vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 8, Issue 26

[mwillega]

 I bought a Mac 128K when they first came out and used it extensively.  However over the years, I had forgotten much of what that experience was about.  A few years ago, I resurrected a MAC128K with the first version of the Mac OS and the associated apps.  When I got it going,  I was somewhat startled to notice how much it had in common with modern smart phone apps.  You basically have one app at a time running and “owning” the platform.  Now smart phones can transition between apps much easier that the early Macintosh ever could and there is much that they can do in the background, but there certainly is a bit more commonality going on, when dealing with the basic user interface, than one would expect to see after 30 years of user interface evolution.

Regards,
Mike Willegal


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>   1.  Museum Report 2019-01-27 (Jeffrey Brace)
>   2.  Macintosh HD 20 (Jason Perkins)
>   3. Re:  Macintosh HD 20 (Tony Bogan)
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> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 17:00:23 -0500
> From: Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey at vcfed.org>
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> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Museum Report 2019-01-27
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> A busier than normal Sunday with three groups totaling about a dozen people
> coming through with a moderate to high level of interest. They really liked
> and appreciated the tours. Two groups were families with young kids. It's
> always interesting to have the children guess what the different artifacts
> are in the "Everything on this wall is now in your pocket" exhibit. I also
> like to see if kids can figure out how to open up MacPaint on the Macintosh
> and Paint on the Windows 3.1 machine. The basic functionality of the GUI
> hasn't changed since the Macintosh, so it's fun to show how kids who have
> never used the computer can still operate it due to user-friendly design.
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> I also continued to work on VCF East planning and administration.
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> Jeff Brace
> Vice President
> Vintage Computer Federation
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:42:38 -0500
> From: Jason Perkins <perkins.jason at gmail.com>
> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org>
> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Macintosh HD 20
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> Does anyone know if the original Mac Hard Disk 20 - Model M0135 - ever
> shipped with the Apple designed Nisha disk mechanism, or were they all
> Rodime drives?
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> Thanks!
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> -- 
> Jason Perkins
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:51:32 -0500
> From: Tony Bogan <thebogans at mac.com>
> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org>
> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Macintosh HD 20
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> I have had over a dozen, 4 still in my possession, all were the rodime drive.
> Tony
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>> On Jan 28, 2019, at 11:42 AM, Jason Perkins via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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>> Does anyone know if the original Mac Hard Disk 20 - Model M0135 - ever
>> shipped with the Apple designed Nisha disk mechanism, or were they all
>> Rodime drives?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jason Perkins
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