Re: Woz on the iMac

Ernest Prabhakar (prabhaka@apple.com)
Sat, 22 Aug 98 15:44:41 -0700

Well, as a biologist would say, is this evolutionary progression =
or convergent evolution. I mean, how many ways are there to =
attach a keyboard to a 15" CRT monitor? The key insight was =
realizing you could use a PowerBook motherboard to make a computer =
as compact as an old-fashioned monitor. After that, it's all =
fashion.

-- Ernie P.

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Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:16:33 -0400
From: Jesse <jrvincent@wesleyan.edu>
To: Terence Sin <zippy@myna.com>, "fork@xent.ics.uci.edu" =
<fork@xent.ICS.uci.edu>
Subject: Re: Woz on the iMac
Reply-To: Jesse <jrvincent@wesleyan.edu>
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On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 05:20:19AM +0500, Terence Sin wrote:
> Some vintage-computer geeks have noticed some striking =
similaries
> between the iMac eggshell and ADM-3A.
>=20
> http://www.myna.com/~zippy/adm_mac.jpg
>
It's funny you mention that. My former boss, Kee Hinckley thought =
the
same thing when the iMac was first announced.

http://www.hinckley.com/iMac.html has the details. Including a
never-before-released shot of a prototype iMac ;)

Jesse

>=20

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There are no supercomputer applications that are solvable that =
cannot be solved
in finite time using a fucking TRS-80 with approprite disk/tape =
drives. Zero.
-Tanj