As you probably know, the Replica 1 has been available for some time now. This article from 2003 at Wired.com takes us back to the beginning of that project.
"Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak has given his blessing to the production of a replica of the Apple I -- the legendary machine that launched Apple.
Woz has given the go-ahead to Vince Briel, a computer technician, who plans to sell $200 replicas of the Apple I from his garage in suburban Cleveland, Ohio."
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Archive for November of 2006
Woz OK's Apple I Resurrection
November 28, 2006The Apple IIe Personal Computer; A First Hand Examination
November 27, 2006
Another gem from Atarimagazines.com. Originally appearing in the March, 1983 issue of Creative Computing, this evaluation by Danny Goodman examines the top-secret Apple IIe. It begins:
"It was a November week of visits to computer and other high-tech companies in California's Silicon Valley, a rich territory noteworthy enough to qualify for recent Sixty Minutes and National Geographic treatments. Highway 101 is the standard bus that connects the sprawling communities around San Jose, where the electronics industry knows little of recession. In fact, practically every office or factory visited fell into one of two categories. Either they had just moved into larger facilities, or expansion into a new building or wing was underway.
-Veil of Secrecy-
My job for the morning of the twelfth was to see firsthand one of the best kept secrets of the computer industry: the specifications and features of a machine that would have the onerous responsibility of becoming the successor to the world famous Apple II Plus. All I knew about it was its name: Apple IIe."
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The Apple IIe Personal Computer; A First Hand Examination
"It was a November week of visits to computer and other high-tech companies in California's Silicon Valley, a rich territory noteworthy enough to qualify for recent Sixty Minutes and National Geographic treatments. Highway 101 is the standard bus that connects the sprawling communities around San Jose, where the electronics industry knows little of recession. In fact, practically every office or factory visited fell into one of two categories. Either they had just moved into larger facilities, or expansion into a new building or wing was underway.
-Veil of Secrecy-
My job for the morning of the twelfth was to see firsthand one of the best kept secrets of the computer industry: the specifications and features of a machine that would have the onerous responsibility of becoming the successor to the world famous Apple II Plus. All I knew about it was its name: Apple IIe."
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The Apple IIe Personal Computer; A First Hand Examination
512K Mac: Packing the Missing Punch; Apple Introduces the Fat Mac
November 22, 2006
Originally appearing in the February, 1985 issue of Creative Computing, this evaluation by John J. Anderson follows up his review of the original 128k Mac in 1984. It begins:
"It has been six months now since my initial review of the Macintosh computer appeared in the pages of the July 1984 issue of Creative Computing. I received more mail concerning that review than any piece I have ever written. I got letters telling me I was wrong: that the Macintosh was a gimmick, a flash in the pan, and I was foolish to call it a "breakthrough." I got letters telling me I was wrong: that the Macintosh was the greatest thing to happen to computing, and I was foolish to poke holes in such a miraculous development. The fact that readers of both ilks were mad at me was gratifying, at least in one sense: it showed that my point of view was at once suitably awed and suitably critical to offend the extremists at both ends of the spectrum. that pleased me nearly as much as the handful of complimentary notes I received."
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512K Mac: Packing the Missing Punch; Apple Introduces the Fat Mac
"It has been six months now since my initial review of the Macintosh computer appeared in the pages of the July 1984 issue of Creative Computing. I received more mail concerning that review than any piece I have ever written. I got letters telling me I was wrong: that the Macintosh was a gimmick, a flash in the pan, and I was foolish to call it a "breakthrough." I got letters telling me I was wrong: that the Macintosh was the greatest thing to happen to computing, and I was foolish to poke holes in such a miraculous development. The fact that readers of both ilks were mad at me was gratifying, at least in one sense: it showed that my point of view was at once suitably awed and suitably critical to offend the extremists at both ends of the spectrum. that pleased me nearly as much as the handful of complimentary notes I received."
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512K Mac: Packing the Missing Punch; Apple Introduces the Fat Mac
i is for innovation
November 20, 2006
Today we return to the magical Wayback Machine at Archive.org to retrieve another lost nugget. This 1998 article by John Rizzo, discussing the reasons why the iMac has lived up to the hype, is originally from Creative Mac.
It begins:
"When Steve Jobs unveiled the iMac at the Cupertino, Calif., Flint Center last May, the first thought I had was, "They're going to sell a million of 'em." I was thinking of a million over the life of the iMac, but there's a good chance my prophecy might come true before the end of the year."
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i is for innovation
It begins:
"When Steve Jobs unveiled the iMac at the Cupertino, Calif., Flint Center last May, the first thought I had was, "They're going to sell a million of 'em." I was thinking of a million over the life of the iMac, but there's a good chance my prophecy might come true before the end of the year."
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i is for innovation
Steve Jobs' Big Plans for the Macintosh's Successor
November 16, 2006
A new article by Joshua Coventry at Low End Mac.
"Steve Jobs was given control of Apple's new SuperMicro division in 1984, which combined the Macintosh and Lisa teams. His top priority was to create the Macintosh's successor, a 3M machine dubbed BigMac. Rich Page was heavily involved in the project as well, and it was decided that BigMac would be as compatible as possible with the original Macintosh.
When Jobs left the SuperMicros division in the summer of 1985, the project was canceled by his replacement, Jean-Louis Gassée. Many ideas from BigMac made their way into the Macintosh II: two serial ports, internal and external SCSI, room for two internal floppy drives, and two ADB ports. However, the Mac II ran the Mac OS (not Unix), supported color, and had six NuBus expansion slots, one or more of which could be used for video (since there was no onboard video)".
Apple's Failed BigMac Project: Precursor of the Mac II and NeXT Cube
"Steve Jobs was given control of Apple's new SuperMicro division in 1984, which combined the Macintosh and Lisa teams. His top priority was to create the Macintosh's successor, a 3M machine dubbed BigMac. Rich Page was heavily involved in the project as well, and it was decided that BigMac would be as compatible as possible with the original Macintosh.
When Jobs left the SuperMicros division in the summer of 1985, the project was canceled by his replacement, Jean-Louis Gassée. Many ideas from BigMac made their way into the Macintosh II: two serial ports, internal and external SCSI, room for two internal floppy drives, and two ADB ports. However, the Mac II ran the Mac OS (not Unix), supported color, and had six NuBus expansion slots, one or more of which could be used for video (since there was no onboard video)".
Apple's Failed BigMac Project: Precursor of the Mac II and NeXT Cube
