Ken Case17h ago

Earlier this year, Christophe Laporte of the French-language publication MacGeneration asked if I might share a personal memory about Apple for a project they were working on for Apple's 50th anniversary.

As we approach that anniversary this week, I thought I'd share that memory here as well!

https://fr.ulule.com/50-ans-apple-le-livre-par-macgeneration/

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50 ans d'Apple : Le livre et la 1re journée MacGeneration

Apple fête ses 50 ans : le livre indispensable pour tous les passionnés de la pomme.

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Show threadKen Case17h ago

Every time I see the original bright six-color Apple logo, I'm reminded of the Apple ][ donated to our small school just before the end of the school year. I asked the librarian if I could borrow its stack of spiral-bound manuals over the summer. I pored through that stack of manuals as my family road-tripped from Seattle to South Dakota—my mind fully occupied by the information contained within, as my senses took in the feel of the paper and the smell of the books.

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Show threadMoe Lassus
@kcase I have a similar memory. For my senior year of high school I convinced my dad to buy me an Apple II. We weren’t poor but a computer was not in the budget. Anyway as soon as they said yes, I went to the book store and bought a book on the Apple II and spent the next several days reading every page until the day we drove to “the big city” and bought it. I think that remains one of the most exciting moments of my life. I still have that Apple II and all of its original packaging.
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