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Bolkonskij
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Reply #45 on: September 28, 2024, 12:24
Which proves again the point that every idea in IT is always much older than one thinks :-) I'm surprised there's few actual info on these projects by people who worked on it. One would assume a lot of blueprint scans and anecdotes. But then it's probably the old adage says, success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan. Quote from: MTT Wow, we had to wait until US Fall 1985 for double-sided floppy disks AND HFS ! Yeah, that's almost 2 years after the 128k Mac's release! I'm always fascinated with these early users... what were they using their Macs for other than an occassional game of Stunt Copter and writing / printing a letter? (apart from the nerds, who hung out in college labs dialing into Usenet and various BBSes...) |
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MTT
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Reply #46 on: October 01, 2024, 05:38
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Quote from: moi; "Wow, we had to wait until US Fall 1985 for double-sided floppy disks AND HFS !Nope, it looks as though Andy Hertzfeld was "on the money" when he mentioned HFS was due in fall 1985. The Mac Plus wasn't the first to get HFS compatibility, it was the Macintosh Hard Disk 20 (HD20) which was introduced as an external HD for the Mac 512K, on September 17, 1985 (Wikipedia). Found these excellent screenshots of the HD20, scroll down in page for some beautiful take-apart shots of this device. This site has several other interesting take-apart screenshots, not restricted to only old Mac hardware, either. Here's a nice disassembled IIci. -modern browser required for the above links.
Last Edit: October 01, 2024, 06:41 by MTT
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lauland
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Reply #47 on: October 02, 2024, 19:21
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Those shots of the HD20 and IIci are gorgeous! Just shows the difference a professional photographer, being an artist at heart, can make. I have a friend who did something similar with vintage Star Wars toys. She made them look like fine art! Bit disappointing with this article, in that they made no effort to show things like QuickTime 1.0, or even running in Classic under MacOS X...but hey, still interesting: https://eclecticlight.co/2024/09/14/a-brief-history-of-quicktime/
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #48 on: December 26, 2024, 12:47
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Another one that is interesting in hindsight (a what if scenario). Taken from Computer & Software News, Vol. 2 No. 52, December 24, 1984 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPECT FAT MAC WITH 2ND DISK DRIVE NEXT MONTH By Robert Scott Cupertino, Calif.- A Fat Mac with 12-in. screen and a second disk drive, features to position the Macintosh for a better chance in the business market, is expected to be introduced by Apple next month. Analysts expect the born-again Fat Mac to be introduced at Apple's shareholder's meeting Jan. 24, as the major product announcement in the tradition of past Apple introduction rituals. Analysts, however, are divided as to whether Apple will offer two new products, based on belief that the Mac upgrade due next month may not feature Unix, an addition speculated on for some time. Most analysts do expect a hard disk, more keys for greater cursor control and a $3000-plus price tag. "I think there will be a hard disk," predicts Donald Haback, director of research, Freimark Blair, a New York financial firm. Haback says, color will be available, although probably as an option, not as a feature. Although Haback has not seen the upgraded Mac, he said his research lends him to believe the pending upgrade was the major factor behind Lotus' delay in the introduction of Jazz, the integrated software for the 512K Mac, which will not be shipped until sometime in the first quarter. Apple could not be reached for comment at presstime. A West Coast industry analyst also presicted the upgraded Fat Mac, saying the larger screen and second disk drive will be available as features being demanded by the business community. Apple's efforts to challenge IBM's dominance in the business community has been hampered, first by a lack of software and hen by the fact that new integrated packages required more memory. The introduction of the 512K Mac was dampened by the delayed release of Jazz. Apple will stick to the Motorola 68000 chip in the upgrade. A feature that both Haback and the West Coast analyst are uncertain about is whether the new machine will run Unix or whether Unix will be available on what is perhaps a second Mac upgrade waiting in the wings. Upgrade of the 512K Mac will change the market for the 128K Mac, whose street price has been declining throughout the fall, since the announcement of Fat Mac. With street prices ranging as low as $1495 in four or five markets, Mac's sale price is more typically the $1788 offered during sales by Sears' Business Systems Centers. Haback, who considers the 128K Mac a home machine, said the upgrades will push the 128K machine "down to the home hobby market."
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