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512pixels.net
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| | | | | In the middle of the 1980s, Apple found itself with several options regarding the future of its computing platforms. The Apple II was the company's bread and butter. The Apple III was pitched as an evolution of that platform, but was clearly doomed due to hardware and software issues. The Lisa was expensive and not [...] | |
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www.nequalsonelifestyle.com
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| | | | | My first computer was an Apple //c. I have been an off again/on again fanboy of Apple several times through my life. They are my go-to mobile device manufacturer right now. In the past couple decades though I learned to take their advertising claims with great skeptecism though. I'm reading through this 1978 Byte Magazine special Pascal issue . One of the things I love doing while reading this old magazines is look at the ads. When I ran across this ad from Apple Is was admittedly taken aback by how brazen their claims as market leader were. It seems that exaggerating beyond the usual marketing schtick and outright lying goes back to Apple's earliest days. | |
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| | | | | I was recently listening to a retro computing podcast (though I can't recall which one it was) where daisywheel printers were being discussed. This, naturally, brought to mind the first printer I ever owned, a Smith Corona TP-I that I ... Continue reading ? | |
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