Today we return to the magical Wayback Machine at Archive.org to retrieve another lost nugget. This 1996 article by John Rizzo, subtitled, "Faster, cheaper Macs; OpenDoc; and OS 8 highlight Macworld Boston", is originally from Creative Mac.
It begins:
"If you think buying a Mac clone is taking a plunge, try jumping off a platform 200 feet above Boston Harbor. That's what dozens of Macworld Expo attendees did last month when Power Computing offered free bungee jumps next to Boston's World Trade Center. While I kept my feet firmly on the ground, I did see enough upcoming Mac products to make this Expo one of the most exciting in years."

Read more:
The Mac Lives!

From YouTube.com we present this PowerBook Ad - "It's a great way to meet girls!"



Apple Original PowerBook Ad

An early look at the Macintosh Plus with its "whiz-bang 7.8-MHz Motorola processor and 1 MB of RAM" from the "Blasts from the Past" series in the Byte Magazine archives, originally published in June, 1986.
It begins:
"BYTE took an early look at the Mac Plus , a $2599 system that came with 1 MB of RAM, a 9-inch display, a 7.8-MHz Motorola 68000 processor, and an optional 20-MB hard drive (but no expansion slots). The Compaq Deskpro 286, which we also reviewed, had 512 KB of RAM, a 30-MB hard drive, and four expansion slots; it cost $6245 with a monitor, but it was faster than IBM's AT."

Blasts from the Past - Macintosh Plus

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The November 21-31 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Steve Calls Gil, NeXT, Toy Story".

November 21-31: Steve Calls Gil, NeXT, Toy Story

The fantastic 8-bit Apple II emulator for Mac OS X, Virtual ][ has been updated to version 5.8.5.

New in this release:
• Solved an issue (introduced in version 5.8) that caused flickering screen objects in some games (such as Swashbuckler, Bolo and Choplifter).
• Improved the floating bus feature; the intro of the game "Money Munchers" now works as it should.
• The "Search Apple II Disk Images" feature now not only searches for matching Apple II file names, but also for matching disk image file names.
• The Inspector can now show the Apple II screen as it would appear in any graphics mode.
• Substantially improved nibble copy and half-track copy in A2V2, resulting in much more reliable disk copies.
• Refined the keyboard mappings to more resemble the Apple II: shift-tab now acts as tab; numeric pad "clear" acts as esc.
• Increased default screen refresh rate from 20 Hz to 30 Hz.
• Fixed an issue that could result in stray pixels all over the screen when switching from 80-column text mode to graphics mode on an Apple //e.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Saturn memory card to behave like a 16K instead of a 128K memory card. more accessible.

Visit the Virtual ][ Website

From YouTube.com we present this early version of Mac versus Windows advertising from Apple!



Apple Macintosh Ad - Dinosaurs

A new interview with The Woz at Laptop Magazine, by Joanna Stern.
It Begins:
"It's been more than three decades since Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs formed Apple Computer, where "the Woz" brought the Apple I and II to life, and where he played a critical role in bringing the original Macintosh to market. He's considered one of the most influential people in the history of personal computing, and his passion for producing easy-to-use software is still very much a part of Apple's DNA. On the eve of the Leopard launch, we asked Wozniak whether Apple was staying true to its roots and what innovations he'd like to see become a reality."

Read More:
The Way It Woz: Steve Wozniak on All Things Apple

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The November 14-20 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "McIntosh, IIe Killed, Butt-Head Astronomer".

November 14-20: McIntosh, IIe Killed, Butt-Head Astronomer
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Today we return to the magical Wayback Machine at Archive.org to retrieve another lost nugget. This 1998 article by John Rizzo, is subtitled, "The latest skinny on clone availability, service, and support", and is originally from Creative Mac.
It begins:
"The Macworld Expo held in Boston six months ago and the one in San Francisco earlier this month might as well have been on two different planets. In Boston, Apple had just posted big losses (again), there were few new software products on display, and rumors were rampant that Mac cloning would die soon. In San Francisco, Steve Jobs announced a profitable Apple, new software was abundant (including Microsoft Office 98), and the booths of Mac cloners were filled with customers."

Read more:
Mac Clone Owner's Survival Guide

The fantastic ROMless Lisa Emulator, LisaEm has been updated to version 1.2.2. It can be downloaded from http://lisaem.sunder.net/downloads.html. This version is mostly bug fixes instead of features.

Included in this release:
• Changed printing so that it auto-flushes print jobs. Printing works but the page size is slightly off so it tends to not line up properly when more than one page is printed.
• Cleaning up build.sh script + source code
• Fixed slot preferences - browse buttons between high/low ports were swapped.
• Fixed parallel port u/l assignments - opposite from what LOS uses
• More via6522.c cleanup/fixes.
• Renamed Profile menu to Parallel Port as it's more accurate
• Cleaning up Generator code so as to build it as its own library
• Looking into cleaning up unicode incompatibility bugs, rewrote bunches and bunches of string routines and fixed up some idiotic char * <-> wxString gymnastics.
• Looking into via6522 bugs for MacWorks and Xenix, no luck there yet.

Check it out at The Lisa Emulator Project!

Some folklore for Friday with this bit of Macintosh history at Folklore.org by Andy Hertzfeld. It Begins:
"The original Macintosh was designed by a small team that worked long hours with a passionate, almost messianic fervor, inculcated by our leader, Steve Jobs, and the excitement that we felt during its creation shines through in the finished product. The attitudes, values and personalities of the designers are reflected in the thousands of subtle choices that they make in the course of their design, coalescing into a spirit or feeling imparted to its users."

Read More:
The Macintosh Spirit

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The November 7-13 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Apple Goes Public, Windows, CHRP, & iPod Born".

November 7-13: Apple Goes Public, Windows, CHRP, & iPod Born

Another slice of Apple History at YouTube.com!



Apple Newton Ad - Most Boring Meeting in the World

A brief article at Retro Thing featuring the Apple ][ as one of their "Big Three."
It begins:
"It has been thirty years since the first wave of mass-produced home computers ignited a revolution. 1977 saw the introduction of the so-called 'Big Three': The Apple ][, Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I and the Commodore PET 2000. These machines dominated the North American market for several years."

Read More:
The Big Three: 30 Years of Mass-Produced Home Computers

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The November 1-6 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "CompUSA, Monsters, Inc.".

November 1-6: CompUSA, Monsters, Inc.