Tag: Byte
The Macintosh – The many facets of a slightly flawed gem
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, the Mac is a potentially great system. Whether it [...]
Apple Macintosh – At a glance
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 [...]
Computer History: Xerox Alto – A Personal Computer
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 professionals can look at the machines of today without [...]
The Macintosh Design Team – The Making of Macintosh – Part II (Byte – Feb. 1984)
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 want to do. They aren’t DB-25s. We’ve been living with [...]
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