From YouTube.com, this clip from The History Channel's 'Lost and Found' features a brief history of Apple Computer, and includes commentary from Woz!



A Little History of Apple

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The March 21 - 31 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Xerox Suit, Oracle Takeover & Jesse Jackson on Apple".

March 21 - 31: Xerox Suit, Oracle Takeover & Jesse Jackson on Apple

Another bit of Apple history from YouTube.com.
"In 1988, Apple was eager to show off the graphics power of its Macintosh II line of computers. Using a program called Super3D, a group of talented artists produced 'Pencil Test,' an animated short created entirely on the Macintosh. Keep in mind that QuickTime did not exist in 1988; the movie was output frame by frame to an imagesetter, and then recorded to film."



Pencil Test

Today we return to the magical Wayback Machine at Archive.org to retrieve another lost nugget. This 1997 article by John Rizzo, discussing the Macworld Expo delivering a new board of directors, a Microsoft alliance, and hot new products, is originally from Creative Mac.
It begins:
"Steve Jobs has scared me before, but never more than when he announced Oracle CEO Larry Ellison--who recently threatened a hostile takeover of Apple--would be joining Apple's board of directors."

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The New Apple

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The March 14-20 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Lots Of Mac History, 1 Million Macs, "Wicked Fast," Tell-All Book, Darwin".

March 14 - 20: Lots Of Mac History, 1 Million Macs, "Wicked Fast," Tell-All Book, Darwin

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The March 7-13 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Newton Pioneers Prepare To Leave, MessagePad 2000 Ships, Bunnies, Columbus".

March 7-13: Newton Pioneers Prepare To Leave, MessagePad 2000 Ships, Bunnies, Columbus

A great bit of history from Folklore.org. This tale by Andy Hertzfeld recalls Steve threatening to remove the Mac's sound capability. It begins:
"When Burrell redesigned the Macintosh digital board in August 1982 after the Integrated Burrell Machine effort fell apart, one of the most significant improvements involved the sound generation capability. All of the extra logic available in the IBM chip allowed Burrell to implement four simultaneous channels of sound, each using a custom wavetable. That was too expensive to keep without the custom chip, but he was able to maintain the fundamental capability, DMA-fetched sound using 8 bits per sample and a clever, pulse width modulated digital to analog converter."

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Sound By Monday

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The March 1-6 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Gassée Born, Homebrew Starts, Raskin Out".

March 1-6: Gassée Born, Homebrew Starts, Raskin Out