Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Clarification of The Incarnation and a Short Rebuke
From: "Dr. Joseph Yao" <Joseph@yao.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 00:05:26 +0800

Oops! I meant my first Mac, not the first Mac Apple built.  I skipped the
128K version and waited for the 512K one which I still have.

Rgds,

Joseph

on 25/1/01 11:50 pm, John Collier at jbcollier@home.com wrote:

> The first Apple MacIntosh had 128 K RAM with a single 400K 31/2" floppy.
> Power users added an external floppy to reduce the amount of disk swapping.
> On one 400K floppy I could fit the OS, MacWrite and a 20 page document. My
> favourite game was, and still is, Daleks. The first hard drives were
> connected to a serial port (Honey, how do you spell slow?). Now when I toss
> an icon away, it is 193K!! What is up with you programmers? 193K for an
> icon!
> 
> John Collier
> 
> The original 128K Macs have the signatures of the developing team moulded on
> the inside of the main case. I have two....still like to play Daleks :-)
> 
>> From: "Dr. Joseph Yao" <Joseph@yao.com>
> 
>> 
>> The first Mac, circa 1984, with no hard drive, 512K RAM, and the entire OS
>> could be contained on one 3.5" floppy disk.  I believe it cost US$2,500!
>