Feb 21, 2009
26 July, 2008
By Holden Scott
I was on the hunt for the best Word Processing program from the Classic Mac OS (in application to OS 7.x – OS 9.x). While I do have MS Office 98 and 2001, I wanted to see what else was out there. Surprisngly, I don’t mind Word 98: it [...]
26 July, 2008
By Holden Scott
I was on the hunt for the best Word Processing program from the Classic Mac OS (in application to OS 7.x - OS 9.x). While I do have MS Office 98 and 2001, I wanted to see what else was out there. Surprisngly, I don't mind Word 98: it is lean and much faster under OS 9.x, for instance, then Word 2004 ever was in X. And the latest iteration of MS Office (2008) is ... Read More
Jan 17, 2009
Two cool videos: the first explains clearly how computers work in that they store binary numbers (0s and 1s) on magnetic disks. The 0s and 1s correspond to numbers, where numbers correspond to letters, symbols and the like. Thus, words, figures, symbols, etc. can be stored using binary numbers. A 0 turns [...]
Two cool videos: the first explains clearly how computers work in that they store binary numbers (0s and 1s) on magnetic disks. The 0s and 1s correspond to numbers, where numbers correspond to letters, symbols and the like. Thus, words, figures, symbols, etc. can be stored using binary numbers. A 0 turns "off" a store (i.e. negative magnetic charge), and a 1 turns it "on" (i.e. positive magnetic charge). That is how information is stored in a computer.
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Dec 25, 2008
Love this first one… be sure to keep scrolling down, more delicious early Apple PowerBook commercials!
This first one, looks like the 100 series line of PowerBooks. Love the legs in the back of the machine. I also love how hopeless those businessmen look, with the guy on the phone like, “I have no [...]
Love this first one... be sure to keep scrolling down, more delicious early Apple PowerBook commercials!
This first one, looks like the 100 series line of PowerBooks. Love the legs in the back of the machine. I also love how hopeless those businessmen look, with the guy on the phone like, "I have no idea how we are going to get out of this..."
The 3400c!
The Duo!
100 series again... nice hair!
Mission Impossible! Can you name this PowerBook?
The Wallstreet!
The Pismo!
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Nov 23, 2008
By Ryan Vetter
November, 2008
Typed on an Apple Emate 300
I guess I am one of those “people” who is waiting anxiously for Apple to release a Tablet computer. As noted above, this article is being typed on an Apple Newton Emate 300: a sort of hybrid netbook/tablet PC/PDA that Apple released in 1997. On [...]
By Ryan Vetter
November, 2008
Typed on an Apple Emate 300
I guess I am one of those "people" who is waiting anxiously for Apple to release a Tablet computer. As noted above, this article is being typed on an Apple Newton Emate 300: a sort of hybrid netbook/tablet PC/PDA that Apple released in 1997. On the table across from me is an Apple Newton MessagePad 2100. Again, for those unaware, this latter was Apple's last revision of their famous, yet 'failed', ... Read More
Oct 12, 2008
10 October, 2008
By Holden Scott
Here are two screenshots from the movie Courage Under Fire, released 1996, starring Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan and Matt Damon. The laptop in the picture is a PowerBook Duo 250. The date on the letter is 1991… the PowerBook Duo 250 was not released until the end of 1993… [...]
10 October, 2008
By Holden Scott
Here are two screenshots from the movie Courage Under Fire, released 1996, starring Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan and Matt Damon. The laptop in the picture is a PowerBook Duo 250. The date on the letter is 1991... the PowerBook Duo 250 was not released until the end of 1993... of course this is pretty irrelevant, but to Apple nerds like us we notice.
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