An Apple district manager's Macintosh Portable in 1989-91

[chickenchicken]

Michael Crichton used the Button matrix of the screen Map as inspiration for the ui of the computer systems in Jurassic Park while writing the book on a Mac.

[dhosek]

Of course, in the movie it was “Unix! I know this!”

[hilti]

I am always amazed how much usability fit into these low resolution screens. Today's software designer really struggle in usability although they have enough space.

[EricE]

Brevity is the soul of wit. Efficient design takes serious discipline - hard when optional but forced when resource constrained.

[ChrisMarshallNY]

Heh. I worked on GEIS AppleLink. It was my first Mac job.

[icedchai]

Was this using GEnie as the back end? When I first got my modem, I was on both CompuServe and GEnie before moving on to local BBSes.

[classichasclass]

(author) Front end or back end? Anything interesting about its operation or the protocols?

[FredPret]

> $16,150 … in 2024 dollars

The self-reinforcing improvement loop that is technology is absolutely magical. So many things get better and cheaper, faster and faster.

[cyberlurker]

It’s true but a lot of the reduction in price is having a mature manufacturing industry that the components can be sourced from.

[qgin]

Snow White Apple was the best Apple

[nar001]

Will you image the drive anywhere? It sounds like a ticking time bomb, and it's so interesting it'd be cool to be able to look through it/through the beta System 6.0.6 software

[ngcc_hk]

Use the rolling ball from mac portable since 1990s d never looked back. Mouse on its back I call.

[Solvency]

Seeing Apple indulge in furry photography halfway down the page is something to behold.

[kanapala]

It’s GE ad