my apple collection

[tezza]

Something to think bout..

Lets say the clown(s) who forced Steve Jobs out of Apple never did, and was there all along, where would Apple be today?

From the reading I've done my feeling is Apple wouldn't be around at all.

Jobs has a brillance for design and marketing, and has contributed greatly to technology for the masses. However, in the 1980s he was often too far ahead of the market and didn't always accept the limits of the technology of the time.

Initially the Macintosh (Job's baby) was a poor seller, short on memory, difficult to expand (at Job's insistance), too much like a toy for big business to take seriously. Apple survived because of the Apple IIe which paid the bills AND one could also argue BECAUSE Jobs was sacked and some more conservative business practices were put in place. Let's not forget Jobs's project after leaving Apple (NEXT) didn't exactly set the world alight.

Also there was the Apple III no-fan debacle.

Before anyone mentions it, I know that Apple lost it's way in the 1990s. But so did many other tech companies. Competition was hot.

I'm not discounting Job's place in history or trying to start a flame war. He had (and still has) great vision, drive, style and the ability to create a culture people want to be part of. He made some serious mistakes in the past though and was somewhat lucky that these weren't fatal.

Tez

 

[applefreak]

. the Macintosh (Job's baby) was a poor seller, short on memory, difficult to expand (at Job's insistance), too much like a toy for big business to take seriously. .

I agree,
even at the introduction of the Mac (jan 1984), they cheated....
Using a prototype of the 512k, because the 128k couldn't play the demo

 

[applefreak]

my Lisa 2/5 with profile

after repairing the power supply, working

before staring up, i always put the Profile on the table instead of on top of the Lisa

my other Lisa 2/5 has the X/profile inside

 

[DOS lives on!!]

That's a nice looking Lisa, especially having the sun shining on it. I'd like to have one someday. Glad you got it going.

 

[vintagemacrepairs]

I love all the old videos, also the computer stash in Belgium. The 1980's were exciting times.

 

[tezza]

Now that's a proud looking Lisa. Well done!

Tez

 

[Chromedome45]

Wow that's a lot of Apple computers. Very cool though. And yes that Lisa look really nice and sexy!

 

[applefreak]

Due to the "jou have to take it all" pick ups
over years, i also got some non-apple computers


modified Dk'Tronics cased ZX Spectrum
inside
never tried to power it up ...

a TRS-80 model 100
booted it up once

Epson HX-20
two with german keyboard
one with azerty keyboard
carrying case
a new, boxed, 16k ram expansion unit

IBM 8550 50Z CPU (disk drive, tape drive, no HDD), keyboard, mouse and monitor (1987)

...... somewhere forgotten in a dark corner

 

[applefreak]

I love all the old videos

grab them, because after june 30, 2012, all the content of my idisk shall be lost

the MobileMe service will no longer be available
used and paid since day one,
thanks Apple
hundreds, thousands of links lost all over the web
damn ....
:angry:

 

[applefreak]

as word, spreadsheet, dtp application i used Ragtime (B und E Software GmbH) in 1986

if you bought a LC in 1990,
you got a free copy of Ragtime 3

( quicktime video - macintosh IIcx - ragtime 3 )


i still use Ragtime, latest version

 

[applefreak]

hi-res 1

hi-res 2

hi-res 3

Background
Quadra 900 25 MHz - Quadra 800 33 MHz - 14 inch Multiple scan - SCSI external HD - PowerMac G3 MT 300 MHz - Quadra 700 25 MHz - Umax S900 200 MHz

Foreground
Powerbook G3 250 MHz - iBook G3 800 MHz - Powerbook G4 1.33 GHz
M3553, A1005, A1010
Kanga, P73D, Q54A

List of Apple codenames

 

[applefreak]

hi-res on a Macintosh Plus

The Folder Blesser

Blesser allows you to select which system folder (of those present on the startup device) will be used when the computer is restarted.

Blesser, application by Dave McGary

 

[applefreak]

my latest find, bought from first owner ( Belgium )

Apple Lisa XL , serial number A4282221, manufactured 4282 - 8 october 1984
a stock mac XL 1MB ram, H/88 - screen 90x60 dpi -
roms 341-0175-H in socket at D13, 341-0176-H in socket at D14

- disconnected the widget drive, started up in built-in service mode to test the system
- replaced the floppy drive with a repaired one
- tested with the 10MB widget drive, no boot
- unable to repair the HD
but i have a replacement, an other internal drive (non Apple) or the X/Profile

original floppys in package
Lisa Office System release 3.0 package,
floppys arranged
all floppys

original Lisa 2 mouse
azerty keyboard

as extra 2 boxes, AppleTalk M2010Z
- one box still sealed -

AppleTalk, part of Macintosh Office project,
System 2.0 (MFS), added support for AppleTalk and the LaserWriter to use it

 

[DOS lives on!!]

Neat find, especially another Lisa.

 

[applefreak]

IIgs upgrade

hi-res inside

 

[Pepinno]

my latest find, bought from first owner ( Belgium )

We want pictures. (Yes, we are a demanding bunch.)

 

[DOS lives on!!]

We want pictures. (Yes, we are a demanding bunch.)

He has links to pictures of the Lisa.

 

[applefreak]

i replaced the widget drive with the SUN 20 MB internal hard drive

now it's running MacWorks plus

 

[applefreak]

Pdf, 23 pages

Sun Remarketing 1989 Catalog

 

[applefreak]

My Apple IIe with Profile started up

hi res


IIe enhanced
CPU 65C02 338-6503
ROMs screen 342-0304 & 342-0303
ROM keyboard 342-0326
ROM character generator 342-0274