On Saturday, September 11th, the Apple Corp of Dallas celebrated their existence by recognizing that it was the 400th main meeting.
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This 25th anniversary edition of Steven Levy’s classic book traces the exploits of the computer revolution’s original hackers–those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early ’80s who took risks, bent the rules, and pushed the world in a radical new direction. Continue reading »
Of course, you can get historical photos from the Library of Congress, but this is another source.
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The San Jose Mercury News as this article about Apple’s third founder. (Yes, there were three on April Fool’s day in 1976.)
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This article by Benj Edwards in MacWorld tells why twenty five years ago, Apple’s first laser printer had such an impact. He tells why the LaserWriter mattered so much to Apple, Aldus and Adobe.
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The Labyrinth, supported and hosted by Georgetown University is a great source for links to study the Medieval Studies.
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I have been around Apple computers since 1980. I took a class in “Structured Programming” that loaded AppleSoft off a cassette tape as the programming language for the Apple II. But that experience was enough to convince me to get an Apple ][+ in 1981. (The plus indicated that AppleSoft was in ROM.) Continue reading »
As User Group officers and members age, and new members come along, there seems to be a renewed interest in the History of the Macintosh — both reminiscing and learning. Hopefully, the history of individual groups has been preserved by the groups that can still be found. Continue reading »
Many MUGs have shown this video at their meetings, but now it will be available to a much wider audience. I know the Cowtown MUG enjoyed it very much. Continue reading »
This web site honors the history of the Mac in several ways. It has a list of items for sell. It has an Apple & Mac 68K Forum and an Apple Mac Gallery. Continue reading »
We have talked about “MacHeads,” The Movie in the past. But this article talks about the background on how it was made. Continue reading »
I believe that this film was originally telecast on PBS back in 1996. It starts out with a lot of detail about the MITS computer, the Altair which was the first “personal computer.” It was the one that caused Bill Gates and Paul Allen to drop out of college and provide BASIC for the Altair. Continue reading »
Those of us who were around back when Microsoft got started really don’t know the full story. Just as we don’t know the full story of most things. Continue reading »
As you know recently we had the 25th anniversary of the Mac. But before the Mac was the Apple Computer. Apple was incorporated in April 1976.
The makers of the Mac documentary film Welcome to Macintosh —which covers Apple’s history, its future, and its committed user base—are putting the film on tour, for special screenings at Mac and Apple User Groups. Continue reading »
