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Apple Computers & Components

Vintage Apple

Vintage Apple Article

The Macintosh project started in the late 1970s with Jef Raskin, an Apple employee, who envisioned an easy-to-use, low-cost computer for the average consumer. In September 1979, Raskin was authorized to start hiring for the project, and he began to look for an engineer who could put together a prototype. Bill Atkinson, a member of Apple's Lisa team (which was developing a similar but higher-end computer), introduced him to Burrell Smith, a service technician who had been hired earlier that year as Apple employee #282. Over the years, Raskin assembled a large development team that designed and built the original Macintosh hardware and software; besides Raskin, Atkinson and Smith, the team included Chris Espinosa, Joanna Hoffman, George Crow, Jerry Manock, Susan Kare, Andy Hertzfeld and Daniel Kottke.

Smith.s first Macintosh board was built to Raskin.s design specifications: it had 64 kilobytes (KiB) of RAM, used the Motorola 6809E microprocessor, and was capable of supporting a 256×56 pixel black-and-white bitmap display. (The final product used a 9-inch, 512x342 monochrome display.) Bud Tribble, a Macintosh programmer, was interested in running the Lisa.s graphical programs on the Macintosh, and asked Smith whether he could incorporate the Lisa.s Motorola 68000 microprocessor into the Mac while still keeping the production cost down. By December 1980, Smith had succeeded in designing a board that not only used the 68000, but bumped its speed from 5 to 8 megahertz (MHz); this board also had the capacity to support a 384×56 bitmap display. Smith.s design used fewer RAM chips than the Lisa, which made production of the board significantly more cost-efficient. The final Mac design was self-contained and had far more programming code in ROM than most other computers; it had 128 KiB of RAM, in the form of sixteen, 64 kilobit (Kb) RAM chips soldered to the logicboard. Though there were no memory slots, its RAM was expandable to 512 KiB by means of soldering sixteen 256 Kib RAM chips in place of the factory-installed chips.

The innovative design caught the attention of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. Realizing that the Macintosh was more marketable than the Lisa, he began to focus his attention on the project. Raskin finally left the Macintosh project in 1981 over a personality conflict with Jobs, and the final Macintosh design is said to be closer to Jobs. ideas than Raskin.s. After hearing of the pioneering GUI technology being developed at Xerox PARC, Jobs negotiated a visit to see the Xerox Alto computer and Smalltalk development tools in exchange for Apple stock options. The Lisa and Macintosh user interfaces were partially influenced by technology seen at Xerox PARC and were combined with the Macintosh group's own ideas. Jobs also commissioned industrial designer Hartmut Esslinger to work on the Macintosh line, resulting in the "Snow White" design language; although it came too late for the earliest Macs, it was implemented in most other mid- to late-1980s Apple computers. However, Jobs.s leadership at the Macintosh project was short-lived; after an internal power struggle with new CEO John Sculley, Jobs was fired from Apple in 1985, went on to found NeXT, another computer company, and did not return until 1997. CEO John Sculley raised the price from US$1,995 to US$2,495 to pay for a massive marketing campaign.

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Macintosh Color Classic M1600 only for parts
$9.99
Macintosh LC
$10.00
VIntage Macintosh™ Portable M5120 PARTS OR REPAIR
$99.99
Apple Computers 800K External Floppy Drive Model M0131
$8.58
1991Jun,Sep MACWORLD Magazine -2 issues- V:8,#6,9 -Xlnt
$8.99
Vintage Apple Macintosh Classic computer works complete
$31.11
Vintage MAC External Modem - Supra 33.6
$3.75
Macintosh MACazine MAGAZINE Vintage APPLE VERY RARE
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Apple IIc, IIe, IIGS ProDOS User's Disk
$19.90
Apple Computer Apple Logo "Apple Widow" Mouse Pad
$19.90
APPLE Classic MAC Vintage PC
$69.00
NICE Apple Computer Logo Race Car Mouse Pad
$19.90
Original Apple Macintosh manuals 12" RGB, CD 300, OS 8
$5.00
Four original Apple manuals - Mac Plus, SE, II, SE/30
$11.00
APPLE COMPUTERS THINK DIFFERENT WATCH NUMBERS BACKWARD!
$21.50
Apple Newton eMate 300 -MINT In Box w/Charger!
$49.95
Original manual Apple Macintosh Utilities User's Guide
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Apple Computer Logo Titlest golf ball - New - Vintage
$15.00
Vintage Apple IIc Computer NR
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Genuine Apple IIe - Extended 80 Column Card 64K Memory
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OEM Apple Newton MessagePad 110, 120, 130 Leather Case
$18.99
Vintage Apple II Fx
$10.00
Vintage Apple DuoDisk 5.25" Dual Floppy Drive A9M0108
$19.99
NEW! Apple Cluster Controller Sales Reference Guide
$15.99
Original Apple Macintosh manuals LC II, III, Classic,
$5.00
Lot of 9 Original Apple II manuals
$11.00
Lot of (12) NeXT monitors - Steve Job's OTHER company!
$96.50
1985 Apple IIe 80 Column / 64K Expansion Card
$2.95
Macintosh 512k Desktop Computer With Keyboard & Mouse
$59.99
Microsoft Watch Mint Digital & Analog Rare Fossil Style
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Vintage Apple Power Macintosh 6500/250 PowerPC M3548
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NeXTSTEP NextTime multimedaia framework software
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Videx Advertising for Apple Lisa Application
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MegaFiler by Magahaus for the Mac 128K - SEALED! MINT!
$16.99
Apple iPhone poster - New York stores
$10.00
Apple Service Telcom/Video Workbook - New Condition
$15.99
Original manual - Getting Started with your Macintosh
$3.00
Farallon PhoneNet Network for Apple
$5.00
Apple Power Mac 8600/250 PowerPC Vintage Working Clean
$44.00
Original Macintosh System Software User's Guide v. 6.0
$3.00
1984 1st Apple Macintosh 128K Carry Case Extremely NICE
$99.84
256K RAM Chip Kit for Apple II, Tandy & Vintage PC
$5.95
Apple II Forever Apple Logo Mouse Pad
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MACSPEAKERS EXCELLENT COND. 3WAY APPLE MAC W/ CASE P/S
$59.95
Macintosh 512k M0001W FatMac FACTORY 4MB UPGRADE/SCSI
$199.99
Apple IIc, IIe, IIGS System 4.01
$19.90
Two Small White Apple Computer Logo Stickers
$4.90
STICKYBEAR PRINTER SOFTWARE--APPLE IIe -ORGINAL FOLDER
$1.99
Vintage Apple Schwag PowerBook Case Watch Old Tapes +
$15.50
Macintosh LC / LC III / IIsi Vintage Computer Lot Apple
$59.00
Vintage Apple II Plus Computer System, Disks, Manual!
$199.99
1984 Macintosh 128K Microsoft Chart Version 1.0 Rare!
$29.84
RARE V For Victory - Victory Pak for Macintosh - NEW
$24.90
APPLE II E Games Software, Disney's Black Cauldron
$1.50
Apple ImageWriter II Vintage Dot Matrix Printer
$24.95
Apple Macintosh Plus A TOUR GUIDE in AUDIO CASSETTE NEW
$8.90
Original Apple manuals, Apple IIe Owner's ProDOS Users,
$7.00
1988 Jul MAC USER Magazine -DTE issue- Vol 4, #7 -Xlnt+
$7.99
Apple IIci Vintage Computer
$10.00
Apple Scribe Printer Thermal Heat Transfer
$1.00
Apple Workgroup Server 7250
$6.99
Vintage MAC Macintosh Plus M0001A 1989 Working Good
$129.99
Apple Macintosh SE/30
$1.00
Vintage 1988 Macintosh Utilities User's Guide 171 pgs.
$7.95
Mac II Upgraded to a Mac II Fx - Vintage
$10.00
Vintage Apple Color Classic Computer - Repair/Parts
$9.99
256K RAM Chip Kit for Apple II, Tandy & Vintage PC
$5.95
APPLE IPOD NANO-CHROMATIC 4x6 Bus Shelter Poster 6ft
$10.49
Original Apple Macintosh manual HyperCard User's Guide
$3.00
The Little System 7 book, The Mac is not a typewriter
$0.99
Newer Technology DT351C MAXPowr Pro 250/125 Processor
$9.99
Apple III Software Manuals 3 E-Z EZ Pieces FREE SHIP!
$19.99
Mac Developer Notes, Tech DOCs, Utl. CD by Apple, 93
$14.90
Apple Pro Keyboard Vintage MIB M8732LL/A G3/G4/G5
$39.99
3 Apple Keyboards, Vintage, #2980 /#0487 Excl. Cond.
$10.00
NEW Adjustable Laptop/Notebook Lifter
$19.99
Apple LCIII Vintage Computer
$10.00
Old PC KC3 Kraft Apple & IBM computer joystick control
$12.51
MINT! Early 80s Apple Faux Suede Warranty Folio
$29.99
MacHome Apple Macintosh Computer Magazine on CD
$1.99
Apple 4-Pin ADB Keyboard Cable 590-0361-B 590-0616-A
$4.99
FP BASIC cartridge for Laser computer Apple clone
$4.00
Vintage Apple II 5.25" External Floppy Drive A9M0107
$14.50
MicroNet 270MB Syquest Storage Drive for Mac or PC
$29.99
Apple MacIntosh Mac SE/30 SE30 80MBHD 8MB RAM SYS 7.5
$89.99
FREE S&H - Vintage Apple PC / Power Macintosh 5260/100
$125.00
Original Apple manuals -AppleSoft Basic, ProDOS, more
$7.00
ThinkTank 128 for the Original Mac - MINT!
$16.99
APPLE II E Computer, Dual Super 5 Drives Original owner
$1.50
ORIG APPLE COMPUTER NEWTON MESSAGEPAD 2000/2100 STYLUS
$10.99
Apple Store Uniform T-Shirt, Nano-Chromatic, Med, Teal,
$0.99
Vintage 1988 Macintosh System Software User's Guide
$7.95
Steve Wozniak SIGNED Apple 1 Computer Operation Manual
$35.00
Steve Wozniak SIGNED 5.25 Floppy Disk APPLE COMPUTER
$20.00
Apple IIe Sales Follow Up Disk
$6.99
Apple IIe Store Display Layout Guide
$9.99
Apple Newton eMate 300 Connectivity CD, Teacher Pack!
$12.00
Apple Keyboard II in box! vintage Apple!
$12.35
Apple IIci Vintage Computer
$10.50