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Apple Macintosh Classic II Commercial - Out of Reach

Found in the Moving Images category at Archive.org!
The Intro:
"There was a period in the mid nineties when Apple (without Steve Jobs) experimented with licensing the Mac OS to other computer manufacturers. That led to a rush of Mac clones. At the same time, Apple was introducing 'Copland', its new OS, dubbed System 8. This program looks at several of the new Mac clones and reviews System 8. Demonstrations include the Power 100 from Power Computing, the Genesis MP from Daystar Digital, the Radius System 100, the Power PC PowerBook and the new Macintosh System 8. Originally broadcast in 1995."



Mac Clones

Another YouTube find!



Apple Computer Ad - Full Support

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The July 25-31 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Lisa, Apple Setback in Microsoft Lawsuit".

July 25-31: Lisa, Apple Setback in Microsoft Lawsuit

An article over at PC Magazine, which includes 11 great Apple technologies that failed. Do you agree with their picks? Are these all failures? You decide!

21 Great Technologies That Failed

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The July 18-24 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Last 68k Mac, OS 8, Be".

July 18-24: Last 68k Mac, OS 8, Be

Heated leather seats sold separately!



Apple iMac Commercial - Graphite

Another interesting 1982 tale from the inside at Folklore.org by Andy Hertzfeld. Andy recalls a seminar on creativity with Alan Kay. It begins:
"In July of 1982, while I was in the midst of writing the Control Manager part of the Macintosh toolbox, my friend Bill Budge invited me to a computer industry seminar called 'Creative Think', where interesting people gave purportedly inspiring talks. It was organized by Roger van Oech, a consultant who had written a book about creativity entitled 'A Whack On The Side Of The Head'. I usually avoided both creativity seminars and industry schmooze-fests, but my friend Bill had somehow finagled free tickets and I thought it would be worth it just to see him."

Read More:
Creative Think

Here is an article about the "Next Big Thing" from the archives at Business Week Magazine from 1996, written By Peter Burrows.
It begins:
"It lets a TV do a PC's work, but it may be too late
In his grim final days at Apple Computer Inc., former Chief Executive Michael H. Spindler took every opportunity to talk about Pippin, a technology that would be Apple's most aggressive move into consumer electronics. Based on a scaled-down version of the Macintosh operating system, Pippin would make possible gadgets to let the TV-viewing masses play Mac games and surf the Net from their couches."

Read more:
Apple's Pippin: A Pip--or A Pipsqueak?

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The July 10 - 17 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "The Executive Shuffle, Profits, Jaguar Introduced".

July 10 - 17: The Executive Shuffle, Profits, Jaguar Introduced

Ready. Set. Compute!



Apple Computer Ad - Power PC vs Intel

Bob Lash recounts his experiences. From the page:
"My first exposure to computers was at age 6 (1963), as a subject in Dr. Patrick Suppes' accelerated mathematics experiment at Stanford. I was taken to a small room with what I now know was a CRT display and an intercom. I was asked to push some keys in response to some shapes on the screen. Afterwards, they showed me around a large room filled with big cabinets, some with lots of blinking white lights.
They said it was a 'computer' and its name was the 'PDP-1'. A tall thin man asked me to hit a key on a console to make a 'decktape'. I had absolutely no idea what a "DEC tape" was at the time, but when I hit the key, a small pair of reels BEGAN TO TURN!! It was a moment I would never forget."

Read more:
Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member

What's the solution to tonight's homework problem?



Apple IIgs Ad - The Solution

Today we return to the informative "This Week in Apple History" series at The Mac Observer. The July 1 - 10 entry in the series by Owen Linzmayer & Bryan Chaffin is entitled, "Hello Cat, So Long Gil, Goodbye Cube".

July 1 - 10: Hello Cat, So Long Gil, Goodbye Cube