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The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh, and the people who made it (123 stories)
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We hooked up a mouse to the Apple II
Date: June 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Rating: (4.36)
Comments: 7
Characters: Andy Hertzfeld, Burrell Smith, Dan Kottke, Bill Budge, Steve Jobs, Bud Tribble, Bill Atkinson
The evolution of the Macintosh digital board
Date: June 1981
Author: Daniel Kottke
Rating: (4.04)
Comments: 5
Characters: Dan Kottke, Burrell Smith, Brian Howard, Folon, Jerry Manock, George Crow, Steve Jobs, Wendell Sander, Colette Askeland
The first time we demoed the Macintosh to Microsoft
Date: July 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Rating: (4.26)
Comments: 8
Characters: Andy Hertzfeld, Bud Tribble, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Charles Simonyi
Steve is concerned with the esthetics of the PC board
Date: July 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Rating: (4.41)
Comments: 9
Characters: Steve Jobs, Burrell Smith, George Crow, Brian Howard, Dan Kottke
Burrell tried to sneak in some hardware expandability
Date: July 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Rating: (4.27)
Comments: 13
Characters: Steve Jobs, Jef Raskin, Burrell Smith, Brian Howard, Steve Wozniak, Rod Holt
Date: August 1981
Author: Brian Robertson
Rating: (2.87)
Comments: 0
Characters: George Crow, Burrell Smith
We discover who wrote an awkward game for the PC
Date: August 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Rating: (4.35)
Comments: 13
Characters: Bill Gates, Neil Konzen, Steve Jobs, Charles Simonyi
The Reality Distortion Field changes Bruce's mind about working at Apple
Date: September 1981
Author: Bruce Horn
Rating: (3.85)
Comments: 2
Characters: Alan Kay, Steve Jobs, Andy Hertzfeld, John Warnock, Larry Tesler, Jerry Manock, Rod Holt
A brief history of desk accessories
Date: October 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Rating: (4.45)
Comments: 14
Characters: Bud Tribble, Chris Espinosa, Donn Denman, Larry Kenyon, Steve Capps, Bill Atkinson, Steve Jobs, Susan Kare
The creation of resources
Date: December 1981
Author: Bruce Horn
Rating: (4.15)
Comments: 7
Characters: Andy Hertzfeld, Bob Belleville, Bruce Horn, Alan Kay, Steve Capps, Bill Atkinson, Dan Smith, Frank Ludolph, Larry Kenyon, Joanna Hoffman, Ted Kaehler, Steve Jobs
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