Apple's Improved MessagePad
The Byte.com archives contain some real gems from days gone by. Today we present another vintage article, this time from May 1995 in which Tom Thompson reviews the Newton MessagePad 120.
"Bug fixes, more memory, and third-party peripherals and software have improved MessagePad usability."
Apple's Improved MessagePad
Apple Redefines the Notebook
An article from the Byte.com archives by Tom Thompson from August 1994 reviewing the 500 series PowerBooks.
"The latest PowerBooks set a new standard: built-in Ethernet, a trackpad, optional PCMCIA, 16-bit color, stereo sound, and a fast 68040 CPU upgradable to PowerPC"
Apple Redefines the Notebook
Virtual ][ Emulator Updated to Version 4.0
Our favorite Tiger-compatible Apple II emulator has been updated to version 4.0.
New in this version:
• Added a much requested feature: the Mockingboard emulation. This is a free upgrade for all licensed users.
• Changed the configuration of the default machine to include the Mockingboard in slot 4.
• Solved a bug that could cause failure to read a saved state file.
Try it today!
Virtual ][
Lisa Office System 1.0 Tour
The computer collection onboard The Mothership includes an Apple Lisa 2/5 running Office System 3.0 and a Lisa 2/10 running 3.1. For those not familiar with the Lisa GUI, here is a great tour of version 1.0, with photos, by Thomas S. Stepleton at toastytech.com. A great reference! It begins:
"The Lisa Office System is almost without doubt the most popular piece of Lisa software. Version 1 bundled LisaCalc, LisaDraw, LisaGraph, LisaList, LisaProject, and LisaWrite (a spreadsheet, draw program business graphing package, database program, project planning program, and a word processor respectively) together in what would today be called a 'works package' - by version 3, LisaTerminal (a terminal emulator) was included as well. Similar software combinations (like the office bundle that shipped with the Osborne 1, a popular portable computer from 1980) also existed, but the Office System was set apart by its graphical interface and (to a lesser extent) multitasking capabilities. In a sense, the Office System is what makes a Lisa a Lisa - a powerful, easy-to-use personal computer geared toward business and home use - rather than a graphical workstation like some of its contemporaries (such as the ICL/Three Rivers PERQ and perhaps even the Xerox Star)."
Lisa Office System 1.0 Tour
Mel's MacPaint Gallery
Check out Mel's MacPaint Gallery, a celebration of the first graphic arts application program created for the Apple Macintosh computer!
Mel's MacPaint Gallery
The REAL 20th Anniversary Macintosh
A 2004 article by Tim Robertson at MyMac.com in which we compares the all-in-one iMac to the 1997 Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh!
From the article:
"In May of 1997, Apple Computer Inc. released a dream machine, the 20th Anniversary Macintosh. The name, however, was a bit of a misnomer. 1997 was not a celebration of twenty years of the Macintosh, but rather the twenty-year anniversary of Apple Computers. Apple was formed in 1977, and to celebrate, Apple released a machine with a machine with a $7,500 price tag. Ouch!"
The REAL 20th Anniversary Macintosh
In The Beginning - The Dawn of the PowerBook
Another interesting PowerBook Mystique article by Charles W. Moore at PowerBookCentral.com.
It Begins:
"I came to the Mac orbit in 1992, missing the advent of the PowerBook by just one year. At the time, PowerBooks seemed like exotic machines, astronomically expensive and more likely to be used by stars and celebrities than me ordinary mortals -- or so it seemed to this owner of a used Mac Plus."
In The Beginning - The Dawn of the PowerBook
Jory's Apple Icon Garden Adventure
Apple's legendary icon garden as seen through the camera lens of Jory!
From the site:
"At Apple Computer's Research & Development Campus in Cupertino, California grows a garden unlike any other in the world.
No, these photographs were not altered to include the icons; they grow in the garden naturally! These pictures were merely taken, processed, scanned, and lightly touched up to correct for color and distracting lampposts!"
Jory's Apple Icon Garden Adventure
PowerBook Mystique Review - "Buying Used Macs"
A review by Charles W. Moore at PowerBookCentral.com of Neale Monks' ebook "Buying Used Macs". Includes alot of information - an interesting read!
The PowerBook Mystique
The Smalltalk Environment
A 1981 Blast From the Past from the Byte.com archives, as Larry Tesler of Apple asks, "Are languages being used according to their original design?"
The Smalltalk Environment
