CeceliaNot me staying up all night looking through a local Mac Userβs group shareware compilation disc from 1992, remembering things like TypeIt4Me, After Dark, and only just now learning additional ResEdit editors. π
Pax Ahimsa GethenIn today's story on @medium, I celebrate the 40th birthday of the #Apple #Macintosh computer with memories of my #Mac use over the decades. Shout-outs to @bbedit, @leo, and any other former #BMUG members on Mastodon.
Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall:
https://funcrunch.medium.com/my-mac-memories-7e2b699463d9?sk=44070d932ed7510ae538aeeddb1e8bb0
And thanks to the @internetarchive, I found my review of #BBEdit in the Spring 1997 #BMUG newsletter. (The full newsletter is online at https://archive.org/details/bmug-newsletter-spring-1997, but I redacted my deadname in these screenshots as I've undergone a gender transition since then.)
I recall mentioning this review at the Bare Bones Software booth at Macworld Expo, which is how I got the T-shirt. π
xenos π§π΅πLooking for BMUG's BIg Blue Book of BBSes...
Avi Rappoport (avirr)The @macstories enthusiastic analysis of what makes great #macOS and #iOS software is delightful. It reminds me of the Good Old Days of #BMUG and the first flowering of Macs, with our 300 page Newsletter.