Harking back to a time when Lost’s mysteries had not been explained away with the MacGuffin of a stupid magic light, the original Dharma Initiative Apple II Plus computer used in the Pearl Station to release electromagnetic radiation every 108 minutes way back in Season Two is soon to go on sale. If you’re interested

Read more from the original source: 
Buy The Apple II Swan Station Computer from “Lost”

Where would the Macintosh (and Computing) World be without Bill Atkinson?  MacPaint, QuickDraw, HyperCard – Atkinson stands with the Giants.  In homage of his recent donation of the MacPaint source code to the Computer History Museum, flickr artist anoved offers this portrait of Bill Atkinson created entirely in MacPaint.  With tools like these, who needs

Original post: 
To Bill Atkinson, With Love and MacPaint

This Luxo iMac is living out its retirement as an elegant iPad stand. Flickr user Rusty took his dear, departed 700MHz Flat Panel iMac and then spent a little of that trial and error time all DIYers know to mold the acrylic holder to the arm. (The first few tries, he notes, shattered or “bent weird.”)

See original here: 
Luxo iMac Finds New Life as iPad Stand

As invites roll in for extracurricular activities for WWDC next week, only one so far offers something besides drinks and the same folks you’ve seen all day: a museum-style look at working Apple technology dating back to 1976 — including an original Apple I. The aptly-named iNSpired tour is sponsored by BoxTone, Mobile Service Management software

Go here to read the rest:
See You at Apple History Party at WWDC

RetroMacCast listener newtonpoetry imagines what Apple’s website might have been circa 1983 and circa 1993.  Love that beige menubar and those blazing system speeds! RetroMacCast is a (mostly) weekly podcast about Apple’s Olde Beige Stuffe (and newer shiny items), always some topics of interest for classic Mac geeks.

Excerpt from: 
Imagine Apple’s Website Circa 1983

In this highly-entertaining final installment of his series about Steve Jobs, Macworld founder David Bunnell is taken by Jobs to his favorite lunch spot (you’ll never guess where it is). And for once, Jobs changes his parking habits. I talked to Mike Murray in September, 1985, shortly after Steve Jobs had turned in his resignation as

Read more from the original source:
Steve’s NeXT Big Thing [Recollections]

At Steve Jobs 30th birthday party, the jazz great Ella Fitzgerald sings him happy birthday. She seems to have no idea who he is. Part 14 of “My Close Encounters With Steve Jobs,” Macworld founder David Bunnell’s personal history of the Mac. Soon after the Macworld dinner, Andrew Fluegelman and I were invited to Steve Job’s lavish

View post: 
Ella Fitzgerald Sings Happy Birthday to Steve [Recollections]

In part 12 of Macworld founder David Bunnell’s story of the early Mac, Bill Gates is the only developer to actually deliver on his promises of software for the Mac. Microsoft’s Excel literally saves the Mac just when sales drop to nil, but at the same time Gates’ engineers are reverse engineering the GUI for

Original post:
The Fat Mac Saves the Day [Recollections]

In Part 11 of Macworld founder David Bunnell’s memoirs, Steve Jobs triumphantly introduces the Mac to the world. ”It sang to us. It performed mathematical calculations with the blinding speed of a Cray mainframe. It drew beautiful pictures. It communicated with other computers. It bounced rays off satellites and sent a subversive message to the Soviet

Read more from the original source: 
The Macintosh Speaks For Itself (Literally)…

Steve Wozniak is unhappy at the Mac launch, which resembles “Woodstock for nerds.” Part 10 of “My Close Encounters With Steve Jobs,” a personal history of the original Mac by Macworld founder David Bunnell. Cupertino on January 24, 1984, was overcast but warm–a good day, I thought, to change the world of computers forever. 5,000 copies

View original here:
Steve Thumbs his Nose at the Apple II [Recollections]