. We ran some rudimentry graphics program on them in our office. It had a black and white screen, and it had no hard drive, everything ran off the floppy. Programs, your files, everything. And I'm not talking these high density 1.4m disk, I'm talking the normal 750k disk. If you had a particually large program you were running, you wound up swapping floppies constantly during a session. __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps!

08-08-2005, 03:31 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Anybody else pretty much immediately think of the chick with the hammer? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-08-2005, 05:37 PM	#9
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	wow, i am so not a computer guy. i opened the thread expecting to find out that Johnny Appleseed hadn't really planted all the apple trees or something along those lines. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-07-2005, 07:20 PM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Man, what a cool video. Thanks Bruce!

08-08-2005, 12:02 PM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Fast forward about 10 years, and one of the neat things that was included with the first (and subsequent) PowerPC-based models was the graphing calculator.

08-08-2005, 03:16 PM	#6
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Ah, MacPaint...and no color, hi-res or anti-aliasing. No wonder everything could fit on a 750k disk. I remember when the little Macs would freeze up, you typed in a numeric code to softboot them back to life. Is that still possible?

08-14-2005, 10:02 AM	#15
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	"anti" as in opposite from, not as in derogatory.

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