A Lisa T-Shirt has surfaced on Etsy.com. They did get the date wrong, but the shirt is pretty cool. From the description:
"Yet another part of our Apple nerd retro ware line we just released...
... we loved her though so are giving her another chance, don't reject her love..."



Check it out -
Etsy.com: In Love With Lisa T-Shirt

That is the title of a very interesting thread at the MacTalk Australia forums.
Donnie Darko writes:
"Okay, so there I was in Newtown last week looking through Goulds Book Arcade (which is quite literally.. an awesome warehouse full of unorganized rows and rows of dusty books.. ) and I found this magazine..


'What the hell is this?' I thought.. it's Apple, yet clearly an unreleased concept. I opened it up to find much to my delight a plethora of design concepts that never came to fruition.

APPLE FANBOY GOLD.

The magazine is in Japanese, so I have no idea what most of the text says.. although there is the occasional spattering of english comments throughout. (can any MacTalkers translate?)
I have scanned & uploaded each & every page to this Flickr set - Apple concepts. (I also added little notes on what I thought of each device but unfortunately they cannot be embedded into BBcode, only HTML)
But for the sake of the thread, I will post small versions of each scan.. simply click through to be taken to the respective page's Flickr link.
Enjoy!"

MacTalk.au Forums: Whacky Apple Concept Designs From 1991 You've Never Seen Before

No Apple products here, but this gallery of vintage ads at oobject.com is interesting anyway!
The intro:
"Unintentional comedy is one of the consequences of Moores Law (that computer power doubles every two years) and almost any claim made in a computer ad more than a decade old.
Included here are claims that compared to the Macbook Air that I am writing this on, a computer with 2 million times less RAM will 'satisfy your lust for power'; that a computer a thousand times slower will give you 'answers fast' for demanding applications and that a computer with several thousand times the volume is 'compact and mobile'."


16 Hilariously Unimpressive Computer Ads

New at BoingBoing is this large gallery of computer ads. There's only a couple from Apple, but the gallery features plenty of weird and interesting ads from nearly every computer manufacturer that you can think of!


BoingBoing - 101 Classic Computer Ads

The ultimate destination for Apple collectibles and memorabilia, The Missing Bite, is offering this great MacWorld Magazine set! From the item description:
"A real Apple collector's item! This complete set includes the first five issues of MacWorld magazine published in 1984. These magazines are an incredible documentation of the very beginning of the personal computer age as we know it today.
These magazines are in excellent condition as pictured, but the premier (white) issue has some discoloration due to age".

Only one set left, so go take a look, collectors!
Complete 1984 MacWorld Set

A tale at Folklore.org by Andy Hertzfeld. This time the topic is the famous signing of the inside if the Macintosh case by the Mac team. It begins:
"The component of the Macintosh hardware that had the longest lead time was the hard tool that molded its distinctive plastic case. After tweaking the case design for more than six months and building a small production run of 50 units with a soft-tooled case, the final design was ready to go out for hard tooling toward the end of February 1982, so we could meet the ship date that we were aiming for at the time, which was January 1983."

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Signing Party

Another great video at YouTube.com from a truly unique personality, Alfred DiBlasi.
Alfred's Intro:
"While the Macintosh was still in "The First 100 Days" of launch mode, a new product in the Apple II family was announced -- the Apple IIc. Remember folks, the Apple II family 'paid the party' and created a positive revenue stream and profits while the Macintosh was getting established. Without the Apple IIe and Apple IIc sales, the Macintosh could not have happened. So, enjoy this segment from the April 1984 Apple IIc rollout conference at the Moscone Center in California."



Apple II Forever

Posted today by Joshua Coventry at Low End Mac. A RARE item indeed.
Joshua writes:
"Several months ago I was searching eBay, as many of you do, just to pass some time. I discovered an item I never expected to find, since it's incredibly rare - an original Apple II jigsaw puzzle."



"Back in 1983, Apple released a gift catalog featuring Apple-branded merchandize such as mugs, T-shirts, and, amongst many other items, an Apple II jigsaw puzzle."

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Rare Apple II Jigsaw Puzzle

To compliment today's addition of a rare 1979 Apple Pascal "Iron-On" Ad to page one of The Mothership Advertising and Brochure Gallery, we present this page detailing the history of the enigmatic Pascal poster. The article, subtitled "Jef Raskin said it was useful code. Steve Jobs said it was contemporary art. You decide." begins:
"Since I posted this article several years ago on Slashdot, this page has become an Internet starting point for discussing a number of different issues, ranging from "What is your idea of the ultimate geek poster?" to discussions about the turbulent relationship between Jef Raskin and Steve Jobs, the two fathers of the Apple Macintosh computer.
One of the things that fascinates people about this project is that it is a tangible byproduct of two great minds, Steve Jobs and Jef Raskin, working together... but not necessarily seeing eye-to-eye. There are few examples of this, aside from the Macintosh, that exist today.
The late Jef Raskin kindly edited, clarified, and co-authored this with me, and for this I am grateful."

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The History of Apple's Pascal "Syntax" Poster, 1979-80

The Mothership site has made available for download a huge 204-Page 1983 Apple Lisa Marketing Binder! Painstakingly scanned and donated by Charles Eicher, this information was compiled from various technical and marketing departments and is an absolutely historic document and a wealth of information! It can be found online at The Mothership in the Lisa Information section.
http://www.macmothership.com>Lisa Stuff>Information