*shudder*
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ernest Prabhakar [mailto:prabhaka@apple.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 1998 3:45 PM
> To: Jesse
> Cc: Terence Sin; fork@xent.ics.uci.edu
> Subject: Re: Woz on the iMac
>
>
> 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.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> 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>
> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i
> In-Reply-To: <35DE00B3.C286ACA3@myna.com>; from Terence Sin
> on Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 05:20:19AM +0500
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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.
> >
> > 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
>
-- jesse reed vincent -- jrvincent@wesleyan.edu -- jesse@fsck.com pgp keyprint: 50 41 9C 03 D0 BC BC C8 2C B9 77 26 6F E1 EB 91 -------------------------------------------------------------- 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
