Last week, I had a chance to visit @hypertalking’s (James’s) excellent collection of Mac-related stuff. He’s particularly interested in collecting 1990s Macs, which is the era of Apple history I don’t have a lot of personal experience with, so it was doubly exciting.
Here are some 100 photos from that visit:
James’s work has recently gone viral! He meticulously recreated a few of Hokusai's views of Mount Fuji in the original Mac’s resolution and 1-bit colour.
I got to see them all in person! https://kottke.org/23/05/great-wave-off-kanagawa-in-all-its-1-bit-pixelized-glory
Microsoft Bob for a Mac! Sort of.
I have not heard of this before and I used to have a site cataloging GUIs.
@mwichary I've always thought Apple's experiments with TV were interesting, and could have been something if the company hadn't been so distracted at the time.
I remember Steve Jobs initially referred to the Apple TV—the one that succeeded—as a "hobby", and I wondered at the time if he was trying to leave some leeway in case it didn't really go anywhere like the earlier attempts.
Marcin Wichary
Chris Silverman 🌻