Reprinted from Byte, issue 8/1984, pp. 238-251.
The Apple Macintosh computer
Few computers – indeed, few consumer items of any kind – have generated such a wide range of opinions as the Macintosh. Criticized as an expensive gimmick and hailed as the liberator of the masses,...
A sidebar to the Apple Macintosh review published in Byte, issue 8/1984, pp. 241-242.
At a glance
Name
Macintosh
Manufacturer
Apple Computer Inc.
20525 Mariani Ave.
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 996-1010
Components
Size: 13.5 by 9.7 by 10.9 inches (main unit)
2.6 by 13.2 by 5.8 inches (keyboard)
Weight: 19.5 pounds
Processor: Motorola 68000 (7,8336 MHz)
Memory: 128K...
In the mid-1970s, the personal-computer market blossomed with the introduction of the Altair 8800. Each year since has brought us personal computers with more power, faster execution, larger memory, and better mass storage.
Reprinted from Byte, issue 9/1981, pp. 58-68. Source: GUIdebook
Few computer enthusiasts or...
Part I - click here
Jobs: Another thing is that you can run RS-422A twisted pairs, which means I can run these things for several hundred meters. I can string lines if I have a laboratory and a computer on my desk, do whatever I...
