quadra700

quadra700, 3 months ago to retrocomputing

When finishing Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton needed an interface for the park’s computer system. One day he was reading through the HyperCard stack that came with his Macintosh Portable and…

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20010430134608/http://www.apple.com/applemasters/mcrichton/index2.html

#vintageapple #retrocomputing #apple #mac #jurassicpark

A screenshot of the Jurassic Park computer system from the novel that was inspired by the table of contents from a Hypercard stack that shipped with the Macintosh Portable

BasicAppleGuy, 3 months ago to random

❄️ Snow day & I'm stuck inside grading papers.

quadra700, 3 months ago to retrocomputing

MPW had the best AboutBox…

#MARCHintosh #vintageapple #retrocomputing #apple #programming

Movie of Macintosh Programmers Workshop about box animation of a floppy disk being pieced together like a puzzle and then spray painted.

quadra700, 3 months ago to retrocomputing

Shrine of Apple was a website with beautiful pictures of Apple's products over the years. It is gone now and, sadly, it looks like the product photos were never archived. All I have are these Performa 200 images I grabbed years ago. There is also a book, Iconic, with the photos, but it doesn't appear to be available anymore. Anyone have it?

#vintageapple #retrocomputing #apple #mac

https://web.archive.org/web/20160324122415/http://shrineofapple.com/the-shrine/

Photo of a Macintosh Performa 200 with floppy drive.

macrumors, 3 months ago to random

Apple Cancels Electric Car Project https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/27/apple-cancels-electric-car-project/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

quadra700, 3 months ago to scifi

Michael Crichton wrote Jurassic Park in Palatino on a Macintosh II using Word for Mac 3.0/4.0. Screenshot is from my Voyager edition ebook that was developed using Hypercard and distributed on a 1.44 floppy disk. Voyager ebooks were mainly marketed to PowerBook users for reading on the go. #itsaunixsystem #iknowthis #vintageapple #scifi #jurassicpark

Front cover of ebook.
Inside of the ebook with the floppy disk.
Michael Crichton at the Macintosh II around the time he was working on the novel. Notice the copy of MacWorld on his desk.

gruber, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

If you own an Apple FineWoven iPhone case and have used it regularly for the last few months:

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/02/24/finewoven-joanna-stern

quadra700, 3 months ago to retrocomputing

Your computer's calendar is set to 2/22/24 which is incorrect…

I guess the Blue Meanies didn't anticipate someone would be installing System 7.1 in 2024. 🤔
#vintageapple #retrocomputing #apple #macos

quadra700, 3 months ago to retrocomputing

Leopard definitely had the coolest packaging of any retail version of OS X. #vintageapple #retrocomputing #apple #macosx

quadra700, 3 months ago to design

Hello! Please boost, if you can. I am looking for someone who can create a flyer in PageMaker 4.

The short and simple version for context: I'm writing a novel about a group of AIDS activists in the early 90s. The main character is a computer science major who has been tasked with creating a flyer for an upcoming protest. I plan on including images of the artwork in the novel so if it is ever publish, you will be give full credit. #vintageapple #design

paulrickards, 3 months ago to vintagemac

Rhapsody in VirtualBox. It's so cool to see these early versions of MacOS and to see what's changed (and what hasn't).

#Rhapsody #VintageApple #VintageMac

quadra700, 3 months ago to random

After Jobs pulled the plug on themes, Greg Landweber, who created the Aaron extension, and Arlo Rose, who worked on Appearance Manager and was part of the Mac OS 8 HI team at Apple, released Kaleidoscope… (more below) https://web.archive.org/web/20110928000634/http://kaleidoscope.net/

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quadra700, 3 months ago to retrocomputing

Appearance Manager Themes originally intended for Copland. All were pulled from MacOS 8.5 at the last minute by Steve Jobs. The Drawing Board theme was developed by Apple Japan and leaked online after the release of 8.5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appearance_Manager #vintageapple #retrocomputing #macos #apple #copland

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BasicAppleGuy, 3 months ago to random

Underrated Mac: The 11.6" MacBook Air 💻

paulrickards, 3 months ago to retrocomputing

I got an untested SyQuest 88MB removable SCSI drive and some 88MB cartridges are coming soon. I had one of these in the past so this scratching a retro itch for me.

Anyone have modern experience with them? How likely is the drive to work? Do they always fail over time, have known issues, etc?

#RetroComputing

quadra700, 3 months ago to apple

Sends other UNIX boxes to /dev/null. On of my favorite #Apple ads. #retrocomputing #vintageapple

quadra700, 3 months ago to macos

I can't verify this is an actual screenshot of Taligent, but it is interesting. The window chrome has tab-style title bars à la BeOS/Smalltalk, NeXTSTEP Dock, Chicago font, System 7 folders. The Notes file on the desktop looks like something from IRIX. The wallpaper has a Windows 95 look to it. Pretty sure this is fake as I don't think it ever made it to this stage of development. Anything else I’m missing? What influences do you see? #vintageapple #macos #retrocomputing

BasicAppleGuy, 4 months ago to random

Tim Cook on the cover of Vanity Fair.

arstechnica, 4 months ago to random

Macintosh at 40: The oddest and rarest Macs ever built

Since 1984, Apple has made some strange Macintosh computers. How many have you used?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/macintosh-at-40-the-oddest-and-rarest-macs-ever-built/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social