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The Original Macintosh
Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh, and the people who made it (37 stories)
“An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.” -- Thomas Fuller
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Burrell Smith:  (37)
Burrell Smith's brilliant digital board provided the seed that the rest of the team coalesced around. Its Woz-inspired creativity set the tone for the rest of the project.

Besides five different Macintoshes, Burrell also designed the digital board for the LaserWriter printer. In 1986, he co-founded Radius, and created their first two products, the Radius Full Page Display and the Radius Accelerator.
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Burrell Smith was creative in more than just engineering.
Date: August 1979
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Origins, Personality, Hardware Design, Apple II
Comments:  19
Rating:  (4.3)
Burrell proves his mettle with the 80k language card.
Date: November 1979
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Hardware Design, Technical, Apple II
Comments:  7
Rating:  (4.03)
The very first image on the very first Macintosh
Date: February 1980
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Origins,Hardware Design,Prototypes
Comments:  15
Rating:  (4.32)
Burrell wants to get promoted to engineer
Date: September 1980
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Management,Personality
Comments:  9
Rating:  (4.66)
The original Mac team's original office
Date: October 1980
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Apple Spirit,Origins,Management,Buildings
Comments:  9
Rating:  (3.54)
Burrell imitates Jef
Date: January 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Personality
Comments:  8
Rating:  (4.61)
My first job on the Macintosh project
Date: February 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Hardware Design,Prototypes,Software Design,Early Programs,Technical
Comments:  9
Rating:  (3.83)
A shakeup in Apple II engineering frees me up to work on the Macintosh
Date: February 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Origins,Apple II,Management,Recruiting
Comments:  9
Rating:  (4.61)
The SCC gets designed into the Mac
Date: March 1981
Author: steve blank
Topics: Hardware,Hardware Design
Comments:  5
Rating:  (4.28)
The Lisa had a different screen resolution than the Macintosh
Date: April 1981
Author: Andy Hertzfeld
Topics: Hardware Design,Management,Lisa
Comments:  9
Rating:  (3.5)
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