🖨️ 40 anni fa Apple presentava la LaserWriter, una delle prime stampanti laser per il grande pubblico, rivoluzionando il desktop publishing grazie a PostScript e AppleTalk. Nel 1985 costava $6.995, pari a 24.000 dollari di oggi! #Apple #LaserWriter #TechHistory 🍏
La LaserWriter fête ses 40 ans http://dlvr.it/THXkcQ #LaserWriter #Apple
La LaserWriter fête ses 40 ans

Il y a quarante ans aujourd’hui Apple sortait la LaserWriter, une des toutes premières imprimantes laser grand public, qui plus est contenant la technologie Adobe PostScript, permettant des rendus de texte plus précis que les impressions standard de ...

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Curse Apple and their shitty capacitor choices in the early '90s. Guess who gets to recap the I/O board on a LaserWriter?

Me. It's me...

#Apple
#retrocomputing
#LaserWriter

I've updated my Classic Mac Support blog post with info on how to create a Print to PDF printer that's shared over AppleTalk with netatalk!

https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2791

#RetroComputing #VintageMac #VintageApple #netatalk #MacIPRpi #MacipGW #LaserWriter

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Hey @applepc there is a LaserWriter Select Printer up in your area in East Oakland (Eastmont / Arroyo Viejo)) on Freecycle:

https://www.freecycle.org/posts/95564802

#macintosh #laserwriter #VintageApple #vintagePrinter #vintageApple

A Post on Freecycle.org: LaserWriter Select Printer

via The Freecycle Network™: Apple LaserWriter Select from the 90s. I used it with my PowerMac 7200. I believe it still works...just very slowly compared to what we're used to now. Comes with User's Guide and floppy disc driver installation. Any old Mac aficionados out there who can put this to use?

@jamesthomson @lisamelton I remember in the #80s the #Apple #LaserWriter was a breakthrough product for Apple, even more desired than the #Macintosh Plus! Apple and #Kinko’s had an amazing partnership back then. #SteveJobs and #PaulOrfalea were tight!

@brns @philsplace @appleinsider “No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.” — @CmdrTaco on the 2001 iPod release: https://slashdot.org/story/01/10/23/1816257/apple-releases-ipod (nope, he'll never live it down)

I'm not saying #Apple only releases category-(re)defining hits, but they have a track record that pundits would do well to consider:
#AppleII
#Macintosh
#LaserWriter
#PowerBook
#iMac
#iTunes
#iPod
#iPhone
#AppStore
#iPad
#AppleWatch
#AirPods
#VisionPro?

Apple releases iPod - Slashdot

The BrownFury writes "At an invitation only event Apple has released their new MP3 player called the iPod. iPod is the size of a deck of cards. 2.4" wide by 4" tall by .78" thick 6.5 ounces. 5 GB HDD, 10 hr battery life, charged via FireWire. Works as a firewire drive as well. Works in conjunctions ...

Surprised Johns death is not acknowledged on the front of #Apple website, since #Adobe was critical to the success of the Macintosh through #Postscript #DTP, #Laserwriter and last I checked, the reason most creative professionals buy high end #Mac is to use one Adobe's pro apps. His death is such irony considering the removal of Type 1 fonts from #Microsoft365. https://news.adobe.com/news/news-details/2023/Adobe-Co-Founder-Dr.-John-Warnock-Passes-at-82/default.aspx
Adobe Co-Founder Dr. John Warnock Passes at 82

It is with profound sadness that Adobe shares the passing of the company’s beloved co-founder Dr. John Warnock. Dr. Warnock passed away on Saturday surrounded by his family. Dr. Warnock co-founded Adobe in 1982 with Dr. Charles Geschke after meeting as colleagues at Xerox. Their first product was Adobe PostScript, groundbreaking technology that sparked the desktop publishing revolution. Dr. Warnock retired as CEO in 2000 and he was chairman of the board, a position he shared with Dr. Geschke, un

Mac Plus and #LaserWriter, the dawn of desktop publishing. Drawn on 11”x17” paper with a Roland DXY-1200 #PenPlotter using #Python.

#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #Postscript